DETROIT—Fiat is planning to acquire 100 percent of the Chrysler Group by purchasing the 41.5 percent of shares in the company held by the UAW. Fiat currently owns 58.5 percent of Chrysler.
PALO ALTO, CA—Robots will play an increasing role in electronics assembly in the coming years, says Douglas Alexander of Component Engineering Consultants.
WASHINGTON—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has introduced a proposal to mandate that all light passenger vehicles be equipped with event data recorders beginning Sept. 1, 2014.
ARLINGTON, TX—GM has hired 1,000 new workers to build large SUVs at its assembly plant here. The new jobs are part of a $500 million expansion that includes a new stamping facility set to open next year.
SHENZHEN, China—China Labor Watch has discovered child labor at HTNS Shenzhen Co., an assembly plant that makes Samsung cell phones. This comes just two weeks after Samsung stated that it did not find any child workers while auditing the factory in September.
SAN ANTONIO—Nexolon America LLC is investing more than $115 million to build a solar panel assembly plant here that will create more than 400 manufacturing jobs.
YORII, Japan—Honda has developed a more ecological painting technology that moves from a four-coat, three-bake process to a three-coat, two-bake water-based process.
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