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Massachusetts railcar manufacturing return: Next stop, China
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefAs Massachusetts officials celebrated the "topping off" ceremony of a $95 million new railcar manufacturing plant in Springfield, Mass., last week, the factory's owner—China's CCRC—explained hiring plans: production workers will be hired in October, and sent to China for advance training by February.