CHONGQING, CHINA-Ford Motor Company says that it has built its 500,000th Focus compact car at its joint-venture assembly plant here. MORE

ALLISTON, ON-Honda Canada will start up a second shift and add 400 jobs at its No. 2 assembly plant here early next year. MORE

DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI-Unionized workers at the Ryder Logistics’ facility here have rejected a new proposed contract. Ryder is a supplier for GM’s Lansing Delta Township assembly plant. MORE

ROSEVILLE, CA-Solar Power Inc. has selected the McClellan Business Park here as the site for its U.S. manufacturing facility. MORE

BANNOCKBURN, IL-Rigid PCB shipments were up 9.4 percent while bookings increased 36.4 percent in February compared with the same period last year. Year to date, rigid PCB shipments are up 3.6 percent and bookings have grown 27.9 percent. MORE

MOSES LAKE, WA-BMW and another German company have chosen Moses Lake as the site for a new plant to manufacture carbon fibers to use in building lightweight cars. MORE

LOUISVILLE, KY-Ford Motor Co. has cancelled two shut-down weeks at its assembly plant here amid stronger demand for Explorer sport utility vehicles. MORE

BEIJING-China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group HAS purchased Ford Motor Co.’s Volvo car unit in a deal worth $1.8 billion. MORE

OTTAWA, OH-Whirlpool Corp. will operate a freezer assembly plant here, employing 190 people. MORE

OSHAWA, ON-More than 600 laid off workers at General Motors Canada will be recalled this year as the company adds a third shift at its assembly plant here and boosts production at its CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont. MORE