Empack Spraytech is investing $10 million to expand its disinfectant wipes production capacity in Barrie, Ontario, with $1.2 million support from the Ontario Together Fund. The project includes a 100,000 sq ft facility with a fully automated production line capable of producing over 4 million wipes per day.

Toyo Ink India built a new gravure ink manufacturing plant in Gujarat, India, adding 5,000 metric tons of annual capacity for toluene-free gravure inks.

Central Moloney Inc. will open a new manufacturing operation in Bay County, Florida, leasing a 140,000 sq ft facility. The company will invest over $20 million and create 200 jobs, producing single-phase pole mounted transformers.

PT Oneject Indonesia has begun production of 165 million Auto Disable Syringes (ADS) in 0.15 ml and 0.25 ml sizes at its new plants in GIIC Cikarang and Sentul, Indonesia, to support the government's booster vaccination program.

Eastern Shenghong's wholly-owned subsidiary Ruibang Technology will invest 2.838 billion yuan to build a second-phase project with an annual capacity of 250,000 tons of recycled differentiated and functional polyester filament yarn and accompanying texturing. The construction period is 2 years.

Nidec will invest 50 billion yen ($433 million) to increase Chinese production of machine tools used to make gears, expanding beyond its mainstay motors to capitalize on China's electric vehicle push.

Memiontec Holdings announced that its BOOT project in Pekan Baru, Riau, Indonesia has begun producing and selling 200 liters per second of treated water, with plans to increase capacity to 500 LPS after construction completion.

Bar Graphic Machinery (BGM) has expanded its facility in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK, by acquiring an adjacent building, more than doubling its production capacity. The expansion will increase manufacturing output by at least 60% in the first year.

IAE, a manufacturer of livestock handling equipment and steel fencing, is building a 103,000 sq ft production facility and 50,000 sq ft visitor centre at its Adderley Green headquarters as part of a £15 million expansion. Up to 50 new jobs will be created.

Novelis announced a Phase 2 expansion of its Guthrie, Kentucky operation, investing approximately $365 million to construct a new recycling center with 240,000 tons annual capacity, creating 140 jobs.

PPG announced a $10 million investment to expand production of automotive OEM waterborne basecoats at its Weingarten, Germany site, adding 10,000 square feet and capacity of over 5,000 metric tons per year. The expansion is expected to be complete in Q2 2022.

Triangle Pump Components expanded manufacturing and shipping/receiving areas at its Cleburne, Texas valve plant, with construction starting September 2021 and completed by year end. The expansion added new machines and doubled inventory capacity.

Douglas Machine will lease a redeveloped property in Alexandria, Minnesota, including a 108,757-square-foot addition and remodeling of a 38,900-square-foot building, creating 10 jobs. The project was approved for tax increment financing on January 10, 2022.

Witron expanded its production capacity in Parkstein with a new 'Plant II North' for conveyor technology and control cabinets, representing an investment of nearly €200 million. The plant started production in September 2021 and was inaugurated at the end of August 2021.

De Angeli Prodotti has acquired a new building adjacent to its main production plant and installed a large stranding machine to increase production capacity for overhead power line conductors by 50%.

Jacon Equipment, a subsidiary of MAAS Group, has opened a new 21,000 sq.m design and manufacturing facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to support underground mining and tunnelling equipment production.

AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. announced an expansion at its Thorndale, Pennsylvania production facility, adding up to 50% more manufacturing, quality control lab and office space. Construction began in December 2021 with a target completion date of July 2023.

Agilent Technologies announced plans on January 10, 2022, to invest $20 million to expand its Shanghai manufacturing center to meet growing demand in China for liquid chromatography, spectrometer and mass spectroscopy systems.

Kenmec Mechanical Engineering Co. received approval on January 7, 2022, to invest NT$600 million (US$21.67 million) to construct new manufacturing facilities in New Taipei City's Rueifang Industrial Park, creating 111 new jobs.

JSW Steel earmarked Rs 15,000 crore to add 5 MTPA steel-making capacity at its Vijayanagar Works in Karnataka, India. The brownfield expansion, undertaken through JSW Vijayanagar Metallics Ltd, is expected to be completed by FY24 and includes a blast furnace, steel melt shops, and a hot strip mill.

BKS Textiles recently commissioned a wider width processing plant with a production capacity of 40,000 metres per day at its facility in Palladam, Tamil Nadu, India. The unit is equipped with European machinery to serve global bed linen brands.

E.C.S., an electric vehicle parts manufacturer, signed an investment agreement to add a second factory building on its existing site in Saemangeum Industrial Complex, investing KRW 60.9 billion to produce eco-friendly high-efficiency motor controllers and autonomous driving control systems. The expansion is expected to create 160 jobs and be completed by June 2022.

Gladman Iron Doors moved to a new factory in Xiamen, Fujian, China in June 2021. The new facility is 4,500 square meters and triples production capacity to 1,000-15,000 sets of doors.

Miele is investing about €28 million in Bünde, Germany, including a new development centre on Borriesstraße and several hundred-tonne presses, which doubles capacity.

Lemuth GmbH, a manufacturer of custom machines for window and door construction, has built a new production hall at its site in Meiningen, Germany, to increase capacity and meet strong demand.

Röhm announced a double-digit million euro investment to expand Plexiglas PMMA molding compounds capacity at its Shanghai site, driven by demand from Asia's automotive and lighting industries, with the expansion going on stream in Q2 2023.

Valtris Specialty Chemicals is investing to expand benzoylchloride production capacity by 15% at its Tessenderlo, Belgium site, with completion expected by end of 2022.

Jungheinrich is building a new plant in Chomutov, Czech Republic, covering approximately 37,000 square meters, for reach truck production starting in 2023.

Jungheinrich opened a second used equipment refurbishing plant in Ploiești, Romania, covering 5,000 square meters, to meet growing demand for second-hand material handling equipment.

Saint-Gobain, through CertainTeed, announced over $400 million in investments to expand production at four US locations: a roofing shingle plant in the Southeast ($100M, 31 jobs, online early 2024), insulation plants in Chowchilla, CA ($32M, 13% capacity increase, online 2022) and Athens, GA ($30M, loose-fill insulation line), and a gypsum plant (details not fully shown).

EP Produzione is expanding its 1.14GW Tavazzano and Montanaso power plant in Lodi, Italy, with a new 800MW gas-fired combined-cycle unit. Construction started in November 2021, with commissioning expected by November 2023.

Federal Equipment Company has begun construction on a 50,000 square foot facility near Cincinnati, Ohio, expected to open in mid-2022, to increase manufacturing capacity.

Link-Belt Cranes completed a $9-million warehouse expansion at its parts distribution center in Lexington, Kentucky, adding 60,000 sq.-ft. of space, bringing total parts space to 132,000 sq.-ft.

DAVCO is investing $3.5 million in its Saline, Michigan campus to create an Advanced Electronics Manufacturing Center for electric vehicle components. The facility is expected to be fully operational in early 2022 and create 20 new jobs.

Stoughton Trailers installed a new chassis production line at its Stoughton, Wisconsin facility, expecting to employ an additional 150 people. The expansion is part of a $25 million investment.

Symrise acquired a manufacturing site in Granada, Spain, and started producing cosmetic ingredient 1,2-alkanediols there, expanding its production capacity for these multifunctional ingredients.

British Offsite started construction on a 137,000 sqft build-off-site factory at Horizon 120 business park in Braintree, UK. The factory, scheduled to open by late 2022, will employ up to 80 people and features a £6 million production line from Randek AB.

Rollex Group has completed the expansion of its Werk 3 facility in Werne, Germany, adding 5,000 sqm of manufacturing space with advanced robotics and automated saws. The expansion increases capacity for standardized roller types and reduces lead times.

The Town of The Blue Mountains is expanding the Thornbury Wastewater Treatment Plant with an $18 million project. The expansion will increase capacity from 3,580 to 5,330 cubic metres per day, with completion expected by late 2024.

Einböck is doubling production capacity with an investment of approximately EUR 30 million. The new 'Werk Dobl' facility is scheduled to go into operation in fall 2023, creating around 100 additional jobs.

Nipro will spend over 100 billion yen ($958 million) through fiscal 2026 to double global dialyzer production capacity to 12 million units per month, with investments in factories in Vietnam, Japan, India, and China.

Page Industries, licensee of JOCKEY in India, plans to expand capacity from 250 million to 400-420 million pieces per annum over three years. It is adding a raw material storage facility in Hassan, Karnataka (commissioning H2 FY22) and a new manufacturing facility in Ramdaspur, Odisha (completion by March 2023).

LEAR inaugurated the start of operations of Project 31XX at its LEAR Seating Structures plant in Coahuila, Mexico, with an investment of over USD 20 million, creating 290 new jobs.

Fineotex Chemical Ltd augmented its capacity by 36,000 MT at its Ambernath facility near Mumbai, India. The new automated plant has started production and will mainly cater to home care, hygiene, and drilling specialty chemicals.

Grupo Inibsa invested EUR 10 million to expand its factory in Lliçà de Vall, near Barcelona, adding a new production line for dental anaesthesia. The expansion will increase annual capacity from 150 million to 240 million cartridges.

Sulzer Pumps Finland moved process pump production to a new production line completed in 2022 at its Karhula plant in Kotka, which significantly increased capacity and was paired with the adoption of LEAN management.

Kao Chemicals GmbH is investing €30 million in a two-phase expansion at its Emmerich site. Phase 1 (2020) expanded production for shampoo and hair-dye precursors. Phase 2 (2021) is a €25 million new facility for precursors used in disinfectants, cleaning and care products. The workforce is expected to grow from 240 to 250 by 2022.

Hexion Inc. announced plans to expand epichlorohydrin (ECH) production at its Pernis, Netherlands site, adding 25,000 metric tons of annual capacity using bio-based renewable feedstocks. Production start-up is anticipated in late 2024.

Jiuli Special Materials (久立特材) announced that its two fundraising projects, 'Industrial Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing Project' and 'Annual 1,000-ton Aerospace Materials and Products Project', have reached usable status and will begin trial production. The announcement was made on December 30, 2021.

WTEC Energy Corp. will redevelop a former Alpo pet food plant in Chamberino, New Mexico, for steel-wire manufacturing and eventually wind tower production, creating 315 jobs with $2 million in state assistance.