TOKYO—Looking to limit its exposure to the profit-shrinking effects of the yen and support its quest for significant sales growth, Nissan is strongly considering adding a new assembly plant in North America by 2017.
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.