Parts pinch shuts down Ford plant
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Workers at the Ford plant in Hapeville are getting a second unexpected day off during the dog days of summer. The company has stopped assembly-line production at the plant today because of a continued parts shortage, a Ford official said.
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Production resumed at  U.S. carmaker Ford's  plant in Russia on Thursday after a  one-day strike over pay and conditions, but workers threatened  to down tools again if pay talks stall.
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Jaguar is to halt production at a plant in Coventry, with the loss of 1,150 jobs, because of poor demand for the luxury brand, US parent company Ford announced.
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By Anonymous  A worker hit the wrong switch and shut down a major Ontario plastics plant, costing the company a pile of cash. The incident occurred in late June.
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Chrysler LLC has closed four assembly  plants and may be forced to shutter the rest of its global  assembly operations within a short time due to a dispute with  supplier Plastech Engineered Products Inc, which filed for  bankruptcy court protection on Friday.
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Seagate Technology, the world's largest maker of hard drives, said Monday it is shuttering one of two manufacturing facilities in Northern Ireland, resulting in a cut of 780 employees, about 1.5 percent of the company's global work force.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - Production resumed at U.S. carmaker Ford's  plant in Russia on Thursday after a one-day strike over pay and conditions, but workers threatened to down tools again if pay talks stall.
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Dow Chemical Co. DOW.N on Thursday   said it will shut down a number of its plants around the world   to enhance efficiency and cut costs, including facilities in   Sarnia and Fort Saskatchewan, Canada, as well as its Porto   Marghera plant in Italy.
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Ford Motor Credit, the financial arm of   Ford Motor Co. F.N on Thursday said it would cut 2,000 jobs   -- almost a quarter of its staff in North America -- and close   branch offices in order to cut costs.
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US car giant Ford is expected to tell Jaguar workers on Friday that it will close the firm's historic Coventry factory
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Car production is to end at Jaguarâs historic Browns Lane factory in Coventry but some work will continue there, parent firm Ford has confirmed.
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Ford Motor Co. will kill off the Ford  Excursion, its largest sport utility vehicle and a lightning  rod for criticism from environmental groups, next year, a  source familiar with the plan said on Monday.
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US car giant Ford is expected to tell Jaguar workers that it will close the firm's historic Coventry factory.
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US auto giant General Motors has decided to shut down one of its two mid-size car-making plants in Europe next year, a decision that could force its subsidiary Saab to close operations in Sweden and slash 6,300 jobs, the Swedish metalworkers' union said.
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Downriver economic development officials geared up Thursday to deal with the latest blow to area manufacturing workers, the closing of the Frito-Lay plant in Allen Park with its loss of nearly 400 jobs.
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Production of Jaguar cars is to end at one of its main UK factories, with the loss of 1,150 jobs. About 750 white collar workers and 400 production staff will lose their jobs at the Browns Lane site in Coventry
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DETROIT -- Chrysler LLC plans temporarily to close four assembly plants and to shut down one shift at another due to the bankruptcy filing of one of its plastic parts suppliers, the automaker said Monday.