EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation Specialists has recently shipped a hub assembly cell for keyless entry remotes to a leading Tier 1 automotive supplier.

HEMET, CA—Forest River Inc., a recreational vehicle manufacturer, has purchased an old factory here for a new assembly plant. The factory will begin production in early 2015 and is expected to employ 200 to 300 people at full production.

BOWLING GREEN, OH—Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake will invest more than $8.7 million to expand its assembly plant here. The company will add two machining centers, an assembly line and 15 jobs next year.

ANNISTON, AL—International Automotive Components dedicated an expansion of its assembly plant here. The company, which makes instrument panels and other interior components, plans to hire an additional 350 workers over the next two years.

HARTWELL, GA—Häring is planning to create 800 new jobs by 2025 and will invest $54 million over five years to build a new assembly plant here.

SAO PAULO, Brazil—A wind farm will power Honda’s automotive assembly plant here. Located hundreds of miles away, the farm has nine 3-megawatt turbines that are expected to generate all the electricity required for Honda’s annual production requirements.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen is thinking about introducing new variants of the Passat and CrossBlue SUV to the North American market, and it could assemble one or more of the vehicles in Chattanooga.

DUBLIN, VA—Volvo’s New River Valley assembly plant in is now completely powered by methane gas from nearby landfills.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI—Alcoa Inc. says it has solved one of the biggest wrinkles automakers wrestle with when stamping aluminum body panels: formability. The company has developed a new manufacturing process that produces aluminum sheet that is 40 percent more formable than current aluminum alloys.

WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP, MI—Automotive supplier Kirchhoff Van-Rob Inc. will add at least 125 jobs after it opens its new $25 million assembly plant here next month.