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LAFAYETTE, IN—Subaru is planning to invest $75 million to expand its assembly plant here. The expansion will add 100 jobs.

PAYSON, UT—Liberty Safe, a manufacturer of gun storage safes, completed testing of a new $10 million fully computerized assembly line here. The line will double the company’s output to more than 700 safes a day.

MUNICH, Germany—Mexico, Brazil, Hungary and Slovakia are among the countries that could land a new BMW assembly plant.

VERSAILLES, OH—Midmark Corp., a producer of medical, dental and veterinary equipment, is expand its assembly plant here.

WASHINGTON—Since early 2010, U.S. manufacturers have created 489,000 jobs and are struggling to fill nearly a quarter million more. Their output last year topped $1.84 trillion, 8 percent higher than the pre-recession peak.

TOKYO—Magna Steyr has signed a contract with Nissan to assemble Infiniti’s future entry-level luxury compact car. Production is expected to begin in 2014.

ROSSENDALE, UK—A British truck manufacturer has improved productivity by more than 50 percent by using a structural adhesive to bond vehicle bodies.

LEWIS CENTER, OH—Systems integrator Xigent Automation Systems Inc. has acquired a larger facility here to meet growing demand for automated assembly systems.

DETROIT—A reporter discovers that life on GM’s Cadillac assembly line is not that easy.

TRUMBULL, CT—Tool changers can increase the flexibility of robotic workcells.