SAN JOSE, CA-SoloPower Inc., maker of thin-film solar modules for rooftops, has raised $44.9 million in debt financing to build a manufacturing facility. MORE

SAN BERNARDINO, CA-Royal Appliance Manufacturing Co. has leased a 415,825 manufacturing plant here. The company manufactures Royal, Hoover and Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners. MORE

DETROIT-Chrysler has agreed to acquire the Sterling Heights, MI, assembly plant for $20 million from the company that has managed the automaker’s remaining assets since its emergence from bankruptcy last year. MORE

SALT LAKE CITY-Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Navigation Systems Div. has broken ground on a facility expansion designed to increase factory output and better serve its commercial, defense and national security customers. MORE

INDIANAPOLIS-Rolls-Royce Corp.’s operation here has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract by the U.S. Army to design and develop a digital engine control for the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter. MORE

SACRAMENTO, CA-Siemens Mobility today announced that it will expand its U.S. manufacturing plant here to meet future demand for trains and infrastructure technologies for high-speed rail systems. MORE

APPLETON, WI-Appleton is one of six finalists for Spanish train manufacturer Talgo Inc. to build a passenger car assembly plant in Wisconsin. MORE

BELVIDERE, IL-Chrysler plans to reopen its assembly plant here Friday, two days after a parts shortage forced the automaker to idle the factory. MORE

FOUNTAIN INN, SC-Bosch Rexroth Corp. will expand its manufacturing plant here. The expansion will cost $10 million and is expected to create 50 new jobs. MORE

TROY, OH-A fire erupted at an auto parts assembly plant here early Wednesday morning. The fire happened at F&P Manufacturing when a hot ember from a welder ignited a filter in a ventilation system. MORE