Xi'an Triangle Defense Co., Ltd. began construction of the 'Advanced Aviation Parts Intelligent Interconnection Manufacturing Base Project' in Xi'an Aviation Base. Total investment is 3.5 billion yuan, with phase one at 1.28 billion yuan. Partial production is expected by end of 2022, full completion by end of 2023.

Knorr-Bremse celebrated the official production start of recirculating ball steering (RCB) at its new plant in Chachoengsao, Thailand. The facility, with an investment in the mid-single-digit million euro range, employs over 60 people and covers 5,520 m².

ZAO NCZ 'Gorny' signed an agreement to build a cement plant in Novorossiysk, Russia, with a capacity of 3.5 million tons per year. The project costs 22 billion rubles and is expected to create 450 jobs, with commissioning in 2023.

Panacol-Elosol GmbH has built a new corporate headquarters in Steinbach, Germany, doubling its space for offices, laboratories, and production. The facility can accommodate up to 100 employees and covers more than 6,000 m².

Gebwell, a manufacturer of energy-efficient heating and cooling solutions, is building a new production facility of approximately 4,600 square metres in Poland, with an investment of almost EUR 4 million. Production is scheduled to start in early spring 2022.

SINOPEC SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (SSTPC) will finish and prepare for production its 260,000 ton per year polycarbonate project in Nangang Industrial Zone, Tianjin, with a total investment of about 10.1 billion yuan. The project is expected to be put into production in December 2021.

Dow announced plans to build an integrated MDI distillation and prepolymers facility at its Freeport, Texas site, replacing its La Porte, Texas capacity and supplying an additional 30% product to customers, with startup expected in 2023.

Fischer Automotive Systems KD Jagodina will open a new 8,000-square-metre factory in Jagodina, Serbia, employing 350 workers to produce luxury car parts and accessories.

Mayville Engineering Company finalized plans to open a roughly 450,000 sq ft leased manufacturing facility in Hazel Park, Michigan, to serve a new strategic customer, planning to hire up to 390 employees and invest $35-45 million.

Greek company Autostop plans to build a new factory in Leskovac, Serbia, across from its existing plant, to produce equipment for wastewater treatment plants, mostly for export.

Indonesia Power is developing the 780MW Tambak Lorok block-3 gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, with construction started in February 2018.

ABB announced a new manufacturing and development center in Mošnov, Czech Republic, with an investment exceeding 300 million CZK. The center will create about 120 jobs and open in the first half of 2022.

The McGowan Government officially opened the Bellevue METRONET Railcar Facility in Western Australia, where 246 electric railcars and six Australind diesel railcars will be built, tested and maintained by Alstom under a $1.25 billion contract.

KCC Glass Corp has started construction of a 438,000 t/year float glass plant in Batang, Central Java, Indonesia, with an investment of $350 million, expected to start operations in 2024.

Cottrell, a US trailer equipment maker, will build a second manufacturing facility in Gainesville, Georgia, investing $125 million. The 46,500 sq.m plant is expected to break ground in Q3 2021 and be complete in 2023, doubling capacity to 400 units per month.

Zoomlion officially launched operations of its new factory in Mantova, Italy, for localized production of tower cranes, automobiles, work platforms and forklifts.

Cargill and HELM formed a joint venture, Qore, to build the first commercial-scale renewable 1,4-butanediol (BDO) facility in the US, with a combined investment of $300 million.

Sugino Machine completed a new factory at its Hayatsuki Plant in Namerikawa City, Toyama Prefecture, on May 25, 2021. The factory will produce pulverization and dispersion devices and biomass nanofibers, with an investment of about 1.5 billion yen.

MEP Ltd., a UK-based manufacturer of complex plastic and metal components for aerospace and defense, will invest $6.4 million to establish its first U.S. operation in Danville, Virginia. The project will create 45 new jobs. The company will operate as Making Everything Possible LLC and will occupy a temporary space while its new facility is constructed at Cyber Park.

Robert Bosch opened a 1 billion euro semiconductor plant in Germany, its largest-ever investment.

Zoomlion Heavy Industry opened a new manufacturing facility in Solferino, Italy, to produce mobile cranes, assemble tower cranes, and serve as a distribution hub. The plant will employ around 80 people and covers 20,000 m2.

Bosch officially opened a new 300-millimeter semiconductor fab in Dresden, Germany, with an investment of approximately €1 billion. The factory will employ 700 people in its final expansion phase, with first chips for power tools leaving in July 2021.

Wonbiogen plans to build a dedicated production plant for hydrocolloid products at its headquarters, along with new facilities for medical device cosmetics and functional cosmetics.

Wieland North America Inc. plans to build a $100 million copper and copper-alloy recycling facility in Shelby County, Kentucky, creating 75 jobs.

Shape Corp. announced plans to expand its aluminum division Magnode LLC with a new $41 million facility in Trenton, Ohio, creating 171 jobs. The facility will focus on aluminum extrusion and post extrusion for the automotive industry.

Eko-Okna purchased 17 hectares of land in Wodzisław Śląski, Poland, for a new production facility. Construction is planned for 2022, with production start in September 2022, creating about 1,000 jobs.

Edwards and CSK, both Atlas Copco units, signed an MOU with South Chungcheong Province to build a semiconductor and display equipment plant on a 57,810 m² site in Asan, investing $110 million over five years.

Hybrid Systems Australia, a subsidiary of Pacific Energy, will establish a 16,000 square metre standalone power system manufacturing facility at the Perth Airport industrial precinct. The facility is described as the world's biggest SPS factory.

ZAO NCZ Gorny will build a new cement plant in Novorossiysk with a capacity of 3.5 million tonnes per year. Investment is over RUB 22 billion, and construction is set to begin in Q3 2021, creating 450 jobs.

An agreement was signed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to build a production complex for unsaturated polyester resin in the Uzlovaya special economic zone in the Tula region, with an investment of about 300 million rubles and capacity of over 6,000 tonnes per year.

Recover is opening new facilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, registered as RBD Fibers Ltd., to produce recycled cotton fiber. The facility is under construction and planned to be operational by the second semester of 2021.

Magirus Lohr, a manufacturer of firefighting vehicles, has opened a new production facility in Zettling, Premstätten, Austria. The site employs 160 people and replaces the previous location in Hönigtal.

Geko Flow Control Technology (Changzhou) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Changzhou's Tianning District. The plant is planned to start in June 2022 with estimated annual output of 120 thousand control valve sets.

NatureWorks LLC announced plans to build a new fully integrated polylactic acid (PLA) resin plant in Thailand, with an annual capacity of 75,000 tons, approved by the Thailand Board of Investment and expected to open by 2024.

DTE Energy is developing the 1.15GW Blue Water Energy Centre natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in St. Clair County, Michigan, with construction started in August 2019 and commissioning expected by June 2022.

Shchekinoazot signed an agreement to build a new production facility for multilayer nonwoven material for medical purposes using meltblown technology in Pervomaysky, Shchekinsky District, Tula Region. Investment is over 500 million rubles, with a capacity of 8,640 tonnes per year.

Trelleborg inaugurated a new production unit in the Atlantic Free Zone in Kenitra, Morocco, through its subsidiary Automotive Boots. The investment was over 50 million MAD (about $5 million), and more than 30 employees were hired. The factory manufactures automotive safety systems in rubber.

NLMK Group signed a memorandum of intent with the Belgorod Region and Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade to construct a new metals and mining facility at the Stoilensky Mining and Beneficiation plant, including expansion of the open-pit mine, new beneficiation capacities, a pelletizing plant, and an HBI shop. Investment is approximately 250 billion rubles, creating up to 1,300 jobs, with commissioning scheduled for 2027-2028.

Segezha Group signed a letter of intent with the Tver regional government at SPIEF to build an eco-friendly paper packaging plant in the Borovlevo-3 industrial park. Investment is about 3 billion rubles, with over 100 jobs and commissioning planned for mid-2023.

Cacique, LLC will open a new food processing operation in Amarillo, Texas, creating 187 jobs and $88 million in capital investment. A groundbreaking celebration is scheduled for June 3, 2021.

Autocam Medical is investing $60 million to build a new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and global headquarters in Kentwood, Michigan, expected to create 250 jobs. The investment will be made through 2024.

TSMC has begun construction at its Arizona site for a $12 billion computer chip factory. The facility is on track to start volume production of 5-nanometer chips in 2024.

Wagners Composite Fibre Technologies, a subsidiary of Wagners Holding Limited, will establish a new manufacturing and assembly facility in Cresson, Texas. The project is expected to create 304 jobs and begin commercial operations in October 2021.

GE Aviation broke ground on a new 280,000-square-foot lean engine component manufacturing facility in Beavercreek, Ohio. The facility will consolidate operations from seven buildings and is expected to be completed by Q1 2022 and fully operational by end of 2022.

Titan Wind Energy's subsidiary Suzhou Tianshun plans to invest 600 million yuan to build a wind tower manufacturing plant in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, with annual capacity of 120,000 tons. Construction is set to start by end of June 2021 and operations by end of December 2021.

Medtronic officially opened its Medical Innovation Center in Chengdu, its seventh globally and second in China, with an additional investment of USD 26 million.

Shandong Heavy Industry started construction of a large engineering machinery manufacturing base in Laiwu, Jinan, with a total investment of 5 billion yuan. Phase I is expected to be completed by end of 2021 and start production on July 1, 2022.

Zep, Inc. completed and started up a new AFCO production facility in Kingman, Arizona, to expand production and distribution capacity for food and beverage processors on the West Coast.

Ensto India opened a new factory in June 2021, across the road from its existing Gurgaon facility, to support exponential growth as Indian electricity distribution companies are privatized.

Sanan Integrated Circuit opened phase 1 of its SiC manufacturing fab in Changsha, Hunan province, with a $2.5 billion investment. The facility has a capacity of 15,000 wafers per month, with plans to double to 30,000 wafers per month by 2024.