HARBOR CITY, CA-Balqon Corp. will supply 10 zero-emissions, heavy-duty electric vehicles for Ford Motor Co.’s assembly plant in Wayne, MI. MORE

HACKENSACK, NJ-Fire broke out at a pump assembly plant here Tuesday, but sprinklers kept the flames in check until firefighters arrived. MORE

WILMINGTON, MA-Electrolytic Ozone Inc. has opened a new manufacturing facility here. The company manufactures compact ozone generators. MORE

WINDSOR, ON-Negotiations will resume Thursday morning to try to avoid a strike at a key supplier to Chrysler’s assembly plant here. Almost 700 workers at the Integram Seating plant in Lakeshore, N, said they are set to go on strike at midnight Sunday if a contract deal isn’t reached. MORE

MUNCIE, IN-Progress Rail Services, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., will locate a $50 million locomotive manufacturing facility here, creating up to 650 jobs by 2012. MORE

MIAMI, OK-Fumes from abandoned fiberglass materials ignited a fire at Tracker Marine’s boat assembly plant here Monday, causing $30,000 in damages. MORE

LEXINGTON, KY-Luxury jewelry maker Tiffany & Co. broke ground here on Wednesday for a new manufacturing facility, its first outside the Northeast, that will employ 125 people. MORE

NEW DELHI, India-More than 900 workers at GM’s assembly plant in Halol, India, went on strike Friday, demanding a hike in wages. MORE

BALDWYN, MS-A supplier for Toyota is taking applications for about 250 jobs here. Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi, which makes stamped body parts, plastic bumpers and instrument panels, will begin hiring production workers in November. MORE

CHENNAI, India-A 22-year-old woman, working at Nokia’s assembly plant here was crushed to death after her head and neck got jammed in a machine last night. MORE