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CANTON, OH-Construction equipment manufacturer Terex Bid-Well is building a new assembly plant here. MORE

DETROIT-After years of cutbacks, the U.S. automotive industry is poised to create 36,000 factory jobs by 2015, according to the Center for Automotive Research. MORE

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC-Much of the waste that will be generated at Boeing’s new 787 assembly plant here will be recycled or reused under an environmental effort announced Wednesday. The $750 million factory will be its first major production site to achieve “zero waste to landfill” status. MORE

BRISTOL, CT-ClarkDietrich Building Systems, a manufacturer of steel building components, is holding a job fair here to hire 30 new factory workers. MORE

ROCHESTER, NY-GM is investing $100 million in its engine assembly plant here. The investment is expected to create 30 new jobs. MORE

NEW YORK-BMW is building a technology incubator here to seed innovations in mobile and location-based services. MORE

TOKYO-The world’s largest maker of automotive microcontrollers-the electronic brains that control millions of vehicles-is shifting production from a key plant damaged by last month’s earthquake to two other plants, but it will take months before shipments can start. MORE

ELGIN, IL-Contract manufacturer Starfire Electronics plans to convert an old newspaper building here into a new electronics assembly plant. MORE

DANVILLE, VA-Three years after Ikea opened a massive manufacturing facility, the Swedish furniture company faces racial discrimination complaints, a heated union-organizing battle and turnover from disgruntled employees. MORE

MILPITAS, CA-SunPower and its partner Flextronics will dedicate a new solar panel assembly plant here today. The plant has created more than 100 jobs and will produce 75 megawatts (MW) per year of solar power panels for rooftops and power plants. MORE