Zoomlion Heavy Industry started construction on the headquarters building, engineering crane machinery park, concrete pumping machinery park, and aerial-work machinery park of its smart industry city project in Changsha, China, expected to generate 100 billion yuan annually.

Uponor is adding 25,000 square feet of manufacturing space to its Hutchinson facility, costing $5 million, to be completed in May 2022.

Cemex will add a new grinding mill at its Arizona facility in San José, Guatemala, increasing cement capacity from 0.4Mta to 0.9Mta by early 2023. The investment is approximately US$25m.

POSCO held an event at Gwangyang Steelworks to mark the completion of a 1 million ton annual production system for gigasteel (ultra-high-strength lightweight steel sheet). The company invested about 500 billion won sequentially since 2017 to add and expand gigasteel manufacturing facilities at the site.

Machine builder Vintiv is expanding its facility in Beringen, adding 2,500 m² of production space and 750 m² of offices by summer 2022. The expansion will accommodate 20 new employees.

Walbro LLC is expanding its facility in Cass City, Michigan, with a total capital investment of $11.4 million and up to 40 advanced manufacturing jobs, supported by a $400,000 state grant. Michigan was chosen over sites in Indiana, Ohio and Mexico.

Solvay announced the installation completion of a new thermoplastic composites manufacturing line at its Greenville, South Carolina site. The 27,000-square-foot facility will add over 30 jobs at full capacity.

L3Harris Technologies increased the size of its Fort Wayne, Indiana campus and is expanding its workforce to support Department of Defense satellite programs. A new classified facility was dedicated on September 16, 2021, bringing total campus size to 150,000 square feet.

Taishan Fortune Precision, a Chinese manufacturer of metal can making machinery, is expanding its facilities in Taishan, Guangdong province.

IsoHemp inaugurated a new plant in Fernelmont, Belgium, to multiply its production capacity of hemp-based insulating blocks by five. The investment was 5 million euros, with an additional 2 million for commercial development.

HEXPOL TPE announced a 57 million SEK investment at its site in Åmål, Sweden, to expand production capacity and build a new production hall dedicated to medical TPE compounds. Construction began in September 2021 and is expected to be completed by autumn 2022.

Turkish glass manufacturer Şişecam will invest over TL 4 billion ($470 million) in two new float lines for architectural and automotive glass production. The announcement was made during the opening of a new production line at its Polatlı factory, which added 540,000 tons of capacity and 315 jobs.

Yccx Textile Co., Ltd is enlarging its water purification plant capacity from 40 tons to 300 tons per day at its factory in Yicheng, Hubei Province. The expansion includes a new anaerobic pool and two aerobic pools.

Tetra Pak announced an additional EUR 5 million investment in its EUR 120 million packaging material factory in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam, on September 16, 2021. The upgrade will raise annual output from 11.5 billion to 16.5 billion packages.

Tool Gauge doubled its factory floor in Tacoma, Washington, adding 80,000 square feet to its plastics division and a new R&D center in 2018. The expansion was supported by grant funding.

Modig Machine Tool has started expansion of its headquarters in Kalmar, Sweden, adding 100,000 square feet (9,000 square meters) of production area to meet increasing demand for extrusion machines.

ALLU announced it has acquired a business license to establish its own manufacturing and operating entity in China, headquartered in Kunshan. The facility will support the company's growth in the Chinese market.

Intralogistics specialist Witron inaugurated its new Werk II Nord in Parkstein, Germany, expanding the site by 120,000 square meters to 220,000 square meters. The €200 million expansion will create 1,800 new jobs and produce conveyor technology elements and switch cabinets.

Udaipur Cement Works Ltd started project activity to double clinker capacity at its 1.6Mta site in Rajasthan, with a capital investment of INR 14 billion (US$190.1 million). Environmental clearance was received in January 2021 and machinery orders have been placed.

LyondellBasell obtained ISCC PLUS certification for certain polyethylene and polypropylene grades at four US manufacturing sites, enabling production of CirculenRevive chemically recycled resins using third-party feedstock.

WEG opened its 5th transformer factory in North America, with an investment of US$ 17 million. The plant is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery and modern processes.

RLS LLC, a manufacturer of press-to-connect fittings for HVAC and refrigeration, will move into a new 80,000-square-foot facility in St. Louis, Missouri, serving as corporate headquarters, manufacturing plant, training center and showroom. Operations are planned to be consolidated by end of 2021.

Kelvion Inc. will expand its operations at Forks of the River Valley Industrial Park in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a $3.8 million project expected to create 74 jobs. Production of heat exchangers for refrigeration and data center markets will increase.

Aery Aviation will spend $15.3 million to construct a new 60,000-square-foot hangar and engineering facility at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport, creating 211 new jobs. The project was announced at a groundbreaking ceremony on September 14, 2021.

Service Center Metals, an aluminum extrusions manufacturer, will invest $101.7 million to build an aluminum extrusion plant and a compact remelt plant in Crosspoint Centre, Prince George County, Virginia. The expansion will create 94 jobs.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will invest $154 million to expand its pharmaceutical manufacturing operations in Greenville, North Carolina, creating 290 new jobs. The expansion will increase capacity for sterile liquid and lyophilized filling, pre-filled syringes, and solid dose continuous manufacturing.

Alsform Værktøjsfabrik in Augustenborg, Denmark, invested over DKK 10 million to install two high-precision machining centers in new climate-controlled facilities dedicated to producing tools for the fuel cell industry. The facilities were inaugurated in early 2021.

Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH plans a large-scale expansion of its plant in Ehingen/Berg, Germany, to increase production capacity for mobile and crawler cranes by 2030. The company is in talks with local authorities for a new site in the Ehingen/Berg industrial area.

WestRock started up the Três Barras paper mill expansion in Paraná, Brazil, raising kraftliner capacity to 750,000 tonnes per year from 480,000. The expansion cost $350 million within a wider $1.2 billion Brazil investment cycle.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invested £28m in a new high-speed canning line at its Sidcup plant, capable of 2,000 cans per minute, creating 19 jobs. The line is set to open in June 2022.

Berry Global is expanding its Lawrence, Kansas facility with new thermoform production lines and printers in an existing warehouse, investing $61 million and creating 84 jobs to meet demand for clear drink cups and lids.

Berry Global is planning a $34.2 million expansion at its downtown Evansville facility to add thermoforming capacity, expected to create about 70 new jobs by year two.

SMM-Tyazheloye Mashinostroyeniye, a crane metal structure manufacturer in Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, held a ceremony on September 13, 2021, marking its full production capacity. The company plans to expand capacity to 8,000 tonnes of metal structures annually and increase its workforce to 600 by 2023.

KEB Automation KG began construction of a new high-bay warehouse at its headquarters in Barntrup, Germany, with an investment of over €14 million. The warehouse will have 58,000 container spaces and 8,800 pallet spaces in the first stage.

Aumovio (formerly Continental Automotive) plans to invest over EUR 90 million to expand its Kaunas, Lithuania plant, creating 500 jobs and more than doubling production capacity by 2025.

PI Advanced Materials signed an MOU with Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gumi City to invest KRW 143 billion by 2023 to expand its polyimide film plant in Gumi, South Korea, adding two lines with 600 tonnes/year capacity for EV and battery films.

Toyoda Gosei is expanding production capacity at its subsidiary TG Missouri Corporation, including expansion of the Perryville Plant and purchase of a new building for the Indiana Plant, with a total investment of approximately USD 40 million for injection molding and painting equipment.

Yongchuang Intelligent (永创智能) announced it will invest approximately 501 million yuan to build a facility in Changxing Economic and Technological Development Zone with an annual capacity of 40,000 sets of packaging equipment.

Wabash National plans to invest $70 million over 10 years in its north and south plants in Lafayette, Indiana, to address capacity constraints. The plan would retain 385 jobs and create 75 new ones, and was presented at the Lafayette City Council meeting on Monday, 13 September 2021.

Atlas Copco Comptec opened a 63,000-square-foot expansion in Voorheesville, New York to make large integrally geared centrifugal compressors and turboexpanders, bringing the workforce to about 340.

Filantro First Exports Limited has installed a 3.2M crosslapped spunlace line at its facility in Sonepat, Haryana, with a capacity of up to 15,000 MT per year. Commissioning is scheduled for Q3 2023.

Doster Construction Company completed a multi-phased expansion of ThyssenKrupp's Coil Processing Plant in Woodstock, Alabama, including a 91,000-square-foot plant addition, 4,890-square-foot office addition and 4,000-square-foot office renovation. The project began in September 2020.

Aisin Drivetrain Inc. announced plans to invest more than $55 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Crothersville, Indiana, creating up to 141 new jobs by the end of 2024. The expansion will support production of hybrid electric rear axle assemblies and electric water pumps.

Braskem celebrated the one-year anniversary of commercial production at its new polypropylene production line in La Porte, Texas, which has a nameplate capacity of 450 kilotons per year and produced over 800 million pounds in its first year.

The Turbigo thermoelectric power plant in Italy will be expanded with a new AE94.3A gas turbine, increasing capacity from 850 MW to about 1,280 MW, with first parallel by March 2022 and full operation by June 2022.

Glen Raven announced phase two of its multi-phase expansion plan, including a new spun-yarn plant in Norlina, North Carolina, a new distribution center, and equipment upgrades, as part of a total $250 million investment to increase production capacity by over 30% and create over 400 jobs.

Filatex India announced a Rs 8 crore project to replace two POY lines and winders at its Dadra plant, increasing POY capacity by 5 TPD, to be executed in 6-8 months.

Filatex India announced a Rs 130 crore expansion of poly-condensation capacity by 50 TPD and additional POY capacity of 120 TPD at its Dahej plant, to be executed within 12 months.

Lumio, Inc., a residential solar provider, plans to invest $120 million to expand its headquarters operations in Salt Lake City, Utah, adding up to 3,697 new jobs over 20 years.

Apogee Worx plans to expand its operations in Ogden, Utah, adding up to 100 new jobs over eight years with a capital investment of $6.5 million. The expansion is supported by a state tax credit.