ST. LOUIS-GM will invest $380 million in its Wentzville, MO, assembly plant to produce a new Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup. The investment is expected to create or retain 1,260 jobs. MORE
KANSAS CITY, MO-Honeywell and striking union workers met again about a contract offer, but the parties remain far apart in negotiations. Members of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers have been on strike for what is now 26 days at Honeywell’s defense technology assembly plant here. MORE
DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI-Bridgewater Interiors is spending $3.6 million to expand its assembly plant here to supply parts for the new Cadillac set to launch next summer. MORE
NEW DELHI, India-Tensions between Indian automaker Maruti Suzuki and unionized workers have resulted in production losses of approximately 83,000 cars, resulting in a shortfall of about $500 million. MORE
LINKOPING, Sweden-Force control, machine vision and metrology technology are enabling robots to handle complex assembly tasks in the aerospace industry. MORE
EVANSVILLE, IN-Systems integrator Evana Automation has delivered an automated kitting line to a major automotive manufacturer. Equipped with seven workstations and six press stations, the line organizes transmission components into kit boxes for installation into three different transmission models. MORE
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