MILWAUKEE-More and more Wisconsin businesses have adopted the lean disciplines that carried Toyota to the top of the automotive world. Kondex Corp. in Lomira, WI, is an example. At one point in the tour through its thoroughly organized factory, CEO Jim Wessing and Vice President of Manufacturing Brian Bloczynski pointed to a skid of hard steel blades and remarked that Kondex had taken the work away from a competitor in low-cost India. MORE

MANISTEE, MI-Mariah Power has begun production of small “vertical-axis” wind generators in a former automotive plant in northern Michigan. MORE

NEW DEHLI-Renault is delaying its entry into the Indian market until economic conditions improve. MORE

REDWOOD SHORES, CA-Business software giant Oracle Corp. is entering the computer hardware market through the purchase of Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion. MORE

TIFTON, GA-Heatcraft Refrigeration Products has opened an additional manufacturing plant next to its current location here. The new plant significantly expands the company’s production capabilities. An additional 200 jobs will be brought to Tifton as a result of the expansion. MORE

CHICAGO-Fourteen hundred workers at the Ford assembly plant here returned to work Monday morning after a three-week furlough. The Torrance Avenue plant assembles the Ford Taurus, Mercury Sable and Lincoln MKS. MORE

DETROIT-Despite its woes back home, General Motors is strongly considering building a new plant in China to tap into growing demand in the region. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-A study is showing that after years of talk, Ford Motor Co. is truly making good on its promise to increase product quality. MORE

NEW DEHLI, India-Hero Honda Motors Ltd., India’s biggest motorcycle maker, expects sales this year to climb 7.5 percent to a record as it boosts output to meet demand from the country’s growing middle class. MORE

CHICAGO-Boeing continues to set records with its successful 737 jetliner, recently delivering No. 6,000, with more than 2,000 more orders on the books. MORE