Labor Department data is adjusted for seasonal labor shifts, like summer auto-plant shutdowns, and receives a number of revisions before a final number is tallied.

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After touring the Linamar Corporation auto-parts plant, the President cited the significant role manufacturing plays in a thriving economy.

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Ford is turning paint fumes--the scourge of any auto manufacturing plant--into clean electricity.

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Fisker was supposed to be producing cars this year at an old General Motors-United Auto Workers plant in Delaware.

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The President -- just last week at an auto plant outside of Chicago that makes the Explorer that will be exported to 90 countries.

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The deal called for the two companies to reopen Fremont, re-hired United Auto Workers members, and run the plant under the Toyota Production System.

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Today it's not uncommon for suppliers to build large chunks of an automobile--a complete dashboard or a front-end module, say--at their own factories, then ship them to the auto plant for final assembly.

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Kentucky Truck, the largest auto assembly plant in the US and the home of the Ford F-Series, ran tight over the summer to keep up with demand and from the looks of it Ford dealers will still be running short on trucks.

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Is there anything like that that you can preview for us about why they chose -- why you chose that plant and what in terms of the auto piece is going to come out of the state visit?

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Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) can't afford any mistakes as it challenges a work force that had never seen the inside of an auto factory to launch five models in less than a year at one new plant--an unprecedented schedule for any North American automaker.

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