Ellerhold AG is building a new cardboard factory of almost 11,000 square metres at its Radebeul headquarters near Dresden, investing EUR 20 million. Completion is planned by the end of 2022, shifting the company's focus from large posters to packaging.
Zekelman Industries announced construction will begin in December on a new inline steel tube galvanizing factory in Blytheville, Arkansas. The facility will have an annual operating capacity exceeding 200,000 tons and create 80 jobs. Commissioning is expected in late 2023.
Gruppo Del Conca announced a €55 million investment to expand and renovate its production site in Savignano sul Panaro, Italy, adding 120,000 square meters of space (60,000 covered) and a new production line with Italy's largest kiln. The expansion will create about 60 new specialized jobs.
Toyo Ink plans to double laminating adhesives production capacity at its subsidiary Toyochem Specialty Chemical in Malaysia. Expansion is underway, with full operation slated for Q3 2023.
onsemi celebrated the inauguration of its expanded silicon carbide (SiC) fab in Roznov, Czech Republic. The expansion will increase SiC production capabilities by 16 times over two years and create 200 jobs by end of 2024. onsemi has invested over $150 million so far and plans an additional $300 million through 2023.
Siemens Gamesa broke ground on a major expansion of its offshore nacelle facility in Taichung, Taiwan. The plant area will more than triple to about 90,000 square meters, and employment will more than triple. The expansion will support production of SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines for the 1,044 MW Hai Long project and future projects.
Power Machines (Silovye Mashiny) plans to launch serial production of 65 MW and 170 MW gas turbines by 2025, with current capacity of about 10 turbines per year. The project has received 15 billion rubles in investment since 2019, plus a 5 billion ruble state grant.
Tyumen region and EnergoTechService signed an investment agreement for the second phase of a project to build the Tyumen Power Equipment Plant, with total investments of about 2 billion rubles. The project includes expanding assembly shop space, building a logistics center and training building, and creating over 150 jobs, with completion expected by Q3 2025.
Henkel broke ground on a 35,000 square foot expansion of its Brandon, South Dakota production facility to increase production of thermal interface materials for electric vehicles and electronics. The $30 million investment will create about 20 jobs and is expected to be operational by Q4 2023.
Broadwind Heavy Fabrications will invest $3 million to expand its facility in Abilene, Texas, creating 40 jobs. The expansion will add 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
Cirrus Aircraft is transforming an old hangar into a 189,000-square-foot innovation center in Duluth, Minnesota, with a multimillion-dollar investment and plans to hire 80 engineers over three years.
Hitachi Energy opened a new 6,200-square-meter expansion at its Sevlievo plant for high-voltage products, with an investment of 20 million leva and over 180 new employees.
Bosch Corporation started production of the iBooster and iBooster compact electro-mechanical brake boosters at its Tochigi plant in Japan, with a 3 billion yen investment in manufacturing facilities.
Motor-Classic Plc. is expanding its plant in Tatabánya with a new 2,000-square-meter production hall and a modern machining center, supported by a HUF 600 million EU grant.
Alberdingk Boley completed phase II of a capacity expansion project at its Greensboro, North Carolina manufacturing site, including debottlenecking investments throughout 2022. The expansion follows the addition of a reactor train in 2020.
EdmoLift is investing 70 million SEK in a new production facility and automated machinery at its headquarters in Härnösand, Sweden. The 1,435 m² facility is expected to be completed in early 2023, with new machines including an automatic storage solution, fiber laser, and bending cell.
Nucor Corp. announced it is pursuing LEED v4 certification for its new plate mill in Brandenburg, Kentucky. The $1.7 billion mill will produce 1.2 million tons of steel plate annually and is set to begin production by the end of 2022.
TD Deutsche Klimakompressor GmbH (TDDK) will convert its Bernsdorf plant to produce electric vehicle air conditioning compressors, expanding capacity from 6 million to 8 million compressors per year. The first assembly line for electric compressors was approved in September 2022, with mass production expected to start in early 2025.
Maxion Wheels announced the opening of a new truck steel wheels plant in Turkey with partner Inci Holding, and will build a forged aluminum CV wheels facility starting production in late 2024. Combined investments exceed $150 million from 2021 through 2025.
Stereau, a subsidiary of Saur, completed the modernization of the Orly drinking water production plant for Eau de Paris. The new Orly 2 treatment process, using the Carboplus® process, can produce 150,000 m³/day of micropollutant-free drinking water.
Matrix Packaging Machinery, a food packaging equipment maker, signed a long-term lease for a 70,000+ sqft industrial building in Grafton, Wisconsin, moving from a 45,000 sqft facility in Saukville. The move will start in 2022 and be complete by March 2023, with plans to double production over three years.
Turkish investor Feka Automotive plans to build a second plant in Ćuprija, Serbia, adding 7,500 square meters of space and hiring 370 additional workers. The new plant will produce electric car components for Stellantis and must be completed by September 2023.
Tata Metaliks, a subsidiary of Tata Steel, has commenced a $76 million expansion project to double its ductile pipe capacity to 400,000 metric tons per year at its Kharagpur plant in West Bengal, India. The expansion will be done in two phases.
ADM Packaging Automation is moving from Preston to a 2,200-square-meter facility in Thomastown, Australia, which is over four times larger than its current space. The move will allow the company to expand manufacturing of packaging automation equipment.
Wangbian Electric is building an 80,000-tonne high-end magnetic material project; domestic equipment expected by June 2023 adding 20,000-30,000 tonnes/year capacity, key imported equipment by June 2024 adding 50,000-60,000 tonnes/year, full production by 2025.
Luoyang Glass Co., Ltd. announced that the furnace for its subsidiary CNBM (Hefei) New Energy Co., Ltd.'s solar photovoltaic battery encapsulation material project was successfully ignited on September 19, 2022. The project produces ultra-thin solar glass and includes a carbon capture demonstration unit.
Advansor has taken over a new 5,000 sqm factory hall in Aarhus, Denmark, tripling its production capacity for CO2-based cooling and heat pump systems, including large heat pumps up to 10 MW.
Aristoncavi inaugurated a new 5,000 sqm facility in Brendola, Italy, adding a rubber cable extrusion line that increases production capacity by 10%, along with logistics and training space.
Infineon Technologies Batam is expanding with an €85 million investment to build a new 21,000 sqm facility (BAT 3), increasing production capacity from 13-15 million units per week to 30 million units per week. The expansion is planned for 2022.
Spot Zero, a manufacturer of marine reverse osmosis systems, announced an expansion that includes a new 20,000 square-foot production facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, tripling its operating capacity. The facility will house manufacturing, engineering, and an expanded workforce.
Morrison Container Handling Solutions celebrated the completion of a 100,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing facility in Glenwood, Illinois. The $10 million project increases the company's footprint to 122,000 square feet.
Franz Morat Group plans to remodel floor space at its headquarters for the Plastics Injection Molding Technology unit and build a connecting building between Plants 1 and 2.
Fabryka Armatur Swarzędz has expanded its manufacturing area by 360 m² and installed a new Gnutti transfer machine with 10 stations and 23 spindles for machining brass and bronze parts for water meters and fittings.
NIBE-BIAWAR is building the second stage of its production and warehouse facility in Białystok, Poland, adding about 10,000 m² of space for new production lines for heat pump components. The first stage opened in February 2020.
Yuedian Power A (000539.SZ) announced plans to invest 8.05 billion yuan to build Units 5 and 6 (2x1000MW) at the Huilai Power Plant in Guangdong, China. The project will use ultra-supercritical secondary reheat coal-fired generating units.
Lutron Electronics will invest $28.3 million to build a 145,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, creating approximately 200 new jobs.
Vimetco Extrusion, ALRO's downstream subsidiary, commissioned a new state-of-the-art 7-inch extrusion line in Slatina, Romania, following a EUR 10 million investment. The line, supplied by Presezzi Extrusion, increases annual production capacity by 11,000 tonnes to a total of 36,000 tonnes.
Toray Advanced Materials and Toray Textiles Central Europe are expanding production capacity for Airlite microfiber sound-absorbing material at the TTCE plant in the Czech Republic, adding 1,200 tonnes per year, with production starting in October 2022.
İşbir Sentetik, a Turkish industrial textile manufacturer, plans to increase production capacity by 60% over five years, targeting to become the world's number one producer. It also aims to increase capacity at its India plant twofold in 2023.
PCI Pharma Services has announced a significant expansion of its Tredegar, Wales site, adding two new facilities for solid oral-dose manufacturing and packaging of highly potent drugs. The article gives no investment value or jobs figure.
JUMO Automation (Dalian) Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Germany's JUMO GmbH & Co KG, put its second factory into operation in Jinpu New Area, Dalian, China. The 15,000-square-meter facility will expand production to include sensors for temperature, pressure, flow, liquid level, humidity, and water quality analysis.
Takeda announced an investment of close to 300 million euros to expand its biotechnology manufacturing site in Lessines, Belgium, with a new production facility and a net-zero carbon emissions warehouse.
Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithograph (ASML) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $200 million expansion of its Wilton, Connecticut facility. The company expects to add 1,000 jobs over the next two years.
Airbus Atlantic CEO Cédric Gautier announced the intention to double the investment in its Santo Tirso, Portugal factory, which currently produces fuselage sections for A320 and A350 aircraft. The initial investment was €40 million, and the factory currently employs 130 workers, expected to reach 250 by end of 2023.
Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical is expanding its manufacturing facility in Northborough, Massachusetts, adding 25,000 sq ft of cleanroom capacity for biopharmaceutical silicone tubing and hose. The three-phase project will create at least 50 jobs, with phase one starting in January 2023.
Daikin announced a $300 million investment to build a second plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, to produce residential and commercial air conditioning products. The plant is expected to create over 2,500 jobs and start operations in 2024.
PakTech moved into a new 180,000 sq ft facility in Eugene, Oregon, to increase manufacturing capacity and support growth. The facility allows for doubling production output in as little as 8 months.
Schneider Electric broke ground on a multimillion expansion of its Smart Factory in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, adding three new production lines for automatic circuit breakers. The expansion will increase production volume by 30% and create 100 new jobs by mid-2023.
Yanmar America Corporation has introduced an automated guided vehicle (AGV) solution to its Adairsville, GA manufacturing facility for Powerpack series generator production. The system has boosted production capacity ten-fold.
HeidelbergCement plans to triple capacity at its cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, to 2.6 million metric tons per year, and add carbon-capture equipment capable of handling 95% of CO2 emissions. The US Department of Energy has provided $3.7 million for engineering and design.