US factory building in August 2025
In August 2025, 13 large US plant projects were announced ($2.6 billion and 1,980 jobs announced), 0 started construction, 4 started production or opened and 0 were paused, cancelled or closed.
- Announced
- 13
- Broke ground
- 0
- Opened
- 4
- Stopped
- 0
- Revised
- November 11, 2026
Opened or started production
| Project | Date | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlueOval SK Battery Park Kentucky (renamed Ford Energy Systems)Ford Motor Company (Ford Energy Battery LLC); formerly BlueOval SK JV, Glendale, Kentucky | August 19, 2025Production started, reported | $5.8B | insideevs.com |
| StarPlus Energy Gigafactory 1StarPlus Energy (Stellantis / Samsung SDI JV), Kokomo, Indiana | August 2025Production started, reported | $2.5B | wrtv.com |
| Mebane laboratory pipette tip manufacturing facilityThermo Fisher Scientific, Mebane, North Carolina | August 21, 2025Production started | $193M | governor.nc.gov |
| Springdale electronics manufacturing facilityKey Tronic Corporation, Springdale, Arkansas | August 28, 2025Production started | $28M | arkansasedc.com |
Announced
| Project | Date | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Assembly Plant retooling for electric mid-size pickupFord Motor Co., Louisville, Kentucky | August 11, 2025Announced | $1.9B | kentucky.gov |
| Chandler semiconductor equipment components facilityApplied Materials, Inc., Chandler, Arizona | August 6, 2025Announced | $200M | azcommerce.com |
| Little Rock LSAW pipe millWelspun Tubular, Pulaski County, Arkansas | August 11, 2025Announced | $150M | arkansasedc.com |
| Brusly consolidated manufacturing facilitySNT Motiv and SNT Energy (SNT Global), Brusly, Louisiana | August 28, 2025Announced | $59M | opportunitylouisiana.gov |
| Baltimore Bayview biologics plantSyngene USA Inc. (Syngene International), Baltimore, Maryland | August 11, 2025Announced | $50M | commerce.maryland.gov |
| New Windsor pharmaceutical manufacturing facilityGaronit Pharmaceutical, Inc., New Windsor, New York | August 4, 2025Announced | $46M | governor.ny.gov |
| Schenectady generator manufacturing expansionGE Vernova, Schenectady, New York | August 19, 2025Announced | $41M | governor.ny.gov |
| Las Vegas photonic semiconductor manufacturing and R&D facilityEmisha Innovations, Las Vegas, Nevada | August 7, 2025Announced | $37M | goed.nv.gov |
| Adairsville industrial racking plantstow Group, Gordon County, Georgia | August 21, 2025Announced | $36M | georgia.org |
| Columbus prefilled flush syringe expansionBD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Columbus, Nebraska | August 4, 2025Announced | $35M | news.bd.com |
| Kentwood environmental test chamber plantWeiss Technik North America, Kentwood, Michigan | August 21, 2025Announced | $26M | michigan.gov |
| Kalkaska body armor plantWarBird Protection Group, Inc., Kalkaska, Michigan | August 21, 2025Announced | $3M | michigan.gov |
| Osceola steel manufacturing facilityMerrill Steel, Mississippi County, Arkansas | August 20, 2025Announced | — | arkansasedc.com |
Milestones from company, state, SEC and federal sources; "reported" means a news report not yet confirmed by the company or state. Figures are as announced. Months with fewer than three milestones are folded into the tracker only.