Jennifer Pierce

GREENSBORO, NC—JetZero has selected Greensboro, North Carolina, as the location for its first advanced manufacturing facility to produce the Z4, a next-generation all-wing aircraft. 

COLOGNE, Germany—Ford has launched mass production of electric vehicle battery packs at its new, state-of-the-art assembly facility in Cologne.

MUNICH—The BMW Group is expanding the use of its Virtual Factory. One major application is the automated collision check, a critical step before launching new vehicle models.

KANSAS CITY, KS—General Motors has announced a sweeping $4 billion investment across its U.S. manufacturing facilities over the next two years, aimed at increasing domestic production of both internal combustion and electric vehicles.

HOUSTON, TX—Engineers at Rice University have developed a wire-free soft robotic arm capable of complex, real-time movements—powered and guided entirely by laser light and artificial intelligence.

LOUISVILLE, KY—Kentucky's economic development secretary, Jeff Noel, called the approval “an extraordinary first step,” adding that Governor Andy Beshear played a key role in advancing discussions.

KANSAS CITY, MO—The hoax, intended to help an acquaintance get the night off work, led to a full plant shutdown.

NEW YORK—Trump says the higher tariffs are vital to defending U.S. industries and national security from a flood of cheap foreign metals, especially from China.

The project begins with a needs-based approach, using eye-tracking smart glasses to collect data on employee workload and visual focus during the picking process.

TOKYO—Until now, the GR Corolla has been manufactured exclusively at the Motomachi Plant in Japan.