Paper Home Co.'s board approved on March 27, 2024, an expansion of its factory making corrugated cardboard and paper and plastic labels, costing an estimated SAR 30 million and raising capacity by 150%. Commercial production is expected in Q1 2025.

Bolivian state company Envibol is expanding its glass container plant in Zudáñez, Chuquisaca, with an investment of Bs 260.6 million, adding two new production lines for demijohns and small jars from the next management period.

AESC plans to spend $1.5 billion to build a second EV battery production facility at its site in Florence County, South Carolina, creating 1,080 jobs. Operations are expected to begin in 2027, and the facility will supply BMW's assembly plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Jered, a PAR Systems company, broke ground on March 26, 2024 on a 100,000 square foot expansion at McBride Industrial Park in Brunswick, Georgia to enhance manufacturing capacity for military-grade marine systems for the U.S. Navy.

Electra Polymers Ltd acquires an additional 10,000 square feet of manufacturing space for inkjet materials and plans to increase production from over 30,000 kg/month by end of 2024 to 100,000 kg/month by end of 2025.

Foamit Group invests approximately EUR 10 million to double foam glass manufacturing capacity at its Onsøy plant in Norway. The investment includes two new electric production lines and conversion of existing lines to electric, making production near emission-free.

Envision Automotive Energy Supply Co. will invest $3.1 billion and employ 2,700 people to construct a second electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility adjacent to its first building in Florence, South Carolina. Production is expected to start in 2027.

Caribbean Cement Company Limited is investing USD 40 million in phase one of an expansion project to increase clinker production from 2,600 to 2,850 tonnes per day and cement capacity by 300,000 metric tonnes. The project, first announced in 2022, is on target for completion in 2025 and has created 150 skilled jobs.

Dimachem Inc. is investing more than $1.1 million in three new liquid blending production cells in Windsor, Ontario, supported by $178,000 in provincial funding. The project will create 16 new jobs, retain 30 others, and increase capacity by 40%.

Glider Guard Tool & Die Inc. is undertaking a $2.8 million expansion project in Tecumseh, Ontario, supported by $246,000 in provincial funding. The project will create seven new jobs and retain 88 others, and includes adding a high-speed milling machine.

GKN Aerospace is expanding its aero-engine manufacturing facility in Trollhattan, Sweden by 5,000m² to support demand from Airbus and Boeing. The expansion is scheduled to be operational in 2026 and will include advanced automation and robotics.

Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem will invest R614mn ($100mn) to expand domestic production capacity by around 139,000 t in Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul, and Alagoas. The seven projects cover polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride and other chemical products, and are expected to create over 2,200 jobs.

Borealis is investing more than €100mn ($116mn) in a new polypropylene compounding line at its Schwechat complex in Austria. The line is mechanically complete and scheduled to start operations in the second half of 2026, expanding compounding capacity by tens of kilotons.

Far Eastern Yihua Petrochemical, a joint venture between Taiwan's Oriental Petrochemical and Yizheng Chemical Fibre, revived plans to construct a 2mn t/yr PTA plant in Yizheng, after suspension since 2010.

Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fibre plans to add a 3mn t/yr PTA plant and three 500,000 t/yr PET resin lines at Yizheng, Jiangsu. Construction of the PTA plant is targeted to start mid-2021 and be completed in two years.

Çimsa completed and commissioned a new production facility at its Mersin plant with an investment of $45 million, doubling calcium aluminate cement clinker capacity from 65,000 to 131,000 tons per year. Çimsa became the third largest CAC producer globally.

Hörmann Transdek completed an 18-month investment program at its manufacturing plant in Doncaster, UK, adding automated racking, a paint shop, laser cutting technology, and a 240-tonne press brake.

Romanian ambulance manufacturer Deltamed announced it will build a second production unit at its new factory in Aiud in 2024, following an 88% turnover increase to EUR 36 million in 2023 and new orders including 300 units for Austria and 41 for Moldova.

Guda Wire and Cable (Group) Co., Ltd.'s Phase II capacity expansion and technology upgrade project in Pingba, Guizhou, is nearing production. The project invested CNY 250 million, covers 91,000 square meters, and will focus on new energy photovoltaic cables, charging pile cables, and other high-tech products, adding over 200 jobs and aiming for annual output value of CNY 5 billion.

Adimix has inaugurated a new production area for chocolate creams in Jundiaí, Brazil, with an investment of R$60 million, featuring modern German equipment to increase production capacity and create new jobs.

Eastman will add an additional manufacturing facility at its existing site in Longview, Texas, creating more than 200 new jobs and approximately $1.2 billion in capital investment.

Hanwha Aerospace will invest 59 billion won to add a second aviation engine manufacturing plant at its Changwon 1 site, doubling production capacity. Construction starts in April 2024 and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

First Quality, an absorbent hygiene manufacturer, announced a new round of expansions including a new manufacturing facility, new diaper and training pant lines, and a new automated warehouse. The expansion will increase baby diaper and training pant capacity by 50% and is expected to be completed by June 2025.

Minth Automotive Europe secured a €23.5 million state subsidy to expand its auto parts manufacturing factory in Loznica, Serbia. The company committed to investing at least €183.6 million and hiring 700 new workers by the end of 2024.

Blommer Chocolate Co. plans to spend about $80 million over two years to expand its Campbellford, Ontario factory, adding 53 million pounds of capacity and 30 jobs. The expansion is part of a corporate transformation that includes closing its Chicago facility.

Mapei, an Italian construction chemicals manufacturer, will invest EUR 10 million in the Caribbean coast of Colombia to expand production capacity, aiming to increase domestic sales and exports.

Jindal Aluminium has upgraded its Bhiwadi extrusion plant, increasing capacity by 40% to 150,000 tonnes per annum and creating over 1,000 jobs.

Landmark Ceramics UST, Inc. is investing $71.9 million to expand its tile production facility in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, adding 78 jobs and increasing capacity to 80 million square feet per year.

ITT Inc. announced an approximately $11 million investment to expand pump, motor and control systems testing at three Industrial Process sites in Obernkirchen, Germany, Vadodara, India and Dammam, Saudi Arabia, with completion expected in Q3 2024.

Suntar Membrane Technology Co Ltd completed the expansion of the Baicheng wastewater treatment plant, increasing capacity from 80,000 m³/d to 100,000 m³/d. The project cost 63.0477 million yuan.

Keba Industrial Automation Germany is investing €7.5 million to build a 2,000 square meter production hall and research laboratory in Waldgirmes, creating 50-70 new jobs. Completion is expected by summer 2025.

Sofidel is investing $185 million to expand its Circleville, Ohio campus by 500,000 square feet, creating 100 new jobs. The expansion will increase employment to nearly 600.

Reader Cement Products Ltd, a subsidiary of Langley Holdings plc, is investing £5 million to expand its central production facility in Nottingham, UK, adding six automated packing machines. The expansion is expected to be operational by Q2 2024, increasing annual production to over 10 million bags.

Terumo completed a capacity expansion of its CDMO production at the Yamaguchi plant, investing approximately ¥15 billion, increasing capacity to about 3.5 times the 2016 level, with production starting in December 2023.

Shirdi Sai Electricals Ltd plans to double its transformer manufacturing capacity at its Kadapa plant from 500 to 1,000 units per day in FY25 with an investment of Rs 600 crore, increasing MVA capacity from 12,000 to 25,000 per month.

Loganholme Wastewater Treatment Plant in Australia is installing its third low-temperature sewage sludge dryer, manufactured by Eliquo Water. The dryer passed factory acceptance tests in Germany in February 2024 and is scheduled for commissioning in Q4 2024.

EcoPoly Properties Inc. will invest over $32 million to enhance its existing plastics facility in Orillia, Ontario, adding new equipment and automation. The project will create 85 jobs and receives over $3.5 million in provincial funding.

Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. completed a new plant at its subsidiary Sumitomo Bakelite (Nantong) Co., Ltd. in China, increasing production capacity for phenolic molding compounds by approximately 2 times (about 25,000 tons/year). The completion ceremony was held on March 20, 2024, and mass production is scheduled to begin in June 2024.

Ahlsell is expanding its central warehouse in Billund in stages, more than doubling the capacity of its high-tech robotic facility.

Gerresheimer is expanding its Querétaro, Mexico facility with 10 glass forming machines and new processing lines to double ready-to-fill syringe production capacity by 2028. The building is expected to be completed by mid-2024, with production ramp-up starting in Q2 2025 and full capacity by H1 2026.

ArcelorMittal has initiated large-scale production of Magnelis zinc-aluminum-magnesium coated steel at its #1 galvanizing line in Avilés, Spain, making the facility a main production site for the product.

Fibertex Nonwovens has started up the first of two planned new spunlace production lines at its plant in Greenville, South Carolina. A second line will be installed in Europe at a later date.

Mondi intends to invest in the Hinton mill and, subject to pre-engineering and permitting, add a new kraft paper machine capable of producing 200,000 tonnes of kraft paper annually. No investment value was given.

Taiyuan Heavy Industry's Yuci hydraulic subsidiary is adding engineering-machinery pump, valve and oil-pump production lines to existing plants in Yuci District, Jinzhong, Shanxi, with 181.25 million yuan of investment. The project targets annual output of 655,000 pump and valve units and 1 billion yuan in sales, with construction planned for 2024 Q2 to 2025 Q4.

BASF is investing $70.5 million in a 20,000-square-foot addition to its Cincinnati manufacturing facility to produce bio-based, biodegradable surfactants (APGs), with plans to increase employment from 31 to at least 40 full-time positions.

Havells India invested around Rs 400 crore in the first phase of a new manufacturing unit at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, doubling its air-conditioner production capacity to over 2 million units per annum, and plans to expand exports to new markets including the U.S.

ARS Steels and Alloy International (ARS Group) is expanding its TMT bar production capacity at its facility in Gummidipoondi, Tamil Nadu, with a Rs 100 crore investment. The furnace capacity will double from 1.4 lakh to 2.8 lakh tonnes and rolling mill capacity from 1.80 lakh to 2.5 lakh tonnes, with completion expected by June 2024.

Intersurgical is expanding its operations in Pabradė, Lithuania, with a EUR 10 million investment in a new 2,500 sq. m. manufacturing facility and equipment, to be completed by December 2024. The first phase has already commenced.

Johnson Controls announced the expansion of its third manufacturing facility in India, located in Pune. The expansion aims to strengthen its commitment to the Indian market and support net zero goals.

Titan International completed a $2 million upgrade to its manufacturing facility in Des Moines, Iowa, adding two new 104-inch curing tire presses to increase output capacity for large agricultural tires.