Petrovietnam is constructing the 1.2GW Thai Binh 2 coal-fired power plant in Thai Binh province, Vietnam, with an estimated investment of £1bn ($1.6bn). The project broke ground in March 2011 and is expected to achieve full capacity by December 2022.

Olsen, a Brazilian manufacturer of dental and medical equipment, announced the construction of a new factory in Palhoça, Santa Catarina, with 25,000 m² of land and 15,000 m² of built area. The facility is expected to be ready in 2023 and will increase production capacity from 800 to 1,500 units per month.

Hochwald Foods celebrated the first milk intake at a new greenfield dairy plant in Mechernich, Germany, equipped by GEA Group. The plant, described as Europe's most modern dairy, will process around 800 million liters of milk annually and start commercial production in January 2022.

SKC, a subsidiary of SK Group, will invest more than $473 million to manufacture glass-based substrates for semiconductor chips in Covington, Georgia, creating more than 400 new jobs. A memorandum of understanding was signed with the State of Georgia.

Ardagh Metal Packaging has revealed plans for a beverage can plant in the south west United States to add capacity, announced with its third-quarter results. No further details were given in the article.

Ardagh Metal Packaging has revealed plans for a beverage can plant in the UK to add capacity, announced with its third-quarter results. No further details were given in the article.

Lontra is opening a £17 million smart factory in Doncaster to make energy-saving compressors, with South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority providing grant and loan support of over £7 million and over 300 new jobs expected.

Walbro LLC is expanding in Cass City, Michigan, with a $11.4 million capital investment supported by a $400,000 state grant, creating up to 40 advanced manufacturing jobs. Construction of the new facility has started.

Jiangxi Tongyu New Materials Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Guangdong Tongyu, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 200,000-ton-per-year electronic-grade epoxy resin project in Leping, Jiangxi. The first phase includes 60,000 tons/year of specialty phenolic epoxy resin. Total investment is CNY 200 million.

MHIRJ unveiled a new facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia, which will serve as its Aftermarket Component Center of Excellence for component repair, overhaul, and short order spare parts manufacturing.

Vaillant Group Heat Pump Production will build a new facility in Senica, Slovakia, to manufacture heat pump modules and a technology center. The investment is €120 million, with a state investment incentive of €18 million, and is expected to create 841 jobs by 2026.

Ritech International Impex S.R.L. is starting a project to create a new production unit for ventilation, heating and air conditioning components and accessories in the Sud-Muntenia region of Romania, with a total value of RON 8.78 million and EU funding.

Novelis celebrated the grand opening of its new $300 million automotive aluminum finishing plant in Guthrie, Kentucky. The 400,000-square-foot facility employs over 150 people and processes aluminum coils for automotive body panels.

Soenen Golfkarton has started building a 132,500 sqm corrugated box factory on the former Bekaert site in Lanklaar, Belgium, representing an investment of more than €120 million and about 200 jobs. The plant is planned to start in 2023.

Palsgaard and Hedensted Spildevand have begun construction of a new biogas facility, Palsgaard Bio Energy A/S, in Juelsminde, Denmark. The facility will produce biogas from wastewater treatment for heating, and is expected to be ready in the first half of 2022.

Siltronic broke ground on a new $3 billion wafer manufacturing facility in Tampines, Singapore. The facility is the company's largest and is expected to create 600 jobs when it opens in 2024.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced plans to build its first US offshore wind turbine blade facility at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Virginia, with an investment of over $200 million. The facility will support Dominion Energy's 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project and is expected to create nearly 260 jobs.

Kryton International Inc. has completed construction of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Calgary, Alberta, operated by its subsidiary Cementec Industries. The facility is designed to accommodate at least 10 times the output of the previous plant.

Portobello Group has started construction of a new porcelain and ceramic tile factory in Baxter, Tennessee. The $160 million facility will be 895,000 square feet, create 220 jobs, and is expected to be completed by the end of Q4 2022.

A Oman-China joint piping factory by Hongtong Dukm Piping Company opened in the Duqm Special Economic Zone, the first project in the China-Oman Industrial Park, covering 60,000 m² and making hydrocarbon fluid pipes.

Dominion Energy and Siemens Gamesa announced plans to construct a $200 million blade-finishing facility for offshore wind turbines at Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Virginia, creating 260 direct factory jobs.

Siemens Gamesa will invest $200 million to build the first U.S. offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, creating 310 jobs. The facility will be capable of producing blades for 100 turbines per year.

Dominion Energy and Siemens Gamesa will invest $200 million to build the first U.S. offshore wind turbine blade factory in Portsmouth, Virginia. The factory is expected to be finished around 2025.

Covestro inaugurated a new distillation plant at its Zona Franca factory in Barcelona, based on advanced technology, with an investment of €15 million. The plant created 10 new jobs and is part of a total €25 million investment plan for the site.

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering's aerospace business inaugurated a new 25,000 sq ft special process plant in the Aerospace Special Economic Zone near Bengaluru International Airport. The facility will manufacture precision parts for aerospace applications, including surface treatments and metal platings.

Grob China held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 25, 2021 for its fifth new factory in Dalian, China. The plant will cover 35,000 m², with an investment of about 130 million CNY, and is scheduled to be completed and operational by August 2022.

VEM Technologies will set up a ₹1,000 crore integrated defence facility on 511 acres in Yelgoi near Zaheerabad, Sangareddy, India. The factory will produce missiles, radars, fighters, and helicopters, employing about 2,000 people, and will also serve as a defence export processing zone.

Sistema.bio inaugurated its first manufacturing plant in Chakan-Pune, India, with an investment of INR 200 million. The facility will produce biodigesters with a capacity of 30,000 units per year, creating over 250 jobs.

Pratt & Whitney announced plans to invest approximately $650 million through 2027 in a new manufacturing facility in Buncombe County, North Carolina, creating 800 jobs.

Tosyali Algeria announced it will start construction of a flat steel production plant in November 2021, with a capacity of 2 million metric tons per year. The project will create 2,000 direct and indirect jobs and is planned to be completed within 30 months.

Generac Power Systems celebrated the grand opening of its newest manufacturing, assembly, and distribution operation in Trenton, South Carolina, to support increased demand for home standby generators and energy technologies.

Electrolux Group inaugurated its new Genesi factory in Susegana, Italy, the most automated plant in the group worldwide, producing built-in refrigerators. The investment exceeded 130 million euros, with 134 new permanent hires, 116 robots, and 1.2 km of assembly lines.

Kyocera will invest approximately 11 billion yen (USD 97 million) to build two new plants (No.7-1 and No.7-2) at its Kokubu campus in Kagoshima, Japan, doubling production capacity for fine ceramic components used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

SIG Combibloc will invest EUR 70 million to build a new aseptic packaging plant in Colón, Querétaro, Mexico, creating 200 direct jobs and starting operations in Q1 2023.

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies inaugurated a new $60 million, 20,000-square-meter manufacturing facility in La Lima, Cartago, Costa Rica, which will produce medical devices for blood and cell collection and separation. The plant will create 700 new jobs and increase production capacity of single-use blood collection supplies by 33%.

Norwegian health supplements firm Vitux will contract SofTab Technologies to manufacture its ConCordix Soft Chews in Windsor, Ontario, creating 30 jobs. The plant is expected to be operational by summer 2022.

Seongrim Advanced Materials will build a factory in Daegu Technopolis to produce high-heat-resistant permanent magnets for electric vehicle motors, with production starting next year.

Micron Technology plans to build a $7 billion plant in Japan to expand DRAM production, as reported by Reuters.

Van Lang Environmental Company started construction of a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 1,000 m3/day-night in an industrial zone in Binh Duong province, Vietnam.

Geos-M Group plans to build a geotextile production line in Ilyinogorsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, with investments of 160 million rubles, creating 20 jobs per year.

ACCIONA completed construction of the Bahr-al Baqr wastewater treatment plant in Egypt, the largest in Africa with a capacity of 5.6 million m3/day, to irrigate 140,000 hectares of cropland.

Magna celebrated the grand opening of a new greenfield seating plant in Aleksinac, Serbia. The 8,300-square-meter facility will produce seat trim covers and leather kits for European automakers and is expected to create up to 220 new jobs, with potential workforce of 1,000 by end of 2022.

Chemigate has begun construction on a new production plant for polysaccharide processing in Lapua, Finland. The investment is worth about €6-7 million and will expand the wet modification plant by approximately 50%.

Watson-Marlow will begin construction in October 2021 on a 150,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Devens, Massachusetts, with first production due in late 2022. The site will make peristaltic pumps, tubing and fluid path solutions for life sciences and process customers.

Maxon Lift Corp. is building its second manufacturing plant in Monterrey, Mexico. The first phase will add over 400,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space, with up to 600,000 sq. ft. in future phases, and the plant is on target to be fully operational in 2022.

Avgol is set to open a new $60 million manufacturing site in Dimona, Israel, featuring a Reicofil 4 line for nonwoven solutions. The line is being commissioned in March and expected to be commercialized by July 2017.

Swiss company Schoeni signed an investment agreement with Free Economic Zone Bălți to build a 2,000 m² fruit and vegetable processing factory in the Ștefan Vodă subzone. The €1.5 million plant will have a capacity of 2,000 tons per year and is expected to open in May-June 2022.

Toyota announced plans to build a new $1.29 billion factory in the US to manufacture batteries for hybrid and fully electric vehicles. The location was not announced, but the plant will employ 1,750 people and start production in 2025, gradually expanding through 2031.

Ghacem Limited disclosed its intention to construct a new cement factory in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana, at an estimated cost of $100 million to boost supply in the northern part of the country.

Wolfspeed will produce SiC power semiconductors at its 200-mm fab in Marcy, N.Y., beginning in early 2022. The Mohawk Valley Fab is a $1 billion investment and will be the world's largest SiC production line.