Faurecia to Build $60 Million Manufacturing Facility in Kansas City

The Kansas City Area Development Council recently announced that Faurecia, a leading automotive technology company, will build a new $60 million, 250,000-square-foot interiors production facility in Blue Springs, Missouri, part of the Kansas City area. The company, a global leader in developing automotive seating, interior systems and…

Inventing the Future in Waterloo

By Waterloo EDC
In Waterloo Region, tech is embedded in everything we build and create. Blessed with the second highest start-up density per capita (outside Silicon Valley), it’s no surprise we have a successful track record of inventing the future.

With a list of companies that is as…

Toyota and Mazda Select Alabama for New Auto Factory

Alabama edged out North Carolina as the winner in a multi-state contest for a prized Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. joint car factory worth $1.6 billion. The Japanese automakers have been narrowing the list of possible locations for months.

The shared factory Toyota and Mazda plan…

The Future of “Wintel”

After news broke recently of hidden security flaws affecting millions of Intel Corp.’s chips, the strain on the company’s decades-long partnership with Microsoft Corp has deepened.

Dubbed Wintel, the two tech giants have long worked in tandem, with Microsoft building the Windows operating system and Intel making…

Heroes MAKE America Launch

In January, The Manufacturing Institute launched a new veterans training program, called Heroes MAKE America, at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Heroes MAKE America is a full-time, 10-week career skills program, that launched in partnership with the U.S. Army Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program at Fort Riley and…