Concept Medical India set up a new manufacturing and coating unit in Surat SEZ, claimed to be Asia's largest for drug eluting stents and balloons. The facility, with an investment of Rs 80 crore, has capacity to produce 2 million drug eluting balloons and 1.5 million DES per year, creating 450 jobs.

R+D Custom Automation announced the relocation of its plant operations from Lake Villa, Illinois to a new 62,000-square-foot facility in Salem Business Park, Wisconsin. The $6 million project is scheduled for Q2 2021 and will create nearly 60 jobs.

Daimay Automotive Interior opened its second plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, with an investment of $86 million, creating 1,000 jobs. The company also announced a $30 million investment for a third plant and training center (DAIMAY Campus), expected by end of 2021.

Sekisui Polymatech Europe, part of Sekisui Chemical Group, has started production of thermal interface materials for the electric vehicle industry at its new plant in Roermond, Netherlands. The company invested 12.3 million euros in the facility.

Trivium and Ausnutria are building a new €30 million can factory at the Internationaal Bedrijvenpark Friesland in Heerenveen, Netherlands, due for completion at the end of 2020. Trivium will produce 150 million cans a year for Ausnutria's infant formula under a ten-year contract.

EBARA Precision Machinery Europe invested about €1.6 million in a new overhaul centre for vacuum pumps in Dresden-Weixdorf, Germany, announced on 25 September 2020. The site is the second overhaul centre after Livingston, Scotland.

Thermo Fisher Scientific opened a Suzhou branch of its China Innovation Center, with an office and R&D environment of about 800 square metres including sample preparation, chemical analysis and air testing laboratories.

KGE Chemical Group has signed an agreement with Laoling city government to build a new materials industrial park and coating sharing factory in Laoling, Shandong, with a total investment of about 1.16 billion yuan. The park will produce 20,000 tons of polyurea, 5,000 tons of thek, 30,000 tons of polyester resin and 10,000 tons of powder coatings annually.

BTL, a global medical technology company, is building a new high-tech factory for electronic medical equipment in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The investment is 20 million leva, and 200 new jobs are expected.

Tata Elxsi unveiled a technology centre in Pune, India, as part of a strategic multi-year engineering services engagement with Schaeffler. The center will focus on mechatronics, digital and embedded technologies.

Mullen Technologies will begin construction of a pilot manufacturing facility in Monrovia, California, to assemble up to 1,000 MX-05 fully electric SUVs per year. The facility is scheduled for completion by April 2021, with first deliveries expected by Q2 2022.

Total Corbion PLA, a joint venture between Total and Corbion, announced plans to build a 100,000-ton-per-annum PLA bioplastics plant in Grandpuits, France. The plant is expected to be operational in 2024 with capital expenditures of approximately €200 million.

Littelfuse has opened a new power semiconductor assembly plant in Lipa City, Philippines, through its IXYS subsidiary. The highly automated facility has created over 200 jobs and increased the company's Philippine footprint by more than 60 percent.

Grundfos has broken ground on a new 45,000 square foot facility in Brookshire, Texas, to house its Americas Regional Center. The expansion is expected to bring about 90 positions to the area.

Milton Cat, a seller of construction machinery and power equipment, plans to build a 75,000- to 85,000-square-foot, $26 million facility on Eastman Road in Cicero, New York. The facility will also serve as the corporate headquarters for sister company Sitech Northeast.

KG Group is launching a modern instant noodles production facility in Alytus, Lithuania, after attracting €20m investment. The facility will increase production capacity from 40 million to 180 million units per year.

Egyptian Cement Group announced plans to inaugurate a new cement plant in Sohag, Egypt, with a total investment of EGP 4.5 billion (US$285.79 million). The facility is expected to open in 2021.

Investor Cristian Rus has secured a land concession from the Bălan local council to build a factory for assembling small and medium excavators up to 20 tons. Construction is expected to start in early 2021 and be completed in about two years.

Nugget, a kids furniture company, will open a new 150,000-square-foot headquarters factory in Butner, North Carolina in early October 2020. The facility is eight times the size of its current factory and will allow production of thousands of Nuggets per day.

South Korean company Kyungshin Cable is constructing a factory in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia, to produce electrical components for cars. The factory is close to completion, with production expected to start in late February or early March 2021, ahead of the original August 2021 deadline. Investment is EUR 25 million, and the plant will employ 700 people initially, rising to 1,000 at full capacity.

Vector-Best will build a new medical equipment plant in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. The investment is 600 million rubles, with construction planned to complete in 2024, creating about 100 jobs.

Huntington Ingalls broke ground on a 150,000-square-foot Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence in Hampton, Virginia, for unmanned systems prototyping, production and testing.

FORCIT Group laid the foundation stone for a new TNT production facility in Finland on September 15, 2026. Construction has reached a milestone.

Shawinigan Aluminium Inc. is investing US$7 million to build a new aluminum recycling center adjacent to its billet casthouse in Quebec, Canada. The plant will produce 30,000 tonnes of aluminum billet from clean process scrap and will serve Rio Tinto and other manufacturers.

Johns Manville started construction on a new polyiso production facility in Hillsboro, Texas, to produce roof insulation and other products, expected to become operational by mid-2022 and create over 50 jobs.

PT Barata Indonesia obtained approval from East Java Customs to establish a bonded logistics center (PLB) on its 10,128 sq.m. land at its headquarters in Gresik, East Java, to support export products and improve cash flow.

Hempel held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new coatings factory in Zhangjiagang, China, with an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons. The USD 170 million facility is expected to be inaugurated in 2022, replacing existing production in Kunshan.

INEOS Styrolution and AmSty announced plans to construct a joint 100 ton per day advanced recycling facility in Channahon, Illinois, using Agilyx technology to recycle polystyrene into virgin-equivalent styrene monomer.

Baosteel Packaging will build a new aluminum easy open can production line in Huaiyuan Industrial Park, Bengbu, Anhui. The first phase has an annual design capacity of 1.1 billion cans and an estimated total investment of RMB 440 million.

Camlin Fine Sciences Limited commenced commercial production of Hydroquinone and Catechol at its newly set up Diphenol manufacturing plant in Dahej SEZ, Gujarat.

Shijiazhuang Guanling Packaging has opened a plant about 150km southwest of Beijing to make cans for infant formula. The line will eventually produce 75 million cans a year, with RMB 510 million in plant cost.

Bennett Packaging plans a nearly $70 million, 524,300-square-foot corporate campus in Kansas City to move the core of its custom corrugated packaging and retail display operations. Kansas City council members voted to approve up to $48 million in Chapter 100 industrial revenue bonds.

FCS Group held a groundbreaking ceremony on September 19, 2020, for a new injection molding machine factory in Hangzhou Bay New District, China. The plant represents a total investment of USD 40 million and covers an area of 66,690 m2.

Jiangsu Yuanlong Electric Co., Ltd. invested 1 billion yuan to build the Yuanlong Zhileng Industrial Park in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. The first production line for frost-free refrigerators will start in October 2020.

Torgovy Dom ADL received a seven-year land lease of 1.3 hectares in the Kolomna district to build a plant for serial production of steel ball valves. The investment is about 1.1 billion rubles, with construction starting in 2021, full capacity planned for 2027, and 41 new jobs.

Clariant held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new catalyst production base in Pinghu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, on September 18, 2020. The plant will produce 4,800 tonnes of CATOFIN catalyst per year, with full production expected by 2022. Total investment is $83.26 million.

Tian Dingfeng Holdings, a subsidiary of Oriental Yuhong, signed an agreement to invest about 1.6 billion yuan to build a nonwoven fabric production base in Changde, Hunan, with 18 polyester tire cord fabric production lines. The project will have an annual capacity of 100,000 tons of polyester tire cord fabric.

Shanghai Ruige Metal New Materials Co., Ltd. plans to invest 500 million yuan to build a recycled aluminum project with an annual capacity of 300,000 tons in Wenxi County, Shanxi Province. The first phase of 100,000 tons is expected to be operational in April 2021.

Tekni-Plex is investing $15 million in a new 140,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China, to produce medical-grade tubing and components for its Natvar, Colorite and Action Technology business units. Production for some product lines has already begun.

The Ministry of Industry and Construction Production of Turkmenistan will contract with Gamma Meccanica S.p.A. to build a facility for production of sound and heat proof materials from fine basalt fiber in Jebel Settlement, Balkanabat. Construction starts October 2020, operation in October 2021.

OSiC Performance Materials held an opening ceremony for its new factory in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China, with an investment of 300 million yuan. The plant produces polyurethane foam additives, water-based adhesives and special silicone products, with planned capacity of 18,000 tons of polyurethane additives and 2,000 tons of water-based adhesives.

Polyplastics announced plans to build a 20,000 t/y cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) production plant in Leuna, Germany, operated by subsidiary Topas Advanced Polymers. Startup is scheduled by mid-2023.

Berel announced an investment of 722 million pesos to build its first plant in San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico, to produce paints and waterproofing materials, creating 250 new jobs.

China Hongqiao Group put the first phase of its Yunnan 'Green Aluminium' project into production, with an annual capacity of 1 million tonnes. The plant, located in Wenshan prefecture, has a total planned capacity of 2.03 million tonnes and total investment of RMB 40 billion.

PAPACKS is investing over €10 million in its GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt, Germany, creating around 20 new jobs for molded paper fiber packaging. The topping-out ceremony was held on 25 September 2020.

Bostik started up a new industrial adhesives plant in Nara, Japan, within the Bostik-Nitta joint venture, 80% owned by Arkema. The lines serve non-woven hygiene and industrial packaging, labelling, transportation and electronics markets.

Canadian manufacturer Modern Manufacturing selected Eudora, Kansas for a new production facility making railway crossing light systems and steel bungalows, buying a 50,000 sq ft building and about 18 acres, with about 40 new jobs.

Raytec Biotechnology signed an agreement to build a regenerative medicine R&D and production base in Chengdu Medical City, Wenjiang District, including 6 production lines for medical restorative devices. The project is part of a 16-project signing event with total investment of approximately 12.4 billion yuan.

Mountain Top Industries, a Danish manufacturer of aluminum roll covers for pickup trucks, opened a 73,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama. The $13.3 million investment will create 90 jobs and supply Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama's Santa Cruz pickup truck.

Strojmetal Aluminium Forging officially opened a new plant in Bruntál, Czech Republic, with an investment of nearly CZK 1 billion. The plant will produce high-quality aluminum semi-finished products (bars) for forging automotive chassis parts, with annual capacity up to 30,000 tonnes.