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WAYNE, MI—Saving the American auto industry was the right thing to do, President Obama told workers at the Ford assembly plant here last week, adding that the industry has created some 500,000 jobs over the past five years.

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Polaris Industries will manufacture off-road vehicles at a new 600,000-square-foot assembly plant here, creating up to 2,000 new jobs.

COLUMBIA, SC—Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. will build a $41 million assembly plant here to make hydraulic excavators, creating 131 new jobs.

BOWLING GREEN, KY—Chevrolet is bringing back its exclusive Engine Build Experience for Corvette Z06 customers, who will get the opportunity to assemble the car’s 650-hp supercharged LT4 engine by themselves.

HOUSTON—Daikin Industries Ltd., a manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment, is planning to build a new $417 million assembly plant here.

WALKER, MI—Irwin Seating Co. will spend $1.9 million to expand its assembly plant here. The company makes seating for theaters, auditoriums and other venues.

DETROIT—General Motors engineers are planning to use material from diapers to simulate snow in tests of vehicular heating systems.

TOKYO—Toyota’s North American manufacturing facilities saved 93.3 million gallons of water in 2014.

NORWICH, UK—The advent of collaborative robots on the assembly line is raising fresh safety questions for manufacturers. Here are some measures that engineers can take to avoid robot-related accidents.

SEOUL, South Korea—Hyundai Motor is planning to invest $73 billion worldwide over the next four years to develop new vehicles, expand its production capacity and build a new headquarters.