LYONS, PA—East Penn Manufacturing Co. Inc. will construct a 458,000-square-foot battery assembly plant here, creating 400 jobs.

BUFFALO, NY—The Western New York Economic Development Council has endorsed a plan to create a workforce training center here that will help teach local workers the skills needed in today’s more-advanced factory work.

PHILADELPHIA—AgustaWestland will build the final assembly line for the new generation AW169 helicopter at its assembly plant here.

ROCHELLE, IL—Nippon Sharyo’s passenger railcar assembly plant here will undergo a $54 million expansion, creating about 80 permanent local jobs.

NEWMARKET, ON—Six people were taken to hospital following an explosion at automotive supplier Dortec Industries’ assembly plant here. The blast was due to a minor electrical explosion that was isolated to one assembly line.

RED OAK, TX—Triumph Aerostructures is constructing a new assembly plant here.

DAYTON, TN—Goodman Manufacturing, a manufacturer of air conditioning and heating equipment, will invest $2 million to expand its assembly plant here, with plans to create 200 jobs.

EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation recently shipped a custom-built depaneling cell to a leading Tier 1 automotive supplier. The fully automatic cell loads circuit board panels from standard magazines and depanels them using servo-driven router heads. The individual boards are then loaded into trays, which are automatically stacked.

WASHINGTON—OSHA has launched an initiative to further protect temporary employees from workplace hazards.

WASHINGTON—Seven of the top 10 highest-paid college degrees are in engineering, according to a report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.