CHICAGO—Boeing will move swiftly to locate its 777X assembly line, making the decision within three months. Boeing announced it would look for alternatives outside Puget Sound, after International Association of Machinists members rejected an eight-year contract extension that would have kept the project in Everett, WA.

KANSAS CITY, MO—Automotive supplier Grupo Antolin North America will invest more than $15.7 million to build a 150,000-square-foot assembly plant here, creating an estimated 118 new jobs. The company makes headliners and other interior components.

EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation recently received a contract from a Tier 1 automotive supplier to provide a multicell assembly system to simplify the process of manufacturing steering gear subassemblies.

FLORENCE, KY—Balluff Inc. has published a new industrial identification catalog, detailing its complete line of RFID systems, vision sensors, supporting accessories and cables.

SEOUL, South Korea—Three top Hyundai executives in Korea have been forced to resign as a consequence of quality problems with the company’s vehicles.

WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturing added 19,000 jobs in October, with job growth occurring primarily in motor vehicles and parts (6,000 jobs), wood products (3,000 jobs), and furniture and related products (3,000 jobs).

WASHINGTON—U.S. factory output rose 0.3 percent in October, following a 0.1 percent gain in September and a 0.7 percent gain in August.

FORT WAYNE, IN—British defense contractor BAE Systems plans to build a new $39 million assembly plant near Fort Wayne International Airport.

SPARTANBURG, SC—The BMW assembly plant here is actively hiring production and logistics positions. The facility is in the midst of a 2-year, $900 million expansion.

BEIJING—Zhejiang province is to invest $82 billion over the next five years to encourage manufacturers to adopt more robots to overcome the short supply and high cost of labor.