BEIJING-Workers at Foxconn’s suicide-plagued assembly plants in China remain subject to onerous and illegal working conditions, according to a protest group which conducted hundreds of on-site interviews. MORE

FRASER, MI-BMT Aerospace USA is investing more than $5 million in its assembly plant here and hopes to hire additional employees in the coming months. MORE

MEXICO CITY-Gunmen from a Mexican drug cartel attacked a bus carrying employees of a assembly plant owned by Mattel Inc. MORE

KINGSPORT, TN-BAE Systems plans to construct a $142 million explosives manufacturing facility on federal property near Mount Carmel, TN. MORE

BOWLING GREEN, KY-General Motors will invest $131 million-and add about 250 jobs-at its assembly plant here. MORE

SAVANNAH, GA-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. will dedicate the first phase of a $325 million gas turbine manufacturing and service facility here today. MORE

LINCOLN, NE-Kawasaki has called back workers earlier than predicted after laying off 115 in late March from its rail car manufacturing plant here because of a parts error by a supplier, complicated by the earthquake damage in Japan. MORE

BOWLING GREEN, KY-General Motors is on the verge of making a major new investment in its assembly plant here, possibly bringing production of a new vehicle there a month after winning approval for $7.5 million in state incentives. MORE

COLUMBUS, GA-NCR’s assembly plant here has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for incorporating several green design and building features. MORE

GREENSBURG, IN-Honda’s automotive assembly plant here will continue producing at half capacity through the end of June because of parts shortages related to the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. MORE