DETROIT—A nonprofit community organization is launching an online crowd funding campaign to raise $125,000 to preserve parts of Ford Motor Co.’s historic Highland Park complex, where the moving assembly line was invented.

AUBURN HILLS, MI—ABB Robotics and SVIA Industrial Automation have developed a vision-guided robotic machine tending cell for a Texas manufacturer of rock-drilling equipment.

NEW YORK—During July 2013, more than 8,500 jobs were advertised online in the U.S. automotive industry. That’s a four-year high and a 9 percent compared with a year ago.

GAYDON, UK—New technology is helping Aston Martin cut costs, reduce production time, and ensure quality.

EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation Specialists recently delivered a compliant-pin assembly system to a Tier 1 automotive manufacturer of vehicle safety products.

MALTA, NY—Global Foundries is planning to build a second manufacturing computer chip manufacturing complex here.

TULSA, OK—Whirlpool Corp. will invest $18.8 million in its oven assembly planthere and add some 150 new employees in 2014.

WICHITA, KS—Beechcraft Corp. has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a leaner, more efficient airplane manufacturer.

WASHINGTON—U.S. worker productivity accelerated at a modest 0.9 percent annual pace between April and June after dropping the previous quarter.