Automotive

South Korean automotive parts manufacturer to invest $80.5 million to build third manufacturing facility.

Numerous new projects have been drawn to North and South Carolina, where the welcome mat has been set out for innovators and manufacturers across a wide range of industries.

The state of Tennessee is providing a $165.8 million grant for costs associated with site development and preparation, infrastructure, production equipment acquisition and installation, and facility construction.

Nearly 17,000 new jobs and more than $4.4 billion in capital investment came to Alabama in 2013.

A Certified Site reduces the risks associated with development by providing detailed information about a site, including price and availability, utilities, access, environmental concerns and potential development costs. Sites are periodically recertified to ensure accurate, reliable data.

Automotive components manufacturing company to invest $17 million and create 101 new jobs.

This is the first greenfield project in North America for Giti Tire. The plant will be built with a focus on maintaining a healthy balance with the environment and following the company's green initiatives.

Production of the all-new 2015 Nissan Murano crossover later this fall means 500 new jobs for Nissan's Vehicle Assembly Plant in Canton, Mississippi.

In 2013, companies invested $3.3 billion in 281 new projects in Kentucky across a broad spectrum of industries, creating 14,000 jobs.

JPMorgan Chase commits $100 million to help rebuild Detroit.

International company expands to U.S. with new vehicle research and high tech manufacturing facility.

Japanese, European partnership to supply aluminum sheets to automotive manufacturers.

Manufacturing, sales and marketing, corporate and financial services headquarters to unify in new, shared campus.

As flexible as rubber, thinner than a human hair and 200 times stronger than steel, graphene is about to change the world.

Germany's auto giants are set to unleash billions of dollars to expand North American production.

The company’s first U.S. service center is expected to come online in the third quarter of this year and will allow voxeljet to print on-demand parts, molds, cores and models for automotive and other industrial customers.

Old-school automakers are circling their dealership wagons in a last line of defense against Tesla.

More than 100 jobs will be created through the 10-month construction period, which should be complete in late 2014 or early 2015.

Georgia notched a 10 percent surge in job creation in fiscal year 2013, with 389 companies investing $6 billion and creating 31,656 jobs.

Slated to close in 2010, the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant rises from the ashes with nearly $1 billion in investments; new paint and body shops transform plant into flexible, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

The 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year recognizes the locations and economic development agencies that landed the highest impact projects announced between July 1, 2012 and December 1, 2013. This year, the game-changing transformation of a former solar panel plant in Mesa, AZ into a new $1.5-billion manufacturing facility for tech giant Apple takes the top prize.

Tennessee, already an automotive powerhouse, motors into our winner’s circle with a diverse growth strategy that’s hitting on all cylinders.

Ford will build an all-new Edge utility vehicle for global markets at its Oakville Assembly plant, near Toronto, following a C$700 million investment to make the plant one of the most competitive and advanced global manufacturing facilities in Canada.

Global auto manufacturer chose central Kentucky due to highly skilled workforce, centralized location.

Shiloh Industries currently employs more than 2,000 associates across North America, with 86 associates in Auburn and 107 in Pierceton. The company plans to begin hiring for both facilities this year.

In 2016, a snazzy new bridge will begin absorbing the overflow from any traffic jams on the GWB.

Greater Phoenix takes top prize for Apple's new manufacturing plant.

With a diverse, well-executed growth strategy, the Volunteer State takes top honors in Business Facilities annual competition.

Ford has welcomed nearly 1,000 new employees at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to prepare for the launch of the all-new Ford Transit, which goes on sale in the United States this summer.

Second phase of construction continues on schedule for GTA's primary manufacturing facility.

The new Kia Motors assembly plant in West Point, GA is spurring the development of a growing parts network. From the September/October 2013 issue.

Automotive parts supplier to invest $53.8 million, create 81 new jobs.

Newly expanded facility will be responsible for creating 650 new jobs in Georgia, once it is completed.

Power giants Duke Energy and Santee Cooper are playing a central role in facilitating business development and site readiness. From the September/October 2013 issue.

A visionary entrepreneur who boldly embraced the future, but never lost sight of the enduring values of family and friendship. From the September/October 2013 issue.

Company to invest more than $102 million to retrofit, expand its parent company’s former Hopkinsville location; will create up to 283 new jobs.

Sogefi will add engine intake manifolds to the product line in Prichard, adding to the more than five million pumps and filters it already produces annually.

Ford will invest $150 million in Buffalo Stamping Plant and add 350 new jobs at the facility to support future product growth.

The building design focuses on quality and collaborative workspaces, natural day lighting and leading edge office design consistent with industry best practices.

The Atlanta Braves write another chapter in the long-running saga of publicly financed sports palaces.