Openings & Expansions: Page 21

  • Overhead view of two children's lunch boxes open on a wooden table, containing a variety of food items and packages of Smucker's Uncrustables Bites inside, with product boxes lying between them.
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    JM Smucker to build R&D center for Uncrustables

    The 29,000-square-foot facility will test product innovation concepts and new manufacturing productivity efforts.

    By Megan Poinski • Dec. 12, 2022
  • A rendering shows a planned Ascend Elements EV battery recycling plant.
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    Courtesy of Turner Construction
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    Turner teams up on $1B EV battery recycling plant

    The country’s largest contractor partnered with Kokosing Industrial and SSOE Group to win the 500,000-square-foot design-build project in Kentucky. 

    By Joe Bousquin • Dec. 9, 2022
  • Ultium Cells manufacturing facility in Tennessee.
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    Courtesy of Ultium Cells.

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    Ultium Cells eyes 40% production boost at planned Tennessee plant with new investment

    The $275 million project is an addition to the $2.3 billion facility announced in April 2021, which is still under construction.

    By • Dec. 8, 2022
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    Courtesy of BMW Group
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    BMW battery supplier invests $810M in gigafactory to support new EV production

    Envision AESC will produce lithium-ion batteries designed specifically for BMW’s sixth-generation electric vehicles. 

    By • Dec. 8, 2022
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    Courtesy of Enel
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    Q&A

    What Enel has planned for its US solar manufacturing

    The company is currently considering sites in the Midwest for its international expansion.

    By • Dec. 7, 2022
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    Courtesy of AstraZeneca

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    AstraZeneca to sell Ohio facility, contract biomanufacturer

    Startup National Resilience will produce some medications for the pharmaceutical giant as part of a long-term supply agreement.

    By • Dec. 5, 2022
  • Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant Builds Explorers, Police Interceptors, And Lincoln Aviators
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    The top 8 manufacturing stories so far

    Here's a look at some of the major stories and priorities capturing the industry.

    By • Dec. 1, 2022
  • A rendering shows plans for two new leading-edge Intel processor factories in Licking County, Ohio.
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    Courtesy of Intel
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    Intel semiconductor project gets contractor for $20B facility

    Phase 1 of the project entails building across 2.5 million square feet of facility. 

    By Matthew Thibault • Nov. 30, 2022
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    Perrigo buys Nestle assets with plan to expand US baby formula production

    The manufacturer is spending $170 million to add capacity after struggling to meet demand amid formula shortages.

    By • Nov. 28, 2022
  • A polymers plant positioned near the Ohio river.
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    Courtesy of Shell
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    Shell opens new polymer plant in Pennsylvania

    The complex, which has been a decade in the making, will produce up to 3.5 billion pounds of plastic per year.

    By • Nov. 23, 2022
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    Courtesy of Solar Panel Inc.

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    First Solar invests $1.1B in Alabama solar module plant

    The $1.1 billion facility will focus on making photovoltaic units to support U.S. energy needs.

    By • Nov. 22, 2022
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    Courtesy of LG Chem
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    LG Chem to build cathode plant in Tennessee

    The $3.2 billion facility will churn out enough components to power batteries in 1.2 million EVs per year.

    By • Nov. 22, 2022
  • An Orange EV terminal truck.
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    Courtesy of Orange EV
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    Orange EV to open new manufacturing site to meet demand

    The facility will allow the electric truck maker to produce 1,800 terminal trucks per year, more than triple its current single-shift production limit for trucks.

    By • Nov. 21, 2022
  • An image of a Canoo electric vehicle with Walmart's logo.
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    Courtesy of Walmart
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    Canoo to repurpose vehicle manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City

    The electric vehicle maker expects to produce up to 20,000 units at the facility, with room to add capacity.

    By • Nov. 17, 2022
  • The exterior of a Bobo's facility.
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    Snack maker triples output with launch of wind-powered production facility

    Bobo's will produce over a million pastries per day at a 125,000-square-foot Colorado facility while reducing its carbon footprint.

    By • Nov. 16, 2022
  • Hershey's chocolate bars are shown on July 16, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.
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    Hershey to build third chocolate factory in Pennsylvania hometown

    The 250,000-square-foot facility will produce Reese's, Kit Kat bars and Hershey's as part of the candy company's $1 billion supply chain investment.

    By • Nov. 15, 2022
  • A hand wearing a safety glove gives a paper-wrapped ice cream sandwich with round cookies and pink ice cream to another hand.
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    Deep Dive

    From science to CPG: New ventures create opportunities for startups

    While more established food tech companies had to design and build manufacturing facilities from scratch, entities are working to give those starting out now a smoother beginning.

    By Megan Poinski • Nov. 15, 2022
  • President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Act at a desk while lawmakers group around him.
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    Inflation Reduction Act spurs flurry of manufacturing investments

    Companies have announced a slate of new and expanded projects since the law was enacted in August.

    By • Nov. 14, 2022
  • A royal blue box of Entenmann's Cake Truffles in Chocolate Delight.
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    Grupo Bimbo invests more than $600M to build 2 new plants

    The Ohio and Georgia facilities are expected to create a total of 620 jobs. 

    By Christopher Doering • Nov. 14, 2022
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    Hyundai supplier to build factory near automaker’s Georgia EV campus

    Auto parts manufacturer Joon Georgia will invest $317 million to build its plant, slated to open in 2024.

    By • Nov. 9, 2022
  • An antibody treatment for COVID-19 sits on the table.
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    Wheeler Bio breaks ground on biomanufacturing facility

    The drug manufacturer will make small product batches for clinical trials at its new 35,000-square-foot site in Oklahoma City.

    By • Nov. 8, 2022
  • Rivian electric pickup trucks are parked in a line.
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    Georgia to get $850M EV battery parts plant

    Chemical manufacturer Solvay Specialty Polymers plans to build a plant in Augusta to manufacture binders and separator coatings for lithium-ion batteries.

    By • Nov. 7, 2022
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    BMW invests $1.7B to expand EV output in the US

    The automaker will expand a South Carolina plant and partner with a battery supplier to build a nearby facility.

    By • Nov. 4, 2022
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    Jim Beam distillery to get $400M sustainable expansion

    The project will increase the Kentucky facility’s capacity by 50% while cutting its greenhouse gas emissions in half. 

    By Christopher Doering • Nov. 2, 2022
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    Courtesy of Amazon
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    Amazon to scale satellite manufacturing with new Washington facility

    The plant will help the company catch up on the satellite production needed to fulfill its telecommunications ambitions.

    By • Nov. 1, 2022