Deals for Duracell, Wild Turkey and Amazon.com and more jobs coming back to China top this week’s roundup on site selections, expansions and job creation announcements:

Categories: Deals, Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Amazon.com, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky manufacturing, P&G Duracell, Reshoring, Tennessee, Wild Turkey,

A recap of some of the week’s top job creation, site selection and major investment news

Categories: Deals, Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Appliance Park in Louisville, General Electric, Georgia economy, Kentucky manufacturing, Nexans, South Carolina manufacturing, Starbucks, Tennessee economy, Tognum America Inc., Volkswagen and Chattanooga',

General Electric has opened its GE Appliance’s GeoSpring Hybrid Water Heater manufacturing facility at Appliance Park in Louisville. The $38 million investment in the new product and a revitalized facility is the first realization of commitments GE has made since 2009 to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Louisville and create more than 1,000 new jobs in Kentucky by 2014.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Amazon.com, Delaware, GE, GE Appliances, Kansas Economy, Kentucky manufacturing, Louisiana economy, Louisville, Union Pacific, YRC Freight, Zumiez,

Flexible packaging company UFLEX Ltd. will locate its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Hardin County, Ky., The new location project will occur in phases, initially creating 125 new jobs and a $90 million investment, ultimately doubling in scope for a total investment of at least $180 million and 250 jobs.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Gov. Steve Beshear, Hardin County, Kentucky, Kentucky manufacturing, Ky., UFLEX Ltd.,

Rio Tinto Alcan is investing $37 million in its aluminum smelter in Sebree, Ky., a project that will help retain the jobs of nearly 500 employees.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Gov. Steve Beshear, Kentucky aluminum industry, Kentucky manufacturing, Ky., Rio Tinto Alcan, Sebree,

Ford Motor Co. plans a $600 million investment at its Louisville Assembly Plant (LAP) that will transform the complex into Ford’s most-flexible, high-volume plant in the world. The state-of-the-art facility will build the next-generation Escape for the North America market starting late next year and will require the addition of a second shift, creating 1,800 jobs incrementally above current staffing levels.

Categories: Deals
Tagged: Ford Motor Co. in Louisville, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Kentucky economy, Kentucky manufacturing, Louisville economy,

Tiffany broke ground for the construction of a new 25,000 square-foot manufacturing facility on a four-acre site in the Blue Grass Business Park in Lexington.

Categories: Construction, Deals, Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Kentucky economy, Kentucky manufacturing, Tiffany & Co.,