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PORTLAND, OR—SoloPower is looking to hire 90 people to work at its new solar panel assembly plant here. Eventually, the company hopes to employ approximately 450 people.

BEIJING—A television reporter for ABC News was granted unrestricted access to Foxconn’s assembly lines. The contract manufacturer, which counts Apple and Dell among its customers, has faced scrutiny over working conditions at its factories.

EXETER, NH—Cobham Sensor Systems is adding 105,000 square feet to its assembly plant here, creating 120 new jobs.

FREMONT, CA—Before LEDs can be as cost-efficient as incandescent or fluorescent lighting, engineers must solve the problem of “efficiency droop.”

BEIJING—Apple supplier Foxconn Technology has raised wages for its assembly line workers in China by 16 percent to 25 percent.

MONTGOMERY, AL—Hyundai Power Transformers has opened a new $108 million assembly plant here.

SHANGHAI—After an online tip, an inspection of an electronics factory in Suzhou, China, found more than 10 children working there.

BEIJING—Apple and the Fair Labor Association will be inspecting Foxconn’s assembly plants throughout China next week, following widespread protests over working conditions at the Chinese contract manufacturer.

KYLE, TX—Image Microsystems plans to build a new factory here to turn electronic waste into substrate material for street and highway signs. The plant could create more than 180 jobs in the next two years.