Openings & Expansions: Page 2

  • Cargill's newly expanded soybean processing plant in Sidney, Ohio.
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    Cargill completes Ohio soybean plant expansion

    The agricultural giant’s latest project nearly doubled the site’s crush capacity as renewable energy demand grows.

    By Nathan Owens • Nov. 6, 2023
  • Canadian Solar plant Garland in California
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    Retrieved from Canadian Solar on November 02, 2023
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    Canadian Solar chooses Indiana site for new facility amid US expansion

    The $800 million Jeffersonville production plant will make Made-in-USA solar modules aligning with Inflation Reduction Act guidelines.

    By • Nov. 3, 2023
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    Top 5 Stories from Manufacturing Dive

    Check out five of our biggest stories of 2023 so far, led by new investment in U.S. manufacturing against a fast-changing landscape.  

    By Manufacturing Dive staff
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    Epsilon Advanced Materials to build $650M graphite anode facility in North Carolina

    When fully operational, the Wilmington site will produce 50,000 tons of graphite anode a year.

    By • Nov. 2, 2023
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    Toyota, Nucor and more: 13 manufacturers invest billions this October

    Companies announced and broke ground on billions of dollars’ worth of investment in projects spanning food and beverage, semiconductors and clean energy production.

    By • Oct. 31, 2023
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    Courtesy of Toyota.

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    Toyota to expand North Carolina EV battery plant with $8B investment

    The latest investment will create nearly 3,000 more jobs and increase capacity to support the automaker’s EV models.

    By • Oct. 31, 2023
  • A large facility sits in a grass field with a parking lot. The building is rectangular and white, and the view is from above.
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    Courtesy of Li-Cycle
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    Work stops at $500M US-backed battery plant

    Owner Li-Cycle Holdings paused construction at the Rochester, New York, hub due to escalating costs and is reviewing its future plans.

    By Matthew Thibault • Oct. 31, 2023
  • Gillette headquarters in South Boston, Mass.
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    P&G moves Gillette manufacturing out of Boston

    The razor maker will keep its headquarters and innovation center in South Boston, while building a larger production campus in Andover.

    By • Oct. 27, 2023
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    Keurig Dr Pepper to invest $100M in South Carolina coffee facility

    The project is slated to be completed by 2027 and aims to help the beverage giant expand its roasting and manufacturing capabilities.

    By Christopher Doering • Oct. 27, 2023
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    Courtesy of LouisvilleKY.gov.

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    Stellar Snacks to establish $137M facility in Kentucky

    The pretzel and snack maker is expected to begin production in the second half of 2024.

    By • Oct. 26, 2023
  • Nucor new steel mill in West Virginia
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    Nucor breaks ground on $3B West Virginia steel mill

    The project is the steel producer’s largest investment in its history as it looks to capitalize on growing clean energy and infrastructure demand.

    By • Oct. 26, 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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    Louis Drefyus plans $500M Ohio soy processing plant

    Demand for biofuels and natural ingredients is spurring an expansion of crush facilities across the U.S. 

    By • Oct. 26, 2023
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    Qcells opens expanded Georgia solar panel factory

    The expansion is part of a $2.5 billion investment from the South Korea-based company to increase U.S. production capacity.

    By • Oct. 25, 2023
  • A person wearing a latex blue glove pouring a small clear bag of pet food into a black container.
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    Courtesy of Hill's Pet Nutrition.

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    Hill’s Pet Nutrition opens $450M smart factory in Kansas

    The 365,000-square-foot digitized facility aims to shorten the pet food maker’s production cycles and optimize its processes.

    By • Oct. 25, 2023
  • An aerial view of the land on which Umicore will build a battery materials plant in Ontario.
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    Umicore to build battery materials plant in Ontario

    The company has already secured a supply partnership with BMW for components produced at the facility.

    By • Oct. 23, 2023
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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 • 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
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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 • 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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    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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    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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    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
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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