Centrus ships first new Oak Ridge centrifuge for Ohio enrichment expansion
■Centrus Energy Corp.★TNOak Ridge
Centrus Energy completed and began shipping the first new centrifuge made at its Oak Ridge, Tennessee, plant for final assembly in Ohio. The shipment advances the company's multibillion-dollar uranium-enrichment expansion and follows its work to assemble an exclusively domestic supply chain for the centrifuge program.
FIXX Energy reported that its Smyrna, Tennessee, facility has produced more than five million lithium iron phosphate prismatic battery cells since converting to LFP production in April 2025. The company equates the cumulative output to roughly 5 GWh of energy-storage capacity and says the cells are deployed in U.S. battery-storage projects.
Modine began commercial production of 2 MW and 3 MW Airedale chillers at a new 682,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Grand Prairie, Texas. The first production line is operating, while the company's additional line and shift targets remain future plans.
ES Foundry said its Greenwood, South Carolina, operation has shipped more than 1 GW of domestically manufactured crystalline-silicon solar cells. The company reports that the operating facility has 3 GW of annual manufacturing capacity, marking a commercial-production milestone for the domestic solar supply chain.
Ahlstrom completed a Line 3 equipment and process-control upgrade at its Kingston, New York, manufacturing facility, increasing capacity and flexibility for depth-filtration media used in pharmaceutical, food-and-beverage, and industrial applications.