BENTON HARBOR, MI—As part of a commitment to sustainable operations, Whirlpool Corp. has achieved zero waste to landfill status at the gold or platinum level at all of its large manufacturing sites worldwide.

LINCOLN, AL—Honda Motor Co. opened what it calls a first-of-its-kind post-production option factory near its assembly plant here.

MONTERREY, Mexico—Luminar has opened a new highly automated, high-volume assembly plant here. The factory is dedicated to producing the company’s Iris automotive lidar sensors.

ARDEN HILLS, MN—Zeus, a South Carolina-based polymer company intent on growing its medical technology division, will build a new assembly plant here to produce vascular catheters. The 76,000-square-foot factory is expected to create 100 jobs.

LEXINGTON, NC—Siemens Mobility, the largest manufacturer of passenger train cars in the U.S., will build a $220 million advanced manufacturing and rail services facility here. The factory will create more than 500 new jobs.

CARROLLTON, TX—Siemens has opened a new assembly plant here to produce chargers for electric vehicles. The company’s second EV charger manufacturing hub in the U.S., the factory will help the company meet its goal of producing 1 million EV chargers for the U.S. market. 

SEOUL—Hyundai Motor Group and a coalition of aerospace partners has started building a prototype for an autonomous vehicle to explore the surface of the moon.

DANIELSON, CT—SPIROL has acquired Ford Aerospace Ltd. of South Shields, UK.

PORTLAND—Next month’s Formula E race here will be sponsored by Southwire Co., a leading supplier of cable, wire and electrical components.

SEOUL—General Motors Co. and Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion to build a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States that is targeted to begin operations in 2026.