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NHK Seating expanding Murfreesboro facility

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:04:06 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - State officials say that automotive seat manufacturer NHK Seating of America Inc. plans to expand its facility in Murfreesboro, adding 94 jobs in the process.

ND body gives tax break to manufacturing plant

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:35:14 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - The Burleigh County Commission has agreed to give Midwest Manufacturing a 50 percent property tax break for three years on a $7.5 million manufacturing plant it plans to build in McKenzie Township.

Extremists claim responsibility for Niger attacks

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:20:29 -0400

NIAMEY, Niger - Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release.

Federal rules for Pike Co. in contract dispute

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:32 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - A federal jury in Jackson has found for Pike County in a breach-of-contract lawsuit against a wood pellet company that never built a promised mill.

Areva now mum on date for Idaho nuclear facility

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:23:56 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - French nuclear services giant Areva SA no longer projects a date for building an Idaho uranium enrichment plant, aiming to avoid dashing expectations while its hunt for financing drags on.

VW plant reaches production milestone

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:25 -0400

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee - Volkswagen has reached another production milestone at its assembly plant in Chattanooga.

Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:16:42 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month.

Richland nuclear plant out for refueling

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:59:18 -0400

RICHLAND, Washington - The only nuclear power plant in the Northwest is shut down for a refueling that takes place every two years.

Report: Manufacturing plant planned for Kingsland

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:44:10 -0400

KINGSLAND, Georgia - A new $3.5 million manufacturing plant is being planned for Kingsland.

Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:55:48 -0400

TOKYO - Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it.

Bangladesh: Owners' many failings led to collapse

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:56:12 -0400

DHAKA, Bangladesh - The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh's government concluded.

Site plan approved for ND natural gas processor

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:05 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - An energy company has received approval to start construction of a new natural gas processing plant in northwestern North Dakota.

Ford to end auto production in Australia in 2016

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:05:12 -0400

SYDNEY - Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it was closing its two Australian auto plants and ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales.

Southern Co. CEO defends Miss. power project

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:06:02 -0400

PINE MOUNTAIN, Georgia - The head of Southern Co. called the decision to write off $540 million in extra costs on a Mississippi power plant "a bitter pill for us to swallow," but he defended the project Wednesday as a long-term investment for the large utility.

Retiring coal-fired plants in Nevada passes Senate

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:16:15 -0400

CARSON CITY, Nevada - The Nevada Senate endorsed NV Energy Inc.'s plan Wednesday to retire coal-fired power plants and pave the way for the state's biggest electrical utility to transition to more renewable sources.

In top coal state, gas to fuel next power plant

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:28:19 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - The next major power plant to be built in the nation's top coal-mining state will be fueled by natural gas.

Made in the USA back in style for small businesses

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:02 -0400

NEW YORK - When Martin Rawls-Meehan started making adjustable beds in 2004, it was a foregone conclusion that key parts would be made overseas. It was cheaper to manufacture in Taiwan than in the U.S. And from Taiwan it was easier to ship to customers in Asia.

Van-Rob Automotive expanding in Manchester

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:53:05 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Automotive supplier Van-Rob will expand its plant in Coffee County, adding 104 jobs.

German co., Pepsi open yogurt plant in western NY

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:35 -0400

BATAVIA, New York - A second yogurt plant is about to open in a Genesee County business park.

N. Ind. ambulance plant with 165 workers closing

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:53:37 -0400

ELKHART, Indiana - A northern Indiana factory where 165 workers build ambulances will be shut down by its new owner in a decision announced a week after the same company said it would close a nearby recreational vehicle plant with about 500 workers.

US auto factories cutting back on summer downtime

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:13:23 -0400

DETROIT - The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks.

Monroe-based Ventower Industries continues to grow

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:22:17 -0400

MONROE, Michigan - Much like the wind-turbine towers it makes, Monroe-based Ventower Industries has been seeing its production and employment shooting skyward.

Feds open inspection into shuttered NC nuke plant

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:03:33 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Federal regulators are launching a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week.

Somerset power plant cuts mercury emissions

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:25:13 -0400

SOMERSET, Massachusetts - A coal-fired Massachusetts power plant frequently listed as one of the most polluting in the state has dramatically reduced its mercury emissions.

Japan watchdog: Nuclear plant sits on active fault

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:20:09 -0400

TOKYO - Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath one of two reactors at an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the reactor's restart virtually impossible.