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Bosch begins electric motor production in Charleston; more than $260M in new investment

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Bosch has begun production of electric motors at its Charleston, S.C. Additionally, the company plans to invest more than $260 million to expand further the production of electrification products at the site, which is expected to create at least 350 net new jobs by 2025. manufacturing facility. methods to gain more efficiency.

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Honda to build new automobile production plant in Brazil doubling annual production capacity to 240,000 units in 2015

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HAB), the Honda automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, plans to build a new automobile production plant with annual production capacity of 120,000 units. The new plant, scheduled to become operational in 2015, will produce Fit-class compact vehicles, for which demand is high on a global basis.

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Stora Enso building €10M pilot plant to produce hard carbon from lignin; electrode materials

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Stora Enso is investing €10 million to build a pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials based on lignin. Lignin is one of the main building blocks of a tree. With the pilot facility we will continue to build on our long-term work in extracting lignin from biomass to create more value from it.

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Honda to build new automobile production plant in Thailand; total capacity to increase to 420,000 units in 2015

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HATC), Honda’s automobile production and sales subsidiary in Thailand, plans to build a new automobile production plant with an annual production capacity of 120,000 units. HATC is planning to make an additional investment to increase the annual production capacity of the existing plant to 300,000 units in 2014.

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Volkswagen Group to build own engine plant in Russia; production to begin in 2015

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liter gasoline engine from the EA 211 series will be produced locally as of 2015. To this end we will once again be investing approximately 1 billion euro in local production and new models. The Volkswagen Group will invest approximately €250 million (US$314 million) at the new location, where a a 1.6-liter

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GM’s Brownstown Battery Assembly expands; building new battery system for 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV

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General Motors will bring all its electric vehicle battery pack building capabilities in-house with production of battery systems for the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV at its expanded battery assembly plant in Brownstown, Mich. Battery module for 2015 Spark EV battery pack. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Oshkosh selects Spartanburg, S.C. to build next-generation USPS delivery fleet

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Oshkosh Defense has selected Spartanburg, South Carolina to be the home of its efforts to build the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) for the US Postal Service. The USPS selected Oshkosh Defense for the multi-billion-dollar NGDV contract in February 2021 at the end of a competitive process that began in 2015. Earlier post.)