Articles tagged with plant

Thu, May 24, 2012

Sharp to supply technology to Hon Hai's China plant: Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp will supply technological know-how to Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co for a plant in China that ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Blast at Illinois electric parts plant kills one

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A powerful explosion at a manufacturing plant in a Chicago suburb on Tuesday killed one worker and injured 12 people, including some ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Future of German Opel plant uncertain after 2014

By Andreas Cremer

BOCHUM/BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) - The head of German carmaker Opel, under pressure from parent General Motors to end losses, refused to ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Future of German Opel plant uncertain after 2014

By Andreas Cremer

BOCHUM/BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) - The head of German carmaker Opel, under pressure from parent General Motors' to end losses, refused to ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Opel CEO faces workers over possible plant closure

FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - The head of General Motors unit Opel sought to allay workers' fears that the automaker plans to shut one of its ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

Small fire breaks out at ADM plant in Illinois

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A small fire broke out at one of agribusiness giant Archer Daniel Midland Co's plants in Decatur, Illinois, on Friday morning ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

GM chooses UK plant over Germany for new Astra

By Rhys Jones

LONDON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will build the next generation of its Astra compact in Britain after workers at its factory ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Robert Plant Featured in Forthcoming Video Documenting UK Benefit Concert

Led Zeppelin 's Robert Plant is among the stars appearing in an upcoming concert video capturing a September 2009 benefit show held at London ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Second shift to start at GM Michigan Cadillac plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will start a second shift in July with 600 workers at the Lansing, Michigan, plant that will make the ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Excelerate to build first floating U.S. LNG export plant

By Edward McAllister

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Excelerate Energy, the U.S. liquefied natural gas company founded by Oklahoma billionaire George Kaiser, said on Tuesday ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Insight: In Europe, carmakers talk plant closures

By Jennifer Clark

GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Under the lights of the Geneva motor show in March, Europe's top auto executives boasted about the ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Shell says Arrow Gladstone LNG plant still on

ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell still plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at the Australian port of Gladstone as part of ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

GM begins new attempt to sell French gearbox plant

PARIS (Reuters) - General Motors put its gearbox plant in Strasbourg, France, up for sale for a second time in four years, pledging to seek ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

"Pink slime" label forces beef plant closures

(Reuters) - The top U.S. producer of ammonia-treated beef that critics called "pink slime" said on Monday it will close three of its four ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Japan switches off last nuclear power plant; will it cope?

By Aaron Sheldrick

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan shuts down its last working nuclear power reactor this weekend just over a year after a tsunami scarred ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Plant study flags dangers of warming world

By Nina Chestney

LONDON (Reuters) - Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, research in the United States showed on ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Caterpillar workers strike; rejected signing bonus

By John D. Stoll

(Reuters) - About 800 workers at a Caterpillar Inc plant in Joliet, Illinois went on strike early Tuesday morning less than ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

China's SMIC buying Hiroshima DRAM plant an option for Elpida: Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Hony Capital plans to sell or outsource the operations at Elpida Memory's Hiroshima DRAM plant to Semiconductor Manufacturing International ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Chevron Phillips to build chemical plant in Texas

(Reuters) - Chevron Phillips Chemical Co said on Monday it will build a new chemical plant at its facility in Old Ocean, Texas.

The company ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Workers protest at Foxconn plant in China

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Workers at a Chinese factory owned by Foxconn, Apple Inc's main manufacturer, threatened to jump off the roof of a building ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

India's Strides buys U.S.-approved drug making plant

(Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Strides Arcolab said its unit acquired a U.S. compliant sterile drugs manufacturing plant for 1.25 billion rupees ($23.76 ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

New York's Nassau County lease of sewer plant faces hurdles

By Joan Gralla

(Reuters) - New York's Nassau County taps the debt market this week, with plans to lease its sewer system for nearly ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Volkswagen to invest $225 million in new Chinese plant

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen , the world's second largest carmaker, will invest about 170 million euros ($225 million) building a new plant in Urumqi, western ...

Sat, April 21, 2012

Glencore restarts output at shut Zambia plant

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Glencore International's Mopani Copper Mines has resumed production at its Zambian copper treatment plant, which was shut in March for pollution ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Ford invests $760 million for new China plant, more capacity

By Ben Klayman

HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is investing $760 million to build a new plant in eastern China as part of ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Feature: Portuguese plant seeds to cope with crisis

By Daniel Alvarenga

ALFANDEGA DA FE, Portugal (Reuters) - Disillusioned by the unfulfilled promise of the cities and feeling stifled by tough austerity measures aimed ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

U.S. regulators approve Cheniere LNG export plant

By Edward McAllister and Ayesha Rascoe

(Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Monday approved the country's first liquefied natural gas export plant in nearly ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Cheniere to raise up to $4 billion in debt for Louisiana plant

(Reuters) - Cheniere Energy Partners LP said it has engaged eight financial institutions to raise up to $4 billion in debt to help finance the ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Sharp in talks with Toppan, Dai Nippon for Sakai plant

OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Sharp Corp, Japan's last major fabricator of liquid crystal displays for televisions, said on Tuesday it was in talks with ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

No timetable for restarting California nuclear plant: Jaczko

By Alex Dobuzinskis

DANA POINT, California (Reuters) - The top U.S. nuclear official said on Friday his agency has not set any timetable for ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Toshiba to build new NAND chip plant: media

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp plans to build a new NAND flash memory plant in Japan as early as this summer as demand for mobile ...

Sat, March 31, 2012

GM faces huge costs if Bochum plant shut: works leader

By Andreas Cremer

Bochum, Germany (Reuters) - Labor leaders at loss-making European car maker Opel have warned parent company General Motors that closing one of ...

Sat, March 31, 2012

Honda committed to Thailand as flood-hit plant restarts

By Sinsiri Tiwutanond

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand, March 31 - Honda Motor Co <7267.T>, Japan's third-largest car maker, officially resumed production on Saturday at its plant in ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Mississippi allows Southern Co to keep building $2.8 billion coal plant

By Eileen O'Grady

(Reuters) - Mississippi utility regulators on Friday voted to allow a unit of Southern Co to continue building an $2.8 ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Ford to invest $1.3 billion in northern Mexico plant

By Tomas Sarmiento

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. carmaker Ford Motor Co will invest $1.3 billion in its stamping and assembly plant in ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

U.S. farmers to plant the most corn in 75 years

By Tom Polansek and Charles Abbott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. farmers will plant the most corn in 75 years to cash in on higher ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

"Pink slime" producer allows tour of plant to bolster image

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb (Reuters) - A maker of the hamburger filler branded by critics as "pink slime" on Thursday allowed three state governors supportive ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

"Pink slime" producer allows tour of plant to bolster image

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb (Reuters) - A maker of the hamburger filler branded by critics as "pink slime" on Thursday allowed three state governors supportive ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Apple CEO visits Foxconn's iPhone plant in China

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple Inc's Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Opel skirts plant closures to avoid labor brawl

By Christiaan Hetzner

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European carmaker Opel avoided conflict with the unions on its board on Wednesday, preferring to return to the negotiating ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Sharp to announce deal with Sony on Sakai plant

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp, which is in a partnership with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry on LCDs, said on Wednesday it will announce ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Exclusive: UAW steps up bid to organize VW U.S. plant: sources

By Bernie Woodall and Deepa Seetharaman

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn./DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union is soliciting signatures of support from workers at Volkswagen ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Opel to submit plant closure plan to board: sources

By Christiaan Hetzner and Ben Klayman

FRANKFURT/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors' Opel managers will present a business plan next Wednesday to the unit's ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Volkswagen to add 800 workers at Tennessee plant

By Bernie Woodall

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG will add 800 jobs at its only U.S. plant to increase production of the Passat ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Warmest March ever drives farmers to plant early

By Michael Hirtzer

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ethan Cox is sowing corn on his 5,000-acre Illinois farm earlier than ever this year, betting that the ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Please don't plant the daisies - or we'll sue

By Jason McLure

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Growing even faster than the daisies and daffodils Kimberly Bois planted outside her condo unit in memory ...

Sun, March 18, 2012

Kia Motors says to suspend U.S. plant; shares drop

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean carmaker Kia Motors <000270.KS> said on Monday that it would suspend production at its U.S. plant on Monday and Tuesday ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

First Solar to build new solar plant for NRG

(Reuters) - First Solar Inc will build a 26-megawatt solar power plant for power producer NRG Energy Inc in Arizona under the latest deal between ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Robert Plant Schedules First US Concert of the Year

Robert Plant will be walking back into Clarksdale, Mississippi this summer to headline the 25th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival . 

The event, which is ...

Mon, February 27, 2012

Glaxo recalls hypertension drug made at Novartis plant

(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline has recalled 394,230 bottles of its DynaCirc CR hypertension drug from the U.S. market after the manufacturer, Novartis, reported inconsistent ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

New Group Featuring Robert Plant to Debut at WOMAD Festival in July

Robert Plant is part of a new musical collective called The Sensational Space Shifters that will make its live debut when the group headlines ...

Thu, February 23, 2012

Terre Haute USPS Plant to Close

The closing of Terre Haute’s US Postal Service processing center is leaving former employees in a difficult position, as they can choose to ...

Mon, February 20, 2012

French steel workers occupy ArcelorMittal plant

FLORANGE, France (Reuters) - Workers at an idled ArcelorMittal steel plant in northeast France occupied the site Monday, seeking to put their plight on the ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Brazil Residents Concerned About Plant Plans

A proposed plan to build an asphalt plant in Clay County is causing concern in the minds of many Brazil residents.  The proposal for ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Apple iPad plant conditions better than the norm: agency

By Terril Yue Jones

BEIJING (Reuters) - Working conditions at Chinese manufacturing plants where Apple Inc's iPads and iPhones are made are far better ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

NRC approves first new nuclear plant in a generation

By Ayesha Rascoe

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - Regulators on Thursday approved plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in the U.S. in ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

U.S. approves first new nuclear plant in a generation

By Ayesha Rascoe

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in more than ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Radioactive element found in fish far from Vermont nuclear plant

(Reuters) - Trace amounts of a radioactive element found in fish near the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have now been found in bass in ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Caterpillar to close London, Ont. locomotive plant

(Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc has decided to close its Electro-Motive locomotive plant in London, Ontario, and lay off at least 450 workers following several months ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

California Nuclear plant shuts down reactor as precaution

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of two reactors at the San Onofre nuclear power station in Southern California was shut down on ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Plant compounds tied to fewer heart deaths

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who get a moderate amount of certain plant compounds in their diets are less likely ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Samsung plans $1 billion debt sale to fund U.S. chip plant

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co <005930.KS> said on Monday its U.S. operation plans to sell around $1 billion in bonds, its first major overseas ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Thousands of workers protest at Sanyo's China plant

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese workers protesting over compensation and job security at a Sanyo Electric Co Ltd plant clashed with police in ...

Sat, January 14, 2012

Honda may spend $650 million to restore Thai plant: report

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co <7267.T> will completely overhaul its flood-hit factory in Thailand in a project that could cost more than 50 billion yen ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Alcoa rejects Rome call to keep Italy plant running

ROME (Reuters) - Aluminum giant Alcoa said on Friday it will push ahead with its plans to close a smelter in Italy, rejecting Rome's ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

BMW to invest about $900 million in U.S. plant by 2014

DETROIT (Reuters) - BMW , the world's largest luxury carmaker, plans to invest nearly $900 million in its Spartanburg plant in South Carolina by 2014 ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

S.Korea's Samsung Total says to build $1.7 billion aromatic plant

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Total Petrochemical Co Ltd said it would invest 2 trillion won ($1.72 billion) to build an aromatics ...

Sun, January 08, 2012

Nissan U.S. plant to make engines for Daimler, Infiniti

DETROIT (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co <7201.T> and Daimler AG said on Sunday they would produce Mercedes-Benz gasoline engines at Nissan's Tennessee factory from 2014 ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Boeing to close Wichita plant, cites defense cuts

By Kyle Peterson

(Reuters) - Boeing Co said it would close a plant in Wichita by the end of 2013 that employs more than 2 ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

S. Korea approves Samsung's flash chip plant in China

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it had approved a plan by Samsung Electronics Co to build a flash memory chip plant in ...

Fri, December 30, 2011

Family of French implant maker planned new plant

By Jean-François Rosnoblet

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - The Frenchman who sparked a global health scare by selling sub-standard breast implants is listed as a consultant ...

Thu, December 29, 2011

Russian officials rattled by breach at rocket plant

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's deputy prime minister vowed Thursday to punish "sleepy" security officials after bloggers posted dozens of photos of an apparently unguarded ...

Wed, December 28, 2011

LG Display plant in eastern China hit by strike

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Workers at an LG Display factory in eastern China have gone on strike, halting some production, the company said on Wednesday ...

Thu, December 22, 2011

Turkey Plant and Jobs Coming to Valley

One of the nation’s largest turkey companies will build a new plant in the Wabash Valley.  In a statement, Governor Mitch Daniels announced ...

Wed, December 21, 2011

U.S. rolls out tough rules on coal plant pollution

By Ayesha Rascoe and Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday unveiled the first-ever standards to slash mercury emissions from coal-fired plants ...

Tue, December 20, 2011

Google, TransCanada set solar plant deals

By Matt Daily

(Reuters) - Google Inc and TransCanada Corp announced deals to buy solar power projects on Tuesday, just days after billionaire Warren Buffett ...

Sun, December 18, 2011

Apple supplier Pegatron hit by China plant blast

By Clare Jim and Argin Chang

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Apple Inc supplier Pegatron Corp's plant in Shanghai was rocked by an explosion over the ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

GM suspends production at Cruze plant in Ohio

(Reuters) - General Motors Co suspended production on Monday afternoon at an Ohio plant that makes the Chevrolet Cruze compact car due to a supplier ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Japan mulls $13 billion Fukushima bailout

By Linda Sieg and Kentaro Hamada

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government may inject about $13 billion into Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> as early as ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

USPS to Close TH Plant

Thu, December 01, 2011

VW Chattanooga plant gets green award

(Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's new assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the first auto plant to receive the top environmental award from the U ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

FDA warns Mylan on Puerto Rico plant violations

(Reuters) - U.S. drug regulators found "significant violations" of manufacturing regulations at Mylan Inc's Caguas, Puerto Rico, facility, according to a letter posted ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

GM, UAW tout expanded work at Tennessee auto plant

SPRING HILL, Tennessee (Reuters) - General Motors Co and the United Auto Workers announced details of expanded work on Monday at the former Saturn plant ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Sony to close Japan plant, lay off 100 contract workers

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will merge two of its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiaries, resulting in the closure of an equipment plant north of Tokyo ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Hundreds evacuated after Texas chemical plant fire

By Marice Richter

DALLAS (Reuters) - A large fire at a chemical plant south of Dallas that sent an enormous plume of smoke into the ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Hundreds evacuated after Texas chemical plant fire

By Marice Richter

DALLAS (Reuters) - A large fire at a chemical plant about 30 miles south of Dallas forced the evacuation of hundreds of ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Hundreds evacuated after Dallas-area chemical plant fire

By Marice Richter

DALLAS (Reuters) - A large fire at a chemical plant about 30 miles south of Dallas forced the evacuation of hundreds of ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Drug bust at Boeing aircraft plant in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Thirty-seven people were arrested on Thursday in a drug bust at a Boeing plant in Pennsylvania that makes military aircraft, with the ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Boeing drug probe took four years to be thorough: officials

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The federal drug raid on a Boeing plant that makes key U.S. military aircraft was the culmination of ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Nokia to cut 3,500 jobs, close Romania plant

By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj, the world's largest cellphone vendor by volume, is cutting 3,500 jobs in ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Edwardsport Plant to Meet Wrecking Ball

Sat, September 17, 2011

Honda eyeing first Russian car plant - Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor <7267.T> plans to set up its first assembly plant in Russia, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday, as Japan's ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

TH Postal Processing Plant Could Be On Chopping Block

Thu, September 08, 2011

SCE'S San Onofre nuclear plant trips Thursday

HOUSTON (Reuters)- Southern California Edison's two-unit San Onofre nuclear plant tripped offline at 3:38 p.m. PDT (2238 GMT) on Thursday, a ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Quake shook nuclear plant twice as hard as design allowed

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last month's record earthquake in the eastern United States may have shaken a Virginia nuclear plant twice as ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Plant-rich diets tied to lower breast cancer risk

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with diets rich in vegetables, fruit and legumes may have a somewhat decreased risk of developing ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Plant-rich diets tied to lower breast cancer risk

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with diets rich in vegetables, fruit and legumes may have a somewhat decreased risk of developing ...

Sun, September 04, 2011

Iran plugs first nuclear power plant into grid

By Mitra Amiri

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's first nuclear power plant has finally begun to provide electricity to the national grid, official media reported ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Hydrogen Spill on Bolton Road

Thu, September 01, 2011

Chemical plant spills detergent into Pennsylvania river

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - About 1,000 gallons of a biodegradable detergent spilled from a chemical plant into a southwestern Pennsylvania river, killing a small number ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

East Coast quake rattled nuclear plant's waste casks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The earthquake that shook the East Coast last week rattled casks holding radioactive nuclear waste at a Virginia plant, moving them as ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Virginia quake may have exceeded nuclear plant design

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The historic earthquake that shut Dominion Resources Inc's North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia last week may have ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Va. quake may have exceeded nuke plant design: NRC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The historic earthquake that shut down Dominion Resources Inc's North Anna nuclear plant last week may have exceeded what the reactor ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Exelon idles New Jersey's Oyster Creek nuclear plant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exelon Corp said on Saturday it took offline its Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey as a precautionary measure ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

Federal agencies probe how Hershey plant treats foreign students

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Three federal agencies said on Thursday they were investigating complaints that foreign students on a work and travel trip ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

Virginia nuclear plant shut after quake, others unaffected

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake on the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday forced the shutdown of two nuclear reactors at a ...

Thu, August 18, 2011

Radioactive tritium found in river near Vermont Yankee plant

By Jason McLure

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The Vermont Department of Health said it has found detectable traces of radioactive tritium from the Vermont ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Apple may invest $1 billion in Sharp LCD plant: sources

By Mayumi Negishi

TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to invest in a Sharp Corp factory to secure a supply of LCD screens for iPhones ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Workers return to Nebraska nuclear plant closed by flooding

OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - About 120 Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station employees moved back into the flooded plant's administration building on Monday.

The plant, which ...

Sun, August 14, 2011

Senator calls for utility plant worker background checks

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sen. Charles Schumer said on Sunday he would introduce legislation requiring major utility plants to run background checks on employees to ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Still No Cause of Newton, IL Plant Fire

Mon, August 08, 2011

Sherwin Williams Plant to Close

Terre Haute’s Sherwin Williams Paint Plant will close by year’s end, putting nearly 30 people out of work. The closure will not ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Navistar closing Ontario plant, cutting U.S. jobs

By A. Ananthalakshmi and Lynn Adler

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Navistar International Corp is closing an idled plant and restructuring other business that would result ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Pockets of high radiation remind of Fukushima plant danger

TOKYO (Reuters) - Pockets of lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in a fresh reminder of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Ford to build billion dollar plant in India

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday said it plans to invest $1 billion to build a factory in western India, doubling its ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Special report: Fukushima long ranked most hazardous plant

By Chisa Fujioka and Kevin Krolicki

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Daimler to invest more than $2 billion in Alabama plant

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler said on Thursday it would invest more than $2 billion in its car plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to build more M-Class ...

Wed, July 20, 2011

Another Foxconn worker "falls to death" at south China plant

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A worker fell to his death at Foxconn Technology Group's manufacturing plant in southern China, local media reported on Wednesday ...

Mon, July 18, 2011

GM will not add products "solely" to cut UAW deal

By Ben Klayman

FLINT, Michigan (Reuters) - General Motors Co will not make any product commitments "solely" to achieve a deal with the United Auto ...

Tue, June 28, 2011

AU Optronics opens Slovak plant, to offer 3,000 jobs

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Taiwan's AU Optronics (AUO) opened on Tuesday its second European base for production of LCD displays in Slovakia, helping recovery in ...

Tue, June 28, 2011

Regulator confident in nuclear plant flood-protections

By Michael Avok

FORT CALHOUN, Neb (Reuters) - Two Nebraska nuclear power plants have planned properly to protect themselves from the swollen Missouri River and ...

Sun, June 26, 2011

Regulator signs off on threatened nuclear plant

By Michael Avok

BROWNVILLE, Neb (Reuters) - A top regulator said on Sunday that a nuclear power plant threatened by flooding from the swollen Missouri ...

Sun, June 26, 2011

Nebraska residents shrug off flood risk to nuclear plant

By Michael Avok

BROWNVILLE, Neb (Reuters) - Residents near a nuclear plant on the rain-swollen Missouri River were largely unconcerned about any potential safety risks ...

Sat, June 18, 2011

Radiation spike halts work at Japan nuclear plant

By Hideyuki Sano

TOKYO (Reuters) - A rise in radiation halted the clean-up of radioactive water at Japan's Fukushimi nuclear power station on Saturday ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

Louisiana chemical plant hit by explosion: local media

HOUSTON (Reuters) - At least four people were injured after a New Iberia, Louisiana, chemical plant was hit by a series explosions late on Tuesday ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

Boeing, labor board lock horns over 787 plant

By Bill Rigby and Kyle Peterson

SEATTLE/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co on Tuesday asked a court to throw out a government case that accuses ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

FDA warns Kellogg over listeria in Georgia plant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. regulators warned Kellogg Co that they found the illness-causing bacterium listeria monocytogenes while inspecting a company cookie plant in ...

Sun, June 12, 2011

Apple store employee seeks to plant union seed

By Poornima Gupta

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Apple Inc store employee has started a drive to unionize retail workers in a rare move at ...

Sun, June 12, 2011

Intel seeks grant for upgrade of Israel chip plant

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Intel Corp is planning another expansion of its chip plant in southern Israel and is seeking a government grant for part of ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Boeing unveils new plant amid protest over its location

By Harriet McLeod

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Boeing Co opened a new $750 million 787 Dreamliner final assembly plant on Friday in South ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Blast at Intel Arizona microchip complex injures 7

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Seven workers at an Intel Corp microchip manufacturing complex outside Phoenix were injured by a small explosion there on ...

Fri, June 03, 2011

With new high-tech plant, Sara Lee plots growth

By Carey Gillam

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Sara Lee Corp's opening of a high-tech Kansas City meat manufacturing facility sets the stage for ...

Thu, June 02, 2011

Groups sue to stop SunPower plant in California

By Nichola Groom

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two conservation groups and a California resident have sued to stop construction of a SunPower Corp solar power ...

Thu, June 02, 2011

Shares of Fukushima plant operator TEPCO hit record low

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> fell to 289 yen on Thursday, the lowest level since it was listed on the stock ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

Eastern Corn Belt farmers race to plant as clouds clear

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An open stretch of warm, dry weather in the eastern Corn Belt this week is raising farmers' hopes they will be able ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

U.N. urges Japan nuclear safety overhaul after Fukushima

By Kevin Krolicki and Shinichi Saoshiro

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.N. atomic safety experts said Japan underestimated the threat from a killer wave to its ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

GM to invest $69 million in Michigan plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co plans to invest $69 million and add about 2,500 jobs at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to build the ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Volkswagen sees U.S. plant as key to topping Toyota

By Deepa Seetharaman

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG on Tuesday marked the grand opening of a $1 billion U.S. assembly plant that looms ...

Mon, May 23, 2011

Volkswagen sees U.S. plant as key to unseating Toyota

By Deepa Seetharaman

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) - In south-central Tennessee on Tuesday, Volkswagen AG marks the grand opening of a $1 billion assembly plant that ...

Sun, May 22, 2011

Foxconn confirms 3rd death at plant linked to iPad

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Co Ltd on Sunday confirmed that a third person has died following a large explosion at a plant in ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Man near nuclear plant was not a threat: police

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man acting erratically near a Virginia nuclear power plant was detained by police on Friday and was found to be carrying ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Man with package near Virginia nuclear plant taken into custody

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man acting erratically and carrying an unidentified package on a river near a Virginia nuclear power plant on Friday has been ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Apple probes blast at Chinese plant

By Poornima Gupta

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc <AAPL.O> is investigating an explosion that killed two people, injured 16 and forced a production ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Plant, animal extinctions often exaggerated: study

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

OSLO (Reuters) - A projected spate of extinctions of animals and plants this century may be less drastic than feared ...

Sat, May 14, 2011

Third worker dies at Japan's troubled nuclear plant

TOKYO (Reuters) - A worker at Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant died on Saturday, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said, bringing ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Bug factory to help Everglades fight plant invaders

By Shurna Robbins

MIAMI (Reuters) - Scientists are planning to scale up deployment of laboratory-bred insects to battle invading plant species that threaten to throttle ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Radiation found in seaweed near crippled Japan plant

By Mari Saito

TOKYO (Reuters) - Seaweed collected from the coast near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant and sewage in Tokyo have shown ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Iran nuclear plant operates at low level in key step

By Steve Gutterman

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station has begun operating at a low level in a crucial step toward bringing ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Japan nuclear plant shutdown adds new risk to economy

By Stanley White and Chang-Ran Kim

TOKYO (Reuters) - The surprise closure of another Japanese nuclear plant, this time at the power supplier to the ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Iran doing final pre-start tests at nuclear plant

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is conducting final tests at its first nuclear power plant and it is expected to start generating electricity in the next ...

Sun, May 08, 2011

Japan to shut nuclear plant on quake fears

By Chikako Mogi and Risa Maeda

NAGOYA/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese power firm Chubu Electric on Monday agreed to shut a nuclear plant until ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Health risk from troubled Japan nuclear plant

By Mayumi Negishi and Tan Ee Lyn

TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactive substances have been leaking from Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for nearly ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

GM to invest $131 million at Kentucky Corvette plant

By Ben Klayman and Bernie Woodall

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.N> will revamp a Kentucky factory to produce a new version of ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Wisconsin nuclear plant on the auction block

CHICAGO (Reuters) - One of America's oldest nuclear power plants is up for sale.

Dominion Resources said on Thursday it wants to sell its ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Kewaunee Power Plant Up for Sale

KEWAUNEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - For the second time in six years, the Kewaunee nuclear power plant is up for sale.

Dominion Resources said Thursday it ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Alabama nuclear plant shuts safely after tornadoes

By Scott DiSavino

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The second-biggest nuclear power plant in the United States may be down for weeks after killer thunderstorms and ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Defense Department Terminates Plan With Local GE Plant

TERRE HAUTE, IN (WIBQ)  --  The Defense Department announced Monday that it notified Rolls-Royce and General Electric that it has terminated its contract for a ...

Sun, April 24, 2011

Boeing plant lapse eyed in jet tear probe: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. investigators suspect a manufacturing lapse at a Boeing Co plant 15 years ago could be to blame for a ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Sharp says to make smartphone panels at TV panel plant

By Reiji Murai

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp said on Thursday it would start production of small display panels for use in smartphones ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Boeing vows to fight complaint over second 787 plant

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> said it would fight a National Labor Relations Board complaint originally lodged by one of its labor unions ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Quad Graphics Closing Plant near Buffalo

SUSSEX, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s largest commercial printer says it will close its plant near Buffalo New York by the end of the year ...

Fri, April 15, 2011

Man arrested in bomb scare at nuclear plant

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A contractor arriving for work at the nation's largest nuclear plant was arrested early on Friday after suggesting ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

California tosses out solar power plant lawsuit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's supreme court refused to consider a lawsuit filed by an influential environmental group seeking to delay construction of a ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

GM to invest $100 million in New York parts plant

By Neale Gulley

ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.N> said on Tuesday it will invest $100 million in a New York ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Radiation from Japan plant increasingly dangerous

By Tan Ee Lyn

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has so far leaked around a tenth of the amount ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Washington nuclear plant evacuated after minor incident

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Washington state's only nuclear power plant evacuated about 25 workers after a small amount of hydrogen sprang from a pipe and ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Democrats raise concern about nuclear plant

By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers warned a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant would be at risk of a meltdown in ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Nearly 100 Temp Workers Laid-Off At GM Lansing Delta Township Plant

LANSING, Mich (WLMI)  General Motors has laid-off 96 temporary workers at its Lansing Delta Township plant.  Taking their place will be 150 laid-off GM ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Two Tennessee workers die in sewage plant collapse

By Tim Ghianni

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Two workers were killed in Tennessee on Tuesday when the wall of a basin that holds up to ...

Mon, April 04, 2011

Kentucky tornado hits plant, minor injuries reported

LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) - A tornado hit an auto sealing plant in southeastern Kentucky Monday, tearing a truck-sized hole into the building, but causing only ...

Sun, April 03, 2011

Pressure rising on Europe's nuclear plant owners

By Christiaan Hetzner

BERLIN (Reuters) - Some of Europe's 143 nuclear reactors are likely to fail a test simulating terrorist attacks, an EU Commissioner ...

Sun, April 03, 2011

GE CEO says will help Japan nuclear plant operator supply power

TOKYO (Reuters) - General Electric Co <GE.N>, which helped build the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant damaged by Japan's earthquake and tsunami, will ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

"Jumpers" offered big money to brave Japan's nuclear plant

By Terril Yue Jones

TOKYO (Reuters) - It's a job that sounds too good to be true -- thousands of dollars for up to an ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

Japan plans to bail out stricken nuclear plant

By Kazunori Takada and Yoko Nishikawa

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to take control of Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the country's ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Japan to bail out stricken nuclear plant operator

By Kazunori Takada and Yoko Nishikawa

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will take control of Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T>, the operator of a stricken ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

GM To Invest $30M In Pontiac Plant

DETROIT, Mich (WLMI) General Motors will invest over $30 million in its Pontiac Stamping Plant as the automaker gears up to launch two new ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Whistleblower suit filed against California nuclear plant

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A former manager at one of California's two nuclear power stations sued the facility's operators on ...

Tue, March 29, 2011

J&J recalling more Tylenol from closed plant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said it was recalling more than 700,000 bottles or packages of Tylenol and other consumer medicines made at ...

Tue, March 29, 2011

Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant

By Chizu Nomiyama and Kazunori Takada

TOKYO (Reuters) - Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's ...

Tue, March 29, 2011

Corrected: Engineers knew tsunami could overwhelm Fukushim plant

(In eighth paragraph below the subheadline PREVENTION NOT CURE, corrects target date for 50 percent of power from nuclear to 2030, not June 2010 ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Indian Point nuclear plant a fire risk: New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Indian Point nuclear power plant has sought more than 100 exemptions from the fire code that could make it difficult ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Smoke seen, controlled at New Hampshire nuclear plant

BOSTON (Reuters) - Smoke billowing from an equipment elevator at a New Hampshire nuclear plant briefly triggered an "unusual event" on Monday but did not ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

China plant manager held in lead poisoning case

BEIJING (Reuters) - The general manager of a battery plant in eastern China faces environmental pollution charges after lead emissions from the plant poisoned nearly ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Highly radioactive water leaks from Japanese nuclear plant

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Kubota

TOKYO (Reuters) - Highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor at Japan's crippled nuclear complex, the plant ...

Sun, March 27, 2011

U.S. nuclear plant says shielded against Japan emergency

By Matthew Bigg

BROWNS FERRY, Alabama (Reuters) - A U.S. nuclear plant in Alabama similar in design to the earthquake-hit Fukushima facility in Japan ...

Sat, March 26, 2011

Ford to idle Belgian plant to conserve parts

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co <F.N> will idle its auto plant in Genk, Belgium, for five days starting April 4, to conserve parts ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

China battery plant poisons more than 100 villagers

BEIJING (Reuters) - Lead emissions from a battery plant in eastern China have poisoned more than 100 villagers, including 35 children, state news agency Xinhua ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

U.S. nuclear plant costs may soar after Japan quake

By Scott Malone and Eileen O'Grady

BOSTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The crisis at Japan's Fukushima plant could hit the U.S. nuclear-power industry ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

Radiation fears mount again in Japan after plant workers injured

By Mayumi Negishi and Kazunori Takada

TOKYO (Reuters) - Radiation fears escalated in Japan on Friday after workers suffered burns as they tried to cool ...

Wed, March 23, 2011

Japan atom plant worker received high radiation: IAEA

VIENNA (Reuters) - One of the workers struggling to avert a disaster at Japan's crippled nuclear plant was exposed to a high radiation dose ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

U.S. blocks milk, produce from Japan near nuclear plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will block imports of milk and fresh produce from areas of Japan near a crippled nuclear power plant, the ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

New York nuke plant seismic review gets top priority

By Dan Wiessner

ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have promised to make the Indian Point nuclear power plant near New York City ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

Explosion at chemical plant kills two workers

By Steve Robrahn

LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) - Firefighters were letting a chemical plant fire burn itself out on Tuesday after an explosion killed two workers ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

Japan fights crippled nuclear plant, radiation fears

By Risa Maeda and Kazunori Takada

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rising temperatures around the core of one of the reactors at Japan's quake-crippled nuclear plant ...

Fri, March 18, 2011

New York state seeks risk review of nuclear plant

By Michelle Nichols

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A review of the earthquake threat and other safety risks posed by a New York nuclear plant must ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

GM to shut Louisiana plant due to parts shortage

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.N> said it would temporarily idle its pick-up truck plant in Louisiana due to a parts shortage stemming ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

New York nuclear plant's future shaky as fears grow

By Matt Daily

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New worries about a New York nuclear plant's vulnerability to earthquakes could hand the state's governor ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

Japan a robot power everywhere except at nuclear plant

By Jon Herskovitz

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may build robots to play the violin, run marathons and preside over weddings, but it has not deployed ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Japan scrambles to save nuclear plant

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

U.S. forces kept away from Japan nuclear plant area

By Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday ordered troops to stay at least 50 miles away from a crippled Japanese ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

U.S. forces kept 50 miles away from Japan nuke plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Japan are not allowed within 50 miles of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant, the Pentagon on Wednesday ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Japan scrambles to pull nuclear plant back from brink

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Green Bay's Nice-Pak Plant Closing

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A local manufacturer is closing its doors.

Nice-Pak says it's closing their Green Bay facility and installing new equipment ...

Mon, March 14, 2011

Residents near NY nuclear plant confident on safety

By Bernd Debusmann Jr.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan have raised concerns about nuclear power safety as that country ...

Sat, March 12, 2011

Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant faces new reactor problem

TOKYO (Reuters) - A quake-hit Japanese nuclear plant reeling from an explosion at one of its reactors has also lost its emergency cooling system at ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has transported coolant to a Japanese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake and will continue to assist Japan ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Heightened state of alert at Japan atom plant: IAEA

VIENNA (Reuters) - Japan has told the U.N. nuclear wathchdog that a heightened state of alert has been declared at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

GM Lansing Delta Township Plant To Suspend Shifts

LANSING, Mich (WLMI)  The 2^nd and 3^rd shifts at the General Motors Lansing Delta Township plant will go on temporary layoff beginning ...

Fri, February 25, 2011

Chinese workers seek more in Apple supplier's plant poison case

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A Taiwan-owned plant making parts for Apple Inc said it is offering around 80,000 yuan ($12,177) as compensation to ...

Wed, February 23, 2011

Hynix says to invest $568 million to expand plant

SEOUL (Reuters) - Hynix Semiconductor, the world's No.2 memory chip maker, said on Wednesday it would spend 637 billion won ($567.7 million ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

Intel plans $5 billion Arizona chip plant by 2013

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Intel Corp <INTC.O> plans to build a $5 billion, cutting-edge microchip factory in Arizona by 2013, sharply ramping up its ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

Intel plans $5 bln Arizona chip plant by 2013

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Intel Corp plans to build a $5 billion, cutting-edge microchip factory in Arizona by 2013, sharply ramping up its U.S ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Toyota, defying strong yen, opens new Japan plant

By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent

OHIRA VILLAGE, Japan (Reuters) - Toyota Motor inaugurated its first new factory in Japan in nearly two decades on ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

Pennsylvania power plant accident injures six workers

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A 6-inch steam pipe ruptured at a southwestern Pennsylvania power plant on Thursday, injuring six workers, a company spokesman said.

The pipe ...

Tue, February 08, 2011

Blast rocks Enterprise natgas plant in Texas

By Erwin Seba and Kristen Hays

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One worker was unaccounted for after explosions rocked a natural gas liquids storage complex on Tuesday ...

Wed, January 26, 2011

Virginia power plant fire briefly leaves 35,000 in dark

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A small fire in the substation of Dominion Resources Inc's 710-megawatt Chesapeake coal/oil-fired power plant in Virginia briefly knocked ...

Wed, January 19, 2011

D.A.D.C. Sony Moving More Work To Terre Haute Plant

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WIBQ) - Sony Corp. says it will keep a CD plant in Terre Haute open, the first U.S. facility to make ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

Ford to invest $400 million in Missouri plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will invest $400 million on upgrades at its assembly plant near Kansas City, Missouri, to build a new vehicle ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

Intel to invest $2.7 billion in Israel chip plant

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Intel will invest $2.7 billion over the next two years upgrading its chip plant in southern Israel ...

Mon, January 17, 2011

Conservation group sues to stop California solar plant

By Nichola Groom

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. conversation group has sued the federal government over its approval of a major solar power ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

PolyOne Terre Haute Plant To Layoff Some Employees

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WIBQ) - A Terre Haute employer has informed 18 employees that they are being forced into a temporary 60-day layoff. 

PolyOne, located ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

Environmental Group Opposes Funding for Power Plant, New Jobs in WI at Stake

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Environmentalists are trying to kill U.S. funding for a massive power plant in South Africa that could bring new jobs ...

Wed, January 05, 2011

Explosion kills one at Tennessee ammunition plant

MEMPHIS (Reuters) - A blast ripped through an ammunitions plant in southwestern Tennessee on Wednesday, killing one worker and forcing the evacuation of neighboring industrial ...

Tue, January 04, 2011

Worker Dies In Kokomo Chrysler Plant

KOKOMO, Ind. (WIBQ) - A Chrysler Group LLC employee died on Friday at the Kokomo Casting Plant. Michelle Ellison of the Indiana Department of Labor ...

Tue, January 04, 2011

Kapco Inc. to Buy Part of Former Polaris Plant in Osceola

OSCEOLA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Polaris has agreed to sell part of its northwest Wisconsin plant that was scheduled to close in 2012 – and its new ...

Mon, January 03, 2011

Qualcomm to build $1 billion panel plant in Taiwan

TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc will invest nearly $1 billion in Taiwan this year to build a display plant to tap growing ...

Fri, December 24, 2010

Polaris to Start Shutting Down Osceola Plant Mar. 1st

OSCEOLA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Polaris will start shutting down its engine and parts plant in Osceola on March 1st.

The maker of snowmobiles and motorcycles ...

Thu, December 23, 2010

Mayville Bringing Production Back to Wautoma Plant

WAUTOMA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Mayville Engineering plans to start production early next year at an old factory the firm recently bought in Wautoma.

Mayville is ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

FDA uncovers more problems at J&J Fort Washington plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inspectors are still uncovering a host of problems at a Johnson & Johnson manufacturing plant that was the source of a ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

Parts Shortage Shuts Down GM's Lansing Grand River Plant

LANSING, Mich (WQTX)  This week’s major snowstorm in the Midwest and Canada has forced General Motors to halt production at the Lansing Grand ...

Mon, December 13, 2010

Toshiba plant to make LCD panels for Apple: report

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp will spend about 100 billion yen ($1.19 billion) to build a factory for making small LCD panels, mainly to ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Ford to add 1,800 jobs at Louisville plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co plans to add 1,800 autoworker jobs and invest $600 million to overhaul its Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Toshiba says chip plant halted by power outage

By Isabel Reynolds and Kentaro Hamada

TOKYO (Reuters) - Production at one of Toshiba Corp's key chip factories has been halted by a brief ...

Wed, December 08, 2010

Contract Postponed For Sewage Treatment Plant Work

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WIBQ) - The signing of a contract worth more than 13 million dollars with HNTB was postponed by the The Terre Haute ...

Sat, December 04, 2010

La Crosse Plant Closure Putting Nearly 40 Out of Work

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The closing of the Everbrite plant in La Crosse will put about 40 people out of work next year.

That ...

Wed, November 24, 2010

WATCH: Gentex Announces New Plant Acquisition

ZEELAND, MI (WHTC News) - A more tangible sign of a local auto parts manufacturer’s growth can be seen in Holland Township.

Nearly a ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

GE Oil & Gas Plant in Oshkosh May Close

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - GE Oil & Gas officials say they're considering closing its Oshkosh plant, which would mean a loss of jobs and other ...

Tue, November 09, 2010

DuPont plant explosion kills one, injures another

By Ernest Scheyder

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A contract worker at a DuPont plant in upstate New York was killed on Tuesday after a chemical ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

U.S. faulted on nuclear parts plant health threat

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Federal workers were kept in the dark about possible health risks from a plant making parts for nuclear weapons next door ...

Fri, November 05, 2010

Another Foxconn worker dies at south China plant

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A worker has committed suicide at Foxconn Technology Group's south China manufacturing complex, the company said on Friday, the latest ...

Mon, November 01, 2010

Lantana plant safe for toddlers

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is no need to worry if your toddler has eaten berries or leaves from Lantana camara ...

Thu, October 28, 2010

Chrysler to invest $600 million in Illinois plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC will invest $600 million to expand its Illinois assembly plant to build a body shop and install new machinery ...

Tue, October 26, 2010

Intel opens first chip plant in China

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chip heavyweight Intel Corp opened its first chip plant in China on Tuesday in a move that said could help boost China ...

Mon, October 25, 2010

Iran fuels up nuclear plant as sanctions bite

By Robin Pomeroy and Ramin Mostafavi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, its ...

Tue, October 19, 2010

GE Announces Plans To Add Workers To Bloomington Plant

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WIBQ) - Finally some good economic news for one Wabash Valley community. General Electric has announced plans to invest $93 million at it ...

Sat, October 16, 2010

GM workers protest low-wage small-car plant

By Kevin Krolicki

DETROIT (Reuters) - About 100 General Motors Co workers and retirees picketed outside the United Auto Workers union's headquarters on Saturday ...

Thu, October 07, 2010

Scientists say rare plant has biggest genome yet

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - When it comes to genomes, size matters -- and British scientists say a rare and striking plant native to Japan ...

Tue, October 05, 2010

Whitewater Plant Plans to Lay Off 87 Workers

WHITEWATER, Wis. (WTAQ) - A molding plant in Whitewater plans to permanently lay off up to 87 employees.

Trostel Limited says it’s almost finished ...

Fri, October 01, 2010

Foxconn to raise wages again at China plant

BEIJING (Reuters) - Electronics maker Foxconn Technologies, under fire for its working practices after a string of worker suicides, has decided to up salaries by ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Iran says Bushehr nuclear plant not damaged by Stuxnet

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A computer virus that experts said may have been created by a state did not affect Iran's nuclear plant or government ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

Duke Energy Agrees To Cap On Knox County Plant

KNOX COUNTY, Ind. (WIBQ) - Duke Energy and Indiana Utility Regulators have agreed to limit how much customers will be charged to build its Knox ...

Wed, September 15, 2010

ATIC to build $7 billion Abu Dhabi chip plant: report

DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi government-owned Advanced Technology Investment Co (ATIC) will spend as much as $7 billion to build a chip manufacturing plant in ...

Wed, September 15, 2010

Mars Inc, IBM and USDA map genome for cocoa plant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Candy maker Mars Inc., computer company IBM Corp. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have mapped the cacao genome in ...

Tue, September 14, 2010

Greencastle Plant To Layoff Workers

GREENCASTLE, Ind. (WIBQ) - A Greencastle auto supplier has announced that it will trim it's workforce in November. Dearborn Michigan based International Automotive Components ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

NY Oneidas move cigarette plant to avoid taxes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Oneida Indian Nation moved a cigarette-manufacturing plant to their upstate reservation to shield smokers from steep taxes that ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

Ford Plant's Future in MN Could Affect Workers Living in WI

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WTAQ) - Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and other top leaders will make another pitch to Ford Motor executives Wednesday, to keep the ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

IVC Moves Plant To Brazil From Indianapolis

BRAZIL (WIBQ) - If you want to be where there are plenty of potential employees, move to Brazil! Brazil, Indiana, that is! And that's ...

Sat, August 21, 2010

Iran starts to fuel up first nuclear power plant

By Katya Golubkova and Ramin Mostafavi

BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - Iran began loading fuel into its first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a potent symbol ...

Sat, August 21, 2010

Iran starts to fuel up first nuclear power plant

By Katya Golubkova and Ramin Mostafavi

BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - Iran began fuelling its first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a potent symbol of its ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Iran to fire up its first nuclear power plant

By Robin Pomeroy

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's first nuclear power station will be loaded with fuel on Saturday, a showcase for Tehran's claim ...

Thu, August 19, 2010

Panasonic to lift China plasma plant capacity: report

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp will expand the capacity of its plasma display panel plant in China by nearly five times by the ...

Mon, August 16, 2010

Money Offered As Incentive To Plant Trees

INDIANAPOLIS (WIBQ) - Indiana wildlife officials are hoping that $122,000 in grant money to Indiana cities, towns and nonprofit groups will help with tree ...

Fri, August 13, 2010

Russia says to start up Iran Bushehr plant August 21

By Guy Faulconbridge

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it will begin loading nuclear fuel into the reactor of Iran's first atomic power ...

Sat, August 07, 2010

Chrysler to Close Kenosha Plant by Oct. 8

KENOSHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Chrysler makes its plans to close an engine plant in Kenosha official. That will cost the region about 575 jobs.

Chrysler ...

Thu, August 05, 2010

GM: Janesville Plant May Re-Open

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WTAQ) - General Motors officials say they might reopen one of the carmaker's manufacturing plants shuttered in the aftermath of its ...

Thu, August 05, 2010

GM considering reopening a plant: CEO

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (Reuters) - General Motors Co is considering reopening one of the auto plants it closed as it went through bankruptcy in 2009 ...

Thu, August 05, 2010

ThyssenKrupp Presta Expands Terre Haute Plant

TERRE HAUTE (WIBQ) - A national company with a local plant has expanded here in Terre Haute. ThyssenKrupp Presta Terre Haute, LLC cut the ribbon ...

Sun, August 01, 2010

Foxconn restarts India plant after government go-ahead

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Contract cellphone maker Foxconn International has resumed operations at a mobile phone parts manufacturing facility in India, it said on Monday ...

Fri, July 30, 2010

Chrysler to keep Michigan plant open, add jobs

By Bernie Woodall and David Bailey

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC will add a second shift to the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant near Detroit ...

Wed, July 21, 2010

New J&J plant woes include Pepcid flavor mixups

By Ransdell Pierson and Lisa Richwine

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inspectors found problems with test procedures, record-keeping and handling of consumer complaints ...

Sun, July 18, 2010

Metalysis seeks backer for titanium plant: report

LONDON (Reuters) - British technology company Metalysis is in talks with potential partners over a 70 million pound ($107.4 million) plan to build the ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

TSMC says to spend $9.4 billion on new Taiwan plant

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co <2330.TW><TSM.N>, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said it will invest more than T ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

J&J revamping Tylenol plant, slashing jobs there

By Ransdell Pierson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that it aims to revamp a now-closed Pennsylvania plant that made Tylenol and ...

Wed, July 14, 2010

Blast and fire injures workers at U.S. Steel plant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An explosion at the largest coke manufacturing facility in the United States injured at least 15 people and forced a partial ...

Wed, July 07, 2010

Iran says atom plant set for launch after final test

By Ramin Mostafavi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's first nuclear power plant is set to be launched by late September now that an important final ...

Mon, June 28, 2010

U.S. inspects CSL, cautions over flu plant problems

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have cautioned Australia's CSL Ltd after uncovering problems at its influenza vaccine manufacturing plant and want to ...

Thu, June 24, 2010

State Grants Tax Breaks for Battery Plant

(Lansing, MI - WHTC News) - State officials yesterday made it official: The LG-Chem/Compact Power lithium-ion battery-making plant now under construction at the southeast corner ...

Wed, June 23, 2010

Ford Motor to invest $450 million in new Thai plant

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co <F.N> plans to invest $450 million to build a new manufacturing plant in Thailand, with the bulk of ...

Fri, June 18, 2010

Toyota parts plant back at work after China strike

BEIJING (Reuters) - Workers at a plastics parts supplier for Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> in China resumed work on Sunday, ending a three-day strike ...

Wed, June 16, 2010

Toyota revives Brazil and U.S. plant projects: report

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is set to resume construction of car assembly plants in Brazil and Mississippi which were put on hold amid ...

Fri, June 04, 2010

Hackers plant viruses in Windows smartphone games

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have planted viruses in video games for smartphones running on Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system, according to a security firm ...

Tue, June 01, 2010

China iPhone plant workers to get 30 percent raise

LONGHUA, China (Reuters) - Production line workers at Foxconn's southern China manufacturing hub will get a 30 percent pay rise, as top customer Apple ...

Mon, May 31, 2010

Honda China parts plant restarts, walkout threatened

By Alison Leung

FOSHAN, China (Reuters) - Honda Motor <7267.T> said a key car parts factory in south China resumed full production on Wednesday ...

Fri, May 21, 2010

VF Imagewear Closing Pewaukee Plant, 165 Jobs Lost

PEWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A company that makes sportswear and uniforms will close its plant in Pewaukee. VF Imagewear told state officials they’ll shut ...

Fri, May 21, 2010

Polaris Closing Osceola Plant, Moving to Mexico

OSCEOLA, Wis. (WTAQ) - The maker of Polaris snowmobiles and Victory motorcycles is closing its parts plant in Osceola in northwest Wisconsin. Polaris Industries said ...

Thu, May 20, 2010

Last Hurdle in Lithium-Ion Plant Building Cleared

(Holland, MI - WHTC News) - While one lithium-ion battery-making plant in Holland continues on schedule for the start of production by next year, another is ...

Tue, May 11, 2010

JCI/Saft Updates Plans on Lithium-Ion Battery Plant

(Holland, MI - WHTC News) - The future of the Holland area is going up before the Lakeshore’s eyes.

Two representatives of the joint Johnson ...

Wed, May 05, 2010

Manitowoc Getting 160 Jobs from Schofield Plant Closing

MANITOWOC, Wis. (WTAQ) - 160 jobs are coming to Manitowoc. Auto parts manufacturer Federal-Mogul has decided to close its plant in Schofield, just outside of ...

Tue, May 04, 2010

FDA finds grime at J&J plant, urges use of generics

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inspectors found thick dust and contaminated ingredients at the Johnson & Johnson plant that produces Children's Tylenol ...

Wed, April 28, 2010

Bedford GM Plant to Expand

Bedford (WIBQ/WTWO)-General Motors made headlines last week with news it was paying back it's federal bailout loan several years in advance ...

Mon, April 19, 2010

Iran says to start work on new enrichment plant

By Ramin Mostafavi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will start work on a new uranium enrichment nuclear plant, a senior official said on Monday, part of ...

Tue, April 06, 2010

Wisconsin Power & Light to Take Over Sheboygan Plant

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin Power and Light will soon become the sole owner of a coal fired power plant in Sheboygan. The utility said ...

Tue, April 06, 2010

Alliant Energy To Take Over Sheboygan Plant

MADISON, Wis. (WHBL) - Alliant Energy will soon become the sole owner of a coal fired power plant in Sheboygan. The utility said Tuesday it ...

Wed, March 24, 2010

Madison Firm Making Gas From Plant Sugars

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A company in Madison is making gasoline from plant sugars – and it’s one of several possibilities for alternative fuels being ...

Mon, March 22, 2010

Toshiba eyes Gates nuclear alliance, chip plant

By Nobuhiro Kubo and Kiyoshi Takenaka

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is in talks with a company backed by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates to jointly ...

Thu, March 18, 2010

Russia, U.S. disagree over Iran atomic plant start-up

By Darya Korsunskaya

VOLGODONSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it would start up the reactor it is building at Iran's first atomic ...

Thu, March 18, 2010

Clinton, Russia at odds over Iranian nuclear plant

By Arshad Mohammed and Conor Sweeney

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday criticized Russia's plans to start ...

Thu, March 11, 2010

Effort to Land 2nd Battery-Making Plant Continues

(Holland, MI - WHTC News) - More steps in getting a second lithium-ion battery-making plant in Holland were taken yesterday. The city closed on an 810 ...

Wed, March 10, 2010

Multi-Billion Dollar Power Plant Faces Changes

EDWARDSPORT, IND. (WIBQ)-Changes are coming to a multi-billion dollar project in Knox County.

State regulators have approved "permit modifications" at the Edwardsport power ...

Mon, March 08, 2010

Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant

By Ari Rabinovitch and Crispian Balmer

JERUSALEM/PARIS (Reuters) - Israel will this week unveil plans to produce nuclear-generated electricity, officials said on Monday, a ...

Sat, March 06, 2010

Tyson to resume processing at pork plant after fire

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc planned to process stored pork on Saturday at its plant in Logansport, Indiana, after a fire there on Friday ...

Fri, March 05, 2010

Fire temporary shuts Tyson pork plant

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Friday morning fire forced the temporary closure of the Tyson Foods Inc pork plant in Logansport, Indiana, the company said.

The ...

Thu, March 04, 2010

Plant-focused diet may curb breast cancer risk

By Rachael Myers Lowe

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diets high in vegetables, fruits and soy might cut the risk of developing breast cancer by ...

Tue, March 02, 2010

Sony Adding More Jobs To Wabash Valley Plant

TERRE HAUTE (WIBQ)-Sony Corporation announces plans to bring more jobs to the area.

The company is moving DVD production from its New Jersey ...

Thu, February 25, 2010

Toyoda meets with LaHood, thanks workers at plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <TM.N><7203.T> President Akio Toyoda had a "cordial and open" meeting on Thursday with Transportation Secretary Ray ...

Wed, February 24, 2010

Nearly 100 Jobs Added To Dodge Co. Plant

DODGE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Up to 100 new jobs will be added at a plant in Dodge County over the next year. Tab Products ...

Wed, February 17, 2010

Chrysler Illinois plant shutdown on parts shortage

DETROIT (Reuters) - A parts shortage has forced a two-day shutdown at a Chrysler plant in Illinois where the automaker builds the Dodge Caliber, the ...

Mon, February 15, 2010

Vallourec to invest $650 million to build U.S. plant

PARIS (Reuters) - French seamless tube maker Vallourec <VLLP.PA> on Monday said it would invest $650 million in building a new plant in the ...

Sun, February 14, 2010

Mitsubishi Heavy may build U.S. wind turbine plant

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd <7011.T> said on Monday it is considering building a wind turbine plant in the United States, and ...

Wed, February 10, 2010

Work Resumes at Indiana Toyota Plant

Production work has resumed as planned at Toyota's southwestern Indiana plant after a weeklong shutdown for the company to repair defective gas pedals ...

Fri, February 05, 2010

Insurance Payment To Jefferson Plant Pushes Tyson Profits North

JEFFERSON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Tyson Foods made money in its last quarter, in part because it got an insurance payment from the devastating flood at ...

Wed, February 03, 2010

Chrysler in talks to take back Detroit-area plant

By Soyoung Kim and Bernie Woodall

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler is in talks to take back a Sterling Heights, Michigan, assembly plant that it had ...

Thu, January 28, 2010

Plant flavanoid may help prevent leukemia

LONDON (Reuters) - Eating foods like celery and parsley which contain the naturally occurring flavanoid apigenin may help prevent leukemia, Dutch scientists said Thursday.

Maikel ...

Sat, January 23, 2010

GM expects to need new China plant as sales rise

By Fang Yan and Edmund Klamann

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - General Motors <GM.UL> expects it will need to build a new greenfield manufacturing facility in ...

Fri, January 15, 2010

Hunters force lock-down at Texas nuclear arms plant

By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A pair of duck hunters prompted a lock-down at a Texas nuclear weapons plant on Friday but there was ...

Thu, December 31, 2009

Company Ordered Not To Finish Purchasing Jefferson Plant

JEFFERSON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Texas company has been ordered not to complete the purchase of an ethanol plant in Jefferson, until a court hearing ...

Tue, December 29, 2009

Columbus Plant Sold To Company Who Will Re-Open It

COLUMBUS (WRN) - A plant that closed in Columbus has been sold to a local industry which plans to move there and grow. Maysteel has ...

Wed, December 23, 2009

Iowa Firm Wants Judge To Reconsider Bid For Jefferson Plant

DES MOINES, Iowa (WRN) - One of the losing bidders for an ethanol plant in Jefferson has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to reconsider the ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

Valero To Buy Jefferson Ethanol Plant

JEFFERSON (WRN) - A renewable energy company from Texas will buy a struggling ethanol plant in Jefferson for $72 million. Valero Renewable Fuels of San ...

Mon, December 07, 2009

GM to invest $336 million in Volt plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next ...

Thu, December 03, 2009

Harley-Davidson Confirms Plant Staying In York, PA

MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Milwaukee’s Harley-Davidson has confirmed that it will keep its motorcycle assembly plant in York Pennsylvania. That’s after union workers there ...

Fri, November 27, 2009

Cuban nationals land at Florida nuclear plant: NRC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of Cuban nationals who fled their country by boat landed in the cooling canal of a nuclear power plant ...

Fri, November 27, 2009

Cuban nationals land at Florida nuclear plant: NRC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of Cuban nationals who fled their country by boat landed in the cooling canal of a nuclear power plant ...

Fri, November 20, 2009

Harley-Davidson May Not Move York Plant To Kentucky

MILWAUKEE (WRN) - It seems to be getting more likely that Harley-Davidson will not move its York Pennsylvania motorcycle plant to Kentucky.

Under a tentative ...

Sat, November 14, 2009

Ford says resolves UAW disputes at Missouri plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers have resolved disputes over work issues at a Missouri plant that prompted workers to ...

Fri, November 13, 2009

Ford Missouri plant holds strike authorization vote

By Soyoung Kim

DETROIT (Reuters) - Workers at a Ford Motor Co assembly plant in Missouri have started a vote that would authorize a strike ...

Fri, November 13, 2009

Manitowoc Budwesier Plant Slashes Workers

MANITOWOC (WRN) - A Manitowoc plant that makes malt for Budweiser beer will soon be running at only 30 percent of its capacity. That’s ...

Tue, November 10, 2009

Kenosha's Chrysler Plant Asked To Accept 84 Buyouts

KENOSHA (WRN) - Chrysler Corporation is asking another 84 workers at its engine plant in Kenosha to take a buyout offer. About 500 salaries and ...

Fri, October 30, 2009

Vermont meat plant shut after USDA views footage