15,400 acre New Jersey wildfire stopped at edge of Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant
TOMS RIVER, NJ — Firefighters are gaining ground on a massive wildfire burning across Ocean and Lacey Townships, with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service reporting the blaze is now 40% contained…
Former plant manager at Seattle barrel cleaning company sentenced to prison and home confinement
Seattle – The former plant manager of a barrel cleaning and reconditioning company, Seattle Barrel and Cooperage Company, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 30 days in prison…
Ford to temporarily cut one shift at Michigan EV plant
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Ford Motor said on Friday it will temporarily cut one of three shifts at the Michigan plant that builds its electric F-150 lightning pickup truck, citing multiple…
US Labor Dept ‘disappointed’ by VU Manufacturing plant closure in Mexico
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor said on Tuesday it is disappointed by the closure of VU Manufacturing’s facility in the northern Mexican city of…
Tesla rejects union claims, reports of health and safety issues at German plant
BERLIN (Reuters) – Tesla on Tuesday rejected claims by a German union and recent media reports that health and safety provisions at its gigafactory near Berlin were inadequate, stating that protecting workers’…
Volkswagen, Umicore venture picks Poland for first car battery parts plant
BERLIN (Reuters) – The auto battery parts joint venture between Volkswagen’s PowerCo and Belgian materials firm Umicore has chosen Poland as the site for its first factory, PowerCo said on Saturday. Through…
Massive EV Battery Factory May Have To Rely On Coal Plant For It To Function
Massive EV Battery Factory May Have To Rely On Coal Plant For It To Function Nick Pope on October 2, 2023 An electric battery factory in Kansas may use so much energy…
Tesla’s deliveries expected to fall on plant shutdowns, soft demand
By Aditya Soni (Reuters) – Tesla may miss estimates for third-quarter deliveries due to planned factory shutdowns and soft demand that led the automaker to boost discounts, several Wall Street analysts warned…
Toyota plans third India plant, new SUV as domestic sales surge – sources
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Toyota Motor plans to build a third car plant in India, expanding production capacity in the country for the first time in over a decade as…
Exclusive-China’s Trina Solar plans $400 million Vietnam plant after US sanctions – sources
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – Chinese solar panel maker Trina Solar is planning to build its third factory in Vietnam, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, a move that…
Samsung SDI to invest $2 billion to build second joint battery plant in US with Stellantis
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co Ltd said on Wednesday it plans to invest 2.7 trillion won ($2.00 billion) to build a second joint electric vehicle (EV) battery plant with…
Pfizer restarts production at tornado-hit North Carolina plant
(Reuters) – Pfizer said on Monday it has restarted majority of the production lines at its tornado-hit North Carolina plant, but warned that supply of some drugs from the facility may not…
New Jersey Almost Had an Offshore Nuclear Power Plant
A half-century before New Jersey’s current offshore wind farm debate, an audacious plan for a floating nuclear power plant captivated and divided the Jersey Shore community. In the early 1970s, the Atomic…
Auto parts maker Marelli to discuss Italian plant closure with unions
MILAN (Reuters) – Auto parts maker Marelli will consult unions on a plan announced this week to shut one of its plants producing components for internal combustion engines (ICE) hit by the…
UAW workers strike at Mercedes supplier ZF’s plant in Alabama
(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said on Wednesday that 190 workers went on strike at Mercedes-supplier ZF’s plant in Alabama, demanding higher pay and better healthcare benefits. The workers…
Cheswick Power Plant Boiler House Implosion This Week
SPRINGDALE, PA – Springdale Borough Police have released final details for the scheduled implosion of the boiler house at the former Cheswick Power Plant. The event is set for Friday, September 22,…
GM expects to be forced to idle Kansas auto plant next week
(Reuters) – General Motors said on Friday it expects to be forced to idle operations at its Kansas assembly plant next week after the United Auto Workers union struck a nearby Missouri…
Volkswagen to reduce staffing at all-electric Zwickau plant
(Reuters) – Volkswagen is cutting back planned staffing at its all-electric plant in Zwickau, Germany and adjusting shift work due to “market conditions”, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The carmaker had planned…
Chile’s Arauco shuts down pulp plant, cutting around 160 jobs
(Reuters) – Chilean pulp and wood panel maker Arauco said on Tuesday it is halting indefinitely its operations at its Licancel pulp plant due to environmental challenges, causing some 160 workers to…
GM employee’s racial bias lawsuit is revived over NY plant where nooses were displayed
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – General Motors was ordered by a federal appeals court on Thursday to defend against claims by a Black safety supervisor, who said she endured years…
Sweden’s H2 Green Steel raises $1.6 billion for Boden plant
OSLO (Reuters) -H2 Green Steel has raised equity funding of about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) to build the world’s first large-scale green steel plant, the Swedish steel company said on Thursday,…
Toyota says plant shutdown last week due to server malfunction
TOKYO (Reuters) – A malfunction that shut down all of Toyota Motor’s assembly plants in Japan for about a day last week occurred because some servers used to process parts orders became…
What to plant in September for your New Jersey Fall Vegetable Garden
As summer draws to a close, you might think your vegetable gardening season is over. Think again! Even in September, there are still plenty of options for gardeners in New Jersey and…
Kia plant in South Korea faces production disruption after fire -Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – Kia Corp has faced production disruption at one of its plants in South Korea due to a fire in its paint shop, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday. Fire…
Exclusive-Catalent’s Indiana plant to make Novo’s Wegovy weight-loss drug-sources
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – Catalent’s plant in Bloomington, Indiana, will fill injection pens for Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy as part of the two companies’ expanded supply agreement, two sources…
Layoffs Near for Remaining Nestle Employees at Freehold Plant
FREEHOLD, NJ – On November 17, the Nestle plant in Freehold will officially shut down and the 218 remaining employees will be without a job, according to the state Department of Labor.…
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