Mitsubishi Electric acquired 42,000 square meters of land in Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan to establish a new production site for factory automation control system products. The company will invest approximately 13 billion yen (approx. 110 million USD) and the factory is expected to start operations from April 2025.

Unisem held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new semiconductor production facility on 28.5 acres in Gopeng, Perak, Malaysia. Phase 1, with 57,000 square meters of built-up area including cleanrooms, is expected to be completed in April 2023 at a cost of RM300 million, doubling Unisem's production capacity.

Turkish car parts manufacturer Teklas Automotive officially opened a new factory in Vranje, Serbia, with plans to employ 1,500 workers. The company's first Serbian plant in Vladicin Han employs 1,000.

Nel Hydrogen opened a new factory at Herøya, Norway, the world's first fully automated electrolyser production line, with an annual capacity of 500 MW, replaceable by a former manual site.

Hitachi Rail announced a new $70 million factory in Washington County, Maryland, to build the 8000-series railcars for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The 307,000-square-foot facility will employ up to 460 people and is scheduled to be operational in winter 2023/24.

Mylab Discovery Solutions announced a new 43,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone in Visakhapatnam, India, to produce molecular diagnostic products. The facility is expected to start operations in June 2022, increasing production capacity to 500,000 tests per day and creating skilled jobs.

Şişecam held the ground-breaking ceremony for its first European glass packaging facility in Kaposvár, Hungary, with an investment of EUR 255 million.

Delemar for Aluminum announced an investment of EGP 750 million in a new factory in Sadat City, Egypt. Construction will take three years.

SK Siltron aimed to complete construction of a new factory in Bay City, Michigan in the second half of 2022, which will create 200 jobs.

China Jushi Co., Ltd. announced a 5.076 billion yuan investment to build a 400,000-ton-per-year fiberglass intelligent manufacturing base in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, through its subsidiary Jushi Jiujiang. The project will be implemented in two phases.

J. Schmalz began manufacturing vacuum components and complete vacuum systems for automation and manual handling at its new China headquarters in Taicang on 2022-03-18. The site sits on a plot of about 27,000 square meters acquired in early 2020.

Nucor's new $1.7 billion plate mill in Brandenburg, Kentucky, announced in March 2019, will become operational in the fourth quarter of 2022, creating 400 full-time jobs.

MK Professional, a subsidiary of Professional, will build a new plant in the Rodniki industrial park in Ivanovo, Russia, to produce excavators, graders, and bulldozers. Total investment is 4.3 billion rubles, with a capacity of 2,200 units per year, and launch expected by 2025.

German multinational Freudenberg will invest €10 million to build a new highly robotized plant for automotive components in Parets del Vallès, Barcelona. The 6,500 m² facility will replace an older plant and increase productivity by 15%.

Maxion İnci Wheel Group is investing 250 million TRY in a new heavy and commercial vehicle wheel production plant in Manisa, Turkey, with 18,000 sqm indoor area, creating 80 jobs and increasing tubeless wheel capacity by 800,000.

Grupo Deacero will invest $420 million to build a new plant for black and galvanized profiles in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, creating 300 construction jobs and 450 permanent jobs, with first stage capacity of 180,000 tons per year.

Artigraf, a corrugated cardboard manufacturer, is installing a new plant in Torreón, Coahuila, investing $7.5 million (possibly up to $10 million over later stages) and creating 250 direct jobs. The 20,000 square meter complex is under construction and expected to start operating in about 10 months.

MARELLI inaugurated a new plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, investing US$17.4 million to produce powertrain components for the automotive industry, creating 250 new jobs.

United Safety Technology will build a $350 million facility at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County to manufacture medical exam gloves, creating 2,000 jobs by end of 2024.

Foodera Technologies is strengthening its presence in India with a new office in Ahmedabad, a growing local team and enhanced service capabilities.

SK siltron announced it will invest 1.05 trillion won ($806 million) to build a new 300mm wafer manufacturing plant at the Gumi National Industrial Complex in South Korea. Construction will start in H1 2022, with production beginning in H1 2024.

Shenzhen Faurecia Auto Parts Co., Ltd., a joint venture between BYD and Faurecia, established a new wholly-owned subsidiary in Xi'an, China, on March 14, 2022, with a registered capital of 50 million yuan ($7.863 million) to manufacture auto parts.

PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim's 495MW combined-cycle power plant in Tatarstan, Russia is expected to commence operations in the first half of 2022. Construction began in December 2017 and was 99% complete by December 2021.

James Hardie Industries plc has acquired land in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to build a new manufacturing site for fiber cement and fiber gypsum building solutions. The plant is expected to begin production with one sheet machine by April 2025, creating 150 new full-time jobs initially.

Uchinuki Co., Ltd. has started construction of a special processing factory for aluminum resin composite boards in Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan.

ATC Drivetrain will invest $8.3 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Knoxville, Tennessee, creating 218 jobs. Production is scheduled to begin in April 2022.

Hanon Systems is launching a new plant in Hubei, China, to manufacture HVAC modules for electrified vehicles, with about 6,000 square meters of space. Production is expected to begin in early 2023 and create about 100 local jobs.

Niagara Bottling plans a new production facility in Opelika's Northeast Industrial Park, Alabama, with an estimated $112 million investment and 50 initial jobs, as announced by Governor Kay Ivey.

Kerry Group has opened a €125 million food manufacturing facility in Rome, Georgia, creating 250 jobs. The facility uses 100% renewable electricity and energy-efficient equipment.

Intel announced an initial €17 billion investment to build two leading-edge semiconductor factories in Magdeburg, Germany. Construction is expected to begin in the first half of 2023, with production starting at the end of 2027.

Omnis Building Technologies held a groundbreaking for a $40 million, 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bluefield, West Virginia, to produce Concrete Insulated Building Units (CIBU) for housing. The plant will create 150-300 jobs.

AstenJohnson announced it will invest over two years to build a 220,000-square-foot nonwovens facility in Waco, Texas, its eighth North American location. The plant will serve growing customer demand.

AD Industries Group inaugurated a new aerospace metal parts production site in Casablanca, Morocco, covering 5,000 m². The facility includes high-tech cutting, forming, welding, machining, and assembly capabilities.

Samsung Electronics plans a 15.88 billion rupee (about $207.8 million) refrigerator parts plant in Sriperumbudur near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, under an MoU signed with the state government, with capacity of at least 8 million compressor units annually.

Samsung will set up a compressor plant at an outlay of Rs 1,588 crore on 22 acres near Chennai, with capacity of eight million units a year. The compressors will supply Samsung refrigerators and exports. Samsung India signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government.

Ex-pack Corrugated Cartons downsized its plan for a large corrugated plant after construction costs rose over 40 percent. It bought a land block in Sapugaskanda for Rs.240.62 million and will build a 150,000 sq ft plant there, 2.3 km from its current factory.

LogistiQ, a subsidiary of LEWCO, launched as a new company focused on e-commerce material handling, converting a former WWII depot into a 750,000-square-foot manufacturing facility with $12 million in new equipment.

Ventive is establishing a new manufacturing facility at Hartlebury, Worcestershire, to produce its integrated heat pump and ventilation system, creating 40 jobs and aiming for 7,500 units in 18 months.

Repsol and Ravago have signed an agreement to jointly construct a polypropylene compounding plant in Tangier's free zone, Morocco. The plant will have a capacity of 18,500 t/y and is expected to be commissioned in mid-2023.

Blue Star Limited has started construction of a manufacturing plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. Phase I, covering 30,000 sq m, is expected to be completed by July 2022, with a capacity of 1.2 million room ACs per year.

Vishay Intertechnology broke ground on a new semiconductor plant in Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico, with a $45 million investment. The facility is expected to create 500 jobs and will serve the automotive industry.

GE Aviation plans to invest $92 million and create 200 jobs at a new jet engine manufacturing plant in Lafayette, Indiana. The plant will build the next-generation LEAP engine, for which GE Aviation already has 6,000 orders.

Soitec announced the start of construction of Bernin 4, a new plant in Bernin, France, primarily for manufacturing silicon carbide substrates. The investment is at least €220 million, and the plant will create 400 jobs with a capacity of 1 million wafers per year.

Changzhou Mingseal Robot Technology Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new industrial facility for high-performance intelligent assembly equipment in Changzhou Science and Education Town. The total investment is 340 million yuan, with estimated sales revenue of 500 million yuan after production starts.

Biomerics announced the opening of a 2,000 sq. ft. Balloons & Balloon Catheters Centre of Excellence in Galway, Ireland, creating approximately 40 jobs over five years. It is Biomerics' first facility in Europe.

Forterra is building a new brick factory in Desford, Leicestershire, UK, replacing its existing plant. The £95 million facility will have capacity to fire up to 180 million bricks per year and is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.

The Circular Plastics Australia joint venture officially opened its A$45 million PET recycling plant in Albury-Wodonga on 11 March 2022, backed by up to A$16.5 million in CEFC debt finance. The plant recycles about 30,000 tonnes of PET a year and employs about 40 people.

Minth Group opened a EUR 100 million (US$110.3 million) plant in Loznica, Serbia, to manufacture aluminium parts for BMW, Renault, and Toyota, employing around 1,000 people.

Mingdian Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new power equipment production base in Wutang Industrial Zone, Nanning, Guangxi. The project involves a total investment of approximately 500 million yuan and will produce intelligent switchgears, box-type substations, and energy-saving transformers.

Greenberry Industrial will reopen the old Gulf Islands Shipyards near Jennings, Louisiana for a new manufacturing plant. The plant will manufacture heavy industrial modules for petrochemical, maritime and other industries, creating 100 new jobs.