Duong Nhat and VSIP held the groundbreaking ceremony for a centralized wastewater treatment plant at VSIP III Industrial Park in Binh Duong, Vietnam.

Velocity Composites will open its first U.S. site in Elmore County, Alabama, a 40,000-square-foot facility to supply composite material kits for GKN Aerospace's aerostructure, with a $100 million agreement and up to 30 new jobs.

Helen is building a new industrial-scale air-to-water heat pump plant in the Salmisaari power plant area in Helsinki, Finland. The EUR 13.5 million investment will produce district heat and cooling, with production scheduled to start in early 2025.

Aura Aero has received approval to begin construction on a new aircraft production facility at Toulouse-Francazal Airport in France. The 'Aura Factory' will cover 40,000 sqm, cost €150 million, and be capable of producing around 150 aircraft per year (50 Integral and 100 ERA). Construction is expected to take 30 months, with production start for the ERA aircraft planned for end of 2025.

BYK, a specialty chemicals company and part of the Altana group, officially opened its second manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. The investment was a low double-digit million EUR amount, with an initial output of 4,750 tonnes, expandable to over 20,000 tonnes, focusing on silicone additives.

Terinex Flexibles, part of the OGM Group, has started building a £8 million, 46,000 sq ft factory on a 3-acre site in Dove Valley Park near Derby. The OGM Holdings Group is funding the project, which will also move R&D from Oxford.

UFlex commissioned a new facility in Dharwad, Karnataka, in March 2023. The plant has a 10.6-meter BOPET line with annual capacity of 45,000 metric tonnes and a six-meter CPP line with capacity of 18,000 tonnes per year.

Nidec Machine Tool (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Pinghu Economic Development Zone, with a total investment of $44 million, to produce machine tools for EV drive components.

Heike Group held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Yike high-end resin New Material Industrial Park project and bio-based aviation fuel technology transformation projects in Dongying District, China. The project includes 450,000 tons of ABS high-end resin new materials.

Tailift Forklift, part of Toyota Industries Group, held a ceremony on March 1, 2023 for the completion of Phase I of its new factory in Jiaoxi, Qingdao. The total investment is 680 million RMB, with annual capacity reaching 40,000 units when fully built.

MKDC Kodako inaugurated its second manufacturing plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, with an investment of 70 million dollars and the creation of 600 jobs. The plant produces aluminum automotive parts for Tesla.

Custom Alloy Corporation plans to open a new division in Badin, North Carolina, using buildings at the old ALCOA plant, to produce seamless pipe for Navy submarines and aircraft carriers.

Our Next Energy Inc. announced a $22 million Aries Grid factory to be built at the same site in Jackson County, West Virginia.

BHE Renewables broke ground on a $500 million Aerospace Manufacturing Hub in Jackson County, West Virginia, to produce titanium products for aerospace. The facility is expected to open in 2025 and employ about 200 people.

Soenen Golfkarton's new corrugated cardboard factory in Lanklaar, Limburg started production on 1 March 2023 with a building of 132,500 m2. The site is one of the most modern in Europe and is expected to at least double the company's capacity.

Impro Group held a groundbreaking on March 1, 2023 for a new Impro Fluidtek campus in Zhenjiang, China, with a total investment of US$100 million and expected annual sales above US$150 million at full capacity.

Yingpu Fluid Technology held the groundbreaking for its intelligent manufacturing and global R&D center for high-end hydraulic equipment in Zhenjiang high-tech zone on March 1, 2023. The total project investment is US$100 million.

Deles Polska, the Polish subsidiary of Italy's Deles group, formally inaugurated a 7,000 m2 corrugated packaging plant in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Western Poland. The plant employs more than 100 staff and headcount is planned to double within three years.

Entek Manufacturing Inc. opened a new facility in Henderson, Nevada, that can shape and roll steel for material handling equipment.

Lihu Co., Ltd. announced a 165 million yuan investment to build a new turbocharger compressor housing production facility at 36 Liutang Road, Wuxi, to replace its Huazhuang factory being demolished. The project will cover 27 mu and take 15 months to build.

Alesayi Beverage Corporation and Tetra Pak Arabia signed a US$8.04 million deal at Gulfood 2023 for Tetra Pak to supply processing equipment for a greenfield facility in Jeddah. The first phase is expected to produce 200,000 litres per day and be operational by Q1 2024.

Axium Packaging will invest $32 million to build a 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Archdale, Randolph County, North Carolina, creating 118 jobs. Operations are expected to begin in 2024.

Narendra Raval's Simba Cement factory in West Pokot, Kenya, is nearing completion, with first production expected in August 2023. The plant will produce an additional 2.5 million tonnes of clinker annually.

BME Mining Canada, in a joint venture with Consbec, will officially launch its greenfield production and service facilities in Nairn Centre, Ontario, in the second half of 2023. The facilities will produce AXXIS electronic detonators, emulsion explosives and ANFO.

Triveni Glass Ltd will invest Rs 1,000 crore to set up a 840 metric tonnes per day capacity solar glass manufacturing plant at Pangidi in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, creating 2,000 jobs.

Kion Group is building a 22,000 sq.m service parts distribution centre (PDC) near Aschaffenburg, Germany, to supply its subsidiary brands Dematic and Linde Material Handling. The PDC is expected to be operational by early 2025.

Orient Cable (NBO) has commenced construction of its Southern Manufacturing Base in Yangjiang, Guangdong, China. The facility covers 170,000 m² and represents an investment of over €136 million.

Terramac, a manufacturer of rubber tracked crawler carriers, has opened a new 100,000-square-foot assembly facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The plant will start with two production lines, each with a capacity of 250 crawler carriers per year, and is set to begin production in March 2023.

German-headquartered revalyu is investing $50 million in a new PET recycling plant in Statesboro, Georgia, with commissioning planned for 2024. The plant will employ about 70 people and recycle over 225,000 pounds per day of PET waste in its first phase.

Dubai-based Markab Capital has signed an agreement with Italian firm Super Jet International to build a civil aircraft assembly, installation and production factory in the UAE. The $180 million facility will initially produce 10 to 15 aircraft annually.

NeoSCM has proposed building a brake disc factory in An Phat 1 Industrial Park, Hai Duong province, Vietnam. The 8-hectare facility will have a capacity of 4 million products per year, with phase 1 expected to start by end of 2024 and phase 2 by end of 2026.

Inmotion Technologies, owned by Zapi Group, announced a 25 million euro investment to build a 6,000 sq. meter automated inverter manufacturing facility in Tyresö, southern Stockholm. Construction starts immediately, with opening expected in mid-2023, creating around 100 jobs.

ST Engineering inaugurated a new 177,000 sq. ft aircraft maintenance hangar at Pensacola International Airport, the second of four hangars at an MRO complex. The hangar started operations in January 2023 and is expected to create over 400 new jobs.

Owens Corning announced plans to build a new 150,000-square-foot facility in Russellville, Arkansas, to produce Foamular NGX extruded polystyrene insulation. The project will create 50 new jobs over two years, with production expected to start in 2025.

Accurex Biomedical inaugurated a new blood glucose monitoring POCT device manufacturing facility at Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone in Visakhapatnam, with an initial investment of Rs 22 lakh. The facility has a production capacity of 300,000 blood glucose strips and 3,000 glucometers per month.

Westport Fuel Systems plans to invest up to $10 million USD in a hydrogen innovation center and manufacturing facility to be built with the City of Changzhou in the Changzhou Hydrogen Valley, China. The investment agreement was announced on February 27, 2023.

X-Bow Systems will invest $25 million to build a rocket motor manufacturing facility in Luling, Texas, on 150 acres. Manufacturing is expected to start by the end of 2023. The announcement was made on February 24, 2023.

German company Gersheimer is constructing a second factory in TIRZ Skopje 2 for specialized medical glass products and vaccine syringes. The investment will reach over €126 million and create 180 new jobs.

ABB India inaugurated a new gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) factory in Nashik, Maharashtra, doubling its GIS production capacity. The factory spans 78,000 sq. ft. and serves power distribution, smart cities, and other infrastructure.

German company Gerresheimer is building a second plant in TIDZ Skopje 2 for special-purpose medical glass and vaccine syringes. The investment brings total to over EUR 126 million and will create 180 new jobs.

Yamaichi Electronics' subsidiary Pricon Microelectronics will construct a new manufacturing plant (Plant 3) in Malvar, Batangas, Philippines, with an investment of about ¥1.1 billion, construction starting May 2023 and production starting April 2024.

IBU-tec advanced materials AG completed a new production plant for monobutyltin trichloride (MBTC) at its subsidiary BNT Chemicals GmbH in Bitterfeld, doubling capacity to ~1,000 metric tons per year, with commissioning scheduled for Q2 2023 and full utilization expected by 2025.

Bri-Steel Mfg. is constructing a 329,000-sq.-ft. thermal pipe expansion mill in Enid, Oklahoma, to produce 12- to 36-in. seamless carbon steel and alloy pipe, with production expected to begin in late Q4 2023 and 50-100 jobs planned.

Persán is completing a new plant in Wroblowice, near its existing Wroclaw facility, which will be a centre of excellence for personal care.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has begun hiring for its new 379,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama, which will specialize in inert solid rocket motor components. The facility is expected to be operational later in 2023.

ISO Group, a Netherlands-based horticulture automation solutions company, will invest $570,000 to establish its first U.S. assembly and distribution facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The project will create 30 new jobs over five years.

Covestro will build a new Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU) production site in Zhuhai, China, with a total capacity of 120,000 tons per year after three phases. The first phase, with 30,000 tons capacity and about 80 jobs, is expected to be mechanically completed by end of 2025; the final phase by 2033. Total investment is in the low three-digit million euro range.

Continental officially opened a new automotive manufacturing facility in Kać, Serbia, representing a €140 million investment and creating over 500 jobs. The plant will produce advanced electronic vehicle management systems.

Bucher Emhart Glass contracted AME Elite Consortium Berhad to construct a MYR 108 million (EUR 22.8 million) manufacturing facility in i-Park@Senai Airport City, Johor, Malaysia. The 300,000 sq ft facility will replace an existing factory to increase production capacity.

Welspun India Limited has inaugurated a new spunlace nonwovens manufacturing facility in Chandanvelly, Telangana, India, under its subsidiary WAMIL. The investment of Rs. 500 crores adds an annual capacity of 27,000 MT and creates over 12,000 jobs.