SANTA CLARITA, CA—Quallion, a manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for aerospace applications, has opened a new assembly plant here.

A growing number of manufacturers are moving from air tools to electric tools and from corded electric tools to cordless tools.

DURHAM, NC—Defense contractor Nuvotronics plans to open a 40,000-square-foot assembly plant here, including 10,000 more square feet of clean room space.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—Boeing will invest more than $1 billion to expand operations and create 2,000 new jobs at its assembly plant here.

ANN ARBOR, MI—Humantech Inc. has added a new course, Managing an Ergonomics Process, to its seminar series in 2013. This one-day workshop will be held in Ann Arbor, MI, on April 25 and Sept. 19.

STILLWATER, OK—ASCO Aerospace USA is transforming an old boat engine factory here to a state-of-the-art assembly plant to make parts for commercial jetliners.

STORRS, CT—The University of Connecticut and Pratt & Whitney, have opened of a new additive manufacturing research laboratory here.

SIDNEY, NY—Aerospace supplier Amphenol will receive a $3.8 million federal disaster grant to build a new assembly plant on higher ground here. The factory sustained $35 million in damage from flooding from Tropical Storms Irene and Lee in 2011.

MOBILE, AL—Airbus is looking to hire a manager of health, safety and environment for its new assembly plant under construction here.

FORT COLLINS, CO—In an unprecedented package of tax incentives and fee waivers, the city of Fort Collins has offered aerospace supplier Woodward Inc. approximately $23 million to expand its corporate headquarters and assembly plant here.