GSR Ventiltechnik expanded its automated miniload warehouse in Vlotho, Germany, adding a second aisle with rack structures, conveyor systems, and stacker cranes from Jungheinrich, doubling performance to 160 containers per hour.

Hyosung invested $37.7 million to expand its Creora elastane plant in Araquari, Brazil, increasing production capacity by 80% to 22,000 tons per year from 12,000 tons. The expansion was announced in February 2022.

Solvay is investing €300 million to expand its Solef PVDF production capacity at its site in Tavaux, France, to 35 kilotons, making it the largest PVDF site in Europe. The expansion is driven by growing EV battery demand and is expected to be completed by December 2023.

TekModo will build a second manufacturing facility at its Three Rivers, Michigan campus, with groundbreaking in late February or early March 2022. The over $50 million investment is expected to create 60-80 new jobs.

Tecnoglass is expanding its extrusion and solar energy window plants in Barranquilla, Colombia, with 25,000 square meters of new construction. The expansion will create about 800 new jobs and increase revenue to around $700 million annually.

OQ successfully started up two new UNIPOL PE reactor lines at the Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex in Sohar, Oman, each with a capacity of 440,000 TPY, using Univation Technologies' technology.

Acme Intralog announced it has expanded its belting fabrication and manufacturing capabilities for conveyor belts at its Dubai facility to cater to growing regional demand.

Lämneå Bruk, a Swedish wire machinery specialist, is adding two new production halls at its Ljusfallshammar site to assemble wire machinery and related equipment, including welding robots.

Industrial engineering firm Clade is opening a newly expanded 29,000 square foot factory in Morley, Leeds, dedicated to producing natural refrigerant CO2 heat pumps. The facility will create 30 new jobs and increase heat pump production by 400 percent.

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation announced it will construct a new 300-millimeter wafer fabrication facility for power semiconductors at Kaga Toshiba Electronics Corporation in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Phase 1 production is scheduled to start within fiscal 2024, and when fully operational, capacity will be 2.5 times that of fiscal 2021.

Thai EMS provider SVI is adding 4000 square metres of floor space at its manufacturing factory in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia to increase production capacity. Construction is expected to be completed by Q2 2022.

BerlinerLuft. Technik GmbH is expanding its CompetenceCenter Klimatechnik in Bexbach, Germany, adding 2,000 square meters of production space with a total investment of over EUR 7 million for buildings and production equipment.

BASF is modernizing and expanding its production of chloroformates and acid chlorides at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site, investing a low three-digit million euro amount to increase capacity by around 30 percent. The project is expected to be completed in the course of 2025.

Chemplast Sanmar has announced a Rs 650 crore capex plan to expand specialty chemicals capacity at its facilities in Tamil Nadu, including a new 35,000 tonne per year specialty PVC line at Cuddalore.

Lock Joint Tube announced plans to expand its Texas presence with a 37,500 sq. ft. facility and a new tube mill to increase capacity and capabilities in the solar sector.

B. Braun Medical Inc. received FDA approval for its new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Daytona Beach, Florida. The site will produce 0.9% Sodium Chloride for Injection in IV bags, with product deliveries expected to begin in late February 2022.

BUA Cement has commissioned its 3 million metric tonnes per annum Sokoto Line 4 factory in Nigeria. The company plans to complete two more 3MMT plants in Sokoto and Edo by 2023, raising total capacity to 17MMT.

Crown Holdings announced it will add a new food can production line at its Owatonna, Minnesota plant, adding about 40 jobs. Operations are expected to start in Q3 2022.

Asahi Seiki Kogyo announced it will construct a new assembly plant for large press machines on its main factory premises in Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture, with an investment of approximately 630 million yen. Completion is scheduled for March 2024, with operations starting within 2024.

West Contract Manufacturing, a subsidiary of West Pharmaceutical Services, plans a $6 million expansion at its plant in Walker, Michigan, including up to $5.4 million in machinery and equipment and $600,000 in building improvements. The expansion is expected to create up to 110 new jobs.

Miller Fabrication Solutions added a fourth manufacturing plant, the 186,000-square-foot Pine Creek facility in Brookville, Pennsylvania, bringing total space to approximately 675,000 square feet. The facility will expand component parts production and serve as an automation hub.

Karmelle, a British machinery and liquid packaging specialist, is expanding its Huddersfield facility by taking on a new 3,200 sq ft unit for fabrication of frames and parts for its filling, capping and labelling machines.

Lanxess is expanding production capacity for the active ingredient Preventol CMK (chlorocresol) at its Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany site by around 50 percent, with a single-digit million euro investment. The expansion will be completed in the first quarter of 2022.

CaptiveAire Systems will invest $27 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Muskogee, Oklahoma, creating 80 new jobs. The expansion will double capacity for Paragon HVAC units.

Centrum Elektroniki Stosowanej installed a second combined heat, power and cooling system with two MWM TCG 2020 V12 gas engines at Fresenius Kabi's Clinico Medical production facility in Błonie, Poland, to generate electricity, heat and cooling for production machines.

Ceat Limited plans to more than double agricultural radial tyre capacity to 105 tonnes per day by mid-2023, and indefinitely postpones phase two of its truck and bus radial expansion. The company is investing Rs 7 billion in phase one of TBR expansion at Halol and Chennai plants.

Chelyabinsk Mechanical Plant (ChMZ), manufacturer of 'Chelyabinets' truck cranes, will commission a new 800 sqm assembly shop in the first three quarters of 2022 and launch a 1600-ton press for bending sheets by summer 2022, to produce new multi-profile booms.

Nan Ya PCB, a Taiwan-based IC substrate manufacturer, announced plans to further expand fab capacities in Taiwan and China for high-end ABF substrates, with additional output set to come online by 2024.

Piston Automotive announced a $26.3 million expansion of its Jefferson County, Kentucky facility, creating 117 full-time jobs, with relocation to a new leased facility in Louisville for a new production line.

Serra Verde Mining has received a new fleet of 21 ore and waste transport trucks for its rare earth operation in Minaçu, Goiás, Brazil. The mine and processing plant are scheduled to begin production later in 2022.

Bison Bag Company will add 45,000 square feet to its facility in the Town of Lockport, Niagara County, New York, in a $4 million expansion expected to be completed this fall, with up to 10 new jobs committed.

Swiss vacuum valve maker VAT Group held a groundbreaking for a 39,200 square meter factory extension in Penang, Malaysia. The project will create about 500 jobs and more than double the Malaysian operation's production capacity.

Lalbaba Engineering expanded its seamless tube manufacturing capacity to 85,000 MTPA, making it the largest cold finish seamless tube manufacturer in India, according to a CRISIL report.

Logan Aluminum, a joint venture of Novelis and Tri-Arrows Aluminum, plans to expand its manufacturing operations in Russellville, Kentucky to increase capacity of flat rolled aluminum for the beverage can market.

Precision Micro has completed a £5.1 million refurbishment at its Birmingham site following a 2019 fire. The project included a 10% increase in capacity, nine new process machines, and a new Quality Centre of Excellence.

Biomerics FMI obtained a permit and broke ground on a 25,000-square-foot expansion to its existing medical device manufacturing facility in Athens, Texas. Completion is expected by late 2022.

Samuel Packaging Systems Group announced on January 26, 2022 an $11.5 million expansion of its 203,300-square-foot production facility in Fort Mill, adding 20 jobs.

Klöckner Pentaplast announced it will add an extrusion line and two thermoformers for 15,000 metric tonnes of new rPET/PET capacity in North America. The site is still to be determined and the expansion is targeted to be fully operational in Q1 2024.

Jindal Aluminium will invest approximately ₹150 crore over two years to increase extrusion and rolled products capacity by nearly 50%. The expansion includes debottlenecking at its Bengaluru plant and expanding the recently acquired Indo Alysus plant in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, as well as adding casters at the rolled products unit.

Mitsubishi Electric will invest approximately $18 million to increase production capacity at Siam Compressor Industry Co., Ltd in Thailand. Annual production of scroll compressors will expand to 870,000 units from 745,000 units, starting October 2022.

Greenland Technologies announced the formal selection of Maryland for the next phase of its major U.S. manufacturing expansion of electric industrial vehicles and drivetrain systems.

Titan Steel Door will invest more than $11 million to open a new 145,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Hartwell, Georgia, creating 90 jobs. Production begins in January 2022.

HMD is setting up a new 150,000 sq ft greenfield factory in Faridabad, India, to increase cannula capacity from 4 billion to 6 billion per annum. The factory is to be commissioned by January 2022.

TBI Manufacturing added a 20,000 sq ft factory at James Carter Road in Mildenhall, Suffolk, during summer 2021, and relocated all administration there in December 2021.

Knorr-Bremse has completed a EUR 15 million investment program at its Berlin plant, adding nine new machining centers for train brake disc production. The expansion increases capacity by 54% and created 27 new full-time jobs.

RE-KKUR has invested in a new recycling plant at its Lisnaskea base to process its own polymer raw materials, aiming to increase output from 1,500 to 5,000 tonnes of high-grade recyclate per annum by 2024. The investment was supported by £575,000 from Whiterock Finance.

Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical plans to invest 270 million yuan to expand its cis-polybutadiene rubber plant by 40,000 t/a and build a 200,000 t/a butadiene extraction unit. The construction period is 12 months.

Leygatech, a polyethylene film manufacturer, plans to expand its two sites in Saint-Romain-Lachalm and Yssingeaux, France, with a €12 million investment, adding 5,000 m² of cleanroom production at the former and 1,500 m² of production space at the latter, targeting completion by 2023.

Perm Mashinostroitel plant, with support from the Industrial Development Fund, has reached its design capacity of 16 sets per year for components of the PD-14 aircraft engine at a new production facility. Total investment exceeded 1.3 billion rubles.

GN Solids Control's new Yutian factory project for capacity expansion, covering 78,000 m2, has entered its final construction stage and is expected to add capacity in 2022.