Abbott Laboratories is investing €440 million in Ireland, building a new manufacturing plant in Kilkenny and expanding in Donegal, creating 1,000 jobs for production of Freestyle Libre glucose monitors.

Abbott is investing in its Donegal Diabetes Care site as part of a €440 million combined investment, creating jobs at the site.

Doncasters is more than doubling production in the shell lines at its Droitwich, UK site with two new robot shell lines delivered by early 2023.

Doncasters announced $12.9 million in investments to double capacity at its Groton, Connecticut facility and more than double production at its Droitwich, UK site, with new robot shell lines expected by early 2023.

Shimane Shimadzu Corporation, a subsidiary of Shimadzu, will construct a new building to digitize the coating process and enhance welding robots at its plant in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The project aims to increase coating throughput by 1.5 times and welding throughput by 1.3 times, and reduce waste by 25%.

Siemens Energy announced an expansion of its Querétaro facility, investing 105 million Mexican pesos to add high-power switch and high-voltage line manufacturing, with 200 direct jobs expected. The company says the plant will export to Central America, Chile, the US, Canada and the UK.

onsemi celebrated the inauguration of its silicon carbide facility in Hudson, New Hampshire, which will increase SiC boule production capacity by five times year-over-year and nearly quadruple the number of employees in Hudson by the end of 2022.

Ilim Group is finalizing construction of the largest KLB Mill in Ust-Ilimsk, Russia, which will produce 600,000 tons of kraftliner per year. The mill features a unique two-stage biological wastewater treatment system, with hydraulic tests starting in August 2022.

SOP-Metal Oy has installed a new 5-axis profile machining center at its Vaasa facility, doubling its capacity to machine copper and aluminum rod and flat bar products. The investment extends service range and improves quality.

Nel ASA has decided to build a new fully automated production line at Herøya, Norway, doubling its capacity for alkaline electrolyser stacks to approximately 1 GW. The investment of about EUR 35 million is expected to be operational from April 2024.

通用电气航空(苏州)有限公司投资2.93亿元，利用自有厂房进行改造和扩建，增加仓库，将年产飞机引擎部件从20000件增至25000件，复合材料部件从2500件增至8000件。项目周期为2021年第二季度至2022年第四季度。

Mitsubishi Chemical UK will invest hundreds of millions of pounds to build a new production line at Saltend Chemicals Park in Hull, more than doubling capacity for its SoarnoL ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer. The expansion will create dozens of jobs and is expected to be completed by mid-2025.

Northrop Grumman is expanding its solid rocket motor manufacturing facilities in Magna, Utah, with groundbreaking of new state-of-the-art facilities covering case manufacturing, propellant mixing and casting, and final assembly.

Imerys announces a multi-million dollar investment to expand capacity at its Marble Hill, Georgia ground-calcium-carbonate plant, including new equipment and automation upgrades. The investment supports growing building and construction markets.

INA d.d. completed installation of two new substations (TS-384 and TS-390) and replaced the power center in substation TS-303 at the Rijeka Oil Refinery in Croatia to enhance electrical infrastructure.

Becton, Dickinson and Company held a groundbreaking ceremony for a RM300 million expansion of its production plant in Kulim, Kedah. The factory will be expanded by 67% from 165,000 to 275,000 square feet, with completion expected by end of 2023.

LP Building Solutions is expanding its operations in Sagola Township, Michigan, converting its oriented strand board plant to produce LP SmartSide Trim & Siding. The $194 million investment is expected to create at least 50 jobs.

NRG Energy proposed adding a 690-megawatt natural gas-fired combined-cycle power block at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas. The $526.8 million project, called Project Moonshot, would create 18 permanent jobs and begin commercial operations in 2025.

Pambili Natural Resources Corporation announced the arrival of mechanized equipment at the Happy Valley Mine near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, as part of a capital expansion program. A Massey Ferguson 440 tractor was delivered, and an eight-tonne tipping trailer is expected within two weeks. The expansion is funded by a C$200,000 allocation from an earn-in agreement.

McCarthy Building Cos. completed construction on the Intake Pump Station for Houston's Northeast Water Purification Plant expansion. The project adds 320 million gallons per day of drinking water capacity as part of a $1.765-billion design-build expansion.

Jungheinrich was commissioned to build four new aisles in the carton warehouse at Keller & Kalmbach's central warehouse in Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, adding 79,968 carton storage spaces (25% increase).

Flottweg Separation Technology celebrated the groundbreaking for a 15,000-square-foot warehouse expansion at its campus in Independence, Kentucky. The $1.75 million investment will create 12 new jobs and is expected to be completed by Q1 2023.

Caterpillar Brasil inaugurated a new 11,000 m² motor grader assembly line at its Piracicaba plant, part of a R$ 600 million investment cycle to be completed by 2023, producing new-generation motor graders for Brazil and export.

Algoma Steel has started construction on a $703 million electric arc furnace facility in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Foundation work is underway, with structural steel erection expected in late September or October 2022.

Gerresheimer AG will invest up to $94 million to expand its Morganton, North Carolina facility with new vial forming lines, increasing annual production capacity for Type 1 glass vials. The project is supported by BARDA with up to $66 million.

Glassolutions, part of Saint-Gobain Group, will invest 75 million PLN to expand and automate its production plant in Jaroszowiec, Poland, adding a new 5,250 m² hall and increasing capacity for insulated glass units.

Bridgestone Corporation will invest approximately 1.7 billion yen in its Nasu plant in Japan to expand production capacity for premium motorcycle tires. Annual capacity will increase by about 90,000 units, with expansion gradually starting from 2026.

C&S Machine Products is expanding its operations in Bertrand Township, Michigan, with a $34.5 million project expected to create 85 jobs. The expansion includes manufacturing capabilities for medical devices, metal processing, and hydraulic testing.

Hargassner is expanding its site in Weng, Austria, with a construction volume of about €25 million, adding 18,000 m² to increase annual boiler production capacity from 10,000 to 25,000 units. The announcement was made on 5 August 2022.

ABB provided medium and low-voltage switchgear, power quality systems, UPS, drives, busbars and digital solutions for the Madneuli Expansion project of JSC RMG Copper, a copper and gold mine in Georgia.

Yingpu Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. received confirmation for a technical transformation project to expand its plant and add annual production capacity of 1 million civil aircraft parts and 1,200 tons of high-temperature superalloy master alloy ingots. The project was filed by Xishan Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee in May 2022.

Aurora Plastics broke ground on an expansion of its Streetsboro, Ohio facility, adding over 100 million pounds of thermoplastic compounding capacity. The project is expected to be completed in Q4 2023 and create 30 jobs.

Iren completed the first parallel of the steam turbine for the new 430 MW combined cycle at its Turbigo thermoelectric plant in Italy, bringing total plant capacity to approximately 1,280 MW. Ansaldo Energia supplied and installed the main components.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will invest $113 million in a new plant at its Turkish subsidiary MACT to increase annual capacity for air-to-water heat pumps by 100,000 units to 300,000, and for room air conditioners by 300,000 units to 1,100,000. Production starts in February 2024.

BASF will invest $19.8 million in its Geismar, Louisiana manufacturing complex to increase production of chemical intermediates HEP and NOP, retaining over 1,000 existing jobs and creating 58 construction jobs.

Di-Corp completed a major expansion and automation project at its drill rod production plant in North Bay, Ontario, adding a heat-treating cell, machining cell, and automation for rod handling and packaging to increase production capacity.

WEG is constructing a new 22,680 sqm factory at its Santo Tirso site in Portugal, doubling the size of its manufacturing facility, adding 100 jobs, and creating Europe's most complete testing laboratory for MV/HV motion drives.

Bosch is spending €400 million on expanding its semiconductor center in Reutlingen by 2025, including a new 3,600-square-meter extension and conversion of existing space into clean rooms.

Bosch is investing €3 billion in its semiconductor division, including a new 300-mm silicon wafer fab in Dresden that has recently opened, and a €400 million expansion of its Reutlingen facility by 2025.

Tetra Pak will invest 437 million pesos to expand its packaging plant in Querétaro by adding one cutting production line and two lamination lines, raising capacity to 12.8 billion packages per year.

GEFCO, a Bauer Group company, broke ground on August 3, 2022 for a new facility in Conroe Park North, Texas, for assembly and manufacturing of drilling rigs, including classrooms and offices.

ZF Shanghai signed an investment agreement to expand its existing EPS factory in Anting, Shanghai, adding 4,000 square meters of floor area. The new facilities are expected to begin operation in mid-2023.

Eastey, a manufacturer of shrink-packaging equipment and material handling systems, relocated its manufacturing operation to a 50,000-square-foot building in Big Lake, Minn., consolidating production operations.

GCC will execute a capacity expansion at its Odessa, Texas cement plant, increasing annual cement production capacity by over one million metric tons, with a $750 million investment and completion by mid-2025.

Nucor Corporation will add a new melt shop at its bar mill in Kingman, Arizona, with a $100 million investment, 600,000 tons annual capacity, and 140 new jobs.

Stryker has opened a new 156,000 square foot production and research facility in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland, with potential to create up to 600 new jobs. The facility houses additive manufacturing (3D printing) for medical devices and the AMagine Institute.

Greif will invest $13 million over five years to modernize and expand production capacity at its Taylors, Greenville County facility, which makes spiral tubes and cores from recycled paperboard, with completion expected in November.

WIKA's Pune site has commissioned two new Lean production lines for pressure gauge accessories such as overpressure protectors, throttles, cocks and adapters.

Hilti inaugurated the expansion of its plant in Matamoros, Mexico, with a $25 million investment. The expansion created 350 new jobs for producing construction tools.

Bihler of America announced plans to construct a new 103,000 square foot facility on its corporate campus in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Construction is scheduled to commence in April 2018, with operations expected to begin in Q1 2019.