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NORTH PORTLAND, OR-MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. will increase production at its silicon wafer manufacturing plant here five-fold, while growing its workforce from around 80 to 130. MORE

LA VISTA, NE-Graepel North America will establish a new manufacturing plant here. The company will invest more than $1.7 million in the facility, which will produce metal components for agricultural machinery, construction equipment and heavy trucks. MORE

STATESBORO, GA-Trailer manufacturer Great Dane broke ground for a new assembly plant here yesterday. The plant will employ up to 400 workers by 2012. MORE

TOLEDO, OH-Solar panel manufacturer First Solar Inc. will build a second U.S. plant, though it has not decided where. MORE

CAMBRIDGE, ON-Rimowa North America will build a new factory here to assemble suitcases. MORE

FLIPPIN, AR-Ranger Boats is investing $13 million to expand its assembly plant here, creating 115 jobs. MORE

DETROIT-Some workers at GM’s Lake Orion assembly plant now say the two-tier wage system at the plant is unfair. MORE

SHANGHAI-China’s land ministry has fined automaker BYD Co., a company backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and seized buildings and equipment from a construction site where it was building a new assembly plant in northern China. MORE

TOKYO-Panasonic has introduced a new parallel-link robot for factory automation. MORE

SPARTANBURG, SC-Forklifts, tuggers and stackers at BMW’s new Assembly North facility are powered by hydrogen. MORE