BOCA RATON, FL-Pure H2O Bio-Technologies Inc. has secured financing to construct a new assembly plant in Blairsville, GA. MORE

GREENSBORO, NC-Despite sagging auto sales for its parent company, Honda Aircraft Co. is on track to begin building the assembly plant for its HondaJet plane this summer. MORE

HIGHLAND, NY-Prism Solar Technologies Inc. has acquired a new manufacturing site here. The site includes 6.5 acres of land and a 93,000 square-foot manufacturing building. The facility will ultimately produce 60 megawatts of solar modules per year for the U.S. market and 1,000 megawatts of film for sale to other solar module manufacturers. MORE

DETROIT-The U.S. government says a GM or Chrysler bankruptcy could be fast and clean, but bankruptcy has also been described by those who have been forced to pass through it as a world of pain and regret. MORE

PUNE, India-Volkswagen has inaugurated a new plant in India that will employ around 2,500. MORE

KINGSTON, ON-A manufacturer of solar panels plans to create a $500 million, high-tech assembly facility here. Everbrite Solar, a subsidiary of an electrical contracting firm headquartered in Toronto, said the factory will use robots to construct thin-film solar modules. MORE

EAST COUNTY, CA-A fire broke out at an assembly plant near El Cajon, CA, that produces metal orthopedic implants. The fire occurred March 18 at Precision Metal Products in its 92,000-square-foot production building. The cause was still being investigated yesterday, but it appeared to be accidental. Dozens of workers were evacuated, but no one was injured. MORE

CLARKSVILLE, TN-Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. broke ground this month for a new factory valued at up to $1.2 billion. The factory will produce polycrystalline silicon used in computer chips and solar panels. MORE

DETROIT-Many assembly line autoworkers are angry with the Obama administration, saying it treats the people who work in the nation’s factories differently than the millionaires on Wall Street. MORE

HILLSBORO, OR-Five months after the grand opening of North America’s biggest solar manufacturing plant here, the SolarWorld group will begin constructing a new, adjacent facility. Dedicated to logistics, distribution and production, the building will measure about 210,000 square feet, increasing the site's plant space by 44 percent. MORE