Corrosion Resistant Alloys, LP has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Brenham, Texas, for high alloy nickel tubulars. Phase I will include cold pilger mills, CNC machines and inspection facilities on a 40+ acre campus.
Danfoss Poland has completed construction of a new factory in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, with a production hall, warehouse and laboratory totaling over 13,000 sqm and 45 production lines. Nearly 400 people are employed.
Enea Elkogaz, a special-purpose vehicle, will develop a project to construct combined cycle gas turbines at the Kozienice Power Plant in Poland.
Republic Services announced it will build an integrated plastics recycling facility (polymer center) in Las Vegas, expected to begin operations next year, producing over 100 million pounds per year of recycled plastic.
Group of companies Seti-Maks plans to build a power transformer production plant in Krasnodar, the first in the Southern Federal District. Construction is expected to start within two years, creating 50 jobs and producing about 1,000 transformers per year.
A US-based manufacturer of specialty building materials is building a new 90,000 sq ft production facility with eight automated lines to quadruple capacity for coatings and sealants. The $25 million project is being executed with RoviSys.
PureCycle Technologies commenced construction on its second plastic waste purification facility in Augusta, Georgia, which will produce ultra-pure recycled polypropylene. The site can support up to eight purification lines, each with capacity of about 1 million pounds per year.
Synthesia Technology Inc. will invest approximately $29 million to build a new facility at the Port of Little Rock, Arkansas, for the production of insulated products for the construction materials industry. The company plans to break ground in July 2022 and hire 50 new employees over three years.
Italian metal packaging maker Fanti USA started building renovations for its first U.S. production facility at the Half Moon Industrial Park in Weirton, West Virginia, on March 30, 2022. The $30 million project is expected to create an initial 40 full-time jobs.
Italian packaging company Gruppo Fanti held a groundbreaking for its first US production site in Weirton, Brooke County, West Virginia, investing $30 million to make metal packaging containers and creating 40 jobs.
Frucor Suntory selected Queensland for a new multi-beverage manufacturing facility in Swanbank, Ipswich, with a stated value of over $400 million and about 160 long-term jobs.
Sulzer opened a new service center in Vadodara, Gujarat, offering repairs, upgrades and parts manufacturing for pumps, steam turbines and compressors across 10,500 sq ft.
Saint-Gobain Abrasivos inaugurated a new factory in Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, with an investment of about R$10 million, consolidating production lines from Jundiaí and aiming to become a world reference in conventional and diamond abrasives.
Manitou Group inaugurated a new factory in Candé, France, on March 29, 2022, dedicated to the production of rough-terrain aerial work platforms.
Haskell converted a vacant warehouse in Plainfield, Illinois into the Lincolnway facility for Diageo, with two high-speed can lines capable of 25 million cases of RTD products per year.
SMART Modular Technologies has opened a new factory in the Manaus Free Trade Zone to produce DRAM memory modules, SSDs, and IoT connectivity modules, with an initial investment of R$150 million over three years, creating 160 direct jobs.
Schwing Stetter India has set up its 5th plant in Tamil Nadu at an investment of Rs 350 crore, as part of its expansion in the concreting and construction equipment sector.
Chinese manufacturer SEMCORP is planning to open its first North American manufacturing facility in Sidney, Ohio, with a proposed $1 billion investment and 1,200 new jobs.
NCC, together with Evolv, will build a new electric motor factory for Dana Incorporated in Åmål, Sweden. The order value is approximately SEK 130 million, and the facility will be Europe's first large-scale electric motor factory for heavy vehicles. Construction is expected to be completed by end of 2022, with production starting in the first half of 2023.
Arginta Engineering will build a new production facility in the Panevėžys Free Economic Zone, with a total investment of EUR 15 million across three phases. The first phase involves EUR 5 million and the plant is expected to open in 2023, employing up to 100 people initially and up to 300 in the following years.
Join&Join has established a second plant in Ansan, South Korea, with a 5 billion won investment in advanced automation equipment. The facility has 2.5 times more production capacity than the first plant and can produce vegan raw materials, creating about 100 new jobs.
SAFKAR Ege Soğutmacılık Klima A.Ş will build a new facility in Menemen Emiralem, İzmir to produce metal parts for air conditioners and coolers. The investment is approximately 66 million Turkish lira and will create 26 new jobs.
Spanish braking system parts manufacturer NUADI announced plans to set up a new component manufacturing facility in Queretaro, Mexico, to produce backing plates, shims, and electrical wear sensors for OEMs and tier-1 suppliers.
AGT South Africa completed a new popcorn factory in late 2021, processing 300 tonnes per day, making it the largest popcorn plant outside the USA, installed by TECHMACH with Satake optical sorters.
Väderstad announced expansion of its US footprint with a new multi-functional facility in Wahpeton, North Dakota, with plans to open in 2023. The 44,000-square-foot space will include offices, training rooms, and an exhibition hall.
Nevsky Energomekhanichesky Zavod will open a production facility for transformer substations in the Mogilino special economic zone near Pskov, with investment of 300 million rubles. The plant is expected to reach full capacity in 2024, creating 75 jobs.
Quality Valve is relocating its corporate headquarters and distribution warehouse to a new Mobile site at 1541 East I-65 Service Road South, a million-dollar investment giving 70 percent more space.
COFCO Packaging (00906) plans a two-piece can factory in Shenyang with total investment of about RMB 600 million. Phase one is expected to start construction in the first half of 2022 with 1 billion cans a year capacity, and phase two adds 700 million cans a year.
Midea Carrier inaugurated a new refrigerator manufacturing plant in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The 200,000-square-meter facility is expected to create 500 jobs.
Stahlschmidt signed an investment convention to build a plant for Bowden cables and unlocking systems in Tangier, Morocco, with an investment of 107 million dirhams, creating 1,075 jobs.
TE Connectivity signed an investment convention to build a connector molding and assembly plant in Tangier, Morocco, with an investment of 202 million dirhams, creating 350 jobs.
Lear Group signed two investment conventions to build a plant in Tangier for terminals and connectors and a plant in Meknès for electrical harnesses and cables, with a total investment of 346 million dirhams, creating 2,162 jobs.
Yazaki Group signed an investment convention to build a new automotive wiring production plant in Meknès, Morocco, with an investment of 751 million dirhams, creating 6,300 jobs.
Midea announced a new factory for refrigerator production in Pouso Alegre, Brazil, to be built on a 200,000 m² site. The plant is expected to generate 500 jobs and start operations in 2023.
Steketee, a subsidiary of Lemken, is scheduled to open a new factory in South Holland in 2023.
Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) awarded a $52.54 million contract to build a new district cooling plant in Dubai Land Residence Complex. The first phase will have a capacity of 23,500 refrigeration tons and is scheduled to be operational by Q1 2023.
Majesty Packaging Systems built a new facility in Brazil through its subsidiary Majesty America do Sul Embalagens, to be operational by mid-2022, producing actuators, dip tubes and aerosol valves and pumps.
Jiaxi Bella Compressor is building phase one of a production line in Jiaxing's Nanhu District, Zhejiang, for refrigerator and EV air-conditioning compressors and inverter controllers. The project has a reported investment of 300 million yuan and a construction period from Q4 2021 to Q4 2022.
Beverly Knits, through its subsidiary Hemingway Sewing Solutions, will invest $3.3 million in a new sewing facility in Hemingway, South Carolina, creating 242 jobs. The factory will provide cutting, sewing, packaging and shipping services.
PHS do Brasil announced a R$45 million investment to build a new factory for high-performance medical, dental and cosmetic injectable products in Joinville, Santa Catarina. The move to the new facility is expected in one year, with initial production of 50 tonnes per day.
Lemken, a German manufacturer of agricultural machinery, will build a new development and manufacturing facility at the Nieuw Prinsenland industrial estate in Dinteloord, Netherlands. The facility will employ at least 80 people and is expected to open in about two years.
Korea Petrochemical (KPIC) will invest KRW 140.5 billion to build a butadiene production facility at the Onsan plant in Ulsan, with an annual capacity of 150,000 tons, starting operation from April 2023.
FACC AG completed construction of a new high-tech plant in Jakovlje, Croatia, and started operations in December 2021. The EUR 12.5 million investment is the company's largest greenfield investment outside Austria, producing lightweight components for aircraft cabin interiors.
MOL Petrochemicals held the foundation stone laying ceremony for a new greenfield propylene plant in Tiszaújváros, Hungary, with an investment of HUF 65 billion and capacity of 100,000 tons per year.
Pratrivero USA, a division of Pratrivero Nonwovens, announced plans to establish a new stitchbond nonwoven fabric plant in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, with a $17.6 million investment creating 34 jobs. Operations are expected to begin in September 2022.
Berger Fosroc Ltd, a joint venture of Berger Paints Bangladesh and Fosroc International Ltd, opened a construction chemicals plant in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, with an investment of around Tk 100 crore ($10.2 million).
Pragmatic Semiconductor announced plans for Pragmatic Park in Durham, UK, a new site for its second FlexLogic fabrication line producing flexible integrated circuits. The facility will ramp production capacity to billions of circuits and includes space for at least four additional fabs.
AESSEAL has begun construction on its 'Factory of the Future' at Mill Close in Rotherham, UK, a £61m project that includes 175,000 sq. ft. of new factory buildings and refurbishment of existing plant. The site is expected to be completed in January 2023.
BARLOG Plastics GmbH is opening a new plant in Windeck Dattenfeld, Germany, in summer 2022 for the development and production of high-performance plastic compounds. The company purchased the site in late 2021.
Breivik vannverk (waterworks) was officially opened in Breivik, Norway. Unik Filtersystem supplied the complete water treatment plant for the project.