BROOKLYN, NY—Nanotronics, a science technology company, last week celebrated the opening of its flagship manufacturing center here, located in the Navy Yard's historic Building 20, a 150-year-old former shipbuilding factory.

MESA, AZ--Apple Inc. is seeking permission to conduct high-tech manufacturing and to build data-center server gear in a facility here, according to a notice published last week by the US federal government. A notification published in the Federal Register on Jan. 16 said Apple was looking for approval from the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to produce "finished products" in a special zone that exempts it from customs duty payments.