HONG KONG-Chinese automaker Geely Automobile Holdings has signed a contract to try to sell up to 1.5 billion worth of cars in Russia over the next 5 years. MORE

WILLIAMSTOWN, WV-Hino Motors’ new truck assembly plant in West Virginia is now operating at full capacity. MORE

ZURICH, Switzerland-Swiss watchmakers are boosting production capacity as the global demand for luxury goods continues to grow. MORE

DEARBORN-Ford Motor Co. has elected to not build a new plant in northern Mexico in the interest of preserving jobs in the United States. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-Ford Motor Co. has agreed to sell the Saline, MI, plant where it manufactures door and instrument panels to Johnson Controls. MORE

HAMBURG, Germany-A new generation of robots will know better than to injure their human operators. MORE

MONTREAL-The surge in the Canadian dollar and changes in UAW wage’s in the United States promise major changes for manufacturers north of the border. MORE

DETROIT-"This was the year which was going to make or break Detroit," says John Casesa, managing partner of the Casesa Shapiro Group (New York). "These two sides came together and did something constructive. Without this accomplishment, nothing else would matter." MORE

MONTREAL-If it's cheaper to ship cars from halfway around the world than to send them over the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor and Detroit, then something is wrong, says the Canadian Ambassador to the United States. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-The last of the Big Three automakers now has a contract that gives it the labor flexibility it needs to take on foreign competitors. MORE