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HORICON, WI—Deere & Co. has begun construction of a $35 million project to add 300,000 square feet to its assembly plant here, which makes riding mowers and other products. The expansion is expected to create 50 to 75 jobs.

Cloud-based CAD software solves challenges of distributed design and manufacturing.

Like desktop computer users, manufacturers know all too well the problem of planned obsolescence. This happens when a new operating system is intentionally designed to be incompatible with various older software programs.

FAIRFIELD, CT—General Electric Co. will move production of large, gas-powered engines to Canada from Wisconsin, along with 350 jobs, to access export financing no longer available in the United States. In its latest salvo aimed at persuading Congress to renew the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s charter, which expired in June, GE will invest $265 million in a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at a Canadian location yet to be determined.

COLUMBUS, IN—Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing Inc. plans to spend $16 million to renovate and expand its forklift assembly plant here.

MOLINE, IL—Deere & Co. has opened negotiations with the UAW over a labor deal covering 10,000 manufacturing jobs.

PARIS, ON—Forestry equipment manufacturer Tigercat has opened a new $12 million assembly plant here.

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Construction on Polaris Industries’s new ATV assembly plant here is progressing quickly. The $48 million 775,000-square-foot facility is on track for a spring 2016 startup.

VICTORIA, TX—Caterpillar will move its vocational truck manufacturing operation from Mexico to its assembly plant here. The move will bring 200 new jobs to the facility.

The Industrial Internet of Things will enable manufacturers to use real-time data to drive continuous improvement.