Southeast Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — November 13, 2026
Friday, November 13, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across plastics & chemicals from the plants, ports and job sites of the Southeast. Leading today: Taiwanese toothbrush maker Acumen plans $20M US injection molding plant - Plastics News.
plastics
Acumen is planning a U.S. injection molding plant, which would add a new plastics manufacturing site tied to its toothbrush business. The excerpt does not say where the plant will be, how many jobs it will bring, or when construction would start.
Plastics News
State regulators are on site at Silfab’s South Carolina facility as it gets ready to start solar cell production. The story points to permitting or compliance oversight at a plant, but it does not say what specific issue regulators are examining or whether production timing has changed.
Queen City News
Markets
This is about Prologis starting a speculative warehouse project in Middle Georgia. It affects industrial site supply and could matter to suppliers or future tenants, but the excerpt does not say which plant or manufacturer would use it.
Bisnow