Regions
By region
The week is global. The reader is not. The Americas, the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Asia. We write for the person who specifies and buys, not for a map.
Americas
The United States, Mexico, Brazil and Canada. Capex, power, and the plant decision, not the press conference.
Latest · 16 Oct 2026Japan will put up to $21bn into two GlobalFoundries chip fabs in New York
United Kingdom
British factories, the grid, skills, and the gap between industrial strategy and a shift.
Latest · 21 Oct 2026Resideo and Honeywell plan to close their neighbouring Motherwell factories, with 207 jobs at risk
Europe
The Mittelstand, the Commission, energy as a production constraint, and the battery belt.
Latest · 19 Oct 2026Stellantis starts building Leapmotor's B10 in Zaragoza, with more than 40% of its components made locally
Middle East
Aluminium, energy, ports, and the plants being built. A buyer’s region, not a brochure.
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Asia
Taiwan, Japan, Korea, China, India, ASEAN — where most of the world’s manufacturing still happens.
Latest · 24 Sept 2026EnerVenue starts production at its Changzhou plant