East Rutherford – October 30, 2026 -- Cambrex has started construction on a $120 million expansion at its Charles City, Iowa, facility, adding 160,000 liters of manufacturing capacity for small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and synthetic peptides.

DAYTON, Minn. – October 28, 2026 -- Gradian Thermal Solutions has opened a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Dayton, Minnesota, a roughly $60 million investment that lifts its total manufacturing footprint to approximately 780,000 square feet.

Dayton plant has been producing since June and is still ramping up

Production began at the site in June, and Gradian continues to add capacity. The company expects the facility to support what it describes as strong and growing demand from data center, industrial and commercial customers.

Finland – October 23, 2026 -- Aspocomp has invested in two new 6-spindle drilling machines to expand its drilling capacity and technology capabilities for high-reliability printed circuit boards (PCBs). The company describes the units as best-in-class equipment currently available on the market.

Drilling creates the electrical interconnections between PCB layers. Aspocomp says the accuracy, stability and consistency of this step directly affect signal integrity, reliability and overall product performance.

Dallas – October 21, 2026 -- Business Jet is building two hangars totaling nearly 70,000 square feet at Dallas Love Field (KDAL), lifting its footprint to 475,000 square feet across 19 hangars and 2 executive terminals. Completion of the 18th and 19th hangars is scheduled for January 2026.

Basel – October 19, 2026 -- WuXi Biologics will expand annual capacity to approximately 300 IND programs and 20 BLA programs by 2027, as bispecific antibodies and ADCs made up 71% of the 169 projects it added in the first half of 2026. More than two-thirds of those new programs originated in the United States and Europe, the company said at its 3rd annual Basel CRDMO+ Day, held alongside Festival of Biologics Basel 2026, which drew more than 3,000 industry professionals.

Lansing – October 16, 2026 -- Niowave is building an 80,000-square-foot medical radioisotope production facility in Lansing, Michigan, with a capital investment of more than $85 million and operations expected to start in 2028.

Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling toured Niowave's existing dedicated production facility and the construction site of its second plant. He also held a roundtable with company leaders on the production of medical radioisotopes for cancer treatments.

Minneapolis – October 14, 2026 -- Daikin Applied has raised production capacity for custom-built hydronic and electric systems by approximately 150% with the opening of its expanded 191,000-square-foot Modular Solutions facility in Phoenix, Arizona.

Tognana, Italy – October 12, 2026 -- Vertiv expects to double chiller production capacity at its Tognana campus near Padua by the end of 2026, as demand for AI and high-density computing infrastructure drives investment in data center cooling.

The NYSE-listed company will also complete a new large-scale testing laboratory in early 2027, adding integrated validation capacity to the site.

Westminster, Colo. – September 16, 2026 -- Ball Corporation (NYSE: BALL) will build a new two-line beverage can manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh, India, expected to be operational in 2029, marking the company's third production site in the country.

Basel, Switzerland – September 15, 2026 -- CordenPharma has committed a multi-year €80 million investment to expand sterile injectable manufacturing at its FDA & EMA-approved Caponago site near Milan, Italy, targeting a total production capacity of 500 million units per year.