Daikin Europe N.V. announced the expansion of its German heat pump manufacturing base in Güglingen, Germany. The company acquired a neighboring 22,000m² plot of land and plans to more than triple factory output by 2025, adding 500 new employees.

Authorities in Pskov Oblast expect the Titan-Polymer plant, a resident of the Mogilino special economic zone, to attract at least 17.6 billion rubles in private investment and create over 500 jobs. The plant produces PET granules and BOPET films.

Lamipak is investing over $400 million to expand its Kunshan, China facility with an R&D centre and automated warehouse, raising site capacity from 12 billion to 39 billion packs per year, with commissioning expected by April 2023.

Werner Kenkel plans to invest over PLN 127 million to expand its plant in Bochnia, Poland, increasing production capacity of corrugated board and packaging from about 170 million m² to about 220 million m² per year, a 30% increase.

Molex announced on Sept. 30, 2022, that it is expanding its existing manufacturing operations in Hanoi, Vietnam, by adding a new 16,000-square-meter connector production facility. The expansion will support more than 200 new technical manufacturing jobs.

Metallo, part of Grupo Crucianelli, added a new press brake, welding robot and laser cutter to its plant in Armstrong, Santa Fe, and is hiring staff. The company also completed a new 6,000 m² plant in 2022 with a total investment of USD 9 million.

Röchling Medical Solutions SE opened a new production building at its Neuhaus am Rennweg site, part of a EUR 50 million investment program until 2025, creating 30 new jobs.

Talon reorganized its Yeovil site to expand the machine shop with two DMG robot-fed five-axis machines and new hub production equipment, and added a wheel-assembly facility and dispatch warehouse.

Toray's subsidiaries Toray Textiles Central Europe and Toray Advanced Materials Korea completed a new factory in Prostejov, Czech Republic, to expand production of Airlite meltblown nonwoven sound-absorbing material for automotive interiors, with an annual capacity of 1,200 tons.

Kanto Seiki announced a new building at its Eda factory in Maebashi, Gunma, to raise production capacity and productivity, with about ¥700 million investment and completion planned for August 2023.

Solvay announced a 15% capacity increase for Amodel polyphthalamide resin at its Augusta, Georgia manufacturing site through operational excellence initiatives, supporting automotive electrification demand.

Weir Minerals expanded its Linatex rubber manufacturing facility in Batu Caves, Malaysia, with a new Continuous Rubber Process facility, a Banbury mixer, and additional presses, doubling production capacity. The investment was GBP 13 million.

Scandinavian IBS Sdn. Bhd. is expanding its plant in Penang Science Park, Simpang Ampat, Penang, with an additional 15 acres of land. The expansion will add four more production lines and is expected to create 1,200 jobs, with an investment of RM500 million over five years.

SCG Chemicals invested in new technologies and machinery at Sirplaste in Portugal to expand high-quality post-consumer recycled resin (PCR) production capacity by 9,000 tonnes per year, reaching over 45,000 tonnes per year by Q2 2023.

Shibaura Machine India is setting up a new factory adjacent to its existing facility in Chennai, India, to scale up production capacity from 1,200 to 2,500 injection moulding machines per year.

Jindal Steel & Power completed the public hearing for a 19.2 MTPA expansion of its integrated steel plant at Angul, Odisha, with an investment of Rs. 1,19,952 crore, which will bring total capacity to 25.2 MTPA and create 9,400 direct jobs.

JFE Shoji Power Canada Inc. announced a $20M investment over 18 months to expand production of electrical transformer cores at its Burlington, Ontario facility.

HÜBNER Group is commissioning a new ultra-modern compounding plant for elastomer products at its Hungarian site in Nyíregyháza, integrating production from Palotás-Mix Kft. and increasing production capacities.

Nucor Corp. will invest $425 million to add a galvanizing line at its Berkeley County mill in South Carolina, creating about 50 jobs. The line will have an annual capacity of about 500,000 tons and is expected to be operating by mid-2025.

Ingevity completed an expansion at its DeRidder, Louisiana facility, launching new Capa polyols production and increasing global polyols capacity by 40%. The expansion includes monomer storage capacity.

HeidelbergCement subsidiary Ciments Calcia plans to lay the first stone on 5 October 2022 for a new 4000 t/day clinker production line at its Airvault cement plant in France, a €300 million project built by ThyssenKrupp.

Wabtec Corporation began operations of its Plant IV in Arteaga, Coahuila, Mexico, with an investment of over $7 million, doubling its workforce from 300 to 600 employees for manufacturing locomotive and mining truck cabs.

Eviosys announced a €12 million investment to strengthen metal can production capacity at its Concarneau plant in France, including new printing and manufacturing equipment.

ABB is investing $13 million in its Iberville manufacturing facility in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, to increase production capacity by over 30% and establish an R&D facility, supporting data center demand.

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS) will invest 410 billion rupees ($5 billion) to build two blast furnaces at its Hazira plant in Gujarat, India, aiming to boost crude steel output capacity by 30 million tonnes per year by 2030.

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) decided to invest in new construction and capacity expansion of upstream and hot-rolling facilities at the Hazira steel mill in India, increasing crude steel production capacity by approximately 6 million tons/year to about 15 million tons/year. Phase I operation starts in second half of 2025, Phase II in first half of 2026.

Vibacar is expanding its facilities in the Isasi Industrial Estate in Gordexola by adding a third warehouse of 1,500 m2. The expansion will add 8 jobs and is expected to be completed in the last quarter of 2022.

Kurabo will construct a new building adjacent to its Kumamoto plant in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, to more than double production capacity and development capabilities for high-functional resin processed products used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Investment is about 2 billion yen, construction starts March 2023, and operations begin April 2024.

ASAŞ Alüminyum is expanding its extrusion operations with the order of a 45 MN press line and a 150 MN extrusion and tube press line from SMS group, including one of the world's largest extrusion lines.

Acoustical Sheetmetal Company (ASC) will break ground in October 2022 on a new 135,000 square-foot manufacturing facility at its Hudome Way campus in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The expansion will increase total manufacturing area to over 300,000 square feet and add full-time jobs.

Orient Bell Limited completed an INR 34 crore expansion of its Hoskote plant in Bengaluru, Karnataka, adding 1.8 million square meters per annum of capacity, ahead of schedule.

WEG announced it will invest R$660 million over three years to build a new factory for industrial and electric mobility motors and expand existing plants in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, completing the new plant by Q1 2024.

Evermade Foods will invest $110,000 to expand its manufacturing facility in Warrenton, Virginia, adding a new product line of shelf-stable grab-and-go items and creating 46 new jobs.

Dassault Aviation inaugurated a 13,000 m² extension of its Seclin plant in France on 23 September 2022, to accommodate new manufacturing capabilities for aircraft parts.

Rongsheng Petrochemical's subsidiary Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. started up a new polycarbonate plant with an annual production capacity of 260,000 tonnes in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China, increasing the company's total polycarbonate capacity to 520,000 tonnes per year.

Construction is progressing on the eighth workshop of the plant in M7 Industrial Park, with an area of 1,500 sq m, for manufacturing large-sized parts of gantry and double-girder overhead cranes.

Owens-Illinois announced an R$300 million investment to expand its glass bottle factory in Vitoria de Santo Antao, Pernambuco, Brazil, creating 100 new jobs on top of 165 existing ones. A letter of intent was signed with the state government.

GE will invest up to $5 million over two years to add a second manufacturing location for its TM 250 and LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative units in its existing Global Technology Center in Greenville, South Carolina, to support the Americas region.

Refrion, part of LU-VE Group, started expansion work on its production plant in Flumignano and Talmassons, Italy, adding 6,000 sqm. The total investment is over 9 million euros, including 8 million for real estate and 1 million for machinery. The new facilities will be available from January 2023.

BorgWarner Mobility Poland is expanding its plant in Blonie, Poland, by 15,000 square meters to produce EV components including inverters, DC-DC converters, and battery management systems. The expansion is to be completed by end of 2023, with 380 million PLN ($80 million) invested from 2022 to 2024.

Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, is expanding its Hexylene Glycol (HGL) production at its Paulínia chemical complex in Brazil with an investment of R$ 27 million. The expansion consolidates the company's global leadership in HGL supply.

B. Braun Medical Inc. celebrated the opening of a $200 million, 310,000-square-foot expansion at its campus in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The expansion will add more than 200 jobs over several years and manufacture infusion therapy devices.

Podravka has completed a nearly 30 million kuna investment in a new extruder line and packaging equipment at its Koktel peciva factory in Koprivnica, Croatia, doubling its breakfast cereal production capacity.

John Deere announced an immediate investment in two additional locations to increase Kreisel Electric's battery production capacity by over 2 GWh, including a new facility at the John Deere Saran factory in France and battery assembly in the United States.

Punch Powertrain and Stellantis signed an agreement to add a site at the Mirafiori Complex in Italy to their existing joint venture for manufacturing electrified dual-clutch transmissions (eDCT). Production is expected to start in the second half of 2024.

IFC is providing $50 million financing to Fitesa to expand non-woven production capacity by 20,000 tons per year (17% growth) at its plants in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Hydro is investing EUR 11 million to add a third aluminium extrusion press at its Rackwitz plant, creating 40 jobs and increasing extrusion capacity by 12,000 tonnes per year.

ABB is doubling production capacity at its sensor factory in Brno, the largest sensor factory in the world. BEZ Transformers supplied distribution transformers to energize a new production line for medium voltage sensors.

Vitesse Systems broke ground on an expansion of its Clinton, MA facility, doubling its size and adding robotic dip-brazing, machining, and inspection capabilities. The project is scheduled to be fully operational by January 2023.

Alphametall group and 3 River Metal Group completed two climate-friendly production halls at their Skarbimierz site in Poland, expanding production and storage capacity.