Krominel Advanced Materials has begun a capacity expansion project in Querétaro, Mexico, for a new plant to produce masterbatch colors and additives. Initial capacity will be 5,000 tons/year, expandable by another 5,000 tons/year in three years. The project is expected to be available in the second half of 2022.

BMW will add 200 workers in an expansion at its Upstate plant.

Becton Dickinson (BD) has announced a USD 210 million investment to double pre-filled glass syringe production capacity at its Tatabánya plant in Hungary, adding three new production lines and creating over 300 new jobs. The new lines are expected to be operational by the end of 2024.

Covestro has started up two new polycarbonate compounding production lines at its Greater Noida plant in India, more than doubling its plastic finishing capacity and creating over 25 new jobs.

Ashland announced plans to increase production capacity of Natrosol hydroxyethylcellulose at its site in Hopewell, Virginia.

Medtronic has installed a fully automated manufacturing line at its Juncos, Puerto Rico plant as part of a $50 million expansion, to produce the next-generation continuous glucose monitor.

LaMotte Company will invest $3.3 million to expand manufacturing and R&D capacity at a new 79,000-square-foot site in Newark, Delaware, adding more than 100 jobs.

Infiplast announced an increase of its production capacity to 550T in ISO 7 clean room for the development and manufacture of innovative medical devices.

SI Group increased production capacity for ETHANOX 4716 and NAUGARD PS48 hindered phenolic ester antioxidants at its Jinshan, China facility. The new capacity is now operational.

Hyosung Advanced Materials is investing KRW 46.9 billion to expand carbon fiber production lines at its Jeonju plant in South Korea. The expansion will add 2,500 tons per year, bringing total capacity to 9,000 tons per year by April 2023.

BMW announced a $200 million investment to construct a new 219,000-square-foot press shop at its Spartanburg County plant in South Carolina, creating 200 new jobs. Production is expected to start in summer 2024.

Scott Bader will begin manufacturing Crestabond structural adhesives at its Canadian site in Drummondville in 2022, to meet North American demand.

Draxton is investing $30 million to expand its plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, adding 30,000 tons of nodular iron casting capacity. The expansion is focused on casting critical parts for braking systems compatible with hybrid and electric vehicles, with operations starting in Q4 2022.

Neenah Inc is investing €25 million in new meltblown capacity at its filtration facility in Germany to meet increased demand. The new meltblown line is expected to be online in mid-2024.

Nuvoco Vistas will invest Rs 400 crore to upgrade its blending unit in Bhiwani, Haryana, to a grinding unit, increasing capacity by 2.4 mtpa.

INEOS Aromatics completed a $70 million modernization of its PTA plant in Merak, Indonesia, increasing capacity by 15% from 500,000 to 575,000 tonnes per annum and reducing CO2 emissions by 15% per tonne.

BASF is building a new world-scale production plant for alkylethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The investment will increase global annual capacity by nearly 30% to over 140,000 metric tons per year, with planned start-up in 2024.

Stevanato Group's subsidiary OMPI of America agreed with BARDA, a US government agency, to receive up to about $95 million to expand planned vial manufacturing capacity in Fishers, Indiana. The aim is to strengthen US national defense and public health readiness.

ETEM Gestamp is investing over 120 million BGN in expanding its automotive components plant in Sofia, Bulgaria, adding fully automated internal logistics and creating over 130 jobs over two years. The company also secured a contract with a major German automaker for aluminum battery box elements for a new EV platform.

Dulas has expanded its vaccine refrigerator factory in Bognor Regis, UK, doubling manufacturing capacity to meet global COVID vaccination demand. The expansion was officially opened by UK Exports Minister Mike Freer.

Panasonic Life Solutions Vietnam Co., Ltd. will construct a new building on its existing factory premises in Binh Duong province, Vietnam, to produce wiring devices and circuit breakers. The investment is approximately 1.3 billion yen, and production is scheduled to start in April 2023.

Prince Eftex Co., Ltd., part of Oji Group, decided to establish new production facilities for biaxially oriented polypropylene film (OPP) used in capacitors for electric vehicles, aiming to increase capacity to 2.3 times the current level. Operations are scheduled to start in 2024.

Hubei Wanli Protective Products has built and begun operating several melt-blown nonwoven fabric production lines, with a capacity of 1,800 tonnes per month. Additional lines with the same annual capacity are under construction.

Munters Group AB will invest $36 million to relocate its Buena Vista, Virginia operations to a new facility in Botetourt County's Greenfield business park in Daleville, Virginia, to meet growing demand for data center cooling systems.

Martur Fompack will inaugurate an extension of its factory in Tanger Automotive City, Morocco, on May 1, 2022. The project costs €17.5 million, adds 20,509 square meters, and will create 724 jobs, with a production capacity of 400,000 vehicle interior sets per year.

Intellihot purchased its longtime factory space at 2900 W. Main St. in Galesburg, Illinois, for $1.3 million and plans to increase production and staff at the facility. The company had previously announced a $50 million expansion project expected to add jobs.

Bausch Health announced investments to expand contact lens manufacturing capacity at its Bausch + Lomb site in Rochester, New York, adding multiple production lines for daily disposable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.

Bausch Health announced investments to expand contact lens manufacturing capacity at its Bausch + Lomb sites in Waterford, Ireland and Rochester, New York, adding multiple production lines for daily disposable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.

Ciner Glass signed a EUR 80 million contract for process equipment for a third furnace at its Park Cam site in Bozüyük, Turkey. The total investment is expected to be EUR 130 million, adding capacity of one billion glass bottles per year and creating 100 jobs.

Multivac has started a production hall extension of about 5,000 square metres at its Bozhurishte, Bulgaria site, costing around €5 million, with completion planned for fall 2022.

Embassy Ingredients announced a $3 million expansion and processing upgrades to its existing facility in Toronto, increasing warehouse and manufacturing space from 55,000 to 90,000 square feet and adding a second automated dry blending line.

DSM Engineering Materials announced the expansion of its high-performance materials production capacity at its Jiangyin plant in Jiangsu Province, China, with a new compounding line. Work began in February 2022, with completion expected in 2023.

OQ Chemicals successfully commissioned an expanded production facility for TCD Alcohol DM at its Oberhausen, Germany site, significantly increasing global production capacity. The expansion was completed during a planned maintenance shutdown in Q4 2021.

Quercy Réfrigération, a French industrial cooling solutions company, plans to create a new production unit for its own cooling groups (HD Cold technology) in Moissac, France. The project is supported by France Relance and aims to diversify and internationalize the company.

Eisenwerk Bassum plans to nearly triple production capacity of Konrad containers for radioactive waste disposal from 500 to about 1,500 units per year by 2024, with investments at both Bassum and Sulingen sites.

Borouge successfully started up its new fifth polypropylene unit (PP5) in Ruwais, adding 480,000 tonnes/year of PP capacity, increasing total PP capacity to 2.24 million t/y and total polyolefin capacity to 5 million t/y.

China Tungsten and Hightech's subsidiary Chengdu Great Wall Cutting Tools will invest CNY 93.16 million to expand its CNC insert production line, adding 10 million pieces/year capacity to the existing 10 million pieces/year. Construction period is 9 months.

Coveris has installed a five-layer coextrusion extruder at its Montfaucon plant in France to increase capacity for shrink and stretch hoods with recycled content. The equipment was recently acquired and the site was redesigned to accommodate it.

Greenville-based Diversified Medical Healthcare plans to expand into a new 136,000-square-foot facility in Greenville, South Carolina, and launch another product line, investing $51 million and creating 185 new jobs.

Evonik announced a $176.5 million expansion at its Mobile County, Alabama facility to build a plant producing methyl mercaptan for its MetAmino (DL-methionine) animal nutrition product. The new plant is scheduled to come on stream in the second half of 2024.

Hirsh Precision Products announced plans to expand operations from Louisville and Boulder, Colorado, into a 65,000 sq ft industrial facility in Frederick, Colorado, relocating the majority of its operations.

Zhejiang Fujie Environmental Protection Equipment, a subsidiary of Shanghai Fujie Environmental Protection Technology, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 1.06 billion yuan expansion project in Deqing, Zhejiang. The project will add 80 mu of land and eventually produce 100 sets of low-temperature vacuum dehydration drying equipment per year.

Smurfit Kappa announced an expansion of its Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas plant with installation of a first corrugator in the state, creating 50 jobs. The article gives the investment as 26.3 million dollars in the body but 23.6 million in the headline.

Nordfab Americas began a $5.5 million expansion at its main manufacturing facility in Thomasville, North Carolina, adding 25 jobs and increasing the footprint to 180,000 sq. ft. The project includes a rooftop solar array and material handling automation.

URGO Group announced the expansion of its Textile Centre of Excellence in Veauche, near Saint-Étienne, and launched the URGO Textile School. The site will employ nearly 200 people by 2026, doubling its workforce.

Honeywell Aerospace announced it will establish its Americas Aftermarket headquarters at its Guaynabo, Puerto Rico facilities, creating approximately 100 new jobs in 2022.

Manitou Group announced a €70 million ($80 million) investment to expand its Yankton and Madison, South Dakota manufacturing facilities, aiming to increase output by over 150% by 2026 and hire 100 people by 2023.

BASF (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd will expand production capacity of Ultramid polyamide and Ultradur PBT by 5,000 metric tons per year at its Pasir Gudang site. Completion of the debottlenecking is planned for Q2 2023.

Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS) plans to double its crude steel production capacity to 4 million metric tons per year, following a memorandum of understanding signed by Qatar Mining and Algeria's ambassador to Qatar.

Bosch is investing over 250 million euros to expand its semiconductor production in Reutlingen, Germany, adding 3,600 square meters of cleanroom space. Production is scheduled to begin in 2025.