Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group, through its Zengran Packaging unit, started production of an intelligent packaging line for flour at Bashundhara Food And Beverage Industry's mill in Bangladesh. The project began in July 2020 and started production in early 2022.

SK Geo Centric and Purecycle Technologies have signed a contract to build Asia's first recycled polypropylene production plant with an annual capacity of 60,000 tons in Ulsan, South Korea. Construction starts within the year for completion in 2024.

Bombardier is constructing a 770,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility near Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, to build its Global 7500 and other business jets. The project costs approximately $500 million and will sustain 2,000 jobs when completed in 2023.

EMD Electronics, the North American electronics business of Merck KGaA, announced a new factory in Chandler, Arizona to manufacture gas and chemical delivery systems equipment, with a $28 million investment. Operations are expected to start by end of 2022 with more than 100 employees at full ramp-up.

Grabher Group's subsidiary Vprotect has started FFP2 mask production in a new facility in Lustenau, Austria, using a proprietary meltblown line to produce filter material on-site, making it self-sufficient in mask production.

B. Braun celebrated the ground-breaking of a new haemodialysis concentrate factory in the Thanh Oai Industrial Complex in Hanoi, Vietnam on January 10, 2022. The factory represents an initial investment of USD 5 million and will create over 160 jobs.

Realco has started building a new enzyme production plant in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, two years after a fire destroyed its previous facility. The plant is expected to start production in January 2023 with a capacity of 10 million liters per year.

Goter Power (company name not explicitly stated, but implied as 'Our Company') started production on January 10, 2022, at the Xinghe Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park in Huizhou, China. The base has a total investment of 500 million yuan and an annual capacity of 500,000 high-end contactless voltage stabilizers.

Paratech decided to invest 10.2 billion won in a new facility in Seosan, South Chungcheong, adding a building and moving equipment and R&D from its Bucheon plant to build a smart factory.

Shangfa Valve (上阀股份) signed an agreement with the Changsanjiao (Huzhou) cooperation zone for a high-end intelligent industrial fluid control equipment manufacturing project with total investment of 1.2 billion yuan and annual output of 500,000 units. Signing took place on January 8, 2022.

Shanghai Valve Factory signed an agreement with the Yangtze River Delta (Huzhou) Industrial Cooperation Zone for a high-end smart fluid control equipment plant with a total investment of 1.2 billion yuan and annual capacity of up to 500,000 units.

Posco began construction of a $600 million galvanised steel plant in Tangshan, Hebei Province, China, with an annual capacity of 900,000 tons. The plant, jointly owned with HBIS Group, is scheduled to supply automakers from 2023.

The joint venture between POSCO and HBIS Group, with an investment of 4.125 billion yuan ($647 million), started construction of an auto sheet plant in Hebei, China. The venture includes two production lines in Hebei and one existing line in Guangdong.

Deshbandhu Group plans to set up a plastics plant in Khulna, Bangladesh, at a cost of $103-110 million, with a capacity of 720 tonnes of plastic chips per day. The plant will create 2,000 jobs and use foreign loans from Swiss and German banks.

Sievert SE started production at the Rosenau II premixed dry mortar works in Mamming, Germany, on January 3, 2022. The plant has an annual capacity of over 100,000 tonnes and represents an investment exceeding €10 million.

Sunward Intelligent (山河智能) signed a contract to invest 500 million yuan (approx. $78 million) to build a manufacturing base for precision parts and high-end hydraulic cylinders in Yiyang, Hunan, China. The project will be built in two phases.

Tuoye Intelligent (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. will invest CNY 1.2 billion to build a headquarters smart factory on a 60-mu site in Beijiao, Shunde, Foshan, China, to produce flexible production lines and automation equipment.

Haldiram's Nagpur opened its own production facility for long-life dairy products in Nagpur, India, equipped with a SIG CFA 1224 high-speed filling machine, with an investment of around 12 million euros.

Ascon Control, owned by Amad Group, inaugurated a new switchgear and panelboard manufacturing factory at Al Mazraa Industrial Park in Askar, Bahrain, with an investment of 1.8 million Bahraini dinars. The factory will produce 72,000-150,000 low voltage panels annually.

Green Bay Packaging will build a new 600,000 sq ft corrugator plant in Fort Worth, Texas, replacing its existing 200,000 sq ft plant there. Construction is set to begin in Q1 2022 with startup scheduled for Q2 2023.

The maxon Group established a new innovation and production center in Beynost near Lyon, France, with a EUR 10 million investment. The site includes R&D and production for IDX drives, and aims to double employment from 50 to 100.

Haier Europe started production at its new €70 million refrigeration plant in Romania. The 63,000 sqm facility employs nearly 800 people and expects to produce 600,000 units per annum, with potential expansion to 1 million units.

Turkish Aerospace Industries opened a Factory Level Component Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center, built with a 53 million lira investment, in Ankara. The center will employ 510 people.

Turkish Aerospace Industries opened the Space Systems Engineering Center, built with a 31 million lira investment, in Ankara. The center will employ 718 people for space design and hardware production.

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) opened the National Combat Aircraft (MMU) Engineering Center, built with a 220 million lira investment, and the Composite Production Building, built with a 412 million lira investment, in Ankara. The facilities will employ 2,300 and 1,000 people respectively.

Nipro Corporation and Toyobo Co., Ltd. will jointly build an integrated production plant for cellulose triacetate (CTA) dialyzers at Nipro's Odate Factory in Akita Prefecture. The plant will have total floor space of approximately 31,000 m², with capital investment of about 17 billion yen, and is scheduled to start operation in July 2024.

Atlanta packaging company Battle Copacking plans to invest $13.6 million in a new 128,000-square-foot building at Deerfield Business Park in Mooresville, Iredell County, creating up to 20 jobs. The building is expected to be delivered by the end of the year.

Jiangsu Liding Environmental Protection Equipment Co., Ltd. has opened a new high-end equipment manufacturing base in Xuchang, Henan province, China. The facility covers 10,000 square meters with an investment of CNY 50 million, and is expected to start production by April 2022.

Stoughton Trailers is investing $25 million in a new intermodal chassis production facility in Waco, Texas, creating 125 jobs. Construction is underway, with production expected to begin by early Q2 2022.

Unilock plans to start construction in spring 2022 on a more than $40 million manufacturing facility on the west side of Hamilton County for concrete paving stones and wall products.

Ram Charan, a Chennai-based chemicals and waste-to-energy technology company, will invest Rs 15,000 crore (about USD 2 billion) to set up two manufacturing plants for waste-to-energy units in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, India. Each plant will cost Rs 7,500 crore and is expected to be operational in Q3 2022.

Hunan Jinlei South Cement plans to build a green building materials industrial park in Zixing City, Hunan, with a total investment of about 1.5 billion yuan. The project includes a 5000 t/d clinker production line, a 500万吨/year aggregate line, and a 900,000 m³/year concrete and PC component plant.

Sai MicroElectronics signed an agreement with Hefei High-Tech Industrial Development Zone to build a CNY5.1 billion (USD803 million) MEMS wafer foundry in Hefei, Anhui. The facility will produce 20,000 12-inch wafers per month.

SANY's first overseas 'lighthouse factory' in Indonesia was officially completed and put into operation last year, featuring over 500 robots and about 100 workers.

SENNEBOGEN opened a new product development campus in Straubing, Germany, including a prototype center (2023), testing and inspection center (2022), and design and technology center (2022).

Xylem's manufacturing facility in Emmaboda, Sweden, inaugurated a new on-site water treatment plant in 2022 that recycles 20 million liters of process water annually, using Xylem's own water reuse technology.

Daikin Air-conditioning India laid the foundation stone for its third manufacturing facility at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, last year (2022). The facility will produce air conditioners and compressors.

Trützschler Textile Machinery (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. officially inaugurated and began production at a new factory in the Pinghu Economic Development Zone in Jiaxing, China. The facility produces nonwoven equipment and spare parts.

Echo Machinery began production in January 2022 at its new $30 million headquarters facility in the Zhixin Industrial Area of Rui'an, Zhejiang, China. The 98,000-square-meter facility includes production, R&D, and office space.

Lafert Group officially opened a new manufacturing facility in San Donà di Piave, Italy, to produce high-efficiency permanent magnet motors. The project cost €18 million and began in 2020.

Busch Manufacturing India inaugurated a new vacuum pump production plant in Chakan near Pune in 2022. The plant has since produced its 4000th vacuum pump and makes DOLPHIN LX pumps.

Guangzhou Cable Factory Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Greater Bay Area Transmission and Distribution Industrial Park in Nansha, Guangzhou on December 31, 2021. The project involves an investment of 1.37 billion yuan and is expected to be completed by mid-2024.

DVI Production is investing €20 million to build a BCA (autoclaved aerated concrete) block production facility in Iernut, Mureș County, Romania. The plant will create 119 jobs and construction is scheduled to start in 2022.

UFI Filters Group signed an agreement with the JiaXing XiuZhou High-Technology Industrial Park Administrative Committee for a new plant in Zhejiang Province producing filtration systems and thermal management products for new energy vehicles. The investment is valued at around 25 million euros, and production is set to start in 2023.

Simmtech is constructing its first large-scale factory in Southeast Asia at Batu Kawan Industrial Park, Penang, with a total investment of RM508 million. The facility will manufacture packaging substrates and HDI PCBs, with operations expected to commence in Q2 2022.

Sabca is investing over $19 million in a new 16,000 m² factory in Nouaceur, Casablanca, Morocco to manufacture fuselage, wings and flight controls for Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. First deliveries are expected by end of 2022, creating 100 jobs initially.

Gardner Aerospace, a Derby-based aerospace components supplier, opened a new factory in Chengdu, China to serve the Asia Pacific market. Production is expected to begin in early 2022, with six Derby colleagues providing guidance.

Pratrivero USA Inc., a division of Pratrivero Nonwovens, is investing $17.6 million to establish a stitchbond nonwoven fabric manufacturing and distribution facility in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, creating 34 jobs. Operations are expected to begin in September 2022.

TBEA Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Southwest 5G Equipment Cable Technology Industrial Park project in Deyang, Sichuan. The project involves an investment of 560 million yuan and includes a cable smart factory, combustion laboratory, and digital workshop.

Elemaster Group has opened a new factory dedicated to rapid prototyping for the avionic and defence sector, and a new department for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (Mems) production, at its headquarters in Lomagna, Italy.