Federal funds will help SK Hynix at Purdue. Microsoft boosts data center capacity in San Antonio. Harman plays the hits in stereo in Mexico. Amazon facility arrives in Puerto Rico. Natron Energy locates in North Carolina. Ebon Solar will manufacture in Albuquerque.
Alexis Elmore delivers updates on industrial activity in Brazil spurred by the new Fuel to Future law; Birla Carbon’s synthetic graphite plant in South Carolina; and Tata Power’s big plans for the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Early this month West Star Aviation announced plans for the construction of a new hangar along with new office, back shop and ramp space in Grand Junction, Colorado. Expected to be complete by the second quarter of 2026, the project will add 80 to 100 new jobs to an operation that employs over 540 today. It comes as the Grand Junction Airport is in the midst of a multi-year runway improvement project.
Site Selection reported on the company’s growth in Grand Junction (where the company’s origins date back to 1952) in 2013 after a press trip to the region that also featured coverage of the area’s mountain biking scene. Another West Star expansion featuring an interview with co-founder Jim Swehla was chronicled in the 2023 edition of “Colorado: Business Comes to Life,” the state’s economic development guide produced by Conway Custom Content.
Frost Brown Todd in late September collected in one place summaries of notable rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term in terms of their relevance to industry. Topics include the overrule of the 40-year-old “Chevron doctrine” and the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy. “But it may be the rulings arriving with less fanfare — concerning topics like social media regulation, governmental takings, trademarks and securities enforcement — that may prove more immediately consequential to industry,” the firm stated. Full transcripts of all Supreme Court arguments can be found here.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Photo by Bettymaya Foott courtesy of NRAO/AUI/NSF
Much of North America thrilled to a glimpse of the northern lights last week. Delighting in the sky’s offerings is a regular practice at the National Science Foundation Very Large Array (VLA), located about an hour east of Socorro, New Mexico, and immediately recognizable to fans of the film “Contact,” based on a novel by Carl Sagan. The facility operated by the NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory hosted its fall open house on Saturday. This photograph of a VLA dish with the Pleiades constellation was made by Bettymaya Foott as part of an astrophotography project.
