Sustained Expansion of Industrial Investment in the Southeastern United States: Supply Chain Restructuring and Regional Competition Under the Wave of Reindustrialization
In the second quarter of 2026, 375 new industrial, manufacturing, and supply chain facility projects were tracked across 11 states in the southeastern United States, with confirmed capital investments exceeding $23.7 billion. Among them, 28 projects were valued at over $100 million, led by aerospace and automotive manufacturing. This article provides an in-depth interpretation of this trend from three dimensions: reindustrialization, supply chain restructuring, and regional competition.