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ADELAIDE, Australia—Police have arrested seven autoworkers for allegedly stealing engines and transmissions worth some $2 million from Holden’s assembly plant here. Police say 140 V8 engines and 175 heavy duty transmissions are believed to have been stolen between January 2010 and this year.

WEST CALDWELL, NJ—MaxLite, a manufacturer of LED-based lighting, has opened a new assembly plant here, hiring 36 workers.

DETROIT—Chrysler is planning to invest $198 million in its engine assembly plant here.

OSHAWA, ON—GM will invest $850 million for R&D at its assembly plant here.

GOODFIELD, IL—Case IH has broke ground on an expansion of its assembly plant here, which manufactures tillage and fertilizer application equipment.

AKRON, OH—Goodyear researchers have found that using soybean oil in tires can potentially increase tread life by 10 percent and reduce the tiremaker’s use of petroleum by up to 7 million gallons each year.

LEXINGTON, KY—Gray Construction has launched a new Web site, www.ManufacturingPulse.com, that offers free news and commentary on manufacturing.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT—Nammo Composite Solutions has developed an automated composite manufacturing process for the production of a next-generation missile launcher.

FAYETTEVILLE, AR—American Air Filter Co. Inc., a manufacturer of air filtration products, will add 58 new jobs and invest $516,000 in its assembly plant here.

BOULDER, CO—Global sales of light-duty natural gas vehicles are expected to reach 25.4 million units during the next seven years, according to a new report.