Yura Corporation EVC will expand its auto parts plant in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, with a $46.2 million investment. The expansion will create 1,144 new jobs and produce high-voltage connectors and other electrical components for electric vehicles.

Lennox International will build a fourth manufacturing plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico, with a $150 million investment. The facility will create 700 jobs in its first phase and produce 5-25 ton air conditioning units.

Misumi Group has expanded its local production capacity in Mexico by 100% to expedite quote fulfillment and improve shipping reliability. Initial products include locating pins, shafting, and precision spacers.

Kimrskaya Factory named after Gorky opened a new workshop with a meltblown nonwoven line in the Tver region in mid-December 2023. Planned capacity is up to 1.3 million sq m of nonwoven materials per year.

Bayern-Fass Group subsidiary Rhein-Fass expanded its Ludwigshafen production with new halls and an IBC cleaning line commissioned in July 2023, tripling daily reconditioning capacity.

Antunes, a global foodservice equipment, water treatment and automation solutions manufacturer, has inaugurated a new 43,000 sq. ft. operations facility in Chennai, India, to serve local markets and the Middle East and Africa.

INVISTA's third phase expansion project at its nylon 66 polymer plant in Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone is over 90% complete, with trial production planned for Q2 2024. The 1.75 billion yuan ($243 million) investment will add capacity, bringing total nylon 66 capacity to 400,000 tons.

WPT Nonwovens Corp. cut the ribbon on a new $19.5 million, 75,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky. The facility adds a carded nonwoven production line with over 12,000 annual metric tons of capacity for HVAC filtration media and hygiene fabrics, creating 35 jobs.

Eastern Province Cement Company awarded a contract to Sinoma CDI of China for a new production line with a capacity of 10,000 tons per day, valued at $270.5 million.

Calbee UK installed new frying, seasoning and distribution machinery from Fabcon Food Systems at its Deeside plant in the UK, as part of an expansion project. The new line can produce fried snacks from pellets or extruded products.

Bhansali Engineering Polymers issued a Letter of Award to Toyo Engineering India for Front-End Engineering Design and CAPEX Cost Estimation for a brownfield ABS expansion project. The project will increase ABS production capacity from 75,000 TPA to 145,000 TPA at plants in Abu Road, Rajasthan and Satnoor, Madhya Pradesh.

Produmat completed construction of its own electrical substation and a new steel warehouse at its new factory in Las Varillas, Córdoba, Argentina. The electrical substation investment was approximately $3.5 million. The company also expects a new horizontal machining center.

Vestas-American Wind Technology is expanding its Windsor wind turbine blade factory in Colorado, driven by a surge of new contracts from U.S. wind power project demand.

Press Glass announced a $155.2 million investment to construct a 360,000-square-foot extension to its existing facility in Henry County, Virginia. The expansion will create 335 new jobs and enhance manufacturing capacity for the commercial construction sector.

Novartis announced FDA approval for commercial manufacturing of Pluvicto at its new 70,000-square foot radioligand therapy manufacturing facility in Indianapolis, Indiana. The facility is the company's largest and most advanced RLT site, increasing production capacity to 250,000 doses in 2024.

The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded $72 million in direct funding to Microchip Technology for its Gresham, Oregon facility expansion. The project is expected to double manufacturing capacity and create an estimated 600 new jobs in Oregon.

Microchip Technology will use a $90 million federal grant as part of a $940 million modernization and expansion of its Fab 5 semiconductor fabrication facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The project is expected to more than triple chip output from the site.

SNF, the world's leading manufacturer of polyacrylamide, announced a $250 million expansion plan in Oman to develop production capabilities, meet client infrastructure needs, and expand its workforce. In 2024, SNF plans to open a Regional Technical Centre in Muscat.

Aluminium Dunkerque has built a new high-energy performance furnace that will produce an additional 20,000 tonnes of aluminium alloy ingots per year, including 7,000 tonnes from recycled metal, supported by €1.5m from France 2030.

Gunze is expanding its first medical plant (completion March 2025) and building a new R&D laboratory (start April 2025, ready September 2025) in Ayabe, Kyoto, as part of a 3.5 billion yen investment.

The US Commerce Department plans to award Microchip Technology $162 million to expand semiconductor and MCU production at two factories in Colorado and Oregon, tripling output of mature-node chips.

Jakson Group started production at a new genset plant in Phaltan, Pune, adding to its existing plant in Kalsar, Gujarat, with a total capacity to manufacture 15,000 gensets per year.

Ondupet, which makes rPET packaging, is investing 11 million euros to expand its plant in Almendralejo, Extremadura, and plans to grow its workforce from 65 to 110.

Romagnole inaugurated the first phase of a new manufacturing plant in Mandaguari, Brazil, with an investment of R$ 80 million. The facility will double production capacity for electrotechnical hardware, solar structures, skids, and power input cabinets, and is expected to generate over 600 new jobs by 2027.

ABB broke ground on a 90,000-square-foot facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to expand production of Elastimold cable accessory solutions. The over $40 million investment is expected to begin operations in late 2024 and will integrate robotics and a Centre of Excellence.

PT VKTR Teknologi Mobilitas Tbk signed a construction agreement with PT Bakrie Construction for a factory and office expansion in Magelang, Central Java, valued at IDR 180.07 billion, with completion targeted within 12 months.

TN Platex plans to open a new plant in Paraguay to supply big bags to clients in Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay.

TN Platex, an Argentine textile company, inaugurated a plant in Catamarca in November 2022 to produce big bags for lithium transport, and plans to open a new plant in Paraguay to serve regional clients.

WEG will invest $40 million to build a new transformer factory in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia, with 23,000 m² of built area, to serve the oil sector and energy markets in neighboring countries. Completion is expected by December 2026.

ASYS Polska, a subsidiary of ASYS Automatic Systems, will invest 20 million PLN to expand its plant in Opole, Poland, adding a new hall and equipment for industrial robot production. The investment is supported by WSSE Invest-Park.

Toray Industries is expanding its French subsidiary's carbon fiber production facilities at the Abidos plant, increasing annual capacity from 5,000 to 6,000 tonnes/year. Production is expected to start in 2025.

Yonghe Co., Ltd. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Shaowu Yonghe Jintang New Materials Co., Ltd. will invest 279 million yuan (approx. $39 million) to expand and upgrade fluoropolymer production at its existing site in Shaowu, Fujian, including new PFA and PPVE capacity and HFC-32 process modification. Construction period is about 26 months.

Electro-Mechanical announced plans to invest $16.55 million to add a 200,000-square-foot facility in Washington County, Virginia, expected to create 109 jobs.

Orinko Advanced Plastics Co., Ltd. commissioned its factory in Thailand in 2024.

Global Polymer is constructing a 35,000 sq. ft. expansion to its existing 75,000 sq. ft. production facility in Madison, South Dakota, for direct compression molded ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene parts, with a total project cost of $51.1 million, creating 205 jobs.

In 2024, M.A.i doubled the production area at its main plant in Kronach/Neuses to 8,000 square meters, increasing production capacity.

Omnirobotic moved to a new 6,500-sq.-ft. facility in Laval's industrial district in January 2024, increasing production capacity to 180 machines annually.

Wuxi Hyatech Co Ltd commenced operations of the third phase of its aero engine core part manufacturing plant in Wuxi New District on January 1, 2024. The plant, with an investment of 1 billion yuan ($140 million), can produce 1.2 million compressor blades, 3,000 structural parts, and 3,000 rotating parts annually.

Hangya Technology Co., Ltd. has put its third-phase production line for aero-engine key components into operation in Wuxi, Jiangsu. The project, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan, adds capacity of 1.2 million compressor blades per year and other structural parts.

Dixie Chemical has completed a planned capacity expansion for nadic methyl anhydride (NMA) production at its plant in Pasadena, Texas, to support demand for high-temperature, high-performance epoxy-based composites, insulators and adhesives/sealants.

Magline, a material handling equipment manufacturer, is expanding operations in Standish, Michigan, investing $875,000 as part of a project supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Trinity Truck and Trailer Service, a milk transport tanker manufacturer, is investing at its headquarters in Ithaca, Michigan, creating 100 jobs as part of a project supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Gielow Pickles, Inc., a fifth-generation pickled products manufacturer, is expanding in the village of Lexington, Michigan, adding 100 jobs as part of a project supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund.

AMI Förder- und Lagertechnik GmbH officially inaugurated the expansion of production and administrative areas at its headquarters in Luckenbach during an open house event.

BASF completed a project in 2023 with an additional investment of 35 million reais to integrate and expand polyamide 6.6 production in Brazil, part of a global investment of over 1.4 billion euros over 5 years.

Hangcha Group completed Phase III of Hengfan Science and Technology Park, adding 105,000 m² of building area for production of lithium batteries, aerial platforms, AGVs, and automated logistics systems. The company also added a new assembly line for 10+ ton industrial vehicles at its Qingshan facility.

Normagrup Technology will invest 2.69 million euros to set up a new outdoor lighting manufacturing line at its factory in Llanera, Spain, supported by a 263,960-euro grant, creating 6 jobs.

Oxiplant will invest over 9.2 million euros to expand its metal-cutting and processing plant in the Somonte industrial park in Gijón, Spain, supported by a 328,486-euro grant from the Sekuens agency, creating 14 jobs.

Murata Manufacturing's subsidiary Murata Integrated Passive Solutions will build a new 200mm wafer production line in Caen, France, to expand silicon capacitor production capacity. Construction starts in spring 2023, creating over 100 jobs between 2023 and 2025.

Iren Energia signed a contract with Ansaldo Energia to build a new gas-fired combined cycle at the Turbigo plant in Italy, increasing capacity from 850 MW to about 1,280 MW, with an investment of approximately €180 million.