Automotive Assembly

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FRANKLIN, IN—Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is planning to start commercial production of automotive turbochargers at its assembly plant here in 2014. Mitsubishi will install three automated assembly lines to produce the turbochargers.

BOWLING GREEN, KY—GM’s Corvette assembly plant here is one of 54 facilities to meet a voluntary energy-reduction challenge set by the Environmental Protection Agency, cutting its energy intensity by 26 percent in less than one year.

LANSING, MI—Michigan’s state House has passed bills giving both public and private employees so-called right-to-work protections.

CHANGWON, South Korea—GM will add a three-megawatt solar installation on the roof of its assembly plant here. The array will cut carbon emissions at the plant by 2,400 metric tons a year.

DETROIT—Chrysler has reinstated a number of employees from its Jefferson North assembly plant here who were discharged in September 2010 after they were caught consuming alcohol on a break.

SPARTANBURG, SC—No one was hurt Thursday night after a fire broke out at the BMW assembly plant here. The fire began in the roof section of the X3 assembly warehouse.

LAFAYETTE, IN—The combination of a high yen and expensive shipping costs has Subaru considering an expansion of its assembly plant here.

TANGIER, Morocco—The Renault-Nissan Alliance is hoping to beat the crowds in the nascent African automotive market by building the largest assembly plant on the continent. The Renault-Nissan Alliance is spending $1.23 billion to build a new factory here that will be able to produce 400,000 vehicles a year and will employ 6,000 people by 2015.

With the election over and the economy picking up steam, manufacturers are poised to reinvest in their assembly plants.

In Greek mythology, Ariana was the daughter of King Minos. She fell in love with Theseus and helped him to escape the monster Minotaur, but was later abandoned by Theseus. Eventually she married the god Dionysus.