TOLEDO, OH-Slow auto sales are taking their toll on another Toledo area auto factory, with 230 hourly workers to be laid off indefinitely at the Chrysler Toledo machining plant. MORE
CHENNAI, India-Ford Motor Co. will invest $500 million to expand its current manufacturing facility in Chennai and construct a new engine manufacturing plant by 2010. MORE
GUANGZHOU, China-Recent reports say some Chinese companies routinely shortchange their employees on wages, withhold health benefits and expose their workers to dangerous machinery and harmful chemicals, like lead, cadmium and mercury. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-At the end of this month, Chrysler LLC will lay off 1,096 workers at its assembly plant in Belvidere, IL, to combat falling sales. MORE
HANOI, Vietnam-According to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, in November 2007, association members sold 4,583 vans, pickups and trucks, an increase of 1,000 units over October 2007. MORE
TOKYO- Toyota, already the world's most profitable and valuable carmaker, said on Wednesday it expects to sell 9.85 million vehicles in 2008, up from an estimated 9.36 million in 2007. MORE
CARACAS, Venezuela-Toyota, Ford, General Motors Corp. and other carmakers with assembly plants in Venezuela have all failed to meet a government deadline to start making vehicles that run using natural gas. MORE
TORONTO-If a slowing U.S. economy side swipes auto sales, analysts say Canadian industry will be in big trouble because domestic auto and parts makers export more than 85 per cent of their production south of the border. MORE
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