Stora Enso opened a new corrugated packaging factory at its De Lier site in the Netherlands, adding a second factory with two new corrugators. The site is now the largest and most modern corrugated packaging facility in Europe.

Flex Accipto, a UFlex Group subsidiary, signed a $120 million deal with Orascom Industrial Parks to expand its packaging plant on a 150,000 square metre area in Sokhna within the Suez Canal Economic Zone. The signing was witnessed by the SCZONE chairman on 20 June 2023.

Rostec plans to increase serial production of GTD-110M gas turbines to at least four per year, and will build a new mechanical assembly complex in Rybinsk, Russia, to support this.

Michelin will invest more than $100 million over five years to expand its Camso rubber track production facility in Junction City, Kansas, creating 200 jobs.

General Motors will invest $920 million to expand its DMAX engine plant in Brookville, Ohio, for future production.

TD Deutsche Klimakompressoren (TDDK) has broken ground on a €90 million expansion of its plant in Straßgräbchen, Germany, adding 20,000 square meters for production of electric compressors for EVs. Completion is expected by end of 2024.

V-Zug Kühltechnik AG set up a new production facility for refrigerators at its Sulgen site in Switzerland. The facility includes a high-bay warehouse and automated guided vehicle system implemented by Gebhardt Intralogistics Group.

BioCer Entwicklungs-GmbH, a medical technology manufacturer, has acquired a new company building in Dieselstraße, Bayreuth, with 1,600 square meters of space, more than double its current location. The move includes a larger cleanroom facility and is expected to be mostly completed by the end of 2023.

Triad Tool Company completed a 10,000 sq ft facility expansion and invested in additional Horizontal and 5-Axis machining cells at its Branchburg, New Jersey plant.

FirstElement Fuel will expand its hydrogen refueling station module manufacturing line and high-pressure cryogenic hydrogen pump capacity at 660 E. Dyer in Santa Ana, California, creating 38 jobs. A testing stand will also be installed in Livermore, California.

Parker-Hannifin Corporation plans to invest $2.5 million in manufacturing machinery and equipment to expand production at its Red Oak, Iowa location. The project is expected to create 65 jobs.

Shinko Electric Industries will invest 53.3 billion yen to construct a new building at its plant in Chikuma, Nagano, for mass production of next-generation semiconductor packages, with operations starting July 2029.

Mitsubishi Chemical Group will increase annual production capacity of SoarnoL EVOH resin at its UK site by 21,000 tons to 39,000 tons, with construction starting April 2023 and completion by July 2025.

Tsementum will invest in increasing grinding capacity at its Volsk plant in the Saratov region, boosting cement production by 300,000 tonnes per year. The company also plans to build a dry mortar plant (investment ~500 million rubles) and a reinforced concrete products plant (investment ~450 million rubles), both to be commissioned in 2025.

Nippon Shokubai America Industries, Inc. (NAII) has upgraded its facilities and will expand production capability for emulsion resins at its Chattanooga plant. The company aims to increase Solutions Business sales by 30% by fiscal year 2024 compared to FY21.

Foshan Shunde Weiye Water Treatment Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. plans a plant upgrade project in Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong. The project involves building a new building with 19,427.38 square meters for producing environmental protection equipment, water supply and drainage equipment, and machinery, with an annual output of 1.2 million pieces. Investment is 38 million yuan.

Mining Machinery Developments (MMD) expanded its factory with two new bays for heavy fabrications, featuring overhead and jib cranes from Street Crane. The expansion was announced in June 2023.

TD Deutsche Klimakompressor broke ground on its sixth construction phase in Straßgräbchen, Saxony, adding about 20,000 square metres and a high-bay warehouse, with completion planned for late 2024 and annual shipments rising from 6 to 8 million units.

PAPACKS opened its Gigafactory 2 in Arnstadt, Thuringia, more than doubling its production area with a completed extension. The company invested almost 30 million euros with state support of around 6 million euros.

Grenzebach Group signed a contract on June 15, 2023 to expand its Pune, India site, merging its sales and service branch with a new manufacturing site. The company is investing around €2 million and expects to create 30 new jobs in the first phase, with the site scheduled to open in fall 2023.

MR FAB inaugurated a new 15,000 sq ft workshop in Chicoutimi-Nord, Quebec, on June 15, 2023, following over $3 million in investments. The move will create 10 new jobs.

PSM Prime will invest about 184 million rubles to build a new workshop for medium-power block-complete power plants in Tutayev, Yaroslavl region, creating 18 jobs. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

SFT Packaging signed an agreement with the Tver Region government to expand corrugated cardboard production at the Kamensk Paper and Cardboard Factory in Kuvshinovo, with investments over 1 billion rubles and 53 new jobs.

Tulazherdormash signed an agreement to build new production sites and modernize equipment with a RUB 2.5 billion investment, creating at least 80 new jobs. The project is to be completed by 2026.

Schneider Electric inaugurated a new production line in Riyadh to manufacture intelligent Altivar Process Modular Drives, supporting Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. The line uses automation and robotics and will create jobs for Saudi workers.

Arvind Limited announced an investment plan of about Rs. 600 crores over FY24 and FY25 to augment capacities in its Advanced Materials and Garments businesses.

Celotech Chemical has expanded production capacities for methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose (MHEK) and methyl hydroxypropyl cellulose (MHPK), now able to supply 50,000 tons of methyl cellulose ethers and 5,000 tons of hydroxyethyl cellulose.

Dow Chemical (Zhangjiagang) Silicone Co., Ltd will invest RMB 211 million to expand silicone adhesive capacity by 3,500 t/a at its existing plant in Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu province. The project will phase out an older line and is scheduled to come online in 2024.

M&M Carnot held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 14, 2023, to celebrate the completion of phase one of a 50,000 ft² expansion to its Federalsburg, Maryland manufacturing plant for industrial CO2 packages.

Siemens announced a new investment of CNY 1.1 billion (approx. EUR 140 million) to build the Siemens Industrial Automation Products China Smart Manufacturing Base in Chengdu, which is the fourth-phase expansion of its existing digital factory. The expansion will produce PLCs, distributed control systems, HMIs, and industrial PCs.

Macopharma invested €5 million in automation of its blood filter production line at its Tourcoing headquarters, doubling capacity. The new machine, co-developed with an Italian supplier, will produce 1,000 filters per hour and is expected to start operating in summer 2023.

Walki Group has inaugurated a new €13 million production line at its Valkeakoski plant in Finland. The line uses novel coating technology to produce high barrier fibre-based materials for packaging and construction industries.

Automotive forging-component supplier Samtech is investing $19 million at its Mexico plant to increase production, creating 30 new direct jobs.

Denso is planning a $13 million expansion at its plant in Guanajuato Puerto Interior, Silao, Mexico, expected to create nearly 450 jobs. This is the fourth expansion at the facility, which manufactures cooling, air-conditioning and windshield-wiper systems.

Sany India plans to expand capacity at its Chakan, Pune facility by 2.5 times over 15 months with an investment of INR 500 crore, increasing annual output from 9,000 to over 25,000 units. The company also plans three additional factories over ten years with an investment of INR 3,000-4,000 crore.

SORALUCE, part of Danobatgroup, inaugurated a new 2,530 m² assembly plant at its Bergara facility, expanding total manufacturing area to 30,000 m². The investment is part of a €35 million Danobatgroup package, with over €15 million for SORALUCE.

Jotun completed a major expansion of its Global Intumescent R&D Laboratory in Flixborough, UK, more than doubling the facility size to 2,900 m². The one-year expansion included new furnaces and testing facilities to accelerate development of intumescent fire protection coatings.

Thimm Group has commissioned a CorruCUT rotary die-cutter from Koenig & Bauer at its Wolnzach site in Bavaria, investing about €5.5 million to add at least 30 million square metres of annual capacity.

Guangdong Banggu Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. plans to invest 32 million yuan to build a new production line for 25,000 tons per year of water-based resins, coatings, and isobornyl (meth)acrylate at its existing site in Nanxiong, Guangdong.

Vibrantz Technologies will invest nearly $20 million to expand capacity of its Pearls sustainable tinting solution at its facility in Sittard, Netherlands, increasing production 20-fold to roughly 1.2 million liters per year.

Wacker completed a capacity expansion for VAE dispersions and dispersible polymer powder at its Nanjing site in China, more than doubling production capacity. The investment was over USD 100 million.

Texas Instruments announced plans to expand its manufacturing footprint in Malaysia with two new assembly and test factories in Kuala Lumpur and Melaka, supporting its goal to bring 90% of assembly and test operations internal by 2030.

Russian refrigeration components maker Frigopoint commissioned a billet heating furnace and two 315-ton impact presses for hot forging large ball valves at its Belgorod plant, with a line output of 1000 parts per shift.

Mohawk Lifts was awarded a $300,000 Empire State Development grant to expand its operations in Amsterdam, New York, by updating manufacturing equipment, adding automation, and creating a new factory layout to increase productivity and efficiency. The project will also increase its workforce.

Donghee America, an auto parts supplier, is investing $63 million and creating 100 jobs to expand its operations in Auburn, Alabama. The expansion includes a 195,000-square-foot addition to manufacture battery pack cases for electric vehicles.

Fenagy, a Danish manufacturer of natural refrigerant-based HVAC&R systems, completed construction of its new 2,500 m² headquarters and factory in Lystrup, Denmark. The facility has capacity to produce more than 100 large CO2 heat pumps per year.

Ballard Power Systems announced a project to scale production capacity of next-generation graphite bipolar plates by approximately 10 times, with commissioning expected in late 2025. The project aims to reduce costs by up to 70%.

Weg announced a R$1.2 billion investment over three years to expand transformer production capacity by approximately 50% in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. The plan includes new factories in Betim and Itajubá (Brazil), Atotonilco de Tula (Mexico) and Rionegro (Colombia).

Britten-Norman plans to increase production rates and repatriate aircraft manufacturing to its Bembridge facility on the Isle of Wight, investing in new jigs and tooling for two additional production lines, ahead of a zero-emissions Islander launch in 2026.

Rio Tinto will invest $1.1 billion to expand its AP60 low-carbon aluminium smelter at Complexe Jonquière in Quebec, adding 96 new pots and increasing capacity by approximately 160,000 metric tonnes per year. The expansion coincides with the gradual closure of potrooms at the Arvida smelter.