Kureha is expanding its existing PVDF plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The expansion is scheduled to finish in January 2022.

Chongqing Wangbian Electric Group Co., Ltd. began construction on a 200 million yuan expansion project for intelligent complete electrical equipment production, with a total building area of 106,100 square meters on a 123,000 square meter site.

Direct Pack has expanded its Rockingham, North Carolina facility by 56,000 square feet, adding flexible manufacturing lines and raising manufacturing capacity by more than 40%.

Bausch + Lomb is investing EUR 90 million in further expansion and state-of-the-art technology at its Waterford complex, creating 130 additional jobs. It is the third significant investment at the site in recent years.

Stora Enso and Tetra Pak will add a carton repulping line and a polymer and aluminium separation line at Stora Enso's Ostrołęka mill, tripling Poland's annual recycling capacity for used beverage cartons from 25,000 to 75,000 tonnes. The total investment is EUR 29.1 million, with both lines expected to be operational in early 2023.

JTEKT Automotive México announced a $47 million expansion of its automotive steering systems plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, creating 120 new jobs. The expansion is in its final construction stage.

Elektroteks is tripling its production facilities from 150,000 square feet in 2019 to 450,000 square feet by end of 2021. The expansion includes a new 150,000-square-foot facility completed in 2020 and another 150,000-square-foot facility under construction, with $16 million invested in machining centers and upgrades.

SMEC (Shaoxing SMEC Microelectronics Co., Ltd.), a spin-off of SMIC, has increased manufacturing capacity at its 200mm wafer fab in Shaoxing, China, to 70,000 wafer starts per month, up from 40,000 in Q4 2020. The company plans to spend an additional 6 billion yuan (about US$925 million) over five years.

BRILEN approved a new investment to expand high tenacity polyester yarn capacity at its Barbastro, Spain facility. A pilot line will start up at end of 2021, and four new spinning lines will start up in Q1 2023, adding 5,000 metric tons of capacity, bringing total to 26,000 metric tons per year.

Kureha Corporation announced plans to increase production capacity of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in China.

GlobalFoundries announced expansion plans for its Fab 8 facility in Malta, New York, including an immediate $1 billion investment to add 150,000 wafers per year capacity and plans to construct a new fab on the same campus that will double the site's capacity and create over 1,000 new direct jobs.

Votorantim Cimentos began operation of a new production line at its cement plant in Pecém, Ceará, Brazil. The expansion increases capacity to 1 million tonnes per year, with an investment of about R$ 200 million and creation of over 600 jobs.

Aralon, a German manufacturer of luminescent pigments and specialty chemicals, announced plans to increase its production capacity by 25% and expand its storage area fivefold. The company is headquartered in Heiligenroth, Germany.

GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, opened a new production line for 4-door refrigerators at its Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The $60 million investment added more than 245 new manufacturing jobs and increases capacity for the fastest-growing segment in high-end refrigeration.

BASF announced a final investment decision on a $780 million project to double methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) production capacity at its Geismar Verbund site in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The expansion is the third phase of a plan announced in 2018, and upon completion the site will produce 600,000 metric tons per year of MDI.

ANDRITZ received an order from Shandong Huatai Paper to upgrade an existing BCTMP plant in Dongying, China, increasing capacity from 100,000 to 300,000 admt/a, making it the world's largest mechanical pulping line for P&W paper grades.

Daikin Turkey increased its capacity by 50,000 units with a €15 million investment in Sakarya Hendek, and will start producing VRV systems there as of January 2022, exporting 80% of output.

The Andhra Pradesh government extended the financial incentives window for Saint-Gobain India's new gypsum wallboard plant at Atchutapuram, Visakhapatnam, until June 2022. The project involves a US$268m investment and will employ 450 locals.

MSM Land Systems is expanding production at the former VOP Trenčín facility in Slovakia, adding Tatra truck manufacturing and planning to hire 30 new employees in the next three months, with up to 100 more for Tatra production.

Edison Group is refurbishing the 766MW Marghera Levante gas-fired power plant in Porto Marghera, Venice, with a new 780MW combined-cycle unit, costing approximately €350 million. The project started in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 2022.

Nordmeccanica, a global leader in flexible packaging machinery, announced a €3 million investment to build a new 3,000-square-meter production facility in Piacenza, Italy, expected to create 30-35 jobs. Construction is starting soon, with completion targeted for June/July 2022.

EVRAZ NTMK has completed construction and started hot commissioning of a new gas utilization turbine at its Nizhny Tagil steel plant in Russia, with an investment of over $18 million, to generate 11.6 MW of electricity from blast furnace gas.

JTEKT Automotive México announced a $47 million expansion of its plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, creating 120 new jobs and increasing production capacity by 80%, with production start expected between October and November 2021.

Eruslu Nonwovens Group (ENG) is expanding its existing spunlacing line in Gaziantep, Turkey, with additional equipment from Truetzschler Nonwovens to produce biodegradable nonwovens, with startup expected in the second half of 2022.

Cryostar is investing EUR 15 million of its own funds to build a ninth 1,600 m2 hall at Hésingue, Haut-Rhin, for assembling and testing turbines and compressors, doubling capacity for these products, with 25 hires planned and commissioning expected end of 2022.

Uponor North America is expanding manufacturing capacity by adding 57,000 square feet to its Lakeville Distribution Center and 25,000 square feet to its Hutchinson facility. Both expansions are expected to be completed in 2022.

Interroll acquired a neighboring plot of land in Baal-Hückelhoven, Germany, to expand its product portfolio. The expansion will increase production area by 40% and is expected to be operational in Q3 2022, adding around 60 jobs by 2025.

Yamazaki Mazak began production of the Quick Turn 350, 350MY and 350MSY turning centres at its Worcester, UK plant, following strategic investments including new machining centres and automation systems.

Covestro started up a new MDI plant in Brunsbüttel, Germany in early 2020, doubling the site's MDI capacity to around 400,000 metric tons per year. The plant uses novel AdiP technology commissioned in November 2020.

Taixing Huarui, a Chinese refrigeration equipment manufacturer, plans to move into a new delivery room covering 20 mu (approx. 1.33 hectares) next year, equipped with a processing center and three-coordinate inspection equipment for screw compressor production.

Trivium Packaging is upgrading its production line and expanding its building at South Centre Township, Columbia County, with over $7 million of investment to handle receiving of steel coil shipments. The upgrades retain 76 existing jobs.

GE Renewable Energy, in partnership with the governments of Canada and Québec, announced the expansion of its LM Wind Power wind turbine blade facility in Gaspé, Canada. The investment will create 200 skilled jobs and support growing North American wind power demand.

Yuzhnouralsk Armature Insulator Plant (part of Global Insulator Group) plans to build a new foundry with high-performance equipment at its plant in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, with investments of 1.382 billion rubles. The project is expected to be completed by 2024.

Collins Aerospace invested $30 million in an expansion of its Monroe, North Carolina operations, with plans to potentially invest an additional $30 million.

SK Siltron CSS announced a $300 million investment to add a second facility in Bay City, Michigan, creating up to 150 jobs, to manufacture silicon carbide wafers for electric vehicle power systems.

GE Renewable Energy, in partnership with the governments of Canada and Québec, announced an expansion of its LM Wind Power wind turbine blade facility in Gaspé, Canada. The expansion will create 200 skilled jobs and support production for the North American wind power industry.

PartsBadger LLC is expanding its Cedarburg, Wisconsin facility with a $1.55 million capital investment, including a 5,000-square-foot expansion and new machinery, adding 26 jobs by 2024.

GEO Specialty Chemicals built the S2 Production Plant alongside its existing S1 plant at its Hythe facility to increase high-purity specialty monomer production. The expansion was commissioned in 2020 and includes a Siemens Simatic PCS 7 automation system.

Polyplex Corporation Limited approved a proposal to build a new 50 KTPA BOPET film production line adjacent to its existing facility in Decatur, Alabama, USA, with an estimated cost of $102.8 million. The project also includes debottlenecking of the existing PET resin plant to increase capacity from 58 KTPA to 86 KTPA. Trial runs are tentatively scheduled for about 24 months.

GEON Performance Solutions is adding a new wire and cable flexible line and converting an existing line to PVC compounding at its Dyersburg, Tennessee facility, adding 120 million lbs of capacity. The new line is expected to be operational by end of July 2021, and the conversion by year-end.

Dipharma Francis S.r.l. is expanding its cGMP small production pilot plant in Mereto di Tomba, Italy, with a €2.7 million investment. The expansion doubles capacity and is expected to be commissioned by late November 2021.

Hanwha Solutions Chemical division invested KRW 86 billion to expand XLPE (Cross Linked-Polyethylene) production capacity by 50,000 tons at its Yeosu plant, bringing total capacity to 110,000 tons. Commercial production has started.

KION Group opened a new forklift factory in Kołbaskowo, Poland, with an investment of €80 million. Current production is 4,000 units, with plans to triple to 12,000 units within 2-3 years and increase employment from 150 to 400 by 2023.

Rottne Industri is investing €4 million in two new bed cutters and a new 1,700 sq m industrial hall at its main factory in Rottne, Sweden. The expansion will increase production capacity toward 300 machines per year and create new jobs.

New Way Trucks, an Iowa-based refuse and recycling truck manufacturer, announced a $4 million expansion of its existing operations in Booneville, Mississippi. The expansion will increase employment from 140 to 240 by 2023.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS has put into operation a new five-axis high capacity machining center with a rotary pallet loading system at its production site in Campsas, France. The robot was supplied by Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH.

Diffusion Alloys is expanding at PD Ports Teesport Commerce Park with a £1.5 million investment in a new factory providing over 700m2 of additional processing capability. The expansion will create 20 new skilled jobs and is targeted to be operational by early 2022.

Evonik completed construction of a new integrated polyamide 12 (PA12) production facility at the Marl Chemical Park in Germany. The project cost nearly EUR 500 million, created 120 jobs, and will increase PA12 capacity by over 50%, with full operation expected in Q4 2021.

Danish pump manufacturer Grundfos broke ground on an additional production facility in Indjija, Serbia, to produce water pumps. The investment is approximately €20 million and will create over 100 jobs, bringing total employment above 1,000.

SP Industries has more than doubled its worldwide manufacturing capacity for fill-finish and lyophilization equipment, including opening a new 4000m2 facility in Barcelona, Spain, and streamlining processes at its Warminster, PA site.