LOTTE INEOS Chemical announced plans to build a third vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant in Ulsan, South Korea, increasing capacity from 450,000 to 700,000 tonnes per year. The plant is scheduled to start up by the end of 2025.

The Bologovskiy Armature Plant (BAZ Industrial Group) started producing 15 to 50 mm ball valves for taps that it previously bought from other suppliers. It plans to make 600,000 units in 2023.

Impresora del Yaque / Elopak Caribe inaugurated a $4.5 million expansion of its production plant in Santiago, Dominican Republic, to increase capacity for agro-industrial packaging and exports.

Tvitec Float Glass will expand its facilities in Cubillos del Sil, León, Spain, with a €180 million investment to build a float glass production plant. The expansion will create 200 jobs and is expected to be operational in 2024.

Impresora del Yaque / Elopak Caribe inaugurated an expansion of its production plant in Santiago, Dominican Republic, adding new investments of US$4.5 million to increase production capacity for the agro-industrial sector and exports.

Navistar will invest $120 million to build a new, automated paint shop at its Escobedo plant in Nuevo León, Mexico. The project will be implemented in three phases, with construction starting in 2024 and completion by early 2026.

WPT Nonwovens Corporation invested $18.5 million in a new man-made fiber nonwoven manufacturing line in Beaver Dam, Kentucky. The line will add 35 jobs and is expected to be operational in April 2023.

Degelman Industries is nearing completion of a $9.5 million expansion at its Hillsboro, North Dakota facility that will double the facility's size and create 30 to 40 new jobs. The expansion will allow the company to produce steel parts for its bulldozer blades in-house.

Nippon Soda decided to double production capacity of VP polymer (photoresist material) at its Chiba plant in Ichihara, Japan, with an investment of 2.5 billion yen, completion in second half of fiscal 2024.

Jiangsu CRRC Electric Co., Ltd. Zhuzhou Branch plans to invest 30.99 million yuan to optimize its wind generator production in Zhuzhou, Hunan, adding 200 units of capacity to reach a total annual output of 800 wind generators.

Taihang Building Materials Factory in Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang, has received environmental acceptance for its 800,000-ton/year cement grinding project, a capacity replacement and relocation with a total investment of 35 million yuan.

LAMACOM group inaugurated an extension of its Lamacom plant at Ain Sebaa, Casablanca, creating the Lamatech Packaging Solutions business unit for injection-moulded IML plastic packaging. The investment is 75.6 million MAD and is expected to create 105 jobs.

Anchor Chemicals, owned by Hobart Enterprises, has consolidated its two KwaZulu-Natal plants into a new greenfield facility in Willowton, Pietermaritzburg. The plant was opened on 2023-02-02, occupying 5,000 m² with 25 new jobs and capacity for 550 tons of storage.

Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics (WINFAB) commenced production of erosion control blankets at a newly constructed facility in Nashville, Georgia. The facility is part of a capital expansion project announced in 2022.

GROB Machine Tools UK is moving its UK base from Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon and creating up to 20 new jobs after winning a €200 million contract. The company will occupy a 14,000 sq ft unit.

Hitachi Energy is investing over 1.1 billion CZK (approximately $47 million) to expand its high-voltage products factory in Brno, Czech Republic. The expansion will increase production capacity by over 40% and create up to 200 new jobs, with completion expected by the end of 2025.

Saputo Inc. is investing CDN$75 million to convert its Bardsley Street facility in Tulare, California, into a string cheese packaging facility. The facility is slated to be fully operational by the third quarter of fiscal 2025.

GKN Fokker is investing $10 million to expand its aerospace plant in Chihuahua, Mexico, creating over 100 direct jobs. The expansion includes a new 80,000-square-foot facility for assembly lines using advanced technology for executive aircraft.

Mitsubishi Chemical Group will build a new facility at its Okayama Plant in Kurashiki, Japan, to double production capacity of specialty polyvinyl alcohol resin brands GOHSENX and Nichigo G-Polymer. The facility is scheduled to start operation in October 2024.

Repsol will install a new recycled plastics production line at its Puertollano Industrial Complex with capacity of 25,000 tons/year, an investment of €26 million, scheduled to start up in Q4 2024.

Ball Corporation announced a R$100 million investment to increase production capacity at its aluminum can plant in the Suape industrial complex, Pernambuco, Brazil, backed by 85% state tax incentives. The announcement was made on February 2, 2023.

Mott Corp. plans to open a new 65,000-square-foot facility near its Farmington headquarters, doubling production capacity for its custom-designed engineering business. The company will invest tens of millions of dollars and add about 100 new jobs. The facility is expected to open in Q1 2024.

Diversified Plastics is expanding its Missoula, Montana facility by 5,000 square feet and adding a new injection molding machine. The project broke ground in August 2022 and is expected to be completed by end of February 2023.

Modelo Vidros is building a new 23,000-square-meter headquarters in Garibaldi, Brazil, with an investment of R$40 million. The new facility will double production capacity and create 100 new jobs. Completion is expected by the end of 2023.

Carl Zeiss Meditec is building a 14,000 m² extension to its intraocular lens production site in Périgny, France, with an investment of €33.7 million, creating over 300 jobs. Construction started in January 2023 and is expected to finish in early 2025.

SCHEIDT is building a new 4,000 m2 production hall at its Rinteln plant, increasing weekly capacity by at least 33%. The investment is €14 million, with completion planned for April 2024.

Volvo Construction Equipment announced a SEK 65 million (about $6.3 million) investment to expand its Arvika factory in Sweden for phased production of electric wheel loaders. The investment includes a new building and supports Volvo's goal of 35% electric machine sales by 2030.

SK Siltron signed an MOU to invest 1.236 trillion KRW to expand 300mm silicon wafer manufacturing facilities in Gumi National Industrial Complex 3, creating 1,000 jobs, with investment from 2023 to 2026.

Mikron Tool officially opened a new 1,000 sq. m production hall at its Agno, Switzerland site, bringing total production area to 3,500 sq. m. The facility is already in operation.

White Drive Motors & Steering will expand its 124,000-square-foot facility in Christian County, Kentucky, with a nearly 13,000-square-foot addition and a $16 million investment, creating 25 full-time jobs. The project moves gearset production from Parchim, Germany, to Hopkinsville.

BASF has expanded a polymer production plant at its Schweizerhalle site in Switzerland, which produces polymers for the electronics industry including microprocessors and sensors. The expanded plant was officially inaugurated at the end of 2022.

Trivium Packaging is finalizing a decision on two new lines at its Youngstown plant, which would add 93 jobs. Ohio approved an estimated $725,000 tax credit for the project, which competes with New York and Virginia; the company expects to decide by March 31.

Gränges plans to invest SEK 600 million (~$57.7 million) over two years to double its capacity for battery cathode foil production in Finspång, Sweden, with new capacity expected online during 2025.

CKF Inc. completed a $10 million capital investment, starting rPET extrusion at its Rexdale, ON facility in December 2022 and west coast Earthcycle moulded pulp production at its Langley, BC plant in January 2023.

Scanfil will invest EUR 6 million to increase manufacturing capacity at its Sieradz, Poland facility, including a new production line, warehousing automation, and a potential 8,000 sqm building expansion.

Pace Industries will invest $2.8 million and create 49 new jobs at its Lower Brownsville Road facility in Jackson, Tennessee, to expand aluminum, zinc and magnesium die casting operations.

Rolar Products moved to a new 60,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Egelston Township, Michigan, more than three times its former size, adding 15 jobs. The facility is equipped with multi-axis Swiss-style machines for precision parts for medical and aerospace industries.

Milliken and Company announced plans to expand its Magnolia Finishing plant.

Trützschler Card Clothing (TCC) will invest 12 million euros to expand its card clothing production facility in Neubulach, Germany, upgrading production, warehouse and offices.

Briggs & Stratton is transitioning home standby generator production from Wisconsin to its existing facility in Auburn, Alabama, and engine component production to Poplar Bluff, Missouri, resulting in layoffs of about 160 workers in Wisconsin.

Pankom-Stroyservis will build an additional production and warehouse building and a new workshop for local wastewater treatment plants made of HDPE, investing 21 million rubles and creating over 20 jobs.

Güdel Inc. is expanding its U.S. facilities in Michigan with a $10 million investment to build a 39,000-square-foot space and add production capacity. The expansion will create numerous new jobs over the next three years.

Formost Fuji Corp. purchased a 65,000-square-foot building in Everett, Washington, to house its new corporate headquarters and expanded manufacturing facilities. The move from Woodinville is expected to be completed in Q3 2023.

Hubei Funolin New Materials announced that the second phase of its PVDF project in Qianjiang is nearing equipment installation and commissioning, expected to be ready for trial production by June 2023. The total investment is about CNY 1.3 billion, and the full 25,000-tonne PVDF project will create over 500 jobs.

Trivium Packaging is investing $51 million in two new aluminum monobloc production lines at its Youngstown site, adding 93 jobs to meet demand in aerosol and beverage markets.

Jagmohan Pla-Mach Pvt Ltd acquired 50,000 sq ft of additional land to expand its Asangaon site near Mumbai, investing about ₹150 million. The expansion will increase factory size to 200,000 sq ft and boost annual machine output from 350 to 500 units.

Hanna Steel Corp. announced a $20 million expansion of its steel production lines in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, adding 9,000 square feet and creating 14 new jobs. Construction begins in first half of 2023, operational by Q2 2025.

Induser, a designer and manufacturer of automated packaging lines for fruit and vegetable products, has expanded its facilities in El Ejido, Almería, from 2,250 m2 to 4,250 m2 to support business growth.

German company Kern-Liebers held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the expansion of its manufacturing facility at Finsa Guadalupe Industrial Park in Monterrey, Mexico. The $10 million investment is expected to create 300 jobs and produce 50 million high-precision parts for automotive, textile, medical, and consumer goods industries.

Vertiv inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, adding 5,700 sq m of production and office area to the existing 10,250 sq m E&I PowerBar Gulf busbar factory. The expansion will produce LV switchgear, modular power solutions, and IMS for Middle East, Africa, Australia, and South Asian markets.