AUBURN HILLS, MI-Adding a little fun into the manufacturing mix, software supplier Delmia has launched an on-demand E-series called, “The Robot Whisperers.” MORE

CHENGDU, China-Three workers were killed and 15 were injured after an explosion ripped through the Foxconn assembly plant here where the Apple Ipad is made. MORE

DETROIT-GM will make 60,000 Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera plug-in hybrids in 2012, up from its previously announced 45,000 units. MORE

TORONTO-KUKA Systems is installing three partially automated, post-lamination framing lines for trimming, framing, testing and packout of photovoltaic panels at a factory in southern Ontario. Each line consists of five robots, as well as applicators, conveyors and other handling and testing equipment. MORE

DETROIT-Inergy Automotive Systems will build an assembly plant in southeast Michigan to make fuel tanks for Ford. MORE

BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI-A 58-year-old aerospace worker was killed when his clothing became entangled in a lathe at an assembly plant here. MORE

LAFAYETTE, IN--The Green Manufacturer Network’s latest one-day Zero-Waste-to-Landfill workshop, held May 18 at Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. here, was attended by 125 people-the vast majority being manufacturing executives hoping to learn how to make their operations more sustainable, eco-friendly and profitable.

WHITE MARSH, MD-GM will invest more than $246 million to build an electric motor assembly plant on the site of its old powertrain factory here. The new facility is expected to create about 190 jobs. MORE

LINCOLNTON, NC-A company that makes customized dispensing systems for retail products will open its newest factory here and create 150 jobs over the next five years. AptarGroup Inc. will spend about $50 million on the new facility. MORE

RENTON, WA-Boeing plans to add some 1,200 new workers at its 737 assembly plant here, hoping to boost production of the aircraft to 38 a month. MORE