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HONG KONG—Airbus has signed a deal with UBTech to supply machines for use in aircraft manufacturing applications.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Lockheed Martin Corp. is investing in composite automation systems made by Airborne BV.

MUNICH—The BMW Group has been awarded the JEC Composites Innovation Award for its use of natural composites made from flax fiber in the design of series-production vehicles.

LONDON—A proof of concept to test humanoid robots in industrial logistics has been successfully completed by Siemens and Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company. 

LUOYANG, China—CATL has become the first battery manufacturer to deploy humanoid robots at scale on the assembly line, replacing humans in critical tasks.

NANJING, China—The World Economic Forum (WEF) has named Siemens’ electronics assembly plant here to its Global Lighthouse Network of the most advanced manufacturing facilities in the world. 

HOLLY SPRINGS, NC—Swiss medical device manufacturer Ypsomed will invest more than $249 million to build its first U.S. assembly plant here. 

SEATTLE—Boeing has received an order for at least 110 jets from Alaska Airlines.

SANTA TERESA, NM—GreenPower Motor Co., a Canadian manufacturer of electric buses and vans, will build a new assembly plant here.

GAYDON, England—Engineers at JLR are using drones to inspect production machinery and equipment.