Turbodisel SA plans to build a new plant in Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina, for the assembly and service of industrial equipment under the Lovol brand. The plant will create 15 immediate jobs, with a projection of 50 jobs in three years, and is expected to be completed between July and August 2023.

Bri-Steel Manufacturing, a Canadian pipe manufacturer, will open a thermal pipe expansion mill in Enid, Oklahoma, at the former GEFCO facility. The plant will produce large-diameter seamless steel pipe and create 50-100 jobs.

Lumon inaugurated a new 25,000 sq m glass factory in Antequera, Spain, with an investment of over EUR 40 million. The plant, described as the most modern glass factory in the world, will supply southern Europe and has capacity to produce 6,000 glass sheets per week.

Ampuero Grupo Industrial 10 inaugurated its second production center in Cebolla (Toledo), Spain, a 45,000 m² facility for PVC windows, with an investment of EUR 4.1 million and an initial workforce of 45 employees.

BRP Inc. announced the start of construction of a new boat manufacturing plant in Chihuahua, Mexico, with an anticipated capital investment of over CAD 220 million, creating up to 1,300 jobs. Production is expected to begin in early 2025.

Hua Hong Semiconductor announced plans to build a $6.7 billion chip fab in Wuxi, China, in a joint venture with a municipal entity. The factory will produce 300mm (12-inch) semiconductor wafers for power and memory chips.

Ibiden held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory site in Ono-cho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, with plans to focus on high-performance IC package substrates and other growth areas.

Moog Aircraft Group plans to build a 150,000 sq. ft. Advanced Integration Manufacturing Center on its campus in Elma, New York, with Phase 1 costing about $35 million and taking a decade to complete.

Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies business, has opened its new India Engineering Center (IEC) in Bengaluru, India. The facility is co-located with the India Capabilities Center and Collins Aerospace centers. More than 50 employees are based there, with 450 additional jobs to be filled over four years.

Swedish HVAC manufacturer Swegon has moved its UK factory to a new 6,400m² facility in Snodland, Kent, called Vantage Point. The factory will manufacture products for the UK market and includes a customer experience centre, with up to 160 employees.

Yamazaki Mazak announced plans to establish a new production facility in Pune, Maharashtra, India, to produce VC-Ez series vertical machining centers for the Indian market. The plant will have a monthly capacity of 40 units, with total investment of approximately 4 billion yen for the first phase. Operations are scheduled to begin in March 2023.

Mexican construction materials company Cemix inaugurated a new production plant in Sanarate, El Progreso, Guatemala, with an investment of US$8 million. The plant has a capacity of 1,000 tonnes per day of adhesives, coatings, and grouts.

Poliplast-YUG opened a dry building mix plant in Platnirovskaya, Korenovsky District, Krasnodar Krai, with investments of over 200 million rubles. The line produces 5 tonnes per hour, set to double to 10 tonnes at full capacity.

Avery Dennison inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Greater Noida, India, with an investment of INR 250 crore (USD 30.8 million). The plant doubles the company's pressure-sensitive label production capacity in India and is equipped with coating, lamination, and slitting lines.

Berlin pump maker InLine Hydraulik bought a 13,000 sqm site in Stahnsdorf in December 2022 for a second production plant, starting with 200 jobs and possibly up to 400 later. Production is expected to start in about a year.

Siliconware Precision Industries Co (SPIL) inaugurated a new factory in Erlin Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. The phase 1 facility is part of an NT$80 billion capacity expansion program over 8-10 years, expected to create 7,000 jobs.

First Wave, an airplane engine parts manufacturer, will occupy a new 220,000 sq. ft. facility in Bristow, Oklahoma, representing a $14.6 million investment and creating 500 jobs over five years.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation plans to invest about $222.5 million to establish a factory in Tamil Nadu, India, for production of room air conditioners and compressors. The 88,000 sq mt facility is expected to commence production in October 2025 with an initial annual capacity of 300,000 outdoor AC units and 650,000 compressors.

BioTech Foods started construction of a €30 million, 11,000 m2 cultivated meat R&D and production plant in Eskusaitzeta, Donostia, Spain. The plant will be the largest of its kind in southern Europe and is expected to employ up to 150 people.

Eitan Medical opened a new 410 m² manufacturing facility at its headquarters in Netanya, Israel, with two ISO-7 clean rooms and semi-automated production lines for the Sorrel wearable drug delivery platform.

Livetouch Investments is building a second cement plant in Zvishavane, Midlands, Zimbabwe, with a first-phase investment of US$15-20 million. The plant will produce 200,000 tpa and create 330 jobs, with completion expected between June-July 2024.

Magna International Inc. will open a new factory in the Technological-Industrial Development Zone in Shtip, North Macedonia. Test production is scheduled for 2023 and serial production for H1 2024.

Evertis Italia, part of the Img Group, will build its first production plant in San Giorgio di Nogaro, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, with an investment of EUR 13 million and creating at least 50 new jobs.

Grupo Cemix invested Q62.4 million (US$8 million) in a new 6,100-square-meter plant in Sanarate, El Progreso, Guatemala, for manufacturing adhesives, coatings, and grouts. The plant will produce 1,000 tons of products per day and create over 200 direct and indirect jobs.

STULZ has started operations at a new 40,000 m² production plant in Esquivias, Toledo, with an investment of around 50 million euros, currently employing 300 people. The plant produces air handling units, condensers, drycoolers, fancoils, air heaters, and air curtains.

A pipeline valve production workshop costing 1 billion rubles, built by ООО Torgovy Dom ADL, received its commissioning permit in Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, on 17 January 2023. The 6,500 sq m facility created 55 jobs.

Asensing announced plans to build a large manufacturing base for high-precision positioning sensor suites in Shanghai's Lin-gang New Area. The base, covering 36,000 square meters, will start production in 2024 with annual capacity of millions of units and R&D and production staff of around 1,000 in five years.

BorgWarner Powertrain (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. began construction of Phase I of a new energy motor and electric drive assembly production base in Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. The project has an expected investment of RMB 1 billion and is planned in two phases, with an expected annual output value of over RMB 5 billion at full production.

TSMC's joint venture Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM) is building a $8.6 billion semiconductor fab in Kikuyo, Kumamoto, Japan. The plant will produce 55,000 12-inch wafers per month using 12/16nm and 22/28nm processes, and is expected to start production in December 2024.

Promelektroavtomatika will build a new production facility for electrical switchgear and transformer equipment in the Nadezhdinskaya Advanced Special Economic Zone in Primorsky Krai, Russia. The investment is 56.9 million rubles, creating 49 jobs, with production starting in Q1 2026.

Graphic Packaging International is moving its Bristol, UK beverage packaging operations to a new 255,000-square-foot factory nearby, creating up to 30 new jobs. The site is expected to be fully operational in Q4 2023.

Regeen Biotech will invest 11.9 billion KRW to relocate its headquarters, factory, and research lab to a 4,899.3 m² site in Munmak Donghwa Agricultural Industrial Complex in Wonju, Gangwon Province, by 2025.

MegaGen Implant plans to invest 24 billion KRW to build a second plant (11,893 m²) in Seongseo 5th Industrial Complex in Daegu, South Korea.

Dentium will invest 250 billion KRW to build a new plant in the Smart Green Industrial Complex in Sejong, South Korea. The facility will produce dental medical devices and create 650 new jobs.

Metalsa is constructing a new plant in Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico, to supply steel chassis for the Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. The $170 million facility will create over 1,000 jobs and produce more than 300,000 chassis per year. Construction began in February 2022, with operations starting in 2024.

Suminoe Textile's Mexican subsidiary, Suminoe Textile de Mexico, began construction of a new synthetic leather manufacturing line and building in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, with an investment of approximately 3 billion yen. Mass production is scheduled to begin in June 2024.

Zhongli Electric Forklift's Laohekou production base in Hubei, China, is under construction with a total investment of CNY 600 million (approx. USD 87 million). The first electric forklift is scheduled to roll off the line on February 19, 2023.

Horizon Acres Associates proposes a $142 million, 1.5 million square-foot flex campus with six commercial/industrial facilities in the Town of Pembroke, New York. Construction is planned to start later this year and could create up to 400 jobs.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco, is seeking incentives for a first phase of $212 million to build a semiconductor dry pump manufacturing facility at STAMP in Genesee County, New York. It would create 343 high-wage jobs.

Anhui Juxin Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. topped out the research and development building for its new semiconductor discrete device project in Chizhou, Anhui, China. The project has a total investment of 500 million yuan, covers about 51 mu, and is expected to begin production in the second half of 2023, with an annual capacity of 600 million units.

Skyjack, a Linamar Corporation subsidiary, opened a new 200,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, on 12 January 2023. The plant will produce telehandlers and boom lifts, with an investment of $80 million and plans to employ 600 workers.

Bartek Ingredients broke ground on a new $175 million production facility in Stoney Creek, Ontario, which will be the world's largest malic and food-grade fumaric acid plant, doubling capacity and expected to be operational by early 2024.

Plug Power's new $125 million factory at the Vista Technology Campus in Bethlehem, New York, started production of Progen fuel cell devices in November 2022 and expects to reach full capacity by summer 2023.

Saint-Gobain, through its subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, announced plans to construct a new roofing manufacturing facility and distribution center in Bryan, Texas, creating approximately 130 full-time jobs, with construction starting in 2023 and completion expected in several years.

Qcells will construct a manufacturing facility in Cartersville, Georgia, to produce 3.3 GW of solar ingots, wafers, cells, and panels. The project is part of a $2.8 billion investment in Georgia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the Titan-Polymer plant in the Pskov region via video conference. The plant produces PET pellets and is located in the Moglino special economic zone.

Engineered Foam Packaging, a J.B. Poindexter subsidiary, plans to establish a 117,000-square-foot facility in Bishopville, Lee County, investing $15 million and creating 53 jobs. Operations are expected online by August 2023.

Hintastica, a 50-50 joint venture of Hindware Home Innovation and Groupe Atlantic, inaugurated a geyser plant in Jadcherla with a Rs 210 crore investment and 500 planned jobs. A further Rs 100-150 crore expansion is planned to lift capacity by at least 50%.

TCL Specialties LLC will break ground on two facilities in Marshall County, West Virginia: one for food ingredients (malic and fumaric acids) and one for maleic anhydride. The $150 million investment will create 250 jobs.

KG Constructions Group completed a new factory near Riešė, Lithuania, in November 2022, financed by an 18 million euro loan from Luminor Bank. The facility doubles production capacity from 70,000 to 140,000 square meters per year.