RACOM completed construction of a new 1,600 m² mechanical production facility near its headquarters in the Czech Republic, with an investment of EUR 2.8 million. The building was taken over on October 24, 2022, and mechanical production started in December 2022.

ZF Group signed an investment agreement to build a new automotive electronics factory in Guangzhou's Huadu District. The factory will produce ADAS, domain control, safety electronics and chassis control systems. Groundbreaking is expected in 2023 with volume production in 2025.

Blue Sail Medical plans to invest up to CNY 2.48 billion to build a science and innovation headquarters and industrialization base in Shanghai International Medical Zone, Shanghai, for global commercial headquarters and high-value medical device production.

Daifuku Co. will set up a manufacturing facility in Telangana, India, with an investment of ₹450 crore. The first phase of ₹200 crore is expected to be ready in 18 months. The facility will produce intra-logistics equipment such as automated storage and retrieval systems, sorting transfer vehicles, conveyors, and sorters.

Minda Corp added its 28th wiring harness plant in Chakan, India, a greenfield facility spread over 1.90 lakh square feet, capable of generating 100% solar power, to address the growing electric vehicle wiring harness market.

Yamazaki Mazak Machine Tool (Liaoning) Co., Ltd. completed and put into production a new sheet metal factory in Dalian Jinpu New Area, China. The plant, built with a total investment of 700 million yen, increases the company's capacity from 80 to 120 units per month.

Egypt's Ibda initiative signed a shareholder agreement with Spain's Coperci, part of Mondragon, to build Egypt's first gas safety valve factory with capacity of 15 million valves and an investment of about $7.6 million, scheduled to open in April 2023.

OKAY Industries built a 62,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Evolution Free Zone in Grecia, Costa Rica, to relocate and expand its operations, expected to be completed in summer 2024 and adding over 200 jobs.

TCP Group and Crown Holdings formed a joint venture, Crown TCP, investing 1,500 million baht in an aluminum can factory in Nong Khae Industrial Estate, Saraburi Province. The plant will produce over 820 million cans per year for Red Bull exports.

Q5D has moved to a state-of-the-art production facility in Portishead, near Bristol, UK, bringing together design, engineering, manufacturing and testing under one roof. The facility doubles production floor space and triples office space.

JCU will build a new research, factory and warehouse complex in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan, for semiconductor-related chemicals, with a total investment of about JPY 8 billion. Completion is scheduled for April 2025.

Gatner Packaging, formerly Janmar Centrum, is close to commissioning its corrugated packaging plant in Stryków, Poland, and will start production in December 2022.

Schmalz India Pvt. Ltd. officially launched a new 1000 sq m manufacturing unit in Bhosari, Pune, for assembling and localizing vacuum handling systems, with an investment of 15 crores.

Liugong held a groundbreaking ceremony for its excavator smart factory at the Liugong Smart International Industrial Park in Liuzhou, Guangxi. The total investment exceeds 10 billion yuan. The factory is part of Liugong's plan to build a smart manufacturing platform for construction machinery.

SpinTech USA, a subsidiary of YanJan USA, has installed its first SpinForm nonwovens line in Statesville, North Carolina. The line has a capacity of 6,000 metric tons and is scheduled for startup in the second quarter of 2023, initially targeting baby and personal care wet wipes.

Osmundson Manufacturing plans a $12.5 million investment to build a 150,000 sq. ft. facility in Mayfield, Kentucky, creating 80 jobs. The plant will produce 20-inch and larger disc blades for agriculture and construction industries. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2023 and be completed by 2025.

Anhui Huaqi Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its industrial park in Ma'anshan Economic and Technological Development Zone. The project involves a total investment of CNY 320 million (approx. USD 44 million) on 100 mu of land, building a digital, intelligent, and green advanced environmental equipment production base. It is expected to be completed and operational by August 2023.

iGas USA opened a 2 million sq. ft. refrigerant production facility on 40 acres and an 80,000 sq. ft. cylinder production facility in Abu Dhabi, with annual capacity of 40,000 MT of R32 refrigerant and 4 million DOT disposable refrigerant cylinders.

The Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade announced the start of construction of an industrial complex for producing mining and ultra-heavy tires in Kerman, with an investment of 180 million euros. The plant is expected to create 400 jobs during construction and 800 jobs after completion.

Huada Chemical Group held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 5, 2020, for a 200,000 tons/year polyurethane resin project in Yantai, China. The total investment is RMB 550 million, and the plant will produce polyester polyol resin, water-based polyurethane resin, thermoplastic elastomer resin, and polyurethane resin for shoe soles.

LogistiQ, a division of LEWCO Inc., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new 750,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Port Clinton, Ohio, with a $15 million investment in automated equipment.

Yodogawa Hu-Tech will build a new plant in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, for semiconductor manufacturing equipment fluororesin parts, with an investment of about JPY 4 billion. The plant is expected to start operations in 2025.

Gregory Industries held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new G-STRUT manufacturing facility in Athens, Alabama. The first phase includes a 90,000-square-foot manufacturing space and warehouse, representing a $30 million investment and creating 100 jobs.

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) selected Berkeley County, West Virginia, as the site for its fourth micro mill (MM4). The $450 million project will have an annual capacity of 500,000 tons and employ approximately 230 people, with operations scheduled to begin in late 2025.

ENKA and GE commissioned three new gas turbines at the Samawa Combined Cycle Power Plant, adding 375 MW to Iraq's power grid, with phase 2 planned for combined-cycle operation.

Osmundson Mfg. Co. will locate a new facility in Graves County, Kentucky, with a $12.5 million investment, creating 80 jobs. The 150,000-square-foot facility will produce disc blades for agriculture and construction industries.

Tristone Flowtech is planning to build a new production facility in Paracin, Serbia, with a €30 million investment. The facility will create 1,000 jobs over three phases, with construction set to begin in early 2023 and operations scheduled for end of 2023.

Nephron Nitrile, an offshoot of Nephron Pharmaceuticals, opened a medical glove plant in West Columbia, South Carolina, with one manufacturing line operational and plans for 14 lines producing 2.1 billion gloves per year, employing 250 workers.

Johnson Matthey opened a new nitinol facility in Mexicali, Mexico for its Medical Device Components business. The 40,000 sq ft facility doubles capacity from its previous San Jose, California location and is scheduled to be fully operational by 2023.

Flokser Kimya received a TRY 846 million investment incentive from the Ministry of Industry and Technology for a new polyurethane production factory in Tarsus Organised Industrial Zone. The facility will be built on 63,000 m² with 30,000 m² closed area, and construction is planned to start in 2023.

Atlas Roofing Corporation announced a $200 million investment to build a new asphalt shingle manufacturing facility in the Midwestern US. Construction is expected to begin in early 2023, with product shipments expected in Q4 2025, creating over 200 new jobs.

Bigbloc Construction Ltd and SCG International (Siam Cement Group) formed a joint venture to set up a 3 lakh cubic meter ALC panels manufacturing plant in Kapadvanj, Gujarat, with an investment of Rs 65 crore. Production is expected to start in 2023.

Dakota Supply Group (DSG) opened a new facility in Otsego, Minnesota, replacing its previous Monticello location.

Axium Packaging is investing $45 million to construct a new facility called Vertix in New Albany, Ohio, which will also house a new product line for recycled plastic packaging.

Bertotto Boglione opened a new 8,000 m2 industrial plant in Marcos Juárez, Córdoba, for final assembly of pumps, fuel dispensers and pipes, employing over 200 people.

Russian group Arnest, the new owner of former Ball Corporation assets, will resume building an aluminium beverage can plant in the Zavolzhye industrial zone of Ulyanovsk Oblast. Total investment will exceed 10 billion rubles, with completion planned by end of 2023 and up to 200 jobs.

Crown Bevcan is building a 625,000 square foot aluminium beverage can factory on the former Mars Petcare site in Woodston, Peterborough, with more than £150 million invested. The factory is expected to be operational by the end of 2023 and will create 280 vacancies.

Gulbrandsen broke ground on a new Stannous Octoate and Stannous Neodecanoate manufacturing facility at its site in Dahej, India on December 6, 2022. The facility is expected to be operational in fall 2023 and will double the company's capacity for polyurethane tin catalysts.

Ningbo Tuopu Group broke ground on a smart manufacturing factory in Shouxian county, Anhui province, China. The factory involves a total planned investment of 1.5 billion yuan ($214.854 million) and has an annual designed capacity of 500,000 sets of lightweight chassis and 500,000 complete vehicle acoustic kits.

Finisar, owned by II-VI, proposed a $3 billion expansion on its current 76-acre site in Sherman, Texas, for a new semiconductor wafer fabrication facility, expected to create a minimum of 700 jobs (potentially up to 4,000). Construction is expected to start in 2025 and operation in 2028. Sherman ISD approved an $80 million cap on tax valuation for 10 years.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has started construction on a second semiconductor fab in Phoenix, Arizona. Combined with the first fab, the total investment is $40 billion. The second fab will use 3-nm process technology and is expected to begin production in 2026.

AESC Group announced an $810 million investment to build a 30 GWh gigafactory in Florence County, South Carolina. The plant will create 1,170 jobs and supply next-generation batteries for BMW Group's electric vehicles.

Pulmuone announced the completion of an $8.4 million wastewater treatment plant at its Fullerton, California production facility. The plant removes up to 85% of pollutants and purifies over 3.5 million gallons of water annually.

Shchekinoazot is constructing a high-speed spunbond nonwoven fabric production line with meltblown technology at its Pervomaisky branch in the Tula region. The line has a capacity of 8,640 tonnes per year and is financed by a loan from the Russian Industrial Development Fund.

Ecolab opened a new pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturing plant in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, for its Purolite subsidiary. The plant, which cost $40 million, will employ 75 people when fully staffed and initially produce resin beads for cholesterol treatment.

Swimming pool technology maker BINDER has begun construction of a new headquarters and production building in the Langes Feld industrial estate in Hameln, Germany, investing 10 million euros. Production is due to start in spring 2023, with administration following at the end of 2023.

LINDAL Group held a grand opening for its 12,000 sqm facility in Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil, representing a €14 million investment, with capacity for up to 250 employees.

Becker Robotic Equipment will build a new manufacturing facility to house its North American headquarters in Canton, Georgia, with more than $30 million investment and 137 new jobs.

Purolite, an Ecolab company, opened a new 74,000-square-foot pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, to produce ion exchange resins and APIs. The plant is expected to create 75 new jobs and increase API production by 67%.

Kostal Group began construction of its fourth plant in Mexico, in Querétaro, investing over 2,097 million pesos (approx. $105 million) to build a power electronics plant for electric vehicles, creating 750 jobs. Phase one will be completed in 2023.