Bosch Rexroth will build a new production plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with an investment of 4.3 billion pesos (approx. $215 million). The plant will create over 900 jobs and produce components for mobile applications and automation machinery, starting operations in 2023.

Coats Group inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Toluca, Mexico, with a $20 million investment. The 30,000 m² facility will produce high-performance yarns for personal protection, automotive, home, and recreation markets, and is expected to reach full capacity of 330 employees by June 2024.

Chinese company Jiaxipera inaugurated a new plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, with a $60 million investment. The facility will produce 6 million refrigeration compressors annually and create 600 jobs.

Lennox inaugurated its third manufacturing plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, with an investment of $36 million. The 11-hectare facility will create 600 new jobs, bringing total regional employment to 3,500.

Tindall Corporation has opened a new utility facility at 2877 Fairforest Clevedale Road, featuring state-of-the-art automation, to increase production capacity for precast components. The grand opening was held on August 5-6, 2021, and 20 new jobs will be created.

Bär Cargolift opened a new 9,500 m² tail lift factory in Šiauliai Free Economic Zone, Lithuania, with 40 employees expected to grow to 100.

Arnett Engineered Solutions, a pump and valve manufacturer, will open a facility at 61 Innovation Drive in Bamberg County, South Carolina, creating 19 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational by September 2021.

Zekelman Industries plans to build a $30 million, 83,000-sq.-ft. fully automated warehouse at its Wheatland Tube facility in Warren, Ohio, scheduled to begin operating in December 2022.

Asahi India Glass and Vishakha Group will jointly set up a solar glass plant in Mundra, Gujarat, with an initial capacity of 3 GW per year. The plant is expected to be commissioned within 18 to 24 months.

Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SaskPower) is developing the 350MW Great Plains combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, with an estimated investment of C$825 million ($504 million). Construction started in March 2021 and commissioning is expected in August 2024.

JX Metals announced it will construct two new factories in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture: one for semiconductor sputtering targets and one for rolled copper foil. The total investment is 30 billion yen.

Aramco, Sinopec and Fujian Petrochemical Company Limited broke ground on a new integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Fujian Province, China. The facility will have a 16 million tons-per-year oil refining unit.

GRI Renewable Industries was awarded £78 million in grant funding to build a new offshore wind turbine tower factory at Able Marine Energy Park in the Humber region, UK.

Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation has opened Nephron Nitrile, a new plant in West Columbia, South Carolina, to produce medical-grade nitrile gloves. The $100 million investment will create 250 new jobs.

Mikrofibra's project to build a microfiber products plant in the Nizhnekamsk priority development area has been approved, with an investment of RUB 2.8 billion. The plant will produce wipes, mop pads, fabric rolls and towels, creating 341 jobs, with serial production planned by 2023.

Neokhim Plyus will invest RUB 1.85 billion to build a nitrile glove plant in the Tsentr special economic zone in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. The first phase is planned for 2023, creating 72 jobs.

Buffalo Construction, Inc. and Nexii Building Solutions Inc. will build a green manufacturing plant in the Louisville area to produce sustainable building products using Nexiite. The plant will create over 200 new jobs.

SteelSummit Holdings, Toyota Tsusho America, and Southern Mobility Products have formed a joint venture, Madison Metal Processing, with a $40 million, 110,000 sq. ft. facility in Limestone County, Alabama, creating 40 jobs. Full production is planned for mid-2022.

Sevita International Corporation is investing $3.6 million to build a new soybean processing facility in Inkerman, Ontario. The Eastern Ontario Development Fund contributes $500,000. The project will create seven new jobs.

Berry Global announced plans for a second manufacturing facility and healthcare center of excellence near its existing Bangalore operation, to scale production of ophthalmic, nasal pump, inhalation and injectable products.

Daegu Eco completed a sewage sludge drying and fuel production facility at two wastewater treatment plants in Daegu, South Korea, using a patented technology to convert sludge into fuel for thermal power plants.

GHACEM announced a $100 million investment to construct a 1.5-million-tonne capacity cement production plant in Kumasi, Ghana, to serve the Ashanti Region and surrounding areas.

Hokuriku Heavy Machinery Industry, a group company of Far East Development Industries, completed construction of a new No. 1 factory and office building at its headquarters to increase production capacity for railway maintenance vehicles by approximately 50%. The total investment was about 7 million yen.

H.B. Fuller announced a strategic investment in a new adhesives manufacturing plant at CPC Industrial Park in Cairo's 6th of October industrial city. The 37,000 m2 facility is set to start full production in the last quarter of 2022 and will double production capacity.

Schneider Electric opened a 28,000 m2 smart factory in Dunavecse, Hungary, featuring sustainability technologies such as rooftop solar panels and geothermal heat pumps. The plant will produce SF6-free medium voltage switchgear and increase capacity for engineering-to-order solutions for European markets.

Baylis Medical, a Canadian medical device company, opened a 2,800 m2 manufacturing plant in La Lima Free Zone, Cartago, Costa Rica, to produce cardiovascular products for global markets. The facility plans to hire nearly 200 workers at full capacity.

Mitsubishi Chemical is preparing to construct a new $915 million methyl methacrylate (MMA) resin production plant in Louisiana, with a capacity of 350,000 tn/yr, projected to start operations in 2025.

Lam Research Corporation officially launched its new manufacturing facility in Batu Kawan, Penang, with an investment of RM1 billion. The 800,000 sq ft plant will serve as the hub for Lam Manufacturing's operations in Asia and is expected to ramp up production to become the highest volume manufacturing facility among the group's global sites.

Amgen announced plans to invest $550 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, creating 355 jobs. The facility is set to begin operating in 2025.

Hanwha Cimarron will invest $130 million in a new factory in Opelika, Alabama, making carbon fiber-wrapped hydrogen storage tanks and pressure vessels. The project will create 261 jobs.

Atlantic Packaging wants to build a 488,450-square-foot corrugated box factory at 2601 Mason Road in Elgin, in a development of about $30 million. The city planning commission recommended approval, and the full city council still has to vote.

Xinen (Qingdao) Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. began production at its 8-inch wafer fab on August 2, 2021, producing power chips with over 90% yield. The company also plans to start production at a 12-inch plant in mid-August 2021.

RORZE Robotech decided to build an additional factory in Hai Phong, Vietnam, to make semiconductor, FPD and life science equipment. The investment is USD 16.2 million, with construction starting December 2021 and completion scheduled for the end of August 2022.

Shandong Hualu Hengsheng announced in August 2021 it will build an 80,000 MT/year PA66 project and a 120,000 MT/year PBAT project in China. The PA66 project investment totals RMB 3.078 billion and the PBAT project investment totals RMB 4.428 billion, with construction from 2021 to 2023.

NYX México Plastics announced a $25 million investment to build a new plant in Arteaga, Coahuila, Mexico, to produce plastic automotive interior parts for Tesla and General Motors. The plant will create 1,200 direct jobs and will be located in a Davisa industrial park.

Taiyo Yuden, through its subsidiary Taiyo Yuden (Changzhou) Electronics, will build a new factory in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, to produce multilayer ceramic capacitors. The investment is approximately 170 billion yen (about $1.5 billion), with construction starting in May 2021 and completion expected in April 2023.

Progroup is preparing construction of its PW15 corrugated sheetfeeder plant near Petersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, investing more than €90 million, with production from Q2 2023 and about 60 new jobs.

Georgia-Pacific is manufacturing curbside recyclable paper padded mailers at a new facility in Jonestown, Pennsylvania, to serve Northeast customers including Amazon.

Gen3 Defense and Aerospace is moving into a larger facility in Kent County, Michigan, with a $8.7 million capital investment expected to create up to 269 high-wage jobs. Michigan was chosen over a site in Florida.

Simmtech Holdings Inc. is building its first large-scale factory in Southeast Asia at Batu Kawan Industrial Park, Penang, Malaysia, with a Phase-1 investment of $120 million, expected to commence operations in Q1 2022 and create 1,200 jobs by H1 2023.

Ammeraal Beltech will hire 83 for a new facility in Hall County, Georgia, with a $19 million investment.

Plug Power Inc. is investing $84 million to open a zero-emission hydrogen fuel production facility in Camden County, Georgia, creating 24 jobs.

Brightmark is investing $680 million to build an advanced plastics recycling and renewal facility in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, creating 100 jobs.

Semperit Industrial Products is opening a 150,000-square-foot Americas headquarters and manufacturing facility in Newnan, Georgia, with a $9 million investment, creating 70 jobs.

Freshly Inc. is investing $52 million to open a new 289,000-square-foot facility in Clayton County, Georgia, creating 665 jobs.

Pratt Industries announced a $400 million 100% recycled paper mill of 450,000 sq ft in Henderson, Kentucky, creating over 320 full-time jobs. A separate 700,000 sq ft corrugated box factory is planned next to the mill.

Baosteel Packaging plans to invest about 499 million yuan to build an aluminum two-piece can production base in Cambodia. The announcement was made on July 30, 2021.

Cold Point Corporation formally opened its new 50,000-square-foot, $5.1 million manufacturing facility in Rome, New York. The plant was completed a few months before the July 29, 2021 ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Aero Freyr Inc. signed an MoU with Gujarat's civil aviation department to set up an aircraft manufacturing unit with flight testing and MRO facilities in Amreli, with an initial investment of Rs 150 crore.

PureCycle Technologies will build its first U.S. cluster facility in Augusta, Georgia, with an initial $440 million investment to produce ultra-pure recycled polypropylene, creating over 80 jobs.