Donglun Technology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. completed the first phase of its high-end medical and hygiene spunlace nonwoven materials industrialization project in Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area. The phase 1 investment was about CNY 200 million, with a production line capable of 15,000 tons per year of spunlace nonwovens, expected to start production in August 2024 and create about 100 jobs.

Multipak, part of Xignux, began construction of a $7.4 million plant at the Centro Logistico Industrial in Durango, Mexico, expected to create about 300 jobs and start operations in late 2024.

Sagar Group inaugurated its state-of-the-art automated textile Unit 6 in Tamot village, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, with an investment of Rs 1000 crore. The unit will manufacture Blow Room Blend Cotton Polyester Combed and Compact Yarns, creating 3000-3500 jobs.

ABB has begun construction of a new 12,000-square-foot calibration hall in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to strengthen its flowmeter calibration capabilities. The facility is expected to begin operations in early 2025.

Hydnum Steel will build a green steel plant in Puertollano, Spain, with an annual capacity of 1.5 million mt of HRC, using renewable energy and green hydrogen. The project has an investment cost of over €1.65 billion and will create more than 1,100 direct jobs.

Matrix Composites & Engineering, in collaboration with SICA, Baker Hughes and the Western Australian Government, announced that the Matrix Deepwater Hyperbaric Common User Facility is now officially open for business.

Liebherr Group signed a strategic partnership with Yongchuan District to establish a gear processing and automation assembly base in Yongchuan Comprehensive Bonded Zone, Chongqing, serving as the headquarters for Liebherr's machine tool operations in China.

Liebherr Gear Technology signed an agreement with Yongchuan District to build a gear hobbing machine and automation system assembly base in Yongchun Comprehensive Bonded Zone, serving as Liebherr's machine tool China headquarters.

Republic Services opened the first vertically integrated plastics recycling facility in North America, the Polymer Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, designed and installed by STADLER and Krones. The plant will produce over 100 million pounds per year of recycled resin products.

Starlim und Sterner is constructing a new production plant in Nantong, China, with a capacity of around 50 machines and a usable area of 18,000 m². The plant will include production, tempering, packaging, shipping, warehouse, and office areas.

Norsk Hydro will invest €180 million in a new aluminum recycling plant in Torija, Spain, with a capacity of 120,000 metric tons per year of low-carbon aluminum, expected to be operational in 2026.

WIKA opened a new plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on a 3,000 square metre site producing pressure, temperature, level and flow measurement products, with more than 100 jobs planned over the next few years.

Bermo Valvulas e Equipamentos Industriais will invest R$60 million to expand its manufacturing complex in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, on the largest land plot ARI Group has acquired outside Germany. The new plant is expected to open in 2026.

Saica Group is reportedly planning a $130 million corrugated box facility in Anderson, Indiana, for which it has asked the Anderson Plan Commission to use 39 acres. The plant would initially employ 60 people and would be Saica's second US facility.

BeiYi Semiconductor Technology signed an agreement to build a CNY 2 billion wafer fab and a CNY 200 million discrete device production line in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang. The wafer fab will have 6-inch and 8-inch lines, with annual output value of CNY 3 billion at full capacity.

Taiwan-based Wistron signed an MoU with the Karnataka government to set up a laptop manufacturing plant near Bengaluru. The company will invest Rs 1,500 crore and create 3,000 jobs, with production expected to start by January 2026.

GAC Aion has started construction on its first overseas production base in Rayong, Thailand, with a total investment of 2.3 billion Thai Baht (64.8 million USD). The factory has a designed annual production capacity of 50,000 units, with the first phase expected to be completed by July 2024.

Phoenix Contact is expanding its e-mobility production capacities with a new facility in Lishui, China, focusing on charging cables for electric vehicles. The foundation stone was laid in June 2023.

UltraTech Cement has commissioned a 2.6Mta greenfield grinding plant at Rajpura, Punjab, India, as part of a 22.6Mta capacity expansion announced in June 2022.

ICI, in partnership with MTG and local collaborators, will begin construction of automated cement factories in Bulgaria and Greece between 2024 and 2026. The facilities will use robotic equipment and IoT to produce over 1,000,000 meters of wet cement products annually.

Huangshi Ainuo Mechanical Equipment Co., Ltd. plans to build a new plant in Daye, Hubei, China, to produce 200 integrated wastewater treatment equipment units annually. The project is in the approval stage with an investment of 200 million yuan.

Imbal Carton plans a 20,000 square meter corrugated cardboard plant in Piadena Drizzona, Cremona, in collaboration with German multinational Progrup, with a EUR 15 million investment including machinery. Construction is planned to start next year, with turnkey delivery expected by 2026 and 50 initial jobs.

KP Aerospace Vietnam Company Limited held the groundbreaking ceremony for the KP VINA Aviation Components Factory in Da Nang Hi-Tech Park. The factory will produce aircraft parts for Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 Max aircraft, including auxiliary engine doors, wing boxes, winglets, and other components. It will employ nearly 500 workers.

Auger Torque announced the grand opening of a new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Ningbo, China. The facility is equipped with advanced technologies including welding robots and a painting line, and employs over 100 staff.

MetalX LLC selected a 190-acre site in Defiance, Ohio for its previously announced $300 million aluminum recycling campus, including an aluminum rolling slab plant, scrap metal shredding facility, and logistics hub. The campus is expected to create 180 jobs and be operational in the first half of 2027.

Corning Inc, in a joint venture with Optiemus Infracom, plans to build a new production facility for quality finished smartphone cover glass in Pilaipakkam, Sriperumpudur, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The plant is likely to go operational by 2025.

Palfinger is building a new production facility for crane and lifting solutions in Niš, Serbia, with an investment of €35.5 million. Production is planned to start in 2024, and the plant is expected to employ nearly 400 workers by 2027.

Feintool International Holding AG founded Feintool System Parts India Pvt Ltd and will build a new production site in Pune, India, with an initial investment of CHF 15 million. Production of seat adjusters for automotive manufacturers is expected to start in summer 2025.

Redwire Corporation opened a new 26,000-square-foot manufacturing and testing facility in Longmont, Colorado, expanding its footprint by 70% to nearly 65,000 square feet. The facility will produce space-based antenna hardware and large-scale deployable structures for government and commercial customers.

AGC Inc. has decided to construct a new production facility for FORBLUE S-SERIES fluorinated ion-exchange membranes at its Kitakyushu Site in Japan. The investment is approximately 15 billion Japanese yen, and the facility is scheduled to start operation in June 2026.

Interpump Hydraulics has laid the foundation stone of its new 62,000 square meter headquarters in Sala Bolognese, near Bologna, Italy, with an investment of about 30 million euros. Staff from Calderara di Reno and Bologna will move there starting in 2025.

A.Y. McDonald plans a $340 million project in Grant County, Wisconsin, including a new brass foundry in Dickeyville, scheduled for production in 2026, and expansion at its Kieler plant. The project is expected to create 173 jobs over five years.

TBEA's subsidiary Xi'an Electric Technology will invest 1.163 billion yuan to build a digital factory in Xi'an, producing inverters with annual capacity of 239,408 units. Construction period is 24 months.

Cobalt Polymers has moved to a new facility in Healdsburg, California, that is nearly triple the size of its previous space and has increased capacity by about 30%. The new building features several new expansion lines, a dedicated R&D lab, and clean manufacturing spaces.

Komatsu is investing R$120 million in a new plant in Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil, for open-pit and underground mining operations. Construction is expected to start soon, with operations beginning by end of 2025.

Antolin opened a new plant in Chakan, Pune, India to produce lighting, HMI systems and electronics for automotive manufacturers. The facility will employ 200 people within two years and covers 3,200 sq. m.

Groupe SEB announced the construction of its first Professional Equipment Hub in Shaoxing, China, with a €60 million investment. The hub will include R&D centers, purchasing offices, and manufacturing facilities for professional coffee equipment and other categories, expected to be operational by 2025.

Soprema plans to invest €50 million in a new polyurethane insulation plant at Sausheim, near Mulhouse, France. Construction is expected to begin in mid-late 2024, with production starting in 2026, creating 80 direct jobs.

Safari Group and Knauf Group, through their Moroccan joint venture CMPE, will build a new plasterboard production facility in Sidi-Tiji, Safi province. The plant is expected to create around 100 direct jobs and more than 500 indirect jobs.

Baker Hughes unveiled a new Hydrogen Testing Facility at its manufacturing site in Florence, Italy, for validation of its NovaLT industrial turbines to run on up to 100% hydrogen. The facility includes a test bench with 300-bar pressure and 2,450 kg storage capacity.

PetroChina Lanhai Advanced Material announced plans to construct a polyolefin plant in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China. The facility will have capacities of 200,000 t/y of polyethylene, 100,000 t/y of alpha-olefins, 100,000 t/y of polyolefin elastomer, and 50,000 t/y of EPDM, with an investment of approximately 11.6 billion yuan ($1.6 billion).

Veichi Electric (688698.SH) announced plans to invest 500 million yuan (approximately $69 million) to build a high-end electrical equipment production base in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The facility will produce high-voltage inverters and multi-drive inverters.

Welch Packaging Group plans to open a new production facility in Wooster, Ohio, creating 50 new jobs, after the Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved tax credit assistance for the project.

Rane (Madras) Ltd, through its subsidiary Rane Automotive Components Mexico, established a greenfield facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico, for manufacturing steering and suspension components. Initial investment is USD 3 million, rising to USD 6 million over 12-18 months.

Vitesco Technologies announced plans to build a 38,000 sqm manufacturing and logistics center in Ostrava-Hrušov, Czech Republic, with an investment of over EUR 188 million. The facility will produce advanced high-voltage components and is set to start operation by 2024.

Continental's ContiTech unit will build a hydraulic hose plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with an investment of around 90 million dollars. The first stage will create more than 200 jobs, with construction planned for the second half of 2024 and operations expected in the second half of 2025.

Amper Group, through its subsidiary Elinsa, will build a new factory in La Coruña, Spain, to double capacity for power conversion equipment used in renewable energy and battery storage. The facility is expected to be fully operational by 2026 and produce equipment worth over €400 million until 2030.

Fuyao Glass plans to invest RMB 5.75 billion to set up three wholly-owned subsidiaries in Hefei, Anhui, China to build automotive safety glass, automotive配件 glass (ARG aftermarket), and high-quality float glass production facilities. The project will produce about 26.1 million square meters of automotive safety glass annually and two float glass lines.

HEYCO-Werk USA Inc., a plastics molder for the automotive industry, will invest more than $12.75 million to build a new 60,000-65,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Apple Creek Corporate Center of Gaston County, North Carolina. The project will create 34 new jobs.

PROK, a global leader in conveyor equipment, officially opened a new specialist manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, to produce conveyor rollers, including its HDPE composite roller with visual wear-indicator technology. The opening ceremony was held on January 24, 2024.