Automotive

The new heavy truck assembly operation will create 749 jobs at a 1 million square-foot plant in Birmingham, AL.

New Flyer of America is planning major building renovation and expansions at its Anniston, AL production campus.

Android Industries and its sister company Avancez will expand their operations in Fort Wayne, IN, creating up to 313 new jobs by the end of 2018.

The automotive products and systems company will build a state-of-the-art customer center in Northville Township, MI with help from a Michigan Business Development Program grant.

The automotive parts distributor will bring 190 jobs to its new Plainfield, IN corporate headquarters.

The Japan-based company will invest $8 million in its new operations in Shelbyville, which will house high-tech 3D printing equipment.

Federal and state authorities are beginning to lay down the rules of the road for self-driving vehicles.

Cooper Standard will invest $1 million in new equipment at its Surgoinsville, TN facility, creating 98 new jobs.

ATIO USA will open a new manufacturing facility in Clewiston, FL creating 39 new jobs.

Carcoustics will invest $6 million in a new manufacturing facility in Buford, GA over the next five years.

Fukai Toyotetsu Indiana Corporation will double its footprint in Jamestown, IN, creating up to 103 new jobs by 2020.

The automotive mold and casting manufacturer will invest $6.5 million and create 60 new jobs in Manchester, TN.

The Austrian automotive plastics manufacturer is building a new plant in Taylorsville, NC.

Less than halfway through 2017, the state has attracted nearly $5.8 billion in corporate investments and is also on pace to create most new jobs since 2006.

The aluminum parts manufacturer will invest more than $51.3 million in Bowling Green, KY.

A new natural gas pipeline, installed with help from state, local and private partners, made the expansion possible.

BeijingWest Industries, Co. Ltd. will invest more than $80 million its first U.S. production facility in Greenfield's Progress Park, creating up to 441 new, high-wage jobs by 2021.

The South Korean company will invest nearly $20M and add 100 news jobs at its facility in the Northeast Opelika Industrial Park.

This LiveXchange seminar will explore the transformation now impacting the largest and most complex global supply chain—the automotive sector—and identify key economic development opportunities that will result.

The automotive manufacturer will invest over $4M in a new facility in Fort Wayne with help from tax credits and training grants from the state.

Automakers are joining forces with tech giants in a full-throttle race to install amazing high-tech advances in vehicles that are ready to roll off the line and hit the road today.

Business Facilities' January / February 2017 issue features the winners of our annual State of the Year and Economic Development of the Year awards, Plus, auto manufacturing, food processing, and data centers, and we celebrate 50 years of building inspiration.

The new facility, in the heart of the Silicon Valley, will employ 400 and serve as the company’s center of global software development.

General Motors will invest more than $90 million to update equipment at its Marion Metal Center plant’s existing 2.7 million-square-foot campus.

voestalpine Automotive Body Parts Inc. will invest $50M to expand its existing facility in Cartersville, GA.

A multi-phase, $225-million investment will increase capacity at the company’s Joliette, Quebec plant to produce larger-diameter tires for trucks and SUVs.

The company will invest $70M and create more than 300 jobs at the Toledo site by 2020.

The auto supplier will invest $95 million in a 500,000-square-foot production facility in the motor city, creating 650 new jobs.

The push to bring driverless vehicles to the mass market appears to have hit a major roadblock. Proceed with caution.

The U.S. auto industry recorded its best year ever in 2015, selling 17.5 million cars and light trucks in the U.S., nearly $570 billion in revenue and a 5.7 percent increase over last year.

The State of the Year and Deal of the Year awards are the focus of Business Facilities January/February 2016 issue, plus an Automotive Industry Focus.

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) will invest $22.7 million to expand facilities and improve operations at Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) in Cherokee County, SC.

Daimler Trucks will invest $375 million to enable production of its new DD5 and DD8 medium duty engines at Detroit™ brand headquarters and manufacturing facility in Redford, MI.

JTEKT North America is investing $1.75 million to establish North American headquarters at Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) in Greenville County, SC.