US chipmaker Vishay plans to invest approximately €300 million to expand its chip production in Itzehoe, Germany. Construction of the new fab is expected to start in 2023, creating 150 new jobs in the first phase.

S&C Electric Company opened a 55,000-square-foot manufacturing expansion at its Franklin, Wisconsin facility, creating more than 50 new skilled jobs.

Godrej & Boyce is investing an additional Rs 300 crore at its Dahej facility in Gujarat to double revenues from its Godrej Process Equipment arm by FY25, adding 25,000 square metres of manufacturing area.

Seohan Auto USA is investing $13.5 million in its two Auburn, Alabama facilities to begin producing components for hybrid and electric vehicles. The expansion is expected to create 12 new jobs.

McWane Ductile Ohio announced a $45 million investment to expand its Coshocton County plant, creating 50 new jobs and retaining over 500 jobs.

Packaging manufacturer Thimm installed a new Bahmüller Turbox folder gluer and automated downstream equipment at its Wörrstadt site for EUR 4.2 million, to meet rising e-commerce packaging demand.

Atlas Concorde announced an investment of over EUR 60 million for a new porcelain slab production plant at its Finale Emilia site in Italy. The plant, already under construction, will expand the factory by 35,000 square meters and is expected to begin production in June 2023, increasing jobs by approximately 60%.

Nabtesco announced plans for its new precision reducer plant in Hamamatsu, Japan, to produce 1.2 million units annually by 2030, the largest scale for the company. The precision reducers are core components for industrial robot joints, driven by demand from manufacturing automation.

ADEKA announced a 2.3 billion yen investment to build a new building at its South Korea plant to more than double production capacity of high-dielectric (high-k) materials used in semiconductor DRAM. Construction starts in November 2022, with operation targeted by fiscal year 2024.

United Alloy, Inc. broke ground on a nearly 110,000 square foot expansion of its existing manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas. The expansion will add automation for sheet metal fabrication, powder coating, and assembly, and represents a capital investment of more than $35 million total for the site.

National Cement Company of Alabama, a Vicat subsidiary, inaugurated a new US$300 million production line at its Ragland cement plant on July 21, 2022. The line includes a new rotary kiln equipped for alternative fuel use.

National Cement of Alabama and parent Vicat Group dedicated a new production line at the Ragland, Alabama plant, a $300 million project doubling annual capacity to 2 million tons. The kiln is designed to run on 100% biomass or non-hazardous waste.

Motion Controls Robotics (MCRI) will invest over $2 million to expand its Fremont, Ohio facility with a 25,500 square-foot addition, creating at least 18 new jobs.

Bercen, a division of Vertellus, is expanding its Denham Springs, Louisiana facility with a $17.5 million investment. The project will retain 55 jobs and create 8 new jobs, with completion expected by end of 2022 and full operations in Q1 2023.

Biological E. announced an investment of ₹1,800 crore to expand manufacturing capacity at three facilities in Genome Valley, Hyderabad. The expansion will add 5 billion doses of vaccine capacity and create 2,518 jobs.

Apro, a battery equipment maker, signed a land sale contract with Cheonan Techno Park for KRW 20.2 billion to expand its production site from 1,200 pyeong to 10,000 pyeong, enabling up to 25,000 pyeong of production facilities.

Streparava Holding is completing a €25 million expansion of its headquarters in Adro, Italy, adding 7,500 square meters of covered space. The first part will be operational in September 2022, and the full site by spring 2023, with at least 50 new hires planned over two years.

Mission Ready Solutions Inc., through its subsidiary Unifire, is ramping up operational capacities at its PTF Manufacturing facility in Jacksboro, Tennessee, in preparation for manufacturing opportunities. The expansion will be funded through state and local initiatives.

Ingersoll Machine Tools held a grand opening and expansion of its new manufacturing, assembly and testing center in Rockford, Illinois, showcasing advanced equipment including the world's largest 3D metal printing and milling machine.

Skeleton Technologies will invest €220 million to build a new supercapacitor factory in Markranstädt, Leipzig, in partnership with Siemens, aiming to scale production and reduce costs by nearly 90% over five years.

Afton Chemical Corp. completed a $70 million expansion at its lubricant additive factory in Sauget, Illinois, enabling the plant to produce additives for electric vehicle fluids and increasing output of transmission fluid additives.

SaskPower will add one simple cycle gas turbine to Ermine Power Station near Kerrobert and another to Yellowhead Power Station near North Battleford, each generating 46 megawatts.

Toshiba Materials announced a new facility for silicon nitride balls on its Yokohama headquarters site, budgeted at over 5 billion yen (about US$38 million), raising capacity 50% versus fiscal 2021. Production is expected to start in November 2023.

Endotronix signed a lease for an 80,000+ sq ft facility in Naperville, Illinois, to serve as its new U.S. headquarters with a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. The company plans a 30% workforce expansion to support the commercial launch of its Cordella Heart Failure System.

Modulift is moving into a new 22,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Poole, Dorset, to support its global growth. The expansion is backed by 23% growth in 2018 and includes a recruitment campaign to increase personnel by up to 30%.

Mecklenburger Bauelemente, a subsidiary of Rodenberg Türsysteme, built and put into operation a second coating bay at its Cramonshagen, Germany facility to increase capacity. The 1,600 m² bay includes four spray booths and an automated power-and-free system.

GRI has completed phase II of its $100 million production capacity upgradation investment for its specialty tire facility in Sri Lanka, increasing capacity by almost 100% to 60 tons per day. Phase III is underway to reach 750,000 tires per year.

SW机床 (埃斯维机床) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Suzhou factory phase 2 and Asia R&D center in Suzhou Industrial Park. The expansion will double the site area and increase annual capacity from 100 to about 350 machines, with completion expected by end of 2022.

Airbus Helicopters signed a cooperation agreement with the State of Querétaro to expand its manufacturing plant in Querétaro, Mexico, creating up to 200 new jobs. The expansion will increase production capacity for single-aisle aircraft doors.

KCC is expanding its glass wool factories in Gimcheon and Munmak, South Korea, adding a second production line at Gimcheon and enhancing capacity at Munmak. The expansions will increase production by approximately 80,000 tons (about 110% of current volume), with completion scheduled for October 2023 and March 2023 respectively.

Mondi is investing nearly €65 million to increase production capacity at three Consumer Flexibles plants in Korneuburg (Austria), Halle and Steinfeld (Germany) for sustainable pet food packaging. Work has already started at Korneuburg.

Crown Holdings will build a second high-speed aluminum beverage can line at its Parma, Italy facility, adding over one billion cans annually and 80 jobs. Commercial production is expected in Q1 2023.

Taizhou municipal environmental authority accepted the environmental impact assessment for Zhejiang Danong Industrial's expansion of high-pressure plunger pumps and pump systems at Hengjie Town, Luqiao District, on 19 July 2022.

ASE Technology Holding broke ground on a NT$30 billion expansion of its facilities in Taoyuan's Jhongli District, expected to start operations in Q3 2024, creating 2,000 jobs.

Eaton is increasing investment in its Raleigh-area presence, hiring for over 170 positions and redesigning its office to support data center and EV charging infrastructure demand.

Alpek announced that the partners of Corpus Christi Polymers LLC will resume construction of an integrated PTA-PET plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. The facility will have annual capacities of 1.1 million tons of PET and 1.3 million tons of PTA, with completion expected by early 2025.

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

Novo Nordisk announced plans to invest about $4.1 billion to expand production capability for its GLP-1 drug Ozempic at its Clayton, North Carolina facility. Construction is already underway on the 56-acre site, with about 2,000 external contractors expected at peak.

Keda Industrial Group will invest $42.5 million to expand floor tile production in Ghana, adding capacity of 16.8 million square meters of small floor tiles annually, with production expected to start by the first half of 2023.

A knitwear factory in the Uzlovaya technopark, Tula region, Russia, plans to double its production capacity within three years, investing 200 million rubles to add six new knitting machines and dyeing/finishing equipment.

A textile factory in the Uzlovaya technopark, Tula region, Russia, is expanding its meta-aramid fabric production with an investment of 125 million rubles. The expansion will fund new equipment to meet growing demand.

Epsilyte announced investments to expand post-consumer recycling in Piqua, Ohio, debottleneck production in Peru, Illinois by 25 million pounds per year by end of 2023, and study a further 220 million pound expansion by 2025.

ROHM's production subsidiary SiCrystal, located in Nuremberg, Germany, plans to strongly grow its silicon carbide wafer capacities and human resources to produce several 100,000 substrates a year.

Castertech Fundição e Tecnologia has expanded production capacity at its Indaiatuba plant by 29% in 2022, reaching 9,000 tons per year of cast and machined parts. The workforce quadrupled to 120 employees. The expansion was consolidated in mid-2021.

Viessmann is investing €200 million to expand and partially rebuild its existing factory in Legnica, Poland, creating a new heat pump logistics centre. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2023, adding 150 jobs.

Kubota will invest approximately 17 billion yen to build a new building at its Hirakata plant in Osaka, Japan, to increase production capacity of mini excavators by 63% to 78,000 units per year. The new building is expected to start operations in 2024.

Stoelzle Częstochowa completed the rebuild and expansion of its flint furnace, increasing capacity to 480 tons per day with a 45% output increase. The EUR 45 million investment includes three new production lines.

Topeka Foundry & Iron Works (TFI) is making an additional $5 million capital investment in its expansion, increasing the total economic impact to over $210 million. The expansion includes new technology and building restorations.

Manitowoc Crane Group Germany held a groundbreaking ceremony for Hall 12 at its Wilhelmshaven site, which will expand production floor space by 40% and house final assembly for mobile cranes. Completion is expected by June 2008.

Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics (WINFAB) announced construction of a new 37,500-square-foot manufacturing facility in Nashville, Georgia, focused on erosion control products. High-volume manufacturing capability is expected by January 2023.