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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA—Prufrex Innovative Power Products GmbH will spend $7.33 million to build a new assembly plant here, creating 60 jobs. The company will supply ignition components for U.S. customers, including BMZ Batteries and Stihl Inc.

Manufacturing managers are scrutinizing every aspect of their companies to find ways to shave costs. Several areas are being explored that have previously been taken for granted. One example is warranty claims.

CHANDLER, AZ—A gas leak at Intel Corp.’s manufacturing plant here sickened up to 43 people, including 11 who were taken to a local hospital.

SAN ANTONIO—Nexolon America is building a $100 million assembly plant here to make solar modules. The plant is expected to create more than 400 jobs.

BEIJING—Foxconn Technology is on track with its goal to a create a “million robot army,” and it already has 20,000 robots in its factories.

ALACHUA, FL—Encell Technology, a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, is exploring the possibility of building an assembly plant here that could create 167 jobs.

PLEASANTON, CA—Adept Technology Inc. has received $2.6 million robot order from Castec International Corp. in Taiwan. The robots will be used in high-precision workcells to produce subassemblies for smart phones.

MINDEN, NV—General Electric has opened an printed circuit board assembly plant here to provide prototypes and testing for its measurement and control products. The plant’s state-of-the-art surface mount assembly line represents a $4.3 million investment.

SHAKOPEE, MN— Rosemount Inc., a manufacturer of pressure, temperature and other measurement instruments, is turning a vacant building here into a new engineering and assembly facility.

BANNOCKBURN, IL—The market for electronics manufacturing services (EMS) is expected to grow slightly faster than most other segments of the electronics supply chain due to increasing OEM outsourcing, according to the IPC–Association Connecting Electronics Industries. The total North American EMS market is forecast to reach $69 billion in 2013.