PJ Valves has completed a factory expansion in Pune, India, that increases its ball and butterfly valve manufacturing capacity by over 2.5 times and adds a paint shop and QA investments.

Polymer Protective Packaging is expanding its facility, adding production and warehousing space to increase production capacity by 30% and raw material storage by 40%. The new space will be completed in Q1 2024.

Ford Meter Box is planning a $23.2 million expansion at its Pell City facility, including a new 60,000-square-foot building and equipment for large-diameter steel components.

Lincoln Foodservice Equipment, a Welbilt brand, is establishing a new U.S. operations center at Welbilt's existing site in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, with a $2.3 million investment. The project will add 35,000 square feet of manufacturing space and create 99 direct new jobs.

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. will invest $59.9 million to increase production capacity at TG Missouri Corporation (Perryville, Missouri and New Albany, Indiana) and TG Kentucky, LLC (Lebanon, Kentucky). The expansion includes enlarging plant buildings and installing new equipment.

Pankom-Stroyservis is building an additional workshop for local wastewater treatment plants in Likino-Dulyovo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo district. The investment is RUB 21 million, creating over 20 jobs, with production expected to start in early 2025.

Lotte Ineos Chemicals Company is preparing to add a third vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) unit at its Ulsan complex, with an estimated cost of US$171.8 million, adding 250,000 tonnes per year of VAM production. EPC selection is expected before Q1 2024 end, with construction starting in summer 2024.

Brazilian valve maker Bermo, owned by German ARI-Armaturen, bought a new plot in Blumenau to expand its factory, with a planned R$60 million investment and an inauguration expected in 2026. The company also takes over sales of ARI products across Latin America.

Votorantim Cimentos announced a US$162m investment to expand capacity at its Votorantim cement plant by 20%.

The TRIPS group opened a new state-of-the-art plant in Krapkowice, Poland, as part of its international growth strategy. The plant is part of TRIPS Automatyka Polska sp. z o.o. sp.k. in Wykroty, which has been operating since 2016.

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies completed a billion-dollar construction project in Hillerød, Denmark. The expansion is expected to become operational later in 2024 after equipment testing.

ARaymond is investing €66 million in a new production site in northern Isère, France, to increase capacity for RayDyLyo closures to 250 million parts per annum. The facility will be 14,000 m2 and is expected to be operational in early 2025, with workforce growing to 350.

Toray Industries will expand facilities at its California, USA plant to increase reverse osmosis membrane production capacity by 30%, with completion by March 2025. Part of a ¥10 billion ($68 million) total investment.

Toray Industries will increase production capacity of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes at its plants in Dammam, Saudi Arabia and California, USA by 30% over three years. Total investment is over ¥10 billion ($68 million), with expansions to be completed by March 2025.

AbbVie broke ground on a $223 million expansion of its Singapore manufacturing facility in Tuas Biomedical Park, adding 24,000 liters of biologics drug-substance capacity and over 100 jobs. The expansion is expected to become operational in 2026.

BorgWarner Changnyeong held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant expansion on its existing site in Gyeseong-myeon, Changnyeong-gun, South Korea. The company will invest KRW 51.3 billion to add 8,663.21 square meters of factory space, creating 31 new jobs. The expansion is for electric vehicle parts production.

Rolls-Royce Power Systems opened a new 69,000 sq ft Remanufacturing and Overhaul Center on its mtu Aiken campus in South Carolina, representing a low double-digit million dollar investment. The facility will remanufacture mtu Series 2000, Series 4000 and Detroit Diesel 2-Cycle engines and components, targeting 20,000 parts per year.

Herrenknecht AG is expanding its site in Allmannsweier, Schwanau, Germany by approximately 45,000 square metres to increase manufacturing and storage capacity for tunnel boring machines. Site preparation work has begun.

Nova Molecular Technologies is expanding its operations in Sumter County, South Carolina with a $23.75 million investment that will create 20 new jobs. The expansion will add square footage to its existing facility at 1123 Race Track Road.

WaterFurnace is doubling the footprint of its manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to add space for research and development and consolidate operations under one roof. The expansion is slated for completion in 14 months.

Votorantim Cimentos announced a R$5 billion investment program in Brazil, including R$300 million for a new cement grinding mill at its Salto de Pirapora plant, adding 1 million tonnes per year of capacity starting in 2025.

EnviroFALK is expanding its production capacities with a new production hall for building standardized compact water treatment systems, creating new jobs in electrical engineering, plastics fitting, mechanical engineering, and commercial processing.

Accredo Packaging completed its fourth expansion at its Sugar Land headquarters, adding 83,000 square feet of office space for a $10 million investment and creating 30 jobs.

Steel Dynamics plans to commission four new flat-rolled coating lines in the first quarter of 2024, two at the Sinton, Texas mill and two in Indiana, adding 1.1 million tons of annual capacity.

Grayson Thermal Systems secured an eight-figure funding package from HSBC UK to develop three new production lines at its Tyseley facility in the West Midlands. The lines will focus on heat pumps and battery thermal management systems, and the company will also modernize its fabrication facility.

Stellar Energy plans to triple manufacturing capacity in 2024 and invest over $28 million in a leased facility in Jacksonville, creating 250 jobs. The expansion includes $20 million in the building and over $8 million in equipment.

Pharmaloz Manufacturing, a subsidiary of ProPhase Labs, is expanding its plant capacity by over 50% through automation equipment and efficiencies, raising annual production capability from below $10 million to over $15 million.

Starlim North America Corp., a liquid silicone injection molding company, is investing $10.4 million to expand its London, Ontario plant with a new curing oven, cleanroom, and manufacturing equipment.

Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) announced an expansion of its Avon, Ohio factory, nearly doubling its size to 42,000 sq. ft. and adding an automated manufacturing system to quadruple capacity for MarineLINE and ChemLINE coatings.

BorgWarner has started series production of cooling components for BMW electric vehicles at its Zamáns plant in Vigo, Spain. The company plans to add a third production line and hire about 60 people, and is negotiating with Volvo and Subaru.

GROB Systems broke ground in December 2023 on a 135,000 sq. ft. expansion at its Bluffton, Ohio headquarters, adding 35% more space and 200 new jobs. The $24 million project is slated for completion in March 2025.

Scott Bader invested over €1.8 million to install a new mixer at its Amiens, France facility, increasing production capacity for adhesives, bonding pastes, gelcoats and formulated products by about 30%. The mixer is now fully operational.

Panasonic Electric Works Vietnam began full-scale operations on January 23, 2024 at a new production building for wiring devices and circuit breakers in Binh Duong. The company expects production capacity to reach about 1.8 times its 2022 level.

Nemak USA is building an $18 million, 49,500-square-foot addition at its Sheboygan facility. The expansion will add a diecasting production area with two 4,500-ton diecast machines to support automotive component production for electric vehicles.

Medline, a US medical device manufacturer, plans to build a second plant in Malé Bielice near Partizánske, Slovakia. The facility will cover over two hectares, employ 580 people, and produce surgical sets, making it the largest healthcare factory in the country.

Bundy Refrigeration installed a new €1 million aluminium extrusion plant at its Pindamonhangaba facility in Brazil to produce aluminium tube for refrigeration cooling products, stove parts and heater elements. The plant is now fully operational.

Cummins is investing $580 million to upgrade its Rocky Mount engine plant in Whitakers, North Carolina, creating 80 jobs and adding an assembly line for gasoline and propane engines. The project is expected to be complete by 2027.

Avanti Conveyors has expanded into a new 20,000 sq.ft. factory unit in Glossop, High Peak, to increase production area for machinery and software for the paper packaging industry.

Italian company Maschiopack has invested €6 million in its industrial container manufacturing plant in Tarragona, Spain, adding a second production line. The expansion is expected to double production capacity and create 30 jobs over four years.

Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited plans to expand its ferro alloy plant in Bhadrak, Odisha, increasing high carbon ferro chrome production from 145,000 TPA to 445,000 TPA, and adding a pellet and sintering plant. The project is valued at Rs 1,372 crore.

Toyota Material Handling is undertaking three major investments and expansions in Mjölby, including a new paint shop called 'Paletten' already under construction, to increase production from 80,000 to 120,000 units of warehouse trucks.

Kent RO Systems plans to invest Rs 300 crore to set up a new fan manufacturing unit at Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, India, as part of its expansion into appliances.

GEA Group will invest about €5.5 million by 2026 to modernize production at its GEA AWP valve plant in Prenzlau, Germany, replacing seven older machines and adding about 20 production jobs.

Bundy Refrigeration relocated its Maracanaú operation to a new factory in the Distrito Industrial district, Brazil, investing €500,000. The facility includes a spark plug cell creating 10 new jobs.

ACTOM High Voltage Equipment is looking to expand manufacturing capacity at its local factories by about 40% to support Eskom's Transmission Development Plan, which includes R26 billion in capital investment for transmission infrastructure. The company is also in discussions with global partners to increase import volumes.

LG Electronics has opened a new scroll compressor production line at its factory in Monterrey, Mexico, to increase capacity and serve North American HVAC customers.

Nemera plans to build a new production hall at the Bresle Maritime business park in Ponts-et-Marais, France, to increase capacity for drug delivery devices. The project is part of a €30 million investment and is expected to create 100 jobs.

Baltex (Balashovsky Textile Plant) is investing over 800 million rubles to expand polyamide fabric production at its plant in Saratov, Russia. The first phase (over 300 million rubles) was completed in 2023; the second phase (500 million rubles) is planned for 2024, aiming for a 50% capacity increase.

Vishay Siliconix is expanding its chip factory in Itzehoe, Germany, with an investment of $400 million. Production is expected to start in 2026.

Lindsay Corporation announces plans to invest more than $50 million over two years to expand and modernize its largest global manufacturing facility in Lindsay, Nebraska, implementing Industry 4.0 technologies.