Al Bidda inaugurated a new switchgear factory in Doha, Qatar, with an annual production capacity of over 1,000 units. The investment amount was not specified.

Sistema.bio unveiled the world's largest manufacturing facility for biogas plants in Pune, India. The factory will produce biogas systems for smallholder farmers.

Union Tool will construct a third factory building at its Mitsuke plant site in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, to strengthen production of carbide end mills. The 2-story reinforced concrete building will have 6,599 square meters of floor space, with construction from June 2023 to May 2024 at a cost of 2.6 billion yen.

Gelest, Inc., a Mitsubishi Chemical Group company, broke ground on a new 50,000-square-foot production facility at its global headquarters in Morrisville, PA. The facility is slated for completion by September 2024 and will create more than 25 jobs in the first phase.

Zhongli Machinery Co., Ltd. invested 600 million yuan to build a central-western China forklift production base in Laohekou, Hubei. Phase 1 started production in February 2023, and the full project is expected to achieve over 5 billion yuan in output value.

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Construction has begun on Quantum Filtration Medium's new 1,500-square-metre manufacturing plant in Collie, Western Australia, supported by a $2 million investment from the Cook Government. The plant will produce DMI-65 water filtration media.

Draganfly Inc. announced it is expanding manufacturing capacity with a new facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to meet demand for UAV systems and components, including for Heavy Lift and Commander 3 XL drones.

Terinex Flexibles, part of OGM Holdings Group, signed to take 46,000 sq ft at Dove Valley Park in Foston, South Derbyshire, for a GBP 8m production, warehouse and R&D facility. The development completes its latest phase in January 2024.

BorgWarner broke ground on a new plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to make power electronics components and electric motors, with 380 new direct jobs expected over five years and opening targeted for Q2 2024.

Europower Enerji ve Otomasyon Teknolojileri will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on July 6, 2023, for a power transformer factory at its Girişim Elektrik Group main campus in Ankara, Turkey. The facility, with an investment of $40 million, is expected to begin operations in the first half of 2025 and will include an accredited high-voltage equipment test laboratory.

Changshu Singmed Medical Device Science and Technology Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 5, 2023, for a new project in Changshu Economic Development Zone, Jiangsu, to manufacture drug delivery devices.

Yinlun Co., Ltd. announced it will invest 60 million yuan to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in Xi'an, Shaanxi, to produce air conditioning boxes and cooling modules for new energy vehicles. The first phase is expected to start operations in October 2023.

Chinese automaker BYD will invest 3 billion reais ($620 million) in a new industrial complex in the Camacari industrial park in Bahia, Brazil, consisting of three plants. Operations are expected to start in mid-2024.

Jieyang Yumei has commenced construction of a 100,000-ton/year energy-saving and environmentally friendly powder coating special polyester resin project in the DaNanhai Petrochemical Industrial Zone in Jieyang, Guangdong, China. The project is part of a larger group of five projects with a total investment of 13.432 billion yuan.

Zakka Multitec has established a new industrial factory in Beirut, Lebanon, for engineering, manufacturing and assembling complete conveying systems, filling machines, labeling machines and customized automation solutions. This backward integration strengthens its portfolio for the food, beverage and pharma industries.

Rheinmetall plans to build an ultramodern factory in Weeze, Germany, to produce at least 400 F-35A fuselage sections for Germany and other nations, in partnership with Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. Production is expected to start in 2025, employing 400 workers.

Stora Enso opened a second corrugated packaging factory at its De Lier site in the Netherlands, equipped with two new corrugators, making the site the largest and most modern corrugated packaging facility in Europe. The factory was in commissioning with first orders delivered.

Maadaniyah signed a SR34 million ($9.1 million) contract with Gulf Triple Contracting Company to build a new valves factory at King Salman Energy Park, with work starting in August 2023 and completion due mid-2024.

Kohler invested $181.2 million in its first plant in Mexico, located in San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato, which will export ceramic products. The plant created 866 direct jobs. Cemex supplied 35,000 cubic meters of low-carbon concrete for the project, which was built from November 2021 to April 2023.

TekniPlex held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 200,000-square-foot molded fiber facility in Van Wert, Ohio, that will produce egg cartons, fruit trays, and wine carriers. Operations are planned to begin in early 2024.

British Offsite announced a new £45 million offsite automated construction factory in Braintree, UK, to produce light gauge steel panel systems using robotic manufacturing. The factory will create 180 jobs and deliver components for up to 4,000 homes per year.

Shangfu's EB curing coating and solvent-free adhesive project has started construction in Huangshan Huizhou Chemical Park. The total investment is about CNY 400 million, with phase one investment of CNY 85 million for 26 production lines producing 5,000 t/y EB curing coating and 2,000 t/y solvent-free adhesive.

Construction has commenced on the Western Range iron ore project in the Pilbara, which includes a primary crusher and an 18-kilometre conveyor system linking to the Paraburdoo processing plant, with production due to start in 2025 at 25 million tonnes per annum.

Yunnan Meineng New Materials Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jingke Holdings Limited, signed a contract with the People's Government of Lufeng City for a 200,000 tons/year BDO plant and a 300,000 tons/year PBAT plant in Qinfeng Chemical Industrial Park. The total investment is approximately CNY 6 billion, with the first phase (100,000 tons/year BDO and 100,000 tons/year PBAT) costing about CNY 4.35 billion.

Smurfit Kappa has inaugurated an integrated corrugated plant in Rabat, Morocco, its first operation in North Africa, with a 25,000 m2 facility costing over €35 million and supporting 400 direct and indirect jobs.

Zhejiang Tehong Fluid Control, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tehong Valve, signed to locate a high-performance smart control valve and intelligent components production base in Wenzhou Hai Jing district, with total investment of RMB 242 million and annual output expected above RMB 300 million.

On 30 June 2023, Glatt and Merck officially commissioned a new production plant for Ronaflux cosmetic pigments at Glatt's Technology Centre in Weimar, Germany. The plant uses Dryflux CVD technology and is owned by Merck, with Glatt as contract manufacturer.

BorsodChem, a subsidiary of Wanhua Chemical Group, inaugurated its new Site IV in Kazincbarcika, Hungary, on June 30, 2023. The €400 million brownfield site produces mono-nitrobenzene, aniline, and concentrated nitric acid, and includes a 50MW power plant.

VSMPO-Avisma opened a new production complex in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia, for mechanical processing of titanium alloy rings and discs for aircraft engines. The investment was 3.2 billion rubles and created 100 jobs.

DMEnergy plans to build a gas turbine equipment plant in Zelenodolsk District, Tatarstan, with an investment of 340 million rubles. The project includes phased assembly of 13 MW gas turbines by 2027.

Taiwan-listed Forward-KY (8411) invested RMB 300 million in a two-line two-piece aluminum can plant in Xi'an, Shaanxi, opened June 30, 2023, with first-phase production planned before the mid-autumn season and annual capacity of 600 million cans.

Carlisle Construction Materials opened a new nearly 500,000-square-foot polyiso insulation production facility in Sikeston, Missouri, with an investment of over $100 million. The facility will create 100 jobs.

Shape Corp. celebrated the grand opening of a new 330,000-square-foot aluminum extrusion facility in Trenton, Ohio. The facility will create 170 new jobs.

Leoni Wiring Systems opened its 10th factory in Romania, in Beius, after a EUR 17.5 million investment to refurbish an industrial facility. The plant produces wiring systems for commercial vehicles and is expected to employ 1,200 workers.

PTTX has launched construction of an intelligent production plant for high-efficiency transformer cores in Wuxi, China, with a total investment of over $150 million.

Numesh, the largest Canadian manufacturer of welded steel wire and wire mesh, is investing $39.9 million in a new facility in Brantford, Ontario, creating 56 jobs. The Ontario government is providing $2.9 million in funding.

Yunge Medical invested 1.02 billion yuan to build a new 6,000 m² intelligent factory with a total capacity of 60,000 tons/year. The first three-in-one wet spunlaced non-woven production line in Fujian Province is being put into trial operation.

Balluff is building a new high-volume production plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, starting at the end of 2023, with about EUR 50 million invested. The 15,000 square metre plant will make sensors, accessories, network systems and RFID solutions.

Recopak Machinery, an Australian family-owned packaging machinery manufacturer founded in 1986, opened a new factory in Cobram, Victoria. The facility is intended to streamline in-house manufacturing and speed delivery.

Taiwan-based Hota Industrial Manufacturing has signed an agreement to build a $72 million auto parts factory in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, creating 350 jobs, with construction scheduled to begin in 2024.

ITP (Industria Termoplastica Pavese) inaugurated a new plant on June 28, 2023, to produce a thinner, more recyclable monofilm for food packaging. The facility includes a new state-of-the-art production line, with 10 employees already in training and more hires planned.

Aosong Semiconductor held a groundbreaking ceremony for its 8-inch MEMS specialty chip IDM industrial base project in Western Science City, Chongqing. The project has a total investment of 3.5 billion yuan and includes a mass production line, R&D line, and innovation center.

South Korean automotive supply company Boogook Industries will redevelop the former Brown & Williamson cigarette plant in Macon, Georgia, into a facility producing fluid containers for cars. The plant is expected to open in 2024, creating 80 jobs with a $6.8 million investment.

Rogue Valley Microdevices will open a second microfabrication facility in Palm Bay, Florida, with a $25 million capital investment. The 50,000-square-foot facility will create 30 jobs over 3 years, with initial MEMS device production slated for 2024.

Toyota Group's forklift manufacturing base in Jiaozhou, China, has started production in Phase I. The project, with a total investment of $132 million for Phase I, is expected to produce 110,000 forklifts annually and generate 6 billion yuan in annual output when fully built.

Paragon Medical has opened a $16 million additive manufacturing facility in Pierceton, Indiana, specializing in 3D printing of medical devices. The company plans an additional $19 million investment over the next five years and expects to create 15 jobs.

BMW Group broke ground on a new high-voltage battery assembly plant in Woodruff, South Carolina, as part of a $1.7 billion investment in U.S. operations. The plant will create over 300 jobs and supply batteries for electric BMW X models at Spartanburg.

Vedanta Foxconn Semiconductor Ltd resubmitted an application to build a semiconductor fab in India, with an investment of approximately Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Production is scheduled to start in early 2027 with 5,000 wafers per month, scaling to 40,000 wafers per month.

Derba MIDROC Cement announced plans to build a 2.74Mt/yr cement plant in Mughar Valley, Oromia, Ethiopia, with an investment of US$500 million. The company expects to sign a contract with China National Building Material (CNBM) for construction.