PONTIAC, IL-With only a few hours to spare, Caterpillar Inc. and the United Auto Workers avoided a work stoppage and reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract. MORE

REDMOND, OR-LMH Industries has leased space for a new cable assembly plant here and plans to hire more than 40 people within a year. MORE

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN-American Commercial Lines Inc. will recall approximately 200 hourly employees and hiring several salaried supervisory personnel at its barge assembly plant here. MORE

BUTLER, IN-Automotive supplier Autoline Industries will invest $1.5 million in its assembly plant here, creating 25 new jobs by 2013. MORE

MILWAUKEE-Solar panel manufacturer Helios USA LLC has opened a new assembly plant here, creating more than 50 new jobs. MORE

BUFFALO, WV-Toyota Motor Corp. is expanding its assembly plant here to manufacture a six-speed automatic transmission by the end of 2012. The expansion will create some 20 new jobs at the Toyota Bodine Aluminum manufacturing plant in Jackson, WV. MORE

BUFFALO, NY-General Motors Co. is well under way with site preparation for two new engine lines at its Tonawanda engine assembly plant. MORE

PEACHTREE CITY, GA- Construction equipment manufacturer Sany America has completed the first phase of construction on a new assembly plant and office complex here. The $60 million plant currently employs 108 people and could employ twice that figure by the end of 2012. MORE

CHICKASHA, OK-Ride Control LLC will invest $3.1 million in its assembly plant here. The manufacturer of shock absorbers will install a new roof, energy-efficient lighting, machine tools, a chrome plating system and other equipment. MORE

REDLAND, CA-Trash trucks have no reason to stop at La-Z-Boy’s assembly plant here anymore. The plant now recycles nearly nearly 100 percent of the waste it produces, earning it a Green Action award from the city. MORE