Omron Healthcare plans to set up its first manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu at Origins by Mahindra in Peruvoyal Village, Gummidipoondi Taluk, Thiruvallur district, with an investment of Rs 120-130 crore.

Japan's Omron will invest 1.28 billion Indian rupees ($15.5 million) in its first medical device factory in India, located in Tamil Nadu. The plant will produce devices including blood pressure monitors.

VIRM will build a production facility for metalworking machines and mechanisms in Krasnoznamensk, Moscow Oblast by 2026. Investment is 116 million rubles, creating over 60 jobs.

Westrafo opened a new North American production facility in Trotwood, Ohio in 2025. The 231,000 sqft site will produce medium voltage transformers and energy solutions, targeting 12 GW annual output by 2027.

Naqi Water Company announced the start of constructing a new factory in Riyadh and signed a contract on May 28, 2023, to acquire an industrial property in the Second Industrial City of Riyadh for SAR 6,150,000. The financial impact is expected by the end of Q1 2024.

Tianjin Beacon Coating Industrial Development Co., Ltd. has commenced trial production for its 50,000-ton coating project and 20,000-ton resin project in the Nangang Industrial Zone of TEDA, Tianjin. The total investment is approximately 427 million yuan.

Entai Environmental Technology signed an agreement to invest 30.5 billion yuan to build a digital smart factory in Mianzhu High-tech Zone, producing reverse osmosis membranes and modules in two phases.

Sona Comstar inaugurated its second manufacturing plant on a 10-acre site in Chakan, Pune, with an investment of USD 28.1 million. The plant will make driveline components for ICE and electric vehicles and can produce up to 1.18 million gear sets a year.

Dream (Zhejiang) Air Equipment Manufacturing broke ground on a 35,000 square meter plant in Pinghu City, Zhejiang, China, with 105 million yuan of investment to produce 5,000 intelligent industrial air compressors annually.

Boruspam Precision Machine Tool Co., Ltd. completed its new base project in Zhuzhou High-tech Zone, Hunan, with a total investment of CNY 500 million (phase I: CNY 200 million), creating over 100 jobs and expected to produce annual output of CNY 200 million initially.

Smurfit Kappa's Corrugados de Baja California subsidiary started operations at a new $11 million plant in Baja California, Mexico, which expanded its industrial building and added machinery to raise production capacity. The company is the main corrugated cardboard box manufacturer in the state.

SENNEBOGEN opened a new steel construction plant in Litér, Hungary, with a 29,000 m² production hall and 80 new jobs, adding capacity for 20,000 tonnes of steel construction per year. The plant started operations in July 2022 and was officially inaugurated on May 26, 2023.

Metso broke ground on its first global polymer filter plate factory in Irapuato, Mexico, with a total investment of EUR 37 million, expected to start production in H2 2024 and reach full capacity in H1 2025.

Termelés-Logistic-Centrum Ltd., a subsidiary of Sennebogen, invested HUF 21 billion to open a new 29,000 sqm production plant in Litér, Hungary, for manufacturing steel structural components of loading and lifting equipment, creating 80 jobs.

Voltas has begun construction of a new air conditioner manufacturing facility in Madharpakkam, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of over Rs 500 crore. The plant is expected to be fully operational within the fiscal year and create around 1,500 jobs.

Huizhou Huiyang Yusheng Chemical Co., Ltd. signed a project to build a waterborne coating plant with an annual output of 200,000 tons in Huizhou New Materials Industrial Park, as part of a 3.6 billion yuan investment package for five projects.

ZF Group signed an agreement to set up an automotive steering wheel production base in Rizhao, China, with an investment of 20 million euros. Mass production is expected to begin within three months after signing.

DiscoverIE Group plc announced the opening of a new 9,000m² manufacturing facility in Jigani, Bangalore, India. The facility more than doubles the footprint of its existing Bangalore operation and provides three times the capacity, serving the Noratel business which manufactures power transformers and magnetic components.

The Weir Group officially opened a new foundry in Xuzhou, China, representing a $60 million investment. The facility expands capacity for manufacturing ESCO ground engaging tools by over 30% and replaces an existing nearby foundry.

FN America announced plans to expand its South Carolina footprint with a new production facility in Pickens County. The $33 million investment will create approximately 176 new jobs, with groundbreaking in 2024 and completion in 2025.

Festo laid the first stone of a new plant in Salinas Victoria near Monterrey, Mexico, with a $100 million investment and three construction phases generating 1,500 jobs. The plant is due to be ready in 2025 and will supply automation solutions to automotive, mining, pharmaceutical and electronics sectors.

Inner Mongolia Jete Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. received approval for a 100kt/year BDO waste liquid resource utilization project in Wuda Industrial Park, Wuhai, Inner Mongolia. The plant will produce 35kt/year of THF and 100kt/year of NMP, with a total investment of 748.64 million yuan.

BW Flexible Systems has opened a new manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, for its Thiele, SYMACH and Streamfeeder packaging machinery brands. The facility will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 30, 2023.

Donglun Technology, a subsidiary of Genertec High-Tech Materials, began construction of a spunlace nonwovens plant in Tianjin, China. The CNY 450 million project includes a 15,000-ton-per-year line, with production planned for 2024.

Siemens Healthineers is building a new factory in Forchheim, Germany, for cultivating semiconductor crystals used in CT scanners. The €80 million investment will create 100 jobs, with operations expected to start in 2026.

The Saica Group confirmed an investment of more than €100 million in a new Saica Pack corrugated packaging factory in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, which will consolidate its El Prat and Barcelona plants, with installation of the first machines expected by end-2024.

Valeo Sistemas Eléctricos will build a new plant in Lerma, State of Mexico, to supply Stellantis. The $29 million investment will create 220 jobs.

GE Vernova will build a $50 million factory in New York's capital region to produce components for its largest onshore wind turbines. The facility will create 200 jobs and transition a gas turbine plant to wind turbine production.

Groupe Thébault, a French plywood manufacturer, will invest €100 million to build its first LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) plant in Lempdes-sur-Allagnon, Haute-Loire, France. The 25,000 m² facility will be the group's sixth plant.

VASO (part of UAC/Rostec) will build a new facility in the Maslovsky industrial park near Voronezh to produce nacelles for Russian aircraft engines, including PD-8 and PD-14. The investment is 6.4 billion rubles, with completion by 2026 and over 500 new jobs.

Sporda Nonwoven has built a new facility in Värnamo, Sweden, housing the country's first Airlay line for nonwoven material, which can use residual products from textile manufacturing as raw material. The facility will be inaugurated on August 31, 2023.

Nigeria inaugurated the Kajola Wagon Assembly plant in Ogun State, the first wagon assembly facility in West Africa. The plant, built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, can assemble 500 wagons annually and will produce 220 of 368 wagon types.

Korean automotive thermal management maker Hanon Systems announced a $40 million factory in Statesboro, Georgia, to supply HVAC parts to Hyundai and Kia near Hyundai's EV plant, hiring at least 160 people with operations targeted for May 2024.

Carrier announced a new manufacturing plant on the Finsa Santa Catarina campus in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, its eighth in the metropolitan area. The plant will manufacture residential condenser equipment and is expected to start operations in early 2024.

Superior Air Parts plans to invest $24.2 million to relocate its manufacturing operation and corporate headquarters from Texas to Creola, Mobile County, Alabama. The project will create 180 jobs over five years, with operations beginning in 2024.

Yaskawa Electric announced it will build a new robot machining plant at its Kitakyushu headquarters in Japan to increase in-house production of industrial robot components from 40% to 70% after 2024, reducing reliance on Chinese parts.

WBTL, a Chinese automotive components manufacturer, inaugurated its first plant in Alianza Industrial Park, Coahuila, Mexico, with a $48 million investment and 550 jobs. A second plant is planned for 2024.

Moog Inc. announced the opening of a new 209,000 sq ft engineering and manufacturing facility in Tewkesbury, UK, representing a £40 million investment. The facility will consolidate operations from three smaller buildings and serve aerospace customers.

Mexican industrial company Metelmex announced a $5 million investment to build a new plant in Monclova, Coahuila, serving Mexican and US markets with heavy-industry products for the rail sector, creating 485 jobs within two years.

UN1F1ED² Global Packaging, a Kraft-owned company, has a roughly 300,000-square-foot building adjacent to the Rand-Whitney plant in Boylston, which it intends to use for storage. It makes foam, air pack and wood packaging components.

Rand-Whitney Container, owned by The Kraft Group, opened a 384,000-square-foot corrugated box plant in Boylston, Massachusetts, backed by a $125 million investment. The plant can make up to 300 million boxes a year.

Egypt's Trade and Industry Minister inaugurated the first phase of a water pump factory built by Xylem, worth EGP 300 million ($9.7 million), on 22 May 2023. The plant will serve Egypt and export half its output to the Middle East and Africa.

Lennox began operations at its third plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, investing $36 million and creating 600 jobs. The plant will make residential air conditioning and heating products, about 3,000 units per day.

SKF is investing SEK 50 million in a new manufacturing site in Tangier, Morocco, to produce magnetic bearings for turbomachinery and high-speed applications. Operations are set to ramp up in the second quarter of 2023.

GE Aerospace held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new 280,000 sq ft facility in Beavercreek, Ohio, dedicated to engine component manufacturing for civil and military aviation. The facility is part of a $32 million investment in Ohio facilities, and the company aims to create 400 jobs in the Dayton area by end of 2023.

ABB officially opened its new robot super factory in Kangqiao, Pudong, Shanghai, with an investment of $150 million (about 1.1 billion yuan). The 67,000 sqm facility has an annual production capacity of 100,000 robots and will serve Asian customers.

MANE KANCOR opened its largest manufacturing facility in Byadgi, Karnataka, India on 20 May 2023. The 50-acre plant quadruples production capacity and increases direct employment by 50%.

Demon (Zhejiang) Gas Equipment Manufacturing held a groundbreaking ceremony on 20 May 2023 in Pinghu, Zhejiang, for a plant on over 20 mu of land. The 105 million yuan project will produce 5,000 intelligent industrial gas compressors a year.

聖凰科技 (Shenghuang Technology), a wafer carrier micro-contamination prevention equipment maker, plans to invest over NT$500 million to build a new plant in Dadu District, Taichung, Taiwan. The facility will feature smart production lines and create 60 jobs.

Weidmüller USA broke ground on a new engineering and manufacturing facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The company is investing $16.4 million to expand its existing building by 24,000 square feet, creating over 100 jobs.