Ascendor Lifttechnik relocated its production site from Niederwaldkirchen to Neufelden, increasing production area by 42% to 8,000 m².
Jiangsu Ruiyang Antai New Material Technology plans to invest 108 million yuan to expand production capacity by 50,000 tons/year of STP resin and 20,000 tons/year of epoxy resin emulsion, and automate existing specialty coatings and textile auxiliaries lines.
Midea and Kuka's smart manufacturing park in Foshan, China, has been fully completed and put into operation. The park covers 433 mu and is the largest robot body production base in South China, with planned annual capacity of 80,000-100,000 robots.
Smurfit Kappa Diss completed a £4.5 million upgrade at its Norfolk factory, adding a corrugator upgrade, a Macarbox casemaker and expanded warehouse space to increase trade packaging capacity.
XNRGY plans to double the size of its air conditioning production facility in St-Hubert, Montreal, in 2024, in partnership with developer Divco.
Smurfit Kappa Corrugados de Baja California inaugurated a new plant expansion in Baja California, Mexico, with an $11 million investment in machinery and an enlarged industrial building to raise production capacity.
ZF inaugurated a new 6,000 sqm plant building in Shanghai for Electronic Power Steering (EPS) production, with an investment of 320 million yuan. The expansion boosts EPS capacity and marks the 20 millionth EPS unit produced in Asia Pacific.
Covestro inaugurated a new production line for high-performance Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPUs) at its existing site in Changhua, Taiwan, and launched the Desmopan UP TPU series for paint protection films.
Evapco SelectTech, an industrial systems integrator, is expanding its Belmont, Michigan operations by purchasing a facility in Plainfield Charter Township, with a $3 million capital investment and creation of 38 jobs.
CNH Industrial, through its Case Construction brand, is investing $40 million in a compact product line and skid steer loaders, and doubling capacity at its Pithampur, India plant to over 10,000 units annually by 2024.
Sunland Aerospace Fasteners expanded its facility in Pacoima, California to 26,000 square feet, increasing production capabilities.
SSAB Americas opened a new $100 million production line at its steel mill in Mobile County, Alabama. The expansion added 54,000 ft2 of manufacturing space and approximately 50 jobs, increasing capacity for quenched and tempered steels.
Samuel, Son & Co. inaugurated a processing center in Aerotech Industrial Park, Querétaro, with a $35 million investment, creating 35 direct jobs initially and up to 100 in 3-4 years. The facility serves the automotive sector.
Perint, a plastic packaging manufacturer, is building a new 15,000 square meter production and warehouse building on a three-hectare plot in the Sorzha-Staraya industrial zone, Vsevolozhsky district, Leningrad Region. The one billion ruble investment is expected to take about two years and will raise output from 4.5 to 6.5 million units per day.
ABC Aluminum Solutions is expanding its production capacity by 60% with the addition of three new extrusion presses, increasing monthly capacity from 15,720,000 to 25,000,000 pounds of aluminum. The expansion will create over 150 jobs.
Evapco Select Technologies, a food equipment manufacturer, plans a $3 million expansion of its facility at 8093 Graphic Drive NE in Plainfield Township, Michigan.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to invest $490 million to add capacity at its Savannah Machinery Works factory in Georgia, operated by Mitsubishi Power Americas, targeting to double large gas turbine production capacity by fiscal 2030 versus 2024.
Epigral Ltd commissioned an additional 45,000 tonnes per annum capacity of CPVC resin at its Dahej facility, bringing total CPVC resin capacity to 75,000 TPA. The company is also venturing into CPVC compound production with a projected capacity of 35,000 TPA, expected to be commissioned in Q1 of FY2025.
Atul Ltd completed an increase in capacity of liquid epoxy resin by 50,000 tonnes per annum, with an investment of 2 billion rupees.
Lödige Industries is significantly expanding its production capacities in Brasov, Romania, nearly doubling the production area to over 4,000 sq m. Construction began in Q1 2023, and production is expected to start by end of 2023.
PT Nippon Shokubai Indonesia is building a third factory in Cilegon, Banten, to add 100,000 tons/year of acrylic acid capacity, bringing total capacity to 240,000 tons/year. Total investment to date is $693 million.
Chemours announced a capacity investment to triple production of HFO-1336mzzZ-based Opteon 1100 and Opteon SF33. It entered an agreement with Zhejiang Juhua Group to produce additional volume, with startup expected in late 2025 and full-scale production in early 2026.
Coral Products has completed commissioning of in-house volume manufacturing for ECODECK floor grids after a £2.1 million investment in new machinery and re-tooling, allowing it to insource £3 million per year of previously outsourced products. The announcement was made on 20 March 2025 at its Wythenshawe site.
BorgWarner announced an investment at its Ramos Arizpe Campus in Mexico to produce battery cooling plates for electric vehicles, creating 280 new jobs and raising production capacity by 35%.
XNRGY Climate Systems secured financing to add 100,000 sq. ft. of production capacity to its Montreal facility, bringing total capacity to 200,000 sq. ft. in 2024.
Sika added a new packaging and extrusion line at its SikaFiber plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, increasing capacity of concrete reinforcing fibers by up to 4 million pounds. The new extrusion line is 30% more energy efficient.
Indian Oil Corp. has let a project management consultancy contract to McDermott International for a new maleic anhydride unit at its Panipat refinery in Haryana, India. The plant, approved in November 2021 with an investment of 36.81 billion rupees, will produce 120,000 tpy of MAH, 20,000 tpy of BDO, and 16,000 tpy of THF, and is scheduled for commissioning in 54 months from approval.
WACKER completed a capacity expansion at its Nanjing, China site for VAE dispersions and dispersible polymer powders, more than doubling production capacity. The investment was around US$100 million.
LG Electronics Indonesia announced a new production line at its Legok factory to produce LG MULTI V, a Variable Refrigerant Flow solution for commercial buildings. The first production stage is scheduled to start in Q4 2023, initially producing 100 units per month.
General Electric will spend $50 million to expand its Schenectady, New York operations, establishing an assembly line for 6.1 MW wind turbine nacelles. The expansion is expected to be completed by summer 2023, with production starting in fall 2023, creating about 200 jobs.
Felix Schoeller North America is investing over $20 million in a new coating operation in Pulaski, New York, to expand production of siliconized release liners. The project will create 30 new jobs and retain 145 existing jobs.
Altec Industries will invest $1.4 million to expand production of its construction equipment product line at its existing facility in Botetourt County, Virginia, creating 150 new jobs.
BioLamina AB has opened a new 340 m² production suite in Sundbyberg, Sweden, dedicated to production and research, increasing overall production capacity for Biolaminin 521 LN products.
KCC will invest over 100 billion KRW to expand its Gimcheon plant by building a second glass wool production line, covering about 3,600 pyeong, expected to create 140 jobs and be completed by the second half of 2023.
JFE Steel will invest about JPY 46 billion ($332.58 million) to expand electrical steel sheet capacity at its Kurashiki plant, tripling production of top-grade non-oriented electrical steel sheets for EV motors.
Texarkana Aluminum is completing a second aluminum sheet mill and finishing complex in Texarkana, Texas, adding 150,000 metric tons of flat-rolled product capacity, doubling existing capacity. Cold commissioning is expected to begin by mid-June 2023.
TekniPlex Healthcare is investing in new medical tubing extrusion lines and downstream equipment as part of a 40,000-square-foot expansion of its Cartago, Costa Rica facility. The new lines are expected to begin operation by the end of the second quarter of 2023.
ASM International held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $100 million expansion of its innovation and manufacturing center in Hwaseong (Dongtan), South Korea. The investment will add R&D and manufacturing capacity, with completion expected by 2025.
Domtar's Engineered Absorbent Materials facility in Jesup, Georgia completed a $90 million project adding an airlaid production line and 75 jobs, celebrated with a ribbon-cutting on May 23, 2023.
Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services, a subsidiary of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, announced a $40 million investment to build a production facility for therapeutic proteins, antibodies and viral vectors at Genome Valley in Hyderabad, India. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the first half of 2024.
B. Braun Medical Industries (BMI) plans to invest around RM100-200 million in 2023 to expand production lines, introduce new product portfolios, and strengthen automation at its Penang, Malaysia site. The company also plans to expand its Center of Excellence for R&D.
PMB Technology Bhd is investing RM350 million in the Phase 3 plant project at Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu, increasing metallic silicon capacity by 36,000 tonnes per year. The project is expected to be completed by Q3 2023.
Jushi Egypt launched the pilot operation of a new fiberglass production line in Industria Sokhna, Egypt, with an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons.
WBTL announced plans to inaugurate a second plant in Coahuila by 2024, twice the size of the first, with an additional investment of $165 million and 650 new jobs.
PowerBar Gulf, a subsidiary of Vertiv, completed the fourth expansion of its production facility in Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, UAE, to boost production of power distribution products and continuity solutions. The facility now spans 16,000 sqm in Al Ghail Industrial Zone.
GE Healthcare is investing $80 million to expand its active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility in Lindesnes, Norway, increasing contrast media production capacity by 30% and creating approximately 100 jobs. The expansion aims to add 30 million patient doses per year by 2025.
Boston Scientific will invest €80 million to expand its manufacturing and R&D capabilities at its Clonmel, Ireland site, creating over 400 new jobs. The expansion will increase office and manufacturing space and transition the site to over 90% renewable energy.
Polimerkonstruktsiya opened a new production building, cold warehouse and assembly facility in Vitebsk, Belarus, to expand capacity for water treatment equipment and target markets in the far arc countries.
Reconstruction of the TerraFrigo heat exchange and refrigeration equipment plant in Moscow's Pechatniki district has been completed. A new workshop was built and an administrative building renovated, totaling over 8,300 sq m. The expansion will increase production of refrigerators for vehicles and air conditioners for commercial transport and special equipment, creating over 200 jobs.
Blue Star Limited is expanding its existing facilities at Dadra and Sri City. The company will invest about ₹200 crore for Phase II expansion at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, and has already invested ₹180 crore at the Dadra unit.