Automotive Assembly

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CELAYA, Mexico—Honda Motor Co. has started construction of a new assembly plant here. The new facility will have an annual production capacity of 200,000 units, and is expected to employ about 3,200 people.

WOODSTOCK, ON—Toyota will invest $80 million to increase production at its assembly plant here, a move that will create some 400 new jobs.

ALLEN COUNTY, IN—Automotive supplier Android Industries will invest $10.8 million to lease and equip 55,000 square feet of an existing facility here, just west of the General Motors assembly plant. The facility will employ 57.

PORTLAND, TN—Automotive supplier Kyowa America Corp. is building a new $12 million assembly plant here that will employ 160.

ARLINGTON, TX—No one was hurt Saturday afternoon after a two-alarm fire broke out at GM’s assembly plant here. The fire started in the body shop shortly after noon as a maintenance team was working on an air conditioning unit.

VANCE, AL—Automotive seating manufacturer Lear Corp. has begun construction of a $19.5 million assembly plant here.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen plans to hire 800 more workers at its assembly plant here by year’s end, boosting the workforce to 3,500.

GURUN, Malaysia—Naza Automotive has invested $9.7 million in a new robotic assembly line at its factory here.

SPRING HILL, TN—GM has begun recalling laid-off and relocated union workers to staff its still idling assembly plant here. The plant will restart April 2.

MERIWETHER, GA—Tier 1 automotive supplier Mando Corp. is investing $200 million to build a new assembly plant here. Expected to employ 426, the facility will make electric power steering gears and anti-lock brakes.