Ottobock opened a new plant in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, for high-tech prostheses and bionic implants, with an investment of over 10 million euros and plans to create 300 jobs; production has already started with 225 employees.

Pentamaster Corp is investing RM120 million in a new 500,000-square-foot plant in Batu Kawan, Penang to increase production capacity for automation solutions. The plant will be built on a 12-acre site.

Evanesce Packaging Solutions, an investee of Billy Goat Brands, will open a new manufacturing facility in Hampton County, South Carolina on October 21, 2021, to produce millions of PLA straws per day, creating 78 jobs.

RefPlus celebrated the official opening of a new 60,000-square-foot commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment manufacturing plant in St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec. Production is scheduled to start in mid-November 2021.

The first phase of a production complex for aircraft heat exchangers was opened in Kimry by ZAO Hamilton Standard-Nauka. Total investment is 500 million rubles, and 350 jobs will be created.

ABB's new robotics factory in Shanghai, with a total investment of $150 million, will be put into operation in the first quarter of 2022. The 67,000-square-meter factory will use robots to make robots.

Boeing announced it will build a new drone assembly plant at Wellcamp in Queensland, Australia, for final assembly of the Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft. The facility may create up to 300 new jobs.

Zei-Tec is building a factory in Wasseralfingen, Germany, to produce energy-saving transformer iron cores, with a total investment of €34 million. The plant will employ 170 people and produce 20,000 iron cores per year.

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) will build its first European meta-xylenediamine (MXDA) plant in the Botlek area of Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a capacity of 25 kilotonnes per year. The facility is scheduled to start operations in mid-2024.

Tangshan Risun New Materials Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 300,000-tonne/year nylon 66 and supporting project in Tangshan, China. The total investment is 13.6 billion yuan.

Ardex GmbH and Prism Cement formed a joint venture, Ardex Endura, to set up two plants in Bangalore and Durgapur, India, with an investment of Rs 40 crore. The plants will produce tile-fixing adhesives, flooring products, waterproofing and concrete repair materials.

Tadano invested JP¥21.5 billion in its Kozai smart plant, which opened in 2019. The 47,000 square-metre facility produces rough terrain cranes, truck cranes, and main parts, and is becoming Tadano's primary production base in Japan.

Jiuquan Iron & Steel Group's Western Heavy Industry subsidiary started operations at a 3D printing smart casting facility in Jiayuguan, Gansu, China. The first phase cost CNY 20.5 million and has an annual capacity of 1,000 tons of 3D-printed sand molds and 300 tons of high-end castings.

KCC Manufacturing broke ground on a new $60 million manufacturing facility and R&D operation in Simpsonville, Kentucky. The 380,000-square-foot plant will create 700 jobs and is expected to be completed by late 2022.

Pregis began production at its new $80 million blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, South Carolina, with a ribbon cutting attended by Governor Henry McMaster. The 168,000 sq ft plant is expected to create 120 jobs.

Scott Bader acquired a new 110,000 sq ft facility in Mocksville, North Carolina for gelcoat and structural adhesives manufacturing. The plant will be fully operational by Q1 2023 and create 27 new jobs.

Saab opened a new 100,000-square-foot production facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, to produce the aft section of the T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer for the U.S. Air Force, in partnership with Boeing.

Progroup's 12th corrugated board production facility, its third in Poland, is under construction in Stryków with planned capacity of 825 million square metres per year.

Sri Lankan corrugated carton maker Ex-pack plans a Rs 3 billion new facility on a 10-acre site, raising its capacity to 4,000 tons per month by 2025 from 2,750 tons. Part of the cost is funded by a Rs 700 million IPO.

A company is investing 160 million rubles to launch a geotextile production line in Ilyinogorsk, Nizhny Novgorod region, creating 60 jobs initially. The line is expected to start production in 2021.

Glavel announced it will open a new 25,000-square-foot production plant in Essex, Vermont, to manufacture foamed glass aggregate for construction. Production is expected to start by January 2022.

LG Chem plans to construct a new 30,000-tonne ABS plant in Ohio, USA, with an investment of around 60 billion won. The plant is expected to become operational by 2023.

Daimay Automotive Interior inaugurated its plant III and IV in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico, with a $32 million investment. The expansion will create 1,000 jobs and increase production of automotive interiors, including headboards, visors, armrests, and awnings for General Motors electric vehicles.

MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canadian Life Science business of Merck KGaA, opened a second viral vector contract development and manufacturing facility in Carlsbad, California. The $110 million, 140,000-square-foot facility doubles production capacity for viral gene therapy.

BorgWarner broke ground on a 17,000 m² plant in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, investing €100 million to produce electric motors, inverters and battery management systems, with production starting in Q3 2022 and about 300 jobs.

GeoSM will launch a first production line for geotextiles in the village of Ilyinogorskoye, Nizhny Novgorod region, with an investment of 160 million rubles, capacity of 4,400 tonnes per year, and creation of 60 jobs.

French group Vernicolor inaugurated a new production unit at the El Fejja industrial park in La Manouba, Tunisia, with an investment of €9.5 million. The plant currently employs 350 people and is expected to generate up to 800 jobs in the medium term.

CMR Surgical plans to open a new large-scale manufacturing facility in Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK, to meet demand for the Versius surgical robotic system. The facility will span 7,044.8 sq. m. and initially house up to 200 employees.

Arkema will build a polyamide 11 (PA11) plant at its site in Changshu, China, with an investment of about €450 million. The plant will produce Rilsan polyamide 11 powders and is expected to start in the first quarter of 2023.

Shanding Environmental Protection Equipment Manufacturing and IoT Operation Base has started construction in Shiyan, Hubei, with a total investment of CNY 130 million. The facility will produce high-end environmental equipment and treat high-concentration wastewater, creating over 300 jobs.

Spanish valve maker Ringo Válvulas plans to invest up to €8 million in an 8,000 m² factory in the Empresarium industrial estate to expand production capacity.

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) will construct the Global Green Energy Manufacturing Centre (GEM) in Gladstone, Queensland, with total investment up to $1 billion. Stage one includes a 2 GW electrolyser factory, with production starting in early 2023.

Rönesans Holding will invest approximately $1.7 billion to build a polypropylene production plant in Ceyhan, Adana, Turkey. The plant will have an annual capacity of 450,000 tons and is expected to start operations in 2025.

The Xiangbang Nonwoven Fabric project, with a total investment of CNY 5 billion, is under construction in Pei County, Jiangsu, China. The first production line is expected to start trial production by the end of November 2021. The facility will produce 300,000 tons of high-end spunlace nonwoven fabric annually and create about 800 jobs.

Armstrong Steel, a Denver-based steel building manufacturer, will develop a $15 million factory at the Minnequa Industrial Park in Pueblo, Colorado, bringing 51 new jobs. The facility will be built in two 40,000-square-foot phases and is expected to open next year.

TSMC and Sony are discussing a joint venture to build a semiconductor factory in Kumamoto, Japan, with an investment of JPY 800 billion (USD 7.15 billion). The Japanese government is expected to subsidize half the cost. The plant will produce chips for vehicles and camera image sensors, with operations expected to start in 2024.

Viking-Cives, a snow and ice control equipment manufacturer, plans to invest $25 million to construct a new manufacturing facility in Battle Creek, Michigan, creating 91 jobs. The facility will be located at 1405 Shiga Drive in the Fort Custer Industrial Park.

Kloeckner Metals Corp. broke ground on a new 84,000-square-foot service center in Queretaro, Mexico, expected to open in Spring 2022. The facility will supply hot-rolled, cold-rolled, galvanized, and coated steel, aluminum, and stainless steel to automotive, HVAC, and appliance manufacturers.

Shinko Electric Industries will build a new production facility in Chikuma City, Nagano Prefecture, to increase flip-chip package production capacity by about 50%. Investment is ¥140 billion, with construction starting in 2022 and operations beginning in fiscal 2024.

Austal USA opened a new ship repair facility in Mobile, Alabama, on 15 acres with 3,000 ft of waterfront, a Panamax-class floating dry dock, and fabrication space. The facility is already attracting commercial business.

Phoenix Contact E-Mobility officially opened a new 15,000 m² production plant in Rzeszów, Poland, for AC charging cables, infrastructure charging stations, wallboxes, and vehicle charging inlets. Production started in January 2021, with 300 employees and eight production lines.

Leitner-Poma of America and its affiliates plan to develop a campus in Utah to house several HTI Group brands, providing manufacturing, service, parts and sales/administration functions. The expansion is expected to bring up to 118 high-paying jobs over 10 years.

Kovalska Industrial and Construction Group engaged Aircrete Europe as technology partner for a new autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) plant in Rozvadiv, Ukraine. The €45 million facility will have an initial capacity of 600,000 m³ per year, with commercial production scheduled for early 2023.

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. announced a new production facility in Boonville, Missouri, to increase engine production for lawn, garden and industrial applications, slated to begin production in summer 2022 with about 250 employees.

CAES (Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions) is building a new advanced 3D manufacturing operation at its site in Exeter, NH, featuring a dedicated 3D printing laboratory to support its partnership with SWISSto12.

Industrial refrigeration and heat pump specialist Isentra has opened a new manufacturing facility in Preston to consolidate manufacture of CO2 refrigeration and heat pump plant machinery.

Hyundai Mobis invested $1.1 billion to build two new hydrogen fuel cell system plants in Incheon and Ulsan, South Korea. Mass production is expected to start in the second half of 2023 with an annual capacity of 100,000 fuel cell systems.

Chinese company Topband announced a $30 million investment to build a factory in Timisoara, Romania, producing intelligent electronic controllers. The factory will have 12,000 sqm, expandable to 25,000 sqm, and create 300 jobs initially, up to 1,000 at full capacity.

Danfoss broke ground on a new 167,000 sq ft Turbocor manufacturing facility in Tallahassee, Florida, which will triple the unit's current manufacturing capacity, with completion scheduled for early 2023.

Plascar announced the installation of a new factory in Caçapava, São Paulo, to produce and paint bumpers for automakers. The facility will create 150 jobs and operations are expected to begin in the first half of 2022.