Turkish firm ESKA has built a TRY 120 million factory on a 20,000 square metre site in Sakarya that makes gas pressure regulators and safety valves, with capacity of 3 million units and exports to over 40 countries. The company plans a third factory in 2021.

XCMG Construction Machinery (XCMG Jianji) is building a new intelligent manufacturing base in Foshan, Guangdong province, with an investment of 2 billion yuan (approx. $310 million). The facility will produce tower cranes and construction hoists, with an annual capacity of over 5,000 units and expected annual revenue of 2.5 billion yuan.

XCMG held the groundbreaking ceremony for its Guangdong XCMG Intelligent Manufacturing Base in Danzao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan on January 16, 2021. The project involves a total investment of 2 billion yuan and will produce tower cranes and construction hoists, with annual capacity exceeding 5,000 units and annual sales revenue of 2.5 billion yuan.

U.S. Medical Glove Company added a 24-production-line factory in Houston, Texas, tripling production capacity for nitrile powder-free medical examination gloves. The $15 million facility is the first of five planned hubs, each producing 200 million gloves per month and creating 200 jobs.

CMZ Group is building a new machining plant called Neoprec in Mallabia, Spain, with an investment of 17 million euros. The plant will specialize in medium and small parts and is expected to start production in the second half of 2021, increasing capacity to 800 machines per year.

Progress Agro group has launched a RUB 204 million polypropylene packaging plant in Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, on the Kuban industrial park. The plant can produce up to 8.6 million polypropylene bags and polyethylene film a year and created about 70 jobs.

Tex-Isle Inc. announced plans to open a new steel tubular mill in Robstown, Texas, in Q3 2021, with a capacity of 350,000 tons per year, adding to its nearly $100 million capital investment in the region.

Bosal will open a new powertrain plant and competence center in Nyköping, Sweden, to manufacture emission control systems and chassis parts.

Sahasra group commenced construction of its new subsidiary Sahasra Semiconductors' plant in the ELCINA Cluster at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, on January 14, 2021. The plant will package NAND flash memories with a capital outlay of about Rs. 150 Crores and over 100 employees.

Dinglong plans to build the Dinglong Qianjiang Optoelectronic Semiconductor Materials Industrial Park in Qianjiang, Hubei, including a CMP polishing pad project (Phase 3, 500,000 units/year) and a 10,000-ton/year cleaning solution project. The polishing pad project has an investment of 167 million yuan, and the cleaning solution project has an initial investment of 200 million yuan.

Honda Aircraft Company opened a new 83,100 sq ft Wing Production and Service Parts Facility at its headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, representing an additional investment of $24.3 million. The facility will house a new wing assembly process for the HondaJet Elite.

Lauda Ultracool, which makes industrial recirculating chillers, has started building a new EUR 7 million factory at 316 Carretera de Rubí, Terrassa, to replace its current site. The plant is expected to be finished by late 2021 and operating in early 2022.

Marmen, with Welcon, is part of Equinor's proposal, selected by NYSERDA, for the first US offshore wind tower factory at the Port of Albany, New York. Production is planned for late 2023 and the project could create up to 350 jobs.

Unionaire Group plans to build a new factory in Sixth of October City at a cost of EGP 1 billion, with a total industrial area of 150,000 sqm, expected to open in 2022, to produce A/C and electronics for export.

Caliber Ophthalmics, a Surgical Specialties Corporation company, opened a 23,000 sq ft ophthalmology design and manufacturing Center of Excellence in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, with clean room and advanced blade manufacturing capabilities.

Mozambique Dugongo Cimentos, SA has opened a new cement production plant in Matutuíne district, Maputo province, representing an investment of around US$330 million. The plant is in its experimental phase and will begin production in February 2021, with a capacity of 1.8 million tonnes per year and 500 employees.

German automotive parts maker Continental will open a new factory for automotive electronics in Novi Sad, Serbia, in early March 2021. The EUR 140 million investment is expected to create at least 500 jobs.

Hunan Betel New Materials Co., Ltd. started construction of a 15,000-ton/year polymer material project in Hunan Yueyang Green Chemical Industrial Park. The project involves an investment of 11.9268 million yuan and will produce dispersants, leveling agents, defoamers, water-based resins, and functional color pastes.

Japanese wire harness maker Sumitomo will set up its fifth Moroccan factory in Casablanca for $51 million. The plant will export its output to supply vehicle makers FCA and CNH Global.

Japanese wire harness maker Yazaki plans to build three new factories in Tangier, Kenitra and Meknes, Morocco, costing a combined $52 million, to supply the automotive sector.

Twist Bioscience is building a 110,000-square-foot facility in Wilsonville, Oregon, expected to become operational in 2022 and add up to 400 jobs.

Polykar announced it has selected Scott Builders to build its new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Edmonton, Alberta. The $25 million investment will expand production capacity for flexible packaging, with construction starting in spring 2021 and completion by April 2022.

Tianjin Beacon Coatings Co., Ltd. has started construction of a new plant in Nangang Industrial Zone, TEDA, with a total investment of about 350 million yuan. The plant will produce 50,000 tons of paint and 20,000 tons of resin annually, with trial production expected in May 2022.

Global tissue paper manufacturer Sofidel has officially opened its seventh U.S. plant in Inola, Oklahoma. The $360 million, 1.8 million-square-foot facility includes a paper mill and converting plant, producing 120,000 tons of tissue per year and employing 300 workers.

Danish company Mountain Top, which produces equipment for pickup trucks, has opened a factory in Chonburi Province, Thailand. The factory will be operational from February 2020 and initially employ approximately 50 people producing retractable tonneau covers and other accessories.

Star Yağcılar Treyler held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new trailer factory in İzmir Kemalpaşa's Bağyurdu Organized Industrial Zone, with a total investment of 50 million TL. The 12,000 square meter facility is expected to start operations in the second quarter of 2021.

The Yaolun Machinery project, a joint venture between Tangshan Jinshi Industrial Co., Ltd. and Wujiang Jinming Machinery Co., Ltd., has broken ground in Tangshan's Lunan District. The project involves a total investment of 250 million yuan, will build 8 high-precision auto parts production lines and produce 10 million standardized auto parts and 500 industrial robots annually, with full production expected by 2022.

Celanese Corporation announced plans to build a world-scale liquid crystal polymer (LCP) polymerization plant in China, with a total capacity of approximately 20 kilotons per year. The first phase is expected to come online in 2024.

Woods Air Movement will invest $3.6 million to establish a North American headquarters and manufacturing facility in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, creating 27 jobs. The facility will produce industrial ventilation products.

Rohm completed a new environmentally friendly building at its Rohm Apollo subsidiary's Chikugo plant in Fukuoka, Japan, to strengthen SiC power device production capacity. The building was finished in December 2020 and will start operations in 2022.

Thang Long Accurate Mechanical Company launched a project in Phu Tho province, Vietnam, to produce conveyor rollers using technology from Czech company Hojer Trans. The factory has a total investment of EUR 33 million and is scheduled to be operational in 2023.

Grupa Steinhof, a Polish manufacturer of tow hooks and brake pads, plans to build a modern production hall on a 4.5-hectare plot in Niedomice, Poland, to increase production capacity. The land was purchased from Tarnowski Klaster Przemysłowy.

Danfoss announced it will invest nearly 50 million yuan to build a global refrigeration R&D test center in Wuqing, Tianjin, China. The center will focus on inverter technology for refrigeration compressors, heat pump applications and eco-friendly refrigerant alternatives, and is expected to be completed next year.

Rosa, a new packaging printing company, will open a highly automated plant in Germany by the end of 2021, dedicated to frozen pizza boxes. The press fleet, exceeding one million euros, will be supplied by manroland Goss.

Swiss company Robobeck, specialized in high-speed removal robots and automation solutions for injection molds, completed construction of a new 1,700 sqm factory in Barcelos, Portugal, creating 60 jobs. The facility includes energy efficiency systems with photovoltaic power.

Hangzhou Li'ang Microelectronics (立昂微) announced a 4.3 billion yuan investment to build a 6-inch GaAs/GaN microwave RF IC plant in Haining, Zhejiang, with annual capacity of 360,000 wafers. The project will be implemented in phases over five years via a new subsidiary, Haining Li'ang Dongxin Microelectronics.

Advanced Petrochemical Company and SK Gas Co Ltd formed a joint venture, Advanced Polyolefins Company, to build a petrochemical complex in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, including a 800,000 tons/year polypropylene plant. The project is expected to break ground in 2021 and reach commercial production by the second half of 2024.

Industrial Flow Solutions has moved its three Connecticut facilities under one roof in a 65,000 square-foot factory in New Haven, about 50% larger than its previous sites. The company had committed $385,000 to the New Haven site acquisition with the state Department of Economic Development.

Sinocare Inc. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its iPOCT Industrial Park in Changsha High-tech Zone, Hunan. The project involves a 1 billion yuan investment and will include production bases for iCARE, AGEscan, and CGM products.

Wingtech Technology began construction of a 12-inch automotive-grade power semiconductor wafer manufacturing project in the Lingang Special Area of Shanghai. The project involves a total investment of CNY 12 billion and is expected to produce 400,000 wafers annually.

Wilo USA, a subsidiary of Wilo SE, held a groundbreaking for a 244,000 sq ft headquarters and production facility in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, which will combine Wilo USA, Weil Pump, Scot Pump and Wilo Machine Co. operations. The facility is expected to open in Q1 2022.

Smurfit Kappa Colombia is relocating its Medellín corrugated plant to a new facility in Guarne, Antioquia, with a USD 50 million investment. Construction starts in Q1 2021 and operations are expected by late 2023 with 50% more capacity.

GROB completed a new production plant in Pianezza, Italy, with 4,800 m² of production area (tripled), combining universal machining and electromobility divisions. Investment was approximately €10 million, with plans to double workforce to 150.

Marel Poultry BV started up a new poultry processing plant for Arabian Farms Investments (Saha Poultry) in the United Arab Emirates in January 2021. The plant includes slaughter, wastewater treatment, and rendering systems supplied by Marel, Aqua Marel, and Haarslev.

In 2025, Ovivo will open a new design centre in Kaunas, Lithuania, focusing on piping and plant design for ultrapure water and wastewater treatment systems serving the semiconductor industry.

Dayou Autoparts inaugurated a new plant in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, with plans to invest $20 million by 2025. The plant will produce 1.2 million steering wheels annually for KIA Motors and Hyundai.

South Korean company Doowon Refrigeration inaugurated its first plant in Mexico, located in Apodaca, Nuevo León, with an investment of $18 million and creating 100 direct jobs. The plant produces automotive cooling systems.

Norcast inaugurated a new metal processing plant in Torreón, Coahuila, with an investment of 650 million Mexican pesos, creating 400 direct jobs. The plant produces aluminum injection parts.

The Nearshore Company announced a $30 million investment to build a new electrical transformer factory in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, creating 3,500 direct jobs including 400 welders.

Hitachi Energy announced a $70 million investment to build a new transformer plant in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, creating 350 jobs. The plant will produce single-phase pad-mounted distribution transformers for the North American market.