Eaton broke ground on a $100 million expansion of its Nacogdoches, Texas manufacturing facility adding 200,000 square feet and over 200 jobs, doubling capacity for voltage regulators and three-phase transformers. The project was first announced in August 2023.

TC Transcontinental Packaging will install a $60 million biaxially oriented PE (BOPE) film line supplied by Brückner at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, which expanded the site by 120,000 square feet, with commissioning planned for spring 2024.

Toyota Industries Denso Air Conditioning Compressor (Kunshan) plans an expansion of its electric compressor production by 1.28 million units in Kunshan, Jiangsu. Jiangsu authorities confirmed the project as eligible under national industrial policy.

NIRI relocated to a new headquarters in Leeds, UK, with a £1.2 million investment that more than doubles its facilities and includes seven new laboratories for nonwoven and fibre R&D.

Wilo Group has relaunched in Nairobi, Kenya, with an assembly plant to serve East Africa. The facility includes an ISO 9906 Grade 1B test bench and will assemble booster sets, pumps, and control panels.

Hefei Heli held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hengyang Heli expansion and smart manufacturing southern base project in Hengyang, Hunan, with a total investment of 660 million yuan, covering 369 mu, to produce electric forklifts, internal combustion forklifts and explosion-proof forklifts.

Zhejiang Hailide New Material announced an investment of about $52 million to build a 18,000-ton-per-year high-performance tire cord fabric plant in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, as an expansion of its existing Vietnam base.

WEG announced an investment of R$87 million to build a machining shop and a plugs and sockets factory at its Itajaí site in Brazil, expected to create over 300 jobs.

Lithuanian bakery Mantinga partnered with Starfrost to install a fourth Helix spiral freezer, capable of freezing over 1.5 tonnes of laminated dough products per hour, as part of an £18 million investment in facilities.

Xuzhou Longwei Packaging Co., Ltd. is installing a 3100mm JETS intelligent corrugator from J.S. Machine in its new 324,000 m² factory, expecting output value to surpass 300 million by 2024.

LMI Packaging held a groundbreaking for a roughly 50,000-square-foot expansion at its Pleasant Prairie facility, mainly for internal warehouse space. The expansion is planned for completion by December 6.

Sika increased production capacities for synthetic macro fibers at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to meet growing demand for sustainable concrete in the USA. The expansion was announced on 28 July 2023.

Panasonic announced near-term business expansion in Malaysia including a new R&D building for commercial air-conditioners and air-to-water heat pump systems, and increased production of automotive capacitors in the Klang Valley. The company also closed its rice cooker and small kitchen appliances departments, affecting 223 employees.

Changhong Huayi Compressor (Jingzhou) held a commissioning ceremony on July 28, 2023 for phase one of its 10 million unit capacity expansion, including a new automated compressor line. After phase one, annual output reaches 4 million units and total capacity 15 million.

Morgan Metals held a ribbon-cutting for a 5,000 square-foot metal manufacturing building and loading dock in Athens, Alabama, adding CNC milling, lathes, laser plasma cutting, and powder coating capabilities.

INVENT Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik AG, based in Erlangen, Germany, reported its most successful financial year in 2022 with total turnover of 28.9 million euros and record incoming orders of over 35 million euros, and is expanding its water treatment technology business globally.

Rajapalayam Mills Ltd will spend ₹400 crore on capex in FY2023-24, mainly for looms expansion and a new fabric processing unit, both expected to be commissioned in Q2 of the current fiscal year.

Panasonic will invest CZK 7.6 billion in its Plzeň plant by 2025 to boost production of air-to-water heat pumps. The company aims to produce one million pumps annually by 2030 and increase employment to 2,000 by March 2026.

Toray Advanced Composites announced a planned expansion of its Morgan Hill, California plant, adding 74,000 square feet to increase production capacity by 50% for advanced composites serving aerospace, defense, and industrial markets.

Prysmian Group broke ground on a $63.8 million expansion of its Du Quoin, Illinois plant to increase renewable energy cable manufacturing. The project adds over 100,000 square feet and is expected to create 80 new jobs while retaining 225.

EnviroChemie implemented an industrial wastewater treatment solution for Moroccan pharmaceutical company Bioresine, expanding its existing plant to treat up to 470 m³ per day, enabling direct discharge into a river.

Romanian tissue producer Pehart Group signed a contract with A.Celli to rebuild a tissue machine at its Dej-based facility, including a Yankee dryer and shoe press, to boost production capacity and energy efficiency.

Analog Devices celebrated a more than $1 billion investment to expand its semiconductor wafer fab in Beaverton, Oregon. The expansion adds cleanroom space to about 118,000 sq-ft, nearly doubles internal manufacturing for 180nm and above nodes, and is expected to create hundreds of new jobs.

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, an Oshkosh Corporation company, will invest $25.2 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, creating 100 new jobs for fabrication and weldment of custom vehicle components.

Oryol plant 'Severstal Steel Solutions' began construction of a new workshop to expand metal structure production, with an investment of 3 billion rubles, creating 330 jobs. Completion expected in Q1 2025.

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS is expanding its factory in Wiechlice, Poland, almost tripling the area from 11,000 m² to 32,000 m². Construction started in April 2023, opening expected in Q2 2024.

Montebello Packaging announced a $12 million investment in a new production line at its Lebanon plant, marking the site's 25th anniversary. The 160-foot extrusion line is expected to be fully functional by the fourth quarter of 2023.

Huons Biopharma held a groundbreaking ceremony for its third plant at Jecheon Industrial Complex No. 1, investing 70 billion won (approx. $53 million) to expand production capacity for its botulinum toxin product Liztox. The plant is expected to be completed by 2024.

Premium Aerotec is building a new production hall at its Augsburg site to expand capacity for the Rear Center Tank of the Airbus A321XLR. The investment is in the double-digit million euro range, with completion planned for September 2024, creating about 200 jobs.

GC Green Cross MS decided to build a new powder-type hemodialysis solution manufacturing line at its Eumseong 2nd plant in South Korea. The project cost increased from 3.7 billion to 4.4 billion won due to automation, with product shipment targeted for the second half of 2024.

Nexans invested approximately €2 million in a new fully automated machining center at its Hof, Germany factory to expand manufacturing capacity for metal connectors for power cables.

MEMC, a subsidiary of GlobalWafers, plans to soon begin delivering wafers as part of a $300 million-plus expansion of its O'Fallon, Missouri facility. The expansion will add silicon-on-insulator wafer production capacity and is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2025, creating 100 new jobs.

Aerospace Composites Solutions (formerly Blackhawk Composites) broke ground on a $16.8 million expansion and relocation in Morgantown, Kentucky, building a new 150,000-square-foot facility that will create 72 new full-time jobs.

Whakatane Mill Limited secured over NZ$70 million from its shareholders for a major upgrade that adds 50,000 tonnes of folding box board capacity, lifting output from 150,000 to 200,000 tonnes. Construction began in late June 2023 with full production expected by November.

Winkler Meats and Johnsonville Sausage are undertaking a $52.8 million capital expansion project at a pork processing plant in Winkler, Manitoba, with $2.4 million in government funding for new harvesting, processing equipment and a high-capacity packaging line.

Avgol broke ground on a $100 million expansion at its Davie County facility in Mocksville, adding a sixth multibeam spunlaid production line and a laminate finishing line. The new line will use Reicofil 5 technology and is expected to be fully operational in November 2024.

Mareven Food Central (producer of Rollton, Bigbon) will launch two new production lines for instant noodles at its factory in Serpukhov, Russia, increasing capacity by over 20 million packages per month. The lines cost up to €3 million each.

IRPLAST is investing €50 million at its Atessa factory to double production capacity.

FEAL Aluminium installed a new pressing line at its facility in Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia, increasing annual output capacity from 40,000 tonnes by 15,000 tonnes. The line was supplied by Spanish company SpanisIt.

POSCO Future M announced a plan to invest 683.4 billion won (US$529 million) to build a facility to produce high-nickel cathodes at its main cathode complex in Gwangyang, South Korea. The facility will have an annual capacity of 52,000 tons.

Braskem concluded a 30% increase in production capacity of its bio-based ethylene plant in Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from 200,000 to 260,000 tons/year, following an investment of US$ 87 million.

Prinoth inaugurated two new production halls at its Herdwangen site, more than doubling production capacity for vegetation management vehicles and attachments. EUR 10 million has been invested since 2021, and employee count increased by 30%.

Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen (SW) has broken ground on a new production hall at its headquarters in Schramberg-Waldmössingen, Germany, investing around €11 million. The 4,300-square-meter hall will expand production capacities, and the technology center will be expanded by 1,500 square meters from mid-2024.

Groupe Atlantic is investing over €200 million over three years to expand its Billy-Berclau site by 6,000 m² and build an 8,000 m² Heat Pump Technical Center. The expansion will create over 300 jobs by 2025.

Miba will more than double its production area for high-tech power electronics at its Kirchbach site in Styria, Austria, from 3,000 to 6,300 square meters. The EUR 15 million investment will create around 40 new jobs, with a ground-breaking ceremony held on July 21, 2023.

Vitro Glass Containers inaugurated a new furnace at its plant in Toluca, Mexico, increasing capacity for glass containers by over 50%. The $70 million furnace produces 230 tons per day for the perfumery and liquor segments.

ACC is looking to add 16 million tonnes of new cement capacity in the next two to five years. A new plant in Ametha, Madhya Pradesh is expected to start operations soon.

Vestas plans to invest $40 million in its Brighton Nacelles and Windsor Blades factories in Colorado to manufacture the V163-4.5 MW turbine for the US market. The company expects to hire 800-1,000 local employees.

AkzoNobel will invest €14 million to relocate production of automotive paints and coatings to its Barcelona plant in Zona Franca, creating 80 new jobs. The plant becomes the group's largest European manufacturing center for automotive paints.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, opened a $14 million expansion of its additive manufacturing center in West Des Moines, Iowa, adding 9,000 square feet and new 3D metal printers, including one with eight times the build volume of existing printers.