DETROIT—Rapid growth in the aerospace industry could pose challenges for Michigan-based suppliers that are already plagued by capacity constraints.

MOBILE, AL—Airbus is seeking a final assembly line planner and a delivery planner for its assembly plant under construction here.

SEATTLE—Boeing and the University of Washington are taking their collaboration to greater heights with a new campus research center where doctoral engineering students, UW professors and Boeing engineers will work side by side on projects focused on automating aircraft assembly processes.

WENTZVILLE, MO—The hiring process is underway for 750 new workers at the General Motors assembly plant here.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy is expected to expand 3.1 percent in 2015, according to the National Association for Business Economics. It would be the first year of 3 percent growth since 2005.

CLEVELAND—Four North American assembly plants are among the six factories named as Industry Week magazine’s “Best Plants.” The six factories are Boston Scientific (Maple Grove, MN); Cessna Mexico (Chihuahua, Mexico); L.B. Foster Rail Technologies Corp. (Vancouver, BC); General Cable Corp. (Marion, IN); The Raymond Corp. (Greene, NY); and T&S Brass and Bronze Works (Travelers Rest, SC).

SUMNER, WA—GKN Aerospace will build a new assembly plant here, after winning a contract to build winglets for Boeing’s forthcoming 737 MAX. The facility will open in late 2015 and employ approximately 75 people at full production.

TORONTO—Auto parts manufacturer Linamar will invest $506.8 to build an R&D lab in Ontario, creating 1,200 jobs over the next 10 years.

WAYNE, MI—Saving the American auto industry was the right thing to do, President Obama told workers at the Ford assembly plant here last week, adding that the industry has created some 500,000 jobs over the past five years.

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Polaris Industries will manufacture off-road vehicles at a new 600,000-square-foot assembly plant here, creating up to 2,000 new jobs.