ROME-Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne threatened to move automotive production out of Italy following a one-day strike by union workers sympathizing with the Occupy Wall Street movement. MORE
INDIANAPOLIS-Litebox Inc. will build a new assembly plant here to produce trucks outfitted with giant video screens. The plant expects to hire 1,200 employees. MORE
SUNDERLAND, UK-Nissan welcomed school children at its assembly plant here as part of the British government’s See Inside Manufacturing initiative. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-ABB Robotics has introduced a fully configured, quick-start robotic welding package with an array of options to suit the needs of many small to medium welding operations. MORE
HAMMOND-Higher post-recession operating levels in the automotive industry has helped Lear Corp.'s seat manufacturing plant meet employment projections set last year.
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SACO, ME-Twenty years after it rolled of the assembly line in Marysville, OH, Joe LoCicero’s 1990 Honda Accord has racked up more than 1 million miles. MORE
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI-KUKA Systems has earned supplier-of-the-year honors from Northrop Grumman for its contribution to launching the Integrated Assembly Line, a highly automated manufacturing system to produce the center fuselage of the F-35. MORE
LONDON-Electronics supplier Premier Farnell is holding a video contest to portray “A Day in the Life of an Engineer.” The deadline for entries is Jan. 31, 2012. MORE
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