Briefings
Every Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events briefing, newest first.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 12, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 1 story across automotive & suppliers from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Scout Motors has 212,000 vehicle reservations as $2 billion South Carolina plant nears completion - CNBC.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 11, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across aerospace & defense, metals & materials and automotive & suppliers from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: A year in, Boeing SC shows progress on 787 expansion - Post and Courier.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 10, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across plastics & chemicals and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: 14 Hospitalized after Hazmat Incident at Lenoir, NC, Recycling Plant - Firehouse.com.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 9, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 1 story across metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Chemical operations resume at Silfab Solar after 8-month pause - WSOC TV.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 7, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 2 stories across metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Silfab gives SC regulators notice that it’s ready to use chemicals in Fort Mill - Rock Hill Herald.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 6, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 4 stories across automotive & suppliers and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: IAC to close Alabama plant six years after announcing $34M expansion - Plastics News.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 5, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across automotive & suppliers and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Mazda N.A. CEO: Alabama plant ramp-up fuels bid for record U.S. sales - Automotive News.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 4, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across metals & materials, automotive & suppliers and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: G&G Steel lands $14 million Army Corps contract for bridge fabrication - 256 Today.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 3, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 1 story from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: South Carolina Bill Would Bar H-1B and OPT Workers From State Incentive Programs.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 2, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 4 stories across automotive & suppliers and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Macon-Bibb County Government - Macon-Bibb County Government.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 1, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 1 story across batteries & ev from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Toyota battery plant reaches 50% buildout, 2,800 workers but growth hinges on shift in consumer demand - The Business Journals.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 31, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across aerospace & defense and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: HITT and BE&K Top Out Boeing South Carolina Building - Construction Owners.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 30, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across automotive & suppliers, plastics & chemicals and aerospace & defense from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: GE Appliances Puts $1 Billion Into Louisville as $3 Billion Reshoring Plan Reaches Five States.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 29, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 5 stories across automotive & suppliers, plastics & chemicals and aerospace & defense from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Toyota to Build $1.29 Billion Battery Plant in North Carolina - Environmental Leader.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 28, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 5 stories across aerospace & defense, metals & materials and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Glass manufacturer to close Statesboro plant, cut 115 jobs - The Business Journals.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 27, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 5 stories across automotive & suppliers, metals & materials and batteries & ev from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Southeast Keeps $73.8 Billion EV Investment Lead as Ford, VinFast and Rivian Projects Slip.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 26, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 1 story across automotive & suppliers from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: How Audi’s multi-year search for U.S. plant ended with Georgia site - Automotive News.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 25, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across automotive & suppliers, aerospace & defense and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Audi to build Georgia factory near Macon - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 24, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across aerospace & defense, plastics & chemicals and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: North Alabama plant to build upper rocket stage for future NASA lunar missions - AL.com.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 23, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 5 stories across automotive & suppliers, batteries & ev, aerospace & defense and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Boston Dynamics Opens Atlas Training Hub Inside Hyundai's Ellabell Plant, Targets 2028 Line Deployment.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 22, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across automotive & suppliers, metals & materials and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: This century-old maker of buses picks Georgia for a $300 million factory - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 21, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 5 stories across metals & materials and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Westinghouse will invest US$1 billion in a LEU+ nuclear fuel fabrication plant - Inspenet.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 20, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across metals & materials, batteries & ev, plastics & chemicals and automotive & suppliers from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: PepsiCo shutters Tennessee bottling plant amid soda slump - Food Dive.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 19, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 1 story across batteries & ev from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: GM's $1 Billion Spring Hill Retool Builds the First US Line for a Cheaper EV Battery Chemistry.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 18, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 4 stories across automotive & suppliers and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Trump touts Hyundai's $560 million Georgia investment pledge during campaign rally - Korea JoongAng Daily.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 16, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across batteries & ev, plastics & chemicals and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: SK On Tennessee cuts 40 jobs at former BlueOval SK battery plant - nbc39.com.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 15, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Still the Steel City: $550M expansion to meet oil and gas industry demand - The Business Journals.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 14, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across automotive & suppliers, metals & materials, aerospace & defense and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Upstate car parts manufacturers investing $82M to supply Scout Motors - South Carolina Daily Gazette.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 13, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across plastics & chemicals and batteries & ev from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: AkzoNobel cuts 75 jobs, closes Nashville factory - WKRN News 2.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 10, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across batteries & ev, automotive & suppliers, metals & materials and aerospace & defense from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: GM and LG will mass-produce LMR battery cells in Tennessee and add 500 jobs - ECOticias.com.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 9, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 5 stories across aerospace & defense, automotive & suppliers and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Global firm announces $70 million expansion of Huntsville aerospace facility - AL.com.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 8, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across automotive & suppliers, metals & materials, batteries & ev and aerospace & defense from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Georgia Gains $586M, 460 Jobs From Auto, Metal Projects - Business Facilities.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 7, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 4 stories across metals & materials, automotive & suppliers and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Re:Build Manufacturing to Expand York County Footprint with $20 Million Facility and 150 New Jobs - Fort Mill Sun.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 6, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across plastics & chemicals, automotive & suppliers, metals & materials and batteries & ev from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Sherwin-Williams opens expanded paint and coatings plant in North Carolina - chemengonline.com.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 5, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across plastics & chemicals and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Environmentalists say Chemours not doing enough to reduce PFAS discharges - Wilmington Star-News.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 3, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 1 story across plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Silfab Solar seeks to restart chemical commissioning after previous leaks - WSOC TV.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 2, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across plastics & chemicals and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Gov. Kemp: MEC Plans Approximately 140 New Jobs in Thomson - AllOnGeorgia.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — October 1, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 10 stories across metals & materials, aerospace & defense and automotive & suppliers from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: New plant to bring 140 jobs, $26M investment to McDuffie County - WRDW.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 30, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across batteries & ev, plastics & chemicals, automotive & suppliers and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: WINNING: GM Invests $1 Billion And Adds 500 Jobs At Tennessee Battery Plant to Avoid Tariffs - Auto Spies.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 29, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across automotive & suppliers, plastics & chemicals and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Savannah’s Industrial Corridor Runs on Port Steel and Highway Contracts; Charleston’s Runs on Tourism Dollars.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 28, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 1 story across plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Two new proposed class-action lawsuits seek damages over BioLab fire - Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 25, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across plastics & chemicals and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Local incentives swell to $85M for 2,000-job project eyeing North Carolina - The Business Journals.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 24, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 4 stories across metals & materials and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Derailed Liberty Steel deal creates environmental questions in Georgetown - Post and Courier.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 23, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across automotive & suppliers, metals & materials and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Trump pulled the plug on EVs. Georgia EV makers are adapting and forging ahead - WABE.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 22, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across plastics & chemicals, automotive & suppliers and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: A Midlands manufacturer plans a $400 million expansion, adding 105 new jobs - The State.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 21, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 5 stories across metals & materials and automotive & suppliers from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Premium Plate to invest $20+ million in new Axis facility - Business Alabama Magazine.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 19, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 2 stories across metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: U.S. Steel invests $475 million in Alabama mini mill - nwitimes.com.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 18, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 9 stories across batteries & ev, metals & materials, aerospace & defense and plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: TOSHA levies $3.1M fine after explosives plant disaster. What to know - The Tennessean.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 17, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across automotive & suppliers, plastics & chemicals, aerospace & defense and metals & materials from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Mercedes-Benz settles case over allegations of union-busting in Alabama - Automotive News.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 16, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 55 stories across automotive & suppliers, aerospace & defense, metals & materials and batteries & ev from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Volkswagen workers ratify first UAW contract, marks win for labor in the South - Reuters.
Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 15, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 38 stories across automotive & suppliers, plastics & chemicals, metals & materials and batteries & ev from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Ford invests $1B in its key Kentucky plant for truck, SUV production - WardsAuto.