Rio Tinto is investing $87 million to add 16 new smelting cells at its AP60 smelter in Quebec, increasing production capacity by 45% to 86,500 metric tonnes per year. Work begins spring 2022 and is expected to be completed by end of 2023.

SiO2 Materials Science is planning a $123 million expansion at its Auburn, Alabama facility, adding 185,000 square feet to increase production capacity of its coated vials and syringes used for COVID-19 vaccines.

IFF invested $87 million in its newly extended flavors manufacturing facility in Karawang, Indonesia, which is now the company's largest manufacturing facility in Greater Asia. The facility first started operations in 2015.

Embro inaugurated a new production facility in Falkenstein/Vogtland in 2024 and expanded capacity with a laser cutting system and a new 8+8 head serial embroidery machine. The company also installed a globally unique 6-head embroidery machine with 3-meter depth in 2026.

Kemira completed a capacity expansion at its Goole, UK site, increasing annual production of ferric-based water treatment chemicals by over 100,000 tons. An earlier expansion at Ellesmere Port added 30,000 tons of aluminum-based chemicals in January 2021.

McLanahan has broken ground on a new 31,330-sq.-ft. factory for Anaconda Equipment in Ardboe, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The facility will increase production capacity by up to 30%.

Endo International's subsidiary Par Sterile Products entered a cooperative agreement with the U.S. government to expand its sterile fill-finish manufacturing capacity at its Rochester, Michigan plant. The U.S. government will fund approximately $90 million of the total expected cost of approximately $120 million.

Blackmer, part of Dover's PSG, started a construction and renovation project at its Grand Rapids, Michigan headquarters adding 56,000 square feet of manufacturing, R&D and training space. The project is due for completion in June 2023 and will create more than 50 jobs.

JCB announced an investment of BRL 120 million in its Sorocaba, Brazil factory to increase annual production capacity from 4,000 to 10,000 units by 2026.

Stora Enso is investing about EUR 2 million to expand the building and install new equipment at its corrugated packaging plant in Kristinestad, Finland. The investment will improve flexibility and print quality but not increase capacity.

Hyosung Advanced Materials signed an agreement with Jeollabuk-do and the Korea Carbon Industry Promotion Agency to expand carbon fiber production lines at its Jeonju plant. The expansion is part of a previously announced plan to invest KRW 1 trillion by 2028 to increase capacity to 24,000 tons per year.

Extruded Aluminum Corporation (EAC) announced a $30.4 million expansion of its Otisco Township, Michigan facility, creating 38 high-wage jobs. The expansion will add a 14-acre lot for additional production, handling, and processing equipment.

Whirlpool Corporation announced an investment of more than $65 million to expand its Ottawa, Ohio factory to produce premium refrigeration products, including Built-In Refrigerators. The expansion will create over 100 jobs, with construction starting in mid-2022 and full production in 2023.

FONA International, a subsidiary of McCormick & Company, broke ground on a 15,600 sq. ft. expansion at its facility in Geneva, Illinois on November 15, 2021. The multimillion-dollar project will add manufacturing space and create jobs.

Shinhwa Auto USA Corporation announced a $70 million expansion of its Auburn, Alabama facility to add high-pressure aluminum die casting and post processing. The expansion will create 48 jobs over two years.

ADNOC signed a $6.2 billion agreement with Borealis to build the Borouge 4 expansion at the existing Ruwais complex, making it the world's largest single-site polyolefin plant with 6.4 million tons annual capacity. Completion is scheduled by end of 2025.

Saab Seaeye is planning to expand by 70% to an additional 3,236 m2 site in Fareham, UK, by March 2022, and is currently recruiting.

Gimetal, an agricultural machinery manufacturer in Armstrong, plans to add a 3,000 m2 industrial building on a one-hectare site as part of a $20 million strategic investment plan, including new equipment like a 4 kW laser cutting system.

Dongfang Yuhong's coating workshop at the Hainan Yangpu Green Material Comprehensive Industrial Park project was successfully tested. The project has a total investment of 1 billion yuan, with the first phase including production of modified asphalt waterproofing membrane, water-based paint, asphalt paint, and polycarboxylic acid water reducer.

Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) laid the foundation for a factory expansion in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, to add 1 million metric tons of cement capacity. The project is scheduled for completion by early 2023, bringing total installed capacity to 4 million MT.

ADNOC and Borealis confirmed a $6.2 billion final investment agreement to build Borouge 4 at the existing polyolefin complex in Ruwais, UAE. The expansion will add 1.4 million tons per year of polyethylene capacity and include an ethane cracker and multiple polyethylene plants.

Skyline Fabricating Inc. will invest more than $675,000 to construct a 25,000-square-foot facility in Southern Gap, Buchanan County, Virginia, creating 22 new jobs to meet increased demand for its steel and aluminum fabricated products.

Owens-Illinois plans to invest US$120 million to add three new lines at its Lurín plant near Lima, raising capacity by 25%. The project also moves the Bellavista factory to the southern Lima site, with first production expected from June 2023.

ADNOC and Borealis signed a final investment agreement worth USD 6.2 billion to build Borouge 4, a polyethylene expansion at the Ruwais complex in the UAE. It will produce 1.4 million tons of polyethylene per year, including a 1.5 million ton ethane cracker.

PAPACKS has started construction of its PAPACKS GIGAFACTORY 2, a molded fiber parts plant next to GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt, Thuringia, investing over 13 million euros. Annual capacity at the site will double to over 360 million molded parts from 2022.

Doosan Bobcat North America announced a $70 million expansion of its Statesville, N.C. facility, adding 580,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space and creating up to 250 new jobs. Construction is expected to start in July 2021 and be completed by May 2022.

BEC Group has secured a lease on a new facility in the New Forest to accommodate increased filter encapsulation production and stockpile specialist meshes. The warehouse will support production for automotive, marine, transport, medical, food and drink sectors.

Scott Bader is investing in a new facility near its Wollaston headquarters in Northamptonshire to improve production of structural adhesives for specialty markets including automotive. The facility is due for completion in November 2021.

Bauder will install a new production line for bitumen waterproofing membranes at its Bruck plant near Vienna.

At the Schwepnitz plant near Dresden, Bauder will add another production line for flexible polyolefin (FPO) waterproofing membranes, doubling capacity.

Emerson completed a $100 million expansion and renovation of its Copeland engineering facility in Sidney, Ohio, adding 110,000 square feet of engineering lab space for compressor and HVACR technology development.

Collins Aerospace is expanding into a new 279,000-square-foot facility in Lenexa, Kansas, representing an investment of approximately $55 million. The facility will manufacture interior products for commercial and military aviation and create 60 jobs.

Mission Mobile Medical announced a growth plan adding over $25 million to the Central Piedmont region's economy, doubling manufacturing capacity to 50,000 square feet at its Greensboro, NC facility and creating 50 additional jobs.

Butternut Box invested in a turnkey cooling system from Starfrost, including a Double Helix Spiral Freezer that freezes 4,000 kg of dog food per hour, nearly doubling processing capacity at its 150,000-square-foot facility in Lowestoft, England.

Kitz announced construction of a new plant building at its Nitta SC Works in Ota, Gunma, Japan, to produce valves for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, with an investment of about 3.2 billion yen and capacity increase of about 35%, starting operation in January 2023.

Bauer held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 30,000 sq. ft. expansion at its Bristol, Connecticut headquarters to increase manufacturing capacity. The addition is expected to be fully operational by September 2022.

NOVUS Automation is installing a new SMT assembly line at its headquarters in Canoas, Brazil, which will triple its production capacity. The investment in Industry 4.0 technology will reduce component preparation time by half. First products from the new line are expected in December 2021.

Baxter International is investing approximately $100 million to expand its sterile fill/finish manufacturing facility in Halle/Westfalen, Germany, operated by BioPharma Solutions. The expansion will add a syringe filling line and additional vial capacity. Construction is expected to begin in 2022 and be completed in 2024.

Weida Heavy Industry is investing 12 billion yuan in a high-precision five-axis machine tool industrialization project in Tengzhou, Shandong. Phase 1 is complete, phase 2 has started, and full production is expected by July 2022.

Nidec Global Appliance inaugurated a new EM compressor production line at its Joinville, Santa Catarina site on November 11, 2021. The line cost R$100 million and created 250 jobs, part of R$300 million invested in the state since 2019.

PJSC Metafrax Chemicals signed a contract with Casale SA to build a second melamine plant at its facility in Gubakha, Perm region, with a capacity of 40,000 tons per year. The plant is scheduled to start up in the second half of 2025.

Direct Pack Inc. expanded its North American manufacturing operations with the opening of Direct Pack Baja in Mexicali, Mexico. The 200,000 sq. ft. facility started production in September 2021, producing thermoformed plastic packaging from post-consumer recycled PET.

Formosa Sumco Technology Corporation approved a TWD 28.26 billion investment to expand its 300mm silicon wafer factory at Formosa Industrial Park in Mailiao Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan.

Continental Automotive Serbia held a ceremony for the completion of the first phase of its second factory in Novi Sad, Serbia. The company will invest around €140 million in both its first and second factories in the city, with the second plant expected to start production in September 2022 and employ 500 people.

Titan Florida LLC, a subsidiary of Titan America, announced the construction of a 70,000-ton dome at its Port Tampa Bay Terminal, a $35 million investment to increase import capacity for low carbon cements and cementitious products. The project is expected to be completed in early 2023.

Direct Pack is expanding its existing Rockingham, North Carolina facility as part of its North American manufacturing growth. The expansion is linked to the integration of its vertical operations.

Röhm is investing a double-digit million euro amount to expand PMMA (Plexiglas) molding compounds production capacity at its Worms plant, with completion expected by Q3 2023.

Elkem announced a €36 million investment to expand specialty silicones capacity at its Roussillon, France plant by 20,000 metric tons per year, bringing total silicone intermediates capacity to 100,000 metric tons per year.

Sundow Polymers received government approval to expand its Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE) capacity from 50,000 to 100,000 tons per year. Construction is scheduled to begin in March 2022, with production starting in March 2023.

Votorantim Cimentos expanded its factory in Caucaia, Ceará, increasing production capacity fivefold to one million tons of cement per year. The expansion involved an investment of R$200 million and will create 105 direct jobs, with 50 from the expansion.