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SAN ANTONIO—Toyota Motor Corp. plans to open a new assembly line at its 20-year-old facility here.

TOKYO—Honda Motor Co. reported its first annual loss since becoming a publicly traded company in Japan in 1957.

MIDDLEBURY, IN—Grand Design Recreational Vehicles is recalling more than 1,200 model year 2025-2026 Lineage motorhomes. The epoxy adhesive securing solar panels to the roof may fail, allowing the panels to detach. 

NEW IBERIA, La. — HII plans to expand automated production capabilities for its ROMULUS unmanned surface vessel program through a new assembly facility in Louisiana and a robotics-focused manufacturing initiative aimed at increasing production speed and scalability.

WICHITA, Kan. — Boeing plans to invest $1 billion in Wichita operations during the next three years following its acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, while also launching a new aerospace workforce training center in partnership with WSU Tech.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Humanoid robots are moving closer to commercial deployment in manufacturing and logistics operations, with automotive assembly expected to become one of the largest early adoption markets, according to a new report from market intelligence firm IDTechEx. 

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Ongoing tariff uncertainty between the United States and Canada is continuing to affect manufacturing-related investment, equipment purchasing and supply-chain planning across North America, according to Associated Equipment Distributors (AED).

ANN ARBOR, MI—The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has released GigE Vision 3.0, the newest version of its interface standard for high-performance industrial cameras. 

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — GE Appliances said it has deployed more than 800 AI agents across its manufacturing, logistics and supply chain operations using Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise platform.

BELVIDERE, IL—Leaders from the United Auto Workers and Stellantis have begun discussions to reopen the automaker’s assembly plant here, which has been shuttered since February 2023.