Medicines company Novartis announced on April 30 plans to add a new active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) facility in Morrisville, North Carolina, as part of its previously announced $23 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing.
Whirlpool Corp. announced on April 10 it will invest more than $60 million to transform an existing building in Perrysburg, Ohio, into the company’s 11th U.S. factory. The plant, previously used for solar panel manufacturing, will create between 100 and 150 new jobs and produce appliance components and subassembly work for washers and dryers.
“By creating a hybrid environment where cutting-edge automation meets human ingenuity, we are not just building appliances—we are building the future domestic production for our industry,” says Kristin Day, Whirlpool Corporation vice president of U.S. manufacturing.
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