PLATTSBURGH, NY-A Canadian bus manufacturer is reportedly considering building an assembly plant in upstate New York. MORE

BEIJING-China’s two main aircraft groups, Avic I and Avic II, plan to spend $8 billion developing a 150-seat commercial aircraft. MORE

LORDSTOWN, OH-High demand is prompting General Motors Corp. to increase production at the plant where it manufactures the Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5. MORE

WOODSTOCK, Ontario-Toyota Motor Corp. is delaying the start of production at its assembly plant in Woodstock for several weeks to make sure the vehicles it produces meet high quality standards. MORE

SHANGHAI-Officials are saying disruptions caused by fierce winter weather in China should be short-lived and annual manufacturing output is unlikely to be affected. MORE

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Ford Motor Co. plans to invest more than $200 million in its South African facilities to expand production of the company’s next-generation compact pickup truck and the Puma diesel engine. MORE

SYRACUSE, NY-German-based compressor manufacturer Bitzer Scroll plans to open an assembly facility employing some 290 people in upstate New York. MORE

NEW YORK-The robotic tooling, work-holding and flexible industrial automation solutions company DE-STA-CO has acquired drives and conveyor manufacturer Industrial Motion Control LLC. MORE

DETROIT-Chrysler is offering buyout or early retirement packages to every one of the UAW workers at its Detroit-area plants in an effort to cut up to 10,000 hourly jobs. MORE

KIRKLAND, WA-Kenworth Truck Co. is teaming up with Westport Innovations Inc. to produce environmentally friendly truck that run on liquefied natural gas. MORE