DETROIT-GM put automotive journalist's skills to the test Tuesday, inviting them to work on a mock assembly line at the soon-to-reopen Orion Assembly plant and assemble as many wooden cars as possible in 20 minutes. The outcome: more than 25 quality errors, one car crash, an abundance of safety mishaps and only one shipment-ready car. MORE
LYNN, MA-Closed in January and presumably doomed to the wrecking ball, General Electric’s River Works gear plant here could enjoy a new lease on life as a locomotive assembly plant. MORE
LINCOLN, NE-More than $500,000 in Community Development Block Grant money has been awarded ePower Engine Systems LLC to build a new assembly plant here. The company will make a diesel-electric drive train modification for some heavy trucks that can significantly improve fuel efficiency. MORE
LEBANON, OR-ENTEK International is preparing to add two new production lines at its assembly plant here, one this year and another in 2013. The company makes separators for automotive batteries. MORE
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA-AeroMech Engineering Inc. has opened a new corporate headquarters and assembly plant here. The company manufactures unmanned aerial systems. MORE
BRUSSELS-Ford will idle its assembly plant in Belgium for five days, to conserve supplies of Japanese parts that could run low following an earthquake and tsunami. MORE
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