RENEE MONTAGNE, host: NPR's business news starts with Whirlpool circling back home.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: The American appliance maker is building a new plant - not overseas or over the border, but in Tennessee. The new Whirlpool plant will produce cooking appliances, and is being built on the site of a century-old factory in the city of Cleveland, Tennessee. It's part of a broader upgrade of the company's domestic manufacturing operation.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Whirlpool is one of several American companies opting to make products here in the U.S. Costs are coming down, making manufacturing here more competitive with other parts of the world.
Whirlpool is one of several major American companies opting to make their products in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reports that Whirlpool is announcing Wednesday that its new factory will be on the site of a century-old factory in Tennessee.