DETROIT-GM broke ground Wednesday on a six-acre field of solar panels in front of its Detroit-Hamtramck plant as part of an effort to green the production of the Chevrolet Volt. GM expects the panels to reduce its energy bill by approximately $15,000 annually. MORE

JACKSONVILLE, FL-Kaman Aerospace Corp. is seeking financial incentives from the city and state for a 200-job expansion of its assembly plant here. MORE

NASHVILLE-Electrolux is on the verge of getting $97 million in Tennessee taxpayer funding to help build its $190 million appliance assemblt plant in Memphis. MORE

DETROIT-A123 Systems will supply advanced nanophosphate lithium ion batteries for Smith Electric Vehicles. MORE

OKLAHOMA CITY-Boeing has broke ground on a new facility here to house the Boeing B-1 bomber program and C-130 Avionics Modernization Program. MORE

NORTH BEND, OR-Perpetua Power Source Technologies will build a new assembly plant here to produce energy-harvesting devices for low-power electronic products. MORE

LINCOLN, Al-Honda plans to invest $97 million in its automotive assembly plant here, creating 20 jobs. MORE

INDIANAPOLIS-Kokomo, IN, is only 55 miles from Muncie, IN, but the two former automotive manufacturing strongholds are on opposite sides of the U.S. job market recovery. MORE

MONTREAL, QE-The opening of a new $360 million, 300,000-square-foot engine-assembly plant in Quebec on Friday has caused journalists in Canada and workers in Connecticut to ask: Who will assemble the geared-turbofan engines for the Airbus A320neo? MORE

LOUISVILLE, MS-Forklift manufacturer Taylor Machine Works has added a new assembly line at its factory here. MORE