Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: Barrett, Ingeteam, Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee, Obama, plant, State of the City, wind turbine
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Spanish manufacturer of wind-turbine generators will build its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett made the announcement involving Ingeteam during his annual State of the City address Monday.
The Zamudio, Spain-based company will locate its North American headquarters and manufacturing facility in the Menomonee Valley.
Barrett’s spokesman, Pat Curley, said [...]
Published: January 19, 2010
Tags: Flambeau River Biofuels, green, green diesel, Miron Construction, plant, ThermoChem Recovery International, U.S. Department of Energy
Flambeau River Biofuels LLC, Park Falls, has drafted a letter of intent to engineer, procure and construct the largest second generation green diesel plant in the U.S. at an existing pulp and paper mill in Park Falls, a press release from the company said.
Park Falls/Flambeau River Biofuels Plant
The $250 million project, funded in part with [...]
By KAREN HAWKINS
Associated Press Writer
BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) — A gas line exploded Monday at a technology plant in northern Illinois about 20 miles from the Wisconsin border, sending aloft debris that killed a man at a nearby highway rest area.
The explosion rocked the NDK America Inc. plant in Belvidere, about 70 miles northwest of Chicago, [...]
Clean Wisconsin Inc. Thursday challenged a state lawmaker to support a bill based on the recommendations of the Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming.
State Rep. Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, rebuked Clean Wisconsin, along with the Wisconsin Citizens’ Utility Board and Sierra Club Wisconsin, for speaking out against his bill, which lifts the state’s nuclear plant [...]
YORK, Pa. (AP) — Harley-Davidson will no longer pursue a plan to move some operations to Kentucky after workers at its central Pennsylvania plant agreed to a new seven-year contract.
Harley-Davidson CEO Keith Wandell said Thursday the company will restructure its operations at the plant by laying off workers and consolidating work under one roof rather [...]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Georgia-Pacific has told Wisconsin officials it will lay off almost 160 workers from its papermaking plant in Green Bay.
That represents as much as a quarter of the employees there, who produce napkins, paper towels and bath tissue.
Company spokeswoman Mary Jo Malach said she can’t confirm or deny the layoffs until [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Workers at the Harley-Davidson plant in south-central Pennsylvania are poised to vote on whether to accept a labor contract that could keep the plant there.
However, the contract up for a vote Wednesday also would pave the way for deep job cuts at the York plant. Union members will be gathering in [...]
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development announced Friday it received notification from Jefferson-based Renew Energy LLC that the company plans to sell its ethanol plant.
The letter filed to DWD by Renew CEO Jeff White said the company is confident it can sell the plant, and is expected to finalize a deal by Jan. 31, 2010.
If [...]
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A new facility in Hattiesburg will bottle 350,000 cases of Pepsi and Dr Pepper products a week.
Officials gathered Wednesday for the opening of the 236,000-square-foot Pepsi South plant in the Forrest County Industrial Park. The plant has 54 full-time workers.
A news release from Brown Bottling Group said Wis-Pak, a consortium of [...]
The New North, Inc. recently released the results of a study on the feasibility of a cellulosic ethanol plant in Niagara.
The study found: Sufficient biomass resources – particularly wood resources – are available in the area to support a cellulosic ethanol plant; and there is substantial interest among individuals and companies in providing biomass resources [...]
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