SHENZHEN, China—Foxconn, which was plagued by worker suicides a few years ago, has denied a report that a female employee jumped from the roof of one of its assembly plants here last week.

NORDLINGEN, Germany—Six-axis robots and a rotary indexing table are the heart of a high-speed automated assembly system that produces 200,000 automotive sensors daily.

AUBURN HILLS, MI—Chrysler sold 171,606 units in March, a 5 percent increase compared with sales in March 2012 and the automaker’s best monthly total since December 2007.

FOUNTAIN INN, SC—Bosch Rexroth is investing $80 million over five years to expand production at its hydraulics assembly plant here.

NEW YORK—In a move to attract the next generation into manufacturing, ThomasNet has launched the North American Manufacturing Scholarship Program. Up to 30 graduating high school seniors with an interest in manufacturing careers will each receive a $1,000 scholarship to pursue studies at a two-year or four-year college, or a vocational-technical school.

DETROIT—Last summer, watchmaker Shinola opened a new assemble plant here with just 14 employees. Today, the company has 25 workers and is planning to hire 10 more in the next few months.

WASHINGTON—New orders for durable goods increased $12.4 billion or 5.7 percent in February to $232.1 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday. Orders have increased five of the past six months.

WASHINGTON—Medical device manufacturers scored a political victory when the Senate voted in a nonbinding resolution to repeal a new device tax.

SANTA CLARA, CA—Google plans to assemble its wearable computer, Google Glass, here with the help of Taiwan’s Foxconn.

SAN JOSE, CA—Contract manufacturer Bestronics has opened a new, 71,000-square-foot electronics assembly plant here.