BELVIDERE, IL-About two dozen workers complained of nausea after a pipe carrying gasoline at the Chrysler plant here began leaking Thursday, and management cut short the second shift. MORE

AVON LAKE, OH-Ford’s Ohio Assembly Plant will be headed by a woman as Alex Maciag replaces current plant manager Joseph Lee on March 1. MORE

MEMPHIS, TN-Local officials plan to announce next week that Mitsubishi will build a $200 million manufacturing site here. MORE

SMYRNA, TN-Construction is progressing on Nissan’s new assembly plant here, which will produce lithium-ion batteries to power the all-electric Nissan Leaf. MORE

CLEMSON, SC-Students in Clemson University’s automotive engineering program will get hands-on experience in robotic manufacturing with a new robot donated by Staubli Corp. MORE

WAUSAU, WI-W Solar Group is interested in building a manufacturing plant here that could bring 600 new manufacturing jobs to the area by 2015. MORE

BELVIDERE, IL-A confidence vote in the wake of how last week’s snow storm was handled by Chrysler’s assembly plant here has been cancelled. Nevertheless, the UAW is demanding the company pay for all expenses related to the snow storm. MORE

CHATTANOOGA, TN-Key work to finish Volkswagen’s $1 billion assembly plant here is speeding ahead as the automaker drives toward starting production in March. MORE

GUELPH, ON-Canadian Solar Inc. will host a job fair Feb. 11 its new solar module assembly plant here. The plant is expected to require 500 people at full capacity. MORE

JACKSON, MI-Orbitform has received ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management certification for the design and manufacture of orbital forming, fastening, joining, conveyor systems, and assembly equipment. MORE