Mission Design and Automation is expanding in Holland Charter Township, Michigan, with a $5.3 million private investment and plans to create 109 new jobs. The company will establish a new facility near its current operations to house large-scale automation projects.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group invested £23 million in a 16,200 sqm manufacturing site for Aflex in Yorkshire, UK, which delivered first production output in Q2 2020. The facility consolidates five original sites into one, with the final site move due in September 2021.

WACKER is investing €30 million to build a new liquid resins unit at its Nünchritz site to produce silanes and liquid resins for building-protection agents and binders. The unit will start operations by end of 2022 and create about 50 jobs.

Emerson completed a multimillion-dollar expansion of its Copeland engineering facility in Sidney, Ohio, adding 110,000 square feet of lab space for compressor research and development.

Aeronautical Systems Inc. announced a $5.6 million expansion of its manufacturing operations in New Bern, North Carolina, adding 30 jobs.

Medcem Cement, a subsidiary of Eren Holding, will invest $210 million to increase clinker production capacity at its Mersin factory from 3.5 million to 6.5 million tons per year. Construction starts in August 2021, with production on the new line expected in Q1 2023.

OOO Zavod Uralskikh Metizov commissioned a new 820 m² metalworking production shop at its facility in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, to increase output and improve working conditions.

Z Elektronika is investing HUF 1.3-1.4 billion (including HUF 500 million in grant funding) to expand its production area by 2600 m² and upgrade its machinery at its Pécs site. The expansion is expected to significantly increase capacity next year.

YF Mold built and opened a new 7,000 square meter injection molding plant in Shenzhen, China, equipped with 30 injection machines from 60T to 1600 Tons. The plant was completed in 2021 after six months of site selection, equipment installation, and opening.

Prime Polymer announced the decision to construct a new polypropylene manufacturing facility as part of a scrap-and-build restructuring, enabling production of high-performance polypropylene for automotive and other applications.

Lianhetech is constructing a new chemical production facility at its Seal Sands site in Teesside, UK, managed by Addison Project. The expansion received £300,000 in grant support from the Tees Valley Combined Authority and will increase capacity for agricultural chemicals.

Aluplast has broken ground on the second phase of its new factory in Nagradowice, Poland, adding 20,000 m² of space for up to 50 PVC window profile production lines. The investment is estimated at 140 million zł and is expected to double production capacity and increase employment to 800.

SEW Usocome, a subsidiary of SEW-Eurodrive, is investing €70 million to expand its Brumath plant by 25,000 m² to increase storage and assembly capacity. The expansion is expected to be completed in 2024.

Knauf Insulation's Johor Bahru glass mineral wool insulation plant in Malaysia exported its first batch of Earthwool products to Perth, Australia. The plant has a capacity of 75,000 t/yr and cost EUR 120 million.

Sieyuan Electric (002028.SZ) announced it will invest 100 million yuan of its own funds to increase capital in its wholly-owned subsidiary Jiangsu Sieyuan High Voltage Switch Co., Ltd. to build a new production line for enclosed switchgear in Ruga, aiming to increase capacity and reduce costs.

The Santa Catarina state government delivered the environmental operating license for WestRock's expansion of its Três Barras paper mill. The project, begun in February 2019, cost about US$345 million and raises paper capacity to about 685,000 tonnes a year.

Smurfit Kappa is investing EUR 35 million to refurbish the PM2 paper machine at its Hoya mill in northwest Germany, raising output by 70 kt to 450 kt per year. The project is expected to be operational in Q1 2023.

SPARC Research will invest $2.5 million to establish a new 20,000-square-foot office and manufacturing facility in Fauquier County, Virginia, for rocket motor component manufacturing, creating 16 jobs.

Bridgestone Americas is investing $51 million to expand its Firestone Industrial Products air springs plant in Williamsburg, Kentucky, adding 68,000 square feet and 250 jobs to meet growing demand from the electric vehicle sector.

Mitsubishi Electric is investing US$18 million to start heat pump production and increase air conditioner output at its factory in Manisa, Turkey. Combined annual production is projected to reach one million units, with heat pump production starting in August 2022.

Khlebnye Investitsii opened a new production line for frozen croissants and puff pastry products at the Chanta Mount plant in Novi Petrivtsi, Kyiv region, investing €4.5 million. The line has a capacity of 700 kg per hour.

Yangzi-BASF, a 50:50 joint venture between Sinopec and BASF, announced a CNY 292.5 million (approx. USD 45 million) expansion at its Nanjing Verbund site. The project will add five new production units for propionaldehyde, propionic acid, ethanolamine, ethyleneamine, and tert-butyl acrylate, and revamp a purified ethylene oxide unit, increasing capacities for several chemicals.

Wheatland Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced a $30 million investment to build an 85,000-square-foot fully automated storage and retrieval warehouse at its steel pipe and tube plant in Howland, Ohio. The expansion will take about 18 months to complete.

Siemens Healthineers will receive a $2.5 million grant from the Ontario government to increase production capacity of its epoc Blood Analysis System by 125%, creating 93 jobs. The company will also invest an additional $20 million to consolidate its two Ottawa facilities.

SI Group announced plans to invest more than $50 million across three manufacturing sites in North America to install main antioxidant capacity. The new capacity is expected to come online in the second half of 2022.

Whirlpool Corporation is investing $15 million in its Tulsa, Oklahoma factory to increase production capacity and create about 150 new jobs, with an additional $1 million from the state of Oklahoma. The plant makes freestanding and slide-in ranges.

Win Semiconductors (穩懋) signed a construction contract with Zhonglin Construction for a new plant at the Southern Taiwan Science Park's Kaohsiung site, with initial construction costs of NT$1.517 billion. The plant is expected to be completed in 2-3 years, part of a planned NT$85 billion investment for third-generation semiconductor capacity.

Schreiber Foods is moving ahead with a $52 million expansion of its distribution center in Carthage, Missouri, which will double its footprint and create at least 16 new jobs. Construction is expected to begin in July 2021.

Freudenberg Medical is expanding its manufacturing operations in Alajuela, Costa Rica, adding 8,600 square feet including a new ISO Class 7 cleanroom for catheter manufacturing and assembly. The expansion was announced on May 25, 2021.

Grupo Mac Jee invested over R$100 million to expand two factories in São José dos Campos and Paraibuna, Brazil, expecting to create 200 jobs by end of 2021. The expansion was announced on May 25, 2021.

Indorama Ventures subsidiary Indo Rama Synthetics will invest up to INR 6 billion ($82M) to add a new PET resin facility and specialty yarn capacity at its Nagpur, India plant. The PET line will add 700 tons/day capacity and is expected to be operational by Q2 2022.

Shanghai Zing Semiconductor Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new project to add 300,000 pieces of 300mm high-end silicon wafers for integrated circuits, including a new No. 5 plant in Lingang New Area.

Smurfit Kappa plans to invest €20m to expand converting capacity at four corrugated plants in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The projects add more than 100 million boxes per year and are slated for completion by end of 2021.

Aldes North America inaugurated its second plant in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Quebec, after investing more than CAD 1 million to add 28,000 square feet, doubling production capacity to nearly 55,000 square feet and planning 14 new hires.

Yerevan SMD medical supplies factory held a groundbreaking ceremony for the second unit of its industrial complex. The $40 million investment is expected to create 400 new jobs and produce about 50 types of disposable medical and laboratory supplies.

Confluent Medical Technologies announced a significant expansion of its Costa Rica manufacturing with a new 67,000 sq. ft. facility to increase capacity for Nitinol processing and complex catheter production. The facility is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2022.

Yangzi Petrochemical-BASF Co., Ltd. announced a 292.5 million yuan expansion project at its Nanjing plant, adding five new production units and expanding refined ethylene oxide capacity by 50,000 tons/year to 200,000 tons/year.

Keqiao Jiangbin Water Treatment Co., Ltd. began trial operation of a 25 million yuan odor treatment project for its centralized wastewater pretreatment facility in Keqiao, Zhejiang, covering 18,000 square meters of sedimentation tanks.

Matsu Ohio, Inc., part of Matcor-Matsu Group, will invest $4.52 million to expand its automotive component manufacturing operations in Edgerton, Ohio, creating 104 jobs.

Magnode, LLC will invest $40.8 million to expand its aluminum manufacturing operations in Trenton, Ohio, creating 171 jobs and doubling capacity at a greenfield site.

GMM Pfaudler commenced manufacturing operations at a facility in Vatva, Ahmedabad, India, after acquiring the assets of HDO Technologies for ₹58.46 crore. The facility enhances heavy engineering capacity.

Toray Advanced Composites installed a high heat laminate press at its Nijverdal, Netherlands plant, enabling production of larger Cetex thermoplastic composite laminates for aerospace and industrial applications.

GEA laid the cornerstone on May 21, 2021 for the expansion of its Koszalin site in Poland into a climate-neutral center for hygienic and vacuum pump production and components. The roughly EUR 37 million project is due to launch in 2022.

Guizhou Hangxin Technology Development Industry Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Phase II project in Anshun Economic Development Zone, with a total investment of 600 million yuan, adding 16,200 square meters of factory space for composite manufacturing and aircraft assembly lines.

Sonali Paper and Board Mills signed an MoU with Zhangjiagang Fineness Aluminium Foil Company to set up an aluminum foil paper unit at its factory in Rupganj, Narayanganj. The new machine will produce 100,000 pieces of aluminum foil container boxes per day.

Huizhou Shen Energy Fengda Power Company is expanding the Fengda gas-fired power plant in Huizhou, Guangdong, with two new combined-cycle units adding 920 MW, with construction starting September 2021 and completion by March 2023.

Le Joint Français, a Hutchinson subsidiary, will build a 4,000 m² logistics building in Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne, financed by the Pays de Château-Gontier for €3.3 million.

Indo Count Industries plans to expand bed linen capacity by 20% to 108 million metres and modernize spinning units, with a total capex of Rs. 200 crore, expected to be operational in H2FY22.

Ardagh Group plans to expand its Winston-Salem, North Carolina aluminum can plant with two new high-speed can lines, investing US$195 million and creating about 94 jobs by 2022.

The state-run Anju Pump Factory stepped up pump production for 10,000 flats in Pyongyang and increased its casting shop capacity by 1.2 times, according to KCNA.