MADE IN USA NEWS
Delaware-based US Forged Rings plans a $700 million East Coast tower plant and forge, with towers from 2026 made 100 percent in the USA using Nucor steel.
Microsoft agreed to an eight-year deal with Qcells for 12 gigawatts of USA-made solar panels from Georgia, about 1.5 gigawatts a year through 2032.
Gotion High-Tech built its first battery pack at a new Fremont, California factory for home and portable storage, with a planned 1 GWh a year.
Hauppauge-based Orbic says it will move production of 5 million devices a year from India and China to Long Island under “Project Patriot,” adding 500 jobs.
University of Delaware researchers told a USFIA webinar that USA textile and apparel output hit nearly $28 billion in 2022, with exports at $24.8 billion.
Lodge Cast Iron, long USA-made except for its enameled line, now makes “USA Enamel” Dutch ovens at a new plant in South Pittsburg, Tennessee.
German appliance maker Miele chose Opelika, Alabama for its first USA factory, starting with 150 jobs in year one and a larger plant planned by 2030.
The Energy Department chose nine projects at 15 sites in 13 states to make heat pumps and key parts in the USA, the first awards under its Defense Production Act…
NPR found a $123 million federally funded glove-rubber plant in Virginia sitting idle and USA glove makers struggling as cheap Chinese gloves take the market.
Italy’s Gruppo Fanti opened its first USA factory in a vacant Weirton building, making metal cans for paints, varnishes and solvents with 40 to 50 jobs planned.