manufacturing

Statewide Partnership Formed to Help Kentucky Manufacturers

Lisa Autry — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:11:08 +0000

Kentucky manufacturers will benefit from a new partnership between universities, professionals, and state and federal partners.

The Advantage Kentucky Alliance was announced Friday at WKU's Center for Research and Development.

The aim is to move Kentucky from traditional manufacturing to advanced manufacturing. WKU President Gary Ransdell said it's important for universities to be involved in the economies they help create and sustain.

"Universities first and foremost have to be about economic development. The time has long since passed when our primary mission was to just educate students,"said Dr. Ransdell. "As I've said for many years, educating students is a means to a much more important end and that more important end is driving Kentucky's economy and improving the quality of like for people within the reach of our universities."

The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers and local chambers of commerce will help connect manufacturers to alliance members who can address their needs, such as finding new revenue streams, developing new products and services, and learning new processes to become more efficient.

Fiat Expansion in Tennessee to Add Hundreds of New Jobs

Kevin Willis — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:09:18 +0000

A southern Tennessee county is poised to gain up to 800 new jobs when a subsidiary of Fiat expands its auto supply plant. The nearly $54 million expansion of the Magneti Marelli plant in Giles County will provide a major boost to manufacturing jobs throughout the region.

Warren County Manufacturers Need Workers with High-Tech Skills

Kevin Willis — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:21:28 +0000

The factory floor of Trace Die Cast in Bowling Green is loud—so loud, workers and visitors wear ear plugs anytime they’re on the premises. This is the sort of place that provides the blue collar manufacturing jobs that we keep hearing are in such short supply these days.

Warren County Auto Parts Manufacturer Expanding Production, Adding Jobs

Associated Press — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:29:34 +0000

An auto-industry supplier is planning a $10 million expansion of a facility in Bowling Green, with plans calling for two new production lines and an add-on to the existing building. KIRIU USA President and CEO Mark Kimura says the expansion should be done by the time the company celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall.

Solar Company To Bring 30 Jobs To Edmonson County

Joe Corcoran — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:31:06 +0000

Taggart Solar, LLC plans to locate a new manufacturing facility in the Edmonson County Industrial Park in Edmonson County in a 10,000 square foot leased building. The company's $440,000 capital investment will create 30 new jobs.