LAKE FOREST, IL—Hospira Inc. has received a warning letter from the FDA stemming from an April inspection of the company’s medical device assembly plant in La Aurora de Heredia, Costa Rica.

EVERETT, WA—Boeing has begun operating a temporary assembly line here to boost production of its 787 Dreamliner.

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA—SCHMIDT Technology, a manufacturer of assembly presses, has opened a technology center in Orange, CA. The center will hold an open house Nov. 2.

MORRISVILLE, NC—German automation supplier SCHUNK is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its North American headquarters here.

JOLIET, IL—Caterpillar Inc. has reached a tentative six-year deal with the union representing almost 800 striking workers at the company’s assembly plant here. The workers had been on strike since early May seeking better wages and health care benefits.

WINDSOR, ON—CAW members at Chrysler’s assembly plant here have voted almost unanimously in support of a strike as a way to back workers’ contact demands. The union’s expires in mid-September.

EVANSTON, IL—Following several years of losses, industrial employment in Wisconsin increased by a half percent over the past 12 months. Wisconsin gained 3,896 industrial jobs between July 2011 and July 2012.

CANTON, IL—Cook Medical has opened a new, $19 million factory here to make PTFE tubing for medical devices. The plant will employ 60.

VICTORIA, TX—Caterpillar Inc., has opened a 600,000-square-foot hydraulic excavator assembly plant here. The $200 million facility will employ 225.

DETROIT—For automakers, one of the biggest headaches posed by infotainment systems is instant obsolescence. With its three- to five-year product cycles, the auto industry simply can’t keep up with the short product cycles of smart phone makers. New applications produced for smart phones often aren’t compatible with the dated software and hardware found in autos.