MANUFACTURING

Recent growth in manufacturing is at risk now as sequestration laws go into effect.

Mexico's manufacturing boom continued with Superior Industries International announcing a factory in the nation.

Lithium-ion batteries aren't just for consumer gadgets anymore. The global market could nearly double by 2016 to $22.5 billion.

It looks like the head of Titan International has a point when he says French workers don't produce enough.

The Beemers will be recalled for two separate reasons, one centered on the braking system, the other centered on the electrical system.

The world's biggest maker of heavy farm equipment beat expectations as farmers prepare for a big corn planting.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) said the first half of 2013 will not be as prosperous as a year earlier.

A strict new policy limiting toilet time at a factory led to a hostage situation in Shanghai.

The pharmaceutical industry is grappling with diminishing R&D productivity -- exemplified by a drop in revenue per new drug approval.

Encouraged by stronger economic indicators and outlook, U.S. multinational companies are speeding up their China expansion plans.

For more than 3,000 years, traditional Chinese medicine has been an integral part of Chinese culture and the predominant medical treatment for a large part of the population.

Driving to become the world's largest automaker by the end of this decade, Volkswagen AG said Friday it plans to make €50.2 billion ($64.7 billion) in strategic investments during the next three years.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) Chairman and CEO David B. Speer died at the age of 61 after an illness, the company announced Sunday. He was 61.

The sharp slump in output will bolster calls for an interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of India to perk up the economy.

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) is shaking up its defense division in response to dwindling defense spending in the U.S.

Pharmaceutical companies are still struggling with a steep "patent cliff," as multiple blockbusters lose their patent protections.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) lowered its profit and revenue projection for 2012 on weaker-than-expected global economy.

Caterpillar is expected to report higher third-quarter earnings Monday, despite a challenging economic environment.

The World Trade Organization forbade China Thursday to impose duties on certain U.S. steel exports, in a case affecting Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) was awarded a contract worth $489.53 million to begin purchasing parts, materials, and components for a seventh batch of 35 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter planes, the U.S. Defense Department announced Friday.

The U.S. had been losing industrial jobs to low-cost countries, particularly in Asia, for years, but its manufacturing sector appears to be staging a surprising turnaround. In 2009, manufacturing accounted for about 11 percent of U.S. gross domestic product; in 2011, the comparable figure was 12.2 percent.

China has blocked purchases of Airbus planes by Chinese companies in reaction to a controversial European carbon tax, the CEO of Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co. NV (Paris: EAD) said Thursday.

Diversified, industrial giant General Electric (GE) continues to show impressive order growth in emerging markets -- and that bodes well for the global economy in 2012 and for GE's stock.