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November 18th 2008
Nuvera Fuel Cells of Billerica, Mass., has selected Spartanburg’s Küsters Zima as a manufacturing partner for their hydrogen generation product, PowerTapTM.
Their generators convert natural gas to hydrogen and will be used to refill forklift trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Using hydrogen as a fuel source offers constant power levels, the capability to refuel quickly, and no battery changes.
October 18th 2008
MAU Workforce Solutions, a staffing company that supplies BMW, N.A. with their temp workers, has forecast a loss of at least 500 jobs for the Upstate corporation come December. In fact, the number could be as high as 733 lost jobs.
Most layoffs are on the production line, with more coming from logistics. Affected individuals have already been notified and will be paid through the Christmas holiday. MAU promises to help individuals find new jobs, and there are high hopes many will be hired back once BMW’s current expansion project is completed.
In another sign of the bad economic times, even the behemoth BMW is experiencing a rough patch, proven by the fact that 75% of their new Z4 line is being shipped overseas.
