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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 • Feb. 9, 2024
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    Top 5 stories from Manufacturing Dive

    Check out five of our biggest stories of 2025 so far, including updates on semiconductors, the Trump administration and PFAS.

    By Manufacturing Dive staff
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    Apogee Enterprises to shutter Michigan glass plant, layoff 250

    The building materials maker is moving the Walker plant's production to its Wisconsin and Missouri sites.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Feb. 9, 2024
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    Eli Lilly to grow production capacity for weight-loss drugs in 2024

    The drug maker’s Concord, North Carolina, plant intends to meet the growing demand for its injectable drugs such as Zepbound and Mounjaro.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Feb. 8, 2024
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    Courtesy of the National Transportation Safety Board.

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    Boeing delivered the Alaska Airlines blowout plane with key bolts missing: NTSB

    Bolts that should have kept the door panel in place were removed and not replaced during repairs, a National Transportation Safety Board report found.

    By • Feb. 8, 2024
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    Struggling cocoa crop may hurt chocolate manufacturers

    Supply remains scarce due to heavy rains and the spread of black pod disease in West Africa, according to a recent CoBank report.

    By Sarah Zimmerman • Feb. 8, 2024
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    Cargill to lay off more than 100 workers from Nashville meat plant

    The Minnesota-based company says it will relocate some production to Nebraska and Texas as it optimizes its manufacturing footprint.

    By • Feb. 7, 2024
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    Spirit AeroSystems ups production oversight as skepticism over quality looms

    The Boeing supplier vowed to increase inspections, improve training and add automation to its processes after last month's Alaska Airlines incident.

    By • Feb. 7, 2024
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    OSHA cites Wisconsin ice cream plant after ammonia outbreak

    Schoep's Ice Cream will face $145,000 in penalties for violating 12 safety management rules.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Feb. 7, 2024
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    House advances manufacturing R&D tax bill

    The legislation would allow companies to fully expense R&D spending, which industry groups say is needed to allow for greater innovation.

    By • Feb. 6, 2024
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    Novo Holdings to buy contract drugmaker Catalent for $16.5B

    In a related deal, Novo Nordisk will buy three Catalent factories as it works to expand production of its obesity and diabetes medicines.

    By Jonathan Gardner • Feb. 5, 2024
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    Energy Department opens battery R&D funds for sodium-ion

    The $15.7 million will also go towards projects using smart manufacturing technologies to lower the cost of battery production.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Feb. 5, 2024
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    How the US is trying to attract more foreign semiconductor investment

    The Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act would push federal agencies and states to boost the domestic chip supply chain.

    By • Feb. 5, 2024
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    Courtesy of Intel.

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    Intel delays $20B Ohio project

    The New Albany facilities are now expected to be completed by the end of 2026 instead of 2025.

    By • Feb. 2, 2024
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    Nestlé to lay off 216 workers at Ohio factory

    The Solon plant, which produces brands like Lean Cuisine and Stouffer's, is one of multiple facilities the food and beverage giant has shuttered in recent months.

    By Christopher Doering • Feb. 2, 2024
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    Manufacturing ‘ready to start running again’ with demand up: PMI

    The industry is at the beginning of a possible growth cycle, but manufacturers are likely to be slow to start hiring again, economists say.

    By • Feb. 1, 2024
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    Entos Pharmaceuticals opens California facility

    The Carlsbad facility will produce messenger RNA and plasmid DNA, part of a broader strategy to expand production in both the U.S. and Canada.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Feb. 1, 2024
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    Crown to close can metal plants in Illinois, Mississippi

    About 190 employees may be impacted by site closures expected in March.

    By Maria Rachal • Feb. 1, 2024
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    US electric demand set to grow 1.5% annually through 2026

    Growth in manufacturing and industrial electrification are among the factors behind the growth, according to the International Energy Agency.

    By Ethan Howland • Jan. 31, 2024
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    Intel, UMC to collaborate on chip fabs

    The semiconductor companies will make a 12-nanometer chip process platform at Intel’s fab factory in Arizona.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Jan. 31, 2024
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    The year ahead in manufacturing

    From the biggest plant projects to the toughest jobs to fill, here are some of the top issues to watch in 2024.

    By • Jan. 30, 2024
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    3M on track to sunset PFAS manufacturing by 2026

    The company has reformulated or discontinued nearly 25,000 products with links to forever chemicals.

    By • Jan. 30, 2024
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    Mars to build $237M Utah facility for Nature’s Bakery brand

    The Salt Lake City plant will increase capacity for the granola and snack bar maker that has become the eighth best-selling product line in the category.

    By Christopher Doering • Jan. 29, 2024
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    Leggett & Platt to reduce manufacturing, distribution sites

    The bedding maker will lay off 900 or more workers in its restructuring, it said in a securities filing.

    By • Jan. 29, 2024
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    The top challenges in semiconductor manufacturing this year

    Even as investment in the industry booms, chipmakers are still likely to face long roads ahead to stand up new factories and train specialized labor. 

    By Rebecca Heilweil • Jan. 29, 2024