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ROCHESTER HILLS, MI-Robot manufacturers FANUC and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) are eying the Russia market to tap into the growing number of Japanese automakers setting up production there. MORE

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-South Korean automaker Hyundai has signed a deal with local authorities to build a $400 million car assembly plant with an annual production capacity of 100,000 vehicles. MORE

WARRENVILLE, IL-International Truck and Engine Corp. and workers from the United Autoworkers Union have agreed to a tentative 3-year contract, ending a strike that began in late October. MORE

SEATTLE-The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner is bringing new jobs to the Pacific Northwest, but they don’t pay nearly as well as in years past. MORE

DETROIT-Ford Motor Co. has opened a new quality service center to support the introduction of the 2009 F-150 pickup. MORE

CHICAGO-Although problems remain, Boeing Co. says it will still deliver the first 787 Dreamliner aircraft for commercial service as scheduled in late 2008. MORE

SHELBYVILLE, TN-Recent developments in the field of “personal robots” has at least one commentator worried. MORE

WASHINGTON-A number of lawmakers are pushing the Department of Defense to purchase more F-22 Raptor fighters than it has already asked for. MORE

MCLEAN, VA-October U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $393.40 million, with spending for the first part of 2007 up 6.3 percent compared with 2006. MORE

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea's Kia Motors Corp. has opened a second plant in China as part of an ongoing effort to raise overseas production to more than one million vehicles a year by 2009. MORE