A foundation-laying ceremony was held for a new water meter manufacturing plant in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, operated by TOO 'Guryev'. The plant will produce over 18,000 units per month and employ 80 workers.

Rossari Biotech announced it has fully operationalised all phases of its greenfield manufacturing facility at Dahej, Gujarat. The facility has a total installed capacity of 132,500 MTPA, enhancing total capacity to 252,500 MTPA.

A foundation stone ceremony was held for a water meter factory in Sarytogay village, Makhambet district, Atyrau region, Kazakhstan. The plant, operated by TOO 'Guryev', will produce over 18,000 water meters per month and create 80 jobs.

Zwisstex has erected a new production and administration building at its headquarters in Gerstetten-Heldenfingen, Germany. Production started in autumn 2020.

Generac Power Systems inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Villa de Tezontepec, Hidalgo, Mexico, with an initial investment of 600 million pesos. The 35,000-square-meter facility employs 260 people and manufactures power generators, with plans for an additional 150 million pesos investment.

Hengli Energy (Yulin) New Materials Co., Ltd. plans to build a 180,000-ton/year BDO and 18,000-ton/year PBAT complex in Yulin, Shaanxi, China, with a total investment of 20.8 billion yuan. Construction is scheduled to start in April 2021.

Sanofi announced an investment of approximately CAD 925 million to build a new vaccine manufacturing facility at its existing site in Toronto, Canada. The facility will produce FLUZONE High-Dose Quadrivalent influenza vaccine and strengthen pandemic preparedness.

Shangfeng Cement's subsidiary Zhejiang Shangfeng Building Materials and Guizhou Southwest Cement will form a joint venture to build a new 4,000 tonnes per day intelligent cement clinker production line in Duyun, Guizhou, China. Total investment is about CNY 1.5 billion.

TCCI Manufacturing, a compressor technology supplier, has opened a customized Advanced Testing Center in Decatur, Illinois, to develop and test compressor and HVAC products. The center has 50 kW capability and can recreate real-world conditions.

Abengoa Agua completed construction of the Salalah reverse osmosis desalination plant in Oman, with a capacity of 113,500 m3/d. The plant began commercial operation in March 2021.

Grupo Rotoplas started operations at a new manufacturing plant in Managua, Nicaragua, to supply water storage products to the southern region of Central America.

SK hynix plans to invest 120 trillion won in the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, a 4.15 million square meter complex in Wonsam-myeon, Yongin, South Korea, with four fabs and capacity of up to 800,000 wafers per month. Construction is scheduled to start in Q4 2021 with initial fabs completed by early 2025.

SK IE Technology, a subsidiary of SK Innovation, will build two new lithium-ion battery separator plants (Plants 3 and 4) in Silonsk, Poland, with a combined capacity of 860 million square meters, investing 1.13 trillion won (€850 million).

CMZ built a new EUR 17 million machining plant called Neoprec in Mallabia, Spain, to produce small and medium-sized parts for CNC lathes. The plant has 8,000 sqm of workshop space and is expected to be operational in the second half of 2021.

Schoeneck Containers built a new 250,000-square-foot facility in Delavan, Wisconsin, to expand capacity beyond its New Berlin plant. The facility currently operates six product lines and supports future growth.

Winstone Wallboards began construction of a new plasterboard manufacturing and distribution facility in Tauranga, New Zealand. The plant is scheduled to open in 2023 and will create about 100 permanent jobs.

Becton Dickinson will build a new syringe factory in Zaragoza, Spain, with an investment of €165 million, creating 600 jobs. The plant is expected to begin operating in 2023.

Flat Glass Group and its subsidiary Anhui Flat Glass will invest about CNY 5.8 billion to build six 1,200-ton-per-day solar glass production lines in Jiaxing, Zhejiang and Fengyang, Anhui. The board approved the plan on March 29, 2021.

Jinluo Water broke ground on a 200,000-ton/year water treatment environmental protection equipment smart factory project in Bansheng Town, Lanshan District, Linyi City, Shandong Province. The project has a total investment of 1 billion yuan, covers 65 mu (about 4.3 hectares), and will produce modular water treatment equipment.

Weihua has begun moving to its new Intelligent Industrial Park in Changyuan, Henan, China, with phases 1 and 2 completed and put into use, and phase 3 under construction. The park includes smart workshops and automated production lines.

Minda Industries will invest INR 90 crore to build a new four-wheel automotive lighting plant in Bhagapura, Gujarat. The plant is expected to start operations by March 2022.

AquiGen Real Estate Solutions delivered an 80,000 sq. ft. factory at Futura Park, Ipswich, UK, for Hubbard Products (part of the Daikin Group). The facility was completed on March 26, 2021, and will allow Hubbard to expand its workforce by 45%.

Horsch, a German multinational manufacturer of agricultural machinery, announced an investment of R$200 million to build its first factory in South America, located in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. The new unit is expected to begin operations in early 2023 and will create up to 400 jobs.

Ailes Marines announced that 62 wind turbine towers for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm will be assembled in a new plant in the port of Brest, funded with €11.8 million. Construction is expected to start in early 2022 with commissioning in late 2022, creating at least 35 jobs.

Cretex Companies signed a purchase agreement for land in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, to build a 245,000 sq. ft. facility for medical device contract manufacturing. Construction will begin in April 2021 and is anticipated to be complete by end of 2021.

Sievert SE and partner Karl Mossandl GmbH & Co. held the groundbreaking for Werk Rosenau II, a dry mortar plant in Mamming-Rosenau, Bavaria, Germany. The investment is over €10 million, with annual capacity of over 100,000 tonnes, and production is expected to start in spring 2022.

Construction crews completed a new $5.1 million, 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for Cold Point Corporation in Rome, New York. The facility will house an additional manufacturing line, double warehousing capacity, and create up to 15 new jobs.

Power Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its 12-inch wafer fab in Tongluo, Taiwan. The total investment is 63.6 billion yuan, with production expected to start in phases in 2023 and a monthly capacity of 100,000 wafers.

Bell opened a new 13,000 sq m (140,000 sq ft) Manufacturing Technology Center in Fort Worth, Texas on 25 March 2021. The facility will demonstrate advanced digital engineering and manufacturing technologies for rotorcraft parts, supporting Bell's bids for US Army's Future Vertical Lift programs.

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new fab in Miaoli County, Taiwan. The facility will have a capacity of up to 100,000 12-inch wafers per month and create 3,000 jobs.

Prettl-NK is opening a new production facility for wire and cable assembly at Gagarina Street 34 in Nizhnekamsk, Russia. The facility will offer flexible working hours for young mothers and students.

Glanris announced the opening of a new 60,000 square foot production facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi, to produce up to three tons of Glanris 901xTM media per day. The company also raised a $2 million Series A round.

Sandhar will invest EUR 25 million to build an automotive components factory in Prejmer Industrial Park, Brasov County, Romania. The 7,000 sqm facility will produce aluminum parts for the automotive industry, with construction targeted by end of 2021 and production starting in 2022.

The Harbin wind turbine equipment manufacturing base project in Pingfang District, Harbin, China, has started construction. The project, built by Zhejiang Windey and Concord New Energy Group, involves a fixed asset investment of over 3.5 billion yuan and will produce wind turbines of 5 MW and above.

Nucor Tubular Products plans to build a $164 million tube mill in Gallatin County, Kentucky, creating 72 full-time jobs. The 396,000-square-foot facility will produce 250,000 tons of steel tubing annually for construction, infrastructure and renewable energy industries.

Innovation Foods is building a $45 million, 71,000 sq ft facility in Millville, New Jersey, to produce aseptic and ESL oat beverages for Oatly, with opening projected for mid-2022. The facility will create 40 new jobs.

Munters Group AB will invest $36 million in a 365,000 sq ft facility at Botetourt Center at Greenfield, Virginia, to replace its Buena Vista plant. The company plans to retain its approximately 200 workers.

E.ON has brought into operation a 3 MW trigeneration plant that supplies electricity, heat and cooling to Amcor Flexibles' Lugo di Vicenza packaging plant. The plant is expected to avoid over 3,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.

C.R.I. Pumps inaugurated a second uPVC and CPVC pipe plant at Hosur, Tamil Nadu, to serve southern and eastern India. Together with the Gandhinagar plant, capacity is set to reach 40,000 metric tonnes per year.

Skory New Material Technology (Shandong) Co. started construction of a 175,000-ton polyurethane new materials project in Tancheng, Shandong, with total investment of CNY 1 billion. The project includes multiple production lines for polyols, foams, coatings, adhesives, and elastomers.

Panattoni is developing a production and warehouse plant of 31,000 sqm for Reynaers Aluminium in Urzut, near Warsaw, Poland. The facility will include 2,500 sqm of office space and allow for up to 30% more employment.

Shanghai STEP Electric Corporation has opened a robotic super-demonstration factory in Jiading, Shanghai, capable of producing 10,000 six-axis industrial robots and 500 flexible robotic workstations per year.

FUJIFILM Imaging Colorants Inc. will construct a new production plant for pigment dispersions for water-based pigment inkjet inks in New Castle, Delaware, with an investment of approximately $19 million. Construction starts April 2021, completion by 2022.

Valmet Automotive is building its third battery factory in Kirchardt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, for pre-series production of complete battery systems for electric vehicles. The plant will create 160 jobs, with pre-series production starting in the first half of 2022.

Toyobo Co., Ltd. will build a new development and manufacturing base for high-performance polypropylene nonwoven fabrics at its Iwakuni plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Construction is scheduled to start in April 2021, with production beginning in July 2022. The investment is approximately 1.6 billion yen, with an annual capacity of 1,200 tons.

Chengdu Aileida Aviation Manufacturing Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its 'Aviation Parts Smart Manufacturing and System Integration Center' on March 20, 2021. The company plans to invest 1 billion yuan in the project to enhance aviation parts manufacturing and assembly capabilities.

Edwards will invest in a new building in Haverhill, Massachusetts, expected to be completed in Q2 2022, to host an innovation and solutions center for its cryogenic pump and chiller product company, relocating functions from Chelmsford.

The Whalen Company announced the completion of a new 50,000 sq. ft. Cold Point manufacturing facility in Rome, New York. The facility adds 33,000 square feet and two additional lines compared to the previous facility.

MicroPort Medical (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new R&D building at its Jiaxing campus. The building will cover 245,000 square meters and support up to 5,000 employees.

Continental is preparing to open a new plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to produce components for North America. The plant will employ about 1,000 people.