HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam-Computer chip manufacturer Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) will increase the size of the assembly and test facility it is building in Vietnam from 150,000 square feet to 500,000 square feet, in the process raising its total investment in the country to $1 billion.
MUNICH-Siemens VDO Automotive is acquiring 51 percent of automotive supplier AVTEL (Kuluga, Russia), a joint venture made up of the Russian companies Avtoelectronica and NPP ELCAR.
Worldwide sales of hybrid-electric vehicles will increase to 4 million units annually by 2015, according to a report by the market research firm The Freedonia Group Inc. (Cleveland).
PONTIAC, MI-The Detroit News is reporting that a robot killed a 46-year-old man by pulling him into some machinery at a press plant owned by automotive supplier HydroDynamic Technologies Inc.
ANN ARBOR, MI-The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) is now accepting nominations for the 2007 Engelberger Robotics Awards, to be presented in Rosemont, IL, during the 38th International Symposium on Robotics and International Robots & Vision Show, June 12-14, 2007.
SEOUL, South Korea-Kia Motors Corp. has begun construction on its first-ever U.S. manufacturing facility, in West Point, GA. The $1 billion automotive assembly plant is central to Kia's long-term plans to increase North American sales to around 650,000 vehicles by 2010.
ORLANDO, FL-After years at Chicago's Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA, Edina, MN) is moving its annual international conference and trade show to Orlando in 2007.
WASHINGTON-The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is praising a new certification program for skilled "production technicians" developed by the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC).
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