Thierry Gardere is the fourth generation owner and manager of the Rhum Barbancourt factory in Port au Prince.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

The present generation of factory robots is akin to early mainframe computers in offices, reckons Rodney Brooks, a co-founder of iRobot, an American firm whose products include the Roomba, a robotic vacuum-cleaner, as well as military robots.

ECONOMIST: Automation

Another interesting play is FuelCell Energy (nasdaq: FCEL - news - people ), whose main business is fuel cells for stationary power generation, such as in a factory or large building.

FORBES: Fueling Speculation

Chrysler is currently adding 1, 100 jobs at its Toledo, Ohio, Jeep factory to prepare for the launch of the next-generation Jeep Liberty.

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