nVent announced a new 400,000-square-foot manufacturing site in Goodyear, Arizona, for prefabricated electrical buildings used by power utilities, data centers, and industrial customers. Production is expected to begin in mid-2027, and the company expects the operation to employ more than 200 people when fully operational.
Audi announced a plan to invest around $4 billion in its first U.S. production site at the Middle Georgia Mega Site, subject to approval by the relevant Volkswagen Group committees. The company projects approximately 4,500 jobs and annual capacity of up to 200,000 vehicles, with production planned for the early 2030s.
Valmont Industries announced an additional $45 million investment at its Jasper, Tennessee, facility to increase production of engineered steel transmission, distribution, and substation structures. The project is expected to create 84 jobs and extends a smaller 2024 expansion whose hiring target the company reached early.
Fortera and MLC announced plans to build Fortera's first commercial low-carbon cement plant at MLC's Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, lime operation. The proposed plant is designed to capture carbon dioxide from lime production and manufacture 300,000 tons of ReAct cement annually.
FormFactor opened its Farmers Branch, Texas, manufacturing facility to expand U.S. production capacity for advanced semiconductor probe-card technologies. The company says the site adds manufacturing scale and operational flexibility for high-performance-computing and advanced-packaging test demand.