MUNICH—BBS Automation Group has acquired fellow systems integrator ixmation AG from Conzzeta AG.

LANSING, MI—General Motors Co.’s Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant will halt production for three weeks starting Aug. 18 due to lower than anticipated market demand for the luxury cars built there. Production is set to resume Sept. 8.

SEATTLE—Boeing has pushed some factory work on the 787 Dreamliner to the uncovered tarmac outside its assembly plant in Washington state in an effort to keep churning out the popular plane at a rate of one every three days. At the same time, at least 16 Italian-made fuselage sections for the 787 have stacked up in a Boeing hangar in Wichita, KS, rather than being shipped directly to the factory, a sign of changes in the production process.

PITTSBURGH—Siemens Rail Automation will expand its manufacturing and engineering operations here, in a move that will bring an additional 129 jobs.

SMYRNA, TN—Nissan’s assembly plant here is the top-producing automotive manufacturing plant in the North American industry so far this year. The plant’s two assembly lines have produced more than 334,000 vehicles.

WASHINGTON—New factory orders have risen in four of the past six months, up 1.1 percent in June. Since January, new orders for manufactured goods have increased 4.6 percent.

BURLINGTON, IA—CNH Industrial is investing $24 million to expand tractor production at its assembly plant here. This expansion will create approximately 50 full-time jobs.

MONTICELLO, IN—Three people were killed Tuesday morning in a shooting outside a furniture assembly plant here.

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, MI—Medbio Inc. will invest $3.39 million to expand its assembly plant here by a third and create 45 new jobs.

CHICAGO—Sciaky Inc. has received a purchase order from a major aerospace parts maker to provide an electron beam additive manufacturing system. The system will help the manufacturer save time and cost when producing large, high-value metal parts.