Factory Investment: BMW opened a $700 million battery assembly plant in South Carolina, while GlobalFoundries and Eli Lilly broke ground on semiconductor and pharmaceutical facilities worth $10 billion and $3.5 billion, respectively. Supply Chains: Oman signed programs to expand local sourcing and finance manufacturers. India is also building domestic capability, with 22 bids submitted for 10 GWh of battery capacity and new efforts to develop semiconductor-making equipment. Industrial Technology: India’s indigenous five-axis CNC machines point to growing precision-manufacturing capacity, while AI tools are increasingly being pitched to help factories improve operations. Greener Production: A $60 million financing initiative aims to equip 300 Nepalese brick sites with cleaner production technology by 2030. Security Risks: Estonia detained eight suspects after an attempted arson attack on drone maker Threod Systems; Ukraine also reported strikes on Russian petrochemical plants and a helicopter manufacturer.