DEERFIELD, IL—Do you know of a special manufacturing plant or professional worthy of being Quality magazine’s 2013 Plant or Professional of the Year? If so, nominate your choice for plant or professional of the year by Dec. 1.

LAKE FOREST, IL—Hospira Inc. has received a warning letter from the FDA stemming from an April inspection of the company’s medical device assembly plant in La Aurora de Heredia, Costa Rica.

WASHINGTON—The rate of scrap, rework and repair on production of Lockheed’s F-35 fighter jet is currently around 16 percent, higher than on other military aircraft programs at similar stages of production, says the Pentagon.