OLD FORGE, PA-Commonwealth Energy Group plans to invest $7.6 million to establish an assembly plant for energy-efficient light fixtures at an existing building here. The company expects to create 240 jobs over the next three years. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-Ford Motor Co. is boosting production at its plants in Dagenham and Bridgend in response to demand triggered by European scrappage incentive schemes. MORE

TORONTO-Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Co. is considering building a plant in North America in response to strong demand for its automobiles. MORE

FOND DU LAC, WI-Mercury Marine won overwhelming approval from the Fond du Lac County Board on Wednesday night for a $50 million, publicly financed loan-a key incentive in what appears will be a successful effort to keep the big employer in town. The outboard-motor manufacturer won't have to repay about $9 million of the low-interest loan if it maintains its current local workforce for 12 years. If the company adds employees, millions more could be forgiven. MORE

MORENO VALLEY, CA-A company that will assemble electric vehicles at a factory here could ultimately employ as many as 2,000 people. For now, South Korean CT&T United will hire about 120 workers to assemble battery-powered vehicles at MVP RV’s factory in Southern California. The first electric cars are expected to roll out in January. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-Ford Motor Company's idled Wixom Assembly Plant will be redeveloped into one of the nation's largest renewable energy manufacturing centers. MORE

CHARLESTON, SC-Workers at a Boeing Co. plant in South Carolina have voted against continued representation by a union as the company considers the plant for a second assembly line for its new 787 jetliner. MORE

AUBURN HILLS, MI-Chrysler plans to ramp up a second shift at the Belvidere, IL, plant where it assembles the fuel-efficient Dodge Caliber. MORE

WASHINGTON-President Obama plans to make a speech at General Motors Co.'s assembly plant in Lordstown, OH, next week, his first visit to a U.S. auto plant as president. MORE

TOPEKA-Kansas leaders have approved $5 million in bonds to help build a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Hutchinson. The State Finance Council last week approved the deal with Germany-based Siemens Energy. The company chose Hutchinson, KS, as the site of its first U.S. factory that will produce the electricity-generating parts of the turbine. MORE