New Balance has opened its expanded Central Maine facility in Skowhegan, marking a $65m investment that reinforces the company’s long-standing commitment to American manufacturing. The expansion adds a 120,000-square-foot, single-story wing to the existing five-story … Read More

Two Denver area companies and the companies’ top executives have been indicted for defrauding the federal government on forklift sales and conspiring to avoid paying correct tariffs on imported forklifts, according to the United States … Read More

When asked about the impact of tariffs, four-times more Americans say they will spend less than more this year (32% vs 8%), according to a new consumer survey from YouGov. Almost a third (32%) of … Read More

The U.S. Small Business Administration said it is awarding $1.1 million in grants to three organizations to train and support small manufacturers as part of its Empower to Grow (E2G) Program, a key piece of … Read More

As Americans become more aware of the risks posed by microplastics, one question remains: what about the hidden impact on our pets? The American Veterinary Medical Association reports that 59.8 million U.S. households own a … Read More

A recent survey, Scaling Small: Inside the Enterprise Push to Source Smarter and Stay Competitive, found that 91% of executives say they have adjusted their sourcing strategies or plan to do so in the next … Read More

Celltrion said Tuesday it has signed a deal to acquire Eli Lilly’s biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Branchburg, New Jersey, in a preemptive move to shield itself from proposed U.S. pharma tariffs. In a regulatory filing, … Read More

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act generated considerable attention for extending 100% bonus depreciation for new assets, but manufacturing executives should focus on a quieter provision that could prove far more transformative: Qualified Production Property … Read More

SolarEdge announced its first international shipments are now underway from its U.S. manufacturing facilities. The first exports for the residential solar segment are now being shipped to international customers in Australia, with shipments to additional … Read More

The US National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) has commended the House of Representatives after it passed provisions that could expand military procurement of American-made textiles. The bill, named the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense … Read More

VF Corp. is ditching Dickies, its struggling workwear brand, for $600 million in cash to Bluestar Alliance. The deal will allow the Denver-based apparel giant — which also owns The North Face, Timberland, JanSport and … Read More

The story of green energy company Viridi has it all. Game-changing automation, reshored supply chain, and an ESG angle unique to anything I’ve seen at IndustryWeek. Viridi CEO Jon Williams hails from Niagara Falls, NY, about 20 … Read More

“Virginia has infrastructure, transportation networks, utilities, a digital economy to support us, and all those things are just vital to a complex operation like the one we’re setting up here,” Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks … Read More

Dozens of Canadian supermarkets have been exposed for hiding ‘Made in USA’ labels on produce amid Donald Trump’s tariff war. An investigation conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and CBC found that around 45 … Read More

Toyota’s first American-made battery electric vehicles will be built in Kentucky, the Japanese automaker told Reuters. Both will be three-row SUVs–one based on the Land Cruiser and another based on the RAV4, according to a … Read More

NCTO explains the House National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) bill, which sets policy and funding priorities for the US military, includes a key provision that would eliminate a statutory exemption under the Berry Amendment that … Read More

Canadian lithium-ion battery producer UgoWork has opened a new assembly plant in the Chicago area, marking a major step in its U.S. expansion strategy. The facility will assemble batteries for Class I, II, and III … Read More

Congress should also extend and expand tax incentives designed to promote domestic manufacturing of key technologies, most notably distribution transformers. As the country starts reshoring production of certain materials and components, an incentive structure that … Read More

U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced the American Grown Act, legislation requiring the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Defense, and the Department … Read More

In a boost for clean energy and U.S. jobs, solar company T1 Energy and glassmaker Corning have struck a deal to build a fully American-made solar supply chain, from raw materials to finished panels, reported … Read More

Arcsky, a U.S.-based drone manufacturer, is betting it can carve out space in the crowded commercial drone market with the Xplorer drone. The Xplorer drone is a rugged, compact system purpose-built for surveying, mapping, public … Read More

Hitachi Energy will build a $457 million transformer production facility in South Boston, Virginia, and make more than $500 million in other investments to meet the growing need for U.S. grid equipment, the company, state … Read More