SMYRNA, TN—Beginning this fall, Nissan’s automotive assembly plant here will be running three shifts for the first time in its history.

TIJUANA, Mexico—Hyundai will invest $130 million in a new assembly plant here to produce aluminum auto parts. The plant is expected to create 300 jobs.

One of the ironies of the economic recovery is that, despite an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent, U.S. manufacturers are struggling to find workers.

For more than 28 years, Pipercross USA has been at the forefront of improving filter technology and performance

A robotic assembly and test system helps a tier II supplier produce error-free control arms.

Nitrile-phenolic films produce strong bonds in transmission, clutch and brake assemblies.

KANSAS CITY, KS—GM plans to spend at least $120 million on a 400,000-square-foot expansion of its Fairfax assembly plant.

DETROIT—GM will halt production at its Detroit Hamtramck assembly plant, where it builds the Chevrolet Volt, for four weeks for retooling starting in mid-September.

DETROIT—North American Automakers are expected to triple their consumption of aluminum sheet by 2015, a surge that could lead to spot shortages.

WINDSOR, ON—CAW members at Chrysler’s assembly plant here have voted almost unanimously in support of a strike as a way to back workers’ contact demands. The union’s expires in mid-September.