News Boeing breaks ground on $1bn South Carolina expansion to boost 787 output Boeing has kicked off construction on a major expansion of its South Carolina operations that will ramp up 787 Dreamliner production to 10 jets per month by 2026. The company…
News Eli Lilly invests $3bn in Dutch manufacturing facility American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly plans to build a $3bn manufacturing facility at the Leiden Bio Science Park in Katwijk, the Netherlands. It will have advanced technologies for making oral…
News Caterpillar to spend $100m on US manufacturing and skills Caterpillar, the world’s biggest construction equipment maker, says it will spend $100m on training over the next five years in the US. Its “workforce pledge” starts with $5m for training…
News Ground finally breaks on 3-billion-can-a-year drinks factory Ground has broken on a 2.3-million-sq-ft production, manufacturing and distribution facility for drinks makers Red Bull and Rauch, and can maker Ball Corporation, in Concord, North Carolina. The site will…
News Mars invests $2bn in US manufacturing US food company Mars, the company behind Snickers, M&Ms, Royal Canin and Sheba, says it will spend $2bn building factories in the US by 2026. This May, it opened the…
News Boeing picks Jacobs to design a 1 million sq ft expansion of Missouri campus Aerospace company Boeing has chosen US engineer Jacobs to design the 1.1 sq ft expansion of its campus in St Louis, Missouri. The expansion, which Boeing says will cost “multi-billions”,…
News Volvo to spend more on Mexican truck factory despite Trump’s tariffs Swedish automotive giant Volvo will raise its investment in a new truck factory in Mexico from $700m to $1bn, despite President Trump’s 25% tariffs on vehicle imports from its southern…
News Foxconn set to double iPhone production in India this year iPhone-maker Foxconn is expanding its manufacturing base in India as it gears up to double the number of the Apple gadgets it makes in the country. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer…