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MONTREAL—Airbus confirmed the presence of the raccoons but declined to comment on whether the incident led to production delays.

MUNICH—The three-millionth electrified vehicle rolled off the assembly line May 27 at the BMW Group’s factory here. 

PORTSMOUTH, VA—The goal is to accelerate U.S. shipbuilding capabilities by introducing a software-defined, model-based manufacturing approach.

BUFFALO, NY—General Motors plans to invest $888 million in its Tonawanda Propulsion plant to support production of a new line of V-8 engines for full-size trucks and SUVs. 

KARNATAKA, India—The plant will produce the Airbus H125 civil helicopter, with an initial capacity of 10 units per year, and plans to scale up based on projected regional demand of 500 helicopters over the next two decades.

MONTGOMERY, AL—Since producing its first vehicle—the 2006 Hyundai Sonata—HMMA has built 6.27 million vehicles for the North American market and expects to produce 358,000 vehicles in 2025.

AMARILLO, TX—The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has completed assembly of the first B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb—an achievement announced on May 19 by U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.

TORONTO—Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, is calling on the federal government to take decisive action against corporations that relocate Canadian jobs in response to U.S. trade pressures. 

The proposed facility would aim to produce more than 100 million System-in-Package (SiP) units annually by 2031, targeting advanced packaging needs in the European aerospace, automotive, telecom, and defense sectors.

BOWLING GREEN, KY—General Motors’ assembly plant here isn’t just the home of the Chevrolet Corvette. It also produces the engine that equips GM’s most powerful performance vehicles.