FLINT, MI-GM’s Flint Truck Assembly Plant will reopen today following a parts shortage. MORE

DETROIT-It wasn’t easy for Ford to avoid the economic wreck that left its U.S. rivals bankrupt. In fact, it took a massive change of culture, thousands of lost jobs and a lot of debt to come out in one piece. “We don’t have a great deal of ego about this because there’s so much work left to be done,” said James Tetreault, vice president of North American Manufacturing for Ford. MORE

OMAHA, NE-Caterpillar Inc. plans to invest almost $700 million over the next four years to start producing mining shovels and expand production of its trucks at plants in Illinois and India. MORE

WICHITA, KS-Airbus North America has expanded to a second engineering facility in Kansas, adding about 100 jobs as it snaps up aerospace engineers laid off from U.S.-based aircraft makers. MORE

MORRISTOWN, NJ-The U.S. Department of Energy has presented Schindler Elevator Corp. with a Save Energy Now Award for reducing energy consumption at its assembly plant in Gettysburg, PA. MORE

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Kingston Technology Co. Inc. gave journalists a look inside its sprawling memory module assembly plant here. MORE

BLUE SPRINGS, MS-Toyota Motor Corp. will resume construction of a partly finished assembly plant here, where it plans to produce Corollas starting next year. The plant will soon hire 2,000 workers. MORE

WILLIAMSTOWN, WV-Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. will soon double production at its assembly plant here. The company plans to hire some 50 new employees. MORE

DALLAS-Nukote Inc., a manufacturer of environmentally friendly printer cartridges, has expanded its assembly plant in Connellsville, PA. MORE

TOKYO-Toyota Motor Corp. has told affiliates that it may have to halt production at a major assembly plant in China due to a strike at a parts supplier. MORE