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The Permit Allows The Company to Build a Natural Gas Processing Plant
Apr 18, 2014This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit for the Lone Star NGL facility in Mont Belvieu, Texas, just west of Houston. The ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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Construction Employment Expanded in 192 Metro Areas
Feb 17, 2014Construction employment expanded in 192 metro areas, declined in 84 and was stagnant in 63 between December 2012 and December 2013, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Wednesday by the Associated General ...
Tags: Construction, steel, Mineral
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Senator Chris Coons Announces Manufacturing Jobs for America Initiative.
Dec 20, 2013Senator Chris Coons announces Manufacturing Jobs for America initiative. A new congressional report released Dec. 17, 2013, found that after a decade of devastating declines, the American manufacturing sector is recovering—and now ...
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Bassett Furniture Will Invest $1.5 Million in a Three-Year Expansion in Henry County,Va.
Dec 20, 2013Bassett Furniture Inds.says it will invest$1.5 million in a three-year expansion in Henry County,Va.,aimed at growing the company's custom casual dining business. A key part of the project will add 5,000 square feet of manufacturing at ...
Tags: Bassett Furniture, expansion, custom casual dining business
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NRF Calculated Retail Industry Job Gains at 13,500 From October
Dec 9, 2013The National Retail Federation issued the following statements from NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay and Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz on the November jobs report: "Today's solid jobs report is welcome news that the economy is ...
Tags: National Retail Federation, adding jobs, job recovery, employment
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US Construction Employment Hit 50-Month High as Employers Added 11,000 Jobs in October
Nov 14, 2013US construction employment hit a 50-month high as employers added 11,000 jobs in October, the fifth consecutive month of sector job gains, and the industry unemployment rate fell to 9 percent, according to an analysis of new government data ...
Tags: Construction Employment, Mineral
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Oddello Announced a $4 Million Expansion to Its East Tennessee Operations, Adding 228 Jobs
Jul 3, 2013Contract furniture manufacturer Oddello Inds. announced a $4 million expansion to its east Tennessee operations on June 27, according to an Associated Press report. Along with the expansion, Oddello plans on adding 228 jobs to its ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
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Orion Generated 176 Jobs From 2008 to 2011
Dec 20, 2012New Jersey-based Orion Systems Integrators, Inc. (Orion) is featured in the inaugural ranking of Inc.'s Hire Power Awards, recognizing the private businesses that have generated the most jobs in the past three years. Orion generated 176 ...
Tags: Orion Systems Integrators, inaugural ranking, Hire Power Awards
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TechAmerica Has Released Its Latest Job Report Which Showed Job Gains
Dec 18, 2012TechAmerica has released its latest job report which showed job gains in 16 of the last 18 months. In that time, IT jobs have grown from 5.8 million to 6 million, or 3.3 percent. “The technology industry is adding jobs as ...
Tags: employment, IT, jobs, TechAmerica, technology industry
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NAT Was Recently Granted $263,500 for Crailar Flax Fiber Production
Dec 3, 2012Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (NAT), which produces and markets CRAiLAR Flax Fiber, was recently granted $263,500 in incentives from Florence County, South Carolina to be used for its manufacturing and production in the region. NAT ...
Tags: flax fiber production, flax fiber, flax, flax market, flax industry
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Sage Electrochromics Has Finished Building a $150 Million Factory in Faribault
Sep 18, 2012Fresh off its acquisition by a French industrial giant, Sage Electrochromics has finished building a $150 million factory in Faribault, Minn., and is poised to ramp up sales of its variable-tint glass. And reap its first profits. The ...
Tags: plant positions Sage, smart glass, Van Dine, construction
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Solar Companies Now Employ 100,237 People
Oct 25, 2011Despite the hit it took when Solyndra's 1,000 jobs went away, the solar industry is adding positions at a pace that far outstrips the rest of the economy. The solar industry has been in the post-Solyndra dumps. But here comes a timely ...
Tags: solar