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LAUREL, MS-Howard Industries has been cited by the OSHA for eight safety violations following an inspection of the company’s radiator assembly plant here. Proposed penalties total $59,000. MORE

MURFREESBORO, TN-Bitter-cold weather did not stop hundreds of Middle Tennessee residents from standing outside for hours waiting to apply for jobs at Nissan’s automotive assembly plant here. MORE

ST. LOUIS-Epic Custom Machines has built a custom automated assembly system to make a drug-delivery device for a pharmaceutical company. MORE

OREM, UT-By assembling its lightweight folding tables and chairs here, instead of overseas, Mity Lite keeps 48 percent more of its profits in the local economy. MORE

PUNE, India-The 38-year-old owner of a concrete block factory was murdered by his employees last week following a workplace dispute. MORE

WICHITA FALLS, TX-NUCO Controls has opened a new assembly plant here to make custom electrical control panels and systems. MORE

DETROIT-Of the 61 automotive manufacturing plants that have closed in metro Detroit since 1979, more than half have been repurposed for a new use. MORE

JEFFERSON, GA-Kubota is planning to build a $73 million assembly plant here to make compact tractors. The move will create 200 additional jobs. Full production of tractors scheduled for January 2013, according to the governor’s office. MORE

FORT WAYNE, IN-Union members at General Motors’ Allen County truck assembly plant have given leadership the go-ahead to strike, but the possibility seems remote. MORE

RANCHO BERNARDO, CA-French semiconductor maker Soitec will locate a new solar panel assembly plant here, bringing 450 new jobs to the area. MORE