SEW-Eurodrive is expanding its local capability at its new Johannesburg South Aeroton facility to include assembly of X.e Series industrial gear units, MACC units, and various drive motors for the power generation sector.

Yunnan Taibiao Group is building a new casting workshop with resin sand automatic molding lines and coated sand molding lines as part of a 1 billion yuan project to improve the whole supply chain capacity of castings and forgings. The project includes 56 million yuan for digital and intelligent control, using 5G private network for CNC machine tool casting production.

Titan-Polymer is completing the first production line for BOPET films at its plant in the Mogilino SEZ, Pskov region. The line is 90% mechanically ready, with launch planned for autumn 2022. The project has received over 8.9 billion rubles in investment and created 227 jobs.

Ampco Pumps broke ground on a 17,000 square foot addition to its Glendale, Wisconsin manufacturing facility, including a new lab for its Applied Products division and expanded pump assembly areas.

The Zandvliet wastewater treatment plant in Cape Town, owned by the Cape Town Municipality, is expanding its capacity from 72,000 m³ to 90,000 m³ per day, with final commissioning anticipated by December 2023. Schneider Electric is supplying automation and motor management systems for the expansion.

Turkey's Trinox Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. received environmental permission to increase its annual cold rolling capacity from 37,440 mt to 142,416 mt at its facility in Tekirdağ, with an investment cost of $32.25 million.

Abrasive Flow Solutions, a subsidiary of Invicta Holdings' Engineering Solutions Group, celebrated its first year at its Benoni, Gauteng plant. Over the past year it added a rubber lining facility with autoclaves and a pinch valve sleeve manufacturing facility, and expanded hydraulic pressing capacity.

Smurfit Kappa invested USD 23.5 million to upgrade its Nuevo Laredo sheet plant in Tamaulipas, Mexico into a fully integrated corrugated plant with a new corrugator. The machine began operating recently and doubles production capacity while cutting CO2 emissions by up to 40%.

Rohm announced it will start full-scale operation of a new building at its subsidiary Rohm Apollo's Chikugo plant in December 2022, investing up to 170 billion yen to increase SiC power semiconductor production capacity sixfold by fiscal 2025.

Evonik announced plans to invest $220 million to expand operations in Lafayette, Indiana, adding a new factory to produce lipids for mRNA-based medicines. The project will create up to 80 jobs, with construction starting in 2023 and completion in 2025.

Jushi Egypt is building a new fiberglass production line in the Suez Canal Economic Zone's Sokhna industrial area, with an investment of EGP 4.5 billion and annual capacity of 120,000 tons. The project will create about 1,600 jobs.

James Hardie plans to hire 200 additional workers and double the size of its manufacturing plant in Prattville, Alabama, which produces fiber cement building solutions. The expansion will increase the workforce to 405.

Pool Technologie, a manufacturer of automatic pool treatment systems, will double its production surface from 4,000 to 8,000 m² in Valergues, France, by 2023. The expansion could create about 30 new jobs.

Novelis will invest R$450 million to expand aluminum sheet rolling capacity at its Pindamonhangaba plant in Brazil from 680,000 to 750,000 tons per year by mid-2024. The investment also includes a new Customer Solutions Center in São José dos Campos.

Mondelēz International is investing SEK 186 million to build a new chocolate bar production line at its Marabou factory in Upplands Väsby, Sweden, increasing capacity by up to 60%.

Molson Coors began construction of a 200,000 sq ft variety pack warehouse adjacent to its Fort Worth brewery, a $65 million project designed by Hixson. Completion is expected by the end of 2022.

Huhtamaki broke ground on a almost USD 100 million expansion of its molded fiber packaging plant in Hammond, Indiana, adjacent to its existing site, covering about 23,000 square meters and adding around 100 jobs. Ramp-up is expected toward the end of 2023.

TC Transcontinental Packaging announced a 105,000 sq ft expansion of its Clinton, Missouri facility in the Gerhart Industrial Park, creating 50 new jobs and further expanding food packaging. Construction is underway and completion is expected in late 2023.

GE plans to triple its manufacturing capacity for solar and battery energy storage systems to 9 GW per year by the end of 2022. The systems will be manufactured at a new factory near Chennai, India.

STMicroelectronics inaugurated a new production line for silicon carbide electronic components at its Bouskoura site, with an investment of 2.4 billion dirhams since 2020. The expansion adds 7,500 m² of production space and has created over 700 jobs.

Allied Air Enterprises completed a $35 million expansion of its flagship HVAC facility in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. The expansion went operational in January 2022, adding manufacturing space and enabling new product lines.

PPG doubled its clearcoat capacity in Erlenbach for about €3 million and announced an investment of about €10 million in Weingarten for waterborne basecoat production. The company also expanded basecoat production in Valladolid, Spain, and opened a European powder coatings R&D center in Milan, Italy.

Jackon AB is expanding its production line for Siroc edge elements in Skövde, Sweden, moving to larger renovated premises. The production area grows from 1,700 sq.m to 6,500 sq.m, with the new line expected to be ready by summer 2022.

Aranow inaugurated a new 4,100 m² production center in Polinyà, Spain, increasing production capacity by over 80%. The company invested EUR 1.5 million in the facility.

Clariant and its partner Zhejiang Baihe Chemical Holding Group have announced an investment to add a world-class quinacridone specialty organic pigments production facility at their joint venture Hangzhou Baihe Clariant Pigments Co. Ltd. in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is investing close to EUR 20 million to upgrade and expand its terminal tractor manufacturing plant in Ottawa, Kansas. The expansion will double annual production capacity, making it the largest terminal tractor facility in North America, with the addition opening in 2023.

Prysmian Group has broken ground on a $50 million expansion of its cable manufacturing plant in Marshall, Texas. The project will create 75 new jobs, expand the plant to over one million square feet, and include capability upgrades, with completion scheduled for early summer 2023.

Ardagh Metal Packaging is investing in expanding its La Ciotat, France beverage can facility, supported by Bpifrance and Sud Attractivité, creating about 80 jobs with production expected to begin in the first half of 2023.

MMP Neupack Polska is investing 60 million euros in its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland, doubling capacity and adding an industrial digital printing line expected to start in mid-2022.

Bobcat completed a 3-year expansion plan at its Pontchateau telehandler plant in France, adding 13,000 m² of space and a new logistics building with €4 million investment. A new €850,000 welding robot was installed in September 2021.

Siemens will invest 683 million pesos to build a new 17,926 sqm building at its Monterrey plant in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León. The expansion will produce 874,000 plastic pieces daily and create 450 new jobs.

Valmet inaugurated a new high-volume valve production unit at its Vantaa valve factory, which started operations in June 2022 and was officially opened on June 6, 2022, to improve valve availability and delivery times.

Saudi Paper Manufacturing signed an agreement with Italian Toscotec to supply a new production line (Line 5) at its Dammam industrial city facility, costing 300 million SAR ($80 million). The line will produce 60,000 tonnes of tissue paper per year, raising total capacity to 190,000 tonnes.

CMI Group Aerospace and Defense inaugurated a new 43,500-square-foot facility in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, expanding its CNC machining and assembly capabilities. The company expects to hire 70 employees initially, growing to 200 by 2024.

Lafarge France completed a €120 million modernization of its Martres-Tolosane cement plant, which entered service in February 2022, increasing low-carbon cement capacity.

The 1200 MW Jackson combined cycle power plant in Illinois, USA, is now in operation. John Cockerill designed and supplied two heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) installed behind Mitsubishi M501JAC gas turbines. The plant will produce 65% less carbon emissions than a typical coal-fired plant and power 1.2 million households.

Nan Ya Plastics' subsidiary Nan Ya Electronic Materials (Kunshan) is investing a cumulative $450 million to expand high-precision IC substrate production. The expansion will increase annual IC substrate output from 25.97 million units to 50.75 million units and add 20 billion yuan in annual revenue.

Masters Gallery Foods Inc. completed a $60 million expansion of its Oostburg facility, adding 110,000 square feet and doubling production area. The project will create 105 new jobs, and the state provided up to $1.5 million in tax credits.

Handling Systems & Conveyors, Inc. (HSC) purchased a new facility near Chattanooga, Tennessee, for light manufacturing to augment its main operations in Little Rock and Fort Worth.

Thermal Press International (TPI) moved to a new Livermore, CA facility, doubling its footprint from 10,000 to 20,000 square feet to accommodate increased demand for plastic assembly equipment.

Sukup Manufacturing Co. announced a new 30,000-square foot facility in Hampton, Iowa, to expand manufacturing capacity. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of March 2021.

Gulfstream Aerospace announced a $55 million expansion of its Appleton, Wisconsin facility, adding 200 new jobs to bolster completions capabilities including a new paint hangar.

UltraTech Cement announced a 128.86 billion rupee ($1.66 billion) investment to build new facilities and expand plants, increasing annual capacity by 22.6 million tonnes. Commercial production is expected by fiscal 2025.

Galderma is building a new highly automated factory and expanding warehouse space in Uppsala, Sweden, as part of a SEK 2 billion investment. The factory will be built with modular technology by Swedish company KeyPlants to meet growing global demand for aesthetic treatment products.

Evonik is constructing a new Fenton reaction plant at its Marl Chemical Park in Germany to pretreat heavily polluted industrial wastewater, supporting the expansion of Polyamide 12 production. The plant uses hydrogen peroxide from Evonik Active Oxygens.

Siemens Gamesa is spending £186 million to add a new manufacturing hall and extend the existing hall at its Hull, UK, blade facility, adding over 41,000 sq m to enable production of 108m blades from 2023.

BENTELER is expanding its Schwandorf, Germany, plant by 11,500 m² for battery tray production, with completion by January 2023 and production start in September 2023.

Molson Coors broke ground on a new $65 million variety pack warehouse of about 200,000 square feet at its Fort Worth, Texas brewery to bring hard seltzer packaging and logistics in-house. The project is expected to add jobs and was slated for completion later in 2022.

The City of Euclid completed a $156 million, four-phase upgrade of its Water Pollution Control Center, adding a 15-million-gallon storage basin, new headworks, and a membrane bioreactor. The plant became fully operational in June 2022, with expanded capacity of 66 million gallons for 20 hours at maximum flow.

Biomerics opened a new Balloons & Balloon Catheters Centre of Excellence in Galway, Ireland, its first facility in Europe. The facility is expected to create about 40 jobs over five years and will focus on developing complex balloon components for medical devices.