Terra CO2 Technology, a Colorado-based startup, is building its first large-scale plant in Texas to produce cement additives from common rocks. Asher Materials, a subsidiary of Instar Holdings, will buy and operate the plant once built.

Agility Robotics opened RoboFab, a 70,000 sq ft robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon, with capacity to produce over 10,000 Digit humanoid robots per year. Initial production of hundreds of units is expected in the first year, with first customer deliveries in 2024.

South Korea's Hana Micron Vina inaugurated a semiconductor plant in Van Trung Industrial Park, Bac Giang province, northern Vietnam. The second factory brings total investment to nearly $600 million, with plans to increase to over $1 billion by 2025, creating 4,000 jobs.

Marshall Aerospace broke ground on a new $50 million U.S. operations facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. The facility will create 240 jobs and serve U.S.-based Hercules C-130 fleets.

Vitesco Technologies plans to build a new factory in North America for electric vehicle parts, as announced at the Detroit auto show.

Grupo Deacero will invest $1 billion over three years to build a new steel mill and acquire machinery for its plants in Saltillo and Celaya, Mexico.

LiuGong India has started building a new manufacturing facility in Pithampur, covering 20 acres with an investment of $2.8 million. The plant will focus on producing excavators.

Inventec received an investment certificate to develop a $125 million manufacturing factory in Hanoi Southern Supporting Industrial Park. The factory will produce communication equipment, computers, and smart devices with a design capacity of 32 million items per year, creating 15,000-20,000 jobs, and is expected to start operations in Q4 2024.

International Paper celebrated the opening of its new $100 million corrugated packaging facility in Atglen, Pennsylvania, providing more than 100 manufacturing jobs.

Japanese company Judd Wire will invest US$25 million to build a new plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, producing connectors and power conductor cables for electric vehicles. The plant is expected to start operations in mid-2024 and create 300 jobs in a first stage.

Amaero International Ltd. is planning to construct a titanium alloy powder manufacturing plant at the Spring Branch Industrial Park in Cleveland, Tennessee. Estimated EPC cost is $54.9 million, with building fit-out starting September 2023 and equipment installation in early 2024.

Hilton Food Group will open a new manufacturing facility in Eastern Canada to serve a long-term supply agreement with Walmart. The facility will provide robotised store order picking into Walmart's distribution centres, with production set to start in 2026.

ACC Limited has commenced commercial production of clinker at its new greenfield Ametha integrated cement plant in Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, with a clinker capacity of 3.3 million tpy and cement capacity of 1 million tpy.

A consortium of CIM Steel Industry, Rhino Steel, Metal Care Center Factory, and Aziz Steel will set up four steel manufacturing and processing units at Umm Al Quwain Industrial City, UAE, with total investments of AED 501 million.

SENNEBOGEN opened a new steel plant in Litér, Hungary, built on a 13-hectare site with a 29,000 m² facility. The plant will produce 18,144,000 kg of steel structures per year, with ribbon cutting on May 26, 2023.

Jungheinrich opened a new production plant in Chomutov, Czech Republic, with an investment of over EUR60 million. The first truck, a retractable forklift ETV 216i, was produced on June 6, 2023, and the plant will create over 350 jobs.

Shandong Wenyuan Environmental Protection Technology plans to invest 120 million yuan ($16.8 million) in a new factory in Zibo, Shandong, to produce 2,000 intelligent integrated wastewater treatment units annually, with construction from Q1 2024 to Q4 2024.

Schneider Electric unveiled a new 160,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in El Paso, Texas, as part of a $300 million US manufacturing investment, creating 400 new jobs and bringing total El Paso employment to 1,500.

Canfor Corporation announced a $200 million investment to build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Houston, British Columbia, with an annual production capacity of approximately 350 million board feet.

Pratt Industries officially opened its new $500 million paper mill and box factory in Henderson, Kentucky, across two facilities, creating over 320 jobs. The project is the largest investment in the region in more than 25 years.

Hisense Europe opened a new 45 million euro factory in Valjevo, Serbia, for the production of side-by-side refrigerators under the Hisense, Gorenje, and Asko brands. The factory will produce 750,000 units annually and create 1,000 new jobs over three years.

Jotun Paints opened a new factory in the 10th of Ramadan industrial zone in Egypt, with an investment of $100 million. The facility spans 94,000 square meters and has an annual production capacity of 72 million liters.

Generac Power Systems announced plans to build a 320,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to meet growing demand for industrial generators. The facility will employ up to 350-400 people.

NOVA Chemicals' new $3 billion polyethylene plant on Rokeby Line in St. Clair Township, Ontario, is weeks away from starting production. The facility will have capacity to produce approximately one billion pounds of polyethylene plastic per year and add about 140 full-time positions.

HPW Metallwerk GmbH plans to open a production site in the USA to produce PEEK-insulated high-performance wires for e-mobility, following a major order from an international OEM. The investment volume is EUR 30 million, with construction starting in 2024.

Chinese company SA International signed an agreement with the Amur Region authorities to build a plant producing port equipment, including reach stackers and container transport trolleys. The investment exceeds 2 billion rubles.

ABB announced a $280 million investment to build a new state-of-the-art Robotics European Campus in Västerås, Sweden, replacing existing facilities. The campus will increase production capacity by 50% and is planned to open in late 2026.

XCMG, a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer, announced plans to build a fully electric heavy equipment manufacturing factory in Indonesia. The factory is expected to create 500 jobs and produce 3,000 units annually.

President Museveni launched the groundbreaking of a clinker and cement production plant in Moroto District, Uganda, set up by West International Holding Limited (subsidiary of China West Cement Limited). The plant will produce approximately 6,000 tonnes per day of clinker, saving Uganda $380 million in imported clinker.

A joint venture of Sunbird Quarry Moroto and West International Holding Cement has begun construction of a US$1.2bn cement plant in Moroto, Uganda, using locally sourced limestone.

SENNEBOGEN opened a new spare parts center in Steinach, Germany, in September 2021, with capacity for 6,000 pallets and 50,000 boxes.

Takeuchi Mfg. has opened a new manufacturing facility in Aoki, Nagano, Japan, that will produce midi-sized excavators. The factory operates with 100% renewable energy and is expected to increase productivity by 35% by spring 2024 and 50% by winter 2024.

GPD Food Packaging has started production at a new plant in Rinteln, Germany, featuring a Manroland Goss roll-offset machine capable of producing 750 million pizza boxes per year. The facility was visited by Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil.

Shandong Weida Heavy Industry, Shanghai Jiaotong University Zhibang Technology, and Spain's Ibarmia jointly invest 110 billion yuan to build an international high-end CNC five-axis machining center project in Zaozhuang, Shandong. The 447-mu facility will create 900 jobs and produce 85 billion yuan in annual output.

Galliford Try's Ham Baker Engineering business has moved to a new 1000m² factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, housing full operations including asset inspection, maintenance, refurbishment, and installation.

Palfinger marked the construction of a production facility in Niš, Serbia, with an investment of 35.5 million euros. Production is expected to start in 2024, with 375 new jobs by 2027.

Latecoere opened its Composites Development Center (CDC) in the Montredon district of Toulouse, France. The 700m² facility is equipped with a layup robot, a 1000-tonne heat press, and an oven, capable of manufacturing aeronautical structural parts up to 3m by 2.5m using thermoset or thermoplastic technologies.

Viglacera Corporation inaugurated a Continua+ sintered stone production line at its Viglacera Eurotile factory in My Xuan A Industrial Park, Phu My Town, Ba Ria Vung Tau province, Vietnam. The project covers 27.8 hectares with a total investment of 1,206 billion VND and a capacity of over 2 million m²/year.

SOMANY Ceramics started operations at a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Morbi, Gujarat, with an annual production capacity of 3.5 million square meters. Commercial production is expected in the next financial quarter.

Four companies—CIM Steel Industry LLC, Rhino Steel, Metal Care Center Factory LLC, and Aziz Steel—announced a collaborative venture to establish four steel manufacturing units on 1.4 million sqft in Umm Al Quwain, UAE, with total investments of nearly Dh501 million.

Hyosung Advanced Materials will establish a new subsidiary, Hyosung Vina Core Materials, in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam, to produce carbon fiber, with an investment of 53.3 billion KRW. Completion is expected in the first half of 2025.

Ryazan Cable Armature Factory, part of Transformer, plans to open two new production lines for panel radiators and amorphous transformers for power transformer substations in Ryazan, Russia, with an investment of 1.8 billion rubles. Production is expected to start next year.

CIM Steel Industry, Rhino Steel, Metal Care Center Factory, and Aziz Steel will establish four steel manufacturing and processing units on 1.4 million square feet in Umm Al Quwain Industrial City, UAE, to produce Aluzinc coils.

Teltonika will build a new electronics assembly plant in Vilnius, Lithuania, with an investment of €75 million. The plant will create 700 jobs and have a production capacity of over 18 million IoT products per year.

Baud industries will inaugurate a new plant in Vietnam in November 2023, dedicated to the electric vehicle market in Asia, particularly China.

XINSHIHENG announced the official launch of its new CNC lathe plant project on September 8, 2023. The 30,000 square meter facility is scheduled to commence operations in April 2024, with an annual production capacity of 5,000 sets of high-end CNC equipment.

Crespel & Deiters Group opened a subsidiary in Mexico to improve service for corrugated board manufacturers in South America.

Nantong Haixing Electronics held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new-generation high-performance electrode foil project in Pingchao, Tongzhou, Nantong. The project has a planned total investment of 3.2 billion yuan ($441.9 million), will introduce 50 smart production lines, and increase annual capacity by 42 million square meters.

GKN Automotive inaugurated a new greenfield factory in Felsőzsolca, Hungary, with an investment of approximately 52 billion forints. The facility will create 1,500 jobs and serve BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, and Volkswagen.

Takeuchi opened a new manufacturing facility in Aoki, Nagano, Japan, in September 2023. The 50,000m² site will produce midi-excavators and is expected to increase productivity by 35% by spring 2024 and 50% by winter 2024.