EAST LIBERTY, OH—Honda North America Inc. will add a second U.S. production location for the Acura MDX, investing $85 million into its assembly plant here.
INGERSOLL, ON—GM will invest more than $450 million at its assembly plant here, which makes the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain crossover utility vehicles. The investment would secure about 3,000 jobs in the province.
INGOLSTADT, Germany—For the first time, Audi has deployed a robot at its assembly plant here that works “hand-in-hand” with people without a safety barrier.
EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation has received a contract to supply two turnkey assembly and test systems for a Tier 1 automotive supplier. The semiautomatic lines will improve throughput of automobile seat assemblies and capture critical traceability data.
LISLE, IL—Members of the UAW have ratified a four-year contract with truck maker Navistar International Corp. that will provide workers with a combination of wage increases and bonuses, while maintaining a two-tier wage scale for new hires and veteran employees.
WINDSOR, ON—A $2 billion investment by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles into the development and production of its next-generation minivan will mean the largest retooling project for the Windsor Assembly Plant since the 1980s. The investment includes more than 860 new robots, 800 feet of flexible production lines, and retooling approximately 80 percent of its general assembly area.
ATLANTA—Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal visited with executives of British auto giant Jaguar Land Rover to discuss a possible U.S. factory during an economic development mission to the United Kingdom last month.
WASHINGTON—The Ontario government has sold its final 36.7 million shares of General Motors Co. it received as part of Canada’s $10 billion government bailout of the Detroit automaker.