Airbus officially established Satair (Chengdu) Co Ltd in Shuangliu district, Chengdu, China, on November 1, 2023, as a wholly-owned subsidiary to support the Airbus Lifecycle Services Center, which was completed on September 28, 2023.

Hyundai Industrial Co. announced a $24 million project near Newnan, Georgia, to supply parts to Hyundai and Kia plants. The facility will employ about 100 workers.

TTM Technologies announced New York State as the location for a proposed new greenfield facility in Syracuse to produce ultra-HDI PCBs for national security, expected to create 400 jobs.

Rockwood Composites announced that its 21,000 ft² factory in Morocco is now operational, dedicated to high-volume, low-cost manufacturing for the aerospace industry.

SBH Kibing Solar New Materials held a launching ceremony for its new manufacturing facility at the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park, a RM3 billion project on a 130-acre site to produce solar photovoltaic glass, creating 1,400 jobs.

Sandvik is investing over $50 million to build its largest US facility in Elko, Nevada. Construction begins in Q4 2023, with expected opening in Q1 2025, replacing existing offices and warehouse.

JCET Group announced a capital increase of RMB 4.4 billion for its holding company JCET Automotive Electronics to accelerate construction of an advanced packaging facility for automotive chips in Lingang, Shanghai. The project started in August 2023 and is expected to be completed in 2025.

Power Machines (Silovye Mashiny) has officially launched a new production facility for cast gas turbine blades in St. Petersburg, Russia. The 6,000 m² plant cost over RUB 6 billion and can produce 16 sets of cast blades annually (550 blades per set), with potential to expand to 24 sets.

Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) and QatarEnergy are building the Golden Triangle Polymers Company integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas. The $8.5 billion plant will have over 2 million mt/yr of ethane and HDPE capacity and is expected to begin operation in 2026, creating 300 permanent jobs.

Walinga USA is constructing a new facility in Wayland, Michigan, creating 31 jobs as part of a project supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Opal Group opened stage one of its A$140 million corrugated cardboard packaging facility at the Logic Wodonga industrial estate in Barnawartha, Victoria, in November 2023, creating 432 jobs, with stage two planned to add capacity.

NETZSCH Southern Africa opened a 1,200 square metre positive displacement pump assembly centre in Durban in November 2023 to serve South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. The older Johannesburg plant will be repurposed as a sales and service centre.

TNA Solutions added a third Australian manufacturing site, its second in Sydney, in Wetherill Park to produce complete confectionery line systems for its global supply chain.

Amcor is opening a plastics recycling plant with a partner in Cauca, Colombia, in November 2023, as part of its Valle del Cauca operations. The article also profiles its Cali plant, which makes sustainable bottles and packaging.

Arde Makine has begun building a 5,000 m2 production facility in Bursa's Kayapa industrial zone, aiming to triple manufacturing and workforce capacity. The company plans to start production at the new factory by the end of 2024.

An unnamed South Korean auto parts maker plans to build a $176 million plant in Dublin, Georgia, to supply the nearby Hyundai facility, creating 460 jobs.

Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) and Japan's SBI Holdings have chosen a site in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, for an 800 billion yen ($5.3 billion) semiconductor manufacturing plant. The first phase requires a 420 billion yen investment.

ABB is investing $280 million in a new robotics campus in Västerås, Sweden, which will expand production capacity by 50% and include production, R&D, office, and training facilities. Peab has signed a contract for the first phase of design and budgeting.

Hwashin, a Korean automotive parts supplier, will establish a new manufacturing facility in Dublin, Georgia, investing over $176 million and creating over 460 jobs. The plant will produce chassis components for OEMs including Hyundai and Kia, with production starting in late 2025.

President Emomali Rahmon commissioned the Imod electrical equipment manufacturing plant in Sino district of Dushanbe, built by Tojikgidroelektromontazh LLC on 7 hectares. The plant produces 36 types of products including intelligent electric meters, transformer substations, and elevators, creating 850 jobs.

Eaglerise Electric & Electronic China announced it will invest up to USD86 million to build a new energy transformers factory in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The digital factory will have a high automation level and mainly produce new energy products for solar power and EV charging.

Bundaberg Brewed Drinks opened its 22,000 sqm Master Brewery in Bundaberg, Queensland, on 31 October 2023 with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attending. The plant cost more than A$120 million, including a A$19 million government grant, and was equipped with Krones beverage systems.

Korean auto interior maker Daesol Ausys Georgia is opening a $72 million facility in Harris County, Georgia, creating more than 140 jobs. The plant begins operations in late 2024 and supplies Kia, Hyundai and General Motors.

CJ Foodville, a subsidiary of CJ Group, is opening a $47 million bakery and food processing facility in Hall County, Georgia, to support its TOUS les JOURS brand. At full capacity in 2025 it will produce more than 19,000 tons of products a year.

DAS Corp, a supplier to Kia and Hyundai, is opening a $35 million facility in Metter, Georgia, to make auto seat structures. The plant will create 300 jobs and begin production in late 2024.

Pratt Industries is building a 496,000-square-foot production facility in Warner Robins, Georgia, its 13th site in the state, opening in 2024. The company's total investment in Georgia will exceed $800 million.

PT Katup Industri Indonesia opened its first plant in Cikarang, West Java, producing oil and gas and mining valves with a stated value of USD 12 million. The plant targets 19,200 units in two shifts and aims to reduce valve imports.

Nouryon has started full-scale production at its new Expancel expandable microspheres plant in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to serve customers in packaging, construction, mining, and automotive industries.

The Norwood Company began construction on a new medical device facility for RP3 Group and Thrombolex in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The facility will include a cleanroom for sterile manufacturing of a device to treat pulmonary disorders.

The Voronezh Aircraft Plant (VASO) has started a tender for the design of a new production building in the Maslovsky industrial park to manufacture engine nacelles for Russian aircraft. The project involves an investment of over 10.5 billion rubles and is planned to create more than 1,000 jobs by 2028.

American Packaging Corporation opened its flexible packaging Center of Excellence in Cedar City, Utah, in August 2023. The project had an estimated investment of $100m, was announced in July 2021, and is expected to create more than 135 jobs.

The Beilan new generation semiconductor integrated circuit chip plant was completed and started operating in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. The facility, a 1.5-billion-yuan investment by Weill Holding Group, will produce MCU chips, processing chips and IGBT power control chips with a planned annual output of 1.2 billion chips.

Ringo Válvulas is building a new valve factory in the Empresarium industrial estate, investing €11 million to double its production capacity. The plant is expected to be operational by mid-2024 and will add about 15 jobs.

Trafilerie Alluminio Alexia, part of the Agnelli Group, inaugurated a new production plant in Gordona, Italy, with a EUR 25 million investment, including a 4500-ton extrusion press, adding 40 new jobs and increasing capacity to 40,000 tonnes of profiles per year.

Edwards plans a new dry pump factory at the STAMP park in Genesee County, New York, initially creating about 280 jobs and producing 10,000 dry pumps per year, expandable to 20,000. It is scheduled to be operational in 2025.

Sika expanded its R&D capacities in the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of a new Technology Center in Suzhou, China.

TNR Industrial Doors Inc., a subsidiary of Hörmann Group, is investing $40 million to build a new 120,000 square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, creating 30 jobs. The Ontario government is providing $5 million in support.

Capchem Technology announced a CNY800 million ($109.4 million) investment to build a plant in Nantong, Jiangsu, China, with annual capacity of 125,000 tons of semiconductor chemicals and 205,000 tons of battery chemicals. The first phase will come on stream in two years.

Balluff opened its new greenfield smart factory in Aguascalientes, Mexico, on October 27, 2023. The 7,000 m² site represents a 50 million euro ($53 million) investment to regionalize its supply chain for the Americas.

Chinese compressor maker Jiaxipera opened its new production plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, with a $60 million investment in stages, creating 600 jobs. The first phase of $20 million supports two million compressors per year.

Spineart broke ground on October 26, 2023, for a new 4,200 sqm factory in Geneva, Switzerland. The facility will house all manufacturing and logistics activities and is scheduled to open in early 2025.

Kostal's Electro Mobility Mexicana (KEMM) factory began operations in Querétaro, Mexico, with a 2.1-billion-peso ($115 million) investment. The 20,000-square-meter plant will produce charging modules and components for electric vehicles, creating about 750 jobs.

The Raytheon-Rafael Area Protection Systems joint venture will invest $33 million to build a new facility in East Camden, Arkansas, to produce Tamir and SkyHunter missiles for the Iron Dome system. Groundbreaking is expected before end of 2023, with production starting in 2025.

Aqua-Hot, an AIRXCEL brand, acquired a 44,000-square-foot building at 7755 Miller Drive in Frederick, Colorado, to house its operations, manufacturing and distribution center. The company moved into the building in September 2023.

GK Technonicol plans to invest 7.5 billion rubles to build a second stone wool plant in the Rostov region of Russia, with construction starting in 2024 and launch expected in 2026. The plant will have an annual capacity of 1.4 million cubic meters.

Sterner has delivered a new wastewater treatment plant to INEOS Inovyn at Herøya, Norway. The plant was officially opened on September 8, 2023, and treats wastewater from PVC production, with separated PVC recycled as raw material.

RTX, in partnership with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, will build a $33 million manufacturing facility in East Camden, Arkansas to produce the Tamir missile for the Iron Dome Weapon System and its U.S. variant, the SkyHunter missile. The facility will create 30 new jobs.

Jiaxipera's compressor factory in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico began production on October 26, 2023, with a US$60 million investment and annual capacity of 6 million units. It is the first independently built overseas factory of China's compressor industry.

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry held the grand opening of a new $460 million foundry in Oakboro, North Carolina, on 700 acres in Stanly County. It replaces the company's century-old Uptown Charlotte cast iron foundry.

Adient Aerospace announced on October 25, 2023, plans to open a manufacturing plant in Santa Maria, California, occupying an 82,000-square-foot facility on Skyway Drive. The plant is expected to create several hundred full-time jobs.