The recall includes some Ascent and Forester models that are made at Subaru’s Indiana plant in Lafayette.
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The Legacy, which was designed for the American market, became the first Subaru manufactured in the United States when the Japanese company began production at its plant in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1989.
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The company, which has 6,000 employees in the state, has named a new chairman and CEO, and a new president and chief operating officer.
The UAW unveiled a website where workers at 13 different companies can electronically sign union authorization cards in a first step toward attempting to organize their factories.
Subaru CEO Atsushi Osaki told reporters during a meeting in Tokyo that Indiana could become the next location of an electric vehicle production site, Reuters reported.
The trip will mark Gov. Eric Holcomb’s third visit to Japan and 16th international trip as Indiana governor.
Plans call for the the warehouse, called Park 267, to be built on a 76-acre site. About 130 employees would work at the facility.
Lafayette police reported that the woman and the suspected shooter previously had been in a relationship.
Companies that map their supply chains can gain insights into where its various tiers of suppliers are located, the relative importance of each supplier and other critical data points, industry experts said at an IBJ event Friday.
Daechang, which makes seating components for Kia, Hyundai and Subaru, established its North American headquarters in Indianapolis in 2017. The Franklin facility would be its second local site.
The stalling recall covers Crosstrek SUVs from 2018 and 2019 and Impreza cars from 2017 through 2019. The suspension recall covers 2018 and 2019 Crosstreks and 2019 Foresters.
The automaker, which announced its expansion plans just weeks before COVID-19 began disrupting the economy, says the project won’t be affected by the pandemic.
The recall covers certain 2019 Impreza, Outback, Legacy, and Ascent vehicles built from June 26, 2018, through Feb. 25, 2019.
The automaker says it will invest $158 million to build a new service parts facility and add a transmission assembly shop. The 4.7-million-square-foot plant produces about 410,000 vehicles each year.
The facility will include a 7,000-square-foot simulated factory floor featuring training robots, assembly-line simulators, a car lift, a forklift and work space for interns.
Cars from Subaru, Tesla, BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler Vans, Mercedes and Ferrari are included in the latest round of recalls involving airbag inflators that can hurl shrapnel into drivers and passengers.
The first recall covers about 229,000 Outback and Legacy vehicles that could have software problems.
The Indiana-made sport-utility vehicle—which has 19 cupholders—has proven to be Subaru’s biggest product launch in more than two decades.
A Subaru plant in northwest Indiana has produced its first Subaru Ascent as part of an expansion that's added more than $140 million in equipment and 200 jobs to the plant.
Subaru Corp., the only car manufacturer to boost U.S. sales every year in the last decade, is continuing to offer cheap financing on models even as rates rise, pinching margins in a plateauing market.
As it adds the Ascent SUV to its roster, the Subaru of Indiana Automotive plant in Lafayette plans to boost its already enormous workforce by as many as 200 employees by the end of 2018.
After stringing together a streak of monthly gains nearing six years, Subaru is debuting its new and improved three-row SUV at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
