TOKYO-Toshiba plans to spend almost $9 billion to build a new factory to produce memory chips for mobile phones, cameras and other electronics. The Japanese electronics giant is aiming to be the top supplier of NAND flash memory chips. MORE

HOUSTON-A nuclear weapons assembly plant in Amarillo, TX, ordered a precautionary security lock-down after duck hunters were spotted near the facility. MORE

SANTA FE, NM-Solar Distinction Inc. plans to build a photovoltaic manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, NM, that is expected to employ 300 workers within the first two to three years. MORE

DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI-Local auto suppliers will hire hundreds of people in mid-Michigan in the coming weeks as they prepare to support a third shift at a GM assembly plant here. MORE

TOLUCA, Mexico-Chrysler will invest $550 million to build the Fiat 500 minicar at its assembly plant here. The new work will create 400 jobs. MORE

CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen has hired the first group of assemblers for its new manufacturing plant here. MORE

DETROIT-The first Chevy Volt is scheduled to roll off the assembly line Nov. 1. MORE

Nexus One: The Story is a video blog series. Episode four is called “Manufacturing” and it shows how the Nexus One is manufactured in the HTC Manufacturing Facility. MORE

SHANGHAI, China-GM expects it will need to build a new assembly plant in the near future in China to accommodate strong growth in the world’s largest auto market, but it will not be building a plant this year. The automaker sold a record 1.83 million vehicles in China in 2009. MORE

SAN ANTONIO-Toyota’s San Antonio truck plant is pushing back the date it will return production to two shifts on the assembly line to March 1 to allow more time for training. Production was slated to return to full swing on Feb. 22 for first time since the summer of 2008. MORE