Openings & Expansions: Page 14

  • Four milk jugs.
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    Retrieved from Walmart on October 11, 2023
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    Walmart launching $350M Georgia dairy plant

    The facility builds on the retailer’s efforts to control more of its fresh food supply chain.

    By Catherine Douglas Moran • Oct. 19, 2023
  • JCB's headquarters building with trees lined up across as well as a lake in front of it.
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    Courtesy of JCB.

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    JCB to build $265M machinery plant in San Antonio

    The Texas site will be the heavy equipment maker's second facility in North America.

    By • Oct. 18, 2023
  • The American Battery Technology Company facility in McCarran, Nevada, with a parking lot at the front, and a road next to the facility under the sun. Snow-covered mountains are in the background.
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    Courtesy of American Battery Technology Company.

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    American Battery Technology Company opens battery recycling plant

    The Nevada plant will process up to 20,000 tons of battery feedstock annually into materials like copper, aluminum and steel.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Oct. 17, 2023
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    Courtesy of Ipex.

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    Ipex opens $200M molding plant in North Carolina

    The Pineville facility is part of the building materials maker’s plan to expand its presence in North America.

    By • Oct. 16, 2023
  • A CPU sits on a circuit board with a glowing chipset.
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    Amkor opens first factory in Vietnam

    The chip packaging maker is investing $1.6 billion in the site as more companies look to the country as a manufacturing base.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Oct. 13, 2023
  • Aerial view of a sprawling Boston Scientific manufacturing plant
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    Courtesy of Boston Scientific
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    Boston Scientific to establish first China factory

    The manufacturing site is part of the biotech company's strategy to localize its China supply chain.

    By • Oct. 12, 2023
  • The logo of German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant Bayer stands over Bayer corporate offices on September 14, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
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    Sean Gallup via Getty Images
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    Bayer opens cell therapies plant in California

    The new facility will support the clinical production of an experimental cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease.

    By Delilah Alvarado • Oct. 12, 2023
  • An EV lithium-ion battery module inside a white metal enclosure laying on a dark blue-gray ground.
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    Samsung SDI, Stellantis to build $3.2B Indiana gigafactory

    The site will be the companies’ second joint StarPlus Energy facility in Kokomo.

    By • Oct. 11, 2023
  • A general view of GMC Hummer EVs on November 17, 2021 at General Motors' Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan
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    Nic Antaya via Getty Images
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    7 stories show the state of US manufacturing in 2023

    National Manufacturing Day offers a chance to explore the recent changes, innovations and struggles in the industry. 

    By • Oct. 6, 2023
  • Rendering of early plans for Texas Instruments’ next 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fab, next to the company's existing fab, in Lehi, Utah.
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    Courtesy of Texas Instruments
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    10 of the biggest manufacturing projects of 2023

    In honor of Manufacturing Day, we examine some of this year’s biggest investments across the U.S.

    By • Oct. 6, 2023
  • A white building surrounding by a parking lot and green landscape.
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    Courtesy of Silfab Solar.

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    Silfab Solar to establish $150M South Carolina solar panel factory

    The new plant is slated to open in Q3 of next year as the company’s third U.S. facility.

    By • Oct. 3, 2023
  • A rendering of Northvolt's upcoming battery factory near Montreal, Canada.
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    Courtesy of Northvolt
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    Northvolt to build $5B battery factory in Canada

    The Montreal plant will be the Swedish battery maker's first manufacturing site outside of Europe.

    By • Sept. 29, 2023
  • Closeup image of tan alternative leather product.
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    Courtesy of Pol Rebaque/MycoWorks
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    MycoWorks begins mushroom biofiber production at South Carolina plant

    The factory could manufacture millions of square feet of its leather alternative material a year.

    By Lara Ewen • Sept. 28, 2023
  • A unibody frame of a Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling down an assembly line above a battery cell.
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    Courtesy of Stellantis.

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    Samsung SDI to invest $2B in joint battery factory with Stellantis

    The investment follows news of Samsung SDI’s expansion in Michigan as it pushes into the U.S. market.

    By • Sept. 28, 2023
  • International Paper holds a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the opening of its newest state-of-the-art corrugated packaging facility in Atglen, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 15, 2023.
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    Courtesy of International Paper
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    International Paper, Pratt Industries open corrugated packaging facilities

    The International Paper factory will make food, beverage and e-commerce packaging, while new machinery at Pratt’s site will produce 1,500 tons of paper a day for corrugated boxes.

    By Maria Rachal • Sept. 25, 2023
  • Aerial view of the planned Scout Motors EV plant in Blythewood, South Carolina.
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    Courtesy of Scout Motors
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    3 manufacturing megaprojects delayed by labor, permitting issues

    Teams have hit pause on Scout Motors’ $2 billion EV plant in South Carolina and American Battery Factory’s $1.2 billion facility in Arizona.

    By Sebastian Obando • Sept. 25, 2023
  • A close up view of a glass bottle filled with soy oil on a rustic wooden table with a bowl with dried soybeans on its left.
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    Incobrasa Industries breaks ground on $250M Illinois soybean plant expansion

    The expansion is part of the soybean processor and biodiesel maker’s push to increase production capacity.

    By • Sept. 21, 2023
  • The inside of one of Schneider Electric's El Paso, Texas, manufacturing facilities.
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    Courtesy of Schneider Electric
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    Schneider Electric opens fourth El Paso, Texas, factory

    The electrical equipment plant will produce voltage electrical products as the company looks to grow its U.S. manufacturing capacity.

    By • Sept. 20, 2023
  • A white building with rectangle windows and a Joby signs on each side and an airplane on the left side.
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    Courtesy of Joby Aviation.

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    Joby Aviation to build $500M Ohio air taxi plant

    The facility will build, test and fly eVTOL air taxis that will be used for commercial passenger flights.

    By • Sept. 20, 2023
  • A view from a silver catwalk of Upside Foods' bioreactors in its EPIC facility and the stairs and walkway for people to access the tops of the machines.
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    Courtesy of Upside Foods
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    Upside Foods to build $141M Illinois plant

    The Glenview site will be the cultivated meat maker's first large-scale production facility.

    By Elizabeth Flood • Sept. 18, 2023
  • A dark blue building with glass on the front and a white Press Glass sign at its top left corner.
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    Courtesy of Press Glass.

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    Press Glass to invest $155.3M in Virginia plant expansion

    The investment is about 10 miles away from the Poland-based glass manufacturer’s North America headquarters and factory.

    By • Sept. 15, 2023
  • Landing gear (wheels) of Boeing's 787-8 Dreamliner on a runway as a person in a yellow vest walks past.
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    Adrien Daste / Safran

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    Boeing supplier plans $65M Kentucky plant upgrade

    Safran Landing Systems is purchasing new equipment for the Walton site to meet the rising demand for its carbon composite brakes.

    By • Sept. 13, 2023
  • The black interior front seats of Hyundai's 2024 Santa Cruz XRT.
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    Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group.

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    Hyundai’s Georgia EV supplier network adds 3 more manufacturers

    Since the automaker broke ground last year, 11 investments by the company’s partners have totaled over $2 billion in the state.

    By • Sept. 12, 2023
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    Sonoco adds 15 facilities in $330M WestRock deal

    The deal adds 1,100 employees across the U.S., Mexico, Chile and Argentina and expands the company's recycled fiber-based packaging capacity.

    By • Sept. 11, 2023
  • Illinois and Gotion officials on stage standing behind a podium.
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    Courtesy of Gov. JB Pritzker’s Facebook page.

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    Gotion to establish $2B Illinois battery plant

    The China-based manufacturer plans to create 2,600 jobs at the site, set to open next year.

    By • Sept. 11, 2023