AUSTIN, TX— BAE Systems has completed construction of a new assembly plant here. The factory will produce electronic assemblies for military applications.

MALTA, NY—Of all the places in the world to locate a new microchip factory, Global Foundries chose a small town in New York. Find out why.

MERIDIAN, ID—Electronics assembler Computrol Inc. has installed a new selective solder system at its assembly plant here.

HOWARD COUNTY, MD—ELTA North America, a manufacturer of electronics for defense applications, will open a new assembly plant here, creating 100 high-skilled jobs.

DRACHTEN, Netherlands—Philips Electronics has installed a flexible, robotic assembly line to produce electric shavers.

WALTHAM, MA—Excelitas Technologies has implemented a state-of-the-art high-speed automated assembly system to produce laser irradiance detectors.

ATLANTA—Germany-based Ritz Instrument Transformers plans to expand the company’s product line with a $1 million dollar investment at its Hart County, Georgia, assembly plant. The expansion will create some 50 new jobs.

BEIJING—American Public Media’s Marketplace has been allowed to shoot a short news clip showing the process of iPads being assembled at Foxconn’s Longhua facility in Shenzhen, China.

TROY, MI—Viper Networks Inc. and three joint-venture partners will build an LED assembly plant in Washington, DC.

HUDSON, MA—A former Intel engineer has pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of data from the chip giant before leaving the company for a competitor.