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SCHENECTADY, NY—GE Verona is investing $41 million to expand its historic generator factory here.

DETROIT—Michigan State University (MSU) today announced the opening of the Apple Manufacturing Academy. The academy will provide free training and consulting for small- and medium-sized manufacturers nationwide.

PLANO, TX—Toyota Motor Corp. is expanding an on-site childcare program at its U.S. factories.

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Philips plans to invest more than $150 million in U.S. manufacturing facilities.

Most of this spending, about 74% is directed toward battery plants, though investment in assembly plants abroad is also rising.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Wisk Aero, a pioneer in autonomous, all-electric eVTOL aircraft, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Signature Aviation, the world’s largest private aviation terminal network, to accelerate the development of infrastructure for autonomous Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).

LOUISVILLE, KY—Today, GE Appliances, a Haier company, announced a historic $3 billion, five-year investment to expand U.S. manufacturing, modernize facilities, and grow its product portfolio.

LOUISVILLE, KY— The initiative will debut the new Ford Universal EV Platform and Ford Universal EV Production System—designed to produce a family of affordable, high-quality, software-defined electric vehicles at scale.

SHANGHAI—Chinese robotics start-up AgiBot has secured a landmark deal with automotive and EV parts maker Fulin Precision to supply 100 A2-W wheeled humanoid robots for use at its manufacturing facilities.

Operations are scheduled to begin in the early 2030s, though the specific production models have not yet been decided.