BENTON HARBOR, MI—Whirlpool Corp. plans to invest $14 million to build wind turbines at its assembly plants in Marion and Ottawa, OH.

EVERETT, WA—Boeing’s new $1 billion factory here features state-of-the-art automation that will be used to build wings for the next-generation 777X jetliner.

WARREN, MI—General Motors engineers have developed a technique to join steel to aluminum with resistance spot welding.

BELVIDERE, IL—An online card game is motivating FCA assemblers here to reduce energy consumption.

TEHRAN, IRAN--Tata Motors is talking to Iran Khodro Company for a joint venture to assemble knocked-down units of the petrol versions of its models, including the latest compact car Tiago, Bolt and Zest, say sources here. All three models are powered by the company’s new Revotron petrol engines.

FRANKFURT, Germany—Midea Group, a Chinese home appliance manufacturer, wants to acquire Kuka AG for $5 billion.

GOODWOOD, England—A few lucky customers who purchase a Phantom Drophead Coupe will get a special memento: a piece of the Rolls-Royce assembly line.

PALO ALTO, CA—In the early 1970s, Hewlett-Packard created a stir when it launched the handheld calculator. Now, it hopes to do the same with industrial 3D printers