TOKYO—Magna Steyr has signed a contract with Nissan to assemble Infiniti’s future entry-level luxury compact car. Production is expected to begin in 2014.
AUBURN HILLS, MI—Brose North America Inc., a manufacturer of mechatronic components for automobiles, has purchased a 380,000-square-foot factory building in New Boston, MI. It will be the supplier’s third assembly plant in Michigan and its ninth in North America.
COLUMBUS, OH—Letting autoworkers sit while they reach into a car’s interior could help prevent shoulder and back strain, but another solution might be to tilt the entire car so that workers can stand up. That’s the finding of two recent studies, which tested two ways to protect autoworkers from injury.
DETROIT—Carroll Shelby, designer of the Shelby Cobra and other sports cars that placed him in the pantheon of auto industry legends, has died at age 89.
DETROIT—GM is planning to assemble midsized vehicles for French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen, while PSA will assemble a compact model for GM’s Opel brand.
DECHERD, TN—Nissan and Daimler have begun constructing a new engine assembly plant here. The facility will be able to produce 250,000 units per year and is expected to employ 400.