DESOTO, KS—Panasonic will formally break ground for its brand new $4 billion, 4,000-employee factory in Kansas in a private ceremony on Wednesday, November 2nd.

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA—China's zero-Covid policy is putting a tremendous strain on Foxconn just before the holiday shopping season begins and highlights how the country's stringentCovid policyis hurting international business.

NORMAN, OK—The immediate future will hold more employment opportunities as Johnson Controls aims to increase production volume by 50% in the next year.

FREMONT, CA—伦Musk-led汽车制造商将派遣员工—in particular automation and control engineers -- to assist efforts to increase output in Fremont, where Tesla produces the Model S, X, 3 and Y vehicles.

MESA, AZ—Boeing’s Defense, Space and Security business unit has unveiled its new Advanced Composite Fabrication Center here, which has been purpose-built to produce advanced composite components for future combat aircraft.

ST. LOUIS—Boeing is investing $5 million over the next five years to expand the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center here. The investment will help fund a state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facility, accelerate workforce development programs, and grow the region’s talent pipeline and technical and manufacturing abilities.

LEIDEN, Netherlands—Airbus has successfully delivered a first full-size prototype for the next-generation of wing technologies for its passenger jets.

MELBOURNE, FL—Dassault Falcon Jet has announced plans to create 400 new jobs and build a $115 million aviation maintenance facility near the airport here.

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CHICAGO, IL—The 2022 award was presented on Sept. 16, 2022, at IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show at McCormick Place in Chicago by Harry Moser, founder, and president of the Reshoring Initiative. The award honors companies that have effectively reshored products, parts, or tooling made primarily by metal forming, fabricating, casting, or machining, including additive manufacturing.