Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) reached financial closing on the CPV Three Rivers Energy Center, a 1,250-MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Grundy County, Illinois, representing over $1.3 billion in investment. Construction will begin soon with commercial operation expected in 2023.

PURECO Ltd., in partnership with Sewerage Systems Ltd. and Zoomlion, will construct a wastewater treatment plant in Takoradi, Ghana. The plant will treat 1,000 cubic meters of wastewater per day and serve up to two million people.

Magna is expanding its powertrain business with a new 7,675-square-meter metalforming solutions plant in Kechnec, Slovakia. Construction is expected to be complete in March 2021, with production starting in August 2021 and about 50 employees.

Austrian Leier Group is investing over EUR25 million in two concrete manufacturing plants in Cluj and Arad counties, Romania.

Evroklima RUS Prodashn will build a plant for air handling and conditioning systems in the Kaluga SEZ with investments of 180 million rubles, creating 67 jobs. Production is planned to start in January 2022.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare announced at its annual shareholders' meeting that it has commenced planning for its third manufacturing facility in Mexico, to be commissioned within two years.

Schulz of America, a US subsidiary of Joinville-based Schulz Compressores, opened a new facility in Acworth, near Atlanta, Georgia, after investing about US$2.5 million to expand its presence in the North American market.

HydraSpecma is moving into a new 11,200 sq m facility that will house its Swedish headquarters and production of hydraulic equipment for the vehicle industry. Logistic Contractor is building the new warehouse, and Installationsbolaget is installing its sprinkler system.

Green Bay Packaging will begin construction of a new 550,000 sq ft corrugator plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, replacing its 180,000 sq ft plant there. Construction starts September 1, 2020, with start-up scheduled for October 2021.

Mondi opened the FlexStudios in Steinfeld, a 2,300 square meter innovation center for developing sustainable flexible packaging solutions, combining technology, creative spaces, and testing facilities.

Vorwerk & Sohn group started production at its new plant in Čačak, Serbia, after investing over 60 million euros and building the most modern plant in the group with the longest extrusion line in Europe.

The Nonwovens Development Center (VEZ) at Hof University of Applied Sciences in Münchberg, Germany, was inaugurated on September 24, 2020, after three years of construction. The center features state-of-the-art hydroentanglement technology from Trützschler and Temafa, with support from Lenzing AG as a strategic partner.

Chemetry and Braskem will construct and operate a demonstration plant using Chemetry's eShuttle technology for ethylene dichloride production at Braskem's chlor-alkali site in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. The plant aims to validate commercial viability of the technology.

Space Florida has finalized a multi-million-dollar investment in Aerion Supersonic to accelerate development of Aerion Park, a new state-of-the-art design and production campus in Melbourne, Florida. The project is expected to create at least 675 jobs by 2026, with groundbreaking later in 2020.

BONUM plans to complete construction of a machinery plant in Aksay district, Rostov region by 2024, with 900 million rubles investment, 70,000 sqm area, and capacity of about 100 units of tank semi-trailers per month, creating 400 jobs.

Lotte Aluminium, a subsidiary of Rakuten Group, is investing in a new aluminum foil plant in Hungary to produce battery foil for electric and hybrid vehicles. The plant will have a capacity of about 30,000 tons per year and is expected to start production in 2021.

Dana Incorporated opened a new manufacturing and assembly plant of about 16,000 sq m in Yancheng, China, its 24th in China, to produce off-highway drive and motion components. The plant can produce about 160,000 units per year.

Stant Corp announced it is opening a new $15 million factory in Guanajuato, Mexico, creating around 500 jobs.

JIDA Industrial Solutions and its subsidiary Global Trade Logistics established operations in Greenville County, South Carolina, with a $4.5 million investment creating 78 new jobs. The facility is 150,000 square feet.

Kovalus Separation Solutions opened a new Technology Centre in Aachen, Germany on June 20, 2025.

Remaelectric will invest over €1 million to build a plant in Ircio for insulation removal and re-insulation, and set up a plant in Bayas for stator coil manufacturing, both in Miranda de Ebro, Spain.

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited opened a new dairy plant in the Netherlands, completed in under 12 months with automation from Rockwell Automation.

Phoenix Contact E-Mobility is building a new production and logistics plant in the Rzeszów-Dworzysko science and technology park in Poland. The plant is scheduled for completion by the turn of the year 2020/2021 to meet growing demand for e-mobility products.

SOCO Machinery held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new laser R&D and application manufacturing base in the Nangang Industrial Zone, Taiwan. The NTD 1 billion investment is expected to boost group revenues by over 20% within three years of completion.

Beijing Fengdian Jinkaiwei Group signed an agreement on August 19, 2020 to set up a 300 million yuan hydrogen compressor project in the Changshu High-tech Zone, with a 25,000 sq m plant and annual sales of 500 million yuan expected at full production.

Dover Precision Components opened a new roughly 12,000 sq ft Innovation Lab in Houston, Texas, housing test rigs for fluid film bearings and reciprocating compressor components.

Miura Industry's Chinese subsidiary started operating a new plant in Suzhou making gas-fired industrial boilers, raising combined annual capacity to 5,000 units, about 2.5 times the previous level. The investment was about 2.6 billion yen.

Becton Dickinson (BD) announced the start of operations of its new manufacturing plant in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The company invested US$9 million and expects to generate around 1,400 direct jobs producing medical devices.

Knorr-Bremse DETC, a joint venture between Knorr-Bremse and Dongfeng Electronic Technology, broke ground on a new auto parts factory in Shiyan, Hubei, with 300 million yuan investment, 50,000 sqm area, expected to start operation in February 2021.

Soceram is preparing to start construction of another AAC factory with higher capacity in Targu Carbunesti, Gorj county, Romania.

Jaquar Group will commission a new water heater manufacturing unit in Kundli, India, in October 2020, with an investment of close to ₹200 crore.

Jaquar Group will commission a new lighting products plant in Bhiwadi, India, as part of its ₹300 crore capex plan.

Guangdong HuaAo New Alloy Material Co., Ltd. signed a project to build an aviation new materials industrial park in Heshan, Guangdong, with a total planned investment of 5 billion yuan. The first phase will invest 1.6 billion yuan to build an aerospace industry base for high-temperature alloys, 3D powders, and MIM powders.

Maruyasu Kikai is constructing a new plant on its headquarters site in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture, to manufacture conveyance labor-saving machinery and automation equipment. The investment is approximately 2 billion yen, with 30 new jobs planned.

Chongqing Wangbian Electric (Group) Co., Ltd. announced a project to build a new facility with an annual capacity of 8,000 dry-type transformers in Changshou District, Chongqing, China. The total investment is CNY 45 million.

Xingang Thermal Energy broke ground in Zhangzhou Development Zone on a 150 million yuan plant making large permanent-magnet screw air compressors, with 8,000 wan yuan projected annual sales.

Zhangzhou Manma Li Automation Machinery broke ground on a high-speed internal mixer manufacturing project in Zhangzhou Development Zone with about 160 million yuan investment, expected to start production in 2022.

PaperFoam completed first test runs at its new Krupka plant in the Czech Republic and plans full production from September 2020. The plant adds a second European site and could raise global capacity by more than 30%.

Ester Filmtech, a subsidiary of Ester Industries, will establish an advanced polyester film manufacturing facility near Hyderabad with an investment of ₹1,350 crore. The first phase of ₹500 crore is scheduled for completion by September 2022.

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its K13 facility at Nantze Export Processing Zone in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The company will invest NTD 8 billion initially, with an additional NTD 18 billion for advanced packaging capacity. The facility is scheduled for completion in 2023 and will create 2,800 jobs.

Diversified Product Development broke ground on a new 60,000-square-foot headquarters and production facility in Waco, Texas, scheduled for completion in January 2021. The company plans to hire additional workers after moving in.

NILED opened a new armature plant in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, producing linear suspension hardware for overhead distribution lines with self-supporting insulated conductors. Investment was 100 million rubles, creating 28 jobs initially.

SHOWA Glove will build a new production facility for nitrile rubber disposable gloves in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Operations are scheduled to start in spring 2023.

KION Group started construction of a new plant in Jinan, China to produce counterbalance trucks. The €100 million facility is expected to create over 800 jobs by 2025 and expand KION's product portfolio in the Chinese material handling market.

Packaging maker Pratt Industries signed a five-year lease for 136,600 square feet at $4.00 per square foot, less than a mile from its manufacturing facility. The case study is dated August 17, 2020.

Alageum Electric will launch a plant for producing electrical equipment in the North Kazakhstan region, with a total cost of 7 billion tenge. The plant will create about 300 jobs and is expected to start operating in the 3rd quarter of 2021.

Hardshell is opening a new £1.5 million PPE factory in Cardiff, the UK's first domestic medical-grade mask factory, to produce FFP3 masks and other PPE, employing up to 40 workers.

Shandong Zhennuo Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. is constructing a new plant in Jiyang District, Jinan, Shandong, with government leaders visiting on August 12, 2020 to guide progress. The company produces extrusion food engineering equipment.

Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing, Inc. will establish a new manufacturing facility in Kerrville, Texas, creating 200 jobs and generating over $8 million in capital investment.

Opus Group has begun construction of a 131,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing plant for Cherne Industries in Shakopee, Minnesota, expected to finish early 2021, with employment growing from 115 to 150 in five years.