AMBERG, Germany—Siemens’ electronics assembly plant here exemplifies the factory of the future: Smart machines collaborate with each other. Defects, downtime, waste and waiting are not issues. Plant managers and CIOs work together to create a seamless blend of data and production.

DETROIT—The recovery of the U.S. auto market, which produced big earnings for the U.S. Big Three, has also been a boon for Germany’s big three—Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen.

TROY, MI—With manufacturing supply chains spanning the globe, the opportunities for corruption have increased, warns a new study by Grant Thornton and World Trade 100 magazine.

LAFAYETTE, GA—The Georgia Department of Labor will help Roper Corp. fill approximately 80 temporary production jobs at its assembly plant here. Roper manufactures kitchen stoves and microwaves.

NEW YORK—More than half of manufacturing executives report that supply chain disruptions have become more costly over the past three years, and 45 percent think their supply chain risk management programs are only somewhat effective or not effective at all, according to a new survey by Deloitte Consulting.

PICKERING, ON—Siemens Canada has opened a new, 19,000-square-foot assembly plant here to make oil-insulated instrument transformers.

VERONA, VA—HVAC manufacturer McQuay International is investing more than $9 million to expand its assembly plant here. The company is expected to hire 50 additional workers.

WARREN, MI—Chrysler is on track to build more than 300,000 Ram 1500 pickups at its assembly plant here this year—the most in the plant’s history.

SANTA MONICA, CA—The global supply of 14 critical raw materials is concentrated in countries with weak governance, leaving U.S. manufacturers vulnerable to shortages and putting them at a competitive disadvantage, a new report warns.

MADISON, WI—Sixty-nine percent of control system integrators expect revenue growth this year, and a quarter of those look for gains of 15 percent or more, according to a new survey.