Fisher Dynamics will invest US$81 million to expand its factory in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to increase production of structures and mechanisms for automobile seats, creating over 1,000 new jobs.
CG Power and Industrial Solutions approved expansion of motor manufacturing at Ahmednagar and Goa for Rs 230 crore and transformer capacity at Bhopal and Malanpur for Rs 126 crore.
Ravago Hellas received approval for a strategic investment of €72.7 million to build a new plant for expandable polystyrene production and modernize its existing facility in Lavrio, Greece, creating 62.5 annual work units.
BYD Electronics (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. will start construction of an expanded plant in Phu Ha industrial park, Phu Tho province, with a total investment of $183.7 million, including lines for electronic components and batteries for tablets and mobile phones.
Orient Cement has laid the foundation stone for a INR20,000m (US$243.6m) expansion of its integrated cement plant in Devapur, Telangana, increasing cement production capacity from 5Mta to 8Mta and expected to create 4000 new jobs.
Ypsomed held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 3,300 m² production hall and 1,600 m² warehouse in Schwerin, Germany. The expansion will create 60 new jobs and enable production of over 250 million infusion sets, pens and autoinjectors per year. The plant is expected to be operational after one year of construction.
Accelerated Filtration closed a $4 million seed funding round led by Michigan Capital Network. The company will use the funds to double the production space at its Midland, Michigan manufacturing facility and ramp up global business development.
Avgol is investing approximately $100 million to expand its Mocksville, North Carolina facility with a sixth multibeam spunlaid production line and a laminate finishing line, creating 52 new jobs.
GlobalFoundries announced a $1 billion investment to add 150,000 wafers per year at its existing Fab 8 facility in upstate New York, and plans to construct a new fab on the same campus that will double capacity and create over 1,000 new jobs.
Silgan Dispensing announced the expansion of production of its MELODIE fragrance pump to its existing Wuxi facility in China to meet rising demand in the Chinese and Asia-Pacific markets. The announcement is dated May 8, 2023.
Aircraft Precision Products Inc. announced a $1 million expansion of its Ithaca, Michigan plant and 12 new jobs to become a lead supplier of components for GE's LEAP engine. The expansion involves installing a high-volume machining cell to make parts currently produced in China.
NKT announced a large investment to increase capacity at its high-voltage cable factory in Karlskrona, including building a third cable tower. The expansion is expected to create over 500 direct jobs.
AGCO announced a capital improvement project to increase production capacities for Massey Ferguson and Fendt Momentum planters at its Kansas facilities in Beloit and Cawker City, starting Q2 2023 through Q1 2024.
Metsä Board inaugurated a new recovery boiler and turbine at its Husum pulp mill in Sweden on 3 May 2023, part of a €380 million investment that started up at the end of 2022, increasing bio-based energy production and electricity self-sufficiency to over 80%.
Klöckner Pentaplast is planning an $18 million expansion at its Beaver, West Virginia plant, adding 60,000 square feet and creating about 80 new jobs. The expansion aims to make the facility its North American food hub.
Delta Star will invest $30.2 million to expand its manufacturing and headquarters operation in Lynchburg, Virginia, creating 149 new jobs. The company will move its headquarters to a new 80,000-square-foot facility adjacent to its plant.
Hereford Contract Canning (HCC) has completed an extension to its plant in Hereford and installed a new high-speed can packaging facility with throughput over 60,000 cans per hour, designed and implemented by Colwall Conveyor Systems.
ACTEGA is investing $5 million in its New Jersey facility to automate production, increase capacity and storage. The project has begun and is set to complete in Q1 2024.
Inwido has decided to invest just over SEK 100 million in Elitfönster's production facilities in Vetlanda, Sweden. The investment will consolidate production from two factories into one, increasing capacity, improving profitability, and reducing the climate footprint. Implementation is expected to be fully completed in 2025.
Braskem inaugurated the expansion of its Centro de Tecnologia e Inovação (CTI) at the Polo Petroquímico de Triunfo, Brazil, with an investment of R$108 million, adding 2,000 m² of laboratory space.
Beverage and liquid packaging co-packer BEC Co-Packers will invest $2.5 million to expand in St. Tammany Parish, buying a long-vacant building on Highway 11 in Slidell for production and warehousing. The expansion could create up to 150 jobs, with a fourth production line planned to open this summer.
Holmen has confirmed a SEK 450 million investment to rebuild a machine at its Braviken mill, aimed at increasing production of INNR, a material used as inner layers in corrugated cardboard.
Brose began an expansion process in one of its plants in Querétaro, Mexico, with an investment of around $22 million, adding 110 jobs.
Baowu Aluminium Technology ordered an additional finishing mill stand from Primetals Technologies in May 2023 for its aluminum hot rolling mill in Sanmenxia, Henan, China. The upgrade will increase production capacity from 300,000 to 600,000 tons per year, with implementation scheduled for October 2024.
H.B. Fuller celebrated the opening of a new technical center and expanded manufacturing facility with warehouse capabilities at its Yonghe campus in Guangzhou, China. The expansion added 10,000 m² of land, a 2,800 m² technical center, and additional adhesive manufacturing lines.
Daikin in Pilsen started serial production on a new F8 line for indoor cassette units, increasing capacity by 33% to 600 units per shift. The line cost 120 million CZK and is part of a new hall that will also house a new R5 line and powder coating line. The new hall will be fully operational by December 2023, adding about 150 jobs.
GE Vernova will invest $50 million at its Schenectady, New York facility to establish a new manufacturing assembly line for its 6.1 MW onshore wind turbine, creating approximately 200 new jobs.
Epiroc plans to invest $5 million to expand its assembly plant in Calera, Zacatecas, adding 100 direct jobs to the existing 400, with the expansion expected in 2023.
Mitsui High-tec (Canada) celebrated the opening of its second production plant in Brantford, a $25 million expansion, and has started construction on a third $29 million plant. The expansions will triple employment to 300 by early 2024 and increase motor core production for Toyota's hybrid vehicles.
Infineon Technologies has broken ground on a new semiconductor fab in Dresden, Germany, with a total investment of €5 billion. The expansion will add 40-50% cleanroom space and create about 1,000 jobs, manufacturing analogue/mixed-signal and power electronic components.
GEA delivered a new Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) evaporation plant to Viscofan at its Navarra site in Caséda, Spain, increasing evaporation capacity by 5000 kg/h and reducing energy consumption. The upgrade was completed in summer 2022.
Prolec GE USA will invest up to $28.5 million to expand its Caddo Parish facility in Shreveport, Louisiana, adding a third production line for electrical transformers. The project will create 153 new direct jobs.
Air Products Membrane Solutions announced a $10 million project to significantly increase hollow fiber membrane production capacity at its St. Louis, Missouri facility. The project will create additional highly-skilled jobs.
Sinopec subsidiary Hainan Baling Chemical New Material has started up a $280 million styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) plant in China, with annual capacity of 120,000 metric tons for SBS and 50,000 t for SEBS. Sinopec says the expansion makes it the world's largest producer of SBC.
Ruiyide New Materials plans to invest CNY 1 billion (approx. USD 140 million) to build a new plant producing 30,000 tons/year of high-performance resin and 50,000 tons/year of high-performance coatings and adhesives in Ruichang, Jiangxi. The project will be built in three phases, with completion scheduled for April 2026.
Smurfit Kappa has completed a €40 million investment at its Pruszków corrugated plant in Poland, adding a high-tech corrugator and a new warehouse for 12,000 pallets. The expansion makes it the company's largest plant in Poland and adds 50 jobs.
Zünd Systemtechnik AG has broken ground on a new assembly and logistics hall in Altstätten, Switzerland, investing 50 million Swiss francs. The project is expected to be ready for occupancy in late summer 2026.
Bobaek C&S held a ceremony for the expansion and relocation of its secondary battery insulation production plant in Gumi, South Korea. The company signed an MOU in April 2023 to invest 100 billion won and create 186 new jobs by 2026.
Liberty Steel USA announced plans to expand operations at the Liberty Georgetown Steel Mill in Georgetown County, South Carolina, creating roughly 40 new jobs. The mill produces wire rod for construction and automotive industries.
Terramac opened a new headquarters in Sugar Grove, Illinois, more than double the size of its previous facility, and unveiled a new assembly facility in St. Louis, Missouri to increase production capacity.
Tyber Medical announced the expansion of its Florida facility by 33,000 square feet, doubling operations, as part of a $13 million capital asset expansion plan over two years. The expansion will add new manufacturing machines and create 50 new jobs.
Isosta, a specialist in custom sandwich panels, has invested to increase production capacity at its Cholet (Sipo) site, aiming to double output, boosted by a new panel offering for shutters.
PIA Automation Croatia moved into a new building with 6,300 m², five times the space of its previous facility, to handle increased orders.
Reichhold Química announced an investment of 182 million pesos (approximately $10 million) to install a new reactor for polyester resin production at its Atlacomulco plant, creating 652 jobs.
AGS Automotive Systems is expanding its facility in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with a $20 million capital investment expected to create 120 jobs and add up to 235,000 square feet.
Q&B Foods, Inc. (Kewpie), a Japanese condiment producer, broke ground on April 18, 2023, for its second U.S. facility in Montgomery County Industrial Park, Clarksville, Tennessee. The expansion represents an investment of $65 million and will create 85 new jobs.
Leclerc Foods Tennessee LLC will invest $3.4 million and create 48 new jobs by adding machinery and a new production line at its U.S. headquarters in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Gree HVAC Refrigeration Equipment (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. filed a project to invest CNY 200 million in 6 assembly lines for HVAC equipment and home air conditioners with an annual capacity of 3 million units at its site in Wuhan, China.
TDK Corporation will increase production capacity for TMR magnetic sensors at its TDK Asama Techno Factory in Nagano, Japan. The investment will approximately double monthly production from the first half of 2025, driven by demand from automotive, consumer, and industrial sectors.
Leclerc Foods Tennessee LLC will invest $3.4 million to expand manufacturing operations at its U.S. headquarters in Kingsport, Tennessee, adding a new production line and creating 48 new jobs.