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West Virginia

WVMA Praises Major Auto Industry Investments in State
wvma.com
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Manufacturers Association (WVMA) is celebrating the combined $215 million investments announced by automobile manufactures Hino and Toyota ...

West Virginia prepares for manufacturing jobs spurred by shale gas
pabusinesscentral.com
On August 3, President Trump, who won big in West Virginia — 67.9 percent of the vote vs. Hillary Clinton’s 26.2 percent — held a campaign-style rally at the 9,000-person Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia ...

Daily Mail editorial: Vote for the road bond and demand government accountability
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
Wrote Rebecca McPhail, president of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association: “West Virginia ranks near the bottom — 46th — for its percentage of ...

Economic roadmap for West Virginia pushed
Miami Herald
An outside study identified natural gas production and storage, plastics and chemical manufacturing, cybersecurity, higher-end tourism and ...

Toyota to retool for hybrid axle production
Huntington Herald Dispatch
Fred Pace/Herald-Dispatch Leah Curry, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, announces Toyota's first American-made hybrid ...

Toyota making more than $115 million investment at Buffalo facility
WVAH
BUFFALO, WV (WCHS/WVAH) — Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia announced it will be making a $115.3 million investment to produce the ...

UPDATE: Hino officials, Gov. Justice to attend local news conference Wednesday evening
The News Center
Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. currently operates a truck-manufacturing facility in Williamstown, W.Va., and there has long been speculation ...

M&G Polymers to cease production for lack of funding
WVAH
APPLE GROVE, WV (WCHS/WVAH) — M&G Polymers has informed the Mason ... According to Mauro Fenoglio, Global Manufacturing Director of M&G ... the chemical plant in Apple Grove, West Virginia, will be effectively shut down, ...

Mooney: Lower it and they will come
Martinsburg Journal
MARTINSBURG — One way to boost West Virginia and other state's ... As both houses of Congress gear up to again take on tax reform, Mooney, in a ...

Shale boom foundation for WV's new manufacturing economy
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
It is, in very real terms, the foundation for West Virginia's new manufacturing economy. This economy has the potential to lift the state out from under a ...

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Hints Trump Has Plans For West Virginia
Wheeling Intelligencer
Justice said he and Perry spoke of a natural gas manufacturing hub “that's going to fall right in (West Virginia's) lap,” ways to help the coal industry and ...

Economists see slower growth for US than Trump does
USA TODAY
... in 2017 to 2.2%," said NABE vice president-elect Kevin Swift, who is chief economist and managing director for the American Chemistry Council.

Tri-State facility envisioned to boost aerospace industry
Huntington Herald Dispatch
"This grant is a major step in launching a regional aerospace manufacturing industry in southern West Virginia," Weber said. "Our area's existing ...

Using Right to Work to Sell W.Va. to Job Creators
Wheeling Intelligencer
Finally. Nearly 15 months after the West Virginia Legislature passed the West Virginia Workplace Freedom Act, we can finally say that West Virginia is .

After South Korea trip, WV companies concerned about Trump ending trade deal
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
But South Korea has been a strong market of late for Eagle Manufacturing, Oliu said, with plenty of industrial companies looking for the safety, spill ...

RCBI lands grant for aerospace training center
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
“This grant is a major step in launching a regional aerospace manufacturing industry in southern West Virginia,” Weber said in the release. “Our area's ...

Jason Huffman: Tax reform will restore opportunity to W.Va. (Daily Mail)
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
All too often these days, national news stories that mention West Virginia will invariably include the words “hopelessness” and “despair.” The Mountain ...

New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
Serving as counsel for PPD of WV One, Amy Condaras of Spilman, Thomas & Battle, said the companyalready has purchased land in Greenbrier ...

Thrasher takes aim at business tax
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
Thrasher says the tax is one of the core issues that makes West Virginia ... The state needs comprehensive and revenue-neutral tax reform that ...

United States

Trump To Address Manufacturer Association on Sept. 29
Transport Topics Online
President Donald Trump was due to address the National Association of Manufacturers on Sept. 29, and discuss tax reform in a bid to boost economic ..

End of the road for the auto industry? Yes and no
The Adelaide Review
automotive manufacturers to close its doors, bringing a proud history of automotive manufacturing to an end. The closure of an entire industry is rare in ...

Association encourages manufacturers to promote Manufacturing Day events
Crow River Media
The National Association of Manufacturers encourages businesses or organizations that are planning a Manufacturing Day event to register the event ...

US OSHA, chemical makers focus on diisocyanates
Chemical & Engineering News
The effort by the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration and the American Chemistry Council, an industry trade association, would raise ...

Jack Ma says stop looking for manufacturing jobs
China Economic Review
Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma said people should stop looking to manufacturing to drive economic growth. Ma called on leaders to embrace the promise ..