BELVIDERE, IL—A 41-year-old autoworker who was arrested for drunk driving Saturday told police that he’d been drinking alcohol all day while working at the Chrysler assembly plant here.
PRINCETON, IN—Toyota plans to invest $400 million and create 400 jobs at its assembly plant here to build the Highlander SUV hybrid, ending all production of that model in Japan.
BLUE SPRINGS, MS—Toyota Motor Corp. is adding a second shift at its assembly plant here. The extra shift will boost annual production capacity at the plant to 150,000 units and employment to 2,000 workers.
LONDON, ON—Systems integrator Edge Automation has designed an multistation automated assembly system that can produce a sophisticated golf ball-sized transmission sensor every 10 seconds.
CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen is adding 200 jobs at its new assembly plant here as it increases production capacity by 13 percent. The new jobs will raise employment levels at the plant there to just over 2,700.