AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoDigital Resilience: Malaysia’s manufacturers are being urged to prepare for cloud and software outages, review aging factory systems and set up backup communication channels after Microsoft 365 service disruption. Battery Manufacturing: India’s heavy industries ministry received 22 bids for 10 GWh of grid-storage battery capacity, part of a 50 GWh domestic target. Solar Capacity: Jupiter International plans to raise cell-making capacity to 8.5 GW by April 2027, while ReNew plans $1.2 billion in polysilicon and metallurgical silicon manufacturing in Andhra Pradesh. Factory Investment: GlobalFoundries is set to begin a $21 billion Malta expansion; Mars announced $1.4 billion in U.S. manufacturing investment for 2027. Industrial Technology: Rockwell Automation’s new LogixEdge platform combines factory control and computing on one system, with customer availability planned for late 2026. Local Production: Nigeria’s raw-materials council sees a $2.65 trillion global market opportunity across agricultural, mineral and circular-economy value chains, and is calling for more domestic processing and manufacturing.
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