Faurecia signed a memorandum of understanding to invest over 150 million dirhams in a new factory in Salé, Morocco, for cutting and production of textile and leather covers for car seats. The project is expected to create 1,400 direct jobs by 2028.

Tosyali Holding will put into operation a new complex for flat rolled products in the Sarıseki area of Iskenderun, Turkey, with a capacity of 4 million tons per year and an investment of $2.5 billion, creating about 1,500 jobs.

Hyosung Spandex (Ningxia) Co., Ltd.'s project with an annual output of 360,000 tons of spandex and supporting raw materials was officially put into production on December 22, with a total investment of 12 billion yuan.

Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) started construction of a new cable factory at Beatrixhaven in Eemshaven, Netherlands, to produce subsea cables for offshore wind farms. Production is expected to start by end of 2023.

Schuler, through its subsidiary Farina, installed a fully automated aluminium forging line at Strojmetal's new site in Bruntál, Czech Republic. The line, centered on a 2,500-tonne Scotch Yoke press, has gone into operation.

Griptel is building a new production facility in Riga, Latvia, with partners JSC Energofirma 'Jauda' and PowerService, to increase production capacity more than tenfold for telecom sector demand.

Grupa Azoty Polyolefins received the first delivery of 22,000 tonnes of propane for its Polimery Police integrated chemical complex in Police, Poland. The project is over 98% complete and expected to start operations in 2023.

Hubei Yutian Boli New Materials Co., Ltd. held a commissioning ceremony for its 180,000 tonnes per year modified adhesive project in Zhijiang, Hubei. The total investment is 600 million yuan.

Schneider Electric plans to invest Rs 425 crore in a new smart factory in Bengaluru that will consolidate 6 of its 10 existing local factories. The campus will expand to 10 lakh square feet and create over 1,000 jobs, with 80% of output exported.

Ingersoll-Rand (India) Limited's board approved on December 22, 2022 a new manufacturing plant in Gujarat, India, with an investment of about INR 170 crore. The plant will add 5,000 units per month initially by September 2024 and make air compressors, air treatment devices and hydrogen compressors.

Safran will set up a new production plant in the Walloon region of Belgium for titanium compressor blades and vanes for LEAP engines. The 10,000-square-metre facility will feature automation and advanced digital technologies.

C/A Design, part of Heico's Thermal Solutions Segment, broke ground on a new 115,000 sq ft headquarters in Exeter, New Hampshire. The $35 million investment will create up to 200 jobs and expand aluminum brazing capabilities for aerospace and defense.

BioSpring acquired 30,000 sq m of land in Offenbach, Germany to build three new production units for oligonucleotide-based active pharmaceutical ingredients. The company plans to invest over €100 million and create 1,500 jobs.

Azad Engineering laid the foundation for an 11,800 sq. m facility in Hyderabad, India, dedicated to manufacturing for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, with a USD 20 million investment and expected to employ 300 people.

Conares inaugurated a new colour-coated steel plant in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, with an investment of AED 150 million. The facility is expected to increase revenue by 10-15% and dispatch by 5-7%.

Entegris announced plans to build a new manufacturing center of excellence in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with an investment of approximately $600 million. The facility will initially support Microcontamination Control and Advanced Materials Handling divisions, targeting initial commercial operations in mid-2024 and creating about 600 jobs.

Visaka Industries plans to invest US$15.7m in a new cement boards plant in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India. The plant will produce Vnext fibre cement boards and is expected to be commissioned in August 2023, creating 500 jobs.

Menzel Elektromotoren held a topping out ceremony for its new motors plant in Hennigsdorf, Berlin. The facility is expected to be commissioned in late 2023, with full-capacity operations starting in January 2024.

Daiki Axis Japan plans to set up a new factory in south India (Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka or Tamil Nadu) to produce sewage water treatment units using Johkasou technology. The investment and capacity will be similar to its Palwal plant (Rs 200 crore, 1,000 units/year). Construction is expected to begin in 2023.

KIOXIA announced construction of a new building (K2) at its Kitakami plant in Iwate, Japan, with a total investment of about 1 trillion yen (shared with Western Digital). The building has 31,000 m² floor area and is scheduled to start operations in 2023, doubling NAND memory production capacity.

Philips Air Conditioning's production and research base in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China, was officially commissioned on December 20, 2022. The total investment is 10 billion yuan (approx. USD 1.4 billion), with an expected annual output of 5 million air conditioner sets.

Mazak expanded its Florence, Kentucky manufacturing campus with a new 27,000-square-foot SYNCREX Assembly Plant to produce Swiss-style machine tools. The plant has an output capacity of up to 10 machines per month.

Teesworks has been shortlisted as a potential location for Rolls-Royce's first factory manufacturing heavy pressure vessels for small modular reactors. The facility represents a £100-200 million investment, will be the size of three football pitches, and create over 200 long-term skilled jobs.

KEZAD Group signed a 50-year land lease with Star Paper Mill for a AED 200 million facility on a 59,000 square metre site in Abu Dhabi to make recycled kraft paper jumbo reels, in collaboration with RC Paper Machines.

Hubei Yutian Baoli New Materials Co., Ltd. held a production ceremony for its annual 180,000-ton modified adhesive project in Zhijiang Yaojiagang Chemical Industry Park, with a total investment of 600 million yuan.

Cheongju City completed a wastewater reuse facility at the Okcheon sewage treatment plant, capable of producing 36,000 tons of industrial water per day for supply to industrial complexes including SK Hynix.

Wacker Chemie commissioned a spray drying plant for redispersible polymer powders at its Ulsan site in South Korea, with an annual capacity of 80,000 tons, creating about 50 jobs. The plant is part of a €65 million investment including a new VAE emulsion reactor.

Turkish Ciner Group will invest €500 million in a new glass factory at Kristalpark III in Lommel, Belgium, producing 1,300 tons of glass per day and creating 500 direct jobs. Construction starts in 2023, with the first furnace operational in 2025.

PetDine announced the official opening of its new 105,000-square-foot cold extrusion manufacturing facility in Windsor, Colorado, on Dec. 13, 2022. The facility triples PetDine's capacity for soft chew pet products and represents a $25 million investment.

Industrie De Nora has submitted a request to the Municipality of Cernusco sul Naviglio for a new production hub to host the 'Italian Gigafactory' project, producing electrolyzers for green hydrogen and fuel cell components. Construction is expected to start in the second half of 2023.

Asahi Intecc Hanoi secured an investment certificate to build a $74 million factory in Thang Long Industrial Park, Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam. The plant is expected to start operation in Q1 2025 and employ 1,600 people.

Sika commissioned a new plant in southwestern China to expand its position in the rapidly growing Chengdu-Chongqing metropolitan area.

Covestro announced plans to build its largest thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) site in China, with an investment in the low three-digit million euro range.

M S International (MSI) will invest $61.6 million to establish an East Coast distribution facility in Suffolk, Virginia, creating 80 new jobs. The facility will serve the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions.

Abbott will invest $536 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Ohio, producing specialty and metabolic powder nutritional products. The project will create 450 permanent jobs.

Aramco and TotalEnergies took final investment decision to build the 'Amiral' petrochemical complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The facility will include a mixed feed cracker producing 1.65 million tons per year of ethylene and other units, with an investment of about $11 billion.

Nitta Gelatin completed a new research, development and manufacturing building called 'Mirai-kan' at its headquarters and Osaka plant in Yao, Osaka, Japan. The facility will produce biomedical collagen and gelatin products and house R&D functions.

Keyter Intarcon Genaq began construction of a new 70,000 m² facility in Lucena, Córdoba, Spain, with a total investment of €30 million. The first phase (39,000 m²) is expected to start operations in April 2023.

YIZUMI officially opened its Wusha No.3 Factory in Wusha National High-Tech Zone, Guangdong, China. The facility, with a total investment of over 2 billion yuan, houses the i-Factory and Ultra Large Die Casting Machine Factory.

Molex opened a new 60,000 square-meter factory in Guadalajara, Mexico, with a $130 million investment. The facility nearly doubles the company's footprint in the city and features factory-of-the-future automation and robotics to serve automotive and industrial customers.

Mondi has started production at a €16 million greenfield paper bag plant in Tangier, Morocco, capable of 100 million bags per year, bringing its West Africa paper bag capacity above 500 million bags annually.

Lear Corp. is planning a new 120,000-square-foot EV facility in Independence Township, Michigan, to supply battery disconnect units for General Motors. The $112.5 million investment is supported by a $4.5 million grant, and could create up to 500 new jobs across the new plant and expansions in Traverse City and Macomb County.

KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik (KAE) announced the groundbreaking of a new power electronics plant in Queretaro, Mexico, on December 5, 2022. The first construction phase of 21,000 square meters will be completed in the second half of 2023. The plant will manufacture onboard chargers and other EV components, creating 750 new jobs.

Liebherr-Components Biberach has started building an additional plant in Biberach an der Riss, Germany, costing $66 million. The plant will manufacture switchgear, electric motors, and generators, with production scheduled to commence by the end of 2014.

Tadano Thailand Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Tadano Ltd, opened a new factory in the southeast area of Bangkok, Thailand, manufacturing 9-ton and 5.5-ton class truck loader cranes. Production began on June 3, 2022, with an opening ceremony on May 31, 2022. The factory has capacity for 1,000 units per year, with plans to expand to 2,000 units.

Tuoshan Heavy Industry announced plans to invest CNY 1.2 billion to build a plant in Guangde Economic Development Zone, Anhui, producing 150,000 tons per year of engineering machinery core components.

The Zengxin project, initiated by Guangzhou Bay Area Smart Sensor Industry Group, broke ground in Guangzhou's Zengcheng Economic and Technological Development Zone. It involves a CNY 7 billion investment to build a 12-inch wafer manufacturing line with a monthly capacity of 20,000 wafers.

Nelipak Healthcare Packaging will initially invest at least $11.8 million to establish a flexible healthcare packaging production site in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, creating at least 36 jobs.

Wanhua Chemical Group announced its €2.5 billion chemicals plant in Yantai, China will start production by October 2024. The facility will produce 1.2 million tonnes per year of ethylene and downstream high-end polyolefin products.

Aarhus Vand plans to build the Aarhus ReWater resource-efficient wastewater treatment plant in Aarhus, Denmark, replacing three existing plants. Envidan has been appointed as process consultant for the design.