The Robinette Company, a film and paper packaging manufacturer, will invest $10.3 million to construct a new 100,000-square-foot facility in Piney Flats, Tennessee, creating 70 new production jobs. The announcement was made with Governor Bill Lee and state economic development officials.

ALPLA, Ecohelp SRL and United Polymer Trading opened a joint PET recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania, with about 18,000 tonnes annual capacity of food-grade rPET, after an investment of about EUR 7.5 million.

Hotpack Global, a UAE-based disposable food packaging maker, launched a paper packaging plant in Doha's New Industrial Area. The first phase makes folding and corrugated cartons, with paper bags and cups planned in later phases.

The Boysen Group is investing HUF 60 billion (EUR 154 million) to build a new plant in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, that will produce battery cover plates for electric cars, creating 400 jobs. The plant will supply BMW's Debrecen plant.

Distribuidora de Textiles Avante will invest $10 million to build a new garment plant in San Felipe del Progreso, Estado de México, creating up to 800 jobs, 70% for women.

Boeing will add a fourth 737 MAX assembly line at its Everett, Washington factory, increasing production capacity by 25%. The line is expected to open in the second half of 2024.

Guardian Access Corp. plans to have its new 100,000 ft² die-casting plant in Johor, Malaysia operational in Q4 2023, adding over 660 US tons/month of aluminum die-casting capacity for garage door and spring OEMs.

Doosan Bobcat will open a $13 million construction equipment plant in Rogers, Minnesota, before the end of 2023, adding more than 100 workers.

Ziehl-Abegg is investing about €50 million in a new 17,000m2 factory in Prologis Park Łódź, Poland, creating up to 400 jobs, with completion planned for June 1, 2023.

LG Innotek is constructing a new production line for FC-BGA substrates at its factory in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, with an investment of 413 billion won ($336 million). The plant will start production in the second half of 2023.

Dhoot Transmission, through its subsidiary Parkinson Harness Technology, announced plans to build a new factory at Kirton Distribution Park in Lincolnshire, UK. The 5,592 sqm facility will consolidate UK operations and is expected to increase employment by 50% in five years.

Balluff is planning a new Smart Factory in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to produce sensors, accessories, network systems and RFID solutions. The 15,000 m² plant represents an investment of around €50 million and will create about 700 jobs. Production is scheduled to start by the end of 2023.

Midea do Brasil will invest R$ 580 million to build a new factory in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The plant will initially produce washing machines and later refrigerators, creating 500 jobs with estimated annual revenue of R$ 700 million.

Rajiv Plastic Industries opened a new masterbatch manufacturing facility in Surangi (Silvassa), India, with an investment of about $7 million. The plant adds 6,000 MTPA capacity, bringing total capacity to 51,000 MTPA.

A new plant for flat glass constructions processing and production was inaugurated in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, with a capacity of 800,000 square meters per year and total investment of KZT5.8 billion. It will employ over 260 people.

Green Georgia LLC announced a $59 million investment to build a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Thomaston, Georgia, creating over 170 jobs. The plant will produce low-carbon materials for prefabricated buildings.

Chinese company Haitian Machinery will invest USD 100 million to build a 250,000 m2 factory complex in Ruma, Serbia, for producing injection molding machines, CNC cutting machines, and casting machines. The plant will employ around 300 workers and produce 250 machines per year.

SOTUVER, part of the Bayahi Group, has started construction of a new glass factory called Sotuver Glass Industries in Tunisia, with a capacity of 300 tons per day and an investment of TND 150 million. The plant will be fully export-oriented.

Revalyu Resources will invest USD 50 million to build a PET recycling plant in Statesboro, Georgia, with a capacity of up to 450,000 pounds per day. Groundbreaking is in the first half of 2023, commissioning planned for 2024, and the plant will employ about 70 people.

Hexagon Purus has opened a 60,000 sq ft facility in Westminster, Maryland, to make hydrogen Type 4 composite cylinders, with capacity for up to 10,000 cylinders a year and up to 150 jobs. It replaces its Taneytown, Maryland operation.

Süper Film Ambalaj is investing €100 million, including working capital, in a new packaging plant in the Lüleburgaz OSB, Turkey. The plant will start with 60,000-tonne capacity, raising total capacity to 185,000 tonnes, and will employ 150 additional people.

Glassica LLC plans to start building a second glass container plant in the Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park in March 2023, to be completed in 14 months. Its investment is 60 million manat, and the first plant has produced about 3 million containers, with 250,000 exported to Romania and Moldova.

Holcim inaugurated a new chemical plant in Tocancipá, Colombia, with a $10 million investment, producing mortars, acrylic liquid membranes, waterproofing, and additives for construction.

Zinc8 Energy Solutions will locate its first commercial manufacturing facility and U.S. headquarters at iPark 87 in Kingston, Ulster County, with a $68 million investment plan over five years, creating 500 jobs.

Dramm Corporation opened a new 98,000-square-foot headquarters and production facility in the Manitowoc Industrial Park, increasing warehouse and office space.

GE proposed building two offshore wind manufacturing facilities at the Port of Coeymans, New York: a blades facility and a nacelle facility, contingent on sufficient orders. The blades facility would create 650 direct jobs, and the nacelle facility 220 direct jobs.

Medmix, a Swiss manufacturer of medical devices and industrial products, is opening a $20 million plant in Oakwood, Georgia.

Boom Supersonic broke ground on its Overture Superfactory in Greensboro, North Carolina, a 62-acre facility for final assembly of its supersonic airliner. The project is expected to create over 2,400 jobs by 2032.

LioChem e-Materials LLC, a subsidiary of Toyo Ink SC Holdings, will invest $104.4 million to establish a new facility in Franklin, Kentucky, creating 141 jobs. The plant will produce liquid dispersion of carbon nanotubes for EV batteries.

Rostec's United Engine Corporation will start construction in 2023 of a large industrial complex in Moscow to produce aircraft engine components. The investment is about 35 billion rubles, and the facility will employ over 13,000 people. Completion of four main production buildings is planned for 2026.

ELEO Technologies B.V. opened a new battery production facility in Helmond, Netherlands, with an annual capacity of 10,000 battery packs. The facility covers 3,000 m2 with plans to triple to 9,000 m2.

Smurfit Kappa has invested $23 million in a corrugated cardboard plant in the Oradel industrial park in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The facility is due to open the following week, and is expected to create direct and indirect jobs.

Emerson is building an innovation and manufacturing hub at King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) in Saudi Arabia, to provide control systems engineering, testing and manufacturing of DP transmitters, control valves and solenoid valves, slated to open by December 2024.

Daikin began construction of two new production plants in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with a total investment of $300 million. The minisplit plant will have capacity of 2.7 million units/year and 2,200 jobs; the chiller plant will have capacity of 4,500 chillers/year and 250 jobs.

Daikin officially began construction of two new production plants for minisplits and chillers in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with a $300 million investment. The project is expected to create over 2,500 jobs.

Modineer, in coordination with Tecma Group, has inaugurated a new 145,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The plant will produce metal components for automotive and military applications, with over $30 million invested and plans to employ 130 initially, with 350 additional jobs projected by 2023.

Nemera inaugurated a new 11,000 sqm manufacturing facility in Szczecin, Poland, on January 25, 2023. The plant includes 3,400 sqm of clean room space and will initially focus on injection devices, with plans to triple its workforce to 350 by 2025.

Pembrokeshire Creamery Ltd is building a new state-of-the-art liquid milk processing facility in Haverfordwest, Wales, with capacity to bottle over 1 million litres of milk per week. Construction began in November 2022 and the plant is expected to be fully operational by autumn 2023.

Mahle celebrated the laying of the first stone of its seventh plant in Coahuila, Mexico, to produce heat exchangers for the automotive sector. The $58 million project will create 500 new jobs.

Stupinsky Gofrokombinat plans a new corrugated board production facility in Stupino, Moscow Oblast, with investment above 3.2 billion rubles, more than 400 jobs and planned capacity of 200 million square metres per year, with commissioning scheduled for 2026.

Bastian Solutions announced plans to build a $130 million corporate campus in Noblesville, Indiana, including a 180,000 sq ft headquarters and innovation center and a 400,000 sq ft advanced manufacturing facility. The project will create 250 new jobs.

Greenworks Commercial opened its first North American Commercial Center of Excellence for Manufacturing and Engineering in Morristown, Tennessee. The $25 million facility will manufacture lithium-ion battery ride-on mowers, creating over 150 jobs by end of 2023 and up to 550 by 2025.

ABB's Robotics and Discrete Automation division has opened a new mega factory in China, comprising production and research facilities to manufacture next-generation robots using ABB's digital and automation technologies. The opening was announced on 2023-01-24.

Terberg Taylor Americas Group broke ground on a new $20 million manufacturing facility in Lowndes County, Mississippi, to build terminal tractors. The project will create 90 jobs, with the first tractor expected in mid-2024.

revalyu Recycling (India) Limited announced the start of construction of a 200-tonne-per-day chemical PET recycling plant in Nashik, India. The plant is expected to be operational within 12 months.

Salzer Electronics is setting up a new manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, at an initial investment of INR 15 crore. The first phase of commercial production is expected to commence in March 2023, producing wire harness and toroidal transformers.

Leoni Cable opened a new plant in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, for producing charging cables and high voltage cables for hybrid and electric cars, with an investment of $16.8 million. The facility covers 7,500 square meters with an expansion of 3,200 square meters.

ZF Friedrichshafen and Wolfspeed plan to build a $3 billion wafer factory in Ensdorf, Saarland, Germany, to make chips for electric vehicles. The project is subject to subsidies covering 25% of the investment and would create hundreds of jobs.

Nihon Netsugen Systems is building a new factory in Shiga, Japan, due to open in March 2023, which will raise its annual production of transcritical CO2 refrigeration units from 100 to 250.

Breedtron Technology signed an agreement with Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone to build a management headquarters and new energy construction vehicle production base. The project has a planned total investment of over 5 billion yuan ($700M+), with phase one starting construction in March 2023 and first electric loader production expected later that year.