Automotive Assembly

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COLUMBUS, OH—Honda is planning to invest $200 million at its engine and transmission assembly plants in Anna, OH, and Russells Point, OH.

Assembling high-reliability products starts with design.

Additive manufacturing is one of the hottest technologies to come along in the last 50 years.

Hot-plate welding can produce strong, leak-tight plastic assemblies with complex geometries. 

The burden of federal regulations was a hot topic on the campaign trail this year. 

MISHAWAKA, IN—Workers at AM General’s Humvee assembly plant here will return to work Nov. 26 after a temporary shut-down that began Oct. 1.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen’s assembly plant here has upped production to 610 sedans per day.

WHITBY, ON—The CAW has reached agreement on a tentative contract for workers at Lear Corp.’s assembly plant here. The strike had forced GM to limit production at its Oshawa Assembly Plant.

TUPELO, MS—One year after it opened, Toyota’s assembly plant here is producing some 600 cars daily, about where company officials hoped to be with its eighth and newest North American factory.

DETROIT—Some 1,100 new employees will begin working next week on a third crew at Chrysler’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant here to meet continuing strong demand for the Jeep Grand Cherokee.