Engineered Plastic Components invests in second plant in Alabama
Engineered Plastic Components is investing $8.05 million in a 125,000-square-foot facility in Bessemer, Alabama. The thermoplastics and thermoset products manufacturer produces automotive instrument panels,...
Valeo North America selects Alabama for new facility
Automotive supplier Valeo North America is investing $5 million in a facility in Bessemer, Alabama, creating 70 jobs. This facility joins Valeo North America’s...
Hitachi Automotive to make electric motors in Kentucky
Hitachi Automotive Electric Motor Systems America Inc. is establishing a new, 200-job operation in Berea, Kentucky, to manufacture motors for electric vehicles.
A new Hitachi...
Dana Inc. supplies rear axle for Ram 1500 TRX
Dana Inc. will be supplying its 60 AdvanTEK solid rear axle with Spicer PerformaTraK electronic locking differential to the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX pickup...
Radar-on-chip startup raises C series funding
Uhnder Inc., an Austin, Texas-based startup developing digital radar technology, recently has raised $45 million in series C funding.
The company, co-founded by Chief Executive...
Sigmatex expands in South Carolina
Sigmatex Carbon Textile Solutions Inc. will expand its operations in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, investing $4.5 million and creating another 50 jobs.
Founded in 1986,...
ORBIS Corp. Finalist for Product of the Year Award
ORBIS Corp.’s new Odyssey rackable pallet has been selected as a finalist for Plant Engineering’s Product of the Year award, which highlights new products...
Gestamp Announces Third Expansion in Tennessee
Gestamp Chattanooga has announced the company will invest $94.7 million to expand operations at its Hickory Valley Road and Ferdinand Piech Way plants in...
AGC Automotive Expands in Alabama
AGC Automotive plans to consolidate two plants into one, while expanding, in Alabama. The automotive glass supplier will add 33,000 square feet to its...
TRB Lightweight Structures Recognized by Cummins
TRB Lightweight Structures has been recognized by Cummins Inc. with the 2020 Cummins COVID-19 Outstanding Supplier Award for its efforts to minimize the disruption...
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Kia Corp. July sales up 8.7% year over year
Kia Corp. sold 241,399 units in July globally, up 8.7% year over year. Outside of Korea, sales rose 10.4% from a year earlier, selling...
Firestone Industrial Products breaks ground on expansion
Firestone Industrial Products LLC is investing $50 million in the company’s 250-job expansion in Williamsburg, Kentucky, that will increase production of automotive air springs...
Kaiser Aluminum moves its corporate headquarters to Tennessee
Kaiser Aluminum will relocate its corporate headquarters from California to Tennessee. It will invest approximately $3 million and create 80 jobs as it transitions...
General Motors introduces new Super Cruise to six models
General Motors introduces its new Super Cruise capabilities on six model 2022 vehicles. Super Cruise is the industry’s first true hands-free driver-assistance technology allowing...
Volvo Cars sales volume rebounds 41% over first half of 2020
Volvo Cars sales volumes for the first half of 2021 is 41% higher than the same period in 2020 and up 12% over the...