MARYSVILLE, OH-The Honda assembly plant here has made its 10 millionth vehicle, the first Honda plant outside Japan to reach that milestone. MORE

HEBER SPRINGS, AR-TIGG Corp. has acquired a new assembly plant here to produce tanks and pressure vessels. MORE

The U.S. aerospace industry will get a trio of new assembly plants over the next year.

In Norton Shores, MI, Johnson Technology will locate a new $50-million aerospace assembly plant here, creating 90 jobs. MORE

In Montrose, CO, Extra Aircraft will open a new plant here to assemble turbo prop airplanes, creating 200 jobs. MORE

In Augusta, ME, Kestrel Aircraft Co. plans to build an assembly plant on the site of an old naval base here, creating as many as 75 jobs. MORE

DETROIT-About half the workers at the Jeep plant here make $28 an hour or more, while the rest, the recently hired, make $14, a disparity that could become the norm in much of the domestic U.S. auto industry. MORE

SOUTHERN PINES, NC-Ingersoll Rand broke ground here this month on an $2.7-million expansion to its pump assembly plant that will add 100 new jobs. MORE

TOKYO-Toyota will build a second auto assembly plant in Brazil. The Japanese carmaker will spend $600 million to build the facility near Sao Paulo. MORE

COLUMBIA, SC-ZF Group plans to invest $350 million in a new factory in South Carolina to assemble fuel-efficient automatic transmissions for cars and light trucks. The plant is expected to employ 900 workers by 2015. MORE

VIVIAN, LA-Epic Wake Boats will build a new assembly plant here that could employ 400 people during the next few years. MORE

FRANKLIN PARK, IL-Quality control is the top priority at the Life Fitness exercise equipment assembly plant here. MORE

BERLIN-Several years ago, a good-sized photovoltaic module plant assembled 25 megawatts of panels a year. Now, plants are being built to produce 100, 200 and 500 megawatts annually. How are they meeting that demand? Automation. MORE