American SpiralWeld Pipe Co. is investing $40 million to upgrade and expand its Columbia, South Carolina manufacturing facility, adding 100 new jobs over five years.

Bosch is expanding clean-room space at its Reutlingen wafer fab by 1,000 m² in 2021 and an additional 3,000 m² by end of 2023 to house SiC semiconductor production.

JOEST USA completed a 15,000+ square foot expansion of its production facility in Piney Flats, TN, more than doubling production floor space and increasing crane capacity to build larger screens and conveyors.

JX Nippon Metals & Mining Corporation decided to increase production capacity for sputtering targets for semiconductors and treated rolled copper foil by establishing two new factories in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The total investment for the two factories is around 30.0 billion yen, with overall investment including other sites reaching 48.0 billion yen.

Ube Industries announced it will build a new plant for polyimide film (UPILEX) at its Ube Chemical Factory in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The plant will start trial operations in October 2024, raising production capacity by 20%.

BD (Becton Dickinson) held a ribbon cutting ceremony for a $70 million expansion of its Drogheda, Ireland facility, adding 100 jobs and a 30,000-square-foot facility to increase production of BD PosiFlush syringes. Production started in September 2021.

Compumedics, with support from the Victorian State Government, established automated production lines at its Abbotsford headquarters to manufacture its Somfit wearable medical device, bringing production back from offshore. The project will create 33 jobs over three years.

Emerson carried out a USD 14.7 million capacity expansion at its Eger site in NE Hungary, adding a 10,500 square meter building and doubling manufacturing capacity for pneumatic cylinders and valves. The project is expected to create 200 new jobs in the long term. The article is dated December 8, 2021.

Tekno Valves plans to raise production from about 1.2 million valves a year to 1.5 million by December 2022 and 2 million by 2025 at its West Bengal facility. The total investment is Rs 35 crore, invested in phases.

Stäubli announced on December 7, 2021, plans to expand its industrial robotics site in Faverges, France, as part of a 10-year strategy to strengthen its position in high-end robotics segments.

Envases Ohio announced a $16.6 million investment in its Fremont, Ohio facility, creating 65 new jobs and retaining 109 employees. The project includes building purchase, machinery upgrades, and new production lines.

Boyd Technologies announced a strategic partnership and plans to invest more than $5 million to expand its cleanroom manufacturing footprint, purchase new capital equipment, and hire employees in Lee, Massachusetts.

Dalmia Bharat Cement's Bokaro expansion project in Jharkhand, India, has begun with a foundation stone laying. The INR5.67bn (US$75.15m) project will add a 2Mta grinding line, increasing capacity from 3.7Mta to 6.2Mta, and is expected to be completed within a year.

Novelis is investing approximately $130 million to upgrade its Oswego, New York plant, increasing hot mill capacity by 124,000 metric tons and enhancing finishing capabilities for automotive sheet. The project starts in spring 2022 and is expected to be completed in 2024.

ESBE celebrated the move-in to a major extension of its facility, increasing production capacity for thermostatic VTA valves, circulation units, and SLx controllers, with improved material flows and working environment.

BorgWarner Thermal Systems is expanding its Cadillac, Michigan assembly plant in a $11.2 million project expected to create 30 jobs, supported by a $225,000 state grant.

Ampacet added new color production lines in Dudelange, Luxembourg, doubling its production capacity. The investment will create 25 new jobs.

LIBERTY Steel USA will reopen its Georgetown, South Carolina rod mill in mid-January, bringing 65 employees back to work, after a shutdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Aparna Enterprises has announced an investment of ₹100 crore to expand the manufacturing capacity of its Vitero Tiles division at its Peddapuram facility in Andhra Pradesh.

Inox designed and installed a complete process system for Flavour Makers to manufacture baby food and on-the-go breakfast products in spouted and stand-up pouches at its plant in Australia. The project took 14 months from concept to completion.

KKB Engineering Bhd plans to invest RM5 million in new welding and cutting machines to raise steel pipe production capacity from 18,000 to 25,000 tonnes per annum at its facility in Sarawak, Malaysia. The expansion will be implemented over 24 months.

Borouge awarded EPC contracts for the fourth expansion of its polyolefin complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, with a $6.2 billion investment. The expansion includes an ethane cracker, polyethylene units, and utilities, making it the world's largest single-site polyolefin complex.

RSWM Ltd, part of the LNJ Bhilwara group, announced a foray into knitted fabric with a Rs 200 crore investment, including Rs 80 crore for a plant at its existing facility. The company plans total capex of Rs 700 crore over 2-3 years for new, upgradation, and debottlenecking projects.

Wuhan CSOT signed an agreement with East Lake High-tech Zone to invest 15 billion yuan in expanding its 6th-generation semiconductor display production line (t5 project) in Wuhan, China. The expansion will add 45,000 sheets per month of capacity.

A.L.M.T. Corp., a Sumitomo Electric subsidiary, unveiled a new mass production line at its Sakata Works in Yamagata Prefecture for tungsten monoblocks used in the ITER nuclear fusion project. The line increases production capacity by more than eight times.

Soprema is investing €38 million in a second production line at Pavatex in Golbey, Vosges, and €70 million in a new plant in Chavelot for rigid wood fiber insulation panels. The new line starts in spring 2022, the plant by end 2023, creating about 80 jobs.

Retal PA LLC plans to double its PET preform production to over 2 billion annually at its Donora, Pennsylvania facility, adding six new 500-ton injection molding machines and increasing staff by 43 percent.

AT&S will invest €500 million by 2025 to build a new R&D center for substrate and packaging solutions and an additional 18,000 m² production building at its Leoben headquarters, creating about 700 jobs.

Star Micronics will expand its Chinese subsidiary Suda Seimitsu (Dalian) factory and add production equipment, investing about 650 million yen to increase capacity by 25% to 300 machine tools per month. Operations are expected to start in February 2022.

Plasser American will dedicate a 45,000 sq ft office building as the first phase of a $52.6 million expansion of its North American headquarters and manufacturing center in Chesapeake, Virginia, adding 98 jobs and doubling production capacity with an 82,000 sq ft plant.

Siemens Energy is investing over €60 million to add a 6,200 m² vacuum interrupter manufacturing facility at its Berlin switchgear plant, scheduled to start operations in 2023. The vacuum interrupters form the core of its SF6-free Blue Portfolio.

PPG announced the start of expanded production of clearcoats for the automotive industry at its plant in Erlenbach, Germany. The €3 million project nearly doubles capacity for premium clearcoats and uses advanced manufacturing technologies.

Dana announced the expansion of its driveshaft plant in Querétaro, Mexico, to increase production of driveshafts for light vehicle assemblers in the country. The company has four plants in Querétaro with 2,500 employees.

SEI Technologies is moving from Harrisburg, NC to a new 30,000 square foot facility in Concord, NC, nearly four times larger than its previous location, to accommodate growth and add equipment.

GLF Turbine, a manufacturer of statoric components for gas turbines in Porto Recanati, Italy, announced the entry into operation of new machinery to expand production capacity and optimize energy consumption.

AMM plans a 5-hectare expansion in the Settat region to increase capacity, expected to be completed in 2020.

Leghe Leggere Lavorate is implementing a development plan to more than triple its production spaces and increase human resources by at least 60 people, as part of its expansion including a new US office.

NHK Spring Co., Ltd. is building a new facility at its Miyada plant in Nagano, Japan, to increase production capacity for semiconductor process parts. The investment totals ¥1.3 billion (US$11.5 million), with operation planned to start in October 2022.

PCC SE completed the commissioning of its ultra-pure monochloroacetic acid (MCAA) plant in Brzeg Dolny, Poland, in 2016 and increased capacity to 50,000 metric tons per year by 2018 through process optimization.

Leghe Leggere Lavorate opened a new sales office in Indianapolis, US, and plans to triple production space and add 60 jobs at its Buccinasco headquarters by 2022.

Stryker leased a 104,000 sq ft manufacturing building in Chandler, Arizona, for its Sustainability Solutions division. The multi-million-dollar investment is expected to create over 280 jobs, with production starting in mid-2022.

Leonardo Electronics US Inc. announced plans to expand its presence in Oro Valley, Arizona, by purchasing 12 acres and constructing a new 120,000-square-foot semiconductor laser manufacturing facility. The $100 million investment will add 170 jobs over five years.

Zhejiang Mingrui Machinery moved production from three sites into a new 50-mu plant in Ruian, Wenzhou, whose construction began in October 2020 and was completed in late 2021.

Teqal, a maker of injection-moulded rigid plastic packaging, moved into a new 4,000 m² factory and warehouse in Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal, after IDC awarded it a R50m financing facility.

JC-Valves installed another Okuma CNC lathe in its machining area at its Sant Boi de Llobregat factory in Spain to increase production capacity for special valves.

RM Dungannon, part of the RM Group, is recruiting 30 new staff at its Coalisland Road facility in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, to meet international demand for tracked mobile screens. Further investment in new technology and machinery is planned for 2022.

THK Rhythm Automotive Canada will invest $27 million to purchase advanced manufacturing equipment and expand its Tillsonburg plant by 13,000 square feet, creating about 100 new jobs. The Ontario government is contributing $1 million.

Draxton, a global auto parts company, started construction of an expansion at its San Luis Potosí plant in Mexico with a $30 million investment to increase production capacity for calipers and brackets.

Nemak USA will invest $27 million to expand its Glasgow, Kentucky facility with new equipment and building upgrades, creating 170 jobs to support electric vehicle component production. Production is expected to begin in early 2022.

Metinvest Trametal has launched a new Master Plasma Bevel LineaTech Nova 55 plasma cutting line at its plant in San Giorgio di Nogaro, Italy, a EUR 10 million investment that increases trimmed plate capacity from 65,000 to 235,000 tonnes per year and creates 16 jobs.