CHARLESTON, SC-Boeing plans to build a jet interior-fixtures plant here, creating another 150 jobs on top of the thousands that will come when the company opens its 787 Dreamliner assembly plant next year. MORE

MILPITAS, CA-Linear Technology may build a new semiconductor manufacturing plant, doubling its existing capacity. MORE

CEDAR FALLS, IA-Adams Thermal Systems is building a 40,000-square-foot assembly plant here. The $1.5 million facility will assemble cooling systems for tractors, heavy trucks and SUVs. MORE

AMARILLO, TX-Zarges Aluminum Systems has begun building a $5 million, 80,000-square-foot plant here to assemble ladders, elevators, cable supports and other structures for wind mills. MORE

EL SEGUNDO, CA-Cereplast Inc. expects to offer the first grade of algae-based plastics for commercial use by the end of the year. MORE

DURHAM, NC-Toyota supplier AW North Carolina will invest more than $100 million in its plant here, adding as many as 360 jobs there over the next two years. The company will build a new assembly line for front-wheel drive transmissions. MORE

WEST POINT, GA-Johnson Controls opened a new plant here to assemble seats and door panels for the Kia Sorento. Currently the plant employs about 300 workers, but are looking to add 115 to that by the middle of summer. MORE

LONGMONT, CO-Vice President Joe Biden plans to Friday visit to UQM Technologies, which makes generators and electric motors. The company received $45 million in funding from the stimulus act and is building a new factory. MORE

TOKYO-A Japanese manufacturing cooperative, Astro-Technology SOHLA, plans to create and send a two-legged humanoid robot to the moon by 2015. MORE

LOWELL, MA-Cristek Interconnects Inc. has opened a new factory here to assemble electronic connectors for the defense and aerospace industries. MORE