Micron Technology initiated construction on a leading-edge memory manufacturing fab at its Boise headquarters. The project involves approximately $15 billion investment through the end of the decade, creating over 17,000 new Idaho jobs including 2,000 Micron direct jobs.

Three Farmers Foods has officially opened a new 15,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, consolidating its head office, manufacturing, and storage operations under one roof. The facility will produce minimally processed bean-based snacks.

Industrias Aguayo has inaugurated a new industrial park in San Rafael del Yuma, La Altagracia province, with a private investment exceeding 920 million Dominican pesos. The facility doubles the company's production capacity for construction materials and includes three production plants and a limestone aggregate mine.

Toyota Boshoku America will invest $225 million to build a 327,000-square-foot automotive parts manufacturing facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, creating 157 jobs. The plant will produce seat frame mechanism parts and is planned to start operations in 2025.

MP Biomedicals plans to open a 75,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at its Solon campus in 2024, adding 20 jobs.

KİMPUR (Kimteks Poliüretan) opened a new polyurethane systems factory in Düzce's Gümüşova organized industrial zone with a 400 million lira investment, increasing total production capacity to over 200,000 tonnes.

Cummins opened a new European Master Rebuild Centre for high horsepower engines in Krakow, Poland, with a $10 million investment. The 4,600 m2 facility remanufactures engines from 19 to 78 litres displacement.

Ahlstrom has cut the ribbon on a new $68 million facility in Madisonville, Kentucky, to manufacture glass fiber tissue for flooring materials and other applications. The project, announced in May 2021, is creating over 50 new full-time jobs.

Asperbras tubos e conexões e rotomoldagem began operating a new factory in Penápolis, São Paulo, in September 2023, producing high-density polyethylene (PEAD) pipes for irrigation and sanitation. The investment was R$ 45 million, with an annual capacity of 15,000 tonnes.

Advanced Energy held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 500,000 sq ft factory near Bangkok, Thailand, to manufacture power delivery systems for the semiconductor market, capable of $1 billion annual revenue and employing about 2,500 people.

Tecma inaugurated its 41st plant, a maquiladora of over 250,000 square feet in Ciudad Juárez with more than 200 employees, focused on manufacturing precision pneumatic valves.

The NBM group opened a plant in Veliky Novgorod through its subsidiary T-ARM LLC to produce pipeline valves for the oil, chemical and gas industries. The first stage cost 400 million rubles and plans for up to 100 new jobs.

The Syndicat Mixte pour l'Aménagement Hydraulique (SIAH) inaugurated the Bonneuil-en-France wastewater treatment plant, designed and built by a consortium led by Veolia subsidiary OTV. The plant treats wastewater from 35 municipalities, has a capacity of 500,000 population equivalent, and produces biogas and heat from wastewater.

Abbott started construction of a medical device plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a $200 million investment. The facility is expected to begin operations in 2025, initially creating 400 jobs, with potential expansion to 1,200 jobs.

Canadian auto parts company Martinrea invested $85 million to open its 17th plant in Mexico, located in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, creating 450 jobs. The facility produces complex stampings and assemblies for the automotive industry.

Hystar announced plans to build a 4-gigawatt electrolyzer factory west of Oslo next year, with an automated production line running at full capacity in 2026. The company also plans to expand in the U.S., citing the Inflation Reduction Act.

Beta Technologies officially opened a large-scale manufacturing plant for its Alia all-electric aircraft in South Burlington, Vermont. The 188,500-square-foot factory is expected to produce up to 300 aircraft per year by 2027 and create hundreds of jobs.

SIG broke ground on its first aseptic carton plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, with an investment of roughly INR 880 crore, to produce up to 4 billion aseptic packs annually.

Aliaxis opened a new 200,000 sq ft injection moulding plant in Pineville, North Carolina, in October 2023. The $200 million investment created 150 jobs.

Röhm commissioned an acrylic resin (PMMA) plant of undisclosed capacity in Shanghai, China, in October 2023. The plant produces Plexiglass for automotive lighting, appliances, and building and construction applications.

Guangdong Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. held a grand opening ceremony for its new 36,000-square-meter factory in Zhaoqing City, China, dedicated to manufacturing liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection molding machines. The factory will accommodate over 200 employees.

Clariant inaugurated a new production facility for halogen-free flame retardants in Daya Bay, Huizhou, China. The first production line represents a CHF 60 million investment, and a second line is under construction with a further CHF 40 million investment, expected onstream in 2024.

Visy opened its A$175 million corrugated cardboard box factory in Hemmant, Queensland, capable of making up to one million boxes a day from recycled paper. The facility directly employs over 100 people.

72 Steel LLC purchased 44 acres of the former J&L Steel site in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, to build a $218 million steel fabrication plant. The plant will include an electric-arc furnace and produce 500,000 tons of rebar annually, with completion expected in 2025.

Ermak-T LLC signed an agreement to organize assembly production of diesel forklift trucks in Krasnoyarsk. The project involves 80 million rubles in investment and will create 10 jobs, with production planned for 2024-2025.

Smurfit Kappa inaugurated a purification and wastewater treatment plant at its Belgrade paper mill in Serbia. The €5 million investment enables water purification to the highest standards and reduces water consumption by up to 90%.

German auto parts company Brose will build its fifth production plant in Mexico, likely in Querétaro, to produce window movement systems, creating at least 600 jobs.

Midea Carrier, a joint venture between Midea and Carrier, will build a new factory in Brazil, expected to start operations in the second half of 2024.

GFTmotion is launching a new motor production facility named 'Hope' in Bet Shean, Israel, to produce advanced BLDC servo electrical machines. The facility aims to employ approximately 400 people within a few years, with deliveries starting in November 2023.

GT-Technologies is launching a new motor production facility named 'Hope' in Bet Shean, Israel, for advanced BLDC servo electrical machines. Production is expected to start in November 2023, with plans to employ about 400 people.

GK Avgust, through its subsidiary Avgust-Polymer, is starting construction of a plant for grain sleeves and film materials at the Alabuga SEZ in Tatarstan. The investment is 1.5 billion rubles, with launch planned for 2024 and capacity of 10.5 million tonnes per year.

Mingzhi Marine International, part of the Shunman Group, will invest TWD 1.12 billion to build a seafood processing plant and cold-chain logistics center in Nanzhou, Pingtung County.

Yaqide Technology, a Taiwanese bicycle frame painting company, will invest in building two new plants in Miaoli County to expand its coating services.

Nova Material Technology, a Taiwanese supplier of automotive SCR catalysts, will invest over TWD 600 million to build a smart new plant in Guanyin, Taoyuan, to expand production of catalysts and waste-to-fuel products.

Magnescale Co., Ltd. has begun construction on a Laserscale production plant in Nara Prefecture, with completion scheduled for May 2025 and operation start in September 2025. The total investment is approximately 11.7 billion yen, and the plant will have a production capacity of about 35,000 units per year, employing up to 150 people.

UKS Stamping Romania inaugurated a new automotive components factory in Cateasca, Argeș County, following a €20 million investment. Production starts in October 2023, with first customers Adient and Toyota.

Soitec inaugurated its Bernin 4 plant in Isère, France, on 28 September 2023, with production of SmartSiC substrates for electric vehicles starting in late October 2023. The investment is €380 million, including 30% public aid.

Brooks Instrument opened a 57,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Penang, its fourth global production site, to make GF100 mass flow controllers for semiconductor customers.

SIG laid the foundation for its first aseptic carton plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with planned phased investment of about ₹880 crore, expected to add 4 billion packs per year and create about 300 jobs.

KREISEL Electric, a John Deere subsidiary, began construction on a 115,000 sq ft battery and charger manufacturing facility in Kernersville, North Carolina. The facility will have a production capacity of up to 2 GWh and production is expected to start in 2025.

Covestro broke ground on a new Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU) production site in Zhuhai, China. The site will be built in three phases, with first phase capacity of about 30,000 tons per year (mechanical completion estimated for 2025) and maximum capacity of 120,000 tons per year after final phase (expected completion 2033). Initial investment is in the mid double-digit million Euro range.

Servokon Systems Limited announced plans to invest over Rs 2 billion to build a transformer manufacturing facility in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. The 25,000 m² plant will focus on transformers up to 220 kV class and include in-house solar panel manufacturing.

IDEADED inaugurated a 500 m² semiconductor cleanroom in Viladecans, Barcelona, the largest private one in Southern Europe. The company invested 12 million euros and will create up to 100 jobs, producing 5-20 million microchips per year.

DuPont opened a new adhesives production facility in Zhangjiagang, East China, to produce adhesives for the transportation industry, primarily for lightweighting and vehicle electrification applications.

Krasnoyarsk machine-building plant Borus (part of Karernye Mashiny group) launched a new workshop to produce front-end loaders under its own brand. The 6,000 sq m facility cost 500 million rubles and will initially produce about 200 machines per year, with capacity for two per day.

Hexagon Purus is opening a 200,000+ sq ft vehicle integration facility in Mesquite, Texas, to produce battery electric heavy-duty trucks for the U.S. market. The facility will employ up to 250 workers and support a $2 billion contract with Hino Motors Sales USA.

Shanghai-based MT Group signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development to build an API valve facility in ALMARKAZ, Waha Land Industrial Zone, Abu Dhabi. The first phase of 30,000 valves per year is due by end 2023, rising to 150,000 valves by 2028 with over 200 jobs.

Benepack Hungary, a project of China Packaging and Food Machinery Corporation (CPMC), held a groundbreaking ceremony on 26 September 2023 for a new packaging factory in Makó, Hungary. The €65 million investment will produce about one billion cans annually and create 120 jobs, with operations expected to start in September 2024.

Svas Biosana announced plans to build a new factory in Somma Vesuviana, Italy, dedicated to incontinence aids, over the next two years.

Panasonic is building a new heat pump factory in Plzeň, Czech Republic, investing CZK 7.6 billion by 2026. The plant will replace a former TV factory and aims to produce one million heat pumps annually by 2030, creating up to 3,000 jobs.