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2024

Material Evolution — Mevo A1 Cement FacilityOpenedDecember 2024Completed · Opened

Logistics & Manufacturing

Mevo A1 is Material Evolution’s cement production facility at the CCP Building Products site in Llay, Wrexham. Its first batch was produced in October 2024, and the company announced industrial operation in December 2024.

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2025

Janet Harvey Hall Shipbuilding FacilityOpened25 June 2025Completed · Opened

Logistics & Manufacturing

BAE Systems’ Janet Harvey Hall at Govan brings Type 26 frigate construction indoors, reducing exposure to bad weather.

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AESC Sunderland battery gigafactoryOpened2025Completed · Opened

Logistics & Manufacturing

AESC’s second Sunderland battery factory at the International Advanced Manufacturing Park supplies electric-vehicle batteries for Nissan.

Opening confirmed by 16 December 2025; an exact opening day is not established.

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2026

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Ukrspecsystems Drone FactoryOpenedFebruary 2026Completed · Opened

Logistics & Manufacturing

Ukrspecsystems has opened a drone manufacturing facility in Suffolk, with associated testing and training facilities.

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Vertical Aerospace Valo Assembly CentreOpened24 September 2026Completed · Opened

Logistics & Manufacturing

Vertical Aerospace’s Valo Aircraft Assembly Centre is at the company’s Flight Test Centre at Cotswold Airport, near Kemble in Gloucestershire.

Valo assembly centre at Cotswold Airport.

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Rivan Production Base 1Opened5 October 2026Completed · Opened

Logistics & Manufacturing

Production Base 1 in South Bermondsey, London, brings Rivan’s research, assembly and testing of modular synthetic natural gas plants into one factory.

Opening of the factory.

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Pulpex Westway Fibre-Bottle FactoryOpened2026-10-08Completed · Opened

Logistics & Manufacturing

Commercial fibre-bottle manufacturing at Westway 90, Renfrew. The building-level marker is based on a published 100 m precision subject location.

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Sumitomo Electric Subsea Cable FactoryOpened19 October 2026Completed · Opened

Logistics & Manufacturing

Sumitomo Electric’s £350 million factory at the Port of Nigg is designed to manufacture high-voltage direct-current subsea cable systems for electricity transmission and offshore wind connections.

Formal factory opening, not confirmation of production ramp-up or first manufactured cable.

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Aurrigo Coventry manufacturing facilityManufacturing operationalBy 27 April 2026Completed · Completed

Logistics & Manufacturing

Aurrigo’s Power Park facility in Coventry houses its global headquarters and manufacturing operations, supporting autonomous-vehicle development, engineering and automotive production.

Aurrigo’s 27 April announcement confirms autonomous-vehicle production had already started at Power Park.

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Heidelberg Materials Agecroft Recycling ExpansionCompletion confirmed byby 2026-10-15Completed · Completed

Logistics & Manufacturing

Heidelberg Materials has expanded its 13-acre Agecroft recycling operation in Swinton with a new wash plant and rail siding. The wash plant can process up to 450,000 tonnes of excavated waste a year and the rail link can receive primary aggregates for the Manchester market.

Reported operational by publication date; exact commissioning day is not stated.

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Airbus Broughton A321 Wing LineCompletion / operationEnd of 2026Live · Expected

Logistics & Manufacturing

Airbus is converting Broughton's former A380 wing-production building into an A321 wing line.

Airbus expects conversion of the A321 wing line to finish by the end of 2026.

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2027

Hemerdon MineCompletion / operationH2 2027Live · Expected

Logistics & Manufacturing

Tungsten West is restarting the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine at Drakelands in South Devon, using the existing mine and processing infrastructure.

Developer target for steady-state production.

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Agratas Battery GigafactoryFirst battery-cell productionLate 2027Live · Expected

Logistics & Manufacturing

Agratas is building a battery-cell factory at the Gravity campus near Bridgwater, Somerset. The plant is intended to supply electric-vehicle batteries, initially for Jaguar Land Rover.

The September 2026 report retains late 2027 as the forecast for initial battery production, starting with JLR supply.

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Port Talbot Steelworks Arc Furnace UpgradesCompletion / operationDecember 2027Live · Expected

Logistics & Manufacturing

Tata Steel plans to replace Port Talbot’s coal-based primary steelmaking with an electric arc furnace using mainly recycled steel.

Electric arc furnace, new pickle line and caster 1; further rolling-mill works follow.

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2028

GE Aerospace Prestwick ExpansionCompletion / operationQ1 2028Approved · Expected

Logistics & Manufacturing

Expansion and modernisation of GE Aerospace’s existing Prestwick engine MRO site. The marker represents the existing facility, not a verified footprint of the new building. A physical construction start is not established.

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South Crofty Tin Mine RedevelopmentFirst tin productionMid 2028Live · Expected

Logistics & Manufacturing

Cornish Metals is redeveloping South Crofty, which closed in 1998. Work includes dewatering and shaft refurbishment, winding equipment and a new processing plant. The mine has not resumed commercial tin production.

Company target for first tin production, dependent on financing completion, construction and remaining consents or variations.

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Rolls-Royce Sinfin A Engineering and Manufacturing FacilitiesCompletion / operationEnd of 2028Live · Expected

Logistics & Manufacturing

Rolls-Royce is building new engineering and manufacturing services facilities at its Sinfin A campus in Derby, with £112 million allocated to the redevelopment.

Target for the two new Sinfin A buildings to be ready. The broader Derby investment also includes aftermarket-support refurbishment.

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2029

M&S Automated Distribution CentreCompletion / operation2029Live · Expected

Logistics & Manufacturing

Marks & Spencer is building an automated national food-distribution centre in Daventry, Northamptonshire, with Prologis.

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