Articles tagged with plant

Thu, May 24, 2012

Sharp to supply technology to Hon Hai's China plant: Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp will supply technological know-how to Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co for a plant in China that ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Blast at Illinois electric parts plant kills one

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A powerful explosion at a manufacturing plant in a Chicago suburb on Tuesday killed one worker and injured 12 people, including some ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Future of German Opel plant uncertain after 2014

By Andreas Cremer

BOCHUM/BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) - The head of German carmaker Opel, under pressure from parent General Motors to end losses, refused to ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Future of German Opel plant uncertain after 2014

By Andreas Cremer

BOCHUM/BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) - The head of German carmaker Opel, under pressure from parent General Motors' to end losses, refused to ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Opel CEO faces workers over possible plant closure

FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - The head of General Motors unit Opel sought to allay workers' fears that the automaker plans to shut one of its ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

Small fire breaks out at ADM plant in Illinois

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A small fire broke out at one of agribusiness giant Archer Daniel Midland Co's plants in Decatur, Illinois, on Friday morning ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Dodge Co. plant facing fines for fatal chemical exposure

THERESA, WI (WTAQ) - Federal officials have recommended $64,000 in fines against a Dodge County plant where a worker was killed and another suffered ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

GM chooses UK plant over Germany for new Astra

By Rhys Jones

LONDON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will build the next generation of its Astra compact in Britain after workers at its factory ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Second shift to start at GM Michigan Cadillac plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will start a second shift in July with 600 workers at the Lansing, Michigan, plant that will make the ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Excelerate to build first floating U.S. LNG export plant

By Edward McAllister

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Excelerate Energy, the U.S. liquefied natural gas company founded by Oklahoma billionaire George Kaiser, said on Tuesday ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Appeals court upholds utility revenue sharing agreement

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The village of Rothschild has lost an appeal of a court order requiring it to share utility revenues it gets from ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Insight: In Europe, carmakers talk plant closures

By Jennifer Clark

GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Under the lights of the Geneva motor show in March, Europe's top auto executives boasted about the ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Appeals court to rule on utility revenue dispute

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A state appeals court could settle an intergovernmental dispute between two area villages on Tuesday.

The Wausau-based Third District Court of ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Shell says Arrow Gladstone LNG plant still on

ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell still plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at the Australian port of Gladstone as part of ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

GM begins new attempt to sell French gearbox plant

PARIS (Reuters) - General Motors put its gearbox plant in Strasbourg, France, up for sale for a second time in four years, pledging to seek ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

Mock disaster drill Tuesday at Prairie Island nuclear plant

RED WING, MN (WTAQ) - Folks living near the Prairie Island nuclear plant should not be alarmed if they see dozens of emergency vehicles rush ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

"Pink slime" label forces beef plant closures

(Reuters) - The top U.S. producer of ammonia-treated beef that critics called "pink slime" said on Monday it will close three of its four ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

WPS unveils new Weston 3 pollution control technology

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsin Public Service is asking state regulators for permission to install technology that would remove pollutants from its Weston 3 ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Japan switches off last nuclear power plant; will it cope?

By Aaron Sheldrick

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan shuts down its last working nuclear power reactor this weekend just over a year after a tsunami scarred ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Plant study flags dangers of warming world

By Nina Chestney

LONDON (Reuters) - Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, research in the United States showed on ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Caterpillar workers strike; rejected signing bonus

By John D. Stoll

(Reuters) - About 800 workers at a Caterpillar Inc plant in Joliet, Illinois went on strike early Tuesday morning less than ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

China's SMIC buying Hiroshima DRAM plant an option for Elpida: Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Hony Capital plans to sell or outsource the operations at Elpida Memory's Hiroshima DRAM plant to Semiconductor Manufacturing International ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Dairy industry CEO leading effort to renovate UW dairy plant

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A Wisconsin dairy industry leader is heading up an effort to raise up to $32 million to renovate a 60-year-old dairy ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Chevron Phillips to build chemical plant in Texas

(Reuters) - Chevron Phillips Chemical Co said on Monday it will build a new chemical plant at its facility in Old Ocean, Texas.

The company ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Workers protest at Foxconn plant in China

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Workers at a Chinese factory owned by Foxconn, Apple Inc's main manufacturer, threatened to jump off the roof of a building ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Carbon monoxide leak at Point Beach nuclear plant

TWO CREEKS, Wis (WRN) An incident at the Point Beach nuclear power plant prompted an alert at the site Wednesday night, although it was ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

India's Strides buys U.S.-approved drug making plant

(Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Strides Arcolab said its unit acquired a U.S. compliant sterile drugs manufacturing plant for 1.25 billion rupees ($23.76 ...

Tue, April 24, 2012

No injuries or damage after UP power plant fire

MARQUETTE, MI (WTAQ) - No damage or injuries were reported in a small fire Monday night at a power plant in Upper Michigan owned by ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

New York's Nassau County lease of sewer plant faces hurdles

By Joan Gralla

(Reuters) - New York's Nassau County taps the debt market this week, with plans to lease its sewer system for nearly ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Volkswagen to invest $225 million in new Chinese plant

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen , the world's second largest carmaker, will invest about 170 million euros ($225 million) building a new plant in Urumqi, western ...

Sat, April 21, 2012

Glencore restarts output at shut Zambia plant

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Glencore International's Mopani Copper Mines has resumed production at its Zambian copper treatment plant, which was shut in March for pollution ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Johnson Controls opens car-battery lead recycling plant in South Carolina

MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s largest company is about to open a car-battery recycling plant in South Carolina. Johnson Controls of Glendale is the ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Ford invests $760 million for new China plant, more capacity

By Ben Klayman

HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is investing $760 million to build a new plant in eastern China as part of ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Feature: Portuguese plant seeds to cope with crisis

By Daniel Alvarenga

ALFANDEGA DA FE, Portugal (Reuters) - Disillusioned by the unfulfilled promise of the cities and feeling stifled by tough austerity measures aimed ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

U.S. regulators approve Cheniere LNG export plant

By Edward McAllister and Ayesha Rascoe

(Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Monday approved the country's first liquefied natural gas export plant in nearly ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Cheniere to raise up to $4 billion in debt for Louisiana plant

(Reuters) - Cheniere Energy Partners LP said it has engaged eight financial institutions to raise up to $4 billion in debt to help finance the ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Sharp in talks with Toppan, Dai Nippon for Sakai plant

OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Sharp Corp, Japan's last major fabricator of liquid crystal displays for televisions, said on Tuesday it was in talks with ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

No timetable for restarting California nuclear plant: Jaczko

By Alex Dobuzinskis

DANA POINT, California (Reuters) - The top U.S. nuclear official said on Friday his agency has not set any timetable for ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Ethanol plant agrees to $17K air pollution lawsuit settlement

JEFFERSON, WI (WTAQ) - An ethanol plant near Jefferson has agreed to pay $17,000 to settle a state air pollution lawsuit.

State Attorney General ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Stevens Point medical equipment maker closing plant, laying off 146 workers

STEVENS POINT, WI (WTAQ) - A Stevens Point company that makes home medical equipment says it will close its production plant in June, putting 146 ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Osceola Polaris plant to create 89 jobs over next 3 years

OSCELOA, WI (WTAQ) - Another step was taken today to ensure the future of a northwest Wisconsin plant that was once on the chopping block ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

146 workers to lose their jobs at Joerns plant in Stevens Point

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – A Stevens Point medical supply company announced they'd be laying off 146 employees.

Reports say Joerns Healthcare will start ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Toshiba to build new NAND chip plant: media

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp plans to build a new NAND flash memory plant in Japan as early as this summer as demand for mobile ...

Sat, March 31, 2012

GM faces huge costs if Bochum plant shut: works leader

By Andreas Cremer

Bochum, Germany (Reuters) - Labor leaders at loss-making European car maker Opel have warned parent company General Motors that closing one of ...

Sat, March 31, 2012

Honda committed to Thailand as flood-hit plant restarts

By Sinsiri Tiwutanond

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand, March 31 - Honda Motor Co <7267.T>, Japan's third-largest car maker, officially resumed production on Saturday at its plant in ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Mississippi allows Southern Co to keep building $2.8 billion coal plant

By Eileen O'Grady

(Reuters) - Mississippi utility regulators on Friday voted to allow a unit of Southern Co to continue building an $2.8 ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Ford to invest $1.3 billion in northern Mexico plant

By Tomas Sarmiento

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. carmaker Ford Motor Co will invest $1.3 billion in its stamping and assembly plant in ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

U.S. farmers to plant the most corn in 75 years

By Tom Polansek and Charles Abbott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. farmers will plant the most corn in 75 years to cash in on higher ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

"Pink slime" producer allows tour of plant to bolster image

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb (Reuters) - A maker of the hamburger filler branded by critics as "pink slime" on Thursday allowed three state governors supportive ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

"Pink slime" producer allows tour of plant to bolster image

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb (Reuters) - A maker of the hamburger filler branded by critics as "pink slime" on Thursday allowed three state governors supportive ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Apple CEO visits Foxconn's iPhone plant in China

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple Inc's Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Opel skirts plant closures to avoid labor brawl

By Christiaan Hetzner

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European carmaker Opel avoided conflict with the unions on its board on Wednesday, preferring to return to the negotiating ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Sharp to announce deal with Sony on Sakai plant

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp, which is in a partnership with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry on LCDs, said on Wednesday it will announce ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Exclusive: UAW steps up bid to organize VW U.S. plant: sources

By Bernie Woodall and Deepa Seetharaman

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn./DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union is soliciting signatures of support from workers at Volkswagen ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Opel to submit plant closure plan to board: sources

By Christiaan Hetzner and Ben Klayman

FRANKFURT/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors' Opel managers will present a business plan next Wednesday to the unit's ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Volkswagen to add 800 workers at Tennessee plant

By Bernie Woodall

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG will add 800 jobs at its only U.S. plant to increase production of the Passat ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Warmest March ever drives farmers to plant early

By Michael Hirtzer

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ethan Cox is sowing corn on his 5,000-acre Illinois farm earlier than ever this year, betting that the ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Please don't plant the daisies - or we'll sue

By Jason McLure

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Growing even faster than the daisies and daffodils Kimberly Bois planted outside her condo unit in memory ...

Sun, March 18, 2012

Kia Motors says to suspend U.S. plant; shares drop

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean carmaker Kia Motors <000270.KS> said on Monday that it would suspend production at its U.S. plant on Monday and Tuesday ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

Hal Leonard settles sexual harassment suit at MN plant

MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - A Milwaukee company that prints sheet music has settled a federal sexual harassment charge at its plant in Winona Minnesota.

The Equal ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Strike averted at Maysteel plant in Allenton

ALLENTON, WI (WTAQ) - There will not be a strike at the Maysteel plant at Allenton in Washington County.

The maker of electrical cabinets and ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

First Solar to build new solar plant for NRG

(Reuters) - First Solar Inc will build a 26-megawatt solar power plant for power producer NRG Energy Inc in Arizona under the latest deal between ...

Thu, March 08, 2012

Grant helps city update treatment equipment

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau has installed new equipment at its wastewater treatment facility that will help the save the city money on energy costs ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Robert Plant Schedules First US Concert of the Year

Robert Plant will be walking back into Clarksdale, Mississippi this summer to headline the 25th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival

The event, which is ...

Mon, February 27, 2012

Glaxo recalls hypertension drug made at Novartis plant

(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline has recalled 394,230 bottles of its DynaCirc CR hypertension drug from the U.S. market after the manufacturer, Novartis, reported inconsistent ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

New Group Featuring Robert Plant to Debut at WOMAD Festival in July

Robert Plant is part of a new musical collective called The Sensational Space Shifters that will make its live debut when the group headlines ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

OSHA cites Milk Specialties Company plant for August blaze

FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Federal officials have recommended a $70,000 fine against a Fond du Lac plant that turns cheese whey into ...

Mon, February 20, 2012

French steel workers occupy ArcelorMittal plant

FLORANGE, France (Reuters) - Workers at an idled ArcelorMittal steel plant in northeast France occupied the site Monday, seeking to put their plight on the ...

Sat, February 18, 2012

Cardinal Glass to lay off 53 workers at 3-year-old plant

MAZOMANIE, WI (WTAQ) - Cardinal Glass Industries reports it will lay off 53 workers at its Mazomanie plant effective Sunday. Cardinal Solar Technologies notified the ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Apple iPad plant conditions better than the norm: agency

By Terril Yue Jones

BEIJING (Reuters) - Working conditions at Chinese manufacturing plants where Apple Inc's iPads and iPhones are made are far better ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

NRC approves first new nuclear plant in a generation

By Ayesha Rascoe

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - Regulators on Thursday approved plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in the U.S. in ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

U.S. approves first new nuclear plant in a generation

By Ayesha Rascoe

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in more than ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Radioactive element found in fish far from Vermont nuclear plant

(Reuters) - Trace amounts of a radioactive element found in fish near the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have now been found in bass in ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Caterpillar to close London, Ont. locomotive plant

(Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc has decided to close its Electro-Motive locomotive plant in London, Ontario, and lay off at least 450 workers following several months ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

California Nuclear plant shuts down reactor as precaution

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of two reactors at the San Onofre nuclear power station in Southern California was shut down on ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

Shine Medical Technologies to build Janesville plant

JANESVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - Shine Medical Technologies of Middleton says it will become the nation's first major supplier of an isotope that detects heart ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Robert Plant Honored Twice at the 2012 TEC Awards

Robert Plant came away a big winner at the 27th annual Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards, which took place Friday in Anaheim, California.  The ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Plant compounds tied to fewer heart deaths

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who get a moderate amount of certain plant compounds in their diets are less likely ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Samsung plans $1 billion debt sale to fund U.S. chip plant

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co <005930.KS> said on Monday its U.S. operation plans to sell around $1 billion in bonds, its first major overseas ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Thousands of workers protest at Sanyo's China plant

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese workers protesting over compensation and job security at a Sanyo Electric Co Ltd plant clashed with police in ...

Sat, January 14, 2012

Honda may spend $650 million to restore Thai plant: report

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co <7267.T> will completely overhaul its flood-hit factory in Thailand in a project that could cost more than 50 billion yen ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Alcoa rejects Rome call to keep Italy plant running

ROME (Reuters) - Aluminum giant Alcoa said on Friday it will push ahead with its plans to close a smelter in Italy, rejecting Rome's ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

BMW to invest about $900 million in U.S. plant by 2014

DETROIT (Reuters) - BMW , the world's largest luxury carmaker, plans to invest nearly $900 million in its Spartanburg plant in South Carolina by 2014 ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

Kohler closing Arkansas plant, will move some jobs to Wisconsin

KOHLER, WI (WTAQ) - The Kohler Company said Wednesday afternoon it would close a plant in Arkansas that makes water faucets – and it will move ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

S.Korea's Samsung Total says to build $1.7 billion aromatic plant

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Total Petrochemical Co Ltd said it would invest 2 trillion won ($1.72 billion) to build an aromatics ...

Sun, January 08, 2012

Nissan U.S. plant to make engines for Daimler, Infiniti

DETROIT (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co <7201.T> and Daimler AG said on Sunday they would produce Mercedes-Benz gasoline engines at Nissan's Tennessee factory from 2014 ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Prairie Island nuclear plant chemical leak still under investigation

RED WING, MN (WTAQ) - Investigators are still looking into a chemical leak at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near the Wisconsin border at ...

Thu, January 05, 2012

Chemical spill being cleaned up at nuclear plant along MN border

RED WING, MN (WTAQ) - Crews are cleaning up a chemical spill Thursday at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant just across the Wisconsin border ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Boeing to close Wichita plant, cites defense cuts

By Kyle Peterson

(Reuters) - Boeing Co said it would close a plant in Wichita by the end of 2013 that employs more than 2 ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

S. Korea approves Samsung's flash chip plant in China

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it had approved a plan by Samsung Electronics Co to build a flash memory chip plant in ...

Fri, December 30, 2011

Family of French implant maker planned new plant

By Jean-François Rosnoblet

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - The Frenchman who sparked a global health scare by selling sub-standard breast implants is listed as a consultant ...

Thu, December 29, 2011

Russian officials rattled by breach at rocket plant

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's deputy prime minister vowed Thursday to punish "sleepy" security officials after bloggers posted dozens of photos of an apparently unguarded ...

Wed, December 28, 2011

LG Display plant in eastern China hit by strike

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Workers at an LG Display factory in eastern China have gone on strike, halting some production, the company said on Wednesday ...

Tue, December 27, 2011

Farm tractor manufactuer plans to build plant in China

RACINE, WI (WTAQ) - A company that makes farm tractors in Racine says it will build a $90-million-plant in China. CNH Global says the new ...

Wed, December 21, 2011

U.S. rolls out tough rules on coal plant pollution

By Ayesha Rascoe and Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday unveiled the first-ever standards to slash mercury emissions from coal-fired plants ...

Tue, December 20, 2011

Google, TransCanada set solar plant deals

By Matt Daily

(Reuters) - Google Inc and TransCanada Corp announced deals to buy solar power projects on Tuesday, just days after billionaire Warren Buffett ...

Sun, December 18, 2011

Apple supplier Pegatron hit by China plant blast

By Clare Jim and Argin Chang

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Apple Inc supplier Pegatron Corp's plant in Shanghai was rocked by an explosion over the ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Counseling can help laid off workers cope

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Two massive job layoffs announced last week in central Wisconsin will take a toll on the mental health of those losing ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

GM suspends production at Cruze plant in Ohio

(Reuters) - General Motors Co suspended production on Monday afternoon at an Ohio plant that makes the Chevrolet Cruze compact car due to a supplier ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

Schield will close Mosinee window plant

MOSINEE, Wis. (WSAU) – A company that makes Weathershield, Peachtree, and Crestline windows will close its plant in Mosinee by the end of next year ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

Wausau paper plant closing effects more than just hundreds of its workers

WAUSAU, WI (WTAQ) - The closing of the Wausau Paper plant will take away an estimated $27-million a year from the economy of central Wisconsin ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Japan mulls $13 billion Fukushima bailout

By Linda Sieg and Kentaro Hamada

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government may inject about $13 billion into Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> as early as ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Bio-gas plant proposed for Potawatomi Casino

MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - Waste from food processors could someday keep gamblers warm at Milwaukee’s Potawatomi Casino. The tribe has asked city officials for ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

VW Chattanooga plant gets green award

(Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's new assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the first auto plant to receive the top environmental award from the U ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

FDA warns Mylan on Puerto Rico plant violations

(Reuters) - U.S. drug regulators found "significant violations" of manufacturing regulations at Mylan Inc's Caguas, Puerto Rico, facility, according to a letter posted ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

GM, UAW tout expanded work at Tennessee auto plant

SPRING HILL, Tennessee (Reuters) - General Motors Co and the United Auto Workers announced details of expanded work on Monday at the former Saturn plant ...

Tue, November 08, 2011

Ethanol plant owners pay pollution fine

UNDATED (WSAU) The owners of an ethanol plant in Milton have agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a state pollution lawsuit.

The state ...

Mon, October 31, 2011

No injuries after part of bluff collapses at Oak Creek We Energies' plant

OAK CREEK, WI (WTAQ) - Part of a bluff collapsed Monday at the We Energies’ power plant in Oak Creek, just south of Milwaukee.

No ...

Sun, October 23, 2011

Closed Chrysler plant to be redeveloped

KENOSHA, Wis (WSAU) What’s being called an unprecedented agreement will eventually turn over control of the former Chrysler engine plant site to the ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Sony to close Japan plant, lay off 100 contract workers

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will merge two of its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiaries, resulting in the closure of an equipment plant north of Tokyo ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Hundreds evacuated after Texas chemical plant fire

By Marice Richter

DALLAS (Reuters) - A large fire at a chemical plant south of Dallas that sent an enormous plume of smoke into the ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Hundreds evacuated after Texas chemical plant fire

By Marice Richter

DALLAS (Reuters) - A large fire at a chemical plant about 30 miles south of Dallas forced the evacuation of hundreds of ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Hundreds evacuated after Dallas-area chemical plant fire

By Marice Richter

DALLAS (Reuters) - A large fire at a chemical plant about 30 miles south of Dallas forced the evacuation of hundreds of ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Biomass power plant lawsuit dropped

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by opponents of the biomass power plant in Rothschild.

Marathon County Judge Mike Moran ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Drug bust at Boeing aircraft plant in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Thirty-seven people were arrested on Thursday in a drug bust at a Boeing plant in Pennsylvania that makes military aircraft, with the ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Boeing drug probe took four years to be thorough: officials

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The federal drug raid on a Boeing plant that makes key U.S. military aircraft was the culmination of ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Nokia to cut 3,500 jobs, close Romania plant

By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj, the world's largest cellphone vendor by volume, is cutting 3,500 jobs in ...

Sat, September 17, 2011

Honda eyeing first Russian car plant - Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor <7267.T> plans to set up its first assembly plant in Russia, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday, as Japan's ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

SCE'S San Onofre nuclear plant trips Thursday

HOUSTON (Reuters)- Southern California Edison's two-unit San Onofre nuclear plant tripped offline at 3:38 p.m. PDT (2238 GMT) on Thursday, a ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Quake shook nuclear plant twice as hard as design allowed

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last month's record earthquake in the eastern United States may have shaken a Virginia nuclear plant twice as ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Plant-rich diets tied to lower breast cancer risk

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with diets rich in vegetables, fruit and legumes may have a somewhat decreased risk of developing ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Plant-rich diets tied to lower breast cancer risk

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with diets rich in vegetables, fruit and legumes may have a somewhat decreased risk of developing ...

Sun, September 04, 2011

Iran plugs first nuclear power plant into grid

By Mitra Amiri

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's first nuclear power plant has finally begun to provide electricity to the national grid, official media reported ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Chemical plant spills detergent into Pennsylvania river

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - About 1,000 gallons of a biodegradable detergent spilled from a chemical plant into a southwestern Pennsylvania river, killing a small number ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

East Coast quake rattled nuclear plant's waste casks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The earthquake that shook the East Coast last week rattled casks holding radioactive nuclear waste at a Virginia plant, moving them as ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Virginia quake may have exceeded nuclear plant design

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The historic earthquake that shut Dominion Resources Inc's North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia last week may have ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Va. quake may have exceeded nuke plant design: NRC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The historic earthquake that shut down Dominion Resources Inc's North Anna nuclear plant last week may have exceeded what the reactor ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Exelon idles New Jersey's Oyster Creek nuclear plant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exelon Corp said on Saturday it took offline its Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey as a precautionary measure ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

We Energies pours foundation on new biomass plant

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – Another major milestone for the construction of the new biomass power plant in Rothschild as hundreds of concrete trucks poured the ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

Federal agencies probe how Hershey plant treats foreign students

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Three federal agencies said on Thursday they were investigating complaints that foreign students on a work and travel trip ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

Virginia nuclear plant shut after quake, others unaffected

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake on the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday forced the shutdown of two nuclear reactors at a ...

Fri, August 19, 2011

Beloit fire at Hormel plant, workers with fire training provide valuable help

BELOIT, WI (WTAQ) - Damage is estimated at $50,000 in an explosion and fire at the Hormel Foods meat plant in Beloit.

No one ...

Thu, August 18, 2011

Radioactive tritium found in river near Vermont Yankee plant

By Jason McLure

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The Vermont Department of Health said it has found detectable traces of radioactive tritium from the Vermont ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Apple may invest $1 billion in Sharp LCD plant: sources

By Mayumi Negishi

TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to invest in a Sharp Corp factory to secure a supply of LCD screens for iPhones ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Workers return to Nebraska nuclear plant closed by flooding

OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - About 120 Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station employees moved back into the flooded plant's administration building on Monday.

The plant, which ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Dust-explosion at Fond du Lac plant

FOND du LAC, Wis (WSAU) Work is expected to resume today at the Milk Specialties plant in Fond du Lac, after a weekend dust ...

Sun, August 14, 2011

Senator calls for utility plant worker background checks

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sen. Charles Schumer said on Sunday he would introduce legislation requiring major utility plants to run background checks on employees to ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Layoffs begin as work winds down at Badger Army Ammunition Plant

BARABOO, WI (WTAQ) - Dozens of workers will soon lose their jobs between September and December as demolition and environmental cleanup efforts come to an ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Man dies at Fond du Lac scrap metal processing plant

FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - A worker at an industrial plant at Fond du Lac has died in an accident.

Police haven't released ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Doctors reattach Barron man's arm lost at Turkey processing plant

BRRON, WI (WTAQ) - It appears a Barron man who lost his left arm in an accident at the Jennie-O turkey processing plant in June ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Navistar closing Ontario plant, cutting U.S. jobs

By A. Ananthalakshmi and Lynn Adler

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Navistar International Corp is closing an idled plant and restructuring other business that would result ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Pockets of high radiation remind of Fukushima plant danger

TOKYO (Reuters) - Pockets of lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in a fresh reminder of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Ford to build billion dollar plant in India

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday said it plans to invest $1 billion to build a factory in western India, doubling its ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Special report: Fukushima long ranked most hazardous plant

By Chisa Fujioka and Kevin Krolicki

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world ...

Mon, July 25, 2011

Kewaunee nuclear plant moves fuel rods

KEWAUNEE, Wis (WSAU) One of Wisconsin’s two nuclear power plants has freed up some critical space to cool spent fuel rods in its ...

Sat, July 23, 2011

DOA Nixes Power Plant

MADISON, Wis.(WHBL) - The Wisconsin Department of Administration has decided building a steam turbine generator at the power plant powering the University of Wisconsin ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Daimler to invest more than $2 billion in Alabama plant

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler said on Thursday it would invest more than $2 billion in its car plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to build more M-Class ...

Wed, July 20, 2011

Another Foxconn worker "falls to death" at south China plant

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A worker fell to his death at Foxconn Technology Group's manufacturing plant in southern China, local media reported on Wednesday ...

Mon, July 18, 2011

GM will not add products "solely" to cut UAW deal

By Ben Klayman

FLINT, Michigan (Reuters) - General Motors Co will not make any product commitments "solely" to achieve a deal with the United Auto ...

Thu, July 07, 2011

Bio-Mass Plant Update Meeting Today

 

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – Construction is starting on the new biomass power plant in Rothschild and We Energies is hosting an informational open house tonight ...

Tue, June 28, 2011

AU Optronics opens Slovak plant, to offer 3,000 jobs

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Taiwan's AU Optronics (AUO) opened on Tuesday its second European base for production of LCD displays in Slovakia, helping recovery in ...

Tue, June 28, 2011

Regulator confident in nuclear plant flood-protections

By Michael Avok

FORT CALHOUN, Neb (Reuters) - Two Nebraska nuclear power plants have planned properly to protect themselves from the swollen Missouri River and ...

Mon, June 27, 2011

Biomass plant site prep starts this week

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – We Energies will begin some work this week to prepare the site for a new biomass power plant in Rothschild.

The ...

Sun, June 26, 2011

Regulator signs off on threatened nuclear plant

By Michael Avok

BROWNVILLE, Neb (Reuters) - A top regulator said on Sunday that a nuclear power plant threatened by flooding from the swollen Missouri ...

Sun, June 26, 2011

Nebraska residents shrug off flood risk to nuclear plant

By Michael Avok

BROWNVILLE, Neb (Reuters) - Residents near a nuclear plant on the rain-swollen Missouri River were largely unconcerned about any potential safety risks ...

Wed, June 22, 2011

Legal challenge to new biomass plant

UNDATED (WSAU) A group that's opposed to the biomass plant in Rothschild has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the project.

The group ...

Mon, June 20, 2011

Wausau paper mill and electric company join to build bio-mass plant

WAUSAU, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s largest utility and a Wausau area paper mill say they’ll go ahead with an environmentally-friendly power plant that ...

Sat, June 18, 2011

Radiation spike halts work at Japan nuclear plant

By Hideyuki Sano

TOKYO (Reuters) - A rise in radiation halted the clean-up of radioactive water at Japan's Fukushimi nuclear power station on Saturday ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

Louisiana chemical plant hit by explosion: local media

HOUSTON (Reuters) - At least four people were injured after a New Iberia, Louisiana, chemical plant was hit by a series explosions late on Tuesday ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

Boeing, labor board lock horns over 787 plant

By Bill Rigby and Kyle Peterson

SEATTLE/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co on Tuesday asked a court to throw out a government case that accuses ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

FDA warns Kellogg over listeria in Georgia plant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. regulators warned Kellogg Co that they found the illness-causing bacterium listeria monocytogenes while inspecting a company cookie plant in ...

Sun, June 12, 2011

Apple store employee seeks to plant union seed

By Poornima Gupta

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Apple Inc store employee has started a drive to unionize retail workers in a rare move at ...

Sun, June 12, 2011

Intel seeks grant for upgrade of Israel chip plant

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Intel Corp is planning another expansion of its chip plant in southern Israel and is seeking a government grant for part of ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Boeing unveils new plant amid protest over its location

By Harriet McLeod

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Boeing Co opened a new $750 million 787 Dreamliner final assembly plant on Friday in South ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Blast at Intel Arizona microchip complex injures 7

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Seven workers at an Intel Corp microchip manufacturing complex outside Phoenix were injured by a small explosion there on ...

Fri, June 03, 2011

With new high-tech plant, Sara Lee plots growth

By Carey Gillam

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Sara Lee Corp's opening of a high-tech Kansas City meat manufacturing facility sets the stage for ...

Thu, June 02, 2011

Groups sue to stop SunPower plant in California

By Nichola Groom

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two conservation groups and a California resident have sued to stop construction of a SunPower Corp solar power ...

Thu, June 02, 2011

Shares of Fukushima plant operator TEPCO hit record low

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> fell to 289 yen on Thursday, the lowest level since it was listed on the stock ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

Eastern Corn Belt farmers race to plant as clouds clear

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An open stretch of warm, dry weather in the eastern Corn Belt this week is raising farmers' hopes they will be able ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

U.N. urges Japan nuclear safety overhaul after Fukushima

By Kevin Krolicki and Shinichi Saoshiro

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.N. atomic safety experts said Japan underestimated the threat from a killer wave to its ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

GM to invest $69 million in Michigan plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co plans to invest $69 million and add about 2,500 jobs at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to build the ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Volkswagen sees U.S. plant as key to topping Toyota

By Deepa Seetharaman

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG on Tuesday marked the grand opening of a $1 billion U.S. assembly plant that looms ...

Mon, May 23, 2011

Volkswagen sees U.S. plant as key to unseating Toyota

By Deepa Seetharaman

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) - In south-central Tennessee on Tuesday, Volkswagen AG marks the grand opening of a $1 billion assembly plant that ...

Sun, May 22, 2011

Foxconn confirms 3rd death at plant linked to iPad

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Co Ltd on Sunday confirmed that a third person has died following a large explosion at a plant in ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Man near nuclear plant was not a threat: police

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man acting erratically near a Virginia nuclear power plant was detained by police on Friday and was found to be carrying ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Man with package near Virginia nuclear plant taken into custody

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man acting erratically and carrying an unidentified package on a river near a Virginia nuclear power plant on Friday has been ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Apple probes blast at Chinese plant

By Poornima Gupta

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc <AAPL.O> is investigating an explosion that killed two people, injured 16 and forced a production ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Plant, animal extinctions often exaggerated: study

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

OSLO (Reuters) - A projected spate of extinctions of animals and plants this century may be less drastic than feared ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Rothschild Biomass plant moves forward

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WSAU) – We Energies agreed Monday to continue working on plans for a biomass power plant in Rothschild while Domtar said it would ...

Sat, May 14, 2011

Third worker dies at Japan's troubled nuclear plant

TOKYO (Reuters) - A worker at Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant died on Saturday, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said, bringing ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Bug factory to help Everglades fight plant invaders

By Shurna Robbins

MIAMI (Reuters) - Scientists are planning to scale up deployment of laboratory-bred insects to battle invading plant species that threaten to throttle ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Radiation found in seaweed near crippled Japan plant

By Mari Saito

TOKYO (Reuters) - Seaweed collected from the coast near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant and sewage in Tokyo have shown ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

Biomass power plant wins final approval

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – The state Public Service Commission gave final approval Thursday to plans for a biomass power plant in Rothschild.

The panel’s ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Iran nuclear plant operates at low level in key step

By Steve Gutterman

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station has begun operating at a low level in a crucial step toward bringing ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Japan nuclear plant shutdown adds new risk to economy

By Stanley White and Chang-Ran Kim

TOKYO (Reuters) - The surprise closure of another Japanese nuclear plant, this time at the power supplier to the ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Iran doing final pre-start tests at nuclear plant

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is conducting final tests at its first nuclear power plant and it is expected to start generating electricity in the next ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

State sets new conditions for biomass plant

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - We Energies won approval from state regulators Friday to build a biomass power plant in Rothschild. But there are some strings ...

Sun, May 08, 2011

Japan to shut nuclear plant on quake fears

By Chikako Mogi and Risa Maeda

NAGOYA/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese power firm Chubu Electric on Monday agreed to shut a nuclear plant until ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

State panel OK's biomass plant

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - State regulators agreed late Friday to let We Energies build and operate a 50 megawatt biomass power plant near the Domtar ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Health risk from troubled Japan nuclear plant

By Mayumi Negishi and Tan Ee Lyn

TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactive substances have been leaking from Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for nearly ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

GM to invest $131 million at Kentucky Corvette plant

By Ben Klayman and Bernie Woodall

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.N> will revamp a Kentucky factory to produce a new version of ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

Report: Biomass plant's green power too expensive

UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin’s largest utility was told yesterday to re-structure its plans to pay for a new power plant near Wausau that would ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Wisconsin nuclear plant on the auction block

CHICAGO (Reuters) - One of America's oldest nuclear power plants is up for sale.

Dominion Resources said on Thursday it wants to sell its ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Stanely man died of natural causes at ethanol plant

STANLEY, Wis. (WTAQ) - The head of an ethanol plant in Stanley says the death of an employee appears to be from natural causes.

Chippewa ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Kewaunee Power Plant Up for Sale

KEWAUNEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - For the second time in six years, the Kewaunee nuclear power plant is up for sale.

Dominion Resources said Thursday it ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Alabama nuclear plant shuts safely after tornadoes

By Scott DiSavino

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The second-biggest nuclear power plant in the United States may be down for weeks after killer thunderstorms and ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Defense Department Terminates Plan With Local GE Plant

TERRE HAUTE, IN (WIBQ)  --  The Defense Department announced Monday that it notified Rolls-Royce and General Electric that it has terminated its contract for a ...

Sun, April 24, 2011

Boeing plant lapse eyed in jet tear probe: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. investigators suspect a manufacturing lapse at a Boeing Co plant 15 years ago could be to blame for a ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Sharp says to make smartphone panels at TV panel plant

By Reiji Murai

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp said on Thursday it would start production of small display panels for use in smartphones ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Boeing vows to fight complaint over second 787 plant

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> said it would fight a National Labor Relations Board complaint originally lodged by one of its labor unions ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Quad Graphics Closing Plant near Buffalo

SUSSEX, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s largest commercial printer says it will close its plant near Buffalo New York by the end of the year ...

Fri, April 15, 2011

Man arrested in bomb scare at nuclear plant

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A contractor arriving for work at the nation's largest nuclear plant was arrested early on Friday after suggesting ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

California tosses out solar power plant lawsuit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's supreme court refused to consider a lawsuit filed by an influential environmental group seeking to delay construction of a ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

GM to invest $100 million in New York parts plant

By Neale Gulley

ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.N> said on Tuesday it will invest $100 million in a New York ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Radiation from Japan plant increasingly dangerous

By Tan Ee Lyn

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has so far leaked around a tenth of the amount ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Washington nuclear plant evacuated after minor incident

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Washington state's only nuclear power plant evacuated about 25 workers after a small amount of hydrogen sprang from a pipe and ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Democrats raise concern about nuclear plant

By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers warned a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant would be at risk of a meltdown in ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Nearly 100 Temp Workers Laid-Off At GM Lansing Delta Township Plant

LANSING, Mich (WLMI)  General Motors has laid-off 96 temporary workers at its Lansing Delta Township plant.  Taking their place will be 150 laid-off GM ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Two Tennessee workers die in sewage plant collapse

By Tim Ghianni

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Two workers were killed in Tennessee on Tuesday when the wall of a basin that holds up to ...

Mon, April 04, 2011

Kentucky tornado hits plant, minor injuries reported

LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) - A tornado hit an auto sealing plant in southeastern Kentucky Monday, tearing a truck-sized hole into the building, but causing only ...

Sun, April 03, 2011

Pressure rising on Europe's nuclear plant owners

By Christiaan Hetzner

BERLIN (Reuters) - Some of Europe's 143 nuclear reactors are likely to fail a test simulating terrorist attacks, an EU Commissioner ...

Sun, April 03, 2011

GE CEO says will help Japan nuclear plant operator supply power

TOKYO (Reuters) - General Electric Co <GE.N>, which helped build the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant damaged by Japan's earthquake and tsunami, will ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

"Jumpers" offered big money to brave Japan's nuclear plant

By Terril Yue Jones

TOKYO (Reuters) - It's a job that sounds too good to be true -- thousands of dollars for up to an ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

Japan plans to bail out stricken nuclear plant

By Kazunori Takada and Yoko Nishikawa

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to take control of Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the country's ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Japan to bail out stricken nuclear plant operator

By Kazunori Takada and Yoko Nishikawa

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will take control of Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T>, the operator of a stricken ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

GM To Invest $30M In Pontiac Plant

DETROIT, Mich (WLMI) General Motors will invest over $30 million in its Pontiac Stamping Plant as the automaker gears up to launch two new ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Serious safety violations at Tyson Food's Wisconsin plant

JEFFERSON, Wis (WSAU) A health and safety inspection turned up multiple violations at the Tyson Foods plant in Jefferson.

The violations were uncovered during ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Whistleblower suit filed against California nuclear plant

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A former manager at one of California's two nuclear power stations sued the facility's operators on ...

Wed, March 30, 2011

DNR OK's biomass plant permits

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – The Department of Natural Resources has approved two permits that will let We Energies build and operate a biomass power plant ...

Wed, March 30, 2011

Activists speak out against Rothschild biomass plant

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – A small crowd gathered last night to hear testimony against the proposed biomass plant in Rothschild.

Meg Sheehan, an environmental attorney ...

Tue, March 29, 2011

J&J recalling more Tylenol from closed plant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said it was recalling more than 700,000 bottles or packages of Tylenol and other consumer medicines made at ...

Tue, March 29, 2011

Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant

By Chizu Nomiyama and Kazunori Takada

TOKYO (Reuters) - Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's ...

Tue, March 29, 2011

Corrected: Engineers knew tsunami could overwhelm Fukushim plant

(In eighth paragraph below the subheadline PREVENTION NOT CURE, corrects target date for 50 percent of power from nuclear to 2030, not June 2010 ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Indian Point nuclear plant a fire risk: New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Indian Point nuclear power plant has sought more than 100 exemptions from the fire code that could make it difficult ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Smoke seen, controlled at New Hampshire nuclear plant

BOSTON (Reuters) - Smoke billowing from an equipment elevator at a New Hampshire nuclear plant briefly triggered an "unusual event" on Monday but did not ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

China plant manager held in lead poisoning case

BEIJING (Reuters) - The general manager of a battery plant in eastern China faces environmental pollution charges after lead emissions from the plant poisoned nearly ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Highly radioactive water leaks from Japanese nuclear plant

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Kubota

TOKYO (Reuters) - Highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor at Japan's crippled nuclear complex, the plant ...

Sun, March 27, 2011

U.S. nuclear plant says shielded against Japan emergency

By Matthew Bigg

BROWNS FERRY, Alabama (Reuters) - A U.S. nuclear plant in Alabama similar in design to the earthquake-hit Fukushima facility in Japan ...

Sat, March 26, 2011

Ford to idle Belgian plant to conserve parts

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co <F.N> will idle its auto plant in Genk, Belgium, for five days starting April 4, to conserve parts ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

China battery plant poisons more than 100 villagers

BEIJING (Reuters) - Lead emissions from a battery plant in eastern China have poisoned more than 100 villagers, including 35 children, state news agency Xinhua ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

U.S. nuclear plant costs may soar after Japan quake

By Scott Malone and Eileen O'Grady

BOSTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The crisis at Japan's Fukushima plant could hit the U.S. nuclear-power industry ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

Radiation fears mount again in Japan after plant workers injured

By Mayumi Negishi and Kazunori Takada

TOKYO (Reuters) - Radiation fears escalated in Japan on Friday after workers suffered burns as they tried to cool ...

Wed, March 23, 2011

Japan atom plant worker received high radiation: IAEA

VIENNA (Reuters) - One of the workers struggling to avert a disaster at Japan's crippled nuclear plant was exposed to a high radiation dose ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

U.S. blocks milk, produce from Japan near nuclear plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will block imports of milk and fresh produce from areas of Japan near a crippled nuclear power plant, the ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

New York nuke plant seismic review gets top priority

By Dan Wiessner

ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have promised to make the Indian Point nuclear power plant near New York City ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

Explosion at chemical plant kills two workers

By Steve Robrahn

LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) - Firefighters were letting a chemical plant fire burn itself out on Tuesday after an explosion killed two workers ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

Japan fights crippled nuclear plant, radiation fears

By Risa Maeda and Kazunori Takada

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rising temperatures around the core of one of the reactors at Japan's quake-crippled nuclear plant ...

Fri, March 18, 2011

New York state seeks risk review of nuclear plant

By Michelle Nichols

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A review of the earthquake threat and other safety risks posed by a New York nuclear plant must ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

GM to shut Louisiana plant due to parts shortage

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.N> said it would temporarily idle its pick-up truck plant in Louisiana due to a parts shortage stemming ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

New York nuclear plant's future shaky as fears grow

By Matt Daily

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New worries about a New York nuclear plant's vulnerability to earthquakes could hand the state's governor ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

Japan a robot power everywhere except at nuclear plant

By Jon Herskovitz

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may build robots to play the violin, run marathons and preside over weddings, but it has not deployed ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Japan scrambles to save nuclear plant

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

U.S. forces kept away from Japan nuclear plant area

By Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday ordered troops to stay at least 50 miles away from a crippled Japanese ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

U.S. forces kept 50 miles away from Japan nuke plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Japan are not allowed within 50 miles of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant, the Pentagon on Wednesday ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Japan scrambles to pull nuclear plant back from brink

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Green Bay's Nice-Pak Plant Closing

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A local manufacturer is closing its doors.

Nice-Pak says it's closing their Green Bay facility and installing new equipment ...

Mon, March 14, 2011

Residents near NY nuclear plant confident on safety

By Bernd Debusmann Jr.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan have raised concerns about nuclear power safety as that country ...

Mon, March 14, 2011

4 Injured in Bostik Plant Explosion in Mass.

MIDDLETON, Mass. (WTAQ) - Four people were injured Sunday night in an explosion at a chemical plant in Massachusetts that’s owned by a company ...

Sat, March 12, 2011

Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant faces new reactor problem

TOKYO (Reuters) - A quake-hit Japanese nuclear plant reeling from an explosion at one of its reactors has also lost its emergency cooling system at ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has transported coolant to a Japanese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake and will continue to assist Japan ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Heightened state of alert at Japan atom plant: IAEA

VIENNA (Reuters) - Japan has told the U.N. nuclear wathchdog that a heightened state of alert has been declared at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

GM Lansing Delta Township Plant To Suspend Shifts

LANSING, Mich (WLMI)  The 2nd and 3rd shifts at the General Motors Lansing Delta Township plant will go on temporary layoff beginning ...

Tue, March 01, 2011

Public hearing tonight on Biomass plant

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) - The Wisconsin department of Natural Resources will be holding a public meeting tonight to decide the fate of two permits for ...

Fri, February 25, 2011

Chinese workers seek more in Apple supplier's plant poison case

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A Taiwan-owned plant making parts for Apple Inc said it is offering around 80,000 yuan ($12,177) as compensation to ...

Wed, February 23, 2011

Hynix says to invest $568 million to expand plant

SEOUL (Reuters) - Hynix Semiconductor, the world's No.2 memory chip maker, said on Wednesday it would spend 637 billion won ($567.7 million ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

Intel plans $5 billion Arizona chip plant by 2013

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Intel Corp <INTC.O> plans to build a $5 billion, cutting-edge microchip factory in Arizona by 2013, sharply ramping up its ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

Intel plans $5 bln Arizona chip plant by 2013

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Intel Corp plans to build a $5 billion, cutting-edge microchip factory in Arizona by 2013, sharply ramping up its U.S ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Toyota, defying strong yen, opens new Japan plant

By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent

OHIRA VILLAGE, Japan (Reuters) - Toyota Motor inaugurated its first new factory in Japan in nearly two decades on ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

Pennsylvania power plant accident injures six workers

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A 6-inch steam pipe ruptured at a southwestern Pennsylvania power plant on Thursday, injuring six workers, a company spokesman said.

The pipe ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

Biomass plant wins early approval of air permits

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – The state Department of Natural Resources has given preliminary approval to two air pollution permits that would let We Energies build ...

Tue, February 08, 2011

Blast rocks Enterprise natgas plant in Texas

By Erwin Seba and Kristen Hays

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One worker was unaccounted for after explosions rocked a natural gas liquids storage complex on Tuesday ...

Wed, January 26, 2011

Virginia power plant fire briefly leaves 35,000 in dark

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A small fire in the substation of Dominion Resources Inc's 710-megawatt Chesapeake coal/oil-fired power plant in Virginia briefly knocked ...

Tue, January 25, 2011

Federal Mogal to close Schofield plant in December

SCHOFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Federal Mogul had announced plans to shut down its Schofield plant last May. Now they've set the date for the ...

Tue, January 25, 2011

Solar panel manufacturer considers Wausau plant

UNDATED (WSAU) A company that makes solar panels is moving its headquarters from California to Dane County. And they're considering several Wisconsin cities ...

Fri, January 21, 2011

State drops plans for a Madison biomass plant

MADISON (WSAU) Environmentalists accuse Governor Scott Walker of killing clean energy in Wisconsin. That’s after the administration canceled plans yesterday to build a ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

Ford to invest $400 million in Missouri plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will invest $400 million on upgrades at its assembly plant near Kansas City, Missouri, to build a new vehicle ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

Intel to invest $2.7 billion in Israel chip plant

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Intel will invest $2.7 billion over the next two years upgrading its chip plant in southern Israel ...

Mon, January 17, 2011

Conservation group sues to stop California solar plant

By Nichola Groom

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. conversation group has sued the federal government over its approval of a major solar power ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

Environmental Group Opposes Funding for Power Plant, New Jobs in WI at Stake

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Environmentalists are trying to kill U.S. funding for a massive power plant in South Africa that could bring new jobs ...

Thu, January 06, 2011

Another Delay in We Energies' Oak Creek Power Plant

OAK CREEK, Wis. (WTAQ) - There’s another delay in opening the second and final We Energies’ power plant in Oak Creek.

Wisconsin Energy told ...

Wed, January 05, 2011

Explosion kills one at Tennessee ammunition plant

MEMPHIS (Reuters) - A blast ripped through an ammunitions plant in southwestern Tennessee on Wednesday, killing one worker and forcing the evacuation of neighboring industrial ...

Tue, January 04, 2011

Polaris plant, scheduled for shutdown in 2012, sold

OSCEOLA, Wis (WRN) Polaris has agreed to sell part of its northwest Wisconsin plant that was scheduled to close in 2012 and its new ...

Tue, January 04, 2011

Kapco Inc. to Buy Part of Former Polaris Plant in Osceola

OSCEOLA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Polaris has agreed to sell part of its northwest Wisconsin plant that was scheduled to close in 2012 – and its new ...

Mon, January 03, 2011

Qualcomm to build $1 billion panel plant in Taiwan

TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc will invest nearly $1 billion in Taiwan this year to build a display plant to tap growing ...

Fri, December 24, 2010

Polaris to Start Shutting Down Osceola Plant Mar. 1st

OSCEOLA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Polaris will start shutting down its engine and parts plant in Osceola on March 1st.

The maker of snowmobiles and motorcycles ...

Thu, December 23, 2010

Mayville Bringing Production Back to Wautoma Plant

WAUTOMA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Mayville Engineering plans to start production early next year at an old factory the firm recently bought in Wautoma.

Mayville is ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

FDA uncovers more problems at J&J Fort Washington plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inspectors are still uncovering a host of problems at a Johnson & Johnson manufacturing plant that was the source of a ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

Parts Shortage Shuts Down GM's Lansing Grand River Plant

LANSING, Mich (WQTX)  This week’s major snowstorm in the Midwest and Canada has forced General Motors to halt production at the Lansing Grand ...

Mon, December 13, 2010

Toshiba plant to make LCD panels for Apple: report

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp will spend about 100 billion yen ($1.19 billion) to build a factory for making small LCD panels, mainly to ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Ford to add 1,800 jobs at Louisville plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co plans to add 1,800 autoworker jobs and invest $600 million to overhaul its Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Oak Creek power plant comes on-line in December

UNDATED (WSAU) The second-and-final unit of Wisconsin’s newest power plant is expected to start working December 28th, a month later than scheduled. We ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Toshiba says chip plant halted by power outage

By Isabel Reynolds and Kentaro Hamada

TOKYO (Reuters) - Production at one of Toshiba Corp's key chip factories has been halted by a brief ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

We Energies' Oak Creek Plant Expected to Start Dec. 28

OAK CREEK, Wis. (WTAQ) - The second and final unit of Wisconsin’s newest power plant is expected to start working December 28th, a month ...

Wed, December 08, 2010

BREAKING: NewPage announces Whiting plant closure

WHITING, Wis. (WSAU) - NewPage corporation says they'll be closing their Whiting plant in Feburary, which will mean the firing of 360 employees in ...

Wed, December 08, 2010

Wausau recieves grant money for wastewater plant

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau's water treatment plant will be getting $232,000 in state grant money to help improve its facilities.

Public works ...

Sat, December 04, 2010

La Crosse Plant Closure Putting Nearly 40 Out of Work

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The closing of the Everbrite plant in La Crosse will put about 40 people out of work next year.

That ...

Fri, December 03, 2010

Feds investigate power plant emissions

UNDATED (WSAU) The Environmental Protection Agency will investigate 15 power plants that are operated by the State of Wisconsin to make sure they're ...

Mon, November 29, 2010

Final public hearing on Biomass Plant tomorrow night

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) - You'll have a chance to speak your mind on the biomass power plant in Rothschild tomorrow at a public hearing ...

Wed, November 24, 2010

WATCH: Gentex Announces New Plant Acquisition

ZEELAND, MI (WHTC News) - A more tangible sign of a local auto parts manufacturer’s growth can be seen in Holland Township.

Nearly a ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

GE Oil & Gas Plant in Oshkosh May Close

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - GE Oil & Gas officials say they're considering closing its Oshkosh plant, which would mean a loss of jobs and other ...

Tue, November 09, 2010

DuPont plant explosion kills one, injures another

By Ernest Scheyder

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A contract worker at a DuPont plant in upstate New York was killed on Tuesday after a chemical ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

U.S. faulted on nuclear parts plant health threat

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Federal workers were kept in the dark about possible health risks from a plant making parts for nuclear weapons next door ...

Fri, November 05, 2010

Another Foxconn worker dies at south China plant

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A worker has committed suicide at Foxconn Technology Group's south China manufacturing complex, the company said on Friday, the latest ...

Mon, November 01, 2010

Lantana plant safe for toddlers

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is no need to worry if your toddler has eaten berries or leaves from Lantana camara ...

Thu, October 28, 2010

Chrysler to invest $600 million in Illinois plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC will invest $600 million to expand its Illinois assembly plant to build a body shop and install new machinery ...

Tue, October 26, 2010

Groundbreaking for Madison biomass plant

MADISON (WRN) Work is underway on a biomass power plant at UW Madison. Governor Jim Doyle says the $251 million dollar project to convert ...

Tue, October 26, 2010

Intel opens first chip plant in China

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chip heavyweight Intel Corp opened its first chip plant in China on Tuesday in a move that said could help boost China ...

Mon, October 25, 2010

Iran fuels up nuclear plant as sanctions bite

By Robin Pomeroy and Ramin Mostafavi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, its ...

Wed, October 20, 2010

Wausau approves biomass plant height variances

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau’s zoning board of appeals has unanimously approved two height variances for a proposed biomass power plant in Rothschild.

We ...

Sat, October 16, 2010

GM workers protest low-wage small-car plant

By Kevin Krolicki

DETROIT (Reuters) - About 100 General Motors Co workers and retirees picketed outside the United Auto Workers union's headquarters on Saturday ...

Thu, October 14, 2010

Tomahawk mill has concerns over Rothschild biomass plant

TOMAHAWK, Wis (WSAU) A paper mill in Tomahawk has filed papers against a proposed biomass plant in Rothschild. Packaging Corporation of America already operates ...

Thu, October 07, 2010

Scientists say rare plant has biggest genome yet

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - When it comes to genomes, size matters -- and British scientists say a rare and striking plant native to Japan ...

Tue, October 05, 2010

Whitewater Plant Plans to Lay Off 87 Workers

WHITEWATER, Wis. (WTAQ) - A molding plant in Whitewater plans to permanently lay off up to 87 employees.

Trostel Limited says it’s almost finished ...

Fri, October 01, 2010

Foxconn to raise wages again at China plant

BEIJING (Reuters) - Electronics maker Foxconn Technologies, under fire for its working practices after a string of worker suicides, has decided to up salaries by ...

Thu, September 30, 2010

Army To Ask For Public Water System Approval Near Badger Plant

BARABOO, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Army says it will ask state and local governments to approve a public water system near the old Badger Army ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Mosinee meat plant recalls cured, uncooked sausages

MOSINEE, Wis. (WSAU) – A Mosinee meat plant is recalling almost 30,000 pounds of cured-and-uncooked pork ginger sausages.

The USDA said Mekong Fresh Meats ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Iran says Bushehr nuclear plant not damaged by Stuxnet

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A computer virus that experts said may have been created by a state did not affect Iran's nuclear plant or government ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

Worker Remains Hospitalized After Merrill Plant Blast

MERRILL, Wis. (WTAQ) - One employee was hospitalized in fair condition at last word, after an explosion at the Wire Products Manufacturing plant in Merrill ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

Two injured in Merrill plant explosion

MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – A pool of natural gas caught fire and caused an explosion at a Merrill fabricated wire manufacturer Monday morning, injuring four ...

Wed, September 15, 2010

ATIC to build $7 billion Abu Dhabi chip plant: report

DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi government-owned Advanced Technology Investment Co (ATIC) will spend as much as $7 billion to build a chip manufacturing plant in ...

Wed, September 15, 2010

Mars Inc, IBM and USDA map genome for cocoa plant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Candy maker Mars Inc., computer company IBM Corp. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have mapped the cacao genome in ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

Hearing date set for biomass power plant

UNDATED (WSAU) The state Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on the Rothschild biomass power plant ...

Fri, August 27, 2010

Biomass plant passes preliminary environmental review

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – An environmental assessment done by state regulators has found that a proposed biomass power plant in Rothschild will not have a ...

Fri, August 27, 2010

Rothschild passes biomass power plant site plan

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – Rothschild has approved the site plan for a proposed biomass power plant near the Domtar paper mill.

The village board agreed ...

Thu, August 26, 2010

Biomass power plant site plan up for review

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – Rothschild could give final approval tonight to the site plan for a new biomass power plant near the Domtar paper mill ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

NY Oneidas move cigarette plant to avoid taxes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Oneida Indian Nation moved a cigarette-manufacturing plant to their upstate reservation to shield smokers from steep taxes that ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

Ford Plant's Future in MN Could Affect Workers Living in WI

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WTAQ) - Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and other top leaders will make another pitch to Ford Motor executives Wednesday, to keep the ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

Biomass plant to be built in Park Falls

PARK FALLS, Wis (WSAU) A paper mill in Park Falls will build a biomass plant, smaller but similar to the one proposed in Rothschild ...

Sat, August 21, 2010

Iran starts to fuel up first nuclear power plant

By Katya Golubkova and Ramin Mostafavi

BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - Iran began loading fuel into its first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a potent symbol ...

Sat, August 21, 2010

Iran starts to fuel up first nuclear power plant

By Katya Golubkova and Ramin Mostafavi

BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - Iran began fuelling its first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a potent symbol of its ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Iran to fire up its first nuclear power plant

By Robin Pomeroy

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's first nuclear power station will be loaded with fuel on Saturday, a showcase for Tehran's claim ...

Thu, August 19, 2010

Panasonic to lift China plasma plant capacity: report

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp will expand the capacity of its plasma display panel plant in China by nearly five times by the ...

Thu, August 19, 2010

Utility seeks zoning variances for biomass plant

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – Rothschild’s zoning board of appeals will hold a public hearing tonight on five variances that proponents of a biomass power ...

Tue, August 17, 2010

Cement Truck Operator Killed at Mixing Plant

KENOSHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - A cement truck operator was killed Monday at a concrete mixing plant near Kenosha.

Authorities said the 36-year-old man was washing ...

Fri, August 13, 2010

Russia says to start up Iran Bushehr plant August 21

By Guy Faulconbridge

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it will begin loading nuclear fuel into the reactor of Iran's first atomic power ...

Sat, August 07, 2010

Chrysler to Close Kenosha Plant by Oct. 8

KENOSHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Chrysler makes its plans to close an engine plant in Kenosha official. That will cost the region about 575 jobs.

Chrysler ...

Sat, August 07, 2010

Chrysler to close Kenosha engine plant

KENOSHA, Wis (WSAU) Chrysler makes its plans to close an engine plant in Kenosha official. That will cost the region about 575 jobs.

Chrysler ...

Fri, August 06, 2010

Union Leader Doubts GM Will Re-Open Janesville Plant

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A union leader says he doubts that General Motors will re-open its Janesville plant, amid new reports indicating that it’s ...

Fri, August 06, 2010

GM plant reopening?

JANESVILLE, Wis (WRN) There are mixed feelings on whether or not the Janesville General Motors plant will reopen. The company’s CEO says they ...

Thu, August 05, 2010

GM: Janesville Plant May Re-Open

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WTAQ) - General Motors officials say they might reopen one of the carmaker's manufacturing plants shuttered in the aftermath of its ...

Thu, August 05, 2010

GM considering reopening a plant: CEO

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (Reuters) - General Motors Co is considering reopening one of the auto plants it closed as it went through bankruptcy in 2009 ...

Sun, August 01, 2010

Foxconn restarts India plant after government go-ahead

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Contract cellphone maker Foxconn International has resumed operations at a mobile phone parts manufacturing facility in India, it said on Monday ...

Fri, July 30, 2010

Chrysler to keep Michigan plant open, add jobs

By Bernie Woodall and David Bailey

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC will add a second shift to the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant near Detroit ...

Wed, July 28, 2010

Palermo's Pizza Plant Will Be Expanded

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The place that makes Palermo’s Pizza will soon get bigger. The state is giving a 342 thousand tax break to ...

Wed, July 28, 2010

Sheboygan Auto Parts Plant Will Close In December

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WTAQ) - A worldwide supplier of auto parts will close it's plant in Sheboygan by the end of the year. The International ...

Thu, July 22, 2010

Utility holds open houes on biomass plant in Rothschild

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – A Milwaukee-based utility will hold two open houses in Rothschild today on plans to build a 50-megawatt, woody-biomass fired power plant ...

Wed, July 21, 2010

New J&J plant woes include Pepcid flavor mixups

By Ransdell Pierson and Lisa Richwine

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inspectors found problems with test procedures, record-keeping and handling of consumer complaints ...

Sun, July 18, 2010

Metalysis seeks backer for titanium plant: report

LONDON (Reuters) - British technology company Metalysis is in talks with potential partners over a 70 million pound ($107.4 million) plan to build the ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

TSMC says to spend $9.4 billion on new Taiwan plant

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co <2330.TW><TSM.N>, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said it will invest more than T ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

J&J revamping Tylenol plant, slashing jobs there

By Ransdell Pierson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that it aims to revamp a now-closed Pennsylvania plant that made Tylenol and ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

Storms Blamed for Mercury Marine Plant Fire

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WTAQ) - Storms Wednesday night is being blamed for sparking a fire at the Mercury Marine plant in Fond du Lac ...

Wed, July 14, 2010

Blast and fire injures workers at U.S. Steel plant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An explosion at the largest coke manufacturing facility in the United States injured at least 15 people and forced a partial ...

Fri, July 09, 2010

Feds Give WI 2,000+ Acres of Former Badger Army Ammo Plant

BARABOO, Wis. (WTAQ) - The federal government has given the state over 2,000 acres at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant south of Baraboo ...

Fri, July 09, 2010

Marshfield Utilities peak power plant behind schedule

MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Completion of the peaking power plant in Marshfield is being delayed until September. There have been complications linking the new plant ...

Wed, July 07, 2010

Stoughton Plant Damaged By Fire Expected to Resume Production Tuesday

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Full production was expected to resume Tuesday night at a factory in Stoughton where a fire damaged an exterior pollution control ...

Wed, July 07, 2010

Iran says atom plant set for launch after final test

By Ramin Mostafavi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's first nuclear power plant is set to be launched by late September now that an important final ...

Tue, July 06, 2010

Fire Crews Battle Flames at Stoughton Plant

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Firefighters were battling a blaze early Tuesday morning at a vinyl plant in Stoughton, south of Madison.

It was reported just ...

Tue, July 06, 2010

Ceremony Highlights Future of Former Badger Army Ammo Plant

BARABOO, Wis. (WTAQ) - A ceremony will be held Friday at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo.

Governor Jim Doyle will be on ...

Mon, June 28, 2010

U.S. inspects CSL, cautions over flu plant problems

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have cautioned Australia's CSL Ltd after uncovering problems at its influenza vaccine manufacturing plant and want to ...

Sun, June 27, 2010

2 Workers Injured in South Milwaukee Plant Explosion

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Two workers at Appleton Electric foundry in South Milwaukee were injured in an early morning explosion Saturday. The plant and several ...

Thu, June 24, 2010

State Grants Tax Breaks for Battery Plant

(Lansing, MI - WHTC News) - State officials yesterday made it official: The LG-Chem/Compact Power lithium-ion battery-making plant now under construction at the southeast corner ...

Wed, June 23, 2010

Ford Motor to invest $450 million in new Thai plant

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co <F.N> plans to invest $450 million to build a new manufacturing plant in Thailand, with the bulk of ...

Fri, June 18, 2010

Toyota parts plant back at work after China strike

BEIJING (Reuters) - Workers at a plastics parts supplier for Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> in China resumed work on Sunday, ending a three-day strike ...

Wed, June 16, 2010

Toyota revives Brazil and U.S. plant projects: report

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is set to resume construction of car assembly plants in Brazil and Mississippi which were put on hold amid ...

Thu, June 10, 2010

Town meeting on plant closing

OSCEOLA, Wis (WSAU) State officials will hold a town-hall meeting tonight on the closing of the Polaris plant in northwest Wisconsin. The maker of ...

Thu, June 10, 2010

Feds Visit Janesville to Talk Help With Closed GM Plant

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The head of a White House council which helps those affected by plant closings in the auto industry will be in ...

Thu, June 10, 2010

State Officials Hold Meeting on Polaris Plant Closing

OSCEOLA, Wis. (WTAQ) - State officials will hold a town hall meeting Thursday night on the closing of the Polaris plant in northwest Wisconsin.

The ...

Fri, June 04, 2010

Hackers plant viruses in Windows smartphone games

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have planted viruses in video games for smartphones running on Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system, according to a security firm ...

Tue, June 01, 2010

China iPhone plant workers to get 30 percent raise

LONGHUA, China (Reuters) - Production line workers at Foxconn's southern China manufacturing hub will get a 30 percent pay rise, as top customer Apple ...

Mon, May 31, 2010

Honda China parts plant restarts, walkout threatened

By Alison Leung

FOSHAN, China (Reuters) - Honda Motor <7267.T> said a key car parts factory in south China resumed full production on Wednesday ...

Wed, May 26, 2010

DC Everest schools hire lawyer to review biomass plant

ROTHSCHILD, Wis (WSAU) The D.C. Everest School District will hire an outside attorney to deal with issues surrounding a proposed biomass energy plant ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

59 Firms Want to Supply Bio-Mass to UW-Madison Power Plant

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Almost 5 dozen Wisconsin businesses are interested in supplying bio-mass material to run a power plant at UW-Madison. Governor Jim Doyle ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

High interest in UW-Madison biomass plant

MADISON (WSAU) Almost five dozen Wisconsin businesses are interested in supplying bio-mass material to run a power plant at U-W Madison. Governor Jim Doyle ...

Fri, May 21, 2010

VF Imagewear Closing Pewaukee Plant, 165 Jobs Lost

PEWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A company that makes sportswear and uniforms will close its plant in Pewaukee. VF Imagewear told state officials they’ll shut ...

Fri, May 21, 2010

Polaris Closing Osceola Plant, Moving to Mexico

OSCEOLA, Wis. (WTAQ) - The maker of Polaris snowmobiles and Victory motorcycles is closing its parts plant in Osceola in northwest Wisconsin. Polaris Industries said ...

Thu, May 20, 2010

Last Hurdle in Lithium-Ion Plant Building Cleared

(Holland, MI - WHTC News) - While one lithium-ion battery-making plant in Holland continues on schedule for the start of production by next year, another is ...

Thu, May 13, 2010

Court: Weston Power Plant Must Meet Fed Visibility Limits

WAUSAU, Wis. (WTAQ) - A state appeals court says a new coal-fired power plant near Wausau must meet federal visibility limits on its emissions. The ...

Thu, May 13, 2010

Power plant must meet federal emissions limits, court rules

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – A state appeals court says a new coal-fired power plant near Wausau must meet federal visibility limits on its emissions.

The ...

Tue, May 11, 2010

PSC Agrees to Let Alliant Energy Add Pollution Controls to Sheboygan Plant

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WTAQ) - The state Public Service Commission agreed Tuesday to let Alliant Energy add $154 million in pollution controls to its coal-fired power ...

Tue, May 11, 2010

JCI/Saft Updates Plans on Lithium-Ion Battery Plant

(Holland, MI - WHTC News) - The future of the Holland area is going up before the Lakeshore’s eyes.

Two representatives of the joint Johnson ...

Mon, May 10, 2010

PSC to Hold Hearings on Biomass Plant Near Wausau

WAUSAU, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin utility regulators are taking public comments on a proposed new biomass power plant south of Wausau. We Energies wants to ...

Thu, May 06, 2010

Illinois Firm Fined After Violations at Wisconsin Plant

WHITEHALL, Wis. (WTAQ) - An Illinois company will pay $535,000 in fines after repeated safety violations at a whey processing plant in western Wisconsin ...

Wed, May 05, 2010

Manitowoc Getting 160 Jobs from Schofield Plant Closing

MANITOWOC, Wis. (WTAQ) - 160 jobs are coming to Manitowoc. Auto parts manufacturer Federal-Mogul has decided to close its plant in Schofield, just outside of ...

Tue, May 04, 2010

Federal Mogul to close Schofield plant in 2011

SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – A Michigan-based auto parts maker will close its Schofield factory by March of next year and shift production to a plant ...

Tue, May 04, 2010

FDA finds grime at J&J plant, urges use of generics

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inspectors found thick dust and contaminated ingredients at the Johnson & Johnson plant that produces Children's Tylenol ...

Tue, May 04, 2010

Long-Time Sheboygan Plant Cuts Nearly 100 Jobs

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WTAQ) - It’s been over 16 months since the General Motors’ plant closed in Janesville, and it’s still having a ripple ...

Thu, April 29, 2010

Regulators seek input on biomass power plant

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – State regulators want to hear what you think about a proposed biomass power plant in Rothschild.

The Public Service Commission is ...

Tue, April 20, 2010

Rothschild, Weston head to court over Weston Four power plant payments

WESTON, Wis (WSAU) The Villages of Weston and Rothschild will go to court in a revenue sharing dispute over the Weston Four power plant ...

Mon, April 19, 2010

Iran says to start work on new enrichment plant

By Ramin Mostafavi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will start work on a new uranium enrichment nuclear plant, a senior official said on Monday, part of ...

Mon, April 12, 2010

Marshfield delays completion of new power plant

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - A new 55 mega-watt, 35 million dollar “peaking” power plant in Marshfield is now scheduled to be online by July 1st ...

Tue, April 06, 2010

Wisconsin Power & Light to Take Over Sheboygan Plant

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin Power and Light will soon become the sole owner of a coal fired power plant in Sheboygan. The utility said ...

Tue, April 06, 2010

Alliant Energy To Take Over Sheboygan Plant

MADISON, Wis. (WHBL) - Alliant Energy will soon become the sole owner of a coal fired power plant in Sheboygan. The utility said Tuesday it ...

Tue, March 30, 2010

State Lands $14M To Help With Plant Closings, Layoffs

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin will get almost $14 million in federal funds to help those who lost their jobs by plant closings and multiple ...

Thu, March 25, 2010

Neighbors oppose biomass plant

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – Neighbors against plans for a $250 million woody biomass plant in Rothschild voiced concerns over emissions, air quality levels and increased ...

Thu, March 25, 2010

Construction company picked for bio-mass plant

UNDATED (WSAU) WE Energies has picked a construction company to build its new biomass plant in Rothschild. It's Boldt Company of Appleton -- one ...

Wed, March 24, 2010

Madison Firm Making Gas From Plant Sugars

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A company in Madison is making gasoline from plant sugars – and it’s one of several possibilities for alternative fuels being ...

Mon, March 22, 2010

Toshiba eyes Gates nuclear alliance, chip plant

By Nobuhiro Kubo and Kiyoshi Takenaka

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is in talks with a company backed by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates to jointly ...

Thu, March 18, 2010

Russia, U.S. disagree over Iran atomic plant start-up

By Darya Korsunskaya

VOLGODONSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it would start up the reactor it is building at Iran's first atomic ...

Thu, March 18, 2010

Clinton, Russia at odds over Iranian nuclear plant

By Arshad Mohammed and Conor Sweeney

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday criticized Russia's plans to start ...

Wed, March 17, 2010

Greenheck says no local job impact from Mexico plant expansion

UNDATED (WSAU) Greenheck Fan officials say there are no plans to shift large numbers of jobs from Wisconsin to a plant in Saltillo, Mexico ...

Tue, March 16, 2010

WE Energies asks for permission to build biomass power plant

UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin’s largest electric utility has asked state officials for the okay to build a quarter-billion-dollar bio-mass power plant south of Wausau ...

Tue, March 16, 2010

We Energies Applies For $250M Biomass Power Plant

WAUSAU, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s largest electric utility has asked state officials for the okay to build a quarter-billion dollar biomass power plant south ...

Thu, March 11, 2010

Effort to Land 2nd Battery-Making Plant Continues

(Holland, MI - WHTC News) - More steps in getting a second lithium-ion battery-making plant in Holland were taken yesterday. The city closed on an 810 ...

Mon, March 08, 2010

Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant

By Ari Rabinovitch and Crispian Balmer

JERUSALEM/PARIS (Reuters) - Israel will this week unveil plans to produce nuclear-generated electricity, officials said on Monday, a ...

Sat, March 06, 2010

Tyson to resume processing at pork plant after fire

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc planned to process stored pork on Saturday at its plant in Logansport, Indiana, after a fire there on Friday ...

Fri, March 05, 2010

Fire temporary shuts Tyson pork plant

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Friday morning fire forced the temporary closure of the Tyson Foods Inc pork plant in Logansport, Indiana, the company said.

The ...

Thu, March 04, 2010

Plant-focused diet may curb breast cancer risk

By Rachael Myers Lowe

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diets high in vegetables, fruits and soy might cut the risk of developing breast cancer by ...

Tue, March 02, 2010

Milwaukee Plant Expected To Build New High-Speed Trains

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee is where the new trains will be built for Wisconsin’s high-speed rail service. Governor Jim Doyle is expected to ...

Thu, February 25, 2010

Toyoda meets with LaHood, thanks workers at plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <TM.N><7203.T> President Akio Toyoda had a "cordial and open" meeting on Thursday with Transportation Secretary Ray ...

Wed, February 24, 2010

Nearly 100 Jobs Added To Dodge Co. Plant

DODGE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Up to 100 new jobs will be added at a plant in Dodge County over the next year. Tab Products ...

Fri, February 19, 2010

WE Energies holds open house on new biomass power plant tomorrow

Rothschild, Wis. (WSAU) – WE Energies will be on hand tomorrow in Rothschild to hold an open house on a proposed biomass power plant at ...

Wed, February 17, 2010

Chrysler Illinois plant shutdown on parts shortage

DETROIT (Reuters) - A parts shortage has forced a two-day shutdown at a Chrysler plant in Illinois where the automaker builds the Dodge Caliber, the ...

Tue, February 16, 2010

Marathon County approves bonding for Rothschild plant expansion

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Baraboo-based dairy cooperative has won more than $11 million in recovery zone bonding to expand its plant in Rothschild.

The ...

Mon, February 15, 2010

Vallourec to invest $650 million to build U.S. plant

PARIS (Reuters) - French seamless tube maker Vallourec <VLLP.PA> on Monday said it would invest $650 million in building a new plant in the ...

Sun, February 14, 2010

Mitsubishi Heavy may build U.S. wind turbine plant

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd <7011.T> said on Monday it is considering building a wind turbine plant in the United States, and ...

Tue, February 09, 2010

Three injured in Schofield plant explosion

SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - Three people were hurt this morning in a small chemical explosion at a Schofield plant.

Everest Metro Police said employees at ...

Fri, February 05, 2010

Insurance Payment To Jefferson Plant Pushes Tyson Profits North

JEFFERSON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Tyson Foods made money in its last quarter, in part because it got an insurance payment from the devastating flood at ...

Wed, February 03, 2010

Chrysler in talks to take back Detroit-area plant

By Soyoung Kim and Bernie Woodall

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler is in talks to take back a Sterling Heights, Michigan, assembly plant that it had ...

Wed, February 03, 2010

ERCO removes mercury from Port Edwards chemical plant

PORT EDWARDS, Wis (WSAU) A chemical plant in Port Edwards completed a 130-million dollar renovation project, and is no longer emitting mercury as part ...

Thu, January 28, 2010

Plant flavanoid may help prevent leukemia

LONDON (Reuters) - Eating foods like celery and parsley which contain the naturally occurring flavanoid apigenin may help prevent leukemia, Dutch scientists said Thursday.

Maikel ...

Sat, January 23, 2010

GM expects to need new China plant as sales rise

By Fang Yan and Edmund Klamann

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - General Motors <GM.UL> expects it will need to build a new greenfield manufacturing facility in ...

Mon, January 18, 2010

Group Says DNR "Dragging Feet" On UW Power Plant Changes

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Sierra Club says the state DNR is dragging its feet in deciding if power plants at 4 UW campuses need ...

Fri, January 15, 2010

Hunters force lock-down at Texas nuclear arms plant

By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A pair of duck hunters prompted a lock-down at a Texas nuclear weapons plant on Friday but there was ...

Thu, January 14, 2010

Team Effort To Clean Up Pollution At Kenosha's Chrysler Plant

KENOSHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - State environmental experts will team up with the city of Kenosha, to start cleaning up pollution at the Chrysler engine plant ...

Tue, January 12, 2010

Janesville Officials Not Optimistic About GM Plant Re-Opening

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Officials in the Janesville area say they’d love to see the empty General Motors plant re-open. But they see no ...

Mon, January 11, 2010

Production could resume at Janesville GM plant

DETROIT, MI (WSAU) - General Motors might re-open some of the plants it closed, because it cannot make at least three types of vehicles fast ...

Thu, December 31, 2009

Company Ordered Not To Finish Purchasing Jefferson Plant

JEFFERSON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Texas company has been ordered not to complete the purchase of an ethanol plant in Jefferson, until a court hearing ...

Tue, December 29, 2009

Columbus Plant Sold To Company Who Will Re-Open It

COLUMBUS (WRN) - A plant that closed in Columbus has been sold to a local industry which plans to move there and grow. Maysteel has ...

Wed, December 23, 2009

Iowa Firm Wants Judge To Reconsider Bid For Jefferson Plant

DES MOINES, Iowa (WRN) - One of the losing bidders for an ethanol plant in Jefferson has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to reconsider the ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

Valero To Buy Jefferson Ethanol Plant

JEFFERSON (WRN) - A renewable energy company from Texas will buy a struggling ethanol plant in Jefferson for $72 million. Valero Renewable Fuels of San ...

Fri, December 11, 2009

Workers Back On Job At We Energies Coal Power Plant

OAK CREEK (WRN) - Construction work resumed Friday at the second of 2 We Energies’ coal fired power plants in Oak Creek. Workers were sent ...

Mon, December 07, 2009

GM to invest $336 million in Volt plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next ...

Thu, December 03, 2009

Harley-Davidson Confirms Plant Staying In York, PA

MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Milwaukee’s Harley-Davidson has confirmed that it will keep its motorcycle assembly plant in York Pennsylvania. That’s after union workers there ...

Fri, November 27, 2009

Cuban nationals land at Florida nuclear plant: NRC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of Cuban nationals who fled their country by boat landed in the cooling canal of a nuclear power plant ...

Fri, November 27, 2009

New Power Plant In Oak Creek Could Be In Jeopardy

OAK CREEK (WRN) - A legal settlement that paved the way for the construction of a new power plant near Oak Creek may be in ...

Fri, November 27, 2009

Cuban nationals land at Florida nuclear plant: NRC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of Cuban nationals who fled their country by boat landed in the cooling canal of a nuclear power plant ...

Fri, November 20, 2009

Harley-Davidson May Not Move York Plant To Kentucky

MILWAUKEE (WRN) - It seems to be getting more likely that Harley-Davidson will not move its York Pennsylvania motorcycle plant to Kentucky.

Under a tentative ...

Sat, November 14, 2009

Ford says resolves UAW disputes at Missouri plant

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers have resolved disputes over work issues at a Missouri plant that prompted workers to ...

Fri, November 13, 2009

Ford Missouri plant holds strike authorization vote

By Soyoung Kim

DETROIT (Reuters) - Workers at a Ford Motor Co assembly plant in Missouri have started a vote that would authorize a strike ...

Fri, November 13, 2009

Manitowoc Budwesier Plant Slashes Workers

MANITOWOC (WRN) - A Manitowoc plant that makes malt for Budweiser beer will soon be running at only 30 percent of its capacity. That’s ...

Fri, November 13, 2009

Utility Closer To Increasing Radioactive Waste At Plant

PRAIRIE ISLAND (WRN) - A utility is one step closer to increasing the radioactive waste it stores near the Wisconsin border at Red Wing Minnesota ...

Tue, November 10, 2009

Kenosha's Chrysler Plant Asked To Accept 84 Buyouts

KENOSHA (WRN) - Chrysler Corporation is asking another 84 workers at its engine plant in Kenosha to take a buyout offer. About 500 salaries and ...

Wed, November 04, 2009

Wisconsin Rapids approves funding for wind turbine plant

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) The Wisconsin Rapids common council voted unanimously to make 5-point-3 million dollars in infrastructure improvements for a new wind turbine ...

Fri, October 30, 2009

Vermont meat plant shut after USDA views footage

</head> <body> <p>By Roberta Rampton</p> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department and the Vermont state agriculture agency said they pulled operating licenses on Friday for ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, October 30, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/30/largest-coal-fired-power-plant-wisconsin-now-produ/" title="Full Article: Largest coal fired power plant in Wisconsin now producing electricity"> Largest coal fired power plant in Wisconsin now producing electricity</a></h2> <p>OAK CREEK, Wis (WSAU) After years of court battles and construction delays, a power plant near Milwaukee is finally up-and-running. The first of two ...</p> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, October 26, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/26/kansas-city-uaw-plant-workers-reject-ford-contract/" title="Full Article: Kansas City UAW plant workers reject Ford contract"> Kansas City UAW plant workers reject Ford contract</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By David Bailey</p> <p>DETROIT (Reuters) - Union workers at Ford Motor Co's Kansas City assembly plant overwhelmingly rejected proposed contract changes that include a ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Sun, October 25, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/25/biden-to-visit-gm-plant-amid-reports-of-reopening/" title="Full Article: Biden to announce GM plant's reopening: source"> Biden to announce GM plant's reopening: source</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden plans on Tuesday to visit a closed General Motors plant in Wilmington, Delaware, where he is ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, October 19, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/19/corning-glass-output-hurt-by-taiwan-plant-incident/" title="Full Article: Corning glass output hurt by Taiwan plant incident"> Corning glass output hurt by Taiwan plant incident</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Specialty glass maker Corning Inc <GLW.N> said on Monday a weekend power disruption at its plant in Taichung, Taiwan, will ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, October 07, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/07/dell-to-shut-north-carolina-plant-cut-905-workers/" title="Full Article: Dell to shut North Carolina plant, cut 905 workers"> Dell to shut North Carolina plant, cut 905 workers</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc said it will close a North Carolina desktop computer manufacturing plant early next year, laying off 905 workers, as ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, October 06, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/06/iran-plans-to-use-new-centrifuge-at-atom-fuel-plan/" title="Full Article: Iran plans to use new centrifuge at nuclear plant"> Iran plans to use new centrifuge at nuclear plant</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Hashem Kalantari</p> <p>TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran plans to use a new generation of faster centrifuges to enrich uranium at a newly-revealed nuclear site, its ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 01, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/01/chrysler-ceo-no-reprieve-on-us-plant-closings/" title="Full Article: Chrysler CEO: no reprieve on U.S. plant closings"> Chrysler CEO: no reprieve on U.S. plant closings</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Soyoung Kim and Bernie Woodall</p> <p>AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC still plans to shutter eight North American plants according to its ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, September 29, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/29/iran-warns-west-against-past-mistakes/" title="Full Article: Iran says will not discuss second nuclear plant"> Iran says will not discuss second nuclear plant</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Parisa Hafezi and Steve Holland</p> <p>TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it would not discuss a previously secret nuclear plant at international ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, September 29, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/29/iran-to-give-time-soon-for-atom-plant-inspectiontv/" title="Full Article: Iran soon to set time for atom plant inspection: TV"> Iran soon to set time for atom plant inspection: TV</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will soon inform the U.N. nuclear watchdog of a timetable for inspection of a newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant, its ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, September 25, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/25/us-uk-france-accuse-iran-of-covert-nuclear-plant/" title="Full Article: Obama accuses Iran of building secret nuclear plant"> Obama accuses Iran of building secret nuclear plant</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Matt Spetalnick and Mark Heinrich</p> <p>PITTSBURGH/VIENNA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and other Western leaders accused Iran on Friday of building ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, September 25, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/25/iran-tells-iaea-it-is-building-2nd-enrichment-plan/" title="Full Article: Iran tells IAEA it is building 2nd enrichment plant: diplomats"> Iran tells IAEA it is building 2nd enrichment plant: diplomats</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency that it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction, diplomats told Reuters ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, September 24, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/24/imperial-sugar-plant-explosion-was-preventable/" title="Full Article: Imperial Sugar plant explosion was "preventable""> Imperial Sugar plant explosion was "preventable"</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Matthew Bigg</p> <p>ATLANTA (Reuters) - An explosion at Imperial Sugar's plant near Savannah, Georgia, in 2008 that killed 14 people was "entirely preventable ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, September 22, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/22/ford-motor-to-announce-3rd-china-car-plant-source/" title="Full Article: Ford to announce 3rd China car plant: source"> Ford to announce 3rd China car plant: source</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Fang Yan and Jacqueline Wong</p> <p>SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co <F.N> and its Chinese partner will announce plans on Friday for their ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Sun, September 06, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/06/huntsman-eyes-china-chemical-plant-purchases-repor/" title="Full Article: Huntsman eyes China chemical plant purchases: report"> Huntsman eyes China chemical plant purchases: report</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>LONDON (Reuters) - Huntsman <HUN.N>, an American chemicals group, is looking to buy chemical plants in China with part of a $2.7 billion ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, September 01, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/01/cost-of-new-nyc-water-plant-doubles-comptroller/" title="Full Article: Cost of new NYC water plant doubles: Comptroller"> Cost of new NYC water plant doubles: Comptroller</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's new Croton water treatment plant will cost more than twice the original estimate of $992 million and ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> </div> <div id="col-2"> <div class="ad-300x250"> </div> <div class="sidebar-box featured-list clearfix"> <h2 class="news">Top Stories</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/news/articles/2012/may/24/senate-recall-debate-centers-on-jobs-union-rights/" title="Full Article: Senate recall debate centers on 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