The Petropavlovsk Electrical Engineering Plant, a project of Alageum Electric, will start operations in June 2021 in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan. Investment is about 10 billion KZT (approx. $23 million), with 300 employees and capacity to produce 3,000 transformers in 2021.

Construction has begun on Escondido, California's $65 million Membrane Filtration Reverse Osmosis Facility for Agriculture, which will treat recycled water.

Ningbo Tuopu Group announced a €30 million investment to build a production plant in Poznań, Poland, manufacturing sub-frames for electric cars and creating 450 jobs.

Netzsch Pumpen & Systeme broke ground in Waldkraiburg on a 50 million euro new campus with a multi-storey assembly hall and automated warehouse, due by June 2022, consolidating three plants for 650 employees.

PureCycle Technologies LLC announced a $363 million investment to construct a polypropylene recycling facility in Ironton, Ohio, with capacity to recycle over 100 million pounds annually and create 51 jobs.

Bühler and Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing officially opened the APAC Protein Innovation Centre at Givaudan's Woodlands site in Singapore. The facility combines Bühler's extrusion equipment with Givaudan's culinary facilities for plant-based protein development.

Cartones de Guatemala opened a new greenfield corrugated board facility of under 33,000 sqm in Escuintla, with a Fosber corrugator that started up on April 26, 2021.

Ball Corp is buying land from Rome-Floyd County development authorities for about $3.8 million to build a $51.8 million, 750,000 sq ft warehouse and distribution center expected to add 70 jobs.

Great Plains Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Kubota Tractor Corporation, has entered into a contract to purchase a 750,000-square-foot building in Salina, Kansas, to house production of compact track loaders. The facility will become the North American center for construction equipment manufacturing and a global R&D design center for CTLs.

GE and Chongqing Machinery's joint venture, Chongqing Xitong Electric, will build a 23,000 sqm high and low voltage electrical equipment manufacturing base in Chongqing's Liangjiang New Area. Investment is 125 million yuan, with production starting by end of 2014 and annual output value of 500 million yuan.

Kyungshin Cable opened a €20 million plant in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia, to produce battery components for electric vehicles, expected to create 700 jobs by end of 2022.

Norrhydro Oy will build a roughly €15 million factory in Rovaniemi's new industry area, doubling production capacity over time and creating over 100 jobs; construction starts May 2021 with relocation in 2022.

TotalEnergies Corbion has kicked off the front-end engineering design stage for a new 100,000 tons per annum PLA plant in Grandpuits, France. The plant is due to be operational in 2024.

Tacoma Technology signed an investment agreement with Iksan City to build a factory in Iksan's 3rd Industrial Complex, investing KRW 10.3 billion by next year. The plant will create about 30 new jobs.

Honda Aircraft Company announced the start of work at a newly opened wing manufacturing and service plant for the HondaJet Elite at its headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. The $24.3 million facility, completed in September 2020, adds 7,600 sqm of space and brings total capital investment in North Carolina to over $245 million.

Aquaphor International OÜ will build a fully-robotised water purification system production plant in Narva, Estonia, with an investment of EUR 200 million, creating around 700 jobs. Small-scale production of new generation filters is planned for March 2022, with full capacity by 2025.

Nouryon announced plans to build a new production facility in Southeast Asia to meet increasing global demand for innovative and sustainable additives for the paints and coatings end-market.

Vertiv opened a new factory in Rugvica, Croatia, for integrated modular solutions, investing €10 million. The facility more than doubles production capacity for prefabricated modular data centers and created about 150 jobs.

Cargill announced plans to build a new canola processing facility in Regina, Saskatchewan, with an annual capacity of 1 million metric tons. Construction is expected to begin in early 2022 and be operational by early 2024. The project will create about 50 full-time jobs.

Augusta Sportswear Brands began construction of a new maquiladora in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, representing an investment of about 600 million pesos ($30 million) and the creation of 1,100 jobs. The plant will produce sportswear for export to the US and Canada.

Feralloy Processing Company and Acero Prime announced plans to open a new 300,000 square foot steel service center in Sinton, Texas, scheduled to be operational in Q3 2021. Butech Bliss will supply a stretch leveling cut-to-length line and a slitting line for the facility.

Carlisle Companies Incorporated announced plans to invest over $60 million to build a 445,000-square-foot polyiso insulation manufacturing facility in Sikeston, Missouri, creating jobs and supporting organic growth.

Spartronics LLC broke ground on a new 270,000-square-foot electronics manufacturing facility in Binh Duong City, Vietnam, scheduled to open in March 2022, replacing its current site and expanding capacity.

Invitae Corporation announced the opening of a new 250,000-square-foot lab and production facility in Wake County, North Carolina, which will employ more than 350 people and expand genetic testing capacity.

Nexii Building Solutions, in partnership with actor Michael Keaton and Trinity Commercial Development, will build a new manufacturing plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to produce Nexiite sustainable concrete alternative. The plant will create over 300 jobs.

Morf3D launched its new 90,000-square-foot Applied Digital Manufacturing Center in Long Beach, California, housing business operations and an advanced manufacturing facility for aerospace metal 3D printing.

Align Technology announced plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Wroclaw, Poland, its first in the EMEA region and third globally. The facility is expected to begin supplying customers in early 2022 and will add more than 2,500 new positions over several years.

Aquaphor International plans to build a large water purification systems factory in the Narva Industrial Park, Ida-Virumaa, Estonia. The facility, described as a 'megafactory', could create 700 new jobs and increase the company's annual revenue to 1.5-2 billion euros.

Robotic Automation Systems broke ground in early April 2021 on a new 13,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Waunakee, Wisconsin, expected to be completed by October 2021. The facility will replace its existing 8,000-sq-ft site and consolidate all operations.

Fanuc México has begun construction of a new operations center in Aguascalientes, Mexico with an investment of $8 million. The facility will include an assembly area, offices, showroom, manufacturing floor and warehouses, and is expected to start operations next year.

Arkema is on track to begin production of Amino 11 and Rilsan polyamide 11 at a new plant on Jurong Island, Singapore in the first half of 2022. The plant represents a 50% increase in global polyamide 11 capacity and is part of a €450 million investment in the region.

Lugrama, a printing company focused on pharmaceutical packaging, is investing about US$6 million in a new plant on Ruta 101 in Canelones, Uruguay. The plant will double production capacity from 10 to 20 million cartons per month and add 15 jobs, with operations expected in August 2021.

Ellwood Aluminum completed construction of a 12,000-square-foot casting plant in Hubbard, Ohio, with a perfect safety record. The $60 million-plus plant features vertical direct chill casting machinery and can produce aluminum ingots up to 360 inches.

Meissner Corporation announced a new European manufacturing facility in Castlebar, Ireland. The company purchased an existing 34,000 sq.ft. Advanced Technology Building and will expand it to 100,000 sq.ft., with plans to install a cleanroom for manufacturing Single-Use Systems for biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical clients. The facility is expected to be operational in Q1 2020.

The Consolidated Biscuit Company will invest €3 million in a new factory in Mrieħel, Malta, on an area of 3,000 square meters, with relocation of part of its operations expected by next year.

Ocean Wind (Ørsted/PSEG JV) and EEW have started construction of a monopile manufacturing facility at the Port of Paulsboro Marine Terminal in Gloucester County, New Jersey. The facility will create up to 260 jobs and supply the 1,100 MW Ocean Wind farm.

Construction is underway on Linuo's high-performance control valve production and R&D project in Ruian, Zhejiang, with total investment of 350 million yuan. Completion is expected in 2022 with annual output value of 1 billion yuan.

Milwaukee Tool announced a new 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Grenada, Mississippi, expected to create 1,200 jobs and open in late 2022. The company is investing $60 million in advanced technology and manufacturing equipment for the plant.

Cademuir has started work on a new 26,000 sq ft factory on a 2.5-acre site at Tweedbank Business Park near Melrose, Scotland, with building work commencing in Q2 2021.

Freudenberg Performance Materials built a new state-of-the-art production site for interlinings in Nantong, China, which went into operation in summer 2020.

DuPont announced a $30 million investment to build a new adhesives manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China, to serve the transportation industry, focusing on vehicle electrification and lightweighting. Construction will begin in Q3 2021, with operations expected by early 2023.

Nanya Technology announced it will invest NT$300 billion to build a new wafer fab in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Construction is expected to start at the end of 2021, with completion in 2023 and first-phase production beginning in 2024, adding 45,000 wafers per month capacity and 2,000 jobs.

Port Houston and Portwall Partners signed a 50-year lease for Portwall to build an 800,000-square-foot resin packaging facility at the Bayport Industrial Complex in Houston. The plant will be operated by Packwell.

Americase Fabrication & Construction announced its move to a 75,000-square-foot facility in Ennis, Texas, where it will add new automated beam, plate, and sheet equipment to increase capacity.

A consortium led by Mitsubishi Power completed construction of the world's largest integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant in Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, which began operations on April 16, 2021.

Grupo WIC, a subsidiary of Western Industries Corporation, opened a new larger facility in Reynosa, Mexico, with new manufacturing capabilities, with an inauguration ceremony held on August 21, 2018.

Amer International Group will build a new material industrial park in Tai'an High-tech Zone, Shandong province. The first phase is already in production, and the second phase launching ceremony was held on April 18, 2021. The project has attracted an investment of 11 billion yuan ($1.69 billion) and is expected to create more than 4,000 jobs.

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, announced a more than $2.3 billion investment to build its second U.S. battery cell manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The 2.8 million-square-foot facility will create 1,300 jobs and is scheduled to open in late 2023.

Toshiba Carrier's new €23 million European manufacturing plant in Gniezno, Poland, has commenced shipments. The 17,700 m² factory produces commercial AC, heating, and air-to-water equipment.

WEG announced the installation of a new manufacturing site in Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil, for the production of E-houses for solar and industrial generation. The facility will have 5,000 square meters of manufacturing space and create 100 new jobs over three years.