Greater Phoenix Industrial and Manufacturing News & Events Briefing — September 22, 2026
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across materials & chemicals and semiconductors & packaging from the fabs, suppliers and job sites of Greater Phoenix. Leading today: Rare earth element recycling company Cyclic Materials has opened its f - Shanghai Metals Market.
materials
Cyclic Materials has opened a rare-earth magnet recycling plant in Arizona. The piece matters for local materials processing capacity and for the supplier chain around critical minerals, but it does not say how many jobs it adds or what permits, customers, or plant-level inputs changed.
Shanghai Metals Market
The story is about a critical-minerals company saying it is expanding after buying an Arizona tech manufacturer. That matters for local industrial capacity and for any workers or suppliers tied to the acquired facility, but the excerpt does not say what changes at the plant itself.
The Business Journals
semiconductors
Microchip's deal completion matters because it can change what work flows through its Arizona operations, especially if the company folds the acquired AI chip capability into its local semiconductor footprint. The excerpt does not say whether any plant in Greater Phoenix will add jobs, shift production, or change capital plans.
The Business Journals