DETROIT-As General Motors continues to wend its way toward a restructuring plan, it is clear that whatever happens, the company will be making economic history. MORE

MESA, AZ-SolFocus, a California-based solar energy company, has expanded its plant here. The facility has increased its capacity to make solar glass reflectors by 15 times. The new plant will make high-precision mirrored-glass reflectors that are used to concentrate sunlight on photovoltaic cells that produce electric current when exposed to sunlight. MORE

WARSAW, IN-Authorities say that police presence has been beefed up at a Zimmer Inc. assembly plant here, following a personnel matter involving a Zimmer employee. Sgt. Chad Hill, spokesman for the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, said Zimmer had to reprimand and suspend a worker. As a result of the personnel matter, his office was notified Monday afternoon and security remains heightened at the Building No. 19 facility, in the 1500 block of West Center Street. MORE

TOKYO-Although production remains lower at home and in the West, Honda continues to grow in China and Southeast Asia. MORE

NEW YORK-Americans by 2-1 think U.S. automaker bankruptcies would help rather than hurt the car industry, and relatively few say it would have a strong impact on their own car-buying intentions. MORE

DEVENS, MA-Responding to complaints lodged by residents, Evergreen Solar is trying to decrease the level of noise coming from its solar panel manufacturing facility here. The company began working on a solution as soon as it learned of the complaints, and noted that the process is ongoing as the company investigates the problem and tests various ways to reduce the noise. MORE

MOORESVILLE, NC-Battery manufacturer Superlattice Power Inc. has acquired equipment to develop advanced lithium-ion batteries and electrode materials. The advanced equipment will optimize manufacturing process variables for commercial production. MORE

AUBRUN HILLS-Chrysler cleared two major hurdles this past weekend by reaching a concession agreement with the United Auto Workers and winning ratification of a cost-cutting deal with the Canadian Auto Workers. MORE

DETROIT-General Motors Corp. plans to cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs along with its storied Pontiac brand. MORE

MINNETONKA, MN-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week warned St. Jude Medical Inc. that its catheter manufacturing facility here had been using non-conforming manufacturing practices. MORE