Wed February 15, 2017
Ford Plans $200M Wind Tunnel Complex in Suburban Detroit
Ford Motor Co. plans to build a $200 million aerodynamic testing facility in suburban Detroit. The Dearborn-based automaker announced Wednesday that the wind tunnel complex will be on 13 acres next to Ford's current Driveability Test Facility in Allen Park....
Mon July 18, 2016
Ford 2017 Super Duty Payload, Towing Data Released
Specific payload and towing numbers released today for the new 2017 F-Series Super Duty truck – a vehicle officially unveiled late last year – result in Super Duty models that offer “more towing and hauling capability than ever before,” according to Ford Motor Co....
Wed April 06, 2016
Ford to Build Small-Car Factory in Mexico
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to build a new $1.6 billion auto assembly plant in Mexico, creating about 2,800 jobs and shifting small-car production from the U.S. at a time when moving jobs south of the border has become a major issue in the U.S....
Tue April 28, 2015
NYC Launches Massive Affordable Housing Program
NEW YORK (AP) New York City aims to lift 800,000 people out of poverty within a decade in its OneNYC program - a blueprint for making the city more resilient and equitable. City administration officials on Thursday outlined Mayor Bill de Blasio’s goal of pulling nearly 10 percent of New York’s 8.5 million residents out of poverty or near poverty, with a sweeping plan that will utilize a potpourri of proposals, not all of them yet well-defined, and a significant reliance on a steep minimum wage increase that is far from guaranteed....
Tue April 21, 2015
W.I. Clark Company Hosts 19th Annual Paving Seminar in Wallingford, Conn.
The W.I. Clark Company, headquartered in Wallingford, Conn., hosted its 19th annual paving seminar on April 9. The paving seminar is held each year to create awareness of the paving products available at W.I....
Alliance AutoGas - Wed March 11, 2015
Alliance AutoGas Announces Bi-Fuel Autogas Conversion System on Ford Transit Wagon
Alliance AutoGas (AAG) announces that the Ford Transit 3.7L engine conversion to propane autogas is in development and expected to go in for EPA certification in early 2015. The Bi-Fuel system conversion on the Transit requires no intake manifold drilling, cutting, or splicing of wiring....
Tue January 27, 2015
JLG Appoints Jeff Ford Director of Global Strategy, Business Development
JLG Industries Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company and a global leading manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers, has reorganized its aerial work platform (AWP) product marketing team....
Wed November 12, 2014
JCB 8th Annual Golf Tournament Raises $85,000 for Lady Bamford Center
JCB hosted its eighth annual Lady Bamford Center Golf Tournament on Oct. 18. raising approximately $85,000. Those funds will help the center in its efforts to provide early childhood education and social skills development to needy Savannah-area children from six weeks to five years of age....
Wed September 24, 2014
New Bedford to Be Cape Wind Staging Area
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) The developers of a proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod have signed a lease agreement with the state to use New Bedford for staging and construction of the 130 turbine project....
Pat Eaton-Robb - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue June 17, 2014
New Britain Rock Cats Set for Hartford
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) New Britain’s minor league baseball announced plans June 4 to move about 15 mi. north to Hartford, where the capital city plans to build it a $60 million stadium. Josh Solomon, the managing partner of the Double-A Rock Cats and Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra held a news conference on the steps of Hartford City Hall to provide details of the agreement, which calls for an almost 10,000-seat stadium to be ready in time for opening day in 2016....
