Nvent Hoffman invested $15.5 million to open a fifth manufacturing plant in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The 75,000-square-foot facility will produce cooling units and stainless steel enclosures for the food and electronics industries, creating up to 150 jobs.

SPN Schwaben Präzision Fritz Hopf GmbH inaugurated a new 1,450-square-meter production hall in Nördlingen, Germany, to expand production capacity. The hall was built in nine months.

Stiebel Eltron will take over parts of Continental's production space in Gifhorn, Germany, to build production of indoor modules for heat pumps. The site is to be fully expanded by 2027, and many former Continental employees will be retrained and hired.

Shree Cement has commissioned a new kiln with capacity of 11,500 tonnes per day at its integrated production facility in Nawalgarh, Rajasthan. The plant, built with an investment of approximately Rs 3,500 crore, has a total cement capacity of 3.5 million tonnes per annum and includes a 33 MW waste heat recovery power plant.

The Bulgarian government approved a memorandum for the expansion of Staklarski Zavod Rubin (Glass Factory Rubin) in Pleven, Bulgaria. The project includes a new 300-ton furnace, modernization of storage areas, and an investment of over BGN 100 million, creating more than 150 jobs.

Titan Engineering and Automation Ltd. (TEAL), a subsidiary of Titan, will invest Rs 220 crore over five years to expand manufacturing of semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment at its facilities in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The company expects production capacity to increase by 10 times.

Alupress, a manufacturer of automotive die casting components, announced a $25.98 million expansion of its facility in Laurens, South Carolina, adding 3,000 square feet and creating 64 new jobs. Completion is expected in Q4 2028.

Grupo Sigma inaugurated a new 1,000-square-meter production plant near its main workshop to increase capacity for manufacturing DAF systems, MBR bioreactors and MBBR reactors.

The Spanish cabinet awarded AcuaMed a contract worth approximately €108 million to expand the Torrevieja desalination plant in Alicante, increasing capacity from 80 Hm3/year to 120 Hm3/year. Construction is scheduled to take two years.

Prolec GE announced an $85 million investment to double its single-phase pad-mount transformer manufacturing capacity by equipping a new facility in Monterrey, Mexico. Construction will begin in 2024 with completion scheduled for June 2025.

Samsung Electronics has started the main construction phase for its 12-inch NAND flash M-FAB in Xi'an, China, and plans to upgrade the fab to a 236-layer stacking process with significant capacity expansion. Equipment procurement has begun, with deliveries by end of 2023 and eighth-generation NAND equipment in 2024.

Abiomed plans to invest nearly €100 million by 2027 to triple production of Impella heart pumps at its Aachen site. The expansion includes a 7,700 m² building, a new parking garage, and a logistics center in Würselen, doubling the workforce to 600.

Alliance Steel, a joint venture between Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port International Group and Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgical, is undertaking the second phase of its expansion plan in Kuantan, Malaysia, adding 6.5 million tonnes/year of steel capacity by 2026 with an investment of $1.8 billion.

Hubei Xiangdewo Valve Co. is carrying out a renovation and expansion project in Laohekou, Xiangyang, Hubei, to produce 150,000 electric and pneumatic valves a year, with an investment of 96.59 million yuan. The project was listed on 13 December 2023 with a construction period from Q4 2023 to Q4 2024.

Driv Tenneco inaugurated a new production line for Monroe shock absorbers at its Mogi Mirim plant in Brazil, increasing production volume by 30% to 7 million units per year. The company invested R$ 10 million and hired about 100 employees.

Dassault Falcon Jet is expanding its aircraft completion center in Little Rock, Arkansas, creating 800 new jobs to support development and delivery of the Falcon 6X business jet and future programs.

Adani Group announced a $36 million expansion of Ambuja Cement's Roorkee grinding plant in Uttarakhand, more than doubling its capacity to 3 million tonnes per year.

Cosma Casting UK has submitted plans to expand its Telford factory with a rear extension to house two new die-casting units, creating 62 new jobs. The plans have been recommended for approval by Telford & Wrekin Council.

BASF completed a capacity expansion for key specialty amines, including polyetheramines and amine catalysts, at its Geismar, Louisiana site. The expansion increases production of Baxxodur and Lupragen branded products.

Murata Machinery will invest 3.6 billion yen to construct a new building at its Ise, Mie factory to increase production capacity for semiconductor wafer transport systems to 2.5 times that of 2020. The building is expected to be completed in April 2025.

EPCOR completed a $21.7 million expansion of the Pecan Water Reclamation Facility in San Tan Valley, Arizona, increasing capacity from 3 MGD to 4 MGD by adding a fourth BNR treatment plant.

AESC announced an $810 million expansion of its battery cell facility in Florence County, South Carolina, creating 450 new jobs. The expansion is expected to be complete by 2026.

Packaging maker Thimm is investing more than EUR 3 million in a new Mastercut 2.1 flat-bed die-cutter from Bobst at its Castrop-Rauxel site. The machine adds capacity of 25 million square metres of corrugated board per year.

IKN is currently upgrading the existing kiln at Schwenk Zement's Allmendingen cement works.

Senoplast inaugurated the expansion of its plant in Querétaro, Mexico, adding a fifth production line for plastic sheets and films. The $10 million investment increased the workforce to 253 employees.

Ramco Cements raised the clinker capacity of its Kolimigundla cement plant in India by 26%, to 3.15Mt/yr from 2.5Mt/yr. The company plans to invest US$192m in CAPEX during the 2024 financial year and US$24-30m in ongoing projects in the 2025 financial year.

Valtra is expanding its powertrain plant in Suolahti by 6,000 m², with completion expected in 2024. The expansion will create 200 new jobs.

Tetra Pak received an investment certificate to raise its investment in its Binh Duong, Vietnam factory to $173 million, expanding the existing aseptic carton packaging project. The certificate was granted at the Meet Singapore 2023 event.

Protectoseal has invested more than $5 million in manufacturing capacity at its US, UK and Indian sites, halving lead times. The Indian unit moved to larger facilities in Mumbai adding 50,000 sq. ft. of space.

Andritz recently started up a new textile recycling line at Sfilacciatura Negro's plant in Biella, Italy. The line processes post-consumer textile waste with automatic removal of hard parts, supporting expansion into new recycling segments.

LS Electric acquired KOC Electric and completed the expansion of its ultra-high-voltage transformer production facility at the Ulsan plant, tripling collective production capacity. The expansion was celebrated on December 9, 2023.

Adani Group will invest over Rs 1,700 crore to expand Ambuja Cements' capacity in Uttarakhand, including expanding the Roorkee plant from 1.2 to 3 million tonnes per annum by end of 2024 and setting up a new grinding unit with 4 million tonnes per annum capacity.

Fans and motors maker EBM-Papst is investing EUR 1 million to expand its facilities in Singapore and India, including added production capacity in Chennai. The move is part of its China-decoupling strategy.

Matsuura Machinery plans to expand its Takefu Plant in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, and integrate its machining center assembly operations into the plant by January 2024.

Chelyabinsk Plant of Construction Machinery (ChSDM) launched production of heavy loaders at a former Kolushchenko plant in Chelyabinsk, with an investment of over 1.5 billion rubles. The plant aims to increase output and create over 800 jobs.

Star Cement is expanding its total capacity from 5.5 million tonnes to 9.7 million tonnes per year by 2025-26, with a total investment of around Rs 2,200 crore. A new 2 million tonne grinding unit in Guwahati will start commercial production by December 2023.

PR Coatings Private Limited is expanding its paint unit in Vishunpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, into an Integrated Paint Plant with resin production. The project will increase paint output from 10,500 KL/month to 18,000 KL/month and add 2,000 MT/month resin capacity, with an investment of INR 8.0 Crore.

Titan-Polymer and the Russian Scientific Center 'Applied Chemistry' (GIPH) signed a contract for the design of the second stage of a plant producing PET and PBT granules in the Mogilino special economic zone, Pskov region. The total capacity of two lines will exceed 200 kt/year, with completion targeted for 2026.

Polish dairy cooperative Mlekovita is building a new UHT milk factory in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Podlaskie Voivodeship, with a state grant of 260 million PLN to increase production capacity.

GCC has hired ThyssenKrupp Polysius North America to build a 3000t/day clinker production line at its Odessa plant in Texas, expected to more than double clinker capacity to 2Mt/yr by late 2025.

Basin Water Resources has rebranded as Expansa, relocated its headquarters from El Paso to Houston, Texas, and opened a new resin regeneration facility with an initial capital investment of over US$10 million.

Airbus is building a third final assembly line at its Mobile, Alabama factory to accelerate A320 production, adding 1,000 jobs by 2025.

Doosan Robotics plans to double production of collaborative robots by 2024, leveraging reduced sensor costs by nearly a third. The company aims to expand its product lineup from 13 to 17 models by 2026.

JTEKT North America is investing $48.4 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Greenville County, South Carolina, adding seven machine lines and two assembly lines to produce front drive shafts. The expansion will create 87 new jobs and is expected to be online in Q3 2025.

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) is set to begin the second phase of its AUD235 million expansion project at the Port of Melbourne.

Aptar Closures celebrated the grand opening of Gulf Closures, a beverage closures maker in Bahrain it acquired a majority stake in during March 2023. An expansion of the site, with 10 new production lines, is expected to be completed in December 2024.

Piller Blowers & Compressors is investing a low double-digit million euro sum in a new workshop, warehouse and office building at its Moringen site in Germany, with construction starting in Q2 2024.

Petrosmith, an oil and gas production equipment manufacturer in Abilene, Texas, will invest $25 million over ten years to expand operations, creating 250 new jobs and retaining 415 existing jobs, supported by a $2.75 million DCOA incentive package.

AOC China completed delivery of a new production line in Nanjing on December 6, 2023, and started production of unsaturated polyester resin the next day. The line adds 10,000 tons of high-performance resin capacity.

Toray Carbon Fibers Europe (Toray CFE) is investing €128 million to expand its Abidos site with a new 16,000 m² building housing a new production line and storage units. Capacity will increase from 5,200 to over 6,000 tonnes per year, creating 45 jobs. The project is expected to be completed in 2025.