CLYDE, NY—Parker Aerospace and GE Aviation are building an assembly plant here to make fuel nozzles for commercial aircraft engines. The joint venture will employ approximately 300 people.

PRINCE GEORGE, VA—Rolls-Royce plans to build a second assembly plant here, creating 140 new jobs. The $136 million facility will produce turbine blades and nozzle guide vanes for jet engines.

BEIJING—Foxconn plans to install some 20,000 robots at its Chinese assembly plants by the end of the year.

DULUTH, GA—Formetco is adding 40,000 square feet to its digital billboard assembly plant here.

PALM BEACH, FL—On the heels of being approved for a $4.79 million economic incentive package, Pratt & Whitney is expected to add 230 jobs at its assembly plant here.

PHOENIX—A new generation of smart machines and manufacturing processes may not leave much room for people on the assembly line.

DETROIT—With North American vehicle production headed toward 15 million-plus units next year, automakers are encountering a new breed of supplier: the one that says “no.”

LA POCATIERE, QE—The union representing 330 striking workers at a Bombardier rail car assembly plant here is taking a short pause from a week of intense contract negotiations with the company.

JACKSON, MN—Technical Services for Electronics is spending $1.7 million to expand its assembly plant here.

WASHINGTON—U.S. sales of machine tools totaled $667.47 million in September. That’s an increase of 40.7 percent from August 2012 and an increase of 13.4 percent from September 2011, according to the AMT—The Association for Manufacturing Technology.