Semiconductor & IP: Tesla and SpaceX asked a Texas federal judge to rule their Terafab plant won’t infringe TERA-print’s marks, arguing confusion is “vanishingly small,” as the dispute heads into a declaratory judgment fight. Advanced manufacturing expansion: Hitachi Energy plans a $528M transformer factory in Mississippi, adding to a wave of grid-focused U.S. capacity builds. Pharma manufacturing: Bright Path won an FDA Advanced Manufacturing Technology designation for carboplatin and lidocaine, using its Spinning Tube-in-Tube reactor plus robotic sterile filling to speed production and support shortages. Energy storage: DOE cleared a Michigan project for a 1.15MW battery system paired with local solar, using domestically sourced, reusable lead batteries. Industrial policy & trade compliance: The U.S. trained 50+ countries on blocking forced-labor goods, shifting compliance from a single U.S. checkpoint to a multi-agency, multi-country screening approach. China industrial push: Beijing unveiled a five-year plan to push electronic information manufacturing revenue above 30T yuan by 2030, betting on AI-linked upgrades. Local jobs: Fort Payne, Alabama approved a tax abatement for Valley Joist’s $2.5M steel machinery investment; Toledo, Ohio is preparing layoffs as Perstorp Polyols closes its facility. Space manufacturing scale-up: EnduroSat raised $205M to build high-volume satellite production in the U.S. and expand Europe’s space/defense hub.