Raytheon Expands Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Missile Defense Operations
Defense technology company Raytheon plans to expand its operations in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The $100 million project is expected to create 150 jobs.
Rhode Island Manufacturing / Industrial Project Announcements
REGENT Craft Plans North Kingstown, Rhode Island, Production Operations
REGENT Craft plans to establish seaguilder manufacturing operations in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The project is expected to create 300 jobs over the next ten years.
Honeywell Expands Manufacturing at Smithfield, Rhode Island, Plant
To address the growing demand of N95 masks during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, Honeywell is ramping up production and making millions of the N95 masks in the United States. The company is expanding manufacturing operations at its factory in Smithfield, Rhode Island, which also produces UVEX safety glasses, and in Phoenix, Arizona.
Atlas Analytical Expands Operations in Brooksville, Florida
Atlas Analytical Inc., a microbiology and chemistry quality control laboratory, relocated to an expanded operations campus 50 miles north of Tampa in Brooksville, Florida.
Rubius Therapeutics Designing Pharmaceutical Facility in Smithfield, Rhode Island
Rubius Therapeutics is investing $155 million on a newly designed pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Amgen Plans West Greenwich, Rhode Island, Biomanufacturing Complex
Amgen plans to build a new state-of-the-art next-generation biomanufacturing plant at its campus in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The new plant will employ Amgen's proven next-generation biomanufacturing capabilities and manufacture products for the U.S. and global markets.
Bidding War Begins to Lure Toyota-Mazda $1.6 Billion Joint Venture Assembly Plant
Toyota Motor Corporation and Mazda Motor Corporation signed a joint venture agreement to build a $1.6 billion assembly plant somewhere in the United States.
Lighting Science Plans Expansion With China-Based Joint Venture Partner In West Warwick, Rhode Island
West Warwick-based Lighting Science, a global leader in next-generation LED lighting solutions and a pioneer in providing retail private label LED solutions, has planned a joint venture with Chinese LED manufacturer and lighting company MLS Co., Ltd.
Reebok Plans Liquid Factory manufacturing lab In Lincoln, Rhode Island
Early next year, Global fitness leader Reebok plans to open its own Liquid Factory manufacturing lab in collaboration with AF Group, Inc. of Lincoln, Rhode Island.
Manufacturers Less Optimistic About Overall Economy; Express Confidence in Their Own Revenue Growth
In mid-July, PwC released its Q2 2016 Manufacturing Barometer, which surveyed senior executives at U.S.-based industrial manufacturing firms to determine their assessment of the direction of the nation’s economy, as well as their projections for thei
Cushman & Wakefield Reports on Continuing Momentum for Industrial Real Estate Markets
Cushman & Wakefield has announced that U.S. industrial markets absorbed a record-setting 70.1 million square feet (msf) of space in the second quarter of 2016, up 6.0 percent from the same period a year ago, and resulting in year-to-date absorption o
Vet Innovations, Inc Expands Its West Greenwich, Rhode Island, Operations Complex
Vet Innovations, Inc. a company developing proprietary innovative technology centered on animal wellness, opened a new testing and validation facility in West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
