Openings & Expansions: Page 2

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    Factory announcements: Food, drug and battery makers unveil new plans in February

    AstraZeneca announced plans for a $300 million factory in Maryland, while another Hyundai supplier plans to build a factory near the automaker’s upcoming Georgia EV campus. 

    By • March 7, 2024
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    Birkenstock’s expanding production capacity lifts sales as it eyes more growth ahead

    The footwear brand plans to double capacity in the next three years, spending tens of millions of dollars along the way. 

    By Ben Unglesbee • March 7, 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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    Amgen opens $474M Ohio facility

    The final product assembly and packaging site will employ 400 people and is the company’s most digitally advanced factory yet.

    By • March 7, 2024
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    Simtra to expand Indiana drug facility

    The $250 million investment is part of the biomanufacturer's long-term plan to meet growing customer demand for GLP-1 products.

    By • March 5, 2024
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    Microsoft is Intel’s newest chip foundry customer

    The semiconductor maker is pushing to build out its advanced chip infrastructure as it finalizes its CHIPS and Science Act funding.

    By • March 4, 2024
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    Corning to build $900M solar component facility in Michigan

    The Solar Technology plant will create over 1,100 jobs in Richland Township.

    By • March 4, 2024
  • Scout Motors held ground breaking ceremony on its $2 billion EV plant in Blythewood, South Carolina.
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    Scout Motors breaks ground on $2B EV plant after environmental delays

    The automotive company plans to finish its South Carolina facility in 2026 after pausing construction in the fall of 2023.

    By Sebastian Obando • March 4, 2024
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    Solarcycle to build $344M recycled solar glass plant in Georgia

    The manufacturer will produce up to six gigawatts of recycled solar glass annually.

    By • Feb. 29, 2024
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    Hyundai moves up Georgia EV factory timeline

    The new plant will now begin production in Q4 of this year, months earlier than expected.

    By • Feb. 28, 2024
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    White House unveils $300M in CHIPS funding for advanced packaging

    The money is the third funding opportunity under Biden’s CHIPS for America program, part of a broader effort to bolster the country’s semiconductor R&D.

    By • Feb. 28, 2024
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    National Resilience to expand Ohio and North Carolina drug facilities

    The biomanufacturer plans to scale its drug product manufacturing capacity to over 200 million units by 2025.

    By • Feb. 27, 2024
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    Courtesy of Lego Group.

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    Lego delays Virginia plant production start date

    The toymaker now plans to begin production in 2027, a year later than originally announced.

    By • Feb. 27, 2024
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    EV battery plant construction booms even as automakers hit the brakes

    Despite this downturn in consumer and automaker interest, economists anticipate the manufacturing surge to continue in 2024.

    By Sebastian Obando • Feb. 23, 2024
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    EnerSys plans South Carolina lithium-ion battery factory

    The Greenville facility plans to start operations in 2027 and is slated to reach a an annual production capacity of four gigawatt hours.

    By • Feb. 22, 2024
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    Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group.

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    Clean energy manufacturers invested $2.4B in new projects in January: E2

    The investments, which came from four companies, add to the now 234 manufacturing projects announced since the Inflation Reduction Act passed.

    By • Feb. 22, 2024
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    Courtesy of GlobalFoundries.

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    GlobalFoundries awarded $1.5B in CHIPS funding

    The U.S. chipmaker plans to use the funds to build and expand factories in New York and Vermont.

    By • Feb. 20, 2024
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    LG Energy Solution, WesCEF expand lithium supply deal

    The partnership will supply the battery maker's North American manufacturing sites and produce more IRA-compliant vehicles.

    By • Feb. 16, 2024
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    Commerce Department opens $300M CHIPS R&D competition

    The initiative aims to fund projects focused on advanced packaging substrates and materials, critical to building more powerful semiconductors.

    By • Feb. 16, 2024
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    Lake Charles Methanol plans $3.2B Louisiana plant

    The facility will produce low-carbon methanol that reduces the release of greenhouse gases.

    By • Feb. 15, 2024
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    Amkor’s Arizona semiconductor facility is ‘continuing full speed’

    The company is finalizing its CHIPS and Science Act funding application and still expects to begin production in two to three years.

    By • Feb. 14, 2024
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    Louis Dreyfus building new pea protein facility

    An increasing shift to plant-based protein, especially for dairy products, is driving demand for the ingredient.

    By Rose Palazzolo • Feb. 13, 2024
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    Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group.

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    Doowan Climate Control America’s new Georgia factory to supply Hyundai

    The $30 million facility will produce climate control systems for both EVs and gas-powered vehicles. 

    By • Feb. 12, 2024
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    AstraZeneca to invest $300M in US cell therapy plant

    The UK drugmaker is building a manufacturing facility in Rockville, Maryland, which is expected to be fully operational by 2026.

    By Kristin Jensen • Feb. 12, 2024
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    Toyota investing $1.3B for EV production in Kentucky

    The automaker Toyota will install a battery pack assembly line at the Georgetown plant and build a new three-row electric SUV for the U.S. market starting in 2025.

    By Eric Walz • Feb. 9, 2024
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    White House invests $5B in semiconductor R&D efforts

    The money will go towards launching a national center to boost domestic breakthroughs in chip technology.

    By • Feb. 9, 2024