Openings & Expansions


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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 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 April 24, 2024
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    Top 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.

    By Manufacturing Dive staff
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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 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 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 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 April 15, 2024
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    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 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 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 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 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 March 26, 2024
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    Verdagy’s green hydrogen factory receives $39.6M DOE grant

    The Department of Energy's funding is part of its larger effort to accelerate the mass adoption of green hydrogen in U.S. manufacturing.

    By March 22, 2024
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    Lonza to acquire Roche’s biologics manufacturing site for $1.2B

    The Vacaville, California, facility will also receive a roughly $560 million upgrade in an effort to increase the Switzerland-based biomanufacturer's U.S. factory footprint.

    By March 21, 2024
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    Aptar Pharma to expand New York manufacturing site

    The company's North America expansion strategy is in response to increasing prescription and consumer healthcare customer demand.

    By March 20, 2024
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    GE Aerospace to invest $650M in global facilities, US suppliers

    The Boeing engine supplier’s spending will include new machines, equipment, building upgrades and improved safety measures.

    By March 19, 2024
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    Energy Department offers $425M to decarbonize manufacturing

    The funding will go to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in current and former coal communities that produce and recycle clean energy products.

    By March 18, 2024
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    Schneider Electric invests $140M in US manufacturing expansion

    The move is part of a broader plan to tap into growing demand for electrical infrastructure and data centers. 

    By March 18, 2024
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    US saw $4B in clean energy investments in February: E2

    Projects in sectors like batteries and solar panels will create 4,400 jobs across 11 states.

    By March 15, 2024
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    Joby expands Ohio manufacturing with Dayton aircraft parts plant

    The company plans to begin operations at the former USPS facility later this year to support production at its California factory.

    By March 13, 2024
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    Panasonic Energy, H&T Recharge sign battery can supply deal

    The deal expands the companies’ Nevada supply arrangement to produce batteries at Panasonic's Kansas facility.

    By March 13, 2024
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    Schaeffler to open $230M Ohio auto manufacturing plant

    The Dover facility will create 650 new jobs and is expected to be finished by 2025.

    By March 12, 2024
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    Siemens Energy plans North Carolina power transformer facility

    The $149 million plant is responding to a growing need to replace aging power infrastructure in the U.S.

    By March 11, 2024
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    Rivian halts construction on $5B Georgia EV facility

    The electric vehicle maker plans to produce its R2 model at its Illinois facility instead, starting in the first half of 2026.

    By March 8, 2024