Our IndustryWeek manufacturing community is always interested in hearing about domestic manufacturing growth, and this week's IW's Weekly Review illustrates just that interest. The most consumed content over the past seven days is a review of five manufacturing companies breaking ground across the United States, and it led our Top 10 by a solid margin. 

Without further ado, the most-consumed content over the past week is as follows: 

5 Manufacturers Break Ground on New US Facilities: From packaging to aerospace, these manufacturers are investing millions of dollars to expand their U.S. manufacturing footprints.

Improving Plant Data Improves Everything: Brazilian glass manufacturer Vivix enjoys cascading benefits in uptime, efficiency and maintenance savings just by getting its data in order.

Bad News First: How Top Leaders Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement: At high-performing companies, 'no problem' is treated as a problem.

Supply-Chain Restrictions for Defense Contractors Should Be Phased in, Not Rushed: Trump's executive order on critical minerals will hurt, not help U.S. defense production in the coming years.

How Mentorship and Workplace Support Help Attract and Retain Women in Manufacturing: Manufacturers can use mentorship as a workforce development strategy to address talent gaps.

Cleveland-Cliffs Sees Much Stronger Second Half, More Growth Into ’27: Executives also signaled lower chances of more asset sales after bids came in lower than desired. “It’s not cheap to play in our sandbox.”

Exploring Lean Myths—Myth 1: Lean Is Easier to Implement Outside of the United States: Every culture presents its own challenges, say the hosts of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement. For that reason, a cookie-cutter approach to implementing lean won't work.

Exploring Lean and Six Sigma Myths: Lean Only Applies to Manufacturing: Don't believe it, say the hosts of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement, who argue that lean applies to any process with inputs, outputs, suppliers and customers. That means health care, city government, schools and more.

ITW and Nucor See Tailwinds Sustaining Manufacturing Growth: Nucor’s president told investors that demand is “broad enough and strong enough in enough channels” to power gains for several more years. At ITW, every division grew more quickly in Q2 than historical trends.

CFO: Tesla Capex Will Grow in ‘Next Two to Three Years’ From ’26 Forecast of $25B: A paper gain of $1 billion on the company’s SpaceX investment accounted for most of Q2 profits. Elon Musk told analysts his teams are spending “as fast as we can without it being too wasteful.”