Openings & Expansions
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TrackerTracking the Inflation Reduction Act’s impact on US manufacturing
The landmark legislation has sparked a new wave of clean energy manufacturing. This database tracks major IRA-linked investments for projects in electric vehicles, solar and more on a monthly basis.
By Kate Magill , Julia Himmel • May 16, 2024 -
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Boviet Solar to open North Carolina solar panel factory
The Vietnam-based manufacturer will build its first North America facility for $294 million.
By Joelle Anselmo • May 14, 2024 -
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TrendlineTop 5 stories from Manufacturing Dive
Check out five of our biggest stories of 2024 so far, led by new investment in U.S. manufacturing against a fast-changing landscape.
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3M expands Nebraska protective equipment plant
The $67 million project will boost the manufacturer’s capacity to make reusable respirators and Peltor brand earmuffs.
By Sara Samora • May 14, 2024 -
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Ferrero unwraps first chocolate factory in North America
The Bloomington, Illinois, expansion will make major brands like Kinder, Ferrero Rocher, Butterfinger and Crunch.
By Joelle Anselmo • May 13, 2024 -
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Polar Semiconductor granted $120M in CHIPS funding
The investment will expand the chipmaker's Bloomington, Minnesota, facility and introduce new automation and AI technologies.
By Joelle Anselmo • May 13, 2024 -
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Joby breaks ground on expanded California facility
The Marina pilot line will more than double the air taxi maker’s yearly capacity, up to 24 planes.
By Sara Samora • May 7, 2024 -
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Daisy Brand to build $626 million Iowa dairy plant
The 750,000-square facility in Boone, Iowa, will initially employ more than 100 workers.
By Joelle Anselmo • May 6, 2024 -
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Boeing acquires GKN Aerospace Missouri facility, prevents shuttering
The company will transition the Hazelwood plant’s capabilities and operations to support its fighter jet programs.
By Sara Samora • May 6, 2024 -
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Honda supplier to build integrated battery separator plant in Canada
Asahi Kasei’s 180 billion yen ($1.2 billion) factory is part of a joint venture with the automaker.
By Sara Samora • May 3, 2024 -
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Ion Storage Systems’ opens solid-state battery factory in Maryland
The manufacturing startup is developing a portable battery for the U.S. Army, which it expects to deliver later this year.
By Sara Samora • May 1, 2024 -
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American Battery Technology Co. starts production at lithium hydroxide facility
The pilot project is demonstrating the battery company’s system to access lithium at its Tonopah Lithium Flats Project.
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Cleveland-Cliffs’ idled Weirton plant may soon support transformers
The former tinplate factory could be used to make grain-oriented electrical steel as the U.S. aims to boost its transformer supply chain.
By Joelle Anselmo • April 29, 2024 -
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Domino welcomes larger sugar shipments as Baltimore channels reopen
The sugar manufacturer is taking advantage of the 20-foot-deep channel at the Port of Baltimore.
By Kate Magill • April 25, 2024 -
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Sicona to build first US battery anode plant in Southeast
The company claims the expansion will make it the largest anode producer in the U.S., powering more than 3.25 million electric vehicles annually.
By Joelle Anselmo • April 24, 2024 -
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Eli Lilly to buy drug plant in Wisconsin
The former Nexus Pharmaceuticals facility could help the drugmaker better meet demand for injectable medicines.
By Delilah Alvarado • April 23, 2024 -
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Siemens, Eaton, Cummins among companies to receive 48C clean energy tax credits
Clean energy manufacturers received $1.9 billion so far under the Inflation Reduction Act-funded tax credit.
By Joelle Anselmo • April 23, 2024 -
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EV, battery projects lead clean energy manufacturing sector in March: E2
Last month showed over $2 billion in investments promising at least 1,660 jobs across five states.
By Joelle Anselmo • April 19, 2024 -
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Fujifilm invests $1.2B in North Carolina cell culture facility
The expansion will add to the company's upcoming site focused on antibody drug substance production.
By Kate Magill • April 17, 2024 -
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Samsung scores $6.4B in CHIPS funds
The money will aid the chipmaker's Texas manufacturing construction plans and help create at least 21,500 jobs.
By Kate Magill • April 15, 2024 -
Courtesy of Green Li-ion
Green Li-ion opens Oklahoma battery materials plant
The Atoka facility will process black mass, part of a wider push to create a circular U.S. battery supply chain.
By Kate Magill • April 11, 2024 -
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Purina opens first North Carolina factory
The Nestlé-owned brand is in the midst of a $2 billion U.S. manufacturing growth plan until 2025.
By Kate Magill • April 8, 2024 -
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TSMC awarded $6.6B in CHIPS funding
The chipmaker also announced plans for a third semiconductor factory in Phoenix as part of an advanced manufacturing hub.
By Kate Magill • April 8, 2024 -
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SK Hynix to build $4B chip packaging fab in Indiana
The facility at Purdue University will focus on advanced packaging for AI products beginning in 2028.
By Joelle Anselmo • April 4, 2024 -
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Cement maker nabs Energy Department funds
Sublime Systems will build the low-carbon plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
By Julie Strupp • March 28, 2024 -
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Schott Pharma to build $371M syringe factory
The North Carolina plant is part of the company's effort to triple its U.S. supply of glass and polymer syringes used in GLP-1 therapies by 2030.
By Joelle Anselmo • March 26, 2024
