Braskem is investing approximately $60 million to expand its I'm green biopolymer production capacity from 200,000 to 260,000 tons per year. The company is also studying a potential new biopolymer factory in Thailand with SCG Chemicals.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy plans to add about 500 jobs over five years at its Castle Hayne, North Carolina campus and broke ground on a new $200 million Natrium Fuel Facility. The facility is a project by Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas and TerraPower.

SWEP is investing in Landskrona, Sweden, including a new R&D center near the expanding manufacturing plant and a new environmentally-certified head office.

SWEP is expanding its Suzhou, China facility to a new larger manufacturing plant and investing in Landskrona, Sweden with a new R&D center and head office, part of a global investment program launched in 2019.

Diversified Technologies Inc. broke ground on a 150,000-square-foot production facility expansion in George, Iowa, expected to come online in late 2023 and create up to 10 new jobs.

Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing started work on a 40,000-square-foot facility renovation at Kerrville Airport Commerce Park, investing $8 million and planning to create 400 new aerospace jobs.

Böllhoff invested R$1 million in new equipment and restructuring at its Jundiaí, Brazil factory to produce high-strength press nuts for automotive and off-road vehicles.

BIOPHIL Natural Fibers LLC received a $250,000 state grant to support the reuse of a 90,000-square-foot building in Lumberton, North Carolina, for hemp processing, creating 38 jobs and $4.3 million in private investment.

Bartek Ingredients completed the first phase of its $160 million malic and fumaric acid capacity expansion by commissioning a new maleic anhydride reactor system, adding 22,000 metric tons of capacity.

Freudenberg is expanding its production capacity for gas diffusion layers at its Weinheim headquarters by installing additional lines, with further investments planned.

Danfoss Mexico inaugurated Plant 2 HEX in Apodaca, Nuevo León, a 4,000-square-meter facility that doubles production capacity of heat exchangers and creates 100 direct jobs.

The Panther Group is investing in its Tornesch location in Germany by buying a neighboring 25,000 m² property and ordering two folder-gluers and palletizing robots. A new 6,000 m² production building is planned for 2023.

Sante Manufacturing Inc. is investing $7.5 million to vertically integrate operations and diversify product offerings in Aylmer, Ontario, creating 15 new jobs.

Arvaspring is investing $5 million to build a new state-of-the-art poultry-processing facility in Middlesex, Ontario, creating eight new jobs.

Champion Manufacturing, LLC broke ground on a 54,000 square-foot expansion to its Ocala facility, doubling production lines from three to six and creating 70 new jobs.

CG Power & Industrial Solutions approved a Rs 230 crore capital outlay to expand low-tension motor manufacturing capacity at its Ahmednagar and Goa plants from 9.93 lakh to 19.92 lakh units per annum, to be implemented in two phases over four years.

Daikin Europe announced a €50 million investment to expand its heat pump factory in Brno, Czech Republic, including a new factory building and production lines, creating at least 500 jobs by 2025.

Röhm is expanding its PMMA production plant in Worms, Germany, and has already put into operation an expansion of a plant for modifiers for impact-resistant PLEXIGLAS molding compounds.

Chapel Hydraulique inaugurated a new 4,000 m² manufacturing site in Apprieu, France, dedicated to telescopic cylinders, with a €10 million investment. The facility features a fully automated production line and will increase telescopic cylinder capacity by 30-50%, from 60,000 to over 100,000 units per year.

Rockfin sp. z o.o. will invest about 33 million zł to expand its existing Gorlice production plant, tripling production space and adding machinery and lines, with 30 new jobs, supported by the Polish Investment Zone program.

Cardbox Packaging is investing over €14 million in its Wolfsberg site in Austria, adding premises, a new Heidelberg printing line, die-cutting machines and an off-line barrier coating line, with operations starting in Q4 2022.

Constantia Flexibles is investing over €80 million at its Teich factory in Austria to build a new rolling mill and lacquering line, raising aluminum foil output to 90,000 tons per year.

Haver & Boecker Niagara expanded its manufacturing facility in Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil, increasing screen media and parts production capacity by 15% and bringing rubber production in-house.

Haleon is investing EUR 16 million in two new production lines at its plant in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, doubling production capacity and increasing jobs by 20%. The plant will become a key site for Theraflu production, aiming to produce over 270 million sachets per year.

Piston Automotive announced it will open a new facility in Wentzville, Missouri, investing more than $10 million and creating 204 new jobs. The facility will produce components for automotive manufacturers, including for a contract with General Motors.

Alps Tool will build a new wing at its No. 3 plant in Sakaki, Nagano Prefecture, investing 2.3 billion yen to increase production capacity of tooling for automatic lathes by 15-20%.

Owens Corning is investing $24.5 million to expand its existing fiberglass mat facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas, creating 50 new jobs. The expansion adds machinery and construction at the Planter Road site.

National Cement Company of Alabama completed a $300 million upgrade at its Ragland, Alabama plant, including a new Kiln 2 that doubles capacity to 2 million tons of clinker per year. The kiln is designed to run on 100% alternative fuels, reducing CO2 emissions by 30%.

Exxaro Tiles Limited commenced commercial production of big slab glazed vitrified tiles at its existing factory in Talod, India, on October 18, 2022. The expansion cost ₹30 crore and increased installed capacity to 11 million sq. mtrs per year.

KSB Indonesia inaugurated an expansion of its Cibitung, West Java plant, growing floor space from 3,620 to 9,620 square metres with a €3.9 million (about Rp 60 billion) investment, targeting up to 505 new jobs.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced plans to expand its Savannah aircraft and wing manufacturing facilities with a $150.7 million investment. The 262,000 square-foot expansions add dedicated G400 production and wing lines, as well as additional material delivery and distribution areas.

Panasonic Avionics expanded its European maintenance, repair and overhaul centre in Dundalk, Ireland, increasing the facility size from 6,000 sq ft to 23,000 sq ft and tripling the workforce. The expansion was supported by IDA Ireland.

Argentine metalworking company Arsemet has begun construction of a new 2,350 m² plant in the Área Industrial de Armstrong, Santa Fe, with an initial investment of USD 3 million. The facility will include a new paint line and serve the agroindustry, oil, gas and mining sectors.

Chemviron, the European operations of Calgon Carbon (a Kuraray subsidiary), has opened a fifth multi-hearth furnace at its Feluy reactivation centre in Belgium, increasing reactivation capacity to over 50,000 tons per year.

CTA AG broke ground on an expansion of its heat pump production facility at its headquarters in Münsingen, Switzerland, adding about 5,000 m² of usable space, with completion expected by early 2024.

Colquímica Adhesives will invest €2 million to increase production and storage capacity at its factory in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, which was formally inaugurated on October 3, 2022.

Toyota Industries Electric Air Conditioning Compressor (Kunshan) raised capital by RMB 560 million to build a second phase producing electric air-conditioning compressors for new energy vehicles. The expansion is expected to add 1.2 million units of capacity.

Fendt officially opened a new production line for loader wagons at its Wolfenbüttel site on October 14, 2022. The facility includes a 4,200 m² production hall and 10,000 m² of logistics space, with over EUR 20 million invested since 2017.

Geisler Brothers Co. plans to add 7,200 square feet to its subsidiary Dubuque Steel Products Inc. in Dubuque, Iowa, with an investment of about $840,000, creating 10 new full-time jobs. Construction is expected to start in December 2022 and complete by March 2023.

Great Plains Manufacturing celebrated the grand opening of its new Construction Equipment facility in Salina, Kansas, part of a $53 million expansion, with Phase II adding $124 million investment and 200 jobs by mid-2024.

Sodecia Automotive will invest USD 36 million to expand its automotive body components manufacturing plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico, to supply automakers like General Motors and Tesla.

Stellar announced an expansion of its Hastings, Nebraska plant, adding 11,000 square feet of manufacturing space and doubling welding bays from five to ten. The expansion will create 10 new jobs.

Infiltrator Water Technologies expanded its Advanced Molding Facility in Winchester, Kentucky, with a total investment over $140 million, adding 150,000 sq ft of manufacturing space and 13 new molding machines to increase production capacity of septic chambers by over seven million units.

Atlas Weyhausen GmbH is expanding its site in Wildeshausen, Germany, by nearly 9,000 square meters to build an innovation center for around €3 million. The center, to be completed by end of 2022, will focus on developing new construction machinery and advanced technologies, creating up to 15 new jobs.

Hitachi Construction Machinery announced it will consolidate domestic remanufacturing operations from Tsuchiura Works and Hitachinaka Works to Banshu Works from fiscal 2024, aiming to expand and improve efficiency of the remanufacturing business.

iVascular will invest 15 million euros to expand its factory in Sant Vicenç dels Horts, tripling the current surface area and multiplying production capacity by six. The expansion will add over 1,700 m² of ISO 7 cleanroom and over 400 m² of ISO 8 cleanroom.

GE HealthCare is investing $30 million in a new manufacturing line at its contrast media production facility in Cork, Ireland, aiming to produce 30 million more patient doses of iodinated contrast media annually by 2025.

LG Chem is investing approximately $400 million to modernize and expand its ABS plastics production facility at Yeosu, South Korea. The project includes building a new 222,000-ton-per-year ABS line and shutting down an old 140,000-ton line, increasing total annual capacity from 1 million to 1.08 million tons by 2024.

Lockheed Martin Space approved a $45 million expansion of its Courtland, Alabama facility, including expanded manufacturing capabilities for harness and cable production and assembly of Hypersonic glide bodies, expected to be complete by December 2026.

Bobcat Company celebrated the completion of a $70 million expansion of its Statesville, North Carolina manufacturing facility, adding 600,000 square feet and creating up to 250 jobs over five years.