Ideal Heating, a subsidiary of Groupe Atlantic, completed a £17 million expansion at its Hessle site in Hull, adding 13,000 square feet of production and storage space for air-source heat pumps. The expansion includes a new training center and will create additional jobs.

Nantong Tongfu Microelectronics Co., Ltd. held the topping-out ceremony for its third-phase project at the Su-Xi-Tong Industrial Park on November 30, 2022. The project spans over 100,000 square meters. The announcement was made on December 2, 2022.

Polyfit invested $6-7 million to open a 160,000-square-foot facility in Tecate, Mexico, boosting total North American LDPE/LLDPE pellet production capacity to at least 120 million pounds per year. The new building focuses on HDPE and PP recycling.

Tampa Electric Company completed the Big Bend Modernization project in December 2022, converting Unit 1 from coal to natural gas combined-cycle technology, adding 1,090 MW capacity and reducing CO2 emissions by up to 3 million tonnes. TIC, a Kiewit subsidiary, was the general contractor.

Avgol Nonwovens plans to install a modern high-speed Reicofil 5 line at its facility in Mocksville, North Carolina, increasing production capacity for biocomponent and high-loft materials for hygiene products.

Truflo by Hindware commenced commercial production at its second manufacturing plant in Isnapur, Hyderabad, Telangana, increasing capacity from 30,000 to 48,000 tonnes with an investment of Rs 160 crore.

Yeser Chemicals put into operation a new 5 ton/hour Cocamidopropyl Betaine production line at its headquarters factory in Dongguan City, China, in December 2022.

Alamance Foods (AFI) will invest $42 million to expand its warehousing and production facilities for aerosol whipped cream in Alamance County, North Carolina, creating 135 jobs.

Purolite awarded a EUR 30 million contract to Wabag Romania to expand the capacity of its industrial wastewater treatment plant in Victoria, Romania, to support planned production doubling.

M1 Composites Technology expanded its facility from 26,000 sq. ft to 82,000 sq. ft and added a large autoclave and a radome transmissivity testing facility in Montreal, Canada.

Kilkenny County Council approved Abbott Ireland's plans to construct a medical device manufacturing building at IDA Business & Technology Park in Kilkenny, part of a €440 million investment that will add 1,000 jobs across its Irish operations.

German automotive parts manufacturer WITTE Automotive will invest BGN 23 million in a second expansion of its plant in Ruse, Bulgaria, creating 302 new jobs. The project is expected to be completed by 2025.

Siwin Foods announced a $54 million expansion of its Edmonton facility, adding 30,000 square feet and creating 50 construction jobs and 50 operational jobs. The expansion is expected to triple production volume by 2024.

SNF has completed a two-year expansion of ADAM monomer production capacity at its Riceboro, Georgia facility, increasing U.S. ADAM capacity by 80%. The expansion uses a new catalyst and methanol as a fuel source.

The Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (TASEZ) has entered full operation, with all 10 automotive component manufacturing companies in the zone having started full production to support Ford Motor Company of South Africa's production of the next-generation Ford Ranger.

Ford announced a £125m investment in its Halewood plant to increase electric power unit capacity from 230,000 to 420,000 units per year, safeguarding 500 jobs. Production is set to begin in 2024.

Lenzing Group plans to add a new production site for LENZING ECOVERO branded viscose fibers in 2023, increasing capacity to meet growing demand for eco-responsible fibers. The brand has produced over 300,000 tons since 2017.

ACTOM Power Transformers is increasing production capacity at its Wadeville, Germiston plant to meet growing demand from renewable energy projects, including a new range of inverter transformers up to 12 MVA.

Kemin Industries has expanded its encapsulation production site in Cavriago, Italy, with two new manufacturing facilities and added pilot plants for product development. The expansion increases production of encapsulation ingredients for animal nutrition.

Schwan's Company completed a nearly $5 million investment at its Deer Park, Texas food-manufacturing facility, including new offices, conference rooms, an R&D test kitchen, and an employee break area. A new egg-roll skin manufacturing line will begin production early next year, creating 16 jobs.

Physik Instrumente (PI) Group is investing approximately €16 million to expand its Eschbach, Germany site, adding 6,000 sqm of space and up to 150 jobs, tripling production capacity by 2024.

aXpel s+r AG and aXpel one for all AG began operating together under the aXpel one for all AG name on December 1, 2022, with a broader range of paper and PE sacks. The certified production site in Burgdorf, Switzerland will remain and be expanded.

Bayer held a groundbreaking ceremony on November 30, 2022, for a $43.6 million expansion of its Myerstown, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility. The 70,000-square-foot addition will expand packaging and production for over-the-counter products.

Toray Carbon Fibers Europe announced the creation of a sixth carbon fiber production line at its Abidos site in Lacq, France, with an investment of €100 million. The line is expected to create 50-60 jobs and start production in 2025.

STMicroelectronics achieved first 300-mm wafer pre-production at its Agrate Brianza R3 plant in Italy, with volume production expected in the coming months.

Delicious Ideas Food Group completed installation of a fifth production line, a pouch packing machine, at its Peterborough facility, increasing capacity by 5 million packs per year and creating 7 jobs.

Qingdao Millennium Energy Co., Ltd. completed an expansion at its Weifang facility, increasing polyols production capacity by 40%. The company produced the first commercial quantities of caprolactone polyols in China.

JRS Pharma announced the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with a new 9,200-square-foot building to produce Microcrystalline Cellulose products. Operations are expected to begin in early 2024, adding new high-value jobs.

Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. will build a new factory within its Nantong Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. site in Nantong, China, to double phenol resin molding material production capacity to about 25,000 tons/year. Investment is approximately 3.5 billion yen, with operations expected to start in early 2024.

SMS Equipment has broken ground on a new $30 million, 37,000 sq. ft. facility in Timmins, Ontario, to service mining and construction operations. The facility will include service bays, welding bays, and energy-efficient features such as solar panels.

Saputo Cheese USA has expanded its facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, with a $30 million capital investment. The expansion created nearly 300 new full-time jobs and added four new string cheese manufacturing plants, completed four years ahead of the 2026 target.

Ritz Instrument Transformers GmbH is expanding its HV instrument transformer manufacturing capacity in Lavonia, GA and opening a new HV inductive instrument transformer facility in Waynesboro, GA. The expansion adds jobs and equipment.

PCI invested a high single-digit million euro amount to expand its dispersion plant at its headquarters in Augsburg, doubling capacity. The new plant will start operations in December 2022.

Griffner Metallveredelung is completing assembly work at its Werk 2 in Griffen, Austria, to increase capacity and quality. The expansion includes a new hall, automated conveyor technology, a powder coating line, and biomass boiler, with completion expected in early 2023.

A ground-breaking ceremony was held to further expand the new Johor facility to build Lintec containerised plants.

NOVAIR USA plans to invest more than $1 million and add 12 jobs at its North Tonawanda, New York plant to expand oxygen and nitrogen generator manufacturing, including moving some production from America Energy in Miami.

The Kraft Heinz Company added Rp1.2 trillion in investment to develop and modernize the PT Heinz ABC Indonesia plant in Karawang, West Java, bringing total investment to nearly Rp2 trillion.

iVascular will invest €15 million to expand its facility in Sant Vicenç del Horts, Barcelona, tripling the surface area and increasing production capacity sixfold.

PIT-RADWAR S.A. has signed a contract with MIRBUD to build a production and assembly complex in Kobyłka, Poland, worth approximately PLN 100 million. The 10,000 sqm facility will increase production capacity for large-format defense electronics and is expected to be operational by November 2023.

Daikin Europe N.V. is investing to expand its heat pump manufacturing hub in Güglingen, Germany, by purchasing a 22,000 square meter adjacent plot. The expansion will create 500 new jobs and is part of Daikin's strategic plan for 2025.

Huons is investing about 24.5 billion KRW to add new vial and cartridge injection lines at its Jecheon plant in South Korea. The vial line capacity will increase 2.5 times to 73 million vials, and the cartridge line capacity will double to 71 million cartridges. Operations are targeted for Q3 2025.

KION Group is investing a double-digit million Euro amount to expand its plant in Reutlingen, Germany, by about 60% (at least 2,600 square meters). The expanded facility is expected to be operational in 2025.

Trützschler Card Clothing (TCC) is expanding its site in Neubulach, Germany, with a €12 million investment to expand production, warehouse and office capacities. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place during the coming winter, and the move into the new building is planned for 2024.

SIG Combibloc launched a low-temperature packaging project in Suzhou Industrial Park, with an investment of over 500 million RMB. The project, located within its Asia Pacific Plant 3, will add capacity for up to 8 billion carton packs per year.

Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical is investing several million dollars to expand its assembly plant in Northborough, Massachusetts, adding 25,000 square feet of Class 7 and 8 clean rooms. The three-phase project will advance over 24 to 36 months, starting in January, and is expected to create at least 50 new jobs.

KION North America is expanding its Summerville, South Carolina headquarters with a $40 million, 250,000 sqft expansion that will add 450 jobs. The expansion will move lithium-ion battery production and counterbalance manufacturing to the site.

Derba MIDROC Cement signed a $282 million contract with Sinoma International Engineering for the expansion of the Durban Cement Factory in Ethiopia. The project aims to increase daily production capacity to 150,000 quintals.

Shibaura Machine India plans to invest Rs. 225 crore in its Chennai plant to expand injection molding machine capacity to 3,200 machines a year in phases. A new factory adjacent to the existing plant is under construction, with trial production expected by November 2023.

Huhtamaki inaugurated a 12,500 m2 extension to its Nules, Spain factory for paper-based packaging, a EUR 20 million investment with a EUR 2.2 million regional grant, doubling site capacity and creating around 130 jobs; production starts January 2023.

Wolfspeed is engaged in a multi-year, US$6.5 billion capacity expansion including a 200mm fab in Mohawk Valley, New York, and a 445-acre silicon carbide materials facility in North Carolina, with first phase completion by end of 2024.