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FRANKLIN PARK, IL-Quality control is the top priority at the Life Fitness exercise equipment assembly plant here. MORE

BERLIN-Several years ago, a good-sized photovoltaic module plant assembled 25 megawatts of panels a year. Now, plants are being built to produce 100, 200 and 500 megawatts annually. How are they meeting that demand? Automation. MORE

BATON ROUGE, LA-Mississippi and Louisiana are finalists for Hawker Beechcraft’s new aircraft parts manufacturing facility. MORE

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC-CMI Enterprises Inc., a supplier of automotive trim materials, will locate a new assembly plant here, creating creating 53 jobs. MORE

CHICAGO-The new Ford Explorer SUV to be assembled at Chicago’s South Side assembly plant will have inflatable seat belts, a lighter body and two engine options that provide greater fuel economy. MORE

HENDERSON, TN-Arvin Sango Inc. will restart construction of a new assembly plant here to supply exhaust systems for Toyota’s new assembly plant in northern Mississippi. MORE

TUCSON, AZ-Raytheon Missile Systems has chosen Huntsville, AL, as the future home of a new $75 million missile factory. The factory will provide final assembly and testing for a sea-based missile interceptor and an advanced ship-defense weapon. Groundbreaking on the 70,000-square-foot facility is expected later this year. MORE

FARNBOROUGH, England-BAE Systems is reconfiguring its F-35 fuselage assembly line to speed up production. MORE

FOSHAN, China-A worker at Chimei Innolux Corp.’s LCD assembly plant here committed suicide yesterday. MORE

GREENVILLE, SC-OSHA has fined Jarden Home Brands $197,500 for safety violations at its assembly plant here. MORE