CIBOLO, TX—AW Texas Inc. broke ground Monday on a 159-acre automatic transmission plant to be built here. Upon completion, the new plant will provide capital investments up to $400 million and bring approximately 900 new jobs to the area over the next five years.

COEUR d'ALENE, ID–KORE Power, a developer of high-density, high-voltage energy storage solutions, recently announced its intention to build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in the U.S. to support global growth efforts for its Mark 1 Energy Storage System. The new facility will create 2,000 U.S.-based manufacturing jobs.

MILAN, Italy—Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Peugeot maker PSA Group of France agreed last week to merge in a deal that creates one of the world’s largest auto makers by volume with a market value of $48.4 billion.

OYSTER BAY, NY--According to a report by ABI Research, the total installed base of AI-enabled devices in the manufacturing sector will reach 15 million in 2024.

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an army of tiny robots that can assemble large lattice structures, such as aircraft fuselages or wings.

ACTON, MA--CAMI Research Inc.  and Doyle Manufacturing Inc. have formed a strategic partnership to market the popular CableEye test system.

MACEDONIA, OH--TPC Wire & Cable Corp. has acquired Cicoil LLC., a leading manufacturer of flat cable and cable assemblies based in Valencia, CA.

EVERETT, WA—Boeing has begun assembling KC-46A refueling aircraft for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at its 767 production facility here.

BERWYN, PA—Triumph Group Inc. has announced a definitive agreement to sell its Nashville-based assembly operations to an affiliate of TECT Aerospace.

DETROIT—The longest nationwide strike against General Motors in half a century ended last Friday after a solid majority of the company’s union members delivered their support for the four-year contract hammered out by their leaders.