Thyssenkrupp Steel commenced construction of an electric strip annealing and insulating line at its Bochum site, with an investment of about €150 million ($159M). The line will produce up to 218,000 metric tons per year of non-grain-oriented electrical steel and is scheduled for completion by 2024.

Texas Instruments will double capacity at its second assembling and testing factory in Chengdu, China, which is expected to begin production this year. The company also plans to increase investment and hire more workers in China.

Douson Drilling and Production Equipment plans to invest CNY 1 billion (USD 146 million) to build a new plant in Nantong, China, through its unit Kota Technology, to increase capacity for industrial equipment including tool kits for lithium battery copper foils. Construction to finish within 18 months of land acquisition, with operation starting six months after.

Zeon Corp. will expand HNBR production at its Pasadena, Texas facility through its subsidiary Zeon Chemicals L.P., increasing global HNBR capacity by 25%. Construction begins in first half of 2023, with completion expected in early 2025. Investment is in the tens of millions of dollars.

EDAG Group has completed an expansion of its Ingolstadt site, creating an integrated engineering center with over 18,500 m² of space for 950 employees. The campus consolidates several local sites and serves as a software and digitalization hub.

NYX Linden LLC, a subsidiary of NYX Inc., will invest $10.4 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Linden, Tennessee, adding 16,000 square feet to its molding bay and a 24,000-square-foot shipping warehouse. The expansion will create 137 new jobs.

Jilin Yingxin Glass Co., Ltd. is changing its capacity replacement plan for a photovoltaic, automotive, and electronic glass production line project, upgrading from 1,200 t/d to 1,300 t/d and from 'one kiln, two lines' to 'one kiln, three lines'.

FlavorSum LLC is expanding its Kalamazoo facility, doubling its size, creating 51 jobs, with a private investment of $30.4 million across three projects including expansions in Auburn Hills and Owosso.

Jushi Egypt, a subsidiary of China's Jushi Group, inaugurated a new fiberglass production line at its plant in the Sokhna industrial zone, with an investment of over $320 million, capacity of 200,000 t/y, and 560 new jobs.

Jinyu Jidong Cement Panshi Company's new building materials industrial park project, including a 4,500 t/d clinker line and a 3 million t/y aggregate line, will be put into operation soon. The project has a planned investment of 3 billion yuan.

Jubilant HollisterStier is investing ~$285 million to double its capacity for fill and finish of sterile injectables at its Spokane, Washington facility. The expansion is progressing well.

Vidrala Group refurbished and set in operation a highly electrified furnace at its Gallo Vidrio plant in Marinha Grande, Portugal, increasing capacity by over 50%.

Smurfit Kappa officially opened its expanded Pruszków plant in Poland on March 16, 2023, after a EUR 40 million investment that doubled production capacity and added a 12,000-pallet warehouse.

Britvic is investing £13 million in a fifth canning line at its Rugby factory in England, expected to create up to 20 jobs and raise production by 14%. The announcement was made on 16 March 2023.

ABB has begun construction on an expansion of its North American robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The $20 million investment is expected to create 72 jobs and increase capacity by more than 50%.

Crown Equipment will acquire, modernize, and equip a 255,295-square-foot building adjacent to its current facility in Kinston, North Carolina, creating 192 jobs and retaining 340 jobs.

Big Valley Air will invest $1.4 million to construct a 17,000-square-foot facility at its existing operations in Dunlap, Tennessee, creating 30 new jobs.

Zollner Elektronik will invest $18 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Danville and its US headquarters in Loudoun County, Virginia, creating 100 new jobs.

Haizea Wind Group began expansion of its Haizea Bilbao facilities with an investment of more than €150 million. The expansion will increase the plant's surface area from 48,800 m² to over 200,000 m².

Hutchinson unveiled a €12 million expansion to its Casablanca site, adding an 18,700 sq. m workshop for composite aerospace parts and cabin insulation, creating 400 jobs, with production starting in 2023.

Texwrap Packaging Systems is expanding its existing facility in Washington, Missouri, investing $2.25 million and creating 35 new jobs to increase capacity for shrink wrapping and bundling product lines.

Tex-Tech Industries will invest over $24.8 million to build a new 170,000-square-foot manufacturing center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, creating 49 jobs.

Voss is expanding its drum coating system for its in-house Voss coat zinc-nickel corrosion protection in Wipperfürth, Germany, increasing plant volume by nearly 50%. The company has invested EUR 2.5 million in galvanizing since 2018.

Lexair Inc. will expand its Lexington, Kentucky operations with an $8.5 million investment, adding 35,000 square feet and creating 14 full-time jobs. The announcement was made on March 15, 2023.

Hendor has started building an expansion of its head office and production facility in Bladel, Netherlands, tripling production space and adding automation and robotisation. Completion is expected by the end of 2026.

Schenck RoTec, part of the Dürr Group, opened a new building complex in Noida, India, adding 5,600 m² of production and IT space for its balancing and tire & wheel assembly business. The investment was €5.5 million.

Skyjack announced plans to expand its manufacturing footprint globally, with $85 million invested in a Mexico plant and $40 million in a China plant. The Mexico plant has two phases, with phase one completed and phase two adding 490,000 sq ft. The expansion will increase global unit capacity by 235% compared to 2022.

Mitsubishi Electric will invest about 100 billion yen to build a new building at its Kikuchi plant in Kumamoto Prefecture to increase production of silicon carbide power semiconductors. Wafer production capacity is expected to be five times that of fiscal 2022 by fiscal 2026.

Panasonic Corporation announced an additional 15 billion yen investment in its Czech plant to increase production of air-to-water heat pumps, doubling the new building area and adding production facilities. Combined with prior investments, total European investment reaches 80 billion yen.

Skyjack is expanding its manufacturing footprint from two plants in Canada to five globally, with new facilities in China, Hungary, and Mexico, representing a potential 235% increase in global unit capacity.

Koh Young Technology has opened a new production center in Yeoju, South Korea, increasing production capacity by over 150% to more than 6,000 machines per year.

Ecoplas has invested €10 million to renew and move its Gebze factory to a new location, expanding its production line. The investment includes a new Electronic PCB Composition Line.

Covestro is expanding its production capacity for polyurethane dispersions by 60,000 tonnes per year and polyester polyols by 28,000 tonnes per year at its Shanghai site, as indicated by a procurement award for the project.

MDS Foods Inc. will invest $8.9 million to expand its Tullahoma facility in Coffee County, adding 48,000 square feet of cooler space and 10,000 square feet for new cheese production lines, creating 75 new jobs.

McCain Foods is investing $600 million CAD to double the size and output of its potato processing facility in Coaldale, Alberta, creating 260 new jobs and more than doubling the workforce to 485.

Siemens is investing 30 million euros to expand its switchgear plant in Frankfurt-Fechenheim, including a smart high-speed warehouse, a 1,200 sq m hall extension, and a third assembly line. The expansion will create 200 new jobs.

Canpack is starting up new final production lines at its Brzesko plant in Poland, which will lift can capacity to over 12 billion a year, with full operation expected by end of November.

Hexagon Machine and Manufacturing LLC is expanding its plant in Longmont, Colorado, from 7,000 to over 10,000 square feet to meet growing demands from aerospace, medical, flight and robotics customers.

Claas updated its combine facility in Harsewinkel, Germany, beginning in 2020 and completed in 22 months, investing $63 million to level 161,000 sq. feet for a new assembly line with a 45-foot-high roof.

Murata is expanding its silicon capacitor manufacturing by creating a new 200-mm mass production line in Caen, France, starting preparation in April 2023 and creating over 100 jobs from 2023 to 2025.

Covestro has started building new extrusion lines for polycarbonate specialty films at its Map Ta Phut site in Thailand. The investment is in the higher double-digit million euro range, with completion planned by 2025, creating about 50 jobs.

KLS Martin Group is expanding its Jacksonville manufacturing facility with a $16 million, 53,203-square-foot addition for manufacturing and offices. The project permit was approved on March 7, 2023.

Alinco, a metal fabrication company, announced it will move into a new building at Industriepark-West 53 in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, in mid-2023.

Inretio, a medical device startup and partner of Therma Bright, moved into a new 10,700 square foot facility in Sapirim Industrial Park, Israel. The facility features a manufacturing floor and cleanroom, enabling production scale-up of the PREVA clot removal device to 5,000 units per month from 500 units per month.

CMI Plastics will add 60,000 square feet to its facility in Ayden, North Carolina, investing $5 million and creating 12 new jobs. The company makes plastics for consumer, pharmaceutical, medical, automotive, and industrial customers.

C.R. Onsrud broke ground on a new 67,000-square-foot building as part of a multi-phase expansion project that also includes a 9,900-square-foot machine shop expansion and new equipment. The $17 million investment is expected to add 50-100 jobs and the new building is expected to be completed in Q2 2024.

Corporation Enkor is building the second phase of its electrical equipment production facility in the Dubna special economic zone, with investments of about 1.6 billion rubles. The phase is expected to launch in Q3 2023, adding over 5,000 sq m and up to 250 jobs.

Hexa-Lotos received a RUB 40.5 million loan from the Industrial Development Fund at 1% for seven years to build the third phase of its geosynthetics plant in the Lotus SEZ, Narimanov, Astrakhan Oblast. The expansion will add over 70 jobs and increase processing capacity to 400-500 tonnes per month.

Reitnouer Trailers has begun site work for a new 450,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and 18,000 square feet of office space in Ontelaunee Township, Pennsylvania. The company has a two-year backlog of orders.

LMG Manufacturing GmbH broke ground on a new EUR 50 million production hall with four production lines in Seeland/Hoym, Germany, creating 120 jobs, to produce aluminum die-cast parts for electric vehicles.