DAYTON, OH-Test, metal-working and material handling equipment company Assembly & Test Worldwide Inc. (ATW) has acquired the intellectual assets of longtime machine builder Bodine Technology (Bridgeport, CT).

SPRINGFIELD, OH-Truck and engine maker Navistar International plans to channel work to Texas and Mexico. MORE

DETROIT-The strike is over, but the UAW still needs to sell its new General Motors agreement to rank and file workers. MORE

TUPELO, MS-Toyota Auto Body Co. has announced it will build a $200 million plant north of Tupelo, Mississippi to support production at the company’s new SUV assembly plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. MORE

DETROIT-The UAW and General Motors Corp. this morning reached a tentative agreement on a new, landmark contract for 74,000 autoworkers, ending the union's first nationwide strike against the automaker in 37 years. MORE

DETROIT-Retiree healthcare remained a sticking point as General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers began the seventh day of post-deadline bargaining. MORE

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Some 5,000 workers at the Volkswagen, Nissan and Renault factories in Brazil's southern Santa Catarina state went on strike to demand pay raises, a trade union said on Thursday. MORE

NEW YORK-U.S.-based toy giant Mattel Inc. has issued an apology to China over the recall of Chinese-made toys, taking the blame for design flaws and saying it had recalled more lead-tainted toys than justified. MORE

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-A work stoppage by metal workers has forced a number of automobile assembly plants to temporarily close their doors. MORE

BEIJING-Like its fellow EADS subsidiary Airbus, Eurocopter is considering assembling products in the same place it is hoping to win future sales. MORE