MARYSVILLE, MI—SMR Automotive Systems is creating 200 new jobs and investing $18.6 million in its assembly plant here.

DETROIT—General Motors has confirmed plans to invest $5.4 billion at its U.S. assembly plants over the next three years to strengthen its production capabilities and enhance product quality.

MT. HOLLY, NC—Daimler Trucks North America plans to sharply increase production and employment levels at its assembly plant here over the next three months, adding 580 manufacturing and 25 supervision, engineering and administrative positions by mid-July.

SMYRNA, TN—Topre America will invest $53.3 million to build a new assembly plant here, expanding its current operations based inside Nissan’s car factory. This expansion will allow the automotive parts manufacturer to increase production efficiency and create 100 new jobs.

LAFAYETTE, LA—Bell Helicopter will hire 115 employees for its $26.3 million assembly plant under construction here.

CHICAGO—More than 60,000 manufacturing jobs were brought to the United States by reshoring and foreign direct investment in 2014, representing a 400 percent increase since 2003.

MONTREAL—Matrox Imaging has announced its Design Assistant machine vision software will now be able to communicate directly with DENSO robots using the RC8 controller.

ENFIELD, CT—CIRTEC Medical Systems, a contract manufacturer of medical devices, is planning to build a new 35,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility here.

DETROIT—Civil settlements recently have exceeded $260 million in a sprawling Detroit lawsuit alleging more than a decade of price-fixing in the automotive supply chain.

INDIANAPOLIS—Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce Corp. is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade its assembly plant here, a project that would bring the factory up to par with newer company facilities elsewhere.