Forces align to rekindle a Michigan city
Michigan and local officials believe there is a new life for Flint - a city that often symbolized the image of Rust Belt America. And the auto industry is making efforts to reconsider the once booming location.
Is Ontario poised to get its groove back?
Canada's Ontario province has struggled over the past decade. Now it is battling back -- determined to rekindle local manufacturing.
Alabama shows the prep work required to make it look easy
Alabama has been making it look easy to attract the auto industry for the past 20 years.
Kentucky's knack for attracting aluminum investment
Braidy Industries Inc.'s plan to invest $1.3 billion in a greenfield aluminum rolling mill in northeastern Kentucky is a major auto supply chain project. But it is part of an ongoing phenomenon for the state. Since 2014, Kentucky has attracted more than $3 billion in aluminum-related investment - triple the investment in the segment there in the 12 years prior.
Indiana responded fast to German supplier plan
When the German supplier ElringKlinger looked at Fort Wayne, Ind., for a $23 million investment in green-tech automotive components this year, city officials moved fast to prepare.
North Carolina ready for another shot
As 2017 ended, Chinese tire manufacturer Triangle Tyre announced it would invest $580 million to build its first U.S. plant in Tarboro, N.C., creating 800 jobs at the eastern North Carolina site.
