BOWLING GREEN, KY—GM will hire 170 workers for temporary jobs at its Corvette assembly plant here. The jobs will last anywhere from four to 18 months.

BETTENDORF, IA—LEDS America is moving production of its LED-based light bulbs from China to a new $12 million assembly plant under construction here. The plant is expected to employ 130 to 150 people.

LAFAYETTE, GA—Roper Corp. is looking to fill about 100 production jobs at its assembly plant here, which makes kitchen stoves and microwaves.

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Raytheon has opened a new, 70,000-square-foot missile assembly plant here, where it plans to employ 300 people by 2014.

BELVIDERE, IL—A federal appeals court awarded a Jewish pipe-fitter at Chrysler’s assembly plant here $4 million after it concluded the automaker did nothing to stop discrimination and harassment against the worker.

ANN ARBOR, MI—The Automated Imaging Association is presenting a free webinar Dec. 18 that will discuss machine vision applications for automotive assembly. The webinar will air from 11 a.m. to noon EST.

VALLEY CITY, ND—Deere & Co. has begun construction of a $20 million expansion of its assembly plant here. Up to 100 new jobs are expected with the expansion.

MONTREAL—Bombardier is bracing for what could be a lengthy strike at its Quebec railcar assembly plant after workers rejected what the company characterized as a generous offer that raises wages and pension benefits and contained a commitment to invest in new technology.

TREMONTON, UT—Automotive safety systems manufacturer Autoliv is planning to invest $18 million to build a new factory and expand an existing assembly plant here.

DAVIS, CA—Japanese machine tool manufacturer Mori Seiki Co. Ltd. has opened a new assembly plant here.