DETROIT-Chrysler has agreed to acquire the Sterling Heights, MI, assembly plant for $20 million from the company that has managed the automaker’s remaining assets since its emergence from bankruptcy last year. MORE
SALT LAKE CITY-Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Navigation Systems Div. has broken ground on a facility expansion designed to increase factory output and better serve its commercial, defense and national security customers. MORE
INDIANAPOLIS-Rolls-Royce Corp.’s operation here has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract by the U.S. Army to design and develop a digital engine control for the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter. MORE
SACRAMENTO, CA-Siemens Mobility today announced that it will expand its U.S. manufacturing plant here to meet future demand for trains and infrastructure technologies for high-speed rail systems. MORE
FOUNTAIN INN, SC-Bosch Rexroth Corp. will expand its manufacturing plant here. The expansion will cost $10 million and is expected to create 50 new jobs. MORE
TROY, OH-A fire erupted at an auto parts assembly plant here early Wednesday morning. The fire happened at F&P Manufacturing when a hot ember from a welder ignited a filter in a ventilation system. MORE
TUSTIN, CA-LightWorks Optics plans to open a new 14,000-square-foot office and assembly facility adjacent to its corporate headquarters here this month. The firm makes precision optical systems for the biomedical, aerospace, defense, security and commercial industries. MORE
BATTLE CREEK, MI-A Japanese company will generate more than 50 direct factory jobs here under a stimulus bill battery grant wrapped up Tuesday. Toda America Inc. will invest about $70 million in the plant, which will make cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. MORE
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