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MACOMB TOWNSHIP, MI-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said Monday that his company will save $300 million in interest annually when it repays $7.5 billion in U.S. and Canadian government loans today. MORE

FORT WORTH, TX-With enough tax incentives, GM may spend $240 million to retool and expand its truck assembly plant here. MORE

PASCO, WA-Wheelchair manufacturer TiLite has opened a new, $7 million assembly plant here. MORE

AUBURN HILLS, MI-Adding a little fun into the manufacturing mix, software supplier Delmia has launched an on-demand E-series called, “The Robot Whisperers.” MORE

CHENGDU, China-Three workers were killed and 15 were injured after an explosion ripped through the Foxconn assembly plant here where the Apple Ipad is made. MORE

DETROIT-GM will make 60,000 Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera plug-in hybrids in 2012, up from its previously announced 45,000 units. MORE

TORONTO-KUKA Systems is installing three partially automated, post-lamination framing lines for trimming, framing, testing and packout of photovoltaic panels at a factory in southern Ontario. Each line consists of five robots, as well as applicators, conveyors and other handling and testing equipment. MORE

DETROIT-Inergy Automotive Systems will build an assembly plant in southeast Michigan to make fuel tanks for Ford. MORE

BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI-A 58-year-old aerospace worker was killed when his clothing became entangled in a lathe at an assembly plant here. MORE

LAFAYETTE, IN--The Green Manufacturer Network’s latest one-day Zero-Waste-to-Landfill workshop, held May 18 at Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. here, was attended by 125 people-the vast majority being manufacturing executives hoping to learn how to make their operations more sustainable, eco-friendly and profitable.