SEATTLE—The governors of Utah, Missouri and Montana on Tuesday urged Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking machinists to end a nearly seven-week-old strike, citing the impact to their states and the planemaker’s suppliers.

GUANGZHOU, China—XPENG AEROHT has officially broken ground on a groundbreaking flying car manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, China, marking the world's first plant to implement advanced assembly line processes for large-scale flying car production.

SEATTLE—Factory workers represented by the International Association of Machinists have voted to reject Boeing’s latest contract offer and continue their strike, which has now lasted more than five weeks.

OLDSMAR, FL—Performance Feeders Inc. has designed a vibratory bowl feeder, 30 inches in diameter, to supply three different cylindrical plastic parts for a medical device.

CHARLOTTE, NC—Medical Murray, a contract manufacturer of class II and III medical devices, is expanding its assembly plant here from 35,000 to 55,000 square feet. This expansion will support increasing global demand for Class III transcatheter implant devices and provide additional Class 7 clean room space.

The award-winning seat design re-envisions the manufacture and component materials to introduce a lighter, circular product that meets the demands of large-scale vehicle production.

SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden—Scania AB, a leading European manufacturer of trucks and buses, is installing remanufactured gearboxes in new vehicles at its flagship assembly plant here.

LANSING, MI—Able Medical Devices, a Marquette-based medical device manufacturer, is expanding its operations in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

The goal of the initiative is to foster the next generation of skilled professionals in advanced manufacturing and automation.

WASHINGTON—From Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board received 3,286 union election petitions, up 27 percent since FY 2023, when the agency received 2,593 petitions. This is more than double the number of petitions received since FY 2021, when the NLRB received 1,638 petitions.