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KANSAS CITY, MO—Harley-Davidson Inc.’s assembly plant here is about halfway through a process to make it more flexible and efficient by employing lean manufacturing.

WASHINGTON—U.S. sales of machine tools totaled $470.4 million in August, an increase of 3 percent compared with July sales. All totaled, machine tools sales for the first eight months of the year are up 4 percent compared with the same period in 2011.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Zimmer Holdings Inc. about its practices for manufacturing and testing hip implants at an assembly plant in Puerto Rico.

OSHAWA, ON—GM plans to add a third shift to its assembly plant here, where it will produce the Chevrolet Impala.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—Air India has taken delivery of the first 787 assembled at Boeing’s new South Carolina assembly plant.

ZHENGZHOU, China—Foxconn workers returned to the assembly line here after walking off their jobs Saturday. A dispute occurred between the production and quality teams at the factory, which makes the Apple iPhone 5.

KERNERSVILLE, NC—Deere-Hiatchi will spend $97 million to expand its tractor assembly plant here, creating 340 new jobs.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years.

DETROIT—As consumers clamor for better fuel economy, suppliers and automakers are trying to reclaim some of the lost thermal energy produced by a vehicle’s engine.

CARTERSVILLE, GA—Voestalpine Metal Forming, a supplier of metal parts for the auto industry, is building a $62 million assembly plant here, creating 220 jobs.