BELMONT, CA—Earlier this month, Volkswagen rolled out its Type 20 concept microbus at its Engineering Center California. The vehicle features parts from the past, as well as those made with AI design software.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—GreenPower Motor Co. Inc., a designer, manufacturer, and distributer of all-electric buses, has announced it achieved a revenue of $6.1 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, an increase of 73 percent over the previous year, and the largest in the company’s history.

JACKSONVILLE, FL—Only four months after JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. opened its solar photovoltaic manufacturing facility here, the company has received the Intersolar Award 2019 in the photovoltaics category.

MARTORELL, Spain—Engineers at a car factory here are using drones to deliver parts to an assembly line. The autonomous aircraft are currently used to transport air bags and steering wheels.

PALO ALTO, CA—Engineers at Tesla Inc. have developed a new wiring architecture that enables more robot automation in the manufacturing process and uses fewer materials.

LONDON—During the past decade, collaborative robots have taken the manufacturing world by storm. ABI Research predicts that the human friendly machines will generate $6 billion in annual revenue by 2027.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL—OneWeb officially opened a high-tech factory near the Kennedy Space Center Monday designed to produce two internet-delivery satellites per day.

ORRVILLE, OH—Morgan Truck Body, a manufacturer of light- and medium-duty truck bodies, is opening a new manufacturing facility here with the capability to produce a combined 4,000 dry freight and refrigerated truck bodies for retail and fleet customers annually. Morgan expects to employ 140 team members at the facility.

GARDENA, CA—Faced with a slowdown in business and rising production costs, furniture maker Jonathan Louis International Ltd. plans to terminate the night shift at its two manufacturing and assembly facilities here, a move that will result in 329 layoffs.

WASHINGTON, DC—Ahead of its 125th anniversary and the 2020 elections, the National Association of Manufacturers recenty announced a member-driven campaign to raise at least $10 million for the newly established “Creators Wanted Fund” to inspire and drive 600,000 Americans to pursue careers in modern manufacturing within the next six years.