WASHINGTON-President Obama has named Ron Bloom, the administration's “auto czar,” to a new White House position overseeing manufacturing policy. MORE

DULUTH, GA-AGCO Corp. is transferring tractor assembly from Beauvais, France, to its plant in Jackson, MN. MORE

CHICAGO-The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank’s Midwest Manufacturing Index has risen to its highest level in two years. MORE

CHICAGO-Boeing plans to deliver its first 787 Dreamliner to All Nippon Airways in September. MORE

WASHINGTON-A new book called Make It in America argues that it’s time to reinvent the manufacturing base. MORE

SANTA CRUZ, CA-Electric motorcycle maker Zero Motorcycles plans to open a new manufacturing facility that will more than double the company’s current production capacity. The company plans to add 25 employees by mid-2011. MORE

WASHINGTON, DC-Roy Paulson, president of Paulson Manufacturing Corporation, testified yesterday on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers before the House Ways and Means Committee. He said that enactment of free trade agreements would expand opportunities for manufacturers and small business. MORE

EL SEGUNDO, CA-After growing more than 30 percent last year, electronics manufacturing services and original design manufacturing are projected to slump into single digits this year, according to HIS iSuppli.  MORE

WAUSAU, WI-Economic development officials here are courting an energy company that could bring hundreds of manufacturing jobs to the area. W Solar plans to open a manufacturing facility somewhere in Wisconsin and begin manufacturing in 2012. MORE

DETROIT, MI-General Motors sold more cars and trucks in China than it did in the U.S. last year, marking the first time that a foreign market has outpaced the automaker's domestic sales in its 102-year history. MORE