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BEIJING-China-based Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. says it hope to double domestic production by 2008 to 600,000 as well as establish assembly plants in Europe, America and Africa. MORE

RENTON, WA-Truck builder PACCAR Inc. is cutting back on production in response to weak demand. MORE

DETROIT-Although they have long had their eye on Japanese automakers in the United States, the UAW and other unions have met with little success. MORE

SANTA CLARA, CA-Intel Corp. will build a 300-millimeter wafer fabrication factory in Dalian, China, the company’s first wafer facility in Asia.

ESPOO, Finland-Mobile phone maker Nokia plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Cluj, Romania, to tap into growing demand for mobile devices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

TAEJON, South Korea-Engineers at the Humanoid Robot Research Center built a prototype HUBO-FX1, a “robotic chair” that is equipped with a pair of an capable of carrying a person or a load of more than 200 pounds.

ST. LOUIS-Chrysler group intends to eliminate even more jobs than announced just a few weeks ago. DETAILS

NUREMBERG, Germany-Work holding and automation manufacturer SAV North America has opened a new facility in South Windsor, CT, to better serve customers throughout Canada, the United States and Mexico.

SAN CARLOS, CA-Electric sports car manufacturer Tesla Motors will build a new automobile assembly facility in Albuquerque, NM, set to ramp up in early 2007.

ADA, OH-Ohio Northern University (ONU) has selected KUKA Robotics Corp. (Clinton Township, MI) to provide robotics for its newly remodeled and expanded robotics technology center, which provides students with hands-on design and programming experience.