Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA has committed to building a $500 million wind-turbine parts factory at the Port of Coeymans, New York, if its equipment is selected for the state's offshore wind projects. The plant would produce nacelles.
RB Group partnered with Gü Indulgent Foods to deliver a new advanced manufacturing facility at Gü's Bishops Stortford site. The multi-million-pound investment includes an ISO7 clean room for patisserie-inspired layered desserts.
Blauberg Group and VENTS GROUP are building production and warehouse facilities in Niepruszewo, Poland, in three stages. Stage I is operational, Stage II construction has started, and Stage III will include production lines.
TESVOLT is investing around EUR 60 million to build a new Gigafactory in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany, with construction starting in spring 2023 and completion planned in 2024, creating over 400 jobs and increasing production capacity tenfold to up to 4 GWh per year.
Tangedco's under-construction 800 MW North Chennai Thermal Power Station Stage III, a Rs 8,722 crore project, is over 95% complete and expected to begin trial operation by May 2023.
Keyter Intarcon has commissioned Ayesa Engineering to design a new HVAC+R factory in Lucena, Spain, with an investment of over €30 million. The facility will be built in two phases totaling 70,000 square meters, will employ 1,200 people, and is expected to be operational in 2025.
Samkee Corp., a South Korean automotive supplier, will invest $128 million to open its first U.S. factory in Tuskegee, Alabama, creating 170 jobs. Production is expected to begin in 2024.
The Royal Mint is building an advanced metal-recovery plant in Llantrisant, Glamorgan, to recycle over 3,750 tonnes of printed circuit boards from e-waste annually, recovering gold and other metals. The plant is due for completion in summer 2023 and will create up to 50 jobs.
Viking Group bought a 40-acre property in Richmond, Indiana, to build a manufacturing facility for its subsidiary MV Pipe LLC, making Fendium corrosion-resistant fire protection pipe. The project is expected to create 111 new jobs and is backed by up to $1.5 million in state tax credits.
Guangdong Fosber Intelligent Equipment (Fosber Asia) held the groundbreaking for a new intelligent factory making corrugator production lines in Songxia Industrial Park, Foshan, on 10 February 2023. The estimated investment is about 500 million yuan over an 80-acre site.
Kuraray GC Advanced Materials completed construction of a new production facility for isoprene derivatives in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand. The plant has capacity for 16 ktpa of TPEs and 13 ktpa of polyamide 9T. Kuraray also built a separate 5 ktpa MPD plant adjacent. Total investment was Yen40 billion (€280 million).
Beiqi Foton Motor and ZF Group plan to build a third joint venture plant in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, to produce automatic gearboxes for mid-sized trucks. The first phase will have an annual capacity of 55,000 units by 2024, with fixed asset investment of CNY 130 million (USD 19.2 million).
Red Bull has purchased a 15-acre site in Chilliwack, British Columbia, for its first North American ingredient premix facility and second worldwide. The 185,000-square-foot plant represents an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars and will create about 60 jobs, with construction set to begin in 2024.
Aosong Electronics Co., Ltd. is settling an 8-inch MEMS specialty chip IDM industrial base project in Chongqing Western Science City, with a total investment of 3.5 billion yuan and a planned land area of 200 acres, including a mass production line and R&D facilities.
Mazak has constructed a new 27,000-square-foot SYNCREX Assembly Plant at its Florence manufacturing campus in Kentucky to produce the SYNCREX Series of Swiss-style machine tools for the North American market, with an output capability of up to 10 machines per month.
SunOpta opened a new plant-based beverage production facility in Midlothian, Texas, with an investment of $125 million, creating up to 175 new jobs. The facility will manufacture plant-based milks, creamers, tea, and other products.
Hitachi Energy inaugurated a new factory in Chennai, India, to manufacture HVDC and power quality products, increasing production capacity for renewable energy integration.
CIS Chemical Co., Ltd. signed a lease agreement with Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority to build a factory on a 33,000㎡ site in Sepung Industrial Complex, investing 51 billion won to produce secondary battery additives and precursor materials, with production targeted for the second half of 2023.
Junkosha announced plans to build a new facility in Kasama, Japan, planned for 2025, as part of a substantial investment to multiply output of fluoropolymer medical components by up to four times.
Vaillant is opening a new heat pump factory in a 129,000 sq ft unit at St Modwen Park Derby, expected to open in 2024 and creating more than 200 jobs. The site supports plans to more than double production of its aroTHERM plus air source heat pump.
Wienerberger announced a significant investment to construct a new concrete roof tile manufacturing facility in Kent, South East England, alongside energy transformation of its Broomfleet factory.
AutomationsPartner is expanding and building a brand new factory in Helsingborg, Sweden, which will be put into operation in the fall of 2023.
Water Tech Inc., a water-treatment company for the food-processing industry, will invest $10.8 million to build a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Statesville, North Carolina, creating 26 jobs.
Zhongshui Sanli Data Technology Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its smart water conservancy industrialization project in Hefei, Anhui, China. The project involves a total investment of 300 million yuan, with an annual production capacity of 35,100 smart water sensing devices and 200 new jobs.
Guangdong Youju Advanced New Materials Co., Ltd. started construction of its second-phase project in Jiangmen, Guangdong, China, with a total investment of 500 million yuan. The base will produce 20,000 tonnes per year of specialty engineering plastics such as polysulfone, PEI, PEA, and PETG.
MSS Steel Tubes USA LLC, a subsidiary of Portugal-based MSS Steel Tubes SA, will invest $6 million to establish its first U.S. production facility in Memphis, Tennessee, creating 129 new jobs. The facility will serve solar panel manufacturers.
ZIEHL-ABEGG has broken ground on a €100 million production, logistics and R&D center on a 48,500 m2 site in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for biomimetic energy-efficient fans. The article says the project will create hundreds of new jobs.
ExxonMobil began operations at a new $500 million polypropylene production plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, doubling its polypropylene capacity by 450,000 metric tons per year. The plant is part of the company's Growing the Gulf initiative.
Boise Cascade's Building Materials Distribution division announced plans for a new 150,000 sq. ft. millwork facility in Kansas City, expected to begin production in June 2023. It will be the company's 10th door shop.
Orfit Industries opened a new production site in Wijnegem, Belgium, to manufacture composite products for radiotherapy. The investment is approximately EUR 10 million, and the site currently employs four additional staff.
Pallidus announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations to York County, South Carolina, with a $443 million investment creating 405 new jobs. The 300,000-square-foot facility in Rock Hill will produce silicon carbide wafers and is expected to be online by Q3 2023.
Brother Industries, Ltd. decided to build a machine tool production plant near Bengaluru, India. The plant will be built at the Japan Industrial Township in Tumakuru district, with completion scheduled for September 2024 and production starting in December 2024. The total project cost is approximately 2 billion yen.
Danfoss announced construction of a new compressor and sensor manufacturing facility in Apodaca, Mexico, to serve growing US demand for cooling technology. The plant is expected to be ready by the end of 2024 with capacity for 100,000 compressor units and 2.6 million sensors.
Matrix Polymers opened a new 6,740 square meter compounding and grinding plant in Thailand, its second production plant in Asia, with capacity to supply over 40,000 MT by 2027.
Covestro has successfully started up a new world-scale chlorine production plant in Tarragona, Spain, using innovative ODC technology. The €200 million investment created 50 new jobs and supplies chlorine for MDI production.
AMANN Group announced plans to establish a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in India for sewing and embroidery threads. The facility is mentioned as 'soon in India too' in the article.
KEYTER INTARCON GENAQ laid the foundation stone on 3 February 2023 for a new refrigeration and air conditioning plant in Lucena, Córdoba, with an investment of over EUR 30 million and 600 direct jobs expected by 2025.
GK Group (Grupo Karim's) inaugurated Northern Textiles, a new textile production plant in Quimistán, Santa Bárbara, Honduras. The plant will supply fabrics to Next Level Apparel of the US and create over 1,000 direct jobs.
Integra Technologies entered a deal with Kansas to build a $1.8 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in the Wichita area, creating 2,000 jobs. The state will provide up to $300 million in incentives, but the project hinges on securing federal funding.
Axilone is building a second production plant near Barcelona, Spain, to double its aluminum production capacity for beauty packaging. The 12,000m² facility will produce aluminum components for fragrance caps and skincare packaging, with production starting in early 2025.
Dangote Industries Ltd. has agreed with China Sinoma International Engineering to construct a 6 million-ton cement plant in Itori, southwest Nigeria, within 27 months. The plant will increase Dangote's local output capacity to 41.25 million tons and produce clinker for export.
Saputo Inc. is constructing a new cut-and-wrap facility in Franklin, Wisconsin, with an investment of CDN$240 million, creating 600 jobs. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the third quarter of fiscal 2025.
Vitracoat, Inc. announced a new production facility and innovation research center in Houston, Texas, expected to triple production output and double R&D output. The facility is state-of-the-art and demonstrates commitment to the powder coatings market.
Berry Global Group is setting up a new manufacturing facility and healthcare center in Bangalore, India, to produce healthcare packaging and devices. Production is expected to begin in the next two months (by April 2023).
Seoyon E-HWA will invest almost $76 million and create 740 new jobs in a new manufacturing facility in Chatham County, Georgia, producing automotive interior parts. Production is expected to begin in October 2024.
AGO opened a new production facility for industrial high-temperature heat pumps in Kulmbach, Germany, on 1 February 2023. The facility has over 700 m² of production space and aims to build up to 25 large heat pumps per year.
Fujian Longmei Medical Instruments Co., Ltd. will invest 1.02 billion yuan to build a 60-mu factory in Longyan High-tech Zone, Fujian Province, for producing wet-process degradable medical supplies, including industrial spunlaced nonwovens, washable spunlaced nonwovens, and medical nonwovens.
German packaging maker Papier-Mettler acquired an industrial building in Moorefield, West Virginia, and plans to invest $48 million there, creating up to 100 jobs in its first US production plant.
SIG will build its first aseptic carton plant in India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with about EUR 60 million invested over 2023-2025. The plant is designed for up to 4 billion packs per year and is expected to create around 300 jobs in phase one.
Atlanta-based Graphic Packaging International announced it will invest $1 billion over three years in a new fiber-based consumer packaging facility in Waco, Texas. It is described as Waco's largest-ever capital investment.