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DETROIT—GM will build the next-generation Camaro at its Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant instead of its Oshawa, Ontario, plant.

ATHENS, GA—Caterpillar is accepting applications for assembly team leader and several other job openings at its new factory here.

SAN DIEGO—Soitec has opened a $150 million assembly plant here to make concentrator photovoltaic modules.

BAN PHO, Thailand—No one was hurt after a fire erupted at an engine oil storage tank at Toyota’s assembly plant here, causing $1.6 million in damage.

AUBURN, AL—Rausch & Pausch GmbH (RAPA), a German manufacturer of solenoid valves, control blocks and other auto parts, plans to build a new assembly plant here.

PINEY FLATS, TN—Bell Helicopter plans to invest more than $10 million to expand its manufacturing operations here.

TIPTON, IN—Chrysler will invest $162 million to reconstruct the Getrag transmission assembly plant here.

BEIJING—China-based Build Your Dreams will build a new assembly plant in California in 2013 to produce electric buses.

NASHVILLE, TN—Teledyne Electronic Manufacturing Services will expand its assembly plant here to accommodate a new product line. The project is expected to create close to 100 new jobs.

SAGINAW, MI—Nexteer Automotive, a tier one automotive supplier, is investing $70 million in its assembly plant here and will add 325 new jobs.