Domicem, a Colacem subsidiary, commissioned a new 3,500tpd kiln line at Sabana Grande de Palenque, Dominican Republic on 13 October 2023. The $120M expansion doubles cement capacity to 3.8Mta.

Usalco, a water treatment chemicals manufacturer, opened a new $4 million research center at its Curtis Bay facility in Baltimore. The company plans to add 19 skilled technical jobs.

Vieworks will invest KRW 23.5 billion to expand its Hwaseong production facility by February 2025, doubling annual production capacity for medical imaging solutions and industrial cameras.

Gunze Limited will invest approximately 5.7 billion JPY to expand its Konan plant in Aichi, Japan, targeting completion by March 2025, to meet growing demand from medical device and semiconductor markets.

Polymatech plans to invest $1 billion by 2025 to expand semiconductor manufacturing capacity to 10 billion chips by December 2024, including two new plants in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu.

Siemens Healthineers has signed an MOU with Gyeongsangbuk-do and Pohang City to invest approximately 21 billion won ($15 million) from 2026 to 2027 to expand production capacity for cardiac ultrasound devices, doubling annual output to 1 million units and creating over 400 jobs.

Schunk Group has officially opened a new production hall at its Willich site, representing a total investment of 58 million euros, to expand capacity for 3D-printed technical ceramics for the chip industry.

Danfoss has inaugurated a new production line in India for manufacturing DMB/DCB bi-flow filter driers, expanding its global production capacity to meet growing market demand.

JSW Steel laid the foundation stone for a 5 MTPA brownfield expansion at its Vijayanagar Works in Ballari, Karnataka, with a capex of INR 15,000 crore, expected completion by FY24.

Sulzer expanded its flow equipment and centrifugal pump plant in Riyadh, adding an assembly and packaging area, warehouse, and office space. The facility now covers 13,127 square metres and employs 215 people.

Georgia-Pacific completed a $175 million investment at its Dixie tableware plant in Darlington, South Carolina, expanding plate and bowl production and adding 100 full-time jobs. The expanded facility is now over 530,000 square feet.

Winpak Films Inc., a division of Winpak Ltd., purchased approximately 44 acres adjacent to its existing facility in Senoia, Georgia for $890,000 on October 11, 2023, for a potential future expansion.

Nemera has acquired a new space in Vernon Hills, Illinois, to set up a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, its third location in the United States. The facility will support growth in North America and create new job opportunities, with operations beginning in 2025. The expansion includes a new ISO 7 cleanroom for producing the Novelia multidose eyedropper.

Eaton broke ground for a new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing block at its plant in Puducherry's Sedarapet, investing Rs 75 crore initially. The expansion will double the volume of the current business and is expected to be operational by October 2024.

Kotzur is constructing a new material handling plant on a 12-hectare site in Toowoomba, Queensland, with a 5,000-square-metre shed including a 24-metre-high section for transportable silo construction. The expansion will increase capacity by at least 50%.

JM Fabrics Limited, a subsidiary of Malek Spinning Mills, will invest Tk156.7 crore to increase production capacity at its existing seamless, yarn texturising and covering facilities in Bangladesh. Capacity will rise from 5.29 crore to 5.49 crore pieces per annum.

NKT announced an expansion of its accessories production site in Alingsås, Sweden, including a new test hall for power cable accessories up to 525 kV, an office building, and additional production capacity. The investment is EUR 14 million, and the buildings are expected to be completed in the first half of 2025.

Komatsu is building a 50,000 ft² warehouse adjacent to its Elko service centre in Nevada, USA, with completion planned for 2024, to expand local parts support for mining and construction customers.

Advanced Energy Minerals (AEM) began an expansion of its high-purity alumina plant in Cap-Chat, Quebec, with a groundbreaking ceremony. The two-year project will increase capacity for high-value aluminium derivative products, including high-purity alumina.

Fronius commissioned a new production hall at its Sattledt site in Austria, increasing inverter production capacity from 4 GW to 7 GW per year. The company plans to further expand to 10 GW in 2024, producing 70,000 inverters.

ACTEGA completed consolidation of three Brazilian sites into a new 22,500 sqm facility in Araçariguama, São Paulo, with a $7 million investment, and appointed Ronaldo Begnossi as managing director.

Fuyao Glass is undertaking a $300 million expansion of its facilities in Moraine, Ohio, pushing its total investment in the area toward $1 billion by 2024.

GE HealthCare announced the installation of the first medical CT scanner production line in France at its Buc site (Yvelines), starting operations in June 2024. The line will assemble the Revolution Maxima scanner for European customers, previously made in Beijing, China, reducing transport CO2 emissions by 84%.

Austin Engineering secured a $20 million grant and loan package from the City of Mills and Wyoming Business Council to build a new 69,000 sq.ft manufacturing facility and a 15,000 sq.ft paint and blast building at its existing Casper site. The expansion will increase capacity for mining haul truck bodies and create about 50 new jobs. Final board approval is expected by end of 2023, with construction starting in late FY2024 and taking up to two years.

SIG announced an €8.4 million investment in the fifth expansion of its carton packaging plant in Campo Largo, Paraná, raising capacity to 5.2 billion packs per year. The plant employs about 500 people.

South Korean auto parts maker Yura announced a 66 million Mexican peso investment to open a satellite plant in Mapimí, Durango, creating 600 direct jobs. The plant will manufacture wire harnesses for automobiles, with recruitment starting in November 2023 and operations beginning in January 2024.

SunOpta expanded manufacturing capabilities at its Omak, Washington facility for fruit snack production.

Holcim Romania has committed over €25 million to increase the production capacity of its Campulung cement plant by approximately 20%, from 0.76Mt/yr to 0.9Mt/yr.

S-Riko, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Riko, expanded its production plant in El Marqués, Queretaro, Mexico, with a US$17.8 million investment, adding 200 jobs. The plant manufactures anti-vibration products and automotive interior parts.

Evonik will expand capacity for SEPURAN hollow fiber membranes in Schörfling and Lenzing, Austria, with a mid-double-digit million euro investment. Construction starts in early 2024, completion by first half of 2025, creating about 50 jobs.

Abbott's Penang manufacturing site in Bayan Lepas produces implantable heart devices for cardiac rhythm management. The facility is Abbott's only manufacturing site for pacing devices in Asia and employs over 1,000 people.

indie Semiconductor is investing $10 million to build an engineering design center at its existing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The center will design integrated circuits and system solutions for the auto industry, creating 180 jobs.

SIIC Environment's indirect subsidiaries signed an agreement to upgrade and expand a wastewater treatment project in Shanting district, Zhaozhuang, Shandong, China. The project includes upgrading a 20,000-tonne plant and expanding a 30,000-tonne plant, with a total designed capacity of 50,000 tonnes per day.

Shinhwa announced two expansion projects at its Auburn, Alabama facility to produce aluminum parts for the electric vehicle industry, including an assembly plant and an aluminum melting plant. The company also announced a partnership with Tesla Motors.

Wipag, a plastics recycling company, is building a new production hall in Gardelegen, Germany, as part of a EUR 10 million investment. The company will also rebrand as Mocom following a merger with Mocom, both part of the Otto Krahn Group.

North Outdoor has completed a two-phase expansion of its knitting factory in Oulu's Rusko district, investing about 3 million euros to become Finland's largest wool sweater factory, capable of producing up to 100,000 merino wool sweaters per year.

Evonik announced a mid-double-digit million euro investment to build an additional hollow-fiber spinning line and expand infrastructure for module production in Schörfling, and expand high-performance polymer production in Lenzing, Austria. Construction is set to begin in early 2024, with completion expected in the first half of 2025.

Worthington Industries is expanding its Tempel Steel facility in Apodaca, Mexico, by re-engineering the existing footprint and adding an adjacent 185,000-square-foot facility to increase production of traction motor laminate cores for electric vehicles. Expanded production is expected in 2024, adding up to 400 jobs over five years.

BASF is investing in a new reactor and upgraded distillation units at its Düsseldorf site to expand production capacity for emollient specialties used in skin care and sun protection products. Start-up is planned for autumn 2025.

Ahlstrom completed a major investment at its Madisonville, Kentucky plant to launch a new glass fiber tissue line for high-performance building materials, expanding production capacity in North America.

Toray Industries decided to expand its French subsidiary Toray Carbon Fibers Europe S.A.'s production facilities at the Abidos plant, increasing annual capacity from 5,000 to 6,000 metric tons of regular tow medium- and high-modulus carbon fibers.

Sulzer is expanding its U.S. water business with a new assembly and testing facility in Portland, Oregon, and expansion of its manufacturing site in Easley, South Carolina. The company has committed an additional CHF 10+ million for product manufacturing and testing.

ACTOM is rolling out a R100 million investment to expand its plant in Pretoria, South Africa, creating 30 new jobs. The expansion was pledged at the fifth South African Investment Conference in April 2023.

Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA signed an agreement with Ultramar Caffè - La Natura Lifestyle AG to install a new packaging line for aluminum espresso capsules at its Suffolk, Virginia facility by the second half of 2024, with capacity of 100 million capsules per year.

PWO Canada, a subsidiary of German auto parts manufacturer PWO Group, is investing $9.6 million to add a new assembly line at its Kitchener, Ontario facility. The provincial government is providing nearly $1.5 million through the Regional Development Program.

Baystar (Bayport Polymers LLC) started production at a new polyethylene resin unit at its plant in Texas.

Masterplast has inaugurated a new €3 million storehouse at its non-woven fleece products plant in Achersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The plant produces non-woven fleece from PE and PP.

Mankiewicz Coatings began construction on a $30 million, 100,000-square-foot expansion of its facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, to double its operations and meet demand for high-tech coating systems.

CDIL Semiconductors inaugurated a new Surface Mount Semiconductor Packaging Line at its Mohali plant, becoming India's first manufacturer of silicon carbide devices, with total capacity reaching 600 million units annually.

MHM Automation completed a significant automation project at Midfield Group's meat processing plant in Warrnambool, Australia, including an automated storage and retrieval system commissioned in June 2023.