RALEIGH — President Donald Trump announced last Tuesday that John Deere will invest $70 million to build a new excavator manufacturing facility in Kernersville, shifting production from Japan to North Carolina and creating more than […]
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson announced last Thursday it will expand its U.S. footprint with a new 160,000-square-foot dedicated manufacturing facility at Fujifilm’s biopharmaceutical campus in Holly Springs. The $2 billion commitment over […]
SALISBURY — Electronics manufacturer Jabil Inc. plans to create nearly 1,200 jobs in central North Carolina, investing $500 million in a new facility that will support the growing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— GE Appliances announced a nearly half-billion-dollar project last Thursday that it says will create 800 new jobs and shift production of clothes washers from China to its massive manufacturing complex in Kentucky. The […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Lashing out at Apple’s plans to make most of its U.S. iPhones in India, President Donald Trump last Friday threatened to slap a 25% tariff on the popular device unless the tech […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Drew Greenblatt is fully on board with the Trump administration’s use of tariffs to rebalance a global trading system that it says favors foreign companies over U.S. manufacturers. Greenblatt is the president […]
Johnson & Johnson says it will invest more than $55 billion in the United States over the next four years, including four new manufacturing plants. Several companies have highlighted investments in the U.S. in recent […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel. The suit, filed […]
This is National Manufacturing Week, which is supposed to be a celebration of American industry and jobs. North Carolina certainly has some cause for celebration, though recent closures of the Canton paper mill and the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House on Thursday launched a new effort to show local governments what it can do for their communities, hosting North Carolina officials to highlight funding opportunities and hear firsthand how […]
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