Technologies Élément PSW Inc., maker of ELTEC forestry equipment, is expanding its Val d'Or facility with a new 35,000-square-foot assembly plant adjacent to its existing 14,000-square-foot plant. The expansion will shift production from hand-built to assembly line methods.

Hudsonville Creamery and Ice Cream Company plans a multi-phase expansion at its Holland, Michigan facility with a total investment of $65.7 million, supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Coastal Container Corporation plans to expand its existing Holland, Michigan facility by adding 65,000 square feet of manufacturing space and an on-site corrugator, creating 62 manufacturing jobs with $22 million in private investment. The project received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Fortress Technology Europe has moved into a new 30,000 sq/ft purpose-built facility in Banbury, tripling its manufacturing capacity and consolidating operations with Sparc Systems.

Volkswagen Group Components is investing around €1.2 billion by 2026 to expand its Kassel site into a key e-mobility supplier, doubling the number of production lines for e-motors and e-components from 18 to 36, and making it the group-wide competence centre for e-drives.

Saint-Gobain inaugurated a float glass plant, an integrated windows line and an urban forest at its World Glass Complex in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of over INR 5 billion (approx. USD 65 million), creating over 200 jobs.

Eaton's eMobility location in Montrottier, France is undergoing expansion to support demand for power electronics and power distribution products for EVs, adding three new assembly lines.

Eaton is investing more than $20 million to expand its Tczew, Poland facility, adding a laboratory and three automated production lines for EV components, with production starting in Q1 2023.

Eaton's Vehicle Group and eMobility businesses established a new office and research center in Karlsruhe, Germany, to support EV technology development and customer interaction.

Orora announced an approximately AUD 85 million capacity expansion adding a multi-size can line at its Revesby, New South Wales site, expected to come online in 2025.

Merck signed an agreement to expand its Asia Pacific Mobius single-use manufacturing center in Wuxi National High-Tech District, China. The company plans to spend about $110 million over six years, creating about 1,000 new jobs by 2024.

Dynasol Group announced a capacity increase of its current SBC line in Altamira, Mexico by 10 KTA.

Dynasol Group announced it will install a new SSBR production line at its Santander, Spain facility, increasing capacity by 20 KTA (potentially 25 KTA). The line is expected online by Q1 2024. The company also plans to expand its SBC line in Altamira, Mexico by 10 KTA.

OCI plans to increase polysilicon production capacity at its Malaysian plant from 30,000 to 35,000 tonnes per year by end of June 2022 through process improvements.

Steel Technologies LLC is expanding its Decatur, Alabama plant with a $19.34 million blanking press project, adding 50 new jobs within three years. The new press will cut rectangular or circular blanks, a new process for the location.

Peroxidos do Brasil is investing to increase hydrogen peroxide production capacity: in Curitiba, Brazil from 230,000 to 250,000 tonnes/year; in Chile, a new plant in Coronel Industrial Park will have capacity raised to 40,000 tonnes/year with total investment of US$60 million. Goal is 300,000 tonnes/year by 2024.

BASF and SINOPEC broke ground for the expansion of their joint venture BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. in Nanjing, China, adding capacities for propionic acid, propionic aldehyde, ethyleneamines, ethanolamines, purified ethylene oxide, and a new tert-butyl acrylate plant.

Power Machines JSC completed the modernization of power unit No. 8 at Kostroma GRES, increasing its capacity by 30 MW. The total investment in the project is 88 billion rubles, and seven more units will be upgraded.

Kobelco Construction Machinery will expand its Ogaki Plant in Gifu, Japan, increasing production capacity from 8,500 to 11,500 units per year by adding a new assembly line for 5-ton and 7-ton mini-excavators.

Daikin Europe opened a new production line for air-to-water heat pumps at its factory in Ostend, Belgium, doubling capacity and creating 100 jobs.

SK chemicals decided to invest KRW 55.9 billion to expand CHDM production capacity by 25%, with full operation expected in 2024. CHDM is a key raw material for copolyester.

Daldorado has relocated its fiberglass production facility from Florida to the Midwest, expanding capacity and introducing new products. The new facility is larger, climate-controlled, and FDA/OSHA certified.

Tetra Pak is expanding its Querétaro plant with a new cutting line and laminating capacity, raising output from 11.3 to 12.8 billion packages; operations start in 2024. Reported investment is 500 million pesos (article body cites 50 million).

Visy will invest A$48 million in major upgrades to its material recovery facility on Gibson Island, Queensland, which will divert up to an additional 30,000 kt of material from landfill.

ORAFOL Group has broken ground on a EUR 160 million expansion at its headquarters in Oranienburg, Brandenburg, including two new production halls and digital production planning system by 2024.

PFF Group has installed a £2m thermoforming system at its Sedgefield site as part of a £4m investment programme. The system, developed with Illig, will produce PFF's recyclable IMPAC-T packaging.

Envision Energy will ramp up to double the current capacity of its 1200MW-capacity nacelle and hub assembly plant in Pune, India, to meet increased market demands.

UMC announced a Singapore expansion plan for 22/28nm capacity to address long-term structural demand. The plan is mentioned in the Q1 2022 results report.

UMC reported that its Fab 12A P5 expansion is coming online in Q2 2022 to meet excess 28nm demand. The company is also actively adding capacity at its overseas bases, including a Singapore expansion plan for 22/28nm to address long-term structural demand.

Kion Group has added a second production line at its Kion Battery Systems plant in Karlstein am Main, Germany, to manufacture 24-volt lithium-ion batteries for industrial trucks. The plant now has capacity to produce 30,000 batteries per year.

Aalberts advanced mechatronics, through its Mogema unit, purchased a 12-hectare plot in Dronten, Netherlands, to build a new factory for producing aluminum and steel frames for semiconductor production machinery. The factory is scheduled to be ready in early 2025.

Baoli, a Kion Group brand, inaugurated a new plant for counterbalanced forklifts in Jinan, China, at the end of December 2021, with a planned investment of about €100 million and over 800 new jobs expected before 2025.

Imerys has announced a capacity expansion and optimization investment at its Sylacauga, Alabama plant, the Group's largest North American site. The plan includes new industrial equipment and automation upgrades to nearly double current equipment capability, supporting growing demand for Ground Calcium Carbonate products.

Biscuits Leclerc ordered eight Syntegon packaging machines for its new 800,000-square-foot plant near Brockville, Ontario. The machines will be used for bar-wrapping and cartoning.

Parker Hannifin plans to add 52 employees at its Colorado Springs facility to expand its engine mobile aftermarket division, manufacturing fuel and oil filters for automotive and medium-duty trucking. Total local workforce will grow to over 70.

Somany Ceramics completed the modernization and expansion of a production line at its Kassar plant, increasing tile manufacturing capacity from 17.1 to 23.3 million sq m per annum. Commercial production started on April 21, 2022.

The Turkmen government approved construction of an additional workshop at the Turkmen ayna onumleri enterprise in Gokdepe etrap, Akhal velayat, for daily production of 100 tons of glass products. The contract was awarded to Rysgally zahmet.

Borcelik placed an order with EBNER for an expansion of their HICON/H2 facilities for steel strip, adding 14 workbases, 7 heating bells and 7 cooling bells in two phases, to be completed by mid-2023.

Vitalograph is investing €10M to expand operations in Ireland's Mid-West, opening new sites in Limerick and Ennis and creating 200 jobs over two years. The company is also reshoring consumables production from Asia to its existing Ennis plant.

Ha-Meem Group is investing $100 million to set up a new denim mill in Tangail, Bangladesh, with a capacity of 5 million yards of denim fabrics per month. Production is expected to start in 2023.

Tenenge will expand Braskem's green ethylene plant in Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, adding 30% to the current capacity of 200,000 tons/year to reach 260,000 tons/year. The expansion was announced on April 25, 2022, and will be carried out while the plant is in operation.

Amcor announced a multi-million-dollar investment to add thermoforming capabilities for medical packaging at its Sligo, Ireland healthcare packaging facility, including Class 7 cleanroom manufacturing and a design studio.

Crown Holdings will build a new high-speed aluminum can line at its Agoncillo, Spain beverage can facility, with commercial production expected in Q1 2023 to serve growing demand in Northern Spain.

Thermo King announced plans to expand its operations in Greenville County, South Carolina, with a $30 million investment that will create 220 new jobs and add nearly 300,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity. The site is expected to be operational by mid-2023.

Munters is expanding its dedicated production facility in the US for data center solutions in 2022 to meet high demand.

Baghlan officials announced on April 22, 2022, that efforts are underway to double the production of the Baghlan Ghori Cement Factory, which currently produces 12,000 bags of cement daily.

SVP Global Textiles Ltd received approval from the Ministry of Textiles under the PLI Scheme to invest approximately Rs. 100 crore in a greenfield technical textiles facility at its existing plant location in Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The plant is planned to be set up in 12 to 15 months and is expected to generate an annual turnover of approximately Rs. 200 crore.

Magna International announced the opening of a new brownfield plant in Kechnec, Slovakia, covering approximately 22,000 square meters, to support ADAS and electrification technologies. Production is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Dow is expanding its alkoxylation production capacity by 70% vs. 2020 baseline to meet demand for surfactants. The investments in the US and Europe are expected to come online in 2024 and 2025.

Covestro is investing a low double-digit million euro amount to expand production capacity for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films of the Platilon range at its Epurex Films subsidiary in Bomlitz, Germany. The new facilities are expected to be completed by the end of 2023.