Rustelekom (part of Macro Group) launched a new electronics component manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. The 4,000 sq m facility cost 600 million rubles and will produce up to 500,000 computing modules, 5 million smart meter controllers, or 10 million memory modules per year.

KDT Machinery announced plans to build an intelligent manufacturing base for CNC machine tools in Shunde, Guangdong Province, China. Construction will begin in Q4 2021 and is expected to be completed in 2023, with an annual capacity of 10,000 CNC machines.

Analytica will establish a $13.8 million facility in Maryborough, Queensland, creating up to 194 jobs, supported by the Queensland Government's Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund.

Indian Tufropes is partnering with Truetzschler Nonwovens and Voith to install its first nonwovens production line using pentamerous technology in Gujarat, India. The line will produce five different eco-friendly hydroentangled products and is expected to be commissioned next year.

Rainbow shares (600707.SH) plans to invest CNY 9.101 billion to build a G8.5+ glass substrate production line in Xianyang, Shaanxi, with an annual capacity of about 5.8 million sheets. The project will be implemented by a newly established wholly-owned subsidiary.

ALPLA, Ecohelp SRL and United Polymer Trading AG are each investing equally in a joint venture to install an extrusion line recycling post-consumer PET bottles in Targu Mures, Romania, aiming for 15,000 tonnes of rPET per year. The total investment is about EUR 7.5 million and will create 15 jobs.

Switzerland-based SID announced a partnership with Changzhou National Hi-Tech District to invest 20 million euros in a machinery production facility in Sino-Swiss (Changzhou) International Industrial Innovation Park, expected to achieve annual sales of 500 million yuan.

Modig Machine Tool's new North America headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, will open at the end of October 2021, featuring a showroom with the company's newest machines.

Denmark-based Gram Equipment opened a new facility in the Aegean Free Zone in İzmir, Turkey, with an investment of $1 million. The facility covers 6,844 square meters and increased the company's local workforce to 110 people. The company aims to grow by 45% by end of 2021.

OOO Nikoglass Ryazan, a subsidiary of Technonicol Corporation, plans to build a new plant in Ryazan, Russia, to produce nonwoven glass mat using wet (paper) technology. The investment is 4,227.83 million rubles, with production capacity of 250 million square meters per year, creating 48 jobs. Start-up is planned by 2023.

IsoHemp inaugurated a new 2-hectare plant in Fernelmont, Belgium, increasing production capacity to 5,000,000 blocks per year, quintupling previous capacity.

Perth-based crane lifting and logistics automation company Roborigger opened a new manufacturing facility in Wangara, Western Australia, to scale production for global demand. The facility was officially opened by Innovation and ICT Minister Don Punch.

BlueNova Energy launched a new office and factory space in Pretoria East for the production of Intelligent Energy Storage Systems (iESS). The facility aims to help BlueNova achieve a production goal of 200 MWh monthly by 2022.

WEG opened a new transformer manufacturing plant in Washington, Missouri, with an investment of US$17 million. The facility will produce power transformers up to 10 MVA and voltage up to 46 kV, and is part of WEG's strategy to expand production capacity for the North American industrial market.

The board of Craftsman Automation approved a new plant in Nagpur, Maharashtra, to add 8-10% powertrain capacity, with phase 1 costing Rs 115 crore over 24-30 months. Phase 2 is planned at Rs 110 crore over 24-48 months.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA inaugurated Taiwan's first nacelle assembly plant at the Port of Taichung on September 14, 2021. The plant is its first assembly facility for offshore nacelles outside Europe and will initially supply Orsted's Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms.

Semcorp Group has begun construction of its first production unit outside China in Debrecen, Hungary, to produce lithium-ion battery separator films. The investment is nearly EUR 184 million and will create 440 jobs. Production is expected to launch in Q1 2023.

Valmet Automotive celebrated the grand opening of its new battery plant in Uusikaupunki, Finland, with a €120 million investment. The plant will produce high-voltage automotive battery modules and packs, with an annual capacity of 500,000 units and creating hundreds of jobs.

Construction materials producer Soceram Câmpina started production at a new BCA (autoclaved aerated concrete) factory in Cordun, Neamț County, Romania. The investment exceeded EUR 20 million.

Acquabios has completed construction of a new industrial park in Brazil, which took 10 months to build and will double production capacity of water purifiers and filters.

Panattoni completed a 40,000 sqm production plant in Kalisz for Leviat, which will manufacture fasteners and construction reinforcement and transport systems. The plant replaces Leviat's existing factory nearby and increases its production capacity.

Hyundai Infra Solutions began full operations at its new factory in Daebul Industrial Complex, Yeongam, South Korea. The facility has a 5,000-pyeong site with cranes and equipment, capable of producing 7,000 tons of steel per year.

China opened its first plant in Guangyuan, Sichuan province, to turn radioactive waste into glass, capable of processing several hundred cubic metres of high-level radioactive liquid waste each year.

The Minister of Industry and Minerals laid the foundation stone for a new cement factory near Tobruk, Libya, with a production capacity of one million tons annually, to be built by the National Mining Corporation and Al-Shahba Cement Company.

GE Renewable Energy secured planning approval to build a new blade manufacturing facility on Teesside, England, to produce 107-metre blades for the Haliade-X turbine powering the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. Construction is expected to begin in 2021, with production starting in 2023, creating up to 750 direct jobs.

Atlas Copco Compressors opened a new 200,000-square-foot facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina to begin US assembly of Z range oil-free air compressors and support assembly, distribution and remanufacturing.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco Group, opened a 250,000-square-foot facility in Genesee County, New York to expand US production of dry vacuum pumps for semiconductor manufacturers, expected to employ up to 600 people.

Rostselmash plans to organize production of 5 tractor series and 4 types of road-construction machinery at its new tractor plant. The project involves investments of at least 6 billion rubles and will create up to 1,850 jobs, with annual capacity of up to 5,000 units of self-propelled machinery.

Hai Robotics held a ceremony on September 10, 2021 for its new 18,000-square-meter factory in Shatian, Dongguan, China. The factory has an annual robot production capacity of 10,000 units and employs about 200 people.

InsulTech opened a new 30,000-square-foot custom thermal insulation blanket manufacturing facility in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. Production began in early October 2021.

German manufacturer Variotech announced plans to spend $2.2 million to upgrade and equip a production facility in Fishers, Indiana, creating up to 22 jobs by the end of 2023. The facility will produce trays for the automation industry and medical devices.

Guntner officially inaugurated a new 8,400 m2 production plant in Apodaca, Mexico, making evaporators and condensers for commercial refrigeration to serve growing US demand.

HDT Co., Ltd., an X-ray manufacturer, signed an investment agreement to build a new factory in the high-tech science industrial complex in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do. The company will invest KRW 6.8 billion on a 10,899 sqm site, with construction to be completed next year and about 50 new employees.

Coveris, a leading European flexible packaging manufacturer, has opened a new medical site in Rohrdorf, Germany, featuring an ISO Class 7 cleanroom for reliable production.

Intralogistics specialist Willenbrock Fördertechnik has broken ground on a new company site in Burgwedel, Germany, with a 25,000 sqm plot including a 3,000 sqm administration building and 10,000 sqm hall space for 140 jobs. The facility is expected to be occupied by the end of 2022.

Zhangzhou CHIMEI Chemical started up a new ABS plant in Zhangzhou, Fujian on September 8, 2021, with an annual capacity of 450,000 tons, increasing total ABS capacity to 2.6 million tons/year.

CEMEX USA invested over $6 million in a new Brierfield Plant in Alabama, which began operations in June 2021, producing aggregates for construction.

Chance Aluminum Corp will open its first Pennsylvania manufacturing operation in Williamsport, Lycoming County, investing nearly $19 million and creating over 100 jobs. The company purchased the closed JW Aluminum facility and will manufacture aluminum foil and other alloy coils.

Coloplast opened the first of two new factories in Costa Rica, with an investment of over USD 80 million, to support expected growth in the US market.

M.H. Eby, Inc. announced a second manufacturing facility in Story City Business Park, Iowa, a 40,000 square foot plant to produce aluminum equipment trailers and truck bodies. Production is expected to begin in Q1 2022.

Pengkai Environment is building a 66,000-square-meter intelligent production base for water treatment equipment in Zhaoqing High-tech Zone, with an investment of approximately 500 million yuan. The facility will feature automated production lines and industrial robots.

French aluminum foundry Le Bélier confirmed a $100 million investment in a new production plant in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, creating 500 jobs. The plant will serve the automotive market.

Elektrotechnik Kunzmann is building a new switchgear production facility in Zwönitz, Germany with an investment of €3.5 million. The production area will expand from 300 m² to 1,800 m², with completion planned for April 2026.

Birla Corporation announced that commissioning of its Rs 2,450-crore Mukutban cement plant in Maharashtra is expected by December 2021. The project includes a 3.90-million tonne integrated cement factory with a 40 MW captive power plant and 10.60 MW waste heat recovery system.

Alageum Electric plans to build a transformer plant in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan, with an investment of 10 billion tenge and a projected capacity of 13,000 transformers per year, with 98% of output for export to CIS countries.

Sungwoo Hitech America Corp. will invest $40 million to buy and equip a 380,000-square-foot factory in Telford, Tennessee, creating 117 jobs by 2025 and 206 by 2027, to produce stamped metal components for automotive customers including GM, Kia and Volkswagen.

Novostal-M Holding announced an investment project to construct a universal rail-and-structural steel mill complex at the Balakovo Steel Factory site in the Saratov region, with an annual capacity of 1.2 million tons and creating 3,000 new jobs.

Fischer Connectors Group held a first stone laying ceremony on September 6, 2021, to begin construction of a new connector assembly production facility in Amarante, Portugal, expected to employ up to 100 initially and up to 400 in the future.

Shanghai Morn Electric Equipment plans to build a CNY600 million flat magnet wire plant in Lingang, Shanghai, with annual output of 30,000 tons, to supply motors for new energy vehicles. Phase 1 (10,000 tons/year) to be completed by June 2022, phase 2 by late 2023.

Sanlian Transmission Machinery Co., Ltd. broke ground on a CNY590 million plant in Pingyang County, Zhejiang, to produce 130,000 industrial robot reducers and RV reducers annually, with expected annual output value of CNY815 million.