Eli Lilly

Injectable medicine manufacturing facility (Mounjaro / Zepbound autoinjector pens). Opened June 2024 with commercial production ramping through late 2024. Lilly announced a subsequent doubling of the site to about $2B in a later expansion — tracked separately when independently qualifying facility-specific figures for that expansion are disclosed; this record retains the original $1B / 600-job announcement.

Investment
$1.00B
Permanent jobs announced
600
Status
Operational
Operations began
Jun 1, 2024
Why this project qualifies

With $1 billion in facility-specific investment and 600 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.

View full methodology →
Why it matters

The pharmaceuticals context.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are committing billions to new U.S. production capacity for active ingredients, injectable medicines, biologics and other high-demand treatments. North Carolina and Indiana remain major centers of investment, while new facilities are being planned across the South. The current project pipeline includes both large greenfield campuses and major expansions of established production sites.

Project record

At a glance

Company
Eli Lilly
Industry
Pharmaceuticals
Location
Concord, North Carolina
Investment
$1.00B
Permanent jobs announced
600
Status
Operational
Announced
Mar 29, 2022
Operations began
Jun 1, 2024
Added to tracker
Apr 15, 2025
Sources

Official references

  • Primary source
    https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lilly-announces-1-billion-investment-new-manufacturing-facility
Related

Other projects to know

Back to the tracker/projects/eli-lilly-concord

Follow America's industrial buildout

Get a free weekly email with new industrial projects and milestones worth tracking.

Get the weekly update