General Motors Corp. (Detroit) has named Mark Hogan, currently the president of e-GM, to the position of group vice president of advanced vehicle development.

The L.S. Starrett Co. (Athol, MA) has launched Starrett Calibration Services, a subsidiary to provide calibration of precision tools and gages.

Manufacturing workers in nonsupervisory roles are making more money this year than last.

General Motors Corp. (Detroit) is recalling 1.9 million passenger vehicles because of a potential problem in the steering column.

Antonio Sirano has been named the manager of quality assurance at Fala DM Group (Farmingdale, NY).

The American Society for Testing and Materials, a voluntary standards development organization, has changed its name to ASTM International.

It seems that things are getting a little brighter for the manufacturing sector.

Despite the economic outlook, U.S. manufacturing employees maintain confidence in the future of their companies.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (Tokyo) has lengthened total vehicle development time by 10 months to improve quality.

Edgar Cerda has been appointed technical sales engineer for ViTechnology LLC (Haverhill, MA).