Zhen Ding Technology is investing a total of NT$3.4 billion in an SMT plant in India, expected to start production in 2023.

Zhen Ding Technology plans to invest NT$11.721 billion in a new advanced flexible PCB plant in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP). Construction is expected to start in Q1 2021 and be completed in 2023.

Zhen Ding Technology signed a land-use agreement for a 1.73-ping (57,000 sq m) site in Shenzhen's Bao'an district to build an ABF and BT substrate plant via subsidiary Liding Semiconductor. The plant is expected to be installed by end-2022 and start production in 2023.

EHang provided an update on its new AAV production facility in Yunfu, China, with retrofitting nearly complete and production expected to start in Q2 2021. The facility has 24,000 square meters of gross floor area and an initial annual capacity of 600 EH216 series AAVs.

Vishakha Polyfab's joint venture PT Flextech Packaging with Wilmar started up a flexible packaging plant in Indonesia in January 2021, with full commissioning expected by the end of February 2021. The plant has an initial capacity of 13,500 metric tons.

Saurya Cement Industry has started test production of clinker and cement at its new plant in Karjanha Municipality, Siraha district, Nepal. The plant was built with an investment of around Rs 15 billion by a joint venture of Pioneer, Shanker Group, Ambe Group and Golchha Group.

Komatsu Mining is constructing a 430,000-square-foot factory and a 176,000-square-foot office building in Milwaukee's Harbor District, with a railroad spur to serve the plant. The $285 million project is being built by Hunzinger Construction.

Odelo Bulgaria, part of Germany's odelo Group, is building a EUR 10 million plant in Trakia Economic Zone near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to manufacture spare parts for automotive lighting systems. Construction is expected to be completed by November 2021.

Esterpet, set up by Esterform management, secured £9m of asset finance from Shawbrook Bank to buy two Starlinger rPET production lines at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, each capable of over 13,000 tonnes a year.

Yanmar Group inaugurated its first wholly-owned diesel engine manufacturing facility in India at ORIGINS industrial park in Chennai. The facility has an annual production capacity of 80,000 engines and represents a planned investment of Rs 500 crore.

Finnish firm Lumon will start construction of a new high-tech glazing factory in Antequera, Spain, in spring 2021. The €20 million facility will create 200 jobs and is expected to be operational by the end of 2021.

ACCIONA announced the completion of the Al Khobar 1 seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. The plant has been producing 210,000 cubic metres of drinking water per day since December 26, 2020.

Thermo Fisher Scientific opened a new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India to produce COVID-19 RT-PCR test kits under the brand name CoviPath. The facility has capacity to manufacture up to 10 million tests per month.

Ampere Electric, the electric mobility venture of Greaves Cotton, will set up a 1.4 million sq ft manufacturing plant in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of $95 million over ten years. The plant aims to produce 1 million units per annum.

Autoliv announced plans to build a new inflator manufacturing plant close to Chennai, India, to serve Indian demand and localize inflator production.

Saint-Gobain has decided to build a new plant in the Siberian Federal District to produce high-quality basalt-based thermal insulation materials. The facility will have a capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year, with total investment of 3 billion rubles, and is scheduled to start operations in 2023.

Nissin Electric is building a new gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) production plant at its Maebashi Works in Gunma Prefecture, with an investment of about ¥3.8 billion. The plant is scheduled for completion in March 2022 and will increase production capacity by approximately 1.5 times.

Progroup started construction of its PW14 corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Stryków, Poland, investing about €72 million. The plant will produce up to 200,000 tonnes of corrugated board sheets per year from Q4 2022 and create more than 50 jobs.

Schwing Stetter India inaugurated a new IoT-enabled global manufacturing facility at Cheyyar, near Chennai, built with an investment of ₹300 crore on a 52-acre site. The plant will employ about 130 people initially and serve as a global hub for concrete pumps, mixers and excavators.

Duferco Travi e Profilati inaugurated the Smart Beam Manufacturing (SBM) plant in San Zeno Naviglio, Brescia, in autumn 2023. The EUR 250 million investment has a capacity of 700,000 tonnes per year and created about 150 direct jobs.

Havells India plans to set up a new air conditioner manufacturing facility at Sri City, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, with an investment of Rs 250 crore and an annual capacity of 5.6 lakh units.

Packaging maker Ate Plast will invest 10 million leva in a new plant in the Zagore industrial zone in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, which received Class A priority investment status. The investment will create 35 jobs and produce flexible films, with construction taking 3 years.

Blue Star announced on February 11, 2021, the construction of a new factory in Thane, Maharashtra, India, to expand production of commercial refrigerators, with an investment of INR 1.3 billion.

Generac Power Systems plans to open a new manufacturing, assembly, and distribution operation in Trenton, South Carolina, creating about 450 jobs. The facility will be operational by Q3 2021 and will support demand for home standby generators.

Forterra PLC is investing £95 million in a new brick plant at its Desford site in Leicestershire, UK. The plant will produce 180 million bricks per year and is expected to be fully operational by end of 2022.

PF Nonwovens, a Czech-headquartered producer of nonwovens for personal hygiene products, has invested over R1 billion in a new factory in the Atlantis area of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Le Piston Français (LPF) inaugurated a new plant, LPF Casablanca II, in Midparc, Nouaceur, Morocco, dedicated to machining circular parts in hard metals for aircraft engines. The investment for the first phase is 55 million Moroccan dirhams, and the site will employ 100 people by 2024.

AT Engine, a joint venture between Altaser Aerospace and Aerotech, inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Hermosillo, Sonora. The $200 million facility is expected to generate 400 aerospace jobs and will produce engine parts and aviation technologies.

JPB Système will build a €30m digital factory in Villaroche, south of Paris, with funding from the French government. The 40,000m² facility will focus on automated 3D printing and serve as the company's principal manufacturing base.

Company 'Factory Gutewater MO' will build a full-cycle sanitary equipment production facility in Podolsk, Moscow region, with investments over 240 million rubles ($3.2 million). The plant will create 100 jobs and is planned to be commissioned by end of 2022 to early 2023.

Turkish Aviation and Space Industry Inc. (TUSAŞ) opened a new composite facility at its campus in Ankara Kahramankazan with an investment of $181 million. The facility will produce structural parts for aircraft and helicopters, and is expected to employ at least 1,000 people.

LPF Group (Le Piston Français) inaugurated a new factory in Casablanca, Morocco, dedicated to manufacturing high-tech mechanical parts for aircraft engines. The investment was 55 million dirhams, and the factory will employ 100 people by 2024.

Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe is setting up a new Polish subsidiary and a production site of about 5,500 square meters in Poznan. The site will add 30,000 tonnes of compounded polypropylene capacity, with about 30 jobs and production scheduled from Q1 2022.

TSMC approved the establishment of a wholly owned Japanese subsidiary in Japan to expand three-dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC) material research, with a paid-in capital of approximately $178 million.

Michelin and Enviro will start construction of a mining tyre recycling plant in Chile's Antofagasta region, with a capacity of 30,000 tonnes per year and an investment of over $30 million. Production is scheduled to begin in 2023.

Transcom Group and Whirlpool Corporation will jointly set up a state-of-the-art refrigerator plant in Narsingdi district, Bangladesh, covering approximately 85,000 sq ft.

Hungarian medical device manufacturer Medicor will build a production plant in Ankara's Sincan district, Turkey, to manufacture neonatal medical equipment. The investment is HUF 800 million, with a HUF 480 million grant from the Hungarian government.

Ajax Engineering has earmarked around Rs 100 crore for land and a new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India. The 20-acre factory will produce concrete slip-form pavers, boom pumps, and self-propelled boom pumps, with annual capacity exceeding 100 boom pumps and 50 slip-form pavers.

Jiangxi Datong Refrigeration Equipment plans a compressor project in Jiujiang Economic and Technological Development Zone with a total investment of 160 million yuan, producing 2 million units per year on two production lines in about 13,000 square metres of leased space.

Whirlpool Corporation and Transcom Group announced a joint venture to set up a manufacturing plant in Narsingdi, Bangladesh, to produce refrigerators. The plant will cover approximately 85,000 square feet.

MaxiTrans, Australia and New Zealand's largest heavy-duty trailer maker, has opened a new factory in Ipswich, Queensland, with a budget of $9.27 million, and plans to double its workforce from 70 to 140 over five years.

Egyptian investor Elsewedy Electric will invest about $50 million to build an electrical appliances factory in Kigamboni District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, creating 400 jobs initially and producing electric wires, cables, transformers, smart meters and other products.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) plans to set up a 12-inch wafer production line (SN1 plant) in Shanghai's Pudong district, focusing on sub-14nm process nodes, with an investment of $12 billion and a capacity of 35,000 wafers per month.

GE Algeria Turbines (GEAT), a joint venture between Sonelgaz and General Electric, was inaugurated in Batna, Algeria. The facility rolled out the first two 9FA gas turbines assembled locally in late 2020.

Anhui Huaqi Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. plans to invest approximately 300 million yuan to build the Huaqi Environmental Protection Industrial Park in Ma'anshan Economic and Technological Development Zone. The project will be implemented in two phases, covering about 100 mu of land.

DIRTT Environmental Solutions opened a new 130,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Rock Hill, South Carolina, with an investment of approximately $18.5 million. The facility can be expanded to 260,000 square feet and initially employs 25 workers.

Covestro is planning a new production facility for polyurethane dispersions and a polyester resins line at its integrated site in Shanghai, China, to meet rising demand in Asia-Pacific. The plants are due to be completed in 2024.

Bowmer & Kirkland has been appointed as stage 1 contractor for the construction of a £54 million Glass Futures centre of excellence for glass manufacturing on the former United Glassworks site in St Helens, UK. The 160,000 sq ft facility will include an experimental glass melting furnace and is subject to planning approval.

Intco Medical's subsidiary Jiangxi Intco Medical plans to invest ¥5 billion to build a plant in Pengze County, Jiangxi, with an annual capacity of 45.75 billion high-end medical gloves.

Sese Industrial Services will invest $42 million to build a 300,000-square-foot axle assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to supply electric vehicle axle components for Volkswagen. The plant will employ 240 people.