STUTTGART, Germany-Fraunhofer researchers have come up with a flexible assembly-line concept for aircraft assembly that features robots working in the same way they do in automotive production. MORE
HATTIESBURG, MS-Thin-film solar module maker Stion opened its new factory here. The project will deliver more than 1,000 jobs and $500 million of investment over the next six years. MORE
PARIS-PSA Peugeot-Citroen and General Electric have signed a technology and commercial cooperation agreement to jointly develop technology for electric vehicles. MORE
MILWAUKEE-Supporters of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program are beseeching Congress to continue federal funding for the program. Earlier this year, two committees in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to eliminate federal funding for the program. MORE
DETROIT-TheUAW union won $5,000 signing bonuses for its workers and a promise to reopen an assembly plant in Tennessee as part of a tentative new contract with GM. MORE
WASHINGTON-U.S. Sen. Carl Levin wants the Obama administration to prevent China from “coercing” GM and other American companies from turning over key technologies. China is offering consumer incentives of up to $19,000 to purchase vehicles like the extended range plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt-if the vehicles are assembled in China. MORE
WASHINGTON-The House voted Thursday to approve a Republican-backed bill that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from trying to block Boeing from operating a new $750 million aircraft assembly line in South Carolina. MORE
BLUE SPRINGS, MS-Years of hope, model changes and delays soon will be replaced with cheers when Toyota begins assembling Corollas next month at its new plant here. MORE
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