BURNASTON, UK-Toyota will install 4 megawatts of solar panels at its assembly plant here. The panels will produce enough electricity to build 7,000 cars annually. MORE
WASHINGTON-OSHA, Ford and the UAW have renewed a partnership aimed at preventing occupational fatalities, injuries and illnesses at the carmakers North American assembly plants. MORE
LONG BEACH, CA-There was excitement Monday at Boeing’s C-17 assembly plant here after word that a $4 billion order from India for 10 of the giant cargo jets was approved. MORE
DETROIT-Ford is building the race-ready Mustang Boss 302 S on a niche assembly line at a plant here. In this video, Ford Racing engineering manager Mark Wilson talks about the car and the assembly process. MORE
BOSTON, MA-Precision Coating has opened a new high-volume facility here for applying plastic coatings to medical devices, such as guide wires, core wires, hypotubes and forming mandrels. MORE
CARLSBAD, CA-Nordson Asymtek, a supplier of dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, will broadcast its Technology Days program live from The Netherlands over the Internet June 8-9. MORE
CHICAGO-Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant is one of the first production lines to benefit from a $100 million global investment in new robot-based laser inspection technology. MORE
TOLEDO, OH-During a tour of the Chrysler assembly plant here, President Obama commended the automaker for repaying its government loans six years early. MORE