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GM Worker Rescued After Mishap on Assembly Line

June 19, 2012

ARLINGTON, TX—Firefighters this morning rescued a GM worker whose foot became pinned under a piece of equipment on the assembly line.

Big 3 Explore Aluminum Wiring Pros and Cons

Austin Weber

May 25, 2012

The North American auto industry is beginning to convert to aluminum wiring, as engineers focus on cutting costs and reducing vehicle weight.

Control Room Plays Pivotal Role at Chrysler Belvidere

Austin Weber

April 26, 2012

Most people associate control rooms with nuclear power plants, oil refineries or NASA rocket launches.

Assembly Then & Now: The Dodge Main Plant

Austin Weber

April 26, 2012

When Chrysler’s Belvidere Assembly Plant (the home of the new Dodge Dart) opened in the middle of a northern Illinois cornfield in 1965, the automaker was in the midst of a decade of growth.

Assembly Then & Now: Fiat’s Lingotto Plant

Austin Weber

April 26, 2012

Several Fiat factories in Europe, including Pomigliano, Italy, and Tychy, Poland, were benchmarked by engineers from Chrysler’s Belvidere Assembly Plant before producing the new Dodge Dart.

Learning About Manufacturing Can Be Fun

Austin Weber

February 16, 2012

Chrysler is using slot cars to teach its employees about lean manufacturing.

Auto Supplier to Open Georgia Assembly Plant, Hire 320

February 6, 2012

PENDERGRASS, GA—Toyota Industries Corp. will open a $350 million assembly plant here, creating 320 jobs.

Nissan to Invest $2 Billion in Mexican Assembly Plant, Hire 9,000

January 27, 2012

AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico—Nissan will invest $2 billion to build a new assembly plant here to build compact vehicles on its B class small car.

Chrysler Uses 3D Animation to Refine Assembly

January 25, 2012

DETROIT—Chrysler workers are using tools normally found at film animation studios—such as 3D videos and computerized motion sensors—to reshape the way they assemble a car or build an engine.

UAW to Hold Strike Vote at GM Plant

January 25, 2012

FAIRFAX, KS—A UAW local at GM’s assembly plant here will hold a strike authorization vote Thursday after workers rejected a local labor contract last Friday. About 66 percent of production workers and 58 percent of skilled-trades workers voted against the proposed contract.

Hypersonic Aircraft Push the Boundaries of 3D Printing

Foxconn Plans to Produce EV Batteries in Ohio and Wisconsin

RIP: Shoichiro Toyoda, Who Made Toyota a Global Leader in the Auto Industry

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