Mayzo, Inc. announced that its new Mayzo Operations Center in Walterboro, South Carolina, is now fully operational. The facility provides customized packaging and blending, centralized warehousing, and a chemical laboratory for R&D.
Gregory Industries will invest $30 million to build a 325,000-sq.-ft. facility in Athens, Alabama, to manufacture guard rails, metal framing channels, tubing and other steel products. The project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Dingli has broken ground on a new 240,000 square metre production plant for large boom lifts and scissor lifts, with an investment of CNY 2.2 billion ($315 million). The facility will have capacity to build 4,000 large platforms per year and is due to be completed by 2025.
Nabtesco has decided on the basic schedule for a new precision reducer factory on land acquired in 2020 in Hamamatsu, Japan, with construction starting in autumn 2022 and the building finished by September 2023. Total investment through 2026 is about JPY 47 billion, and annual capacity is planned to reach 2 million units by 2026.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö is starting construction on a new glass fiber tissue line facility in Madisonville, Kentucky, with a $68 million investment. The facility will create over 50 jobs and is expected to be fully complete in summer 2023, with customer deliveries starting in mid-2023.
Drillmec SpA, a subsidiary of MEIL, signed an MoU with the Government of Telangana to establish a global manufacturing hub in Hyderabad for oil-drilling rigs and ancillary equipment, with an investment of over USD 200 million and expected to create 2,500 jobs.
Sierra Nevada Corporation has selected Dayton, Ohio, for two future aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities at Dayton International Airport. Construction has started on the first facility, creating approximately 150 new jobs.
Aramco signed an agreement with Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and Dussur to establish a casting and forging joint venture in Saudi Arabia with a production target of 60,000 tons per year, supplying industrial and process equipment.
Eli Lilly announced a €400 million investment in a new manufacturing plant in Raheen Business Park, Limerick, creating 300 jobs, with operations targeted for late 2025/early 2026.
Neoprec, the new 8,000 sq m machining plant of CMZ in Spain, has started supplying the production line for CMZ's digital-control lathes. The €17 million facility aims to help CMZ double capacity to over 800 lathes per year within five years.
Fideltronik Poland will invest 90.64 million PLN to build a new electronics factory (Fideltronik Smart Factory) in Sucha Beskidzka, Poland, creating 25 new jobs. Completion is planned for December 31, 2024.
Yanmar Engine Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd. has commenced production at its new industrial engine plant in Tamil Nadu, India. The plant has an initial capacity of 80,000 units per year, planned to increase to 160,000 units.
Beijing New Building Materials (BNBM) plans to invest in a joint venture in the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to build a gypsum board production line with an annual capacity of 40 million square meters. BNBM will contribute EUR 45 million equivalent.
Yitong New Materials will spend CNY768 million to build a green energy equipment factory in Hangzhou, producing 20,000 units of main bearings for wind turbines and hydroelectric plants per year. The project is expected to be ready in 24 months.
Eli Lilly plans to invest $1 billion to build a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Concord, North Carolina, creating nearly 600 jobs. The facility will manufacture parenteral products and devices.
Royal Can Making Company plans to build a container glass factory near Baghdad with a capacity of about 1150 tons per day across three furnaces. The first phase (520 tpd) is expected to break ground in May 2022.
Fadesa Manta, part of the Vilaseca group, opened a new packaging plant in Manabí province, Ecuador, with an investment of more than $20 million, expected to create over 200 jobs and raise production capacity by 30%.
BYD signed an agreement with Xiangyang municipal government to build an industrial park for power battery and NEV component production. The first phase involves a 10 billion yuan investment for 30GWh annual capacity of battery cells and modules.
S.E.W. North Filtration is moving into a new factory building with a 600 sqm robot line for automated production of filter components, to compete globally.
Fiberon, a subsidiary of Fortune Brands Home & Security, will establish new manufacturing and distribution operations in Columbia, Tennessee, creating 310 new jobs over five years.
Wolfspeed, a U.S. semiconductor company based in Durham, N.C., will build a new silicon carbide manufacturing facility at the Marcy Nanocenter in Upstate New York, creating 614 full-time jobs and investing $1 billion in capital, supported by a $500 million state investment.
Dura Automotive Systems celebrated the grand opening of a new 200,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with a $75 million investment, to produce lightweight aluminum EV battery enclosures for Mercedes-Benz, employing over 270 workers at peak production.
Poonglim Pharmatech signed an investment agreement on January 26, 2022, to build a fourth plant in the Saemangeum National Industrial Complex, investing 19.5 billion won on a 13,200 m² site. Construction will start in June 2022, with completion by 2024, creating 70 new jobs.
Boom Supersonic has chosen Piedmont Triad International Airport in North Carolina as the location for its Overture supersonic passenger aircraft manufacturing plant. The project will create 1,761 jobs and involve an investment of more than $500 million through 2030.
AO Shchekinoazot is building a new production line for multilayer meltblown nonwoven fabric (spunbond, SSMS) with a capacity of 8,640 tonnes per year at its Pervomaysky branch in Tula Oblast. The project budget is over 588 million rubles.
Miller Fabrication Solutions announced a new 186,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Brookville, Pennsylvania, expanding its total space to 675,000 square feet. The plant will add manufacturing jobs and serve as an automation hub.
Kawamura Electric Industry has started construction of its Koriyama plant in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The plant will produce high-voltage receiving equipment and industrial switchboards, with operations scheduled to start in April 2024. Investment is ¥11 billion, and 120 people will be hired.
Neapolitan cheesemaker Fratelli Amodio is opening a mozzarella production facility in Somerset, UK, with a processing line from AVE UK, initially producing 1,500 kg of mozzarella per day.
NETZSCH is building a new plant in Ribeirão Souto near Pomerode, Santa Catarina, to take over all production of NOTOS multi screw pumps. The opening is planned for March 2023 and the plant will create about 90 jobs.
Titan Steel Door will invest more than $11 million to open a new manufacturing facility of over 145,000 square feet in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia. The expansion will create 90 new jobs and add detention steel door, frame, wall and ceiling production.
XNRGY Climate Systems announced construction of a new 1,000,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona, which will serve as its USA headquarters, increasing total manufacturing capacity to 1,250,000 square feet.
Hubert Enviro Care Systems P Ltd (HECS) acquired a 2.5-acre land parcel at SIPCOT Vallam Industrial Estate near Chennai to set up its second manufacturing unit for FRP packaged sewage treatment plants. The overall investment is over 20 crores (approx. $2.7 million), with phase one expected to complete by July 2022. The facility will have a capacity of around 600 units per year.
AES Clean Technology will open a new $14.2 million factory in Manheim, Pennsylvania, for building clean rooms. The facility is expected to create 97 jobs and will be the company's second manufacturing site, supplementing its Atlanta location.
Ultium Cells, a joint venture of GM and LG Energy Solution, announced a $2.6 billion investment to build its third U.S. battery cell manufacturing plant in Lansing, Michigan, creating 1,700 jobs and 50 GWh capacity. The plant is scheduled to open in late 2024.
Honeywell launched a new production facility in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, through a joint venture with GAS Arabian Services, to manufacture and assemble natural gas and liquid fuel solutions for Saudi Aramco.
Bosnian company MET Consulting, owned by Feal, plans to invest 8 million marka (about 4.1 million euro) in constructing a factory for processing aluminum and aluminum structures in Ljubuski. The facility will cover 4,500 sq m and employ about 50 people.
Hainan Huasheng Group's polycarbonate project in Dongfang Lingang Industrial Park is expected to be put into production in March 2022. The first phase involves a total investment of 4.5 billion yuan and includes a 260,000 tons/year polycarbonate unit.
Hubert Enviro Care Systems P Ltd (HECS) has acquired a 2.5-acre land parcel at SIPCOT Vallam Industrial Estate near Chennai to set up its second manufacturing unit for FRP Packaged Sewage Treatment Plants. The overall investment is over 20 crore rupees, and phase one is expected to complete by July 2022.
Owens Corning is building a new 550,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to replace an existing plant. The $115 million project will house the world's widest nonwoven glass mat machine and is expected to begin production in mid-2023.
Norpolim Nordeste Polímeros, part of the Plasvan group, announced a plant in the Manaus Free Trade Zone industrial hub. The investment is R$17 million over three years, with about 100 direct jobs, and production is expected in the first half of 2022 pending approvals.
XNRGY, a custom air handling manufacturer, announced a new 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Greater Phoenix area that will serve as its U.S. headquarters. The estimated $300 million investment is expected to create more than 900 jobs over time.
Atinkou, a subsidiary of Eranove, is constructing a 390MW gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast. The €404 million ($458.54 million) project is expected to be commissioned by late 2022.
Cook Medical's $15 million, 40,000 sq. foot medical device manufacturing facility in Indianapolis is nearing completion and plans to begin production in Q1 2022, creating 100 jobs.
TopGum Industries has begun construction of a new $30 million, 11,000 m² plant in southern Israel, expected to be fully operational by mid-2023, tripling production capacity.
Ciments du Maroc is building a new grinding centre 18 km from Nador, Morocco, with an investment of 330 million dirhams. The centre will have a production capacity of 700,000 tonnes of cement per year and will be operational from July 2022.
Europlasma's newly created subsidiary Forges de Gerzat will build a new plant in Cébazat, France, to produce high-pressure aluminium gas cylinders. The investment is €100 million, with start-up planned for 2024.
World Yamauchi, a metal processing company, will build a new aircraft parts factory on its headquarters site in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido. The factory is scheduled to start operations in May 2022, with an investment of approximately 1.4 billion yen.
Biomerics LLC inaugurated its second plant in Cartago, Costa Rica, with an investment of $9.5 million. The facility will handle extrusion, injection molding, micromachining, and final assembly, and is expected to create 250 jobs in 2022.
Kaneka Corporation decided to build a new medical device plant in Tomakomai Tohbu Industrial Area, Hokkaido, Japan, with an investment of roughly 10 billion yen. The plant is scheduled to begin operation in May 2024.
The BoxMaker began production at a new 62,000 sq ft plant in Lowell, Arkansas, making digitally printed custom corrugated boxes and retail displays, as part of a multimillion-dollar investment that doubles its capacity.