Toyoda Gosei will invest approximately JPY 7 billion to expand its Seto Plant in Seto, Aichi, Japan, increasing building area from 12,000 m² to 27,000 m² and land area from 45,000 m² to 51,000 m². The expansion aims to enhance productivity for front grilles, back door garnishes, and other interior/exterior products, with operation start planned for December 2023.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to build a second facility next to its MHIAEL Nagasaki Plant, doubling its floor area from 5,400 to about 11,000 square meters. The expansion will bring outsourced combustor processes in-house and support production ramp-up for PW1100G-JM engine components.

Azbil completed a new factory building at its Azbil Equipment (Dalian) production base in Dalian, Liaoning, to expand global production, mainly for industrial valves, with full operation scheduled for January 2023.

On April 21, 2022, AGCO/Fendt inaugurated a new paint shop and logistics centre at its Hohenmölsen site in Germany. The expansion includes cathodic dip coating and powder coating capabilities.

Yangzi Petrochemical-BASF Co., Ltd. announced a 2.925 billion yuan expansion (Phase 2.8) at its Nanjing site, adding units for propionic acid, propionaldehyde, ethanolamine, ethylene amine, and tert-butyl acrylate.

Aerostar Manufacturing expanded its operations in Romulus, Michigan, with an $8.6 million investment supported by a $200,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant. The expansion created 62 new high-paying jobs for automotive and heavy machinery parts manufacturing.

Uniquetex will add two spunmelt nonwoven lines at its site in Grover, NC, with a total investment of $31.6 million. The first line (3.2-meter, 8,000 tons capacity) will start up in about three months, and the second line (4.2-meter, 15,000 tons capacity) in about six months, bringing total site capacity to 38,000 tons.

Nexans commissioned an expanded automated production line at its Suzhou factory for robot cables, increasing capacity from hundreds to thousands of kilometers per month. The company has invested 16 million yuan in automation equipment since 2019.

Dimachem Inc. is expanding its facility in Windsor, Ontario, with a $1 million investment from FedDev Ontario. The nearly 20,000 sq. ft. expansion will adopt energy-efficient equipment to fulfill a contract with Clorox Canada and create 27 jobs.

Yamagata Aviation Electronics, a subsidiary of Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, has begun construction to expand its second factory in Shinjo, Yamagata, to increase production capacity for automotive and industrial connectors by 1.5 times. The investment is about 5 billion yen, with completion expected in spring 2023 and about 30 new jobs.

BOS Automotive Products, a division of Baumeister & Ostler GmbH, is expanding its Rochester Hills, Michigan facility to produce fully retractable electric protective cargo covers for Rivian R1T trucks. The project involves a $1.1 million capital investment and is expected to create 50 jobs.

Lockheed Martin announced the grand opening of a new facility that expands its Johnstown, Pennsylvania operations, expecting to hire more than 80 mechanics and technicians in the next year to support F-16 component production.

Carer has invested in converting a storage facility into a production department and installing new painting booths at its Cotignola factory, increasing electric truck production capacity from 220 to 350-400 units per year.

Knauf Insulation announced over £45 million in investments across its two UK glass mineral wool plants. In St Helens, over £40 million will increase capacity by 30,000 tonnes per annum and acquire the adjacent Pilkington Architectural site. In Cwmbran, over £5 million will add slab production capability.

Hitachi Construction Machinery will increase production facility capacity for compact products at its Shiga Works by approximately 30% by FY 2025, and plans to relocate and enhance the product test site from FY 2024.

Fluid blending equipment maker Fusion Fluid Equipment plans a $6.1 million, 42,000 sq ft expansion of its Whitehall, Michigan production facility, creating 35 jobs over three years.

Novelis is investing more than $30 million in a new continuous annealing line at its Plettenberg-Ohle, Germany plant, doubling capacity for aluminium used in coffee capsules.

Kingspan Insulation LLC will invest $27 million to expand its operation in Frederick County, Virginia, adding a new manufacturing facility for OPTIM-R vacuum insulated panels and creating 37 jobs.

Legacy Metals LLC will invest $1.2 million to expand its facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, adding 24,000 square feet and creating 100 jobs.

Navistar announced plans to build an integrated powertrain at its Huntsville Powertrain Manufacturing Plant in Alabama, with a total capital investment of over $190 million including a 110,000 sq. ft. expansion.

PSK Geodor plans to increase nonwoven geotextile production by 80% and volumetric geogrid production by at least 50% after modernization. The total budget is 297.5 million rubles, with potential loans from the Industrial Development Fund.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse will invest €20 million to double the size of its Campsas plant, adding a 10,000 sqm workshop to produce heat exchangers. The expansion will increase capacity by 40% and create 150 jobs, with completion by end of 2024.

The modernization of the Seversk CHP plant, started in 2020 by Rosatom subsidiary RIR, is on schedule. The 8 billion ruble project includes installing two turbines and replacing 10 boilers by 2025.

The South County Regional Wastewater Authority (SCRWA) is expanding its wastewater treatment plant near Gilroy, California, with a new membrane bioreactor facility designed by Stantec. The $62 million project will add 2.5 MGD capacity and is expected to be complete in 2024.

Continental Automotive deployed the AutoStore automated storage system at its Brandýs nad Labem plant in the Czech Republic, with trial operation starting on 19 April 2022, assisted by Aimtec's DCIx digitalisation platform.

Gypsemna has commissioned a new gypsum wallboard systems line at its 50 Mm²/yr Musaffah gypsum wallboard plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Jinbei Electric Wire Hengyang Cable Co., Ltd. started construction on an expansion project with a total investment of over CNY 400 million. The project will add 120,000 km of annual production capacity for environmentally friendly wires and is expected to generate CNY 700 million in new sales revenue.

Metsä Board's Husum pulp mill renewal's first phase is approaching completion, with a new recovery boiler and turbine set to start up in September 2022. The project will increase electricity production by 330 GWh per year.

The manufacturer of YellaWood will spend $22.5 million to expand its Avoyelles Parish treatment facility, creating 58 jobs.

Roller opened a new 1,200-square-metre assembly hall (Plant III) at its Gerlingen location, increasing total production area to 10,000 square metres, to meet high demand for air coolers.

Electris completed a nearly PLN 50 million investment project, launching a fully automated electroplating plant with wastewater treatment and expanding its facility with a new hall for switchgear and control cabinet assembly.

Toyota announced a $222 million investment at its Huntsville, Alabama facility to create a new four-cylinder engine production line, including hybrid electric versions, and expand the plant by 114,000 square feet.

Dinarsu has started polyester yarn production at its Çerkezköy facility in Tekirdağ, in addition to polypropylene and polyamide yarn. The company plans to expand the facility from 140,000 to 160,000 square meters and increase monthly yarn capacity from 1,000 to 2,500 tons.

Nidec is investing 10 billion yen (about $80 million) to double the size of its Nidec-Shimpo production plant in Luzon, Philippines, boosting gear reducer capacity from 30,000 to 80,000 units per month by 2025 and adding 400 jobs.

Toray Advanced Composites, a supplier of composite materials to the aerospace industry, is expanding and actively looking to do so in Morgan Hill, California. The announcement was made on April 19, 2022.

Retigo completed construction of a new two-storey 6,000 m2 production hall at its headquarters in Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech Republic. The hall will be fitted with automation and new machines to raise output by the second half of 2022.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö completed its investment and started production on a new glass microfiber media line at its Turin plant, adding capacity for filtration and energy storage materials. The investment was first announced in January 2020.

Youfumi Valve Group is expanding and upgrading its Fuding, Fujian plant to produce 100,000 fluorine-lined pipe valve sets per year. Workshop one is due to be finished by the end of June with production starting in October, and the project adds automated equipment.

Generac Power Systems is expanding its manufacturing, assembly and distribution center in Trenton, South Carolina. The facility, which started production in July 2021, now produces over 500 air-cooled home standby generator units per day and employs over 700 people. A building expansion to 600,000 square feet is planned, with construction expected to start in 2022. The initial investment was about $90 million.

Momentum Manufacturing Group completed phase one of a capacity expansion at its Vitex Extrusion division in New Hampshire, investing $13.5 million in a new 2,920-ton extrusion line that doubles annual output to 55 million pounds of custom aluminum profiles. Phase two is underway with a total investment of $23 million.

TriState Quality Metals has broken ground on a $2 million expansion to increase its facility from 44,000 to 75,000 square feet, adding robotic systems and a laser. The project is expected to be completed within a few months.

Gränges AB announced a $52 million investment to expand aluminum recycling operations at its plant in Huntingdon, Tennessee. The project is expected to be operational in 2024 and will be powered by renewable energy from the TVA Green Invest program.

Metalconstruct Aluminium Structures Factory will build a new plant hall and add two casting cells to its aluminium foundry at its Sirok site in Hungary, investing about HUF 450 million. The upgrade is expected to raise foundry capacity by about 20-25% and grow staff from 35 to 50.

Cim-Tek Filtration will expand its facility in Kennett, Missouri, by 140,000 square feet, creating up to 77 new jobs. The expansion will broaden production capabilities for filtration products.

Nabtesco is investing approximately €360 million (47 billion yen) in a third production plant in Hamamatsu, Japan, to double its production capacity to two million precision gearboxes per year by 2026. Construction starts in autumn 2022, with building completion planned for September 2023.

Becton Dickinson (BD) is constructing a fourth factory in Spain, located in Zaragoza. The company also invested in a new production line at its Fraga plant to double capacity for a special syringe used in COVID-19 vaccination.

Zochem announced plans to expand its Dickson, Tennessee facility with a $7 million investment, adding a fourth low-carbon muffle furnace that will increase zinc oxide capacity by 15,000 metric tons. The new furnace is expected to be operational by mid-2023.

Kenworth held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $45 million, 105,000 square-foot Test Building addition to its Class 8 truck assembly plant in Chillicothe, Ohio. The expansion will increase the plant size by nearly 17% and is expected to be completed in Q2 2023.

Whirlpool broke ground on a $65 million expansion of its Ottawa, Ohio plant, which will create more than 100 new jobs and is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

Bunting Inc. announced plans to open a manufacturing facility in New Castle, Pennsylvania, creating 79 jobs. The company purchased a 334,000-sq.-ft. building for a $16.8 million expansion to enter the aluminum extrusion market.