TONAWANDA, NY — General Motors will invest $6.7 million in its engine plant here to upgrade production systems.

PRINCETON, IN – Toyota Indiana has invested an additional $700 million and added 150 new jobs to complete the transformation of its plant modernization project, first announced in January 2017.

DEARBORN, MI —Ford announced it would invest a total of $1.45 billion in two Southeast Michigan plants and create 3,000 union production jobs.

MONTGOMERY, AL—Hyundai executives recently announced plans to add a new vehicle to the production lineup as part of a $410 million expansion project that will create 200 jobs at the company's manufacturing plant here.

MONTGOMERY, AL—The Alabama Community College System and Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association are offering a joint scholarship to 50 students to pursue a career at one of the state's many car manufacturing plants. Alabama's automotive sector is the 3rd largest in the country and still growing.

LONDON--Manufacturers in a wide variety of industries are investing in smart manufacturing technologies, such as additive manufacturing, augmented reality and collaborative robots.

COVINGTON, GA—Nisshinbo Automotive Manufacturing Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of environmentally friendly brake pads, will create 100 jobs and invest $72 million in an expansion of its facility here.

Thirty years ago, if you had told me that Bob Dylan would win the Nobel Prize for Literature or that the president of the United States would be able to influence corporate manufacturing decisions through an electronic medium called “Twitter,” I would not have believed you. But, to quote The Bard, “The times, they are a-changin’.”