Advanced Manufacturing

Meyer Burger to establish solar module manufacturing facility in Goodyear

January 6, 2022

Meyer Burger Technology AG announced today that the company is establishing a production site for high-performance solar modules in Goodyear. The investment is an important step in meeting Meyer Burger’s commitments to produce modules near end-customers, source material from regional suppliers, and improve overall sustainability by reducing transportation emissions and optimizing the carbon footprint of the company’s solar modules.

Activity around planned battery manufacturing facility picks up in West Valley

December 22, 2021

The State Route 85 and MC 85 area of the West Valley, which is being envisioned as a clean energy corridor, has started to see activity in recent months on the heels of the announcement of KORE Power’s battery manufacturing facility in Buckeye.

EnPower announces U.S. li-ion battery manufacturing facility

December 20, 2021

EnPower, Inc. is pleased to announce a customer qualification facility located in Indianapolis, IN where it will produce up to 800-MWh of advanced Li-ion batteries annually for a variety of markets. The facility is equipped with a pouch cell manufacturing line purchased from EnerDel, Inc. The purchase reduces overall capex requirements and accelerates EnPower’s time to market by 24 months.

Honeywell satellite communications partnership could lead to manufacturing facility in Arizona

December 20, 2021

Arizona is in the running for a new manufacturing facility that will be developed as a result of a new satellite communications partnership between Honeywell International and Bay Area telecommunications company Skyloom Global.

How small businesses can protect their supply chains

December 15, 2021

The ongoing supply chain crisis that’s affecting a range of industries around the globe isn’t sparing small businesses in the United States. Logistics experts say the problems are likely to get worse before they get better — potentially dragging into 2023 or beyond.

Inside Intel’s $20B Arizona investment: A plan to reclaim America’s semiconductor dominance

December 14, 2021

Intel’s push to reclaim American dominance in the semiconductor market is a matter of national security, according to a top company executive. “If that semiconductor is being built overseas and potentially in an area with geopolitical risk, that puts the entire supply chain at risk, that creates potential national security issues for us,” Todd Brady, Intel’s vice president of public affairs and sustainability, told Fox News.

Intel CEO says rebuilding U.S. semiconductor industry is vital

December 9, 2021

In a message he has been repeating all year, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger emphasized the importance of the domestic semiconductor industry to a crowd of lawmakers and business leaders in Oregon at a crucial time for the company. Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), which is based in Santa Clara, California, has 21,000 employees in Oregon, which is the company’s largest employee concentration and home to the chipmaker’s manufacturing R&D and leading edge manufacturing facility — in the industry called fabs.

November 2021 TechCast | How Arizona Became the U.S.’s New ‘Semiconductor Central’

November 22, 2021

Semiconductors are the nation’s fifth-largest export, accounting for $49 billion in 2020. As the U.S. looks to increase chip production and fulfill its semiconductor needs on its own, Arizona is quickly emerging as a base for the industry’s growth and success. In fact, Arizona has skyrocketed to No. 3 in the nation with 107 semiconductor establishments operating here including Intel, TSMC, Microchip, onsemi, NXP and many others.

Lucid shares soar on news of first electric sedan deliveries

November 4, 2021

Lucid Group Inc. shares jumped by 31% Thursday and continued higher on Friday as the luxury electric car maker met its goal of preparing to make its first deliveries this weekend. Shares of the California-based Tesla rival jumped by as much as 47% at one point in Thursday’s session on the delivery news that had actually been announced the previous day.

Onsemi shares skyrocket as Q3 earnings, revenue top analysts’ predictions

November 2, 2021

Onsemi shares took a big leap on Monday as the Valley maker of tiny semiconductor components not only beat Wall Street predictions for its fiscal third quarter but issued bullish guidance for Q4 that was also ahead of analysts’ expectations.

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