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FLINT, MI-GM plans to start a third shift at its truck assembly plant here Aug. 7. MORE

ANN ARBOR, MI-Sales of motion control equipment were 29 percent higher in the first quarter of 2011 than the same period in 2010, marking of the fifth straight quarther of year-on-year sales growth. MORE

WYTHEVILLE, VA-Evatran and Yazaki North America have signed an agreement to develop and market plugless recharging technology for electric vehicles. MORE

PARIS-Renault will install rooftop solar panels at its French assembly plants. The panels cover a total area of 450,000 square meters and have a power capacity of 60 megawatts. MORE

LANSING, MI-GM will invest $88 million in the Lansing Grand River assembly plant to begin production of a new vehicle.MORE

GREENSBURG, IN-American Honda Motor Co. plans to add 1,000 jobs at its assembly plant here later this year. MORE

BELVIDERE, IL-Chrysler has canceled the first shift at its assembly plant here due to an equipment failure. MORE

MIDLAND, MI-Jobs in Michigan are as hard to come by as anywhere in the United States, but people with engineering degrees and those with an aptitude for high tech are finding that where robots go jobs follow. MORE

ST. LAURENT, QE-Bombardier aims to cut more than 40 hours from the cycle time for joining fuselage sections for its C Series jets with the assistance of six robots. MORE

WINDSOR, ON-Managers at Chrysler’s assembly plant here conducted a “safety blitz” last week aimed at protecting young and new workers. MORE