Chinese MINTH United Alloy-Tech Europe started construction of its second facility in Sabac, Serbia, worth EUR 50 million. The factory will produce body and decorative parts for passenger cars and employ 800 people. Construction should finish in June 2022, with production starting in August 2022.

Dewei Coatings started construction of a production and R&D base in Tancheng Economic Development Zone, Shandong, with an investment of about CNY 500 million. The facility will produce 80,000 tonnes of solvent-free marine and industrial heavy-duty anticorrosion coatings and 20,000 tonnes of solvent-based coatings for marine, wind power and other applications annually.

Stevanato Group acquired a facility in Zhangjiagang, China for a new plant. Renovations begin spring 2022; equipment production starts in 2023, first EZ-fill lines operative in early 2024. The company also plans to expand its existing facility by 7,000 square meters.

Dantex Digital purchased and relocated to a 22,000 sq ft site in Corby, Northamptonshire, for manufacturing Pico range of digital printing equipment. Production has already started at the new facility.

Stannah Group is opening a 31,200 square foot custom curved rail factory in Greer, South Carolina, to manufacture curved stairlift rails. Production is expected to begin by the end of the third quarter of 2022.

Minth Automotive Europe opened a new factory in Loznica, Serbia, producing components for battery housings for electric vehicles and decorative aluminum elements. The company invested around €100 million in the two-phase project and currently employs 516 at the facility.

Crown Holdings announced it will build a new beverage can facility in Peterborough, United Kingdom, with construction starting Q2 2022 and first production in Q2 2023, employing 280 people.

American Nitrile announced it has secured funding to develop a 527,000-square-foot facility in Grove City, Ohio, to manufacture latex-free disposable gloves. The plant will produce 3.6 billion gloves annually and create about 400 jobs.

XCMG Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group announced an investment in Mexico to establish a new production plant in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The first phase is over $10 million, with a second phase of $40 million planned for 2023. The plant will create 235 jobs and produce scissor lifts for the North American market, with full production expected by end of 2022.

Climate by Design International (CDI) plans to build a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on Bridge Street in Owatonna, Minnesota, with a $37 million investment. The facility will serve growing markets including lithium battery manufacturing and ice arena energy reduction.

Martinrea announced a $20 million investment to open a new factory in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, creating 250 new jobs, with operations expected to start in 2023.

Komatsu Australia opened a new $48 million state-of-the-art mining and construction facility in Wacol, Brisbane. The facility includes an Innovation Hub showcasing mining and construction technology, electric and autonomous heavy machinery.

Plug Power held a groundbreaking for a new 350,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at the Vista Technology Campus in Slingerlands, Albany County. The $55 million plant will produce GenDrive hydrogen fuel cell systems and create 1,633 new jobs.

Aquaphor International is moving all production from the USA and primary production from Israel to Estonia, opening a third factory in Narva in April 2022, creating 200 new jobs.

German industrial weighing and labeling machines manufacturer Bizerba broke ground on a new €33 million production facility in Valjevo, Serbia. The 11,000 square meter plant will create around 300 jobs and is expected to become operational in Q4 2022.

Kruger Packaging plans to invest $114.2 million in an operation in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, producing corrugated boxes for the food and beverage sector, creating 150 jobs. The deal was supported by an LG&E and KU Opportunity Kentucky grant.

Ovivo Inc. will build a 110,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Titan Development's Innovation Business Park in Hutto, Texas, to produce SiC modules for water and wastewater treatment. Construction is expected to be completed in Q4 2022, and the plant will bring nearly 100 jobs.

Takeuchi-US is preparing to open its first North American manufacturing facility in Moore, South Carolina, to produce compact track loaders. The 156,000 sq ft facility will employ around 100 people, with production expected to begin by end of 2022.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared open the largest cement factory in the country, owned by Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corporation, in Hambantota's Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone. The facility can produce 4 million metric tons of cement per year.

SchneiTec x CHINT officially opened their joint venture factory in Pursat Province, Cambodia on February 28, 2022. The 20,000 sqm factory, with a total investment of $2.5 million, manufactures medium-voltage power equipment such as transformers and switchgears.

NuVasive unveiled its new $45 million, 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in West Carrollton, Ohio, which will produce all medical implants and devices for global distribution. The facility will create nearly 200 new jobs and retain 97 employees transferring from its Fairborn facility.

Ball Corporation is building a new aluminium beverage can plant of 56,000 square metres at Segro Park Kettering Gateway, UK, expected to produce about 1 billion cans in its first year and create 200 local jobs.

Accsys Technologies and Eastman Chemical Company have started construction of a new Accoya wood production facility in Kingsport, Tennessee. The joint venture, Accoya USA, has secured $80 million in bank financing, with a total project cost of $136 million. Initial capacity is ~43,000 m³ per year, with first production expected in 2024.

AT&S has started construction of a new research center in Leoben, Austria, with a total investment of €500 million by 2025. The facility will have over 10,000 square meters for research and production and is expected to create 700 jobs.

Jiangsu Fujie Equipment Manufacturing broke ground on 2022-03-04 on a Phase II factory and office building in Wujiang District, Suzhou, with about 500 million yuan of investment. After completion it is to produce 6,000 sets of oil and gas wellhead devices and 40,000 valves per year.

S3V Vascular Technologies will set up a ₹250 crore manufacturing facility at the Telangana Medical Devices Park near Hyderabad to produce neuro medical devices, drug eluting stents and drug coated catheters. The plant is expected to be ready by 2023 and create 500 direct jobs.

Formeleon, a subsidiary of Swiss Rychiger AG, began construction of a new 5,000 m² production facility with office and warehouse space in Grudziądz, Poland. The investment is estimated at 31 million PLN.

Lenzing Group has opened a new lyocell plant in Prachinburi, Thailand, with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year. The project cost approximately EUR 400 million and started production on schedule after two and a half years of construction.

Edwards announced a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona, to support North American semiconductor demand for vacuum and abatement solutions. The facility is expected to create about 200 jobs.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is investing in a new PET plastic recycling facility in Victoria, Australia, built through a cross-industry partnership. The company is also expanding recycling capacity in Indonesia and Europe.

Premix held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 66,000 sqft compounding manufacturing plant at Apple Creek Corporate Center in Gaston County, North Carolina. The facility will double production capacity, employ 30-35 people, and be operational by August 2025.

NIDE Group officially started construction of a new plant in Lingfeng modern industrial park, China, with a total investment of CNY 130 million. The plant will produce automated, intelligent production equipment for new energy vehicle drive motors, and is planned to be completed by the end of 2023.

Sudarshan Polyfab Private Limited, a subsidiary of Yash Management & Satellite Limited, began commercial production at its greenfield plant in Mehsana, Gujarat, India. The plant manufactures PP/HDPE woven fabric and bags with a capacity of 4,800 MT per annum.

Iriso Electronics will invest 5 billion yen to build a new connector factory in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The plant is expected to start operations in April 2025, with about 30 initial employees growing to 200 within five years.

Scania is investing $108 million in a new battery assembly plant in Södertälje, Sweden, to be inaugurated by the end of 2022. ABB will supply robotic solutions for the assembly process.

Guizhou Zhongda Fangzheng Water Environmental Protection Co. is investing 86.3 million yuan to build a smart water equipment manufacturing plant in Liupanshui, Guizhou, China. The project is 60% complete and expected to start production by end of May 2022.

Takamatsu Machinery (TAKAMAZ) completed construction of its new Asahi Factory next to its main factory in Japan, with a total floor area of 12,000 square meters and an investment of about 3.5 billion yen. Operations are scheduled to begin in April 2022.

Braskem inaugurated its first plastic recycling plant in Indaiatuba, São Paulo, in March 2022. The plant, a partnership with Valoren, involved an investment of 67 million reais and will convert 250 million plastic packages annually into 14,000 tons of post-consumer recycled resin.

Taihan Cable and Solution will establish a joint venture with Mohammed Al-Ojaimi Group to build an ultra-high voltage cable plant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The MOU was signed in March 2022.

Pipeline Plastics opened a new facility in Fair Bluff, North Carolina to expand production capacity for high-performance polyethylene pipe, serving municipal water customers on the East Coast.

BASF is building a new world-scale production plant for alkylethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will increase global annual capacity by nearly 30% to over 140,000 metric tons per year, with planned start-up in 2024.

Nuvoco Vistas Corp plans to invest Rs 1,500 crore in a greenfield clinker plant with a capacity of 2.18 million tonnes per annum in Kalaburagi, Karnataka. Groundbreaking is expected in the coming fiscal year.

TTM Technologies will build a new printed circuit board manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia, with total capital spending of $130 million. Construction is expected to begin in 2022, with volume production starting in 2024 and full Phase 1 capacity of $180 million revenue in 2025.

Menicon announced an investment of RM650 million (JPY18 billion) for its first manufacturing plant in Malaysia at Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Kedah, to produce daily disposable contact lenses. The plant will span 200,000 square metres site area with 45,000 square metres floor area, and is expected to employ close to 100 personnel when production begins in 2025.

Halliburton formally opened its chemical reaction plant at PlasChem Park in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The facility manufactures chemicals for the oil and gas value chain and other industries, and expands specialty chemicals research. It is part of Halliburton's over $1 billion commitment to Saudi Arabia over 10 years.

Winstone Wallboards is constructing a new GIB plasterboard manufacturing facility and distribution centre in Tauriko, New Zealand. The 12.7-hectare site will have 63,000 sqm of buildings and is on track to start production from mid-2023.

Coster Group has started production at a new 60,000 sq ft facility in Neemrana, Rajasthan, making perfumery pumps, spray pumps and aerosol valves. The EUR 10M investment in plant and machinery adds capacity for the Indian market.

Zerhusen Kartonagen is building a second plant in the Niedersachsenpark industrial area in Rieste, with a 15,000 square metre production hall and about 50 jobs, with construction starting in autumn and operation planned for summer 2023.

Diageo opened Diageo Lincolnway, a 225,000 square-foot canning plant with two high-speed can lines in Plainfield, Illinois, with an investment of about $110 million and 50 full-time jobs.

LaMotte Chemical Products Co. plans to invest about $3.3 million to develop a 79,000-square-foot research, development and production facility in Glasgow, Delaware, creating 104 new jobs.