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- Fluor wins contract to design solar power plant
- Toyota to close auto plant in California
- Kildare plant faces industrial action
- VW adds to plant for second time
Fluor wins contract to design solar power plant
The Associated Press
said Tuesday it won an engineering contract to design a solar power plant for eSolar Inc. Fluor declined to disclose the value of the contract for the 46-megawatt plant but said the amount was booked in the third quarter. The engineering and construction company hopes to benefit from rising demand for renewable energy. Irving-based Fluor said it would begin work immediately and study improvements in performance and cost of plants. The company wants to come up with a design package for Pasadena Calif.
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Toyota to close auto plant in California
Bizjournals.com
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Kildare plant faces industrial action
Irish Times
The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) said up to 40 of its members at Green Isle Foods in Naas Co Kildare and ESS a subcontractor at the plant are involved in the action. It said workers are protesting the sacking of seven members over alleged misconduct claiming that the company will not negotiate a “fair disciplinary process” with the union to deal with the cases. However in a statement the company said although it had been threatened with industrial action it had not been formally notified when it would take place and said production would continue as normal while efforts were made to reach a “reasonable and sensible conclusion”. It said less than 30 of its workers were involved in the industrial action.
VW adds to plant for second time
Chattanooga Times Free Press
“This is a very important step for us” said Mr. Fischer noting plans call for adding seven bays and lengthening the assembly building’s conveyor belts. Late last year VW announced it was expanding the size of the plant’s paint shop. Bridge competition.