Teqal moved into a new 4,000 sqm factory at Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal, after its 2021 expansion funded by a R50m IDC financing facility, adding energy-efficient servo-driven equipment capable of up to 40 million jars per year.

Bluewater Bio completed a $36.5 million upgrade of the Tubli wastewater treatment plant in Bahrain, adding 220 MLD of clean water for reuse. The project was backed by UK Export Finance.

Crapper & Sons Landfill Ltd added a new JCB 370X crawler excavator, the most powerful model in JCB's X Series, to its waste-handling operations at its Wiltshire landfill and recycling facility.

RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd took delivery of 16 new Develon machines from Gordons, including 12 articulated dump trucks and six crawler excavators, to replace and expand its fleet.

Flat Glass Group's subsidiary Nantong Flat Glass will invest about RMB 6 billion to build six new PV glass production lines, each with a melting capacity of 1,200 tons per day, in the Tongzhou Bay Demonstration Zone, Nantong, Jiangsu Province. Construction will be in two phases.

PFNonwovens, a Czech nonwovens manufacturer, announced an additional investment of ZAR 650 million (approx. CZK 1 billion) to double its production capacity at its Atlantis plant in South Africa's Western Cape province. The investment was presented at the 4th South African Investment Conference on March 24, 2022.

Sumitomo Group signed an investment convention to expand its electrical harness production unit in Casablanca, Morocco, with an investment of 146 million dirhams, creating 2,000 jobs.

Yazaki Group signed investment conventions to expand its existing units in Kenitra and Tangier, Morocco, as part of a total investment of 751 million dirhams, creating 6,300 jobs across all three projects.

Lemken will further expand its Haren assembly site to include building a range of new seed drill models, following its 2021 reorganisation.

KSB Mining completed a $44 million expansion of its GIW Slurry Pumps manufacturing plant and headquarters in Grovetown, Georgia. The project quadrupled capacity for large castings and added a distribution center.

Ryerson Holding Corporation will invest $1.5 million to renovate its Lancaster facility, adding 25 new jobs and retaining 29. The project is expected to be complete by end of 2022.

SGH Healthcaring is expanding its Rovipharm Healthcaring site in the Ain region of France with a 650 m² cleanroom extension, representing an investment of €8.2 million. The expansion will support a new automated production process for pipette tips and other components under a contract with Agilent Technologies.

Prysmian Group announced a €100 million investment to increase production capacity at its Pikkala plant by 400 km per year for high-voltage DC and AC cables, with expansion expected to be completed by 2024 and create over 100 jobs.

TOWA Corporation completed construction of a new plant building at its Kyoto East Plant to increase production capacity for cutting tools (endmills) and undertaking processing business, with total investment of about one billion yen.

Novelis announced a R$450 million investment to increase production capacity at its Pindamonhangaba plant from 680,000 to 750,000 tonnes per year, with improvements to be completed by the first half of 2024.

Huhtamaki is switching its Alf, Germany site from plastics to smooth molded fiber packaging, adding capacity of up to 3.5 billion fiber products a year. The unit plans to replace more than 2,000 tons of plastic with fiber in 2022.

Constructor, part of Gonvarri Material Handling, has expanded its facility in Rasnov, Romania by 35% (13,700 m²) through the acquisition and modernization of a new building. The expanded site now includes a new production and test lab and is one of GMH's main pallet racking production sites in Europe.

H2O Innovation doubled the footprint of its specialty chemicals facility in Cheshire, UK, to 30,000 ft² with capacity to produce 1,000 tons/year of powder membrane cleaners. The $1.7M investment created three new jobs. The grand opening ceremony was on March 15, 2022.

Kioxia Corporation announced it will begin construction of a new fabrication facility (Fab2) at its Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, to expand production capacity of 3D Flash memory BiCS FLASH.

Sensata Technologies held a groundbreaking for a new Green Certified building in Malaysia that adds 40,000 square feet, bringing total manufacturing space to nearly 275,000 square feet. The company plans to invest an additional RM510 million within five years.

GIW Minerals, formerly Georgia Iron Works, is opening a 70,000-square-foot, $44 million expansion at its Grovetown, Georgia campus that is expected to add more than 100 jobs and triple production capacity. The grand opening is scheduled for April 6, 2022.

WestRock held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a $47 million expansion of its Claremont plant, adding 285,000 square feet to grow production of food, food service and beverage packaging, with 50 new jobs expected by end of 2023.

Yanmar is expanding its compact excavator plant in Saint-Dizier, France, aiming to double production from 23 to 50 machines per day by 2026, creating nearly 200 jobs.

The first phase of the 100MW onshore power transformation facilities of the Copenhagen Infrastructure Fund's Zhangfang and Xidao Offshore Wind Power Project has been successfully connected to the Taipower system. The second phase will bring total capacity to 600MW.

Mondi will invest €95 million at its Świecie containerboard mill in Poland to expand production and enhance product quality. The project includes rebuilds of PM2 and PM5, pulp mill upgrades, a recycled fiber line and energy recovery.

Ecowipes, a Polish producer of biodegradable composite nonwovens, has ordered a second Carded/Pulp (CP) line from Trützschler Nonwovens and Voith to expand capacity for its Tricell substrate at a new plant.

Zhangzhou Wanli Machinery increased its production capacity by adding 5 production lines on March 21, 2022.

Soyuzgidravlika in Belgorod modernized and expanded production of gear oil pumps for Russian road and agricultural machinery makers. Capacity rose 35% to 250,000 units per year, and the RUB 118 million investment was partly financed by the Fund for Industrial Development (VEB.RF) with an RUB 80 million loan.

Váll-Ker Kft. announced a HUF 3 billion investment to increase production capacity by 75% with a new 5,300 m2 hall, adding 30,000 fireplace units per year and creating 250 jobs.

Celltech, Finland's leading manufacturer of battery systems, has expanded production to a new factory in Lahdesjärvi, Tampere, and started serial production of battery systems for industrial vehicles. The factory also includes an Engineering & Development Centre. The company plans to hire 50-80 people in 2022-2023.

Mexico-based Elementia is investing US$40M in its Cementos Fortaleza plant in Acajutla, El Salvador, adding 0.3Mta of cement capacity. The project is expected to start operation in Q1 2023.

SK Siltron will invest $300 million to increase production capacity by ten times by 2025 at its Auburn, Michigan factory, and aims to complete a new factory in Bay City, Michigan in the second half of 2022, creating 200 jobs.

Iberfoil, a subsidiary of Grupo Alibérico, selected Acontebro to build a new 10,000 m² factory with 1,000 m² of offices on a 43,000 m² plot adjacent to its existing plant in Sabiñánigo, Huesca, Spain. The project, called Iberfoil Integra, involves an investment of €42.3 million and will create 115 direct and 400 indirect jobs.

Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems built a new 3,400 m² building at its Nakajo plant in Tainai, Niigata, Japan, to double production capacity for 30 kV-class special high-voltage transformers and amorphous transformers. Full-scale operation is planned from April 2022.

Moog Inc. announced a $25 million investment to expand its East Aurora, New York campus, creating up to 500 new jobs. The project includes building renovations and purchase of high-tech machinery for aerospace programs including F-35, V-22 Osprey, and NASA hardware.

Blum consolidated its Australian distribution into a new warehouse in Hoxton Park, NSW, using Swisslog's ASRS Vectura cranes, ProMove conveyors, and SynQ WMS. The facility, originally built in 2010, was expanded with additional cranes and software upgrades to meet growing demand.

Klabin announced on 2022-03-18 an R$188 million investment to expand its corrugated paper packaging plant in Horizonte, in the Fortaleza metropolitan region. Capacity will rise from 20,000 to 100,000 tons per year and about 200 jobs will be created by 2023.

Freudenberg will invest USD 11 million to build a new parts manufacturing plant in Parets del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain, increasing production capacity of suspension and steering components by 15%.

AirPro Fan & Blower Company purchased a 25,000-square-foot facility in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, to expand production capacity. The new building will be operational in April 2022.

SK Siltron CSS, a U.S. subsidiary of South Korea's SK Group, is developing a $300 million expansion of its silicon carbide semiconductor wafer production in Monitor Township, Michigan. The expansion is expected to double employment and increase production capacity.

Stora Enso is investing approximately EUR 2 million to expand the factory building at its corrugated board packaging plant in Kristiinankaupunki, Finland. The expansion will accommodate machinery transferred from the Lahti plant to enable high-quality multicolor printing.

AESSEAL started construction of a 175,000 sq. ft. factory at Mill Close in Rotherham, with £5.8 million in green investments, bringing total investment in the area to £61 million.

JTEKT Automotive Mexico inaugurated an expansion of its production area in San Luis Potosí, investing nearly $50 million to manufacture more modern automotive steering systems. The expansion will create over 170 direct jobs.

Wanhua Chemical Group has submitted an environmental impact assessment for an 850,000 tons per year polyether polyol expansion project at its site in Yantai Development Zone, China.

Böcker Maschinenwerke GmbH is investing €7.5 million to expand production area and build a new logistics center at its headquarters in Werne, Germany, with a new assembly hall of 2,400 m².

PG Bison commissioned a R560 million expansion at its eMkhondo manufacturing facility in Mpumalanga, increasing particleboard output capacity by 37% to 1000 m³ per day. A new medium density fibreboard line is scheduled for commissioning in mid-2024.

S+S Industries expanded into a new 120,000-square-foot facility in Southeast Houston, increasing copper busbar plating capacity from 300,000 to over 1.3 million pounds per month, making it the world's largest busbar plating operation.

PCI Africa expanded the treatment capacity of a wastewater plant south of Johannesburg by adding a sixth module, treating an additional 50,000 cubic metres of water per day. Over 65 WEG motors were installed for the project.

Welcon will begin industrial production of floating wind turbine foundations at its factory in Give, Denmark in 2023, with an annual steel capacity of 40,000 tons. The foundations are developed by Stiesdal and will support offshore wind turbines of 15 MW and larger.

SK Siltron will invest approximately 1.0495 trillion KRW over three years to build a new silicon wafer factory in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, South Korea. Mass production of 300mm wafers is expected to begin in the first half of 2024, creating about 1,000 jobs.