Sumitomo Osaka Cement began construction of a new manufacturing building at its Ichikawa Works in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, investing about 12 billion yen to double production capacity of electrostatic chucks (ESC) for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, with completion expected in fiscal year 2025.

The expansion of the Raymond A. Barker Water Treatment Plant in Collingwood, Ontario, saw its lowest bid come in at approximately $270 million, nearly double the previous estimate of $121 million. The project will increase capacity from 32,000 to 59,000 cubic metres per day.

Tororo Cement has commissioned a new $25 million vertical roller mill at its plant in Tororo, Uganda, capable of producing 150 t/hr of cement. The company also plans an additional 300 t/hr mill and a new 5000 t/yr integrated plant in Moroto.

Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its specialty silicone manufacturing capacities at its Zhangjiagang site in Jiangsu Province, China, with an investment of approximately €150 million. The new production lines for functional silicone fluids, silicone emulsions, and silicone elastomer gels are scheduled to start operations in the second half of 2025.

INGC Company opened a new production shop in Perm, Russia, as part of a program to expand production and storage areas, with plans to create over 100 jobs for highly-skilled workers.

TexTech Industries broke ground on a new 170,000-square-foot facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, representing a $40 million investment that will double manufacturing capacity for composite materials for defense and space applications.

Engineered Systems, Inc. opened a new 43,000 sq. ft. facility in Duncan, South Carolina, for crane building, growing from three to five production lines. The facility became fully operational on June 26, 2023.

Safran and MTU Aero Engines are investing €40 million to expand the Ceramic Coating Center (CCC) in Châtellerault, France, which specializes in high-temperature ceramic coatings for aircraft turbine blades. The expansion will double industrial capacity and workforce.

The federal government invested nearly $4 million for Rex Power Magnetics to add a new transformer production cell at its Concord facility and create a new production line at its new facility in Etobicoke, creating 35 jobs.

Northern Transformer held a ribbon-cutting event for the expansion of its power transformer manufacturing facility in Concord, Ontario, including state-of-the-art equipment and upgrades to increase capability up to 240,000 volts and 200 MVA.

Metsä Board completed a development programme at its Kemi, Finland white kraftliner mill, adding 40,000 tonnes of annual capacity to reach 465,000 tonnes and cutting energy use by 5% and water use by about 40% per tonne. The work was completed in parallel with Metsä Fibre's new bioproduct mill.

Boyd Metals announced a $9.3 million expansion of its Joplin, Missouri facility, nearly doubling the size from 60,000 to 111,000 square feet and adding 12 jobs.

ABB broke ground on a 30,000 sq ft expansion of its Installation Products plant in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, as part of a previously announced $16 million investment. The facility will grow to 65,000 sq ft and create over 40 new jobs, with completion expected in 2024.

OOO 'Iskra-Neftegaz Kompressor' (INGK) has launched an investment project to develop and manufacture a 2 MW gas turbine for its own power unit, expanding production at a former Rusturbomash site in Perm. The project, supported by the regional Industrial Development Fund with over 45 million rubles, is expected to create more than 100 jobs.

CDIL Semiconductors will add new semiconductor packaging lines via the Indian government's SPECS scheme, aiming to increase annual capacity by 100 million units. The first phase, a surface mount packaging line of 50 million devices, will be inaugurated on September 28, 2023.

Huangshan Liangu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. plans to expand its existing factory in Shexian Economic Development Zone to add annual production capacity of 10,560 tons of water-based epoxy resin, 6,120 tons of water-based curing agent, 2,470 tons of water-based polyurethane resin, and 12,050 tons of water-based acrylic emulsion.

Meat processor MAP WA completed a $35 million investment at its Bibra Lake facility, doubling capacity to 400,000 kg per week and installing Multivac thermoforming packaging machines.

Palziv North America invested $5.1 million to expand its Louisburg, N.C. plant, adding 40 jobs. The expansion increases production capacity for cross-linked polyethylene foam.

Boston Scientific announced it will expand operations in Costa Rica by opening a new plant in Cartago's Zona Franca La Lima, creating 1,200 new jobs over five years.

Prysmian Group is adding 115,000 square feet and new production lines to its aluminum building wire plant in Sedalia, Missouri, increasing capacity by 38% and creating at least 60 jobs.

Wanhua Chemical held the inauguration ceremony for the second phase of its water treatment membrane project at Yantai Industrial Park, increasing production capacity in the water treatment field.

Moriya Yusoki Kogyo decided on September 19, 2023 to expand and renovate its Utsunomiya plant in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, and install production equipment. The investment of JPY 215 million aims to increase production capacity of freight elevators from 500 to 600 units by March 2027.

Dow announced the start-up of a new MDI distillation and prepolymers facility at its Freeport, Texas site, replacing capacity in La Porte, Texas. The facility supplies an additional 30% of product to customers and supports downstream polyurethane growth.

Doncasters announced a $52 million investment in its Bochum, Germany site to establish advanced large Industrial Gas Turbine casting capabilities, including a new 3,000 sqm production hall and automated shell line, with work already commenced.

Park Systems broke ground on its new Gwacheon headquarters on September 15, 2023, with a KRW 64.2 billion investment, expected completion by 2026. It also secured a factory allocation in the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster for a manufacturing center planned by 2027.

ExxonMobil Chemical completed a $2 billion expansion at its Baytown, Texas facility, adding more than 1.5 billion pounds of specialty materials production.

Metso has extended its manufacturing capacity of mobile track-mounted crushing and screening equipment in Alwar, India, by opening new facilities. The factory size is now approximately 340,000 square meters, adding 35% more capacity. The official opening took place on September 19, 2023, with full capacity ramp-up by end of year.

Menadiona and Aqdot have agreed to manufacture Aqfresh odor-elimination technology at Menadiona's plant in Palafolls, Barcelona, with a EUR 5 million investment and 20 new jobs. Annual production capacity will increase from 30 to 500 tonnes, with production start planned for 2024.

Safran Landing Systems Kentucky unveiled an expansion of its Boone County facility for carbon composite brakes for large commercial and military aircraft.

Fulton County Public Works Department is investing $300 million to expand the Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Georgia, increasing capacity from 24 mgd to 38 mgd with MBR technology.

MAPEI Inc. inaugurated a new powders production line and warehouse expansion at its Laval, Quebec facility. The new powder line can produce 30,000 tons per year per shift, and the admixtures line 7,000 tons per year per shift. The expansion adds 50,750 sq ft of warehouse space.

Ficep completed a reorganization of its production department in Crosio della Valle, Italy, adding two new Mazak HCN 8800 lines and an FMS system, increasing production capacity of drilling and sawing lines for the steel construction industry by 50%.

Amokabel and Raychem RPG announced a significant increase in production capacity for covered conductors in India through their strategic tie-up.

Osteonic, a South Korean orthopedic implant company, completed a KRW 5 billion expansion of its metal implant production line. The new automated line can produce 1.25 million units per year of CMF, trauma, and spine implants, and will begin operation at the end of September 2023.

FQM Zambia's Kansanshi mine commissioned the first of 36 new Hitachi EH4000 dump trucks as part of the $1.25 billion S3 expansion project. The expansion includes a smelter, process plant, and mining fleet upgrade to increase copper production to 260,000-280,000 t/y by 2025.

R.R. Donnelley installed an EFI Nozomi C18000 Plus single-pass digital inkjet printer at its Milwaukee packaging facility to expand into corrugated packaging, cutting time-to-market by 25%. The press is expected to be operational by fall 2023.

Shanghai Dahua Electrical Equipment Co. is nearing completion of a 150-million-yuan ($20.6 million) renovation of its plant in Jiading district, expanding from 7,850 to nearly 27,000 square meters, with production of switchgear sets expected to start in early 2024.

Eviosys invested €8 million to expand production capacity of two-piece cans at three factories: Alcochete (Portugal), Murcia and Ribadumia (Spain), including custom printing and logistics support.

Reader Cement Products Ltd secured a £5 million investment from parent company Langley Holdings to expand its Pinxton, Nottinghamshire facility, adding six automated packing machines to boost annual output from 6.5 million to over 10 million bags.

Hydro opened a new HyForge casting line at its aluminium recycling plant in Rackwitz, Germany, following a EUR 40 million investment and 14 months of construction. The line produces smaller diameter aluminium billets for direct forging into automotive components.

Caribbean Cement plans to launch a US$40m upgrade to expand its Rockfort cement plant's capacity by 30% to 1.3Mt/yr in October 2023. The new capacity is expected to come online in early 2025.

Westfalia installed an automated storage system with 9,030 pallet locations for pasta manufacturer Spaichinger Nudelmacher, replacing a 4,000 m² forklift-operated storage area with a 1,800 m² automated warehouse. The system went into operation in spring 2023.

AGI is expanding manufacturing capacity at its Bengaluru, India facility to produce portable grain handling equipment for the Asia Pacific market. The expansion dedicates 4,180 m² of production space and will initially produce AGI Westfield STX 2 and AGI XTA truck augers.

Siltronic AG officially inaugurated an extension to its crystal pulling hall at the Freiberg site in Saxony, Germany. The new production area, costing several hundred million euros, provides space for the latest generation of crystal pulling systems and created around 60 jobs.

MHI Aerospace Vietnam, a unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, submitted an environmental license application for a $16.4 million expansion at its Thang Long Industrial Park factory in Hanoi, doubling capacity to 500 aircraft wing sets, 400 door sets, and 150,000 component sets annually, with completion expected by Q4 2023.

Vetromeccanica announced the acquisition of a new 13,000 square metre production area in Italy, between Parma and Reggio Emilia, operational from October 2023, to increase assembly and testing capacity.

Eaton announced a $150 million investment to increase manufacturing of electrical power distribution solutions, including $80 million to expand its footprint in El Paso, Texas, with a new facility and capacity increase at an existing plant, creating over 600 jobs.

Service Center Metals (SCM) held a ribbon cutting for a $127 million expansion at its Prince George, Virginia campus, adding an aluminum recycling and billet casting plant and a new aluminum extrusion line. The expansion adds 125 jobs and 320,000 sq ft.

BerlinerLuft. Technik GmbH invested over seven million euros to expand and modernize its CompetenceCenter Air Conditioning Technology in Bexbach, Germany, including a new Salvagnini production line and a new production hall. The company plans to increase employment from 120 to 150 over three years.

Sofidel announced a $185 million investment to expand its Circleville, Ohio plant with a new Valmet paper machine, increasing capacity to over 200,000 metric tons per year.