DUNCAN, SC—Magna International has opened a new 170,000-square-foot assembly plant here to produce exterior mirrors for BMW, Mercedes, Volvo and other OEMs. The new assembly plant currently employs some 255 employees, but that number is expected to grow to 400 jobs over the next few years.

HANOVER, Germany—Continental is using polyester yarn made from recycled plastic bottles for high-volume production of tires.

MARYVILLE, MO—Every college football fan knows the importance of the offensive and defensive lines. For the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats, a third line is just as important: the assembly line.

DEARBORN, MI—Ford has announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that will enable the automaker to produce 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026.

SAN ANTONIO—Toyota Motor Corp. has scaled back production at its assembly plant here as a heat wave strains power supplies in the state.

Once upon a time, many of the fuel gauges, speedometers and other mechanical instruments used in automobiles and other vehicles were made ion the North Side of Chicago by Stewart-Warner Corp.

Conveyors do more than simply move parts from point A to point B. They serve as the backbone of an assembly line, and, as such, help manufacturers move forward on their road to success.

DETROIT—A strike that could have halted production of some of General Motors’ most profitable and important vehicles has been narrowly averted.

DETROIT—The global shortage of computer chips and other parts has forced General Motors to build some 95,000 vehicles without certain components during the second quarter.

WINDSOR, ON—Stellantis NV has idled production at its assembly plant here, where it makes the Chrysler Pacifica minivan.