Metsä Board decided to raise annual folding boxboard capacity at its integrated Husum mill by 200,000 tonnes to 600,000 tonnes, investing about EUR 210 million. Additional capacity is expected to start up in 2024-2025.

Polykar began construction on a $40 million expansion in south Edmonton on July 8, 2021. The facility will produce recyclable and compostable plastic film, garbage bags, and food packaging, employing 70 people when fully operational in 2024.

Denso Mexico began construction of the third expansion of its Silao plant with an initial investment of $9.8 million, adding a new warehouse to support customer needs.

Owens Corning will expand its existing facility in Nephi, Utah, adding up to 70 new jobs over 10 years with a capital investment of $52.5 million.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group is investing £23 million in a new Aflex site in Yorkshire and £24 million in a new BioPure facility in Portsmouth, expanding cleanroom and warehousing capacity.

Aebi Schmidt Group held the grand opening of an expanded manufacturing facility and North American corporate offices in Chilton, Wisconsin. The 86,500 sq. ft. buildout includes a 70,000 sq. ft. expansion of the manufacturing plant and 16,500 sq. ft. of office space.

Honeyville contracted PSE to expand its Ogden, Utah facility, doubling production output with new filling and packaging lines.

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) will invest $13.3 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Sarepta, Louisiana, adding 22,000 square feet. The project will create 33 new direct jobs and retain 170 existing jobs.

Epsilon Carbon will expand its carbon black capacity by 65,000 tonnes per annum at an additional investment of ₹350 crore, taking the total investment to ₹900 crore.

Fibertex Nonwovens broke ground on a $49.5 million expansion in Gray Court, South Carolina, including a new manufacturing facility with a spunlace textile production line and a new North American headquarters. The expansion will add 39 jobs.

Nidec is investing $70 million (approx. 77 billion yen) to expand production capacity for Embraco brand compressors and compression units in Brazil, Mexico, Austria, and China. The expansion will increase annual capacity by over 10 million units to 55 million units.

Döhler is expanding refrigeration production at its ZUCASA plant in Fraga, Spain, by adding a water chiller and installing two Howden compressors to increase cooling capacity for juice and puree production.

RATIONAL laid the foundation stone for a new 10,000 m² factory, offices, training centre and restaurant in Wittenheim, France, investing €30 million to increase production capacity for iVario cooking systems by 25,000 units per year.

Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven corrugated board plant with more than 20,000 sqm of new production space and two BHS Corrugated lines, bringing capacity to 600 million sqm per year by 2022. The group is investing about €70 million in 2021 and 2022 and creating 200 jobs.

Smulders Projects UK will invest £70 million to increase production of wind turbine transition pieces at its Wallsend site in North Tyneside, creating or safeguarding 325 direct jobs, backed by UK government support.

Nestlé is investing $100 million to expand its Gaffney, South Carolina facility, adding a new production line and expanding an existing line for Stouffer's and Lean Cuisine frozen foods, creating about 160 jobs.

Nestlé is investing $182 million to expand its Purina PetCare facility in King William County, Virginia, adding 138,000 sq ft of manufacturing space and 100,000 sq ft of warehouse space for Tidy Cats litter products, expected completion by late 2023.

Kroger and KNAPP have agreed to deploy, expand, and enhance the Great Lakes Distribution Center in Delaware, Ohio. The facility will expand by 130,000 square feet and add KNAPP automation technology, more than doubling capacity.

RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers is investing over EUR 35 million to expand production capacities in North America, Europe, and China. A new plant in Mexico has been put into operation, construction of a new plant in China has begun, and capacity at the German site is increasing by 15,000 tons per year.

MEMC Electronic Materials will invest $210 million in its O'Fallon, Missouri facility to add a production line for 300-millimeter wafers, creating 75 jobs. The project is part of an $800 million agreement with GlobalFoundries and state/local entities.

MONO-Ipolyfabric, a Belgian-owned automotive interior decor elements manufacturer, will expand production capacity and set up a new R&D centre in Ipolytölgyes, Hungary. The investment is almost EUR 17.5 million and will create 100 new jobs.

Mayr-Melnhof Packaging is investing around 35 million euros in Neupack Polska, adding a 14,000 sqm production hall at its Bydgoszcz plants for microflute and e-commerce packaging, to be completed by October 2021.

Adamed is expanding its Production and Logistics Center in Pabianice, Poland, with a cost of over 300 million PLN. The project includes a new warehouse (Q1 2022), packaging room (Q2 2022), and digitalization/robotization until 2026, aiming to increase tablet production capacity from 2 billion in 2020 to 4 billion by 2027.

Dosing technology maker ViscoTec held a groundbreaking on 5 July 2021 for a new three-storey building in Töging, Germany, adding office, final assembly and warehouse space. Completion is planned by the end of 2022.

VHM Machine, a Dutch manufacturer of automation equipment for agricultural processing, has begun construction on a large factory extension that will quadruple the factory area. The expansion includes more office space and a larger production and assembly hall.

Pacific Manufacturing Ohio Inc., an automotive parts manufacturer, started construction on a $20.4 million expansion adding 122,000 square feet to its Fairfield campus, including a building addition and a new standalone building, to support production for Toyota.

Relativity Space announced plans for a new 1-million-square-foot facility in Long Beach, California, to scale production of its 3D-printed Terran R rocket. The facility is expected to be ready in January 2022.

MaqTec is completing an investment to add new technology at its plant in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe, Argentina, including a press brake, laser cutting system, and a testing section, financed by a ARS 20 million loan from Banco Nación and own resources.

Lumon is expanding its glass processing plant in Kouvola, Finland, with investments including EUR 2.1 million for a profile processing centre and EUR 800,000 for a glazing line modernization.

SSAB Americas is investing $69 million to expand its steel mill in Mobile County, Alabama, adding 54,000 ft2 and new equipment to increase quenched and tempered steel capacity, with 31 new jobs expected over three years.

Grupo Halcón completed a new production line at its Alcora facility in spring 2021, adding 4 million square meters of capacity, as part of a €45 million investment plan.

Dow announced an expansion of propylene glycol production capacity at its Map Ta Phut operations in Rayong, Thailand, by 80,000 tonnes per year, bringing total capacity to 250,000 tonnes per year by 2024, making it the largest propylene glycol plant in Asia-Pacific.

LiuGong plans to invest approximately 1.07 billion yuan in its loader lighthouse factory, expected to be completed by the end of 2023, with an annual production capacity of 30,000 high-end loaders.

Ball Corporation will expand its aluminum can factory in Águas Claras, Viamão, Brazil, increasing monthly capacity to 180 million units. The expansion will add 96 jobs and includes new equipment such as presses and a can drying oven.

Glen Raven, Inc. announced phase two of a multi-phase expansion plan, including a new spun-yarn plant in Norlina, North Carolina, a new distribution center in the U.S., and equipment upgrades to increase fabric output by over 30% and create over 400 jobs.

Condor Group is building a new hall that will increase its production and storage area by 800 to 3,100 square metres in Salzkotten, Germany.

InFlex, a subsidiary of Amcor Inc., will invest nearly $8 million to establish a new advanced manufacturing facility in Alma, Georgia, creating 100 jobs. The facility will produce high-strength, lightweight polymer products for automotive, packaging, and construction industries.

ST Engineering North America and the City of Pensacola broke ground on the first phase of a 655,000-square-foot airframe MRO complex at Pensacola International Airport. The $210 million project will add three hangars and create 1,700 jobs.

Martinrea International will invest $40 million to expand its automotive parts manufacturing facility in Springfield, Tennessee, adding 30,000 square feet, upgrading presses, and adding robots and welding cells. The expansion will create 97 new jobs.

Automotive supplier Martinrea will invest $40 million to expand its existing facility at 1 Fabco Dr. in Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, adding 30,000 square feet, upgraded presses and more robots, and creating 97 jobs.

Haldor Topsoe will build a 15,000 tpy hydroprocessing catalyst plant at its existing Bayport production site in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2023.

Biospringer by Lesaffre announced an expansion of its yeast extract site in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, increasing production capacities by 50% with an extension and new process equipment. The investment was unveiled on June 30, 2021.

Maxim Power Corp. announced it is proceeding with the expansion of its M2 facility into a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant, increasing capacity from 204 MW to approximately 300 MW. The project cost is estimated at $125 million, and commercial operations are expected in December 2022.

Envioneer will invest KRW 30 billion to expand its Jecheon factory and conduct R&D by 2024, and build a new factory for carbon fiber composite materials in Jecheon's 3rd industrial complex by 2026.

Brother Industries has started construction of a new factory building at its Xi'an plant in China, which produces machining centers (cutting machines).

Yamazaki Mazak will build a new factory building at its Liaoning plant in China to increase capacity for CNC lathes and other products, with phased capacity increases by the end of 2022.

FUJI will invest several billion yen to build two new factory buildings at its Kunshan plant in Jiangsu, China, aiming to increase annual production capacity to 350 units by 2023, an 80% increase from current levels.

Nipro will invest approximately JPY 65 billion to build a seventh factory at its Odate plant in Akita Prefecture, Japan, to increase production of dialyzers for dialysis patients. Construction starts in July 2021, with production lines starting in October 2023, aiming for an 80% capacity increase by 2025.

MSA GmbH, a special machine builder and automation solutions provider, received a building permit and broke ground on an expansion of its facility in Eichelhardt, Germany. The company plans to set up a first large system in the new hall by September 2021.

Medical Murray completed expansions at its North Barrington HQ (5,200 sq ft new suite with testing lab) and its Lake Zurich manufacturing facility (1,600 sq ft Class 7 cleanroom and new injection molding machines).