Updates on projects and companies in the Texas & Louisiana region.

Semiconductor company, which produces technology used in electric vehicles, 5G networks and renewable energy and storage, is building a new plant in its home state and a research facility with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Entek plans to produce lithium-ion battery separators for electric vehicles at the Terre Haute plant, which is expected to open in two to four years.

Rather than using separated spaces for different aspects of pharmaceutical manufacturing as is typical, this plant was built with a single main “ballroom” to allow for adaptable modules that can be switched and scaled up as new treatments advance from R&D to commercial production, the team says.

Solar generation, data centers, infrastructure and manufacturing projects powered the Southwest in 2022.

Electric Mustangs are set to use factory's first in the U.S. lithium iron phosphate batteries, which are more durable with less high-cost materials, automaker says, despite lawmaker concerns about the China link.

Agilent Technologies plans to open the new oligonucleotide manufacturing lines in 2026.

The solar equipment manufacturer envisiions 8.4 GW of capacity in building one new solar component plant and expanding an existing panel plant, both in Georgia.,

Manufacturing companies continue to choose sites in Arizona for new facilities.

The solar energy equipment manufacturer has not yet selected a location for its planned 10-GW plant.