STOCKTON, CA-Electric Vehicles International plans to use a $3.9-million grant from the California Energy Commission to expand and modernize its assembly plant here. MORE

FORT WAYNE, IN-A man has died from injuries he suffered last week in an accident at an auto-parts manufacturing plant. Michael Joseph Oberley II, 23, was working as a machinist May 19 at AccuGear when he was hurt. He died six days later. MORE

CHAMBERS COUNTY, TX-Curtiss-Wright Corp. has opened a $36 million, state-of-the-art assembly plant here. The facility will manufacture vessels and other equipment for the petrochemical industriy. MORE

PALMYRA, MO-Doyle Equipment Manufacturing Co. will move agriculture machinery assembly plant from Quincy, IL, to Palmyra, MO. MORE

ORION, MI-GM’s assembly plant here will get 40 percent of the its power from landfill gas, saving the automaker $1.1 million a year in energy costs. MORE

MADISON, MS-Automotive supplier Faurecia Group has opened its new assembly plant here to deliver front and rear seats to Nissan. MORE

LOWER MACUNGIE, PA-Mack Trucks plans to hire 300 employees at its Lehigh Valley plant this summer in response to increased demand for highway trucks. MORE

NEWNAN, GA-Yamaha Motor Corp. is moving production of a new all-terrain vehicle to its assembly plant here from an overseas facility. The transfer could bring 200 or more jobs to the plant, as well as additional jobs at local suppliers. MORE

TUALATIN, OR-Laser plastic welding technology will be the subject of a free webinar that will air from 10 to 11 a.m., PDT, on June 2. MORE

CHICAGO-JBT Corp. has received a $5.9 million order from Ford for automated material handling equipment, including nearly 100 automatic guided vehicles. MORE