J.M. Smucker Co. plans to retain 279 jobs and invest more than $43 million in upgrades to its Lexington facility, home of the famous Jif Peanut Butter brand.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Ford, Jif, Kentucky manufacturing, Ohio economy, Oklahoma, Oracle, Oregon, South Carolina manufacturing, Tennessee,

Aerospace, automotive, fashion and musical instruments top the week’s expansion, job creation and site selection news: In the Charlotte region, United Technologies Corp. plans to place its combined Aerospace Systems headquarters in Charlotte following the completion of its acquisition of Goodrich Corp.  The company plans to create 325 UTC jobs over the next five years and invest at least [...]

Categories: Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Charlotte, Ford, Kentucky auto manufacturing, North Carolina, Ralph Lauren, Southwest Airlines, Sweetwater Sound, Tennessee, Texas, United Technologies,

Reshoring is becoming a hot topic as political races heat up and high-profile manufacturers shift production back to the U.S, but what will it take to bring more jobs back?

Categories: Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Caterpillar, Ford, global supply chains, Innovation, insourcing, Made in America, manufacturing, North Little Rock Ark., outsourcing, President Barack Obama, Reshoring, Southeast,

Detroit may still be the epicenter of automotive manufacturing but if you need evidence of where the trend in production in North America is headed, look no further than the Southeast United States.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Argonne National Laboratory, BMW, Ford, Kentucky auto manufacturing, Nissa, South Carolina auto manufacturing, Tennessee auto manufacturing, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volkswagen and Chattanooga',