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SOUTHFIELD, MI—The automotive assembly line of the future will be more flexible, more capable of handling new materials, and make greater of the mobile technology, says Martin Kinsella, director of advanced materials and process technologies for systems integrator Comau Inc.

WENTZVILLE, MO—The hiring process is underway for 750 new workers at the General Motors assembly plant here.

TORONTO—Auto parts manufacturer Linamar will invest $506.8 to build an R&D lab in Ontario, creating 1,200 jobs over the next 10 years.

WAYNE, MI—Saving the American auto industry was the right thing to do, President Obama told workers at the Ford assembly plant here last week, adding that the industry has created some 500,000 jobs over the past five years.

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Polaris Industries will manufacture off-road vehicles at a new 600,000-square-foot assembly plant here, creating up to 2,000 new jobs.

Plenty of options are available for semi- or fully automatic riveting.

GETRAG has been the world’s largest supplier of transmission systems for passenger cars and commercial vehicles for several years.

BOWLING GREEN, KY—Chevrolet is bringing back its exclusive Engine Build Experience for Corvette Z06 customers, who will get the opportunity to assemble the car’s 650-hp supercharged LT4 engine by themselves.

DETROIT—General Motors engineers are planning to use material from diapers to simulate snow in tests of vehicular heating systems.

TOKYO—Toyota’s North American manufacturing facilities saved 93.3 million gallons of water in 2014.