Texas Triangle Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 26, 2026
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 4 stories across automotive & mobility, machinery & metals and aerospace & defense from the utilities, authorities and state agencies that run American water. Leading today: Inside The Texas Factory Racing To Break China’s Grip On EV Magnets - InsideEVs.
automotive
The story is about a Texas factory tied to EV magnet production and the effort to reduce dependence on Chinese supply. For readers tracking plants in the Texas Triangle, it points to a manufacturing buildout around rare-earth processing or magnet assembly, but the excerpt does not say which facility changes hands, expands, or starts production.
InsideEVs
Markets
The story says a Coca-Cola bottler is expanding its San Antonio plant with new production capacity and added space. For other bottlers and beverage plants in the region, the same kind of project can mean more output at an existing site and more work tied to permitting, equipment installation, and facility logistics; the excerpt does not say whether hiring, incentives, or environmental permits are part of this project.
San Antonio Express-News
machinery
The item concerns a Houston factory build for a power-conversion manufacturer, which fits plant-level industrial coverage. It also points to a pilot award for a related manufacturer, but the excerpt does not say whether that changes a Texas facility or adds local manufacturing capacity.
energy-storage.news
aerospace
Firefly Aerospace says it finished an ISO Class 8 cleanroom at its Texas campus to support higher spacecraft output. For other aerospace plants in the region, the concrete change is added production space and a cleaner assembly environment; the excerpt does not say which campus, how much capacity changes, or whether hiring, permits, or incentives are tied to it.
Cleanroom Technology