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MACHESNEY PARK, IL-Automotive assembly and test systems manufacturer CL Automation has been renamed Cincinnati Automation & Test, to reflect the fact that it is now part of the Cincinnati Technologies group of companies, a subsidiary of MAG Industrial Automation Systems (Sterling Heights, MI).

KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC-Iconic motorcycle manufacturer Indian Motorcycle Co. hopes to stage a comeback from a new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Cleveland County, NC.

VERSAILLES, IN-Ohio Rod Products, a member of the Elgin Fastener Group, has acquired Rhode Island Fabricators (West Warrick, RI).

MINNEAPOLIS-The Bosch Group (Stuttgart, Germany) is acquiring communications equipment manufacturer Telex Communications Holding Inc. for $ 420 million.

GLENVIEW, IL-Illinois Tool Works Inc. has acquired high-performance electronics company Kester Inc. (Des Plaines, IL).

ARLINGTON, VA-The U.S. manufacturing sector will continue to expand, but at a more moderate pace over the next 3 to 6 months, according to the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI survey on business outlook.

CHICAGO-Boeing Co. is forecasting a $2.6 trillion commercial airplane market over the next 20 years.

OWEGO, NY-Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, MD) has opened a new integration center for work on the next-generation VH-71 Presidential Helicopter.

SANTA CLARA, CA-Intel Corp. has opened a third factory that uses the company's high-volume 65-nanometer (65nm) computer chip manufacturing process.

TOLEDO, OH-Chrysler Group (Auburn Hills, MI) and Magna International Inc. (Aurora, Ontario) have agreed to collaborate on production of Chrysler's 2007 Jeep Wrangler, with Magna taking over operation of the paint shop at Chrysler's Toledo South assembly plant.