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Car company's partnership with AM General could mean new jobs
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY – A Central Indiana company announced its plan Friday to build plug-in hybrid work trucks at AM General. A vice president with the startup company, BRIGHT Automotive, says the plan is to bring 300 jobs to St. Joseph County by early...Tags: Marketing, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Hometown Secrets: Elkhart was once automotive hub
For a long time Elkhart has been known as the RV capital of the world. But long before RV's made their debut, cars were made there. About a decade after the turn of the century, there were about 14 companies making cars in Elkhart --- it was by all...
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For car buyers, it's harder to end up with a lemon
TOM KRISHER,AP Auto WritersDETROIT (AP) — Car shoppers today are less likely to end up with a lemon. In the past five years, global competition has forced automakers to improve the quality and reliability of their vehicles — everything from inexpensive mini-cars to...Tags: Hyundai, Manufacturing and Engineering, Kia, Services and Shopping, Companies and Corporations
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Ford recalls 450,426 minivans and SUVs
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford says it's recalling nearly half a million minivans and SUVs because of a pair of mechanical issues. The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker is recalling 205,896 Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans made during the 2004 and...Tags: Ford, Manufacturing and Engineering, Ford Motor Co., Mercury, SUVs and Crossovers
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Hyundai Elantra wins car of year
DETROIT (AP) — The Hyundai Elantra has won the North American Car of the Year award. The award was announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which holds media previews this week and opens to the public on Jan. 14. The...Tags: Marketing, Ford, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hyundai, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Princeton Toyota plant produces 3 millionth vehicle
PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) — Workers at a Toyota Motor Corp. plant in southwestern Indiana are celebrating the plant's production of its 3 millionth vehicle. The Evansville Courier & Press reports (http://bit.ly/wI9gXY ) that workers marked the...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Toyota, Toyota Motor Corp.
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Colorado company wants to recreate Studebaker vehicles
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – In 1966, the Studebaker Company shut down production of the Lark and closed its factory doors. Now, 46 years later, a start-up automaker in Colorado wants to get the Studebaker name and style back on the road and wants its first...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Services and Shopping, Economy, Business and Finance
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Could Studebakers be made once again in South Bend?
WSBT-TV ReporterA Colorado businessman says South Bend has moved up on his list of possible factory sites now that the right-to-work bill has passed. This is an update to a story we brought you last week about the new Studebaker Motor company, a start-up automaker in...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Building a better system: Kem Krest continues to evolve
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterKem Krest Corp., an automotive-dependent service acquired by partners Amish Shah and David Weaver on the threshold of the Great Recession, has accelerated through the downturn with strategic diversification and an agile business model. The firm was named...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Michigan's population exodus shifts into reverse
The state that lost population during the 2010 census results may be stopping that trend. New numbers from the annual population census show fewer people appear to be leaving Michigan. Experts credit an improving economy which means more jobs.
For about...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, 2010 Census, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing and Engineering, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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Five elite prospects to join Irish hockey
Notre Dame hockey coach Jeff Jackson today announced that five student-athletes have signed National Letters-of-Intent to attend the University beginning with the 2012-13 campaign.
Forwards Thomas DiPauli (Woodridge, Ill.), Sam Herr (Hinsdale, Ill.),...Tags: Minnesota Wild, Ice Hockey, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hockey (music group), College Sports
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Woman says she put $700 in gifts into wrong car
NOVI, Mich. (AP) — A woman says she accidentally placed about $700 in Christmas gifts into a stranger's car after a key opened the vehicle's trunk in suburban Detroit. Linda Gipson of Ypsilanti tells the Detroit Free Press and AnnArbor.com she...Tags: Ford, Manufacturing and Engineering, Ford Motor Co., Freedom of the Press, Politics
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