NEW RIVER VALLEY, VA-Volvo Trucks North America and the UAW reached a tentative Friday on a new five-year contract covering some 1,300 workers at the company’s assembly plant here. MORE
CHICAGO-Robotics supplier Robotiq is introducing a dexterous gripper that gives robots “hand-like” capabilities to manipulate a wide variety of parts, detect a grip and control pressure on a given part. MORE
WARRENVILLE, IL-Navistar International will decide by the summer whether to restart an idled assembly plant in Ontario, Canada. Industrywide, production of heavy-duty trucks is expected to increase by 58 percent this year. MORE
LAWRENCE, MA-Solectria Renewables is opening an expansion of its assembly plant here. The company manufactures photovoltaic inverters and will boost production at the facility in the coming weeks. MORE
DETROIT-Greeted by a chorus of boos from UAW members, Gov. Rick Snyder cited Ford’s new Michigan Assembly Plant as a shining example of the type of change for a better future that he wants for Michigan. MORE
DUBLIN, VA-Volvo Trucks North America says the contract at its assembly plant here has been extended for 24 hours while negotiations with the United Auto Workers continue. MORE
NEWPORT, DE-Startup electric carmaker Fisker Automotive plans to use leftover capacity at its assembly plant here to build cars for other carmakers. MORE
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