LIAONING, China-New $1 billion facility will include production facilities, engine assembly plants, a block factory and facilities for molding and forging by the first half of 2008. MORE
LONDON-A parliamentary committee is warning British automakers that they need to bolster research and development spending if they want to remain competitive. MORE
WASHINGTON-Work and the workplace have gone through enormous changes between the mid-19th century, when 60 percent of Americans made their living as farmers, and the late 20th century. A new traveling exhibition, “The Way We Worked,” features 86 photographs from the National Archives focusing on the history of work in America and documenting work clothing, locales, conditions and conflicts.
BEIJING-China-based Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. says it hope to double domestic production by 2008 to 600,000 as well as establish assembly plants in Europe, America and Africa. MORE
ESPOO, Finland-Mobile phone maker Nokia plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Cluj, Romania, to tap into growing demand for mobile devices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
TAEJON, South Korea-Engineers at the Humanoid Robot Research Center built a prototype HUBO-FX1, a “robotic chair” that is equipped with a pair of an capable of carrying a person or a load of more than 200 pounds.