BERLIN-BMW’s new assembly plant in Dingolfing is aimed particularly at the valuable, older skilled workers. It features ergonomic workstations with extra back support, better lighting, and an easier pace than factories workers may have previously experienced. MORE
TOLEDO, OH-Some innovative automation technology has enabled GM to cut changeover time from weeks to hours at its power train assembly plant here. MORE
BELVIDERE, IL-Production at the Chrysler assembly plant here shut down just after 4 p.m. Monday when some material separated from a pipe on a door line. It was just last Thursday when a major gasoline leak shut down the Chrysler plant for several hours. MORE
MOUNT HOLLY, NC-Daimler Trucks will hire more than 400 employees at its Freightliner Manufacturing Plant here and nearly 150 workers at its parts plant in Gastonia, NC. MORE
LOCKPORT, NY-Less than two years after entering bankruptcy, General Motors will extend millions of dollars in bonuses to most of its 48,000 hourly workers. MORE
EVERETT, WA-The 787 Dreamliner program may be three years behind schedule and battling a legacy of delays, but that isn’t stopping Boeing from building the next-generation airplanes one after another. As part of a three-day media event, the company gave reporters a first-hand look at the 787 assembly line. MORE
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