Safran Group announced a production facility in Hyderabad, India, to produce parts and components for advanced aircraft engines with an investment of EUR 36 million.

Areco will invest approximately 150 million SEK in a new production facility for mineral wool core sandwich panels in Örkelljunga, Sweden, creating nearly 50 jobs. The plant will increase capacity from 800,000 m² to 2,500,000 m² and is expected to start production in the second half of 2023.

Avangard plans to build Russia's first polyester staple fiber plant in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, with a capacity of up to 200 tonnes per day, investment of 4 billion rubles, and 260 new jobs. Construction started in March 2021, and production is expected to start by end of 2022.

Petersen opened a 57,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Bonney Lake, Washington, for PAC-CLAD steel and aluminum cladding products. The facility shipped its first order in May 2022 and will be fully operational in early 2023.

Nidec Elesys held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Novi Sad, Serbia, to manufacture automotive inverters and ECUs. The first phase will employ 200 people and aims to build an efficient supply system in Europe.

Le Bélier, a French manufacturer of aluminum parts for automotive and aerospace, opened a new facility in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. The plant will employ 398 people directly and serves as a T1 supply plant for the automotive industry, including electric vehicles.

Rolls-Royce SMR announced a shortlist of locations for a new factory to build heavy vessels for its Small Modular Reactor power station. The factory, valued at £100-200 million, will create over 200 jobs and be built once SMRs get approval.

Versalis has signed an agreement with Forever Plast to build an advanced mechanical recycling unit at Porto Marghera, Italy, with a capacity of 50,000 tonnes/year of pre-sorted waste. The plant is scheduled to go onstream in 2024.

Liebherr opened a new plant for concrete trucks in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with an investment of EUR 17 million. The facility has a production and warehouse area of 12,000 sq.m. on a 37,000 sq.m. plot.

Sika is bringing a new manufacturing plant for concrete admixtures on stream in Stafford, Virginia. The facility is the second-biggest manufacturing plant for Sika concrete admixtures in the U.S.

Brazilian flat glass manufacturer Vivix plans to build a BRL 1.3 billion (US$248.1 million) production factory in Goiana, Brazil, next to its existing facility. The furnace will have a capacity of 1,000 t/day and is expected to be fully operational in the second half of 2025.

Quantum SPT, maker of ultra-high pressure electric servo pumps, has bought land at WHA Rayong 36 Industrial Estate in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor to build a new manufacturing facility.

SPINNER Machine Tools started production at a new fully air-conditioned and climate-neutral plant in Germany, combining all previous machining production activities in the country. Production began in July 2022.

Holcim El Salvador inaugurated Planta Maya, a new modern and sustainable cement plant in Metapán, El Salvador, as part of its corporate rebranding in Latin America.

SENNEBOGEN commissioned a new steel plant in Litér, Hungary, on July 1, 2022, with a 13 ha area and 29,000 m² production hall, current capacity 20,000 t per year.

Climate by Design International broke ground in July 2022 on a nearly $40 million, 212,700-square-foot new headquarters and production facility in Owatonna, Minnesota. The project is partially financed by $12 million in New Markets Tax Credits.

Yeser Chemicals established a marketing and sales subsidiary, Guangzhou Yeser Chemicals Co., Ltd., in July 2022 to handle global marketing and sales.

SkyWater Technology announced plans to open a $1.8 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility in Discovery Park District at Purdue University, creating 750 jobs. The city approved engineering services for wastewater upgrades to support the facility.

Tetra Pak is partnering with Mycorena to construct a new mycoprotein plant in Falkenberg, Sweden, to produce Mycorena's Promyc ingredient for the meat alternative market. The first phase will have a capacity of 5,000 tonnes per year, with potential expansion up to 100,000 tonnes. Commissioning is expected in Q2 2023, with full operations in Q3 2023.

Thermo King, a brand of Trane Technologies, opened a new research and development center adjacent to its manufacturing operations in Galway, Ireland. The center can accommodate up to 70 engineers and is part of a $100 million investment to deliver fully electric cold chain products.

O-I Glass broke ground on a glass container plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with a multiphase investment of up to $240 million creating up to 140 jobs; the project was first announced in July 2022.

Sandoz Technical Operations, a Novartis division, inaugurated a new manufacturing plant for oral cancer medicines at Kalwe in Mumbai, India. The facility spans 32,000 sq mt, currently employs 70 people with plans to recruit 200 more, and will produce Olaparib, Darolutamide and Lenvatinib for global export.

Lingong Machinery Group (LGMG) will build a new production plant for electric articulated elevators in Marín, Nuevo León, Mexico, with an investment of $140 million, creating around 1,400 jobs.

Avgol Nonwoven, an Indorama subsidiary, inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Halol, Gujarat, India. The facility was virtually inaugurated by Darshana Jardosh, Union Minister of State for Textiles and Railways.

Continental will invest over $40 million to build an industrial hydraulic hose production facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, creating about 150 jobs. The plant will add capacity for North American customers.

Circularix, a joint venture of HPC Industries and Macquarie Group, plans to build and operate five PET recycling facilities across the U.S. with a total annual capacity of over 275 million pounds of rPET resin. The first facility in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, is expected to be operational by December 2022.

Boston Centerless announced the opening of a 16,000-square-foot production facility in southeast Fort Wayne, Indiana, creating up to 20 new jobs and investing up to $619,000 by the end of 2023. It is the company's first facility outside its Woburn, Massachusetts headquarters.

Andreas STIHL Power Tools Ltd, a subsidiary of Andreas STIHL AG & Co. KG, announced plans to build a new production facility in the Eurobusiness I Industrial Park in Oradea, Romania, with an investment of EUR 125 million on a land area of approximately 147,000 sqm.

Vivix Vidros Planos announced construction of a second float glass plant in Goiana, Pernambuco, Brazil, with an investment of BRL 1.3 billion. The plant will have a capacity of 1,000 tonnes per day and is expected to be fully operational in the second half of 2025.

Shree Arun Packaging (Sapco) invested Rs 20 crore to commission a new 60,000 sq ft factory near Kalyan, moving operations from Mahape and adding Bobst converting machines. The unit became fully operational in March 2022.

OFI engaged GEA to install two complete instant coffee production lines at a greenfield site in Espírito Santo, Brazil. The plant, scheduled to start production in 2023, will produce freeze-dried and spray-dried instant coffee.

German pharmaceutical packaging company Gerresheimer announced a new factory in TIDZ Skopje 2, North Macedonia, with an investment of over €126 million, the largest in the zone's history.

Smith+Nephew opened a new 250,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Batu Kawan, Penang, Malaysia, with an investment of over $100 million, supporting its Orthopaedics business and creating up to 800 jobs.

ABC Farben will build a plant in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, to produce additives for paints, plastics, paper, and ore flotation, with an investment of 350 million rubles and 60 new jobs. The first phase (acrylic dispersions and rheological additives) is due by end of 2023, the second (powder coatings) in 2024.

Novafast opened a $4 million facility in Adelaide, South Australia, to enhance composite production capabilities for defense contracts, including the Hunter Class Frigate program with BAE Systems.

Chilean company Typack installed its first food packaging production plant in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, with a $5 million investment. The 5,000 sqm facility has capacity to produce 180 million clamshells per year, with plans to double capacity by 2023.

Haier, through its subsidiary KHAIR LLC, will build a new plant in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, for producing refrigeration and freezing equipment. The project involves over 4.5 billion rubles in investments and will create more than 800 jobs, with a capacity of 500,000 units per year.

Fraenkische inaugurated its second plant in Silao, Guanajuato, with an investment of over €12 million, dedicated to manufacturing cooling systems for electric cars and batteries, targeting Tesla. The plant is expected to start operations in July 2022 and create 200 direct jobs by end of 2022 and 500 more in two years.

Boston Scientific will construct a new manufacturing and supply chain facility in Johns Creek, Georgia, with a $62.5 million investment, expected to create roughly 340 jobs over seven years.

STIHL is investing around €125 million to build a new production site for cordless and electric products in Oradea, Romania, creating about 500 jobs. The plant is expected to start operations in mid-2024.

Daikin Comfort Technologies North America will build a 761,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mexico, fully operational in 2024, with an estimated $230 million investment to localize mini-split and residential inverter production.

German packaging maker Papier-Mettler acquired an industrial building in Moorefield, West Virginia, in May and will invest $48 million to create up to 100 jobs there, its first US production plant.

Progroup has broken ground on a new corrugated sheetfeeder plant between Petersberg and Höheischweiler, investing more than EUR 90 million and creating 60 jobs. Production is set to begin in the second half of 2023.

O'Neal Manufacturing Services has opened a 130,000-square-foot custom steel fabrication center in Fayette, Alabama. The company plans to invest over $4 million and create 80 jobs.

AQ Group signed an agreement to acquire a 22,000 m² property in Pernik, Bulgaria for €5 million to establish a new factory producing sheet metal housings and integrating large battery systems for grid energy storage. Orders of $12 million are secured for 2023.

V-Zug Group opened its new refrigerator factory in Sulgen, canton of Thurgau, after seven years of planning and construction and CHF 70 million in investment. The plant can produce 145,000 refrigerators per year in two-shift operation and employs 170 people.

Heineken will build a 1.8 billion peso (about $90 million) can manufacturing plant near its brewery in Mequoi, Chihuahua, Mexico, its seventh in the country. The plant is expected to employ around 120 people after opening.

Kruger Packaging's Elizabethtown team produced the first sheets of corrugated paper at its soon-to-open corrugated box plant, with construction continuing toward completion. The milestone was reported on June 27, 2022.

Kapci Coatings has begun procedures to establish a factory for printing inks in partnership with Sun Chemical Group in the city of 10th of Ramadan, Egypt, with an investment of about 150 million Egyptian pounds. Kapci will hold a 40% stake and Sun Chemical 60%.

Chizhou Qifan Cable Group started construction of its Wire and Cable Industrial Park in Chizhou, China. The project has a total investment of 3 billion yuan and will produce special wire and cable, environmental electrical wire and cable, and power cable. Phase 1 has a 24-month construction period.