NEW YORK-Texas Instruments will double the capacity of a new factory it is building in Texas for analog chips. The facility will have the capacity for up to $2 billion worth of chips a year. MORE

EVANSVILLE, IN-Systems integrator Evana Automation has received three new contracts from a Tier 1 automotive supplier. Evana will build three stand-alone, semiautomatic workcells to produce brake assemblies. MORE

SEATTLE-Boeing is halting deliveries of all new 787 fuselage sections and wings to Everett for about five weeks to cope with supplier delays that have caused extra work to pile up at the final assembly plant. MORE

SHREVEPORT, LA-A private security guard is accused of stealing 11,000 pounds of copper, a bit at a time, from the GM assembly plant here. MORE

PARIS-Airbus experienced a brief labor shutdown Monday on its A330 and A340 assembly lines.The union involved told Airbus to expect staggered strikes later this week at the company’s A320 production line. MORE

ST. CATHARINES, ON-GM will invest more than $200 million in its engine plant here to make the next generation of V8 engines and install a flexible assembly line. MORE

CHATTANOOGA, TN-Four of Magna International’s operating units have been awarded new business from Volkswagen Group of America. Magna will supply body and structural components; window regulators and decklid latches; fascias, sealing systems, and pillar trim covers; and seats. MORE

BANNOCKBURN, IL-Shipments of Rigid PCBs were up 19.6 percent while bookings increased 38.4 percent in March 2010 from March 2009. Year to date, rigid PCB shipments were up 9.2 percent and bookings have grown 31.9 percent. MORE

DETROIT-GM will hire about twice as many temporary workers this summer to fill in for vacationing workers at itsAllen County assembly plant. MORE

GAINESVILLE, GA-ZF Group has broken ground on a $90-million aassembly plant here that will create 215 jobs. The plant will assemble gearboxes for wind turbines. MORE