MOUNT HOLLY, NC-Daimler Trucks will hire more than 400 employees at its Freightliner Manufacturing Plant here and nearly 150 workers at its parts plant in Gastonia, NC. MORE

LOCKPORT, NY-Less than two years after entering bankruptcy, General Motors will extend millions of dollars in bonuses to most of its 48,000 hourly workers. MORE

EVERETT, WA-The 787 Dreamliner program may be three years behind schedule and battling a legacy of delays, but that isn’t stopping Boeing from building the next-generation airplanes one after another. As part of a three-day media event, the company gave reporters a first-hand look at the 787 assembly line. MORE

SAN JOSE, CA-A commercial-ready solar cell made by Solar Junction here has been measured at 41.4 percent efficient, a milestone level. MORE

LEWISTON, ID-Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has begun constructing a $10 million assembly plant here that will make high-tech equipment for electrical generation, transmission and distribution. MORE

LIVONIA, MI-Roush Manufacturing has begun production of charging stations for electric car batteries at its new assembly plant here. MORE

MEXICO CITY-Eurocopter will build a new assembly plant in Queretaro, Mexico. MORE

MEMPHIS, TN-Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. has chosen construction firm O’Neal Inc. to build a $200 million factory here to assemble transformers and other power products. MORE

SEATTLE-The new 747-8 jumbo jet, Boeing’s largest-ever passenger plane, was unveiled before thousands of cheering employees and invited guests in an Everett, Washington assembly plant. MORE

MOLINE, IL-Systems integrator Genesis Systems Group and Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Engineering Program are offering a scholarship to students interested in a future career in robotic welding systems and engineering. The scholarship will be available for the 2011-12 academic year. MORE