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21st Annual Shovel Awards: The American Industrial Economy Remade in Real Time How Tariffs Are Rewiring Logistics Navigating Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign-Trade Zones and Manufacturing in a Volatile Market Rethinking Environmental Review Automaker Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas plans to expand its operations in San Antonio, Texas. The $3.6 billion project is expected to create 2,000 jobs.

Unmanned aircraft systems manufacturer Platform Aerospace plans to establish operations in California, Maryland. The investment will include the lease of approximately 80,000 square feet of engineering, design, and production space to increase manufacturing capacity for the company’s MQ-22 Swift (Vanilla) ultra-long endurance unmanned aircraft system.

Episode 14 of the Site & Facility Planning Podcast delivers a strategic overview of the forces shaping capital investment decisions — from Mississippi’s infrastructure-first approach to the growing importance of workforce pipelines, the realities behind stalled projects, and the implications of accelerating Korean investment across the U.S. Four conversations from the field, all pointing in the same direction...

Defense Spending Surge Is Reshaping U.S. Industrial Investment The Infrastructure of Intelligence The Location Economics of Advanced Nuclear Why Industrial Developers Are Turning to On-Site Energy Defense and nuclear equipment manufacturer Curtiss-Wright plans to expand its operations in Cheswick, Pennsylvania. The $80 million project is expected to create 150 jobs.

21st Annual Shovel Awards: The American Industrial Economy Remade in Real Time First Person: Tate Reeves, Governor of Mississippi The Partnerships Driving Virginia’s Biopharma Success What Korean Manufacturers Underestimate About Building in America Advanced manufacturing company Oobotic plans to establish operations in Melbourne, Arkansas. The $6.5 million project is expected to create up to 70 jobs over the next four years.

21st Annual Shovel Awards: The American Industrial Economy Remade in Real Time Kansas: A Faster Path from Aerospace Concept to Commercialization Tennessee’s Aerospace & Defense Sector Is Scaling with Precision What Korean Manufacturers Underestimate About Building in America Germany-based aerospace manufacturer Blackwave plans to establish operations in San Antonio, Texas. The $2.5 million project is expected to create up to 250 jobs.

From Reset to Readiness: Navigating the Life Science Real Estate Market in 2026 In Montgomery County, Maryland, Companies are Shaping the Next Generation of Discoveries Kansas: A Faster Path from Aerospace Concept to Commercialization The Missing Middle: Pre-Commercial Life Science Companies and the Incentives Gap Impacting Future Clusters Agricultural processing company ADM plans to upgrade its operations in Decatur, Illinois. The more than $100 million project is expected to create 50 jobs.

21st Annual Shovel Awards: The American Industrial Economy Remade in Real Time How Consumer Trends Are Reshaping Food Facilities Where the Northeast Corridor Meets Its Match Why Cold Storage May Defy the Tariff Crunch Beverage contract manufacturer Prime Beverage Group plans to establish operations in Fairland, Indiana. The project is expected to create approximately 180 jobs in Shelby County.

First Person: Scott Kupperman, Owner, Kupperman Location Solutions (KLS) How Consumer Trends Are Reshaping Food Facilities Tennessee's Global Moment: How Foreign Direct Investment Is Reshaping the Volunteer State Why Cold Storage May Defy the Tariff Crunch Controlled environment agriculture company Edible Garden AG Incorporated plans to upgrade its operations in Webster City, Louisiana Iowa. The $75 million project is expected to create 42 jobs.

How Ohio Is Powering America’s Next Industrial Wave Rethinking Environmental Review The Infrastructure of Intelligence What Korean Manufacturers Underestimate About Building in America Modular housing manufacturer MMY US plans to establish operations in Cleveland, Ohio. The approximately $26 million project is expected to create up to 150 jobs.