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SOUTHERN PINES, NC-Ingersoll Rand broke ground here this month on an $2.7-million expansion to its pump assembly plant that will add 100 new jobs. MORE

TOKYO-Toyota will build a second auto assembly plant in Brazil. The Japanese carmaker will spend $600 million to build the facility near Sao Paulo. MORE

COLUMBIA, SC-ZF Group plans to invest $350 million in a new factory in South Carolina to assemble fuel-efficient automatic transmissions for cars and light trucks. The plant is expected to employ 900 workers by 2015. MORE

VIVIAN, LA-Epic Wake Boats will build a new assembly plant here that could employ 400 people during the next few years. MORE

FRANKLIN PARK, IL-Quality control is the top priority at the Life Fitness exercise equipment assembly plant here. MORE

BERLIN-Several years ago, a good-sized photovoltaic module plant assembled 25 megawatts of panels a year. Now, plants are being built to produce 100, 200 and 500 megawatts annually. How are they meeting that demand? Automation. MORE

BATON ROUGE, LA-Mississippi and Louisiana are finalists for Hawker Beechcraft’s new aircraft parts manufacturing facility. MORE

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC-CMI Enterprises Inc., a supplier of automotive trim materials, will locate a new assembly plant here, creating creating 53 jobs. MORE

CHICAGO-The new Ford Explorer SUV to be assembled at Chicago’s South Side assembly plant will have inflatable seat belts, a lighter body and two engine options that provide greater fuel economy. MORE

HENDERSON, TN-Arvin Sango Inc. will restart construction of a new assembly plant here to supply exhaust systems for Toyota’s new assembly plant in northern Mississippi. MORE