WATERTOWN, NY-Northland Motor Technologies has moved assembly jobs from Mexico back to its manufacturing site here. The company hired approximately 30 assemblers in Watertown after its manufacturing plant in Juarez, Mexico, was destroyed in a fire May 3. MORE

NEW DELHI, India-Magna Seating, a subsidiary of Magna International Inc., is joining forces with India’s Krishna Group to assembly automotive seats and seat mechanisms in India’s Pune region. MORE

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea-Police commandos have had to descend from helicopters onto the roofs of a Ssangyong auto plant to evict workers protesting planned cuts at the company. MORE

BRAMPTON, ON-Chrysler Canada will build a new paint shop for its assembly plant here this fall. The investment could total more than $600 million. MORE

WASHINGTON-Construction spending rose for the second time in three months in June as residential building increased, fresh evidence that the battered housing sector may be recovering. MORE

SAVANNAH, GA-About 2,200 workers at Gulfstream Aerospace are back on the job in Savannah after a month-long furlough. MORE

AUBURN HILLS, MI-Ford Motor Co.’s Chicago assembly plant has begun production of the company’s 2010 Taurus model. MORE

TEMPLE, TX-An executive vice president for Delta Centrifugal Corp. said he is “livid” with the railroad company whose trains sandwiched a fire truck between two rail crossings and cost firefighters precious time reaching a fire at his manufacturing facility here last week. MORE

NEW YORK-A private-sector measure of U.S. manufacturing activity declined last month at the slowest pace since August. Production jumped to its highest level in more than two years as manufacturers worked to restock customers’ bare shelves, another sign that the recession may soon be over. MORE

YORK, PA-Thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts recently gathered to persuade Harley-Davidson not to close its plant in Springettsbury Township. MORE