Fujifilm will invest $18 million to expand copper-interconnect CMP slurry production and add multi-product CMP slurry manufacturing capabilities at its Mesa, Arizona semiconductor-materials site. The new production facilities are intended to bridge product development and commercial manufacturing, with the expanded production line scheduled to begin operations in 2027.
Daikin Applied opened its expanded 191,000-square-foot Modular Solutions manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The expansion grows the company's modular manufacturing footprint from 58,000 square feet and increases production capacity for factory-built hydronic and electric systems by approximately 150%.
GlobalFoundries was selected as technology provider and operator for two planned semiconductor fabs at its Malta, New York campus. Japan will fund the initiative, with an initial roughly $10 billion investment for a 300mm fab expected online in 2029 and an additional roughly $10 billion contemplated for a second fab. The company says the two fabs would each add about 900,000 300mm wafers of annual capacity, while the first is expected to break ground later in 2026.
GSK plans to invest more than $800 million in an Upper Merion biologics manufacturing and R&D hub with commercial-scale production, a pilot plant, quality-control labs, and more than 300 new jobs.
Solstice Advanced Materials plans a $49 million expansion of its Buffalo research campus, adding next-generation refrigerant, thermal-management, toxicology, and energy-storage laboratory capabilities plus 12 jobs.