WR Transformers invested between $4 million and $5 million to double the size of its electrical transformer plant on Brodeur Street East in Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Quebec, to meet growing demand.

Magna is adding a 740,000 square-foot expansion to its Magna Electric Vehicle Structures facility in St. Clair, Michigan, which opened in 2021. The expansion supports growing EV production.

BKT is redirecting Rs 3.5 billion in capital expenditure to consolidate production at its newer Waluj plant, which will reach a capacity of 55,000 tonnes per annum, while closing the older Waluj factory.

Rapid Power Generation, a Tandragee-based electrical engineering company, is creating 15 new jobs to expand its sales globally and enter new export markets for its diesel and natural gas generator sets.

ROC plans to increase production of belt windrowers from 300 units per year to 400 units in 2023 and to 600 units by 2026, using automation and robotic equipment.

Eaton electric from Sremska Mitrovica plans to expand its production facilities by building a new production and business building with a gross area of 5,163.71 m² on a 2.9-hectare site in the Industrial Zone East. The project aims to establish a comprehensive work complex for business, production and storage.

Taiheiyo Cement Corporation signed a letter of intent to expand its operations in the Philippines with a kiln renewal project at its San Fernando, Cebu plant, valued at ¥30 billion (₱12.4 billion), to increase cement production capacity and reduce CO2 emissions.

Nonwovens textile company Avgol plans a $97 million expansion of its facility in Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina.

Evonik Industries has completed a $25 million expansion of capacity for methylmercapto-propionaldehyde, a methionine raw material, in Wesseling, Germany.

Castheon, an ADDMAN group company, is moving into a new 40,000-square-foot facility in southern California for hypersonic production and R&D, with over $20 million invested in machines and equipment.

Renfro Brands will invest approximately $2 million in equipment and infrastructure at its Riverside Drive facility in Mount Airy, North Carolina, adding up to 35 jobs.

Freudenberg Medical celebrated the official opening of its expanded manufacturing facility in Galway, Ireland, increasing its footprint by 50% and creating 100 new jobs, bringing total staff to 400 within 18 months.

济南二机床 (Jier Machine Tool Group) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the E workshop of its Yucheng digital factory project on February 9, 2023. The workshop involves an investment of nearly 60 million yuan, with a total floor area of 9,000 m², and will produce 72,000 tons of structural parts annually.

Metsä Group, through Metsä Tissue, has decided to invest EUR 370 million to modernise and expand its Mariestad tissue paper mill in Sweden, doubling capacity to approximately 145,000 t/a with a new tissue paper machine of 70,000 t/a. Construction starts in spring 2023 and the mill is planned to be operational in the second half of 2025.

Lafarge France has commissioned a new production line for activated clay at its Saint-Pierre-la-Cour plant, representing a €40 million investment. The line uses Holcim's proximA TechZero technology to produce low-carbon cement ECOPlanet.

The Robinette Company will invest $10.3 million to construct a new 100,000-square-foot production facility in Piney Flats, Tennessee, creating 70 new production jobs.

Hitachi Energy expanded its capacity for HVDC and power quality products by setting up a new assembly and testing factory at Mahindra City near Chennai, India, to meet growing demand for high voltage transmission projects.

Kongsberg NanoAvionics officially opened its manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius, Lithuania, doubling overall satellite production capacity. The company expects to add more than 100 new employees globally this year.

Elpowertec invested about KRW 20 billion to expand its second factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, to produce transformers for export to the US. The new facility has a capacity of about KRW 70 billion and is expected to start operations in July 2023.

Wilkins Group completed the final phase of its Nottingham site's £5.2 million expansion project in December 2022, adding 4,650 sqm to reach over 20,000 sqm.

Weihua started construction of the first phase of Zhengzhou Weihua pilot base project, a high-end automated parking system production base, with a planned investment of 3 billion yuan.

Weihua started construction of Jiangsu Weihua high-end intelligent port equipment project in Jiangsu Tongzhou Bay, with a preliminary investment of 5 billion yuan, expected to be operational in June 2023.

A second production line for geotextile fabric has opened at an enterprise in Ilyinogorsk, Russia, with a capacity of over 4,000 tonnes per year, costing 125 million rubles and creating 20 new jobs.

Swiss medical device company Medmix will invest at least $20 million to outfit a leased 300,000-square-foot facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia, creating 200 jobs over five to seven years. The site will support healthcare business including drug delivery, surgery, and dental units.

Wienerberger will renovate two production lines at its Broomfleet factory near Hull, making it Europe's first clay roof-tile plant to eliminate natural gas use, reducing carbon emissions by 75%.

Nipro is investing in expanding its pre-fillable glass syringe production capacity at its Münnerstadt, Germany plant. The expansion includes new forming lines and a new 4,000 sqm building for washing lines and logistics, creating about 100 jobs.

GeoSM launched a second high-speed geotextile production line in Ilyinogorsk, Nizhny Novgorod region, with an investment of 125 million rubles, doubling capacity to 8,760 tonnes per year and creating 20 new jobs.

Windar Renovables is expanding its Windarmex factory at the Port of Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to manufacture XXL offshore wind towers with diameters up to 8m and over 300 weight tons, with first order fabrication starting soon for export to the US East Coast in 2024.

Beijing Gaomeng New Materials Co., Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Nantong Gaomeng will invest 2 million yuan in a technical transformation project to produce new adhesive materials and by-products at its existing factory in Rudong Coastal Economic Development Zone, Nantong, Jiangsu Province.

Covestro has started up a new world-scale production plant for chlorine in Spain, based on ODC technology invented by Covestro and its partners.

Gaomeng New Materials announced a 249.86 million yuan investment to expand its Nantong factory, adding 124,500 tonnes per year of adhesive materials and 4,800 tonnes of diethylene glycol byproduct capacity. The project includes new production lines for polyurethane adhesives, UV resins, and water-based coatings.

Hubei Huanfu Plastics Products Co., Ltd. plans to invest 42 million yuan to expand its spunbond nonwoven fabric production capacity at its facility in Hanchuan, Hubei province, China. The project includes a new steel-structured workshop and production line.

Bobcat Company completed a $9.3 million investment in automated punch press technology at its Gwinner, North Dakota plant, built with AP&T North America, and added $1.2 million in building upgrades. The new line began production and is expected to more than double press capacity.

Palsgaard began work on an €18 million expansion at its Netherlands plant to double global PGPR emulsifier capacity to 11,500 MT annually, scheduled for completion in 2024.

AVILIVE plans to invest CNY 82.79 million to expand production lines for 500 t/a Aminopyralid, 700 t/a 3,6-Dichloropicolinic acid, 1000 t/a Picloram and 500 t/a Chlorantraniliprole at its site in Hengdian Town, Zhejiang.

Freudenberg Medical added custom silicone extrusion and tube processing to its new cleanroom manufacturing operation in Beverly, Massachusetts. Silicone tubing production started in January 2023, with additional capacity to be installed in Q1.

Pellenc ST is constructing a new production center of over 2,000 m² at its Pertuis headquarters in France to double its production capacity for smart sorting equipment. The expansion is part of a €30 million investment program (2018-2025) and follows a 50% growth in 2022.

Northwest Pipe Company announced that its Geneva Pipe and Precast division is expanding production at its Utah facilities to manufacture ParkUSA prefabricated water and wastewater products for the Intermountain West market.

Cullen Packaging has announced a £15m expansion plan that will create 120 new green jobs across its business, growing its moulded fibre and corrugate operations. The article is dated 7 February 2023.

Shanghai Valve Factory has started the renovation and expansion of its second-phase plant at 111 Zhongbai Road in Anting town, Jiading, Shanghai, with a total investment of 18 million yuan. Production is expected to start in early 2024, adding about 300 million yuan in annual output.

Georgia-Pacific is investing $30 million to modernize its corrugated plant in Owosso, Michigan, with a new corrugator, converter and other equipment that adds double wall capability. Installation has begun and first production is expected by the end of February 2023.

Alfa Laval announced an investment of USD 358 million to expand global production capacity for heat exchangers at four existing sites in Sweden, Italy, China, and the USA.

Sichuan Kexin Mechanical Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony on February 6, 2023 for its 'High-end Process Equipment Intelligent Manufacturing Project' in Shifang, Sichuan, China. The project is part of a 580 million yuan fundraising plan to expand capacity and upgrade facilities.

Bosch inaugurated an expansion of its automotive component plant in Queretaro, Mexico, with an investment of $146 million and creation of over 400 jobs.

UltraTech Cement commissioned a 1.5 million tonne per annum grinding unit at Jharsuguda, Odisha, expanding its total cement manufacturing capacity in the state to 4.1 mtpa and in India to 122.85 mtpa.

Blue Star is buying 40 more acres at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, to expand capacity for commercial refrigeration products and exports. The company plans a minimum investment of ₹250 crore for the new unit, with total investment of ₹550 crore by FY27.

BASF broke ground on the third phase of its MDI expansion project at the Geismar, Louisiana Verbund site. The investment for this phase is USD 780 million, with total investment around USD 1 billion, and capacity will increase to approximately 600,000 metric tons per year by mid-decade.

Balaji Amines received environmental clearance from India's Ministry of Environment to expand its specialty chemicals manufacturing unit in MIDC Chincholi, Solapur, Maharashtra. Production capacity will increase from 874.2 metric tonnes per day to 1,520.4 MT per day.

DYWIDAG has completed a considerable investment in new manufacturing facilities at its Ruda Slaska plant in Poland, dedicated to post-tensioning and geotechnical systems.

JFE Steel announced an additional expansion of electrical steel sheet capacity at its West Japan Works (Kurashiki Area), costing 50 billion yen, targeting startup in fiscal year beginning April 2026. This will triple current capacity for top-grade non-oriented electrical steel sheets.