RUSSELLS POINT, OH-Honda plans to add 60 jobs next year at its transmission assembly plant here, in addition to the 100 new jobs that had been announced for 2012. MORE

MOONACHIE, NJ-A number of New Jersey manufacturers are taking advantage of state and federal grants and incentives to cut their energy bills. MORE

MUSKEGON, MI-The Muskegon Township Board approved a crucial permit allowing creation of an industrial park. The first expected tenant: Fortu PowerCell, whose proposed car-battery manufacturing plant could employ more than 700 people. MORE

DETROIT-History, as well as cars, was made at GM’s Willow Run assembly plant in Ypsilanti Township, MI, which will close Thursday. MORE

DENTON, TX-Wire manufacturer United Copper Industries now gets 40 percent of the energy for its manufacturing facility from wind power. MORE

ALLEN COUNTY, IN-The Allen County Council approved a plan Thursday morning which could result in GM investing millions of dollars into its Fort Wayne Assembly plant. MORE

ELKHART, IN-Norwegian electric carmaker Think has started production of its City car at an assembly plant here. The company delivered the first car assembled in the United States to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources last week. MORE

LULING, TX-Energy & Automation Inc. will break ground on a 30,000-square-foot factory here to assemble LED-based lighting. MORE

NEWARK, NJ-Italian solar panel manufacturer MX Solar USA will employ nearly 200 people at its newly opened factory in Franklin County. MORE

STOCKHOLM-Electrolux will build a new cooker factory in Memphis, TN, as it consolidates cooking production in the state of Tennessee. The new factory will cost $190 million and is expected to begin producing cookers in mid-2012. MORE