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).

Torrmetal Inc. (Cleveland) has achieved ISO 9002 registration.

GE Fanuc (Charlottesville, VA) has been selected by Nissan North America to provide the company with a manufacturing execution system (MES).