WEG Transformers USA has purchased a third location in Washington, Missouri for a $16.5 million manufacturing expansion. The 147,000 sq. ft facility will be dedicated to three-phase utility pad-mounted distribution transformers, with pilot production expected in Q3 2021.

Fritz Winter North America is adding a third shift and about 50 jobs at its brake components manufacturing facility in Franklin, Kentucky, to increase capacity in response to growing demand.

Hommel + Keller Präzisionswerkzeuge GmbH invested over €6 million to build a new facility in Aldingen, Germany, doubling production capacity and creating space for new jobs. The building was completed and occupied in early 2021.

BD is expanding its Holdrege, Nebraska plant with a $70 million investment from a U.S. government partnership to add new manufacturing lines for syringes and needles for pandemic vaccination. The expansion will create up to 45 new jobs, and the plant will produce hundreds of millions of syringes for vaccination use.

Lantmännen Unibake announced a €40 million investment to expand its bakery in Nowa Sól, Poland, adding a new high-speed fast-food line, packaging equipment, and warehouse capacity. Production on the new line is expected to start in Q2 2022, creating 30-40 direct jobs.

Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel plans to concentrate base material manufacturing for interlinings in Weinheim, Germany, and bundle finishing and coating in Sant'Omero, Italy, relocating two lines from Weinheim to Sant'Omero. The measure is expected to be concluded by the end of 2022.

Newport Wafer Fab in South Wales plans to raise over £50 million to nearly double production capacity from 8,000 to 14,000 wafers per week, driven by demand for power supply chips amid a global semiconductor shortage.

Teksid's Carmagnola plant near Turin, Italy, with nearly $150 million in investments, is expanding production of FireFly engine blocks and cylinder heads to 800,000 sets per year for the EMEA region.

Hypera Pharma announced a R$2 billion investment over five years to expand production capacity at its Brainfarma facility in Anápolis, Goiás, creating 2,000 direct jobs.

Marcopolo Tiles Company Ltd completed Phase IV of its expansion project at a cost of $15 million, making it the first Zambian manufacturer of sanitary ware including bathtubs, toilets and handwash basins.

Sedibelo Platinum Mines announced the expansion of operations at Pilanesberg Platinum Mines into the Triple Crown properties, with an estimated resource base of over 60 million PGM ounces. First ounces are expected in 2023.

Taurus Group is building a new 15,000 m² operations center in Oliana, Spain, with an investment of €4 million, doubling storage capacity to 48,000 pallets. The center is expected to be operational by end of 2021.

Southern Coil Solutions is investing $63 million to build a 250,000-square-foot distribution and transfer facility in the Kentucky Transpark, Bowling Green, creating 28 new jobs. The facility will serve automotive, food and beverage, and battery industries.

Metsä Board announced plans to increase annual production capacity of folding boxboard machine BM1 at the Husum mill in Sweden by approximately 200,000 tonnes. Pre-engineering has started, with a final investment decision expected in summer 2021 and ramp-up in 2023.

Tabet Manufacturing Company will invest $6.5 million to build a new manufacturing facility adjacent to its Norfolk, Virginia plant, expected to create 68 jobs and increase production capacity.

Bombardier Transportation announced a major investment and hiring plan to increase production capacity at its Bruges, Belgium factory, funded by over €6 million and the hiring of at least 180 people.

OMV AG is investing €40 million to increase ethylene and propylene production capacities at its Burghausen refinery in Bavaria, Germany. The expansion will add about 50,000 tpy of capacity and is scheduled to enter operation in Q3 2022.

Nexans is investing $200 million to upgrade its Charleston, South Carolina factory to manufacture high-voltage subsea cables for offshore wind farms. The upgrade will be completed in September 2021.

Uzin Utz North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Uzin-Utz AG, will build a second North American manufacturing facility in Waco, Texas, with a $34 million investment. The 125,000 square-foot facility will produce self-leveling compounds, thin set and grout material, and patching compounds.

GKN Aerospace delivered its first product from its new Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems facility in Pune, India, a year after opening. The $10 million site is expected to grow to 800 employees within five years.

Fujian Billion started up its new 2.5 million t/yr purified terephthalic acid (PTA) unit at Quanzhou in Fujian province, China. The project cost 5.7 billion yuan ($882 million) and uses Invista's P8 technology.

Corbion plans to increase lactic acid production capacity in North America by around 40% through an expansion at its plant in Blair, Nebraska. The expansion will employ technology to boost efficiency without increasing emissions.

SGL Carbon announced a $4.5 million expansion of its Arkadelphia, Arkansas facility to increase carbon composites production for electric vehicles, adding 35 jobs within three years. The announcement was made on January 21, 2021.

Alabama Power is expanding the James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant in Alabama with a new 720MW gas-fired combined-cycle unit, with construction starting May 2021 and commissioning in November 2023.

Salon Metalelektro invested in expanding its FMS system to nine Mazak production machines, adding four new HCN-4000 hubs to its line in Salo, Finland.

Dental materials company BBC acquired a new factory site in Daedeok Industrial Complex, Daejeon, for KRW 11.87 billion, consolidating its existing plants and expanding production lines to meet increased demand for fine-bristle toothbrushes.

SIIC Environment Holdings' subsidiaries signed a concessionary arrangement with the government of Zaozhuang City, Shandong, for the Yicheng Expansion Project, expanding a wastewater-treatment plant with a daily capacity of 60,000 tonnes. The concession period is 30 years.

Fogo, a Polish generator manufacturer, has invested in a new 16,000 m² production plant that opened in January 2021, tripling its production volume. The plant uses ABUS cranes for material handling.

Mondi has started up a new speciality kraft paper machine at its Štětí mill in the Czech Republic, an investment of €67 million able to produce up to 130,000 tonnes of speciality kraft paper annually for shopping bags.

Emmerson Packaging is investing approximately $3.5 million to build a connector between its Amherst main plant and its warehouse, adding self-driving forklifts for material movement, reported January 2021.

Tacora Resources Inc, operator of the Scully iron ore mine, plans to reach 10 million tonnes per year capacity by adding the shovel-ready Sydvaranger mine in Norway. The announcement was made on January 19, 2021.

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. will expand its Pittsylvania County manufacturing operation, investing approximately $45 million and creating 50 jobs over four years. The company will add 30,000 square feet to its facility.

TenarisSilcotub completed certification of a new production line for automotive airbag components at its Zalău factory, following a $5.5 million investment, doubling its capacity for airbag components.

Cemex Holdings Philippines invested $235 million in a new cement production line that will add 1.5 million metric tons of annual capacity, increasing total output to 3.4 million metric tons per year.

Global Rubber Industries (GRI) is constructing a new tire manufacturing facility in Badalgama, Sri Lanka as part of a $100 million expansion plan. The plant will quadruple capacity to 750,000 tires per year and create 500 jobs.

CooperVision Specialty EyeCare announced investments to expand its Gilbert, Arizona facility to over 45,000 square feet by 2025, upgrade its Sherbrooke, Quebec facility, and refurbish its Netherlands facility to meet growing demand.

The M2B chip building of Hunan Sanan Semiconductor project in Changsha High-tech Zone topped out, marking a major breakthrough for the first third-generation semiconductor industrial park in Hunan province. The total investment is 16 billion yuan, with full production expected by mid-2021.

Hyundai Motor Group plans to increase its annual fuel cell system production capacity from 40,000 units to 700,000 units by 2030, including 500,000 for vehicles and 200,000 for non-vehicle applications. The expansion involves building a third plant in South Korea and a first overseas factory in Guangzhou, China.

Stoelzle Glass Group has invested €20 million in its Masnières factory in France, including a new furnace that started on January 8, 2021, and a fifth production line, increasing annual capacity by over 30% to more than 100 tonnes.

Avient Corp. will complete an expansion of its colour concentrates plant in Binh Duong, Vietnam in February 2021, increasing production space by over 30%.

Econ Engineering added a new production line at its North Yorkshire manufacturing hub to increase production of hotbox road repair vehicles, creating nine new jobs. The company can now manufacture over 100 hotboxes per year, a 30% increase from two years ago.

Hyosung T&C will set up a corporation in Ningxia, China in January 2021 to build a spandex factory, with a planned investment of 75 billion won in 2021. The company also announced expansions of its spandex plants in Turkey (60 billion won) and Brazil (40 billion won) in the previous two months.

ANDRITZ merged ANDRITZ ASKO Inc., ANDRITZ ASKO BV, ANDRITZ Herr-Voss Stamco Inc. and ANDRITZ Metals Inc. into ANDRITZ Metals USA Inc., renamed ANDRITZ Sundwig GmbH to ANDRITZ Metals Germany GmbH, and renamed ANDRITZ Selas SAS to ANDRITZ Metals France SAS as part of a global restructuring initiative.

Netzsch Pumpen & Systeme plans a new production hall with office units at its Waldkraiburg site, consolidating three local plants into a campus. Groundbreaking was planned for the first quarter of 2021.

Anglian Water's @one Alliance completed a £36 million project to install a new submerged ultrafiltration membrane system at Heigham Water Treatment Works in Norwich, UK, the largest such plant in the UK.

The India Cements Limited is seeking environmental clearance to expand its cement plant at Chilamkur, Andhra Pradesh, increasing clinker production from 1.485 to 3.65 MTPA and cement from 1.65 to 5.5 MTPA, with a new unit and a 50 MW coal-based captive power plant. The project is valued at Rs 900 crore.

Phase Technologies LLC relocated its entire operations into a 225,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution space in Rapid City, South Dakota, in mid-January 2021, expanding production capabilities and becoming more vertically integrated.

Tong Engineering is proceeding with the second phase of its new factory in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, with an investment comparable to the £3.6 million first phase. The new building will be identical in size and is expected to be completed in autumn 2021.

SG Blocks is adding a 10,300 square foot building extension to its SG Echo manufacturing campus in Durant, Oklahoma, to increase capacity for container modifications and light gauge steel modules. The expansion is expected to be operational by Q2 2021.

Tongfu Microelectronics (通富微电) began construction of its third-phase intelligent chip packaging and testing project in Nantong, China. The project will add production capacity of 1.5 billion IC products and 100,000 wafers per year.