Wednesday, October 21, 2026

American Industry Report

American Industrialization News

Category: Manufacturing

Plants, reshoring, capital spending and industrial output.

Amgen announces $1 billion expansion of drug substance manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, N.C.

Amgen news release (PRNewswire)
Manufacturing
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Wieland copper plant in Pine Hall, N.C., to add 50 jobs with $27 million expansion

North Carolina Department of Commerce news release (commerce.nc.gov)
Manufacturing
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Energy Department Loan Programs Office issues conditional commitment of up to $6.57 billion to Rivian for Georgia plant

Energy Department Loan Programs Office announcement (energy.gov)
Energy Department Loan Programs Office issues conditional commitment of up to $6.57 billion to Rivian for Georgia plant

Bureau of Land Management approves Record of Decision for Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron mine in Nevada’s Silver Peak Range

Bureau of Land Management news release (blm.gov)
Bureau of Land Management approves Record of Decision for Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron mine in Nevada’s Silver Peak Range

DOE awards Mainspring Energy $87 million grant to build linear generator plant in Allegheny County, Pa.

Mainspring Energy news release (PR Newswire)
DOE awards Mainspring Energy $87 million grant to build linear generator plant in Allegheny County, Pa.

DOE awards $8 million to seven projects advancing electrolyzer and fuel cell manufacturing through Roll-to-Roll Consortium

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
DOE awards $8 million to seven projects advancing electrolyzer and fuel cell manufacturing through Roll-to-Roll Consortium

DOE awards $15 million to three MAKE IT Prize facilities-track winners and announces $30 million Round 2

U.S. Department of Energy news release (energy.gov)
DOE awards $15 million to three MAKE IT Prize facilities-track winners and announces $30 million Round 2

ILJIN to invest nearly $100 million in Auburn, Alabama operation, creating 160 jobs

madeinalabama.com, reporting a Governor Kay Ivey announcement
ILJIN to invest nearly $100 million in Auburn, Alabama operation, creating 160 jobs

First Solar inaugurates $1.1 billion solar panel manufacturing facility in Trinity, Alabama

madeinalabama.com, reporting on First Solar's inauguration event and associated company release
First Solar inaugurates $1.1 billion solar panel manufacturing facility in Trinity, Alabama

Builders Supply Co. breaks ground on $10.6 million concrete block plant in Fort Payne, Alabama

Alabama Department of Commerce and Builders Supply Co. news release (madeinalabama.com)
Builders Supply Co. breaks ground on $10.6 million concrete block plant in Fort Payne, Alabama