DETROIT-A woman laid off over a year ago from General Motors received a letter from the company. The letter wasn’t asking her back on the assembly line, but for a refund of one day’s pay. MORE

OKLAHOMA CITY-No one was hurt after a chemical fire inside an airplane parts manufacturing plant here caused the business to be evacuated Friday. A 6-foot by 12-foot room where titanium is kept caught fire about 10:15 a.m. inside Pro-Fab’s assembly plant. MORE

SPARTANBURG, SC-Spartanburg, SC, Montgomery, AL, and Winston-Salem, NC are on Caterpillar Inc.’s short list for a new manufacturing plant. MORE

LONDON-Syncoor Ltd. has introduced software that enables consumers to design their own custom cars. Using the software, consumers create custom bodies designed to fit on a standard chassis. Consumers then send their designs to a contract fabrication shop. MORE

LONDON-New factory orders in the euro zone, which covers 16 countries, increased by 0.9 percent between March and April, with a year on year increase of 22 percent. MORE

MANILA-SunPower Corp. has produced a full-scale solar cell with a sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 24.2 percent, a new world record. MORE

HOUSTON-Toshiba Corp. will spend $156 million to build an assembly plant here to supply Ford Motor Co. with electric drive motors. MORE

PRINCETON, IN-Toyota Motor Corp. plans to add about 100 temporary workers to its southern Indiana plant as it increases production. MORE

BLUE SPRINGS, MI-Toyota's plan to resume construction at an auto assembly plant in eastern Mississippi has renewed optimism about turning western Alabama into a hub for related supplier activity. MORE

NAPLES, FL-Arthrex is looking to build a medical device assembly plant in Florida, if it receives an attractive incentive package. The $50-million plant would create up to 300 jobs. MORE