SALEM, OR-Sanyo North America plans to invest $80 million in a facility to build solar wafers beginning in 2009. MORE

TIANJIN, China-After months of preparations, Airbus (Toulouse, France) has begun operations at its first final assembly line outside of Europe. MORE

ALLISTON, Ontario-Honda of Canada Mfg. has opened a new $154 million facility to build fuel-efficient four-cylinder engines for its Civic product line. MORE

FLINT, MI-General Motors Corp. is investing $370 million in a new plant to build fuel-efficient four cylinder engines. MORE

MELBOURNE, FL-The new Embraer aircraft assembly plant in Brevard County, FL, likely will hold a groundbreaking ceremony in December. The plant, which will cost $41 million, will perform the final assembly of two types of business jets. The company plans to hire at least 200 workers for the operation. MORE

OAK HARBOR, OH-An Ohio manufacturer specializing in stainless steel sheet metal fabrications has installed an array of solar panels on its roof. The 13.4-kilowatt array on the roof of the site's 756,000 square-foot manufacturing plant is expected to produce approximately 14,900 kilowatt-hours of electricity for at least the next 25 years. MORE

WICHITA, KS-Sedgwick County is giving Cessna $5 million to help the company build a new airplane assembly plant. MORE

GRAND ISLAND, NE-Both Muslim and non-Muslin workers are walking off the job due to a dispute over prayer breaks. MORE

GEORGETOWN, KY-Workers from Toyota's Georgetown plant recently spent a number of days in Ohio frantically working to keep operations running at key suppliers that lost power as the remnants of Hurricane Ike swept through. MORE

WASHINGTON-A growing number of American manufacturers seem to be profiting from an anti-outsourcing backlash. MORE