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    USG to invest $1.2B in Texas factory

    The project will create nearly 200 jobs and expand the gypsum products manufacturer’s footprint to Orange, where it’s been looking to go since early 2025.

    By • May 15, 2026
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    Boeing plans $1B investment in Kansas facilities

    The plane manufacturer has been integrating the Spirit AeroSystems fuselage plants in Wichita as it prepares to ramp up its monthly 737 Max production from 42 to 47 this summer.

    By • May 13, 2026
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    Top 5 stories from Manufacturing Dive

    Check out some of our publication’s top stories so far in 2026.

    By Manufacturing Dive staff
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    Lilly to invest extra $4.5B across Indiana manufacturing

    The Indianapolis-based company expanded its spend to ensure it can meet growing demand for genetic therapies and weight-loss drugs.

    By • May 8, 2026
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    Unusual Machines, 6K Energy, CRG Defense, SES AI take steps to be NDAA compliant

    The drone and battery cell makers are aligning their operations with the Department of Defense’s prohibition on purchasing batteries for weapons and support systems made with materials sourced from foreign entities of concern.

    By • May 6, 2026
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    GM’s US manufacturing investments surpass $6B in one year

    The company’s latest commitments totaling $830 million will support SUV and truck production at major facilities in Michigan and Ohio.

    By • May 4, 2026
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    US Steel breaks ground on $1.9B direct reduced iron plant in Arkansas

    The expansion will bolster its domestic supply chain and allow the company to feed DRI directly into the furnace while still hot, a spokesperson said.

    By • Updated Nov. 2, 2026
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    Skydio pledges $3.5B to expand US drone manufacturing

    The funds will go toward establishing a fifth facility that will be “five times larger” than its other facilities in California, the Silicon Valley-based company said.

    By • April 24, 2026
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    Drugmaker AbbVie chooses North Carolina for $1.4B manufacturing campus

    The 185-acre site will be the company’s largest single investment to date, with a focus on small-volume parenteral products like vials and prefilled syringes.

    By • April 23, 2026
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    L3Harris Technologies plans $1.3B solid rocket motor expansion in Virginia

    The investment builds on the missile manufacturer’s previous $41.2 million investment at its Orange County facilities.

    By • April 16, 2026
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    Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE, Honeywell Aerospace ink deals with Defense Department

    The companies are ramping up weapons production after meeting with President Donald Trump in March amid the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.

    By • April 2, 2026
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    Apple adds US manufacturing partners with $400M expansion

    The technology giant plans to support domestic partnerships with Bosch, Qnity Electronics and others through 2030. Its agreement with TDK will bring iPhone sensor production to the U.S. for the first time.

    By • March 27, 2026
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    Belgian drugmaker UCB to invest $2B in factory near Atlanta

    The expansion would establish the company’s first biologics manufacturing plant in the United States.

    By • March 26, 2026
  • Robots in action on the new line at Toyota Kentucky as future Camrys seamlessly roll through the production process.
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    Toyota to spend another $1B in its US manufacturing operations

    The investment is part of the automaker’s $10 billion commitment over five years and will go towards the company’s facilities in Kentucky and Indiana.

    By Bengt Halvorson • March 25, 2026
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    Niron Magnetics begins site selection for $1.8B magnetics plant

    The proposed project will be the rare-earth-free magnet maker’s second manufacturing facility in the U.S.

    By • March 17, 2026
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    GE Aerospace to invest another $1B across US operations

    The engine maker’s plans will improve commercial and defense production in 17 states and create 5,000 jobs.

    By • March 10, 2026
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    PVC giant Shintech to invest $3.4B in Louisiana expansion

    This is the fifth expansion at the Plaquemine site over the past 16 years. It is expected to create and retain nearly 900 jobs.

    By • March 9, 2026
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    Novartis, Nucor partner US Forged Rings and others expand domestic investments

    Akston is also ramping up production at its pet therapy facility in Louisiana and a switchboards maker plans to invest $79 million in a former Joann Fabrics facility in Alabama.

    By • March 6, 2026
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    CECO to buy Thermon Group in $2.2B deal

    The Texas-based companies aim to become a “global industrial leader” and provider of environmental and thermal equipment across manufacturing.

    By • Feb. 26, 2026
  • Apple employees work at the company's Houston facility, where it assembles servers for data centers around the country.
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    Apple to produce Mac mini computers in US for the first time

    The move would double the iPhone maker’s manufacturing footprint in Houston. The company also plans to expand production of its servers and provide worker training in the city.

    By • Feb. 25, 2026
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    AbbVie to spend $380M on 2 manufacturing facilities in Illinois

    The active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facilities are part of a broader $100 billion investment commitment to strengthen the company’s U.S. manufacturing capabilities. 

    By • Feb. 24, 2026
  • A preliminary concept of Johnson & Johnson's next generation cell therapy manufacturing facility in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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    J&J to invest more than $1B in Pennsylvania plant

    The cell therapy plant will support more than 500 biomanufacturing jobs in Montgomery County.

    By • Feb. 19, 2026
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    Smithfield to build $1.3B pork processing plant

    The facility will provide “significant efficiency gains" as the pork producer looks to reduce costs and simplify its supply chain.

    By Sarah Zimmerman • Feb. 18, 2026
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    Solstice Advanced Materials to increase uranium conversion production

    The expansion contributes to a “nuclear renaissance” as AI, data centers and electrification drive a power surge demand.

    By • Updated Feb. 17, 2026
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    Can reshoring deliver manufacturing sustainability benefits?

    Manufacturers may be weighing tariff costs, but they’re also assessing whether domestic production investments can help achieve supply chain resilience, procurement and labor goals.

    By Keesa Schreane • Updated Feb. 12, 2026
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    Defense Department inks contractor deals for missiles production expansion

    Lockheed Martin and L3Harris Technologies each reached agreements with the agency to accelerate production of THAAD interceptors and other weapon systems in the U.S.

    By • Feb. 3, 2026