TriMas's Rieke unit is building a new 230,000 square foot, highly automated injection molding facility in New Albany, Ohio, expected to start production in Q2 2022, mainly for beauty and personal care dispensers.

AMPO Poyam Valves and Dar Massader Group set up a joint local subsidiary, AMPO Arabia, and a new valve manufacturing and servicing plant in Dammam 2nd Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, which is expected to start manufacturing in Q1 2022.

Electra Air Conditioning opened a new logistics center in the Mavo'ot Gilboa industrial zone near Afula, Israel, with an investment of 5 million shekels. The center can handle about 12,000 air conditioner deliveries per day.

CertainTeed, a Saint-Gobain subsidiary, opened a new manufacturing facility in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, to produce STONEfaçade stone veneer. The company is investing approximately $8 million and creating 45 new jobs.

Metalworking company EDM plans to invest nearly EUR 5 million to build a new production plant in Oravské Veselé, Slovakia. Construction is expected to start in January 2022 and last one year, creating 60 jobs.

Aquaphor plans to build a new 110,000 sq m production facility in Narva, Estonia, with an estimated investment of €200 million. The plant will produce up to 1 million water treatment systems per year and create about 700 jobs.

Henan Zeheng Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. started construction of a wastewater treatment equipment manufacturing project in Yuzhou, Henan, China. The total investment is CNY 600 million, with the first phase covering 20,000 square meters.

Hefei Yameina Environmental Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. held the opening ceremony for its new factory in Lujiangtai Chuangyuan on July 1, 2021. The project has a planned investment of about 0.26 billion yuan and an annual output of 3 million sets of medical equipment.

Hangzhou Haina Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. launched the membrane material base project (Phase I) in September 2020, operated by Zhejiang OriOSMO Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., and it will commence production in June 2021.

Repsol announced a €657 million investment to build two new plants at the Sines Industrial Complex in Portugal, producing 100% recyclable polyethylene and polypropylene. Each plant will have a capacity of 300,000 tons per year, with operations expected by 2025.

Zei-Tec is building a factory in Wasseralfingen, Germany, to produce energy-saving transformer iron cores. The €34 million facility will employ 170 people and produce 20,000 iron cores per year.

ABB is building a new robotics factory in Shanghai, China, with an investment of $150 million. The factory will open in 2022 and will use automated manufacturing processes including self-learning machines and digital solutions.

Grupo Vasconia plans to triple production capacity at its Almexa division with a new plant in Veracruz, Mexico. The $50 million facility is expected to start operations in Q1 2022.

American Packaging Corporation will open a new manufacturing plant in Cedar City, Utah, adding 135 or more new jobs over 10 years.

Evonik inaugurated the world's largest polyamide 12 complex at Marl Chemical Park, with an investment of around half a billion euros. The complex will be taken into operation in 2021.

POSCO Chemical will invest 600 billion won ($523 million) from 2022 to build a cathode materials plant in Pohang city with an annual capacity of 60,000 tons. The company signed a partnership agreement with local governments.

OOO BioPlast launched a production facility in Redkino, Tver region, for composite pressure and membrane housings for water treatment systems. The project cost over 45 million rubles, with capacity of 1,000 units per year.

Noumed Pharmaceuticals, part of UK company Noumed Life Sciences, will build an $85 million drug manufacturing facility at Salisbury South in northern Adelaide, with a $20 million grant from the federal government's Modern Manufacturing Initiative. The facility will create 180 ongoing jobs and produce around 40 million units of tablets, creams, and liquids when it opens in 2025.

KION Group opened a new industrial truck plant in Kołbaskowo, Poland, with an investment of around €80 million, creating up to 400 jobs by the end of 2023.

Grundfos held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new EUR 20 million factory of over 20,000 square metres in Indjija, Serbia. The plant will add workers to the existing 900-employee site.

BTL Industries has broken ground on a new production facility in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with an investment exceeding BGN 20 million. The plant will produce the company's full portfolio of modern medical equipment and is expected to be completed by 2023, creating over 500 new jobs.

SeAH Wind will build a £117 million factory at the Able Marine Energy Park in North Killingholme, North Lincolnshire, to manufacture foundations for offshore wind turbines, creating 750 new jobs. First structures are expected in 2023.

Epsilon Carbon has established India's first integrated carbon black complex in Bellary, Karnataka, with a ₹550 crore investment and a capacity of 115,000 tonnes per annum. The facility is already running close to full capacity.

Wuhan Xuzhong Jiurui System Integration Co., Ltd. filed a project for a new CKD environmental equipment plant in Caidian District, Wuhan. The project includes 125,275 m² of buildings, two production lines, and an investment of 210 million yuan.

Cemento Rocafuerte, a subsidiary of Cemento Progreso, opened a cement plant at Mile 34 of the George Price Highway near Belmopan, Belize. The $8 million plant employs 28 people and uses European technology.

A Czech medical device company broke ground on a new plant in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with an investment of 20 million leva. The facility is expected to be completed in 2023 and will eventually employ 1,000 people.

CMS Cepcor America's LLC acquired a 34,000 sq/ft warehouse and office facility in Peoria, Illinois, as part of its North American growth strategy to serve the aggregates and mining industries.

Florachem announced the purchase and development of a second manufacturing location in Lakeland, FL, a 10-acre campus with over 80,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing capacity for natural citrus ingredients. Phase 1 is expected to be complete with manufacturing beginning in Q4 2021, adding approximately 20 new jobs.

Mitrex officially launched operations of its new production factory in Toronto, Ontario, for building-integrated photovoltaic technology. The 100,000+ square foot facility features a fully automated production line and will produce 25,000 square feet of solar panels per day.

Magna International will establish a new production facility near Struga, North Macedonia, to produce wing mirrors, with operations set to commence toward the end of 2021.

Zoomlion inaugurated a self-invested and constructed plant in Mantova, Italy, to produce tower cranes, truck cranes, AWPs and forklifts for the European market. The plant is built on 20,000 sqm of land with a floor area of 10,000 sqm.

Jervois Mining's board has approved full construction of its Idaho Cobalt Operations (ICO) in Idaho, USA, following a $100 million bond issue. Commercial concentrate production is expected from mid-2022.

Dana began construction of a new plant in Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico. The first phase involves a US$40 million investment for a 14,184 sqm facility to manufacture automatic shafts, with a total investment of US$120 million expected over five years.

LiuGong began construction of its loader lighthouse factory in Liuzhou, China. The project will build 110,000 sqm of new workshops and renovate 90,000 sqm, achieving an annual capacity of 30,000 high-end loaders.

S.E.W. North Filtration A/S is constructing a new 8000m2 factory in Maribo Business Park, Denmark, featuring a hi-tech robot line that will increase capacity up to four times. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of October 2021.

German company MTU Aero Engines began construction of an aircraft engine maintenance facility in Nova Pazova, Serbia, with an investment of about EUR 100 million, creating 500 jobs in the first phase and up to 2,000 total.

Amaero International Limited will construct a titanium alloy powder manufacturing plant in Victoria, Australia, costing $8 million. The facility is expected to be the most advanced of its kind and will be constructed and commissioned over 18 months, targeting annual revenues of approximately $30 million.

MinebeaMitsumi will establish two new semiconductor design and development bases in Ota city, Gunma and Gifu city, Gifu, starting August 1, 2021. The bases will focus on analog semiconductors and motor driver ICs, hiring approximately 60 technology development members.

Soudal will build a new factory for adhesives and sealants in Turnhout, Belgium, at a cost of 40 million euros. The plant is expected to be operational in 2023.

A company from Leningrad Oblast will invest 3 billion rubles to build Russia's first polyester staple fiber plant in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast. The facility will have a capacity of 200 tonnes per day and create 260 jobs, with production starting in early 2022.

KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA celebrated the grand opening of its new hydraulic excavator production facility in Spartanburg, SC. The $41 million facility was completed within one year and is ramping up to mass produce 1,800 units per year.

WiCa – Wire & Cable Machinery GmbH held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 2, 2021, for a new production hall in Punitz, Austria. The Unger Steel Group is the general contractor for the project, which includes a single-story production hall and a two-story office building.

Lumon is building a new factory in Antequera, Spain, worth around EUR 30 million, with construction started in May 2021 and production expected to start in August 2022, creating about 100 jobs.

Lynxeo inaugurated a new cable harness production facility in Tianjin, China, on June 30, 2021. The facility has 3,000 square meters of space and will manufacture wind cable products for the wind energy industry.

Texas Instruments announced plans to build a 300mm wafer multi-fab complex in Sherman, Texas, with up to $30 billion investment. Construction on the first two fabs will start in 2022, with production expected in 2025.

Nova Tube & Steel, LLC, an entity of Nova Steel Inc., will install two new ERW tube mills in Delta, Ohio. The facility represents a $70 million investment, will create over 100 jobs, and is expected to be completed in summer 2022.

Southern Power Generation's Track 4A natural gas-fired power plant in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, reached commercial operation for Unit 1 on Jan 1, 2021, and Unit 2 on Feb 19, 2021. The $1.1 billion project features the first commercial GE 9HA.02 gas turbines.

mu Space Corp opened Factory 1 in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia's first dedicated aerospace manufacturing facility for satellite components and power systems. The factory will create over 300 high-tech jobs by the end of 2022.

Hydro Aluminium Metal signed a letter of intent to build a $120 million aluminum recycling plant in Cassopolis, Michigan, producing 120,000 metric tonnes per year from 2023 with around 70 employees.

Grupo Nueva Pescanova will build a new 8,000 m² factory in the INDUPARK industrial park in Peru with an investment of €7 million, expected to start operations in mid-2022, processing 13,600 tonnes of hydrobiological products annually.