Positive News Only Thread

Benny Hill · #1 (**permalink**) 02-20-2009, 11:03 PM

Post anything that you hear that is positive business news. No doom and gloom will be allowed to be posted here. Any positive news such as a business hiring, adding on an extra shift, opening a new plant or just anything positive, please post it here. It doesn't have to be transportation related, any type of legitimate business news is welcome. We need positive news posted, instead of only hearing about the negative, doom and gloom stuff going on every day.

Please include the following in your post:

The companies name.
Its location. (city and state)
The good news you have about it.

Post only serious on topic posts.

strunguptight · #2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 02:28 AM

Hey benny these are a few that been in the newspaper (Tennessean) and Local TV channels over the past weeks and months.Himlock Simiconductor Clarksville Tn start hiring around 500 people not certain on when hiring will take place.Fedral Mogul hiring 100 (now) smithville TN Local news channel Volkswagen is building a plant in chatanoga TN suppose to be done in 2010 per local paper not certain on how many people I can't remember they annouced it last year.I think It's called Americorparation (prisons) was buiding a prison in Hartsville Tn ground has been broke but put on hold.local news.not certain on the amount of jobs but channel 5 our local news did say when it was done there would spin off jobs created.Here's a few.The Tennessean is where I get a lot of this info plus when I get to watch TV (channel 5) .

Benny Hill · #3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 04:23 AM

Thank you sir, that's a great post to get us started.

MAYHEM666 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 06:32 AM

Aerotek Commercial staffing seems to have allot of openings here in the Chicago area.

gusto · #5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 06:17 PM

Challenger Motor in Cambridge ON. tells my wife," We are not going to lay anybody off. We are going to keep everybody moving no matter what it takes." What a great company, they treat their drivers like gold.

medic92 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 06:20 PM

Dot Foods passed $3 billion in business last year, and even with the dismal downturn they still posted a 2.46% rate of growth. Factor in the increased cost of opening a new DC in Burley, ID and Dot's stability and ability to weather a bad economy is still a great example of a business that knows how to handle itself in tough times.

Even with the slowdown in freight, my paychecks in November, December and January have been the best money I've made since I started working for them.