Alabama has been promised 7 factories since 2017. 4 are producing.

1. Project · largest announced capital first
   20172018201920202021202220232024202520262027202820292030today
   Status · as of Q3 2026

2. Eli Lilly API Facility Huntsville

   Pharmaceuticals · AL

   $6.0B · 450 jobs · announced Dec 2025 · promised 2032 · first output: not yet

   sources · promise investor.lilly.com · status madeinalabama.com

   Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

   Announceddue in 5y 9m

3. Novelis Bay Minette Aluminum Mill

   Other · AL

   $2.5B · 1,000 jobs · announced May 2022 · promised 2025 · first output: not yet

   sources · promise investors.novelis.com · status constructiondive.com

   Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

   Under construction1y 3m past promise

4. Mazda Toyota Manufacturing Huntsville

   Auto Assembly · AL

   $1.6B · 4,000 jobs · announced Jan 2018 · promised 2021 · first output 2021-09-30

   sources · promise governor.alabama.gov · status finance.yahoo.com

   Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

   Producingon time

5. ArcelorMittal Calvert NOES Electrical Steel Facility

   Steel · AL

   $1.2B · 200 jobs · announced Feb 2025 · promised 2027 · first output: not yet

   sources · promise governor.alabama.gov · status sec.gov

   Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

   Under constructiondue in 9m

6. Smucker's Uncrustables Facility McCalla

   Food and Beverage · AL

   $1.1B · 750 jobs · announced Nov 2021 · promised 2025 · first output 2024-11

   sources · promise investors.jmsmucker.com · status foodprocessing.com

   Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

   Producing8m early

7. First Solar Lawrence County (Trinity, Alabama)

   Solar · AL

   $1.1B · 700 jobs · announced Nov 2022 · promised 2025 · first output: date unconfirmed

   sources · promise governor.alabama.gov · status madeinalabama.com

   Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

   Producingfirst-output date unconfirmed

8. Mercedes-Benz EV Production Vance/Tuscaloosa (EQ SUV)

   Auto Assembly · AL

   $1.0B · 600 jobs · announced Sep 2017 · promised 2020 · first output 2022

   sources · promise madeinalabama.com · status autos.yahoo.com

   Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

   Producing2y late

Dates follow the announcement's own precision: a year with no month is drawn at mid-year, a quarter at its middle month. A person has checked every figure here against its sources, and every check is public. We log every correction made after publication, with its reason.

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