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EAST PROVIDENCE, RI—Igus, a manufacturer of plastic motion control products, has completed construction of a new 110,000-square-foot facility here to manufacture lead screws. 

LEXINGTON, KY—Kinemetrix, a provider of robotic automation and advanced manufacturing systems, has opened its newly expanded headquarters facility here.

MILWAUKEE—Rockwell Automation Inc. has begun production of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at its global headquarters here.

GENEVA—Four U.S. metropolitan areas are among the world’s top 10 innovation clusters as ranked by the United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, PA—B. Braun, a German manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, will invest $20 million to expand and modernize its assembly plant here, creating at least 200 new, full-time jobs over the next three years and retaining 1,704 existing full-time positions. 

TOKYO—Honda Motor Co. has halted operations at its assembly plant in Mexico due to a shortage of semiconductors stemming from tensions between the Netherlands and China over a Chinese chipmaker.

ANN ARBOR, MI—Coherix is expanding its production and product development space to meet growing demand for AI-based systems to control the application of adhesives during assembly of automotive and electronic products.

TAIPEI— The factory will be among the first to deploy humanoid robots powered by the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N model on its production lines.

JACKSONVILLE, FL— The 580,000-square-foot facility at Eastport Industrial Park will be the first autonomous vehicle manufacturing site in Florida.

CARSON, CA—The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to GrayMatter Robotics to develop an AI-powered robotic system to reduce optical distortion and defects on transparent acrylic and polycarbonate structures.