Agility Fuel Solutions, a Hexagon Composites business, received an order from an existing U.S. transit bus customer for compressed natural gas fuel storage systems worth an estimated USD 10.0 million. Deliveries are expected to start in July 2020.

Continental is building a new plant in New Braunfels, Texas, to produce radar sensors for driver assistance systems, with about EUR 100 million to be invested over three years. The plant is to add 130 jobs, with construction starting mid-2020 and production in 2021.

IHI announced it will expand its automotive turbocharger plant in Illinois, USA, investing about 4 billion yen and raising annual capacity to 1.5 million units by fiscal 2021. The expansion adds an adjacent building and assembly equipment, with mass production starting in December 2020.

CCI Manufacturing USA is investing $21.5 million in an advanced production facility at the Mallard Fox West Industrial Complex in Lawrence County to make brake fluid and engine coolant, creating 28 jobs.

ZF opened its first US plant for automatic passenger car transmissions in Gray Court, South Carolina, making the 8HP and 9HP transmissions with about 1.2 million units planned annually and a total investment of about $600 million.

Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee announced a $67 million expansion of its Clinton, Tennessee die-casting facility, expected to add 160 jobs to its 400-person workforce.

Pierburg US, LLC announced a $27 million expansion of its Fountain Inn plant in Greenville County, South Carolina, adding four new production lines and 95 jobs, with completion expected in 2024.

Arvin Sango, Inc. will expand its existing manufacturing operations in Henderson, Tennessee, creating 153 new jobs in Chester County over the next five years. It is the company's third Henderson expansion since 2008.

Trelleborg signed an agreement to acquire US-based TriTec Seals, a maker of engineered PTFE sealing solutions for automotive and other industries, through its Sealing Solutions business area. Completion is expected before the end of December 2019.

Vernet Group, a portfolio company of Stirling Square Capital Partners, acquired Rostra Vernatherm, a portfolio company of Nikel Holdings and Valencia Capital, for an undisclosed amount. Rostra makes thermal control products for aerospace and defense, automotive and general industrial markets and will be renamed Vernatherm by Vernet.

Venture Plastics was awarded a contract to mold the plastic trunk finisher that protects the latch mechanism of the 2019 Nissan Altima. The contract drove the company's expansion in Newton Falls, Ohio.

Schaeffler celebrated 50 years of its Cheraw, South Carolina operations and is expanding the site to produce FRAX bearing components, with a $65 million investment and completion expected by end of 2020.

Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake broke ground on a 130,000 sq ft expansion of its Bowling Green, Kentucky wheel-end plant, including a new production line, a $65 million investment adding about 100 jobs, with completion expected by end of 2020.

Brose is investing $105 million over five years to expand its southeast Michigan operations, adding 300 jobs at its Auburn Hills headquarters and New Boston factory. The article also describes the New Boston factory expansion.

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas plans to create 100 jobs and invest at least $100 million, with potential up to $330 million, in an expansion of its existing Monroe, Georgia facility to increase production capacity.

Hubner Manufacturing Corporation will invest $9.6 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Dunlap, Tennessee, creating 66 jobs over five years.

General Motors plans to expand production capacity for its 10-speed transmission at its Romulus propulsion plant in Michigan, investing USD 20 million. The announcement was made in a press release on 19 February 2019.

SAPA broke ground on a 10,000 square meter production facility in Shelby Township, Michigan, with a planned investment of $40.1 million and 223 new jobs. The plant is expected to be operational in January 2020 and will house its US headquarters.

TRICO Group acquired the Performance Pumps business of UCI International Holdings, comprising ASC Industries and Airtex Products, with the deal effective immediately. The announcement is dated 15 January 2019 and no value was stated.

Bosch plans to purchase the former Associated Fuel Pump Systems (AFCO) plant adjacent to its Anderson campus in South Carolina, investing an additional $45 million to expand production capabilities.

Hexagon Composites signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% of Agility Fuel Solutions, valuing Agility's equity at USD 250 million on a 100% basis. Closing is expected in January 2019.

ATTC Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Japan's Aisin Takaoka, plans to invest more than USD 27.3 million in Perry County, Indiana, as part of 22 manufacturer expansion plans announced on National Manufacturing Day.

Tire valve maker Haltec plans a new site at the Columbiana County Port Authority's World Trade Park in Leetonia, Ohio, creating up to 75 jobs, after buying 17 acres and an office building for $2.3 million.

Tramec Sloan, a subsidiary of Tramec, has acquired Fleet Engineers of Muskegon, Michigan, a maker of aerodynamic, door system and spray control products for the truck and trailer industry. Fleet Engineers will operate as an autonomous division.

Tristone broke ground on its first US plant in Mooresville with an investment of about $23.6 million, which it will lease under a long-term contract. The plant is expected to be finished in November 2018 and start operating in May 2019, and create more than 300 jobs.

Air Temp of America, a subsidiary of Mexico's Air Temp de México, will set up its US headquarters and first US manufacturing operation in Panama City, Florida, after buying an existing facility. The company plans about $6 million in capital investment and 50 new jobs.

Venture Plastics expanded its Newton Falls, Ohio headquarters by 17,000 square feet and installed a 1,400-ton injection molding machine to win larger automotive parts. The expansion was finished in March 2018.

DENSO is investing $190 million in its Athens, Tennessee facility to add four production lines and 320 jobs for fuel injection and fuel pump parts. The announcement was made on 28 February 2018.

Faurecia will build a new $60 million, 250,000-square-foot interiors production facility in Blue Springs, Missouri, making door and instrument panels and creating 300 new jobs.

Huron Inc. is building a $13 million, 40,000-square-foot expansion at its Worth Township, Michigan plant, expected to create 181 full-time jobs within three years.

MACA Plastics is relocating its whole operation from Winchester, Ohio to a 122,600 sq ft former TechnoTrim building in Maysville, following a 2016 plan backed by a $7.9 million investment. Staff is expected to grow from 21 to 60-70.

TG Fluid Systems USA is adding 62,000 square feet to its Brighton, Michigan plant for $11 million, consolidating operations from Howell. The expansion, due for completion in March 2018, is expected to create 35 entry-level factory jobs.

Hanon Systems is relocating its Americas Innovation Center to a 217,000 square foot building at 39600 Lewis Drive in Novi, Michigan, consolidating its Southeast Michigan sites into one location.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems plans to invest $10 million in capital improvements at its assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, during 2018.

Linamar is expanding its Linamar Forgings Carolina closed-die forging operation in Wilson, NC, with a $6.8 million investment to make hollow transmission shafts and net-shape differential gears for automotive chassis parts. A $62,000 performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund supports the expansion.

German Tier 1 automotive supplier BOCAR Group broke ground on a $115 million, 350,000 square foot plant in Huntsville, Alabama, creating more than 300 jobs. The plant will make high-pressure aluminum die castings and plastic parts.

DENSO will expand its Maryville, Tennessee operations, investing $1 billion and creating about 1,000 jobs to make the Blount County facility a primary North American manufacturing center for electrification and safety systems.

IFA North America, part of the German IFA Group, is building a new $69 million facility in South Carolina to make prop shafts, adding about 120 employees and a new production line.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems invested $3.8 million in its Huntington, Indiana assembly plant in October 2017 to launch two new production lines. The investment was reported in an article dated 2018-08-02.

BorgWarner is expanding its Water Valley, Mississippi location with a $20 million corporate investment expected to create about 75 jobs over two years. The expansion supports transmission technologies for stop/start and hybrid vehicles.

Autocar will invest $120 million to open a heavy-duty cab-over-engine truck assembly plant in an existing one million-square-foot complex in Birmingham and Center Point, Alabama, creating 746 jobs.

Fives will supply a Single input Electrically Variable Transmission for the Pacifica hybrid at FCA's Tipton Transmission Plant in Indiana, with volume designed for 30,000 rising to 50,000 units and delivery planned for April 2018.

Android Industries and sister company Avancez will invest $14.7 million to expand operations in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, creating up to 313 jobs by the end of 2018 to supply new General Motors contracts. Avancez will also open a 300,000-square-foot facility.

Calsonic Kansei, a supplier to Nissan's Canton, Mississippi plant, expanded in Madison County, Mississippi with a $16.33 million investment that creates 98 new jobs. It leased and upfitted a former warehouse in Gluckstadt, and manufacturing began in May 2017.

BorgWarner agreed to acquire Sevcon, Inc. in a transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $200 million, subject to Sevcon shareholder approval and competition clearance.

Cooper Standard will create approximately 98 new jobs and invest $1 million in new plant equipment at its Surgoinsville facility in Hawkins County, Tennessee, to make coolant tube and hose assemblies and fuel and brake lines.

Fukai Toyotetsu Indiana Corp plans to invest $56.9 million to double its 125,000-square-foot facility at 1100 N. Lebanon St., Lebanon, Indiana, to 250,000 square feet, creating up to 155 new jobs by 2020.

Fukai Toyotetsu Indiana Corp held a grand opening on June 6, 2017 for its automotive parts manufacturing facility in Jamestown, Indiana.

GECOM, a subsidiary of Mitsui Kinzoku ACT, will invest $26.29 million to launch three new manufacturing lines at its Greensburg, Indiana plant, creating up to 30 new jobs by 2019.

Flex-N-Gate broke ground on a $95 million, 600,000-square-foot automotive parts manufacturing plant on 30 acres in Detroit's east side, expected to open in Q1 2018.