ARVADA, CO—Sundyne Corp. is renovating and expanding its assembly plant here to increase capacity and flexibility. The factory makes fluid handling equipment.

ASHEVILLE, NC—Linamar Corp. will hire an additional 250 workers for its assembly plant here. The new jobs come as part of a $75 million investment in the factory, which makes engine blocks and other parts for construction equipment.

WARRENDALE, PA—Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. has opened a 50,900-square-foot assembly plant here that will produce HVAC systems for the railroad industry.

FLORENCE, KY—Machine tool manufacturer Mazak Corp. will significantly expand its assembly plant here.

PEORIA—While one Illinois assembly plant boils over with anger and adversity, another is celebrating a new beginning with tears and cheers.

NEW YORK—Ford, Caterpillar and Johnson Controls were among the manufacturers named by U.S. News as America’s Most Connected Companies.

CALEDONIA, WI—Motion control technology supplier Unico is spending $6 million to expand its assembly plant here and expects to create up to 175 new jobs in the next three years.

SACRAMENTO, CA—Siemens has been awarded a $73 million contract to build 18 light rail vehicles at its assembly plant here.

CORINTH, MS—Caterpillar Inc. is expanding the logistics center at its assembly plant here, and plans to add 35 jobs over the next three years.