BUA Cement Plc opened a 3-million-metric-tonne cement factory in Sokoto, Nigeria, as part of its expansion plans to meet cement demand and regional exports.

EximBank and CEC Bank structured a 139.2 million lei financial package to finance a new BCA (autoclaved aerated concrete) production unit built by Soceram at Targu Carbunesti, Gorj county, Romania. The factory will have a production capacity of up to 1,500 cubic meters per day and will use smart technology.

China Resources Microelectronics has begun building a new factory for 12-inch wafers in Shenzhen. The first phase investment is RMB 22 billion ($3.03 billion), with a designed capacity of 480,000 wafers per year for 40nm and larger process products.

The Xinyuan Nonwoven Fabric Production and Manufacturing Project, developed by Guangdong Xinyuan New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dongguan Xinyuan Nonwoven Fabric Co., Ltd., successfully acquired land in Hongmei, Dongguan. The project involves a total investment of 300 million yuan on 30.9 mu of land, focusing on the development, production, and sales of spunbond functional nonwoven fabrics, engineering materials, agricultural ecological restoration materials, and nonwoven fabric finished products, as well as R&D and production of new medical consumable materials.

Cummins held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Guadalajara, Spain, that will manufacture electrolyzers for green hydrogen production. The plant will have a production capacity of 500 MW per year, involve an investment of around €80 million, and create 150 jobs initially, with 200 more later. Operations are expected to start in early 2024.

Hyundai Mobis announced plans to invest $205 million to open an EV battery module plant in Montgomery, Alabama, creating at least 400 jobs. The 450,000 sq ft facility will supply over 200,000 EV batteries annually to Hyundai and Kia plants.

Tiefenbacher Group ceremoniously opened its new manufacturing site in Cyprus, called the Delorbis plant, in mid-October 2022. The facility is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies for producing oral dosage forms of high-quality pharmaceuticals.

EMITEKS Group will open a modern production and warehouse complex in the Sormovsky district of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, to produce geotextiles, geomembranes, and geogrids. The facility will create 350 jobs and is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

RF Bio, a subsidiary of RF Tech, held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 28, 2022, for a new plant in Wonju, South Korea, to produce hyaluronic acid fillers and botulinum toxin. The company is investing approximately KRW 33.1 billion (USD 23 million) in the facility, which is expected to be completed by December 2023 and will increase production capacity fivefold by 2024.

SinnovaTek/FirstWave Innovations held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new food processing plant in Middlesex, North Carolina. The company plans $20 million in investment and 75 jobs, with commercial production starting in January 2023.

Indium Corporation held a grand launch for its new 37,500-square-foot manufacturing facility in Penang, involving an investment of RM250 million. The plant will produce materials for electronics assembly and semiconductor packaging.

TBEA's subsidiary Hengyang Transformer Co. will invest 553 million yuan ($76 million) to build a new digital factory for distribution transformers in Hengyang, China. The facility will produce offshore wind tower transformers, amorphous core transformers, and other products with an annual capacity of 13,500 units and 2,270 kVA.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has started construction of a new highly automated production facility at its Acuña, Mexico campus to make GSBC and GSAT brake control and air treatment systems, with initial occupancy slated for November 2023.

Jiangsu Suyan Valve Group is investing and building the Jiangsu Maike Special Valve Technology project with a planned total of 1 billion yuan, covering 50,000 square meters of plant space and capacity of 300,000 special valves a year; construction began in April 2022 and trial operation started in October 2022.

BioCentriq officially opened its newly constructed GMP manufacturing facility at Princeton Corporate Plaza in South Brunswick, New Jersey. The facility includes two ISO-7 clean rooms and supports cell and gene therapy projects.

Ypsomed signed an agreement to establish its first manufacturing base in China at the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District, with a total investment of over €40 million, focusing on injection pens and needles, expected to start production in 2024.

Lear Corp. announced it will open a new manufacturing facility in Michigan to produce battery disconnect units for GM's Ultium EV platform, with an investment exceeding $80 million. The facility is expected to generate $500 million in annual electrification sales at full production.

Tata Advanced Systems and Tata Consultancy Services will set up a ₹21,935 crore facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, to manufacture C-295MW transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force. PM Modi will lay the foundation stone on October 30, 2022.

Ziehl-Abegg broke ground on its first factory in Poland, a €50 million fan production plant in Łódź, expected to be completed in 2023 and create 400 jobs.

Grinding machine manufacturer Taiyo Koki announced it will build a new headquarters plant in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, with an investment of 6-7 billion yen. The new facility will double production capacity, with construction starting in July 2023 and operations beginning in October 2024.

ABB inaugurated a new $6 million factory in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam, to produce electrical distribution solutions for utilities, renewables, and industry, serving the Asia-Pacific region.

Motion Industries opened a 105,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility in Minnesota.

Chinese auto parts supplier Carthane plans to build a factory in Mexico to produce shock-absorbing components. The initial investment is $1 million through its Hong Kong and US units to set up a project company.

Molex opened a new 60,000 square-meter factory in Guadalajara, Mexico, nearly doubling its footprint there. The $130 million facility features factory-of-the-future automation and robotics to serve automotive and industrial customers.

Niche Polymer will open a compounding plant in Queretaro, Mexico in 2023.

Niche Polymer LLC plans to open an 80,000 ft² plant in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, focusing on soft polymers (TPEs and TPVs), equipped with up to three twin-screw compounding lines, to supply automotive OEMs in the Southeast.

Dickson-Constant opened a new plant in Hordain, Hauts-de-France, representing a €40 million investment. The facility increases overall manufacturing capacity by 50% and created 75 new jobs, with a customized Monforts Montex 8500 stenter installed.

LS Electric Group inaugurated its eighth factory worldwide in Yen Phong Industrial Park, Bac Ninh, Vietnam. The $25 million facility produces medium-voltage cabinets, low-voltage cabinets, transformers and other electrical equipment, creating about 500 jobs.

South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Investment to establish a new extra high voltage cable and copper rod manufacturing plant in Riyadh. The $80 million investment covers a 70,000 m² site, with Taihan providing 51%.

KIOXIA and Western Digital celebrated the opening of Fab7, a state-of-the-art semiconductor fabrication facility at the Yokkaichi Plant in Japan. Phase one investment is approximately one trillion yen, with production of 162-layer flash memory expected to ship in early 2023.

Hyundai Motor Group broke ground on the Metaplant America (HMGMA) in Bryan County, Georgia, a $5.54 billion investment to produce EVs and batteries. Commercial production is expected to begin in the first half of 2025, with annual capacity of 300,000 units and over 8,100 jobs.

Rockwood Composites announced a new Moroccan subsidiary with a footprint of 2,000 m², specifically for the aerospace industry.

Rosina Food Products Inc. opened a new $73.2 million meat processing facility in West Seneca, New York. The 105,000-square-foot plant includes a high-speed production line for frozen meatballs and sausage.

Atlas Machine and Supply Inc. broke ground on a new 32,500-square-foot facility in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, to serve as headquarters for its Field Machining Division. The $3.47 million investment is expected to create 78 jobs over 15 years.

Viessmann Group is investing over EUR 200 million in a new heat pump production site in Legnica, Poland. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2023, and the site will eventually employ 1,700 people.

Visy plans a glass packaging facility at its Yatala site in Queensland, Australia, able to produce up to 1 billion glass bottles and jars a year with 70% recycled content. The value is stated as $500m, with currency inferred as AUD.

Ametek inaugurated a new plant in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, with an investment of $14 million, generating over 300 direct jobs for manufacturing electronic and electromechanical instruments.

Guangdong Fosber Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (Fosber Asia) will invest 500 million yuan to build a new intelligent factory for corrugator production lines in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, covering about 80 acres.

Bryce Corporation announced the start of building a new factory in Searcy, Arkansas, that will employ an additional 142 people. The announcement was made on October 22, 2022.

TE Connectivity's China Automotive Business announced the first phase of its Kunshan factory started operation on October 20, 2022, and construction of the second phase began simultaneously. The plant, with total investment of 132 million yuan, produces terminals and connectors for HEVs and BEVs.

Mann+Hummel Water & Fluid Solutions announced a €36 million investment to build a 26,000-square-meter plant in Cerreto d'Esi, Italy, for water filtration production and R&D. The company plans to hire 110 employees by 2025.

Standard Profil inaugurated a new plant in Parque Industrial Amistad, Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico, with an investment of nearly $10 million. The facility will create almost 300 jobs in its first phase and increase production of automotive seals by up to 40%.

James Hardie announced it will build a one-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Crystal City, Missouri, creating 240 new jobs, to produce fiber cement siding and trim products.

James Hardie plans to build a one-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Crystal City, Missouri, creating nearly 240 new jobs. The facility will produce fiber cement products.

Middle East Paper Company (Mepco) has started preparations for a paperboard mill in Saudi Arabia costing SAR 1.5 billion ($399 million), with 400,000 tonnes annual capacity and production expected within 33 months.

SANHUA Mexico announced the grand opening of its new campus on October 19, 2022.

Goldwind is in advanced talks to install a wind turbine factory in Brazil, with deliveries expected to start in 2024. The location is not yet defined.

A new nonwoven fabric plant built by OOO 'Naturel' has started operations in the Borovsky district of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. The investment was RUB 3.4 billion and will create 250 jobs at full capacity.

Thermowaste will build a production and testing center for waste-to-resource reactors in Ariño, Teruel, Spain. The project involves an investment of EUR 6.8 million and will create 25 direct and 20 indirect jobs.

Nuadi, a manufacturer of automotive braking parts, is building a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with an investment of €10 million, expected to create 100 jobs over four years.