Anhui Tenglong Pump & Valve Manufacturing began construction of a new plant in Jing County, Anhui, to produce 10,000 ultra-pure pumps and pipes and 20,000 injection pumps per year. The project has a total investment of 120 million yuan and is expected to employ over 200 people.

XNRGY Climate Systems secured financing for phase one of its U.S. headquarters in Mesa, Arizona, including 250,000 sq. ft. of production capacity and 25,000 sq. ft. of office space. The facility is expected to be completed by 2024, with an estimated $300 million investment and over 1,200 jobs.

Pan Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of pigment dispersions, specialty inks and coatings, will establish its first South Carolina operations in Spartanburg County with a $7.2 million investment, creating 72 new jobs. The new facility is expected to be online by the end of 2023.

STMicroelectronics signed an agreement with Sanan Optoelectronics to build a new 200 mm silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor manufacturing joint venture in Chongqing, China. The total investment is about $3.2 billion over five years, with production expected to begin in late 2025 and full buildout by 2028.

Henkel broke ground on a new adhesive manufacturing facility in Yantai Chemical Industry Park, Shandong Province, China, with an investment of approximately €120 million (RMB 870 million). The plant will enhance production capacity for high-impact adhesive products.

Novelis Inc., a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries, has committed $2.5 billion to build a low-carbon recycling and rolling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama, with an initial capacity of 600 kilotonnes of finished aluminum goods per year.

ABB Robotics officially opened its new Robotics Packaging and Logistics Headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia, as part of a $22 million investment in the U.S. that will create over 70 jobs.

Eletra Energy Solutions, part of Chinese group Hexing, inaugurated a factory for ultrasonic electronic water meters in Itaitinga, Ceará, Brazil, with an investment of approximately R$17 million, creating 100 jobs in the first year.

Sanan Optoelectronics' subsidiary Hunan Sanan Semiconductor will establish a new subsidiary in Chongqing to produce 8-inch silicon carbide substrates, with an estimated total investment of CNY 7 billion. The plant will have an annual capacity of 480,000 substrates.

Woory Industrial Co., Ltd. will establish a new manufacturing and R&D facility in Dublin, Georgia, creating over 130 jobs with an $18 million investment. The plant will produce electrical heaters, control units, and actuators for EVs and internal combustion cars.

Plastilene Group opened its Sustainable Food Packaging Innovation Center at the Rocktenn building in Washington Court House, Ohio, its first US facility, on Wednesday June 7, 2023. The $47 million facility is expected to create 58 new jobs.

Jungheinrich has started production at its new plant in Chomutov, Czech Republic, with the first ETV 216i reach truck produced on June 6, 2023. The plant covers 37,000 square meters, created over 350 jobs, and had a project budget of around 60 million euros.

Sinoboom announced plans to build a 150,000m² MEWP manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico, with production expected to start in the second half of 2024. Annual capacity is forecast to reach 20,000 scissor lifts and 10,000 boom lifts.

Premier Tech unveiled its new state-of-the-art headquarters for its Systems and Automation business group in Montgomery, Alabama. The 167,000-square-foot facility represents a $33 million investment.

Ecolab's Purolite business announced construction of a new biologics resin manufacturing facility in Landenberg, Pennsylvania. The facility will include resin production, cleanrooms, labs and office space, and is expected to add over 150 skilled jobs within five years.

OOO Avangard launched the Shakhtinsky Polyester Plant in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, the first polyester staple fiber plant in Russia. The facility has a capacity of 6,000 tons per month, created 400 jobs, and involved an investment of 5 billion rubles.

China's Naipu Mining Machinery is planning to build a factory in Zajecar, Serbia, with an investment of 25 million euro and over 350 jobs.

Lennox held the groundbreaking ceremony for its fourth plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, investing US$122.5 million and expecting to generate 700 new jobs. The plant will cover the commercial air conditioning segment.

Boton Technology plans to invest CNY 630 million to build a digitized conveyor belt plant in Thailand. The plant will produce high-performance conveyor belts and related services to meet overseas demand.

Steel Dynamics, through its subsidiary Aluminum Dynamics, will build a new aluminum flat-rolling mill in Mississippi. The mill will have an annual capacity of 650,000 tonnes and produce aluminum sheet for beverage cans and automotive applications. SMS Group received the order to supply the mill.

NETZSCH (Lanzhou) Pump Co. held a groundbreaking on June 5, 2023 for a relocated, expanded pump plant on a 139-mu site in Lanzhou High-tech Zone, with total investment of 300 million yuan and annual capacity of 50,000 pumps. Phase one is due for completion at the end of 2024 with production in 2025.

WL Plastics is building a USD 40 million medium-density polyethylene (MDPE) pipe plant in Lubbock, Texas.

Onnera Group is investing EUR 17 million to build a new laundry factory in Oñati, Spain. Construction has already begun.

BD opened a new EUR 4 million research and development facility in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The 10,600 sq. ft. facility will house 35 high-tech workers.

Scivita Medical's headquarters, R&D and manufacturing plant was officially opened in Suzhou Industrial Park, China. The facility consolidates key operations including R&D, production, marketing, and doctor training.

Kitron officially inaugurated its new 7,500 square metre production facility at Longum outside Arendal, Norway, expanding manufacturing capacity for defence and aerospace electronics.

BD opened a new €4 million research and development facility in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The 10,600 sq. ft. facility will house 35 high-tech workers.

Citic Dicastal opened a new plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico, with an initial investment of $100 million. The facility will produce 3 million aluminum wheels annually and create over 1,200 direct jobs.

BigBloc Construction completed land acquisition for a joint venture with Siam Cement Group to set up a 300,000 cbm per annum AAC blocks and ALC panels plant in Kapadvanj, Kheda, Gujarat. Total investment is estimated at Rs. 65 crore.

Ineos and Sinopec will create a joint venture to build a high-density polyethylene plant with 500,000 tons per year capacity in Tianjin, expected to launch by end of 2023. At least two additional HDPE plants are planned.

Ineos and Sinopec will create a joint venture to build an ABS plant with 600,000 tons per year capacity in Ningbo, planned to be commissioned by end of 2023. Two additional 300,000-ton ABS plants are also planned.

CHINT partnered with Saudi Arabian transformer manufacturer Arabian Transformers Co. (ATC) in 2023 to establish a joint venture factory in Saudi Arabia for producing ring main units (RMU) and medium-voltage (MV) products, the first such facility in the country.

Addverb commissioned its second greenfield robot manufacturing factory, Bot-Verse, in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, inaugurated by the Chief Minister on June 29, 2023. The facility spans 15 acres and was operationalized in less than a year from land allotment.

Micron Technology plans to build a new DRAM and NAND assembly and test facility in Gujarat, India. Phase 1 (500,000 sq ft cleanroom) expected operational in late 2024; Phase 2 similar scale later. Investment up to $825 million, creating up to 5,000 direct jobs and 15,000 community jobs.

Solidlas, under the SLD brand, has started filter manufacturing at a newly purchased 3,600 m² factory in Çankırı Korgun Organized Industrial Zone, Turkey. The plant produces air and hydraulic filters for forklifts and construction machinery.

Swedish heat pump company Qvantum opened a German subsidiary, Qvantum Energietechnik GmbH, based in Bavaria. The subsidiary will be led by industry veteran Wolfgang Herold and will focus on selling heat pumps to the German market, targeting multi-family houses and apartment buildings.

Samgi signed an investment agreement with Daegu City to establish an electric vehicle parts manufacturing plant in the Daegu National Industrial Complex, with a total investment of 94.8 billion KRW. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2024, with mass production starting by the end of 2024.

Manner Polymers announced a new 80,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois, to produce PVC compounds for automotive EVs and solar panels. The $54 million investment will create over 60 jobs, with production expected to commence in fall 2025.

Asahi/America opened its newly constructed 59,000-square-foot fabrication facility in Paulina, Louisiana, for large-scale thermoplastic pre-fabrication. The facility operates as Asahi/America - PPI and was celebrated with a grand opening on June 1, 2023.

Pratt Industries opened its $253 million advanced corrugated box factory in Cedar Hill, Texas, on June 27, 2023. At capacity the 1.1 million square foot plant will employ 375 people.

Wellpappe Alzenau, part of Papierfabrik Palm, has begun ground surveys for a new corrugated board plant in the Alzenau-Nord industrial area, the first step of a project that also upgrades the existing city-centre site. The plant will consolidate the 250 employees of its Alzenau and Hasselroth-Gondsroth operations at one site.

CNP's Russian subsidiary SiNaPi Rus plans to launch production of industrial booster and fire-fighting pump stations at the Esipovo industrial park in Solnechnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, with an investment of about 100 million rubles and around 20 jobs, with launch planned for Q3 2023.

EvadX is fabricating, supplying and erecting 390 tonnes of steelwork for the UK's first foam glass plant at Great Heck, North Yorkshire. The facility, being built for client Thomas Armstrong Group, will produce lightweight building blocks from recycled glass.

Bastian Solutions, a Toyota Advanced Logistics company, announced the upcoming opening of its first manufacturing facility in India, located near Bangalore, Karnataka, expected to be fully operational by October 2023.

Sinteplast inaugurated a new resin production plant in San Luis, Argentina, with an investment of over $5 million, increasing resin production by 50% and adding 120 new jobs.

Carbonxt and Kentucky Carbon Processing (KCP) finalized a legally binding joint venture agreement called 'NewCarbon' to build an activated carbon production facility in Kentucky, USA. Carbonxt will contribute $10 million over two years, and KCP will contribute Inez Power assets for an initial capacity of over 10,000 tons.

Indorama Ventures and Carbios signed a non-binding MOU to form a joint venture to build the world's first PET biorecycling plant in Longlaville, France, with a total capital investment of about €230 million. Indorama Ventures plans to contribute about €110 million. Construction is expected to start by end of 2023, with commissioning targeted in 2025.

Caparol France, part of the German Daw group, will build a 1,000 m² plant in Boves dedicated to producing powder adhesive for external thermal insulation systems. The project will create 15 jobs.

Zhejiang Caihuang Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Imperial Ink Manufacturing, held the opening ceremony for a high-performance coating project in Dushan Port Economic Development Zone, Pinghu, China. The total investment is $60 million (about 426 million yuan).

Leoni Wiring Systems plans to invest 188 million Moroccan dirhams (approx. $18.8 million) by 2028 to build a new automotive wiring manufacturing unit in the Agadir Souss-Massa Industrial Acceleration Zone. A protocol agreement was signed on May 30, 2023.