Nova Steel USA Inc. is opening a new tube manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with an initial investment of over $20 million and plans for expansions totaling $70 million. The 108,000 sq. ft. plant will create 110 jobs and produce automotive parts for pickup trucks and SUVs.

OOO FOLLMANN, the Russian subsidiary of Follmann Group, begins a project to produce extenders and water-based paints at the Bogorodsky Industrial Park in Noginsk, Moscow region, with investments of about 0.5 billion rubles and creating about 40 jobs by 2022.

Green Bay Packaging held ribbon-cutting ceremonies in June 2021 for its $500 million recycled paper mill in Wisconsin, the first new mill built in the state in over three decades. The project received $41.9 million in state tax credits and is credited with creating 177 new jobs.

Pregis plans to invest more than $14 million to open an advanced manufacturing facility in an existing 298,000-square-foot building in McDonough, Henry County, Georgia, by August 2021. The plant is expected to create 80 jobs immediately and up to 150 as it scales.

Sumitomo Drive Technologies will invest US$50 million to build its fourth plant in Mexico, located in Juarez, Nuevo Leon. The plant will produce speed reducers and create 100 jobs, with completion expected in Q1 2022.

Chilean mining equipment manufacturer Conymet Duratray will establish a new manufacturing facility and global headquarters in West Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia, onshoring overseas manufacturing functions and creating a new innovation division.

Bär Cargolift, a German manufacturer of automotive tail lifts, opened a new factory in the Šiauliai Free Economic Zone, Lithuania. The €10 million investment is expected to employ up to 100 people and produce 25,000 sets of components per year.

Terex Materials Processing purchased an 18,000m2 facility in Jiading district, Shanghai to manufacture Powerscreen equipment for the domestic China market. First machines expected by end of 2021.

DMG Mori, in partnership with Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI), is building a new production plant for turning and milling machines near Cairo Airport, Egypt. The facility will be about 20,000 square meters with an annual capacity of over 1,000 machines, and grand opening is planned for autumn 2023.

Alutech is building a new production and warehouse complex in the Industrial and Logistics Park of Novosibirsk region, using 450 tonnes of rolled metal from Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant (Mechel Group). The facility will produce industrial and garage sectional doors, roll-up systems, aluminum profile systems, and handling equipment. Commissioning is planned for 2022, with full capacity by 2027. Investment is estimated at 1 billion rubles.

Polish packaging maker Janmarcentrum is building a second corrugated packaging plant in the Strikov Special Economic Zone in central Poland, with about EUR 30 million planned investment, more than 50 jobs and planned capacity of 150 million square metres a year. Start-up is scheduled for Q3 2022.

Wabco India, part of ZF Group, is planning to set up a greenfield factory in Oragadam, Tamil Nadu, to cater to local and export demand, as part of making India an engineering and digital technology hub.

Coenda Medikal will invest 500 million TL to build a medical products factory in Samsun, Turkey, creating 1,000 jobs with an initial capacity of 70 million parts per year.

PGNiG Termika is constructing a 490MW gas-fired combined-cycle unit at the Zeran CHP plant in Warsaw, Poland, with an investment of $444.37 million.

Inotek (Uzlovaya) will build a new plant in the Tula region of Russia to produce nonwoven materials under the brand VetLays, with a capacity of 13,000 tons per year. The project is supported by a 499 million ruble loan from the Industrial Development Fund.

The Scandinavian-owned Aluflam group has started construction of a new aluminum profile extrusion plant in Jonava, Lithuania, investing €7 million of its own funds. The 7,700 sqm facility is expected to create over 60 jobs and increase turnover to €15 million.

Magna International Inc. is building a $31 million plant near Spartanburg, South Carolina, to manufacture vehicle mirrors. The plant will supply high-tech mirrors to BMW, Mercedes and Volvo.

Canada-based Kruger Packaging plans a $114.2 million, 400,000-square-foot corrugated box plant at T.J. Patterson Industrial Park in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, creating at least 150 jobs. The announcement was made on May 27, 2021.

Still GmbH opened a new logistics centre in Hamburg-Billbrook, built by ECE with an investment of around EUR 30 million, featuring a Demag KBK light crane system for order picking.

Glass Futures secured planning permission for a 160,000 sq ft Global Centre of Excellence in St Helens, UK. Bowmer & Kirkland is the main contractor. The £54m facility will host R&D on decarbonising glass production, with construction starting July 2021 and completion by December 2022.

Posco Lithium Solution held a groundbreaking ceremony for a lithium hydroxide plant in Yulchon Industrial Complex, Gwangyang, South Korea. The plant will invest 760 billion won by 2023 to produce 43,000 tons of lithium hydroxide annually, creating 260 new jobs.

ABL GmbH plans to build a new corporate campus near its current headquarters in Lauf, Germany, to accommodate growth and more than double its workforce from 450 employees.

Rostselmash received a construction permit for a new tractor plant in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, with an investment of at least RUB 5 billion. The plant will have five buildings totaling 62,000 m² and produce up to 3,000 tractors per year, with completion expected in 2023.

TAT Technologies plans to move its heat exchanger thermal components manufacturing from Israel to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and expand Limco Airepair there. It also plans a new global R&D center on its Tulsa campus.

Friedman Industries announced plans for a new facility in Sinton, Texas to support future growth. No further details on investment or capacity were provided.

Nabati Foods completed construction of a new manufacturing facility in Edmonton, Alberta, five times larger than its original pilot plant. The facility can produce 1.2 million pounds of plant-based cheese and 1 million pounds of plant-based meat annually.

Komatsu Mining Corp.'s $285 million headquarters complex in Milwaukee's Harbor District remains on track for full occupancy in spring 2022, with initial move-in of office employees beginning in fall 2021. The project includes new corporate offices and a plant.

H.B. Fuller announced a strategic investment to build a new facility in Cairo, Egypt, to support demand in Egypt, Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa. Full production is expected in the last quarter of 2022.

California-based Stewart Tool Company will invest $9.1 million to establish its first East Coast manufacturing operation in Fluvanna County, Virginia, renovating a former Kloeckner Metals facility and creating 22 jobs.

Poland-based can maker CANPACK plans a beverage can plant in Muncie, Indiana, expected to create 345 jobs by the end of 2023.

Magna Mirrors, a unit of Magna International, broke ground on a new $31 million, 170,000-square-foot mirror facility in upstate South Carolina, creating 300 jobs. The plant will produce nearly 2 million high-tech mirrors annually and is expected to open in early 2022.

Cummins announced plans to build one of the world's largest electrolyzer plants for green hydrogen production in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, and signed a partnership agreement with Iberdrola for large-scale hydrogen projects in Spain and Portugal.

Aqua-Aerobic Systems' AquaNereda technology has been selected for a new $39 million wastewater treatment facility in South Sioux City, Nebraska, expected to be mostly complete by summer 2023 and started up by autumn 2023.

Havells India Limited plans to set up a new air conditioner manufacturing facility at Sri City, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, with an annual capacity of 560,000 units and an estimated investment of Rs. 250 crore.

Aqua-Aerobic Systems' AquaNereda technology was selected for a new $39 million wastewater treatment plant in South Sioux City, Nebraska. Construction is expected to start by late summer 2021 and be substantially complete by summer 2023.

Xinfengming held the commencement ceremony for a polyester project at its Xinyi industrial base in northern Jiangsu, China. The project involves an investment of 18 billion yuan to build 9 polymerization units and related facilities, with an annual production capacity of 2.7 million tons of polyester products. Completion is planned for end of October 2022.

German AFT Automotive GmbH opened a production plant in Priboj, Serbia, with a €6 million investment. The 6,300 m² plant produces automotive components, currently employing 160 workers with a target of 400 total.

GEA has inaugurated construction of a climate-friendly production plant in Koszalin, Poland. The facility will produce pumps and stainless steel components, employ about 190 workers, and is planned to start operations in 2022.

Pratt & Whitney intends to begin producing high-pressure turbine airfoils for commercial and military aircraft engines at its new North Carolina facility by the second half of 2022.

Munters Group AB broke ground on a $36 million, 365,000 square-foot facility in Botetourt Center at Greenfield, Virginia. The facility will house manufacturing, R&D, and sales for data center cooling and industrial process systems, replacing an existing plant in Buena Vista and retaining all 200 employees.

The North Sea Link, a 730km subsea electricity interconnector between the UK and Norway, is scheduled to be commissioned in 2021. The project is a joint venture between National Grid North Sea Link and Statnett, with an estimated investment of €2 billion.

Samsung Electronics resumed construction on its semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas, supported by a $4 billion investment for equipment and hiring, with production focused on advanced SF2P process chips.

Ball is set to open its 11th can plant in Frutal, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a R$500 million investment and 1.5 billion cans per year capacity, entering production in Q3 2021.

Heat and Control, Inc. has started construction of a new manufacturing facility in Mexico. The facility will cover 728,554 sq. ft. and include a warehouse, manufacturing, R&D and demonstration center, and offices. It will become the largest of the company's properties once completed.

Vidrio Andino plans to build a new glass manufacturing facility in Galapa, Colombia, with a nominal production capacity of approximately 750 metric tons per day of float glass. The total construction cost is expected to be approximately $160 million through 2022, with expected completion in 2021.

Kemira opened a new dry polymer production plant in Ulsan, South Korea in May 2021, producing dry polyacrylamide (DPAM) products for the paper and board industry. The investment is a joint venture with Yongsan Chemicals.

Korean automotive parts supplier Duckyang will invest $10 million to open its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Braselton, Jackson County, Georgia, creating 285 jobs. The facility will supply battery modules and energy storage systems to SK Battery America.

Nouryon started production at a new manufacturing facility at its site in Ningbo, China, to meet increasing demand for polymers used in packaging, paints and coatings, and construction industries.

Kolmi-Hopen, a subsidiary of Canadian group Medicom, will invest over EUR 40 million to build an automated nitrile glove factory on the former Arjowiggins site in Bessé-sur-Braye, France. The plant will produce up to 2 billion gloves per year and create over 300 jobs.

Becton, Dickinson and Company is building a $200 million high-tech manufacturing plant in Spain. The announcement was made on May 19, 2021.