Category: Manufacturing
Plants, reshoring, capital spending and industrial output.
Shinhwa Auto USA invests $37 million in Auburn tooling expansion
madeinalabama.com, reporting a Shinhwa Auto USA release

Century Aluminum to build primary aluminum smelter in Inola, Oklahoma with $500 million DOE grant
Department of Energy news release

KettenWulf to invest $34 million in new Auburn manufacturing plant
Alabama Governor’s Office news release (madeinalabama.com)

Oerlikon announces expansion of Michigan manufacturing operations
Office of the Governor of Michigan news release

Korea Zinc announces $6.6 billion investment in Tennessee zinc and rare earth facilities
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development news release

Eli Lilly plans $6 billion advanced manufacturing plant in Huntsville
madeinalabama.com, reporting a news release by Gov. Kay Ivey and Eli Lilly and Company

Virginia Transformer to expand Rincon, Ga., large power transformer plant by 70 percent starting January 2026
Virginia Transformer news release (PRNewswire)
Manufacturing
AIRAmerican Industry Report
SIMONA AMERICA Industries breaks ground on $25 million expansion at Archbald, Pennsylvania thermoplastics facility
SIMONA AMERICA Industries news release (PRNewswire)

Eli Lilly plans $1.2 billion expansion of Lilly del Caribe manufacturing site in Carolina, Puerto Rico to add oral medicine capacity
Eli Lilly and Company news release (PR Newswire)

Whirlpool Corporation plans $300 million investment in Ohio laundry plants, adding up to 600 jobs
Whirlpool Corporation news release (PRNewswire)

Stellantis announces $13 billion U.S. investment plan to reopen Belvidere plant and add 5,000 jobs across four states
Stellantis news release (PR Newswire)

AstraZeneca selects Albemarle County, Virginia for $4.5 billion manufacturing investment, two facilities, 600 direct jobs
Virginia Economic Development Partnership news release (vedp.org)
Manufacturing
AIRAmerican Industry Report
Lefko USA opens first U.S. blow-molding plant in New Braunfels, Texas, with $15 million investment and 149 jobs
Office of Governor Greg Abbott news release (gov.texas.gov)
Manufacturing
AIRAmerican Industry Report
Woodward, Inc. selects Greer, S.C. site for $200 million precision manufacturing facility serving Airbus A350
South Carolina Department of Commerce news release (sccommerce.com)
Manufacturing
AIRAmerican Industry Report
ABB invests $28.5 million to expand power equipment facility in Henrico County, Virginia
Virginia Economic Development Partnership (vedp.org), reporting a Governor of Virginia news release
Manufacturing
AIRAmerican Industry Report
Nathan Trotter to open Tin Ridge tin processing facility in Henry County, Virginia, with $65 million investment and 118 jobs
Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) news release
Manufacturing
AIRAmerican Industry Report
TOTO USA opens $224 million Morrow, Georgia manufacturing facility, raising U.S. luxury toilet production capacity 150%
TOTO USA news release (PR Newswire)

Hitachi Energy to invest $97 million in Alamo, Tennessee plant to expand transformer component capacity
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development news release (tnecd.com)

AbbVie commits $195 million to expand API manufacturing at North Chicago, Illinois plant
AbbVie news release (PR Newswire)
Manufacturing
AIRAmerican Industry Report
Department of Defense awards $6.2 million to Golden Metal Resources for Pilot Mountain tungsten pre-feasibility study in Nevada
Department of Defense news release (war.gov)
Manufacturing
AIRAmerican Industry Report