SAN JOSE, CA—The Moonlight from Flexiv is a new adaptive parallel robot for applications that require precise motion and force control, such as screwdriving, polishing and ultra-accurate loading.

BERLIN—Following Germany’s decision to acquire 35 F-35 fighter jets to replace its aging Tornados, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and German defense contractor Rheinmetall have agreed to establish a second F-35 center fuselage integrated assembly line (IAL) in Germany.

CLARKSVILLE, TN—Clarksville, Tennessee, continues to attract commitments from companies in the electric vehicle industry.

BELVIDERE, IL—Stellantis' Belvidere Assembly Plant is scheduled to go idle this week, meaning production will be halted on Tuesday, laying off thousands of workers.

DESOTO, KS—U.S. transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg pointed to the Panasonic project as an example of rural revitalization through green energy transportation projects. Buttigieg, along with Lt. Governor David Toland and U.S. Representative Sharice Davids, among others, gave speeches Monday at the site of the future Panasonic electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto. Buttigieg said new electric vehicle manufacturing jobs were coming back in states like Kansas, South Carolina, Louisiana and Tennessee. 

OTTAWA, Canada—Pleora Technologies has introduced a new embedded interface that transmits low latency GigE Vision video and data at 10 gigabytes per second (Gbps) over flexible Ethernet cabling.

ST. CATHARINES, ON—General Motors plans to build motors for electric vehicles at its assembly plant here. The move, subject to support agreements with the federal and provincial governments, is expected to support some 500 jobs at the facility.

WICHITA, KS—Integra Technologies, the largest U.S. outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) company, plans to invest $1.8 billion to build a large-scale manufacturing facility here. 

DURHAM, NC—Kempower Inc., a manufacturer of charging stations for electric vehicles, will invest $41.2 million to build a new assembly plant here, creating 300 jobs.

WALTERBORO, SC—Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, a subsidiary of Kontrolmatik Technologies, will build its first U.S. assembly plant here. The $279 million project is expected to create 575 jobs.