CHARLOTTE, NC—Imperial Brown, a leading manufacturer of custom walk-in coolers and freezers, will open a manufacturing plant in Tucson, AZ, in 2023 at the city's Airport Distribution Center.

BUCKEYE, AZ—Kore Power Inc. is building a $500 million assembly plant here to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicle charging stations, microgrids, utilities and other applications.

CASA GRANDE, AZ — Construction has begun at Lucid Motor’s Arizona manufacturing facility that will be dedicated to the production of the Lucid Motors Air electric sedan. According to the company, production will begin in late 2020.

BUCKEYE, AZ--Nikola Motor Co. announced last week that it will build a new plant in this Phoenix suburb to manufacture hydrogen fuel cell-powered trucks. Salt Lake City-based Nikola chose the site from among 30 locations in nine states considered during a 12-month site-selection process for the zero-emission facility.The project is said to provide 2,000 new jobs and more than $1 billion in capital investment by 2024.

PHOENIX—Dexcom is building a new assembly plant here to produce glucose monitoring devices. The 180,000-square-foot is expected to begin operation in 2017 and employ more than 500 people.

GOODYEAR, AZ—Sub-Zero Group Inc. is adding 280,000 square feet to its assembly plant here, bringing the total manufacturing space to 700,000 square feet. The company also expects to add another 100 jobs over the next five years.

MESA, AZ—Japanese automotive supplier Daicel is planning to build a second U.S. assembly plant here to make air bag inflators in early 2016.

MESA, AZ—A rebar manufacturing plant here was evacuated last week after several artillery shells were found in a shipment of scrap steel. A fire department spokesman said the load might contain more than 100 rounds.