Pierce Manufacturing Launches Phase I of Its High Flow Production Line

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• Automotive09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Oshkosh Acquires Pierce Manufacturing for $156.9 Million

  2600 American Drive, Appleton, Wisconsin, USAOshkosh Corporation·…

  

  Starts 09/18/1996CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE30.0 years agoOshkosh's own SEC^[3] Form 10-K states the company acquired Pierce's stock for cash on September 18, 1996.

  Oshkosh Truck Corporation bought fire apparatus builder Pierce Manufacturing outright, a deal that kicked off Oshkosh's diversification and set up Pierce to become the world's largest fire truck maker.

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• Automotive09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Ford Starts the First Moving Assembly Line for a Complete Automobile

  Highland Park Ford Plant, Highland Park, Michigan, USAFord·…

  

  Starts 12/01/1913CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE112.8 years agoConfirmed per History.com^[3]'s "Ford's^[2] assembly line starts rolling" entry, which dates the first complete-automobile moving assembly line to December 1, 1913 at Ford's Highland Park plant.

  On December 1, 1913, Ford Motor Company extended its moving line at the Highland Park plant to assemble a complete Model T chassis start to finish, cutting build time from over 12 hours to about 93 minutes.

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• Semiconductors09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Texas Instruments Starts Production at Its Sherman SM1 Fab

  Texas Instruments Sherman site, US-75 at Shepherd Road, Sherman, TX 75090, United StatesTexas Instruments·…

  

  Starts 12/17/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE280 days agoTI's news release is dated "17 DEC 2025" and announces that it "begins production at its newest 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas".^[1]

  TI began production at SM1, the first 300mm wafer fab on its site off US-75 at Shepherd Road in Sherman, three and a half years after breaking ground. The site is laid out for up to four connected fabs and is meant to support as many as 3,000 direct jobs; TI is spending more than $60 billion across seven fabs in Texas and Utah.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Australia High Speed Rail Reaches Sydney

  Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaHigh Speed Rail Authority

  

  Starts 12/31/2039ESTIMATED68% CONFIDENCEin 13.3 yearsA target, per the source^[1]: the project is expected to be "shovel-ready by 2028 and welcoming passengers by 2039", pending the development phase's outcome.

  Australia has funded a two-year development phase for its first high-speed rail line, a 1,800km network starting with Newcastle to Sydney that has been promised since 2013.

  A$659.6M

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• Mining09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  Thacker Pass Finishes Its First Phase

  Thacker Pass, Humboldt County, Nevada, United StatesLithium Americas·…

  

  Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsLithium Americas targets mechanical completion of Phase 1 in "late 2027", with the production ramp following in 2028. Only a half-year is given, so the pin takes the last day of 2027.^[1]

  Lithium Americas targets mechanical completion of Thacker Pass Phase 1 in late 2027, a 40,000-tonne-a-year lithium carbonate plant in northern Nevada.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Egypt Signs $4.5BN Contract for Its First High-Speed Rail Line

  Ain Sokhna, Suez, EgyptSiemens Mobility

  

  Starts 09/01/2021CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE5.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Siemens-led consortium was awarded a $4.5 billion contract to build the lines from Ain Sokhna to Marsa Matruh and to Alexandria in September 2021".

  A Siemens-led consortium signed a $4.5 billion contract to build Egypt's first electrified high-speed rail line, aiming to replace one of the world's deadliest rail networks.

  $4.50

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  India Targets 2027 Launch for First Bullet Train Segment

  Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaNational High Speed Rail Corporation Limited

  

  Starts 08/15/2027DELAYED3.5 years late63% CONFIDENCEin 326 daysIndia's bullet train was originally due in 2022; the railways minister now targets 15 August 2027 for the first Surat-Bilimora segment, with the full Mumbai-Ahmedabad line not expected until 2029.^[1]

  India's first high-speed rail line, modelled on Japan's Shinkansen, is now targeted to open its first short segment in 2027, years later than originally planned.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Bell Delivers Its First Bell 429 Helicopter From Mirabel

  12800 Rue de l'Avenir, Mirabel, Quebec J7J 1R4, CanadaBell Textron

  

  Starts 07/07/2009CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE17.2 years agoWikipedia's^[2] Bell 429 GlobalRanger article states the first aircraft (s/n 57006) 'was delivered to Air Methods (owner) and MercyOne (operator)' on July 7, 2009.

  Bell delivered the first production Bell 429, serial number 57006, to Air Methods and MercyOne from its helicopter factory in Mirabel, Quebec.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  The Spiral Opens at Hudson Yards

  The Spiral, 66 Hudson Boulevard East, Manhattan, New York, United StatesTishman Speyer

  

  Starts 11/07/2023CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Spiral — a 2.8-million-square-foot office skyscraper located at 66 Hudson Blvd. in Manhattan — has officially opened," reported in November 2023.

  Bjarke Ingels Group's The Spiral, a 314-metre office tower wrapped in cascading green terraces, opened at 66 Hudson Boulevard as Pfizer's new global headquarters.

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• Semiconductors09/23/2026@TechDesk

  TSMC's 1.6nm-Class A16 Process Enters Volume Production

  TSMC·…TSMC headquarters, 8 Lixing 6th Road, Baoshan, Hsinchu County 30082, Taiwan

  Starts 12/31/2027DELAYED12 months late67% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsTSMC's^[2][5] Kevin Zhang told Tom's Hardware "A16 will be ready for production in 2026... we expect volume production to begin in 2027", and TSMC's roadmap slide lists A16 under 2027; with no quarter named, the year's last day stands in.

  A16, TSMC's first node with Super Power Rail backside power delivery, is expected to reach volume production in 2027, a year after the 2026 production TSMC planned when it unveiled the node.

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• Mining09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Polymetal Installs Its Record 1,100-Tonne Gold Autoclave at Amursk

  Amursk, Khabarovsk Krai, RussiaPolymetal International

  

  Starts 08/17/2020CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE6.1 years agoInternational Mining reported on 17 August 2020 that Polymetal's 1,100-tonne autoclave vessel had been installed on schedule at the Amursk POX-2 site.^[1]

  Belgian engineering firm Coek Engineering built the world's largest gold-processing autoclave, a 1,100-tonne titanium-lined pressure vessel, and shipped it 25,000 km from Antwerp to Polymetal's Amursk POX-2 plant in Russia's Far East. The vessel was installed on schedule in August 2020.

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• Semiconductors09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Bosch Opens €1 Billion Chip Fab in Dresden

  Dresden-Hellerau, Dresden, GermanyBosch

  

  Starts 06/07/2021CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5.3 years agoBosch's own media release, "Bosch opens chip factory of the future in Dresden," states the fab was opened on 7 June 2021.^[1]

  Bosch opened its new 300mm wafer fab in Dresden, a roughly €1 billion, highly automated plant producing sensors and microchips for cars and consumer electronics.

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