DETROIT-Ford Motor Co. has opened a new quality service center to support the introduction of the 2009 F-150 pickup. MORE

CHICAGO-Although problems remain, Boeing Co. says it will still deliver the first 787 Dreamliner aircraft for commercial service as scheduled in late 2008. MORE

SHELBYVILLE, TN-Recent developments in the field of “personal robots” has at least one commentator worried. MORE

WASHINGTON-A number of lawmakers are pushing the Department of Defense to purchase more F-22 Raptor fighters than it has already asked for. MORE

MCLEAN, VA-October U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $393.40 million, with spending for the first part of 2007 up 6.3 percent compared with 2006. MORE

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea's Kia Motors Corp. has opened a second plant in China as part of an ongoing effort to raise overseas production to more than one million vehicles a year by 2009. MORE

ANN ARBOR, MI-North American-based robotics suppliers posted gains of 33 percent in new orders to North American manufacturing companies in the first nine months of 2007. MORE

BEIJING-China has nearly completed assembly of its first ARJ21 regional jet, which it hopes will enter commercial service in 2009. MORE

AURORA, Ontario-Magna International Inc. will assemble BMW’s MINI Sports Activity Vehicle at the Magna Steyr plant in Austria. MORE

CHARLESTON, SC-Boeing Co. 's 787 will take at least four months more than expected to get off the ground, and Vought Aircraft Industries Inc., one of Boeing's major partners in the program, is a big reason why. MORE