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DETROIT—Chrysler’s assembly plants in Dundee, MI, and Windsor, ON, have awards for implementing world class manufacturing practices.

TERRE HAUTE, IN—ThyssenKrupp Presta is spending $22 million to expand its assembly plant here. The manufacturer of automotive steering systems expects to add 120 jobs by 2013.

NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH—Tusco Display has opened a new assembly plant here to make water vending machines.

DETROIT—For the first time in more than 20 years, U.S. automakers are questioning a pillar of manufacturing: The practice of just-in-time manufacturing.

BEIJING—Chinese factories are automating at such a rate, that China may soon overtake Japan and South Korea as the world’s biggest market for robots.

HIGH POINT, NC—Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. is investing $80 million to build a new assembly plant here. The facility could employ 550 at full production in 2016.

BOWLING GREEN, KY—A man, who was once paralyzed, got to live out a dream when he spent the day working at the Corvette assembly line here.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Toyota has opened a new technical center here that will specialize in R&D for in-vehicle infotainment systems.

SPRUCE PINE, NC—Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. will spend $1.1 million to expand its assembly plant here, creating an estimated 70 jobs.

HOWARD COUNTY, MD—ELTA North America, a manufacturer of electronics for defense applications, will open a new assembly plant here, creating 100 high-skilled jobs.