DIXON, IL—BorgWarner plans to invest $9.4 million in its assembly plant here over the next three years.

WINDSOR, ON—Chrysler Canada is hiring hourly production workers at its Windsor assembly plant.

BATTLE CREEK, MI—Automotive supplier Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc. says it has 150 temporary production jobs to fill, and it will conduct a job fair Saturday to help fill them.

LANSING, MI—General Motors Co. will build a $174 million stamping plant near its Lansing Grand River assembly complex, with plans to add 145 jobs.

DETROIT—Massive rainfall and flooding throughout Southeast Michigan Monday night caused closures and slowdowns at many of the region’s automotive assembly facilities.

SANTA CRUZ, CA—NTS Works has created a small and powerful battery for electric vehicles that can be rebuilt and upgraded for half the cost of a new replacement battery.

PLYMOUTH, MI—Johnson Controls has opened a new state-of-the-art crash test facility at its automotive seating headquarters here.

LANSING, MI—General Motors Co.’s Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant will halt production for three weeks starting Aug. 18 due to lower than anticipated market demand for the luxury cars built there. Production is set to resume Sept. 8.

SMYRNA, TN—Nissan’s assembly plant here is the top-producing automotive manufacturing plant in the North American industry so far this year. The plant’s two assembly lines have produced more than 334,000 vehicles.

The wave of automotive recalls this year underscores the importance of putting identification codes on products. Without such codes, consumers would not know if their vehicles were safe, and automakers would not know where or when problem parts were made.