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NASHVILLE, TN—Teledyne Electronic Manufacturing Services will expand its assembly plant here to accommodate a new product line. The project is expected to create close to 100 new jobs.

PALO ALTO, CA—Robots will play an increasing role in electronics assembly in the coming years, says Douglas Alexander of Component Engineering Consultants.

WASHINGTON—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has introduced a proposal to mandate that all light passenger vehicles be equipped with event data recorders beginning Sept. 1, 2014.

SHENZHEN, China—China Labor Watch has discovered child labor at HTNS Shenzhen Co., an assembly plant that makes Samsung cell phones. This comes just two weeks after Samsung stated that it did not find any child workers while auditing the factory in September.

SAN JOSE, CA—Flextronics International has acquired Motorola Mobility’s assembly plants in Tianjin, China, and Jaguariuna, Brazil.

BEIJING—Foxconn Technology Group is considering expanding its existing manufacturing operations in the United States, in a move that could be linked with Apple’s plan to bring back Mac manufacturing to the country. MORE

BANGOR, ME—Nautel Inc., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of transmitters, has invested $500,000 in new equipment for its assembly plant here.

Our guest blogger wonders whether Apple's recent decision to invest $100 million to manufacture iMacs in the United States is a token gesture or a sign of things to come.

SHAKOPEE, MN—Emerson Electronic Co. plans to employ 500 people—400 new jobs and 100 transfers—at a new 508,000-square-foot assembly plant here.

CANTON, MI—Element Electronics has reshored production of televisions from Asia to an assembly plant here.