Tag: Factory
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Cement producer pauses factory construction after funding pullback
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Sublime Systems, a low-carbon cement manufacturer, has paused construction of its forthcoming manufacturing plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and laid off 10% of its staff, according to a statement from the company sent to Construction Dive.…
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Lilly to build $6B weight-loss drug factory in Alabama
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Eli Lilly announced plans to invest more than $6 billion to build a manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Alabama, focused on weight loss medications and other pharmaceutical ingredients. The site will manufacture orforglipron, Lilly’s first oral,…
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Swinerton, Timberlab top out mass timber factory
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Swinerton and its mass timber subsidiary Timberlab have topped out the firms’ 192,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for cross-laminated timber, a key component of the renewable building material, according to a Nov. 20 news release. Swinerton Builders, the firm’s…
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Foxconn to spend $569M expanding Wisconsin factory
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Electronics component manufacturer Foxconn is investing an additional $569 million to expand its operations in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, the company announced Wednesday. The investment will create 1,374 jobs over the next four years and help…
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Rockwell Automation to build Wisconsin factory as part of $2B US expansion
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Rockwell Automation said it plans to build a factory equipped with advanced automation, robotics and digital systems in Wisconsin as part of a larger $2 billion bid to strengthen its U.S. operations. The facility has…
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US Steel approves $300M in factory investments, JD Fields expands to Maryland
Manufacturing and its role in the United States is top of mind for companies as they look to strengthen their supply chains and operations while navigating the Trump administration’s business and trade policies, key among them tariffs. Companies have poured billions of dollars into fortifying their U.S. footprint or securing deals with partners that have…
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US Steel approves $300M in factory investments, JD Fields expands to Maryland
Manufacturing and its role in the United States is top of mind for companies as they look to strengthen their supply chains and operations while navigating the Trump administration’s business and trade policies, key among them tariffs. Companies have poured billions of dollars into fortifying their U.S. footprint or securing deals with partners that have…
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Lilly to build $6.5B Houston factory for its first obesity pill
Dive Brief: Eli Lilly said it will build a $6.5 billion factory in Houston focused on manufacturing the company’s first obesity pill and other small molecule medicines. The 236-acre site will produce active pharmaceutical ingredients, among them orforglipron, a small, oral GLP-1 receptor agonist, according to a news release. The molecule agonist is up for…
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Red Bull moves ahead with $1.7B factory after delay
Red Bull broke ground on a new $1.7 billion facility in Concord, North Carolina, following a four-year delay. The facility is a joint manufacturing and distribution center from Red Bull, packaging supplier Ball Corp., and Austrian beverage company Rauch Fruchtsäfte. It’s the second manufacturing plant for the companies in the U.S., and is meant to…
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Sodium-ion battery maker Natron Energy shuts down, halts $1.4B factory plans
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Sodium-ion battery manufacturer Natron Energy has ceased operations, according to its website, halting plans for a giant factory in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The Santa Clara, California-based company did not immediately respond to requests for…