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CLEVELAND-Metal-forming companies predict a spike in business conditions during the next three months, according to the December 2011 Precision Metalforming Association Business Conditions Report. MORE

AUBURN HILLS, MI-Chrysler plans to reopen its Conner Avenue #Assembly Plant in Detroit to produce the next-generation SRT Viper. The decision is expected to create about 150 jobs. MORE

NEW YORK-With the national unemployment rate hovering around 9 percent, and the underemployment rate significantly higher than that, a new survey reveals that smaller companies have held the line on staffing over the last ten years. MORE

WASHINGTON-U.S. sales of machine tools were up 20 percent in October compared with the same period last year. MORE

TORONTO-Canada’s index of leading economic indicators rose for a fifth consecutive month in November on rising orders for manufacturers. MORE

WASHINGTON-The Council on Competitiveness has published a five-point plan to revitalize U.S. manufacturing. MORE

DETROIT-Hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in electric vehicles will represent 5.1 percent of total U.S. vehicle sales in 2017, a new report says. MORE

PHILADELPHIA-Workers at a railcar assembly plant here ratified their first union contract with South Korean manufacturer Hyundai Rotem Co. MORE

CANTON, SD-Terex Corp. has opened a new, $5 million assembly plant here to make concrete paving equipment. MORE

WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama has named two people to head up his administration’s manufacturing strategy: Commerce Secretary John Bryson and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling. MORE