HAGERSTOWN — Swedish truck maker AB Volvo is adding 50 jobs in Hagerstown with the opening of a new, $8 million assembly line. Company officials held a ceremony Thursday afternoon to begin North American production of automated manual transmissions for ...

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Exelon Corp., of Chicago, which in March acquired Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group, said Thursday it will sell three coal-fired power plants formerly owned by Constellation for approximately $400 million. The plants are Brandon Shores and H.A. Wagner in Pasadena, and ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Ice cream production has ended at a Hagerstown plant that supplied Good Humor bars and other frozen goodies for nearly 30 years. The president of the United Steelworkers local that represents 391 plant workers said Thursday that the ...

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HAGERSTOWN — It’s often said that if you really want to find ways to improve your business, ask an employee. At its Hagerstown plant, Volvo did ask — and the result is “significant savings,” according to company representatives. At the ...

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A judge has dismissed a personal injury lawsuit that 14 West Virginia families brought against DuPont over a former zinc smelting operation, saying they failed to produce evidence that toxins from the plant made them sick. The ...

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Employees of the RG Steel plant in Sparrows Point have returned to work earlier than expected after about 720 people were furloughed right before Christmas. “Everybody’s coming back,” said Chris MacLarion, vice president of United Steelworkers Local 9477, which represents ...

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SPARROWS POINT — Baltimore County fire officials say a fire at the Sparrows Point steel plant is under control. Fire spokeswoman Elise Armacost says the fire on the roof of the tin mill building was reported about noon Friday and ...

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Four years ago, General Motors’ future in the Baltimore area was hardly certain after the automaker shed all of its Allison Transmission business except its White Marsh facility, which made automatic transmissions for full-sized pickup trucks. But since then, the ...

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General Motors Co. said Wednesday it will invest $23.5 million for additional production of vehicle electrification units at the Baltimore Transmission Plant in White Marsh. The investment will create 11 jobs at the plant. GM is using part of federal ...

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