Eurozone problems prompt short-term production cut at Michelin in Dundee
Michelin has been forced to temporarily put the brakes on production output at its Dundee plant following a slowing in demand for car tyres. (...)
XL Group's move for Ross and Bonnyman assets brings some Forfar jobs cheer
Vital manufacturing jobs may be on their way back to Angus, as a stricken business has had its assets bought by a successful Scottish firm. (...)
Samsung offshore wind trials raise prospect of massive jobs boost for Fife
Global giant Samsung Heavy Industries' plan to invest up to £100m in Fife and create 500 jobs is being hailed as a massive shot in the arm for east central Scotland. (...)
Michelin's Dundee factory feeling benefit of motorists' move to winter tyres
Sales of specialist winter weather tyres produced in part at Dundee's Michelin factory have soared. (...)
'A crucial role to play' — Dundee told it has a bright future in green jobs
Alex Salmond says Dundee's confirmation as a key location for offshore renewables manufacturing is a ''wonderful statement'' about the city's future. (...)
Back in the game — Dundee poised for major renewable energy jobs announcement
Dundee is set for some Christmas cheer today with a major announcement on the potential for 700 new direct jobs and hundreds more indirectly linked jobs in the renewables industry. (...)
City MSPs insist Dundee is still in the game for renewable energy jobs
Dundee two SNP MSPs claim Dundee will not lose out on renewables industry jobs despite wind turbine manufacturers Gamesa turning their back on the city. (...)
Dundee still waiting after Gamesa's deadline passes with no news of wind turbine manufacturing plans
The fate of a major renewables investment remains unclear after Spanish energy giant Gamesa broke a self-imposed deadline on deciding whether to locate in Dundee or at a rival port in England. (...)
Work on 100-metre Pitreavie wind turbine finished
Work to install a 100-metre wind turbine at FMC Technologies' Pitreavie manufacturing base in Dunfermline has been completed. (...)
Scottish Chamber of Commerce says imaginative thinking needed to sustain export growth
The Scottish Chamber of Commerce says manufacturers must continue to diversify and target new markets if a rise in exports is to be sustained. (...)
Smith Anderson hopes Kirkcaldy move will secure — and soon create — Fife jobs
A major Fife manufacturer has confirmed plans to move from Falkland to a new base in Kirkcaldy. (...)
FMC Technologies recruiting for 240 posts
FMC Technologies has begun recruiting to fill 240 posts, 70 of which are at its Dunfermline plant. (...)
Dundee and Hartlepool vie for 800 Gamesa wind turbine jobs
Dundee is in a two-horse race with Hartlepool to secure a £150 million wind turbine manufacturing plant that could bring 800 jobs to the city. (...)
Jobs hope for Halbeath's mothballed Hyundai site
The Newcastle firm hoping to breathe life back into the mothballed former Hyundai plant at Halbeath is confident that ploughing more money into the site will reap rewards. (...)
Dunfermline's Simclar Group enters administration — putting more than 200 jobs at risk
Dunfermline's Simclar Group has gone into administration, putting more than 200 jobs at risk. (...)
GlaxoSmithKline news hailed as 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' for Montrose
The news that Montrose is in the running to become the location for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline's first new UK factory in three decades was last night described as "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." (...)
Doosan Power Systems considering city for 500 wind turbine jobs
Dundee is on the shortlist of locations for a major wind turbine manufacturing base that would bring 500 jobs to the city. (...)
Wind farm company Gamesa still looking for Dundee site
A Spanish wind farm company is still searching for sites to build a manufacturing and maintenance base in Dundee. (...)
High hopes of Michelin jobs boost for Dundee
Dundee could be set for a significant and welcome employment boost, with tyre manufacturer Michelin planning to create 140 jobs and returning to seven-day working at its plant in the city. (...)
Takeover of Arbroath firm Mechserve Ltd looks set to provide jobs boost
An Arbroath manufacturing firm has been taken over by US energy giant Axon in a move that looks set to create jobs for the town. (...)