LINCOLN, NE—Kawasaki has been assembling parts for Boeing for more than 60 years, but earlier this month, it started making them in the U.S. for the first time. On May 1, Kawasaki began manufacturing cargo doors for Boeing’s new 777X jet at its assembly plant here, which already makes train cars, personal watercraft, ATVs and utility vehicles.

HOLDREGE, NE—Becton Dickinson & Co. is investing $100 million to expand its assembly plant here to make room for insulin syringe manufacturing.

KEARNEY, NE—Eaton Corp. could be fined $7,000 after an employee suffered acute kidney failure because of excessive heat in July while working inside the company’s auto parts assembly plant here.

LINCOLN, NE—For the third year in a row, industrial employment in Nebraska posted a gain, according to the 2014 Nebraska Manufacturers Register. The state gained 1,731 manufacturing jobs from July 2012 to July 2013 and is now home to 2,765 manufacturers employing 123,505 workers.

WAVERLY, NE—Valmont Industries Inc. plans to spend between $3.5 million and $4.5 million to renovate an old factory here to make irrigation equipment.