Mobis North America will invest $13.8 million to build a new electric vehicle battery assembly plant in Toledo, Ohio, creating 185 jobs. Construction is underway, with production planned to start in August 2024.

IMS Gear plans to invest €6 million in a new plant in Osijek, Croatia, according to the mayor.

West International Holding Limited, a subsidiary of China West Cement, has begun construction of a cement and clinker factory in Moroto, Uganda. The $1.1 trillion shilling (approx. $300M) factory will produce 6,000-7,000 tonnes per day and employ over 2,000 people when completed in 2025.

Mitsubishi Electric India inaugurated a new smart manufacturing facility for factory automation systems in Talegaon, Maharashtra, India, with a greenfield investment of 2,200 million Indian rupees. The facility measures 40,000 sq.m, initially built up to 15,400 sq.m.

Bobaek America Inc., a Korean EV parts manufacturer, will invest $35 million to build a new 71,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Windsor, Ontario, creating 144 jobs. The plant will produce battery insulation panels and cell sheets for EVs and is expected to open in June 2024.

Safran Aero Boosters signed a second MoU with Pratt & Whitney to develop a new manufacturing technology for F135 engine components, resulting in a dedicated production line near Liège, Belgium.

Governor Julio Menchaca Salazar inaugurated the new textile plant of Zagis in Tepeji del Río, Hidalgo. The plant will employ over 200 people and increase production capacity from 170 to 200 tonnes of yarn per day.

Smurfit Kappa plans a $115 million investment to build and expand two production plants in Santa Clara Coatitla, Ecatepec. The municipality has granted the licenses needed to start construction.

German high-tech company VACOM announced it will build a manufacturing facility at the Lewistown Airport in Montana, with an initial investment of $35 million and 200 jobs, later increasing to $50 million and 500 jobs.

Lingong Machinery Group (LGMG) inaugurated its first production plant in Marín, Nuevo León, with a $140 million investment. The plant will manufacture scissor lifts and electric articulated booms, creating 7,000 jobs.

Pratt & Whitney Maroc signed a contract to acquire land for a new factory in Casablanca MidParc, with an investment of 715 million MAD. The factory will produce aircraft engine components and create 200-250 jobs by 2030.

Furukawa Automotive Systems Vinh Long Vietnam Co., Ltd. (FAVV) inaugurated its second factory in Binh Minh Industrial Park, Vietnam. The factory will double production of automotive wiring harnesses and create about 2,000 jobs.

Lingong Heavy Machinery (LGMG) inaugurated a manufacturing plant in Marin, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, on December 7, 2023. The $140 million facility will produce scissor and articulated lifts and is expected to create 7,000 jobs.

AgroRenew LLC plans to invest $83 million to build a 196,000-square-foot facility in Vincennes, Indiana, to convert watermelon, cantaloupe, and pumpkin waste into biodegradable bioplastics.

Chinese company LGMG (Lingong Machinery Group) inaugurated a new production plant in Marín, Nuevo León, Mexico, with an investment of $140 million. The facility will manufacture electric scissor lifts and articulated booms, and is expected to generate up to 7,000 new jobs.

INVISTA completed a $1-billion plant in Shanghai, China, to produce the chemical ADN, a nylon precursor. The project was delivered in 44 months by Fluor Enterprises.

Rane Madras LTD will invest US$31 million to build its first plant in Mexico, in Aguascalientes, creating over 300 jobs for manufacturing steering and suspension systems.

Agility Robotics is opening RoboFab, a 70,000-square-foot humanoid robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon, with capacity to produce over 10,000 robots per year and employing more than 500 workers.

Jiangsu Fangmaoshan Polymer Materials Co., Ltd. plans to invest 122.25 million yuan to build a new high-performance anti-corrosion coating project with an annual output of 30,000 tons in Changzhou, China. The project is a reorganization of three companies.

Inventum Technologies opened a new second factory next to its existing plant in Houten, Netherlands, dedicated to producing indoor heat pumps. The facility adds capacity of 80,000 indoor heat pumps per year.

Wankai New Materials plans to build a USD45.1 million joint venture plant in Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria, with an annual capacity of 300,000 tons of food-grade bottle-use PET chips. Construction will take two years.

Rey Cera Creation is opening a new plant in Morbi, Gujarat, with an annual capacity of 9.3 million square metres for 60x120 cm glazed vitrified tiles. Commercial operations are expected to begin by January 2024.

Panasonic officially began construction of a new heat pump manufacturing plant in Plzeň, Czech Republic, with an investment of CZK 7.6 billion. The plant is expected to be completed by spring 2025 and aims to produce up to 1 million heat pumps per year by 2030.

East Africa Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) announced plans for a KES 30.53 billion (US$200 million) clinker line on a greenfield site in Kajiado county, Kenya, with a capacity of approximately 5,000 tonnes per day (4.4 million tonnes per year), expected to raise total clinker capacity to 10.7 million tonnes by 2025.

KEDA Industrial Group held the groundbreaking ceremony for its first glass production line in South America, a float glass factory in Cañete Province, Peru. The first phase includes one architectural glass production line with a capacity of 600 tons per day, expected to begin production in 2026.

Owens Corning broke ground on a new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Russellville, Arkansas, to produce Foamular NGX extruded polystyrene insulation. The facility is expected to create 50 jobs and be operational by 2025.

Uflex Ltd is investing 550 crore rupees (about $85.7 million) in its fourth factory in Sanand, Gujarat, to make aseptic packaging with capacity of 7 billion containers per year and enter a market dominated by Tetra Pak. The plant will initially employ 250 people.

Guangzhou Qinglan Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a joint venture between GAC Component and Zhuzhou CRRC Times Semiconductor, has inaugurated its IGBT production line in Guangzhou. The project has a planned total investment of 463 million yuan, with Phase One achieving full-scale production at 400,000 automotive IGBT modules annually.

Metalcoat inaugurated a new production plant in Ascoli, Italy, specializing in aluminum and steel laminates. The plant has two production lines with capacities of 42,000 t/year for aluminum and 110,000 t/year for steel, with a planned investment of €10-12 million over three years and 50 new hires in 2024.

Keystone Medical Technologies opened a new facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, dedicated to filmcast tubing production including polyimide and PTFE. The facility doubles the company's total footprint and enables expanded extruded tubing capacity at its Somerset, Wisconsin site.

JCB announced plans to build a new 720,000 sq. ft. factory on a 400-acre site in San Antonio, Texas, creating 1,500 jobs over five years. Construction will begin in early 2024.

Plastiques Gagnon is building a new 35,000-square-foot facility in Lévis, Quebec, scheduled to open in July 2024. The $10 million investment will increase production capacity by 20%.

Toyota Boshoku America is constructing a 327,000-square-foot smart plant in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to produce seat frame mechanism parts. The $225 million investment will create over 150 jobs, with operations expected to begin in 2025.

Trebor Developments reached practical completion on Crown Packaging's £150 million, 632,000 sq ft beverage can plant at the former Mars Petcare site in Woodston, Peterborough, which will employ at least 280 people. Crown started production at the site as construction finished.

Elopak plans its first U.S. production plant in Little Rock, Arkansas, to make Pure-Pak gable-top cartons for dairy, juice and plant-based products. The investment is about USD 70 million and will create more than 100 permanent jobs.

CARMAT has opened its second production facility (BDA2) in Bois-d'Arcy, France, approved by DEKRA for production of the Aeson total artificial heart. Combined with the existing BDA1 facility, it will enable a production capacity of 500 hearts per year by early 2024.

Groupe Atlantic is opening its first factory in Romania, located in the PWP Bucharest North industrial park, Prahova county. The €60 million investment will produce electric water heaters and hot water cylinders, creating 370 jobs by 2026. Production is expected to start in Q4 2024.

STIEBEL ELTRON plans to invest 600 million baht in a new factory near its Bang Pa-In plant in Ayutthaya, Thailand, to produce heat pumps for export. Operations are expected to start in 2025.

PlantSwitch began production in early December 2023 at its newly acquired Sanford, North Carolina facility, which will have a 25,000-ton-per-year capacity, starting at 5,000 tons and stepping up quarterly.

Unum Aircraft Seating has opened its new factory at the Manor Royal aerospace hub in London Gatwick, UK. The opening ceremony took place on November 29, 2023.

Jiangxi Yihao Pharmaceutical Chemical Co., Ltd. is undertaking an environmental impact assessment for a new project to produce 25,000 tons per year of fluorine-containing coatings, adhesives, and saturated polyester series. The investment is 240 million yuan, located in the Fluorine Salt New Materials Industrial Base in Huichang, Jiangxi, China.

Shenling Environment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. plans to invest in a special air conditioning and ventilation equipment manufacturing base in Gaozhou, China. The project covers about 131.8 mu, with fixed asset investment of at least CNY 400 million, focusing on nuclear power and rail transit ventilation systems.

Xi'an Xinyao Ceramic Composite Materials Co., Ltd. is building a ceramic matrix composite smart manufacturing park in Yanliang District, Xi'an, China. The project covers 302 mu, with total investment of CNY 2 billion, and will be China's first such smart manufacturing park. Phase 1 is nearly complete, with production expected to start by January 2024.

MULTIVAC Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 35,000 sqm production factory in Wolfertschwenden, Germany, for parts manufacturing and spare parts logistics. The EUR 60 million facility is expected to be completed by end of 2025.

Chinese company Yun Sheng BD Co Ltd will invest $89 million to establish a composite factory producing textiles, garments and accessories in Mongla Export Processing Zone, Bangladesh. The factory will create 5,421 jobs.

Tricor Group plans to invest €170 million in a new plant near the Dutch border in the Weeze/Goch region, with start-up in Q3 2025 and capacity of up to 200 million square metres of corrugated board per year.

Pnosan Group opened a new 8,500 square metre factory in Çorlu, Tekirdağ, to expand domestic production of steam valves and flow control products during its 30th year in the sector.

OrbusNeich held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new R&D and production base in Fuyang, Hangzhou, China, with fixed asset investment of approximately RMB 300-400 million. The facility will have a gross floor area of 60,000 m² and focus on PCI and PTA interventional products.

SK E&S, GE Vernova and partners plan to build the first large-scale clean hydrogen burning power plant in Asia. The project is announced on December 3, 2023.

Reyco Systems and Idaho Steel opened a new 15,000 sq ft manufacturing and repair facility in Eltopia, Washington, to serve customers in the Tri Cities region with reduced repair turnaround times.