GNG Group completed an eight-month project to create a new 40,000 sq ft factory and warehouse, increasing mattress production capacity by over 300%. The £1.75m investment is expected to create 20 jobs in 2022 and 30 more in 2023.

Sodick will build a new food machinery factory within its Kaga facility in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, and renovate an existing plant, with total construction costs of 1.17 billion yen. The new factory is expected to be completed in November 2023, and the renovation by May 2024, creating 50 jobs.

Midwestern Metals and its sister company Custom Dredge Works are adding two more large buildings in 2022 as part of a $3.5 million expansion approved in 2020. The buildings should be erected and finishing steps completed by the end of summer 2022.

Rio Tinto is investing US$188 million (CA$240 million) to increase low-carbon aluminium billet production capacity at its Alma smelter in Quebec by 202,000 metric tonnes. Construction begins May 2023, commissioning expected Q1 2025, creating 40 new permanent jobs.

Semperit will invest around EUR 110 million to add a highly automated hall at its Odry hose factory, adding 32 million metres of hydraulic hose capacity to almost 200 million metres per year, with operations planned from 2025.

Cavaform International hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a 15,000 sq ft addition to its mold building facility in St. Petersburg, Florida, to house new machining cells and increase capacity for medical diagnostic products.

Versarien, a graphene manufacturer, completed construction of a 10,000 sq ft innovation centre at its site in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, doubling the size of its production facility. The expansion will create research jobs.

Saint-Gobain North America, through CertainTeed, installed a Variable Frequency Drive at its gypsum plant in Buchanan, New York, reducing electricity consumption by nearly 700,000 kWh per year.

Piramal Pharma Solutions completed an expansion of its manufacturing facility in Aurora, Ontario, adding an API plant with 14 stainless steel reactor suites. The C$30 million ($23.38 million) investment was announced in January 2020 and completed in May 2022.

Alstom is adding a 135,000 square-foot manufacturing facility on Shawmut Park Drive in Hornell, New York, to produce stainless steel rail car shells. The $50 million investment will support a contract to supply up to 500 commuter rail cars to Metra in Chicago.

Schneider Electric announced the opening of its smart factory in Dunavecse, Hungary, and broke ground on a new facility that will introduce production of low-voltage distribution equipment, complementing existing SF6-free medium-voltage switchgear manufacturing.

OECHSLER is extending its partnership with Carbon and renewing contracts for 120 Carbon printers at its Taicang plant, increasing production capacity to two million parts per year, with a double-digit million euro investment.

BOSS Engineering is embarking on an $8 million project to develop a new Gen2 air seeder cart manufacturing line in Inverell, NSW, expected to create up to 70 new fulltime jobs. The project is supported by a $1.4 million grant from the NSW Government's Regional Job Creation Fund.

BASF completed installation and start-up of a new acrylic dispersions production line in Dahej, India, nearly doubling its polymer dispersions capacity. The line serves coatings, construction, adhesives, and paper industries in South Asia.

Panasonic Electric Works Vietnam Co., Ltd. announced plans to accelerate expansion of its electrical construction materials business in Vietnam, targeting a 3.5-fold sales increase to 50 billion yen by FY2031. Strategies include building local product development, strengthening production capacity of wiring devices and IAQ devices, and co-creation with local companies.

Piran Advanced Composites used a £78,883 grant to acquire new machinery for making moulds for aircraft parts, expanded its workforce from 5 to 30, and acquired a large space at the Aerohub in Newquay, Cornwall.

Saint-Gobain is investing $91 million at its CertainTeed drywall manufacturing facility near Montreal to increase production capacity by 40% and make it the first carbon-neutral drywall plant in North America.

The municipality of Emfuleni completed the expansion of its Sebokeng wastewater treatment plant in Gauteng, South Africa, with a new Module 6. The total treatment capacity increased from 100,000 m³/day to 150,000 m³/day, and Bellmer supplied six dewatering lines. The plant was commissioned in summer 2021.

ABB opened a new global innovation and training campus at B&R's headquarters in Eggelsberg, Austria, with a EUR 100 million investment, creating up to 1,000 additional high-tech jobs.

Muge Precision Tools (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. received the first DMG turning and milling compound machining center in China on July 9, 2022. The machine will be used for production line expansion and improving delivery cycles of non-standard tools.

Toyota Industries is expanding capacity for car air-conditioning electric compressors, including roughly doubling its Higashiura plant in Aichi with a new processing line starting October 2022. The company targets a global production system of 10 million units.

PepsiCo India announced a $24 million (INR 186 crore) expansion of its foods manufacturing plant in Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, adding a new line for Doritos snacks. The investment brings total investment to $131 million and is expected to create over 1,500 direct and indirect jobs.

Infineon held a foundation stone laying ceremony for a new wafer fab module in Kulim, Malaysia, with an investment of more than RM8 billion. The module will add manufacturing capacity for power semiconductors, especially silicon carbide and gallium nitride wide bandgap technology. Construction is expected to be completed by Q3 2024.

Vontron Technology has started construction on a membrane materials manufacturing and membrane element automation production system project in Guiyang, Guizhou. The project adds 13 mu of land, builds 45,000 square meters of facilities, and includes 2 composite reverse osmosis membrane element automation production lines and 1 membrane material production line.

Hydro marked the construction start of an expansion at its aluminium recycling plant in Rackwitz, Germany, to produce 25,000 tonnes per year of HyForge forge stock. The facility is planned to become operational by end of first quarter 2023, creating 20 new jobs.

Duksan Hi-Metal signed an MOU with Ulsan city to invest 20.6 billion KRW in expanding its micro solder ball (MSB) production facility in Ulsan. Construction starts in July 2022, with completion in January 2023 and production lines by September 2024.

Cleanfix North America, subsidiary of Hägele GmbH, is expanding its production facility in Stratford, Ontario, by 20,000 square feet. The expansion will nearly triple production capacity and create jobs in production and manufacturing.

Hitachi Rail invested £8.5 million to build welding and painting facilities at its Newton Aycliffe factory, enabling complete fabrication of train carriage shells in the UK. Atlas Copco's distributor Wearside Pneumatics designed and installed the compressed air and argon pipework.

PragmatIC Semiconductor is building a new factory in Meadowfield, near Durham City, as part of a nearly £70 million expansion. The site will create about 125 new jobs, doubling the workforce to around 250 by December, and is expected to begin operations in 2023.

Sika Canada entrusted Actemium with the turnkey construction of a second production line at its existing site in Boisbriand, near Montreal, using Actemium's Flexiplant concept. The line will produce construction products such as concrete admixtures and specialty mortars.

SVZ announced a strategic investment to expand capacity at its Rijkevorsel, Belgium processing plant, including a new pasteuriser to boost puree production. The investment also aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 19%.

Renault has commissioned a new production line for electric motors at its Cléon plant in France. The line will initially produce the ePT-160kW motor for the Megane E-Tech Electric and a future C-segment model, with a capacity of 120,000 motors per year, expandable to 240,000. The investment is part of €620 million in the plant.

Lingong Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. announced plans to invest CNY 750 million in a project to produce ultra-large excavators and new energy mining trucks in Jinan, Shandong. The project will have an annual capacity of 12,690 units including 8000 wide-body dump trucks, 3010 new energy mining trucks, 400 articulated dump trucks, 650 pile drivers, and 630 ultra-large excavators.

Bahrain's Labour Fund Tamkeen is supporting the expansion of United Paper Industries (Bahrain Pack), a packaging maker, which will add 7,000 tons of production capacity and raise exports over three years.

Ardagh Glass Packaging Africa announced a R1.5 billion expansion of its Nigel production facility southeast of Johannesburg, adding a new furnace and production lines. The investment more than doubles capacity and has created over 150 direct jobs.

Jász-Plasztik Ltd. completed a HUF 10 billion capacity expansion development in Jászberény, Hungary, including construction of plants in Jászberény, Jászapáti and Nagyréde, a solar park, and new production lines. Over a third of the investment was covered by a government program.

Toppits Foods Ltd. received a C$6 million investment from the Government of Canada to expand its frozen seafood processing capabilities at a newly acquired facility in Brampton, Ontario. The project will create 60 jobs and double domestic production capacity.

German Pass Automotive will expand its factory in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico by 4,000 square meters to produce auto parts for Tesla's Giga Texas, starting production in November 2022. The investment is several million dollars and will create 100 new jobs.

International Aerospace Manufacturing (IAMPL), a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and HAL, signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government to expand its manufacturing operations in Hosur, aiming to enhance capabilities for the global aerospace supply chain.

Manitou invested about EUR 1 million to expand and reorganize its Beaupréau plant in Maine-et-Loire, France, to absorb production from its closed Waco, Texas facility. The goal is to increase production by 30% over three years.

Pharmavite LLC is expanding into the Columbus Region with a $200 million investment in a 200,000-250,000 sq ft facility in New Albany, Ohio, creating 225 jobs. Production is expected to start by end of 2024.

MOL Group subsidiary Slovnaft has let a contract to Linde Engineering for a revamp of the PP3 polypropylene plant at its Bratislava complex, increasing capacity by 18% to 300,000 tonnes/year. The project includes expanding storage to 61 silos and adding environmental measures.

Jamestrong Packaging is adding a new aluminium casting line at its Taree, NSW facility to make slugs for aerosol cans, with a reported investment of AUD 6 million. The line is planned for commissioning by October 2023 and will create 12 ongoing jobs.

Saint-Gobain inaugurated a new laminated glass production line at its Aniche-Émerchicourt site in France in early July 2022. The line doubles the site's laminated glass capacity.

ROHM Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of its PLEXIGLAS® PMMA molding compound plant in Shanghai. The expansion, with a total investment of 240 million yuan, will add a PMMA production line with capacity of 20,000 tons/year and increase MMA capacity to 127,000 tons/year. Completion is expected in Q2 2023.

Emile Henry laid the foundation stone for new 6,700 m² U6 manufacturing workshops in Marcigny, France, to increase production capacity for ceramic cookware. The €11 million project is expected to create 45 jobs and be inaugurated in Q1 2023.

Shenzhen Hongrijia YUKA Purification purchased a new 11,000 m² manufacturing plant in Huizhou Zhongkai, China, on July 1, 2022. The facility is scheduled for completion in October 2022 and will increase production scale for compressed air filters and dryers.

Lindner Recyclingtech moved into new offices and a 14,000 m² production area in Spittal an der Drau, Austria, and is hiring 100 new employees as part of the expansion.

Siemens Gamesa is expanding its offshore wind blade factory in Hull, UK, more than doubling its size to 77,600 square meters by 2023, with a £186 million investment and creation of 200 jobs.

Manelec has supplied overhead cranes, gantry cranes and hoists to AGCO as part of a factory expansion at AGCO's tractor manufacturing plant in Beauvais, France.