BauTex Composites, created by a German investor, signed an agreement to become a resident of the Bălți Free Economic Zone and will build a plant in Strășeni, Moldova, for producing glass fiber fabrics and products. The investment is approximately $18 million, with 100 new jobs expected in 2022.

Direx Polymer, a joint venture between DL Chemical and Rextec, held a groundbreaking ceremony for an eco-friendly adhesive plant at Yeosu Industrial Complex. The plant will have an annual capacity of 40,000 tons and is expected to start commercial production in the first half of 2023.

SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa has invested R200 million in a new African headquarters consisting of an assembly and warehousing facility in Aeroton, Johannesburg, to service customers in South Africa and southern Africa. The facility will be fitted with 4IR technologies.

Poly Glass Fibre (M) Berhad, via its subsidiary Concrete Energy Sdn Bhd, has decided to invest in a new melt-blown fabric manufacturing facility. The announcement was made on December 2, 2021.

Kruger Packaging is building a $114 million, 400,000 sq ft packaging plant in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, expected to open in summer 2022 and create nearly 150 jobs.

DL Chemical held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 1, 2021 for its subsidiary D-REX Polymer's new plant in Yeosu, South Korea. The 150 billion won facility, a joint venture with US-based REXtac, will produce 40,000 tons per year of amorphous poly alpha olefin (APAO) starting in the first half of 2023.

Akron has opened its new production plant 'Akron 4' in the Parque Industrial de San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina. The plant will focus on manufacturing and finishing dry grain baggers for export. Total investment in 2021 is USD 7.7 million.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is building a nearly 40,000 sq ft facility in Surrey, British Columbia, for parts storage, component workshop, and customer service. Construction is underway and expected to be fully operational in 2022.

Phoenix Contact E-Mobility has officially opened its new plant in the Rzeszów Dworzysko Science Park in Poland. The facility has 15,000 m² total area, with eight production lines manufacturing AC charging cables and charging sockets for electric vehicles.

Nouryon has started full-scale production at its new organic peroxide greenfield site in Tianjin, China, consisting of three manufacturing facilities. The site produces Trigonox, Perkadox, and Butanox organic peroxides for the polymer industry.

Oji Holdings decided to establish a new corrugated container plant in Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam, with planned investment of about JPY 5 billion ($44.2 million) and operations starting July 2023.

EQ United, an Indiana-based logistics provider and RV components manufacturer, is consolidating its manufacturing into a new facility in Cassopolis, Michigan with a $6.2 million capital investment and up to 175 jobs. The Michigan Strategic Fund supports the project.

Autoliv Tunisia has started construction of a new plant in the El Fahs industrial zone, with an investment exceeding 84 million Tunisian dinars, creating over 500 jobs.

Holcim (Nicaragua) inaugurated its new Planta de Agregados Cofradía on November 29, 2021, with an investment of $2 million. The plant began operations in May 2021 and has a capacity of 600,000 tons per year.

Owen Mumford has broken ground on a new £14 million production facility in Witney, Oxfordshire, UK, designed to BREEAM certification standards and intended for medical device manufacturing including the Aidaptus auto-injector.

Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd. commissioned its second unit in Himachal Pradesh for producing polyester staple fibre by recycling PET. The plant, inaugurated by the Chief Minister, involved an investment of Rs. 239 crores and is expected to create 600 jobs, with a capacity of 120 metric tonnes per day.

Dana TM4, a joint venture of Dana Incorporated, is establishing a new manufacturing facility in Åmål, Sweden to produce electric motors for the mobility industry. The $50 million facility has received $10.7 million in grants and is expected to open in late 2022, with production starting in the first half of 2023.

Maadaniyah CEO Shaker Otaibi said construction of a high-pressure valve plant serving the oil and petrochemical sector will begin in early 2022 on a land plot at King Salman Energy Park in Saudi Arabia.

Deepak Nitrite plans to commission a greenfield 40,000 tonnes/year methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) plant and an 8,000 tonnes/year methyl isobutyl carbinol (MIBC) plant in the April-June quarter of financial year 2024-25.

Aditya Birla Chemicals is planning to build a new epoxy facility in Beaumont, Texas, with an initial investment of up to $50 million. The 35-acre site will house its first US manufacturing and R&D facility for chemicals, creating at least 32 jobs, and is estimated to be completed in Q1 2027.

Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy have reached final investment decision on their $8.5 billion Golden Triangle Polymers joint venture in Orange, Texas. The project includes a 2.08m tonne/year ethane cracker and two 1m-tonne/year HDPE units, expected to be operational in 2026.

LG Chem is building a 50,000-tonne-per-year PBAT plant in Seosan, South Korea, as part of a $2.2bn sustainability-focused investment plan. Production is expected to start in 2024.

Motherson Group opened a new production facility, SMP Automotive, in Ćuprija, Serbia, to produce automotive interior parts for premium brands like Porsche, Audi, and BMW. The investment is €38 million, and the plant covers about 25,000 m², with plans to employ 450 workers by end of 2025.

German compressor maker Bitzer is establishing a joint venture in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, to manufacture small-capacity rotary compressors in a 90,000 m2 plant under construction, with production planned for the first half of 2022.

BMT held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant in Gijang-gun, Busan, with construction investment of about KRW 34 billion and annual production capacity rising from KRW 150 billion to KRW 300 billion. Completion is planned for March 2023.

Berco, part of thyssenkrupp, opened a new 2,000 sq.m R&D facility in Copparo, Italy, on November 17, 2021. The facility houses a metallurgical laboratory and product engineering team to advance undercarriage systems for mining applications.

FAGE will build a new yogurt production plant in the Riegmeer Hoogeveen business park in the Netherlands, with a €150 million investment. The plant will add 40,000 tons of yogurt capacity per year and create 250 jobs, expected to operate in the second half of 2024.

Winstone Wallboards plans to shift its North Island manufacturing site from Auckland to a new state-of-the-art plant in Tauranga in late 2023. The new plant will increase production capacity and reduce carbon emissions.

Conveyor Products and Solutions (CPS) has begun construction of a new state-of-the-art facility in Western Australia, with the foundation pour completed. The facility will house innovative technologies and strengthen Australian manufacturing capability.

Shchekinoazot plans to commission a new production line for multilayer nonwoven fabric for medical purposes in 2022, using meltblown technology. The investment is over 550 million rubles, with a capacity of 8,640 tonnes per year, creating 49 jobs.

Metagrupp plans to build a plant in Novosibirsk producing filling lines and packaging for the food industry, with an investment of over 618 million rubles. Construction is scheduled to begin in Q3 2022, with full capacity expected by 2027, creating 44 jobs.

Tuopu Group held a completion ceremony for its new 'Air Suspension System Division 1' factory in Ningbo Binhai New Area. The factory has a total investment of about CNY600 million, covers 60,000 square meters, and is expected to start production in June 2022, producing 2 million air suspension units annually.

PRESS GLASS SA will build a new specialty glass plant in the Tucznawa economic area in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. The company acquired a 15-hectare plot in a tender on November 12, 2021, and production is planned to start in 2024.

BASF started production in a new Superabsorbents Excellence Center for its Hygiene Business.

Hanon Systems inaugurated a new greenfield production facility in Pécs, Hungary, with 22,464 square meters of manufacturing space for fluid transport products, employing over 300 people.

Atlas Ward Polska started building a production and warehouse plant for Rawibox S.A. in the Jasienicka Low-Emission Economic Zone in Miedzyrzecz Dolny, Lower Silesia, with about 30,000 m2 of floor space. Atlas Ward is the general contractor under a design-and-build contract. Reported November 24, 2021.

Mexstamp invested MX$35 million (US$1.65 million) in a new auto manufacturing plant in Aguascalientes' Chichimeco Industrial Park, expanding employment and production of stamped metal parts.

Samsung Electronics announced a $17 billion investment to build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas, creating over 2,000 jobs, with groundbreaking in first half of 2022 and operations starting in second half of 2024.

Ohio-based Gregory Industries is expanding to Alabama with a $30 million steel manufacturing plant, creating 100 jobs.

T. Hasegawa USA, Inc. announced plans to open a 60,000-square-foot sweet flavor manufacturing facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California in March 2022. The facility will increase U.S. manufacturing resources by 50% and headcount by over 30% over five years.

Ouke's subsidiary Zhuzhou Ouke Cutting Tools plans to invest 748.9 million yuan to build a CNC tool industrial park in Zhuzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone, including production lines for high-performance rods, carbide tools, CNC tooling, cermet inserts and cermet saw blades.

Schaeffler India signed an MoU with Guidance, the Tamil Nadu government nodal agency, to invest over ₹300 crore in a new greenfield plant in Hosur making transmission components for automotive and tractor segments. The plant is expected to create more than 300 direct jobs within four years.

NOVONIX opened a new synthetic graphite anode materials plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a $160 million investment. The facility aims to produce at least 10,000 metric tons per year by 2023 and will employ 290 people.

Blue Star NBR and American Glove Innovations (AGI) broke ground on a medical glove manufacturing facility in Wythe County, Virginia. The facility is expected to create about 2,500 jobs and produce more than 60 billion gloves per year.

Smith & Co., a precision CNC machining startup, will invest $2.56 million to open a 7,500-square-foot facility in Birmingham, Alabama, creating 54 jobs over three years. The facility will serve defense, aerospace and automotive industries.

Budin Kimyevi, a subsidiary of BudinGroup, has started operations at its new 11,000 m² masterbatch factory in Menemen Atatürk Plastic Organized Industrial Zone, İzmir. The facility includes 8,500 m² closed area, R&D labs, and a 1 MW solar power plant, increasing production capacity by 60%.

Ajoo Steel will invest 45 billion won (USD 38.08 million) in a new aluminum extrusion plant in Mexico, targeting start-up in Q4 2022, to produce trailer aluminum extrusion products.

Jinluo Water completed and put into operation its 200 million tons/year water treatment equipment smart factory in Linyi, Shandong. The project, with a total investment of CNY 320 million, started construction in March 2021 and was completed in October 2021.

Siemens Energy is investing over €60 million in a new production facility in Berlin to manufacture vacuum interrupters for climate-neutral switchgear. The facility is scheduled to go into operation in 2023.

Azad Engineering has begun setting up its third manufacturing facility in Medchal Malkajgiri district near Hyderabad, investing over Rs 500 crore over three years to make critical components for aviation and power generation. The foundation stone was laid on November 22, 2021, and about 1,000 jobs are expected.