LANXESS is expanding production capacity for the active ingredient Preventol CMK (chlorocresol) at its Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany site by approximately 50%. The investment is in the mid-single-digit million euro range and additional capacity will be available in the first quarter of 2022.

WEG S.A. plans to triple production of large transformers at its Betim, Brazil plant, acquired from TSEA in December 2020. The company will invest in team training and hiring to increase output from 5 to 15 large transformers per month by end of 2021.

Integer Holdings Corporation broke ground on an expansion at its Alden, New York facility to increase production capacity of Xcellion Lithium Ion rechargeable batteries for medical devices. The project kicked off in mid-December 2020 and is projected to be completed in 2021.

Aluminium-Werke Wutöschingen (AWW) has commissioned a new 45 MN extrusion line in mid-November 2020 as part of its multi-million euro AWW 2025 investment program. A logistics hall was completed in spring 2020.

GKN Wheels & Structures completed a multi-million pound investment programme at its Telford plant, tripling production output. The project included a new rim line, robotic weld cells and a powder paint facility.

Intervala signed a five-year lease for a 217,000 square-foot space at the Westmoreland Innovation Center in Pennsylvania, relocating its corporate headquarters and manufacturing operation to accommodate future growth. The build-out of the new production area is underway.

KDT-WDMAX Group built a new production capacity in China's Guangzhou economic development zone. The first manufacturing line was commissioned in October 2020, and two more lines will start operations at the end of January 2021.

Motherson announced a new production line at its plant in the Logistik II industrial park in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The company's global investment in recent months totals 640 million pesos (about 32 million US dollars).

DENIOS AG is expanding its production facility in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, with a new 4,200-square-meter assembly and warehouse hall. The investment is in the mid-single-digit million euro range and includes a digital shifting rack warehouse for 4,660 pallet spaces. The hall is expected to begin operation in early 2022.

Ecolab Inc. will invest $9 million at its Huntington, Indiana plant to expand manufacturing and distribution facilities, creating 24 new jobs. The company manufactures hand soaps and sanitizers at the site.

Dangote Cement is doubling its capacity at its Yaoundé plant in Cameroon and targeting three million tonnes in the country. New plants are planned for commissioning in Niger, Benin, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Togo.

Aggreko is upgrading its production facility in Dumbarton, UK, with a £4.5 million investment. The project includes acquiring adjacent land, consolidating three locations into a campus, and converting the site into a low-emission energy hub.

Panjin Yuwang Nonwoven Fabric Co., Ltd. has started trial production of the first 3.2-meter SMSS spunmelt line at its second base in Panjin Lingang Economic Development Zone. The 100,000-tonne-per-year medical nonwoven fabric project, which began construction in April 2020, represents an investment of 350 million yuan and is expected to reach full capacity by mid-January 2021.

Lotte Chemical invested approximately 30 billion won to expand the production line at its Belenco engineered stone plant in Turkey, adding a third line with capacity of 120,000 sheets per year, to start commercial production by end of January 2021.

Albemarle plans to invest between $30 million and $50 million to expand lithium carbonate production at its Silver Peak, Nevada facility, aiming to double output by 2025.

Niagara Bottling plans a 180,000-square-foot expansion adjacent to its Mooresville facility, backed by a $12.2 million investment and an incentive of up to $241,166 over five years. The expansion would create eight new positions.

Pactiv LLC will invest $15 million to expand its existing Mooresville facility in Iredell County, with a county incentive of up to $270,158 over five years. Completion is anticipated by December 31, 2021.

Inix Technologies Holdings Bhd and L&S Gloves Sdn Bhd plan to commission an additional two latex glove production lines by February 2021, complementing the existing two lines. The companies aim to eventually commission 14 production lines with a capacity of over 110 million pieces of latex gloves per month.

Khuzestan Petrochemical Company plans to put into operation a new production line for solid powder epoxy resin in the first half of the next Iranian calendar year (starting March 2021). The unit will have a production capacity of roughly 3,000 tons per year.

Netpak Packaging has invested over $2 million in automated technology at its Montreal production plant, increasing production capacity by over 30%.

Pall Corporation is investing $114 million to expand production capacity at six existing facilities in Europe and the US, and build a new manufacturing facility in the US, focusing on single-use technology for biopharmaceuticals. The expansion is expected to add over 1,100 jobs globally through end of 2021.

ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel Corp. signed a 50/50 joint-venture agreement to build a $775 million electric-arc furnace at their AM/NS Calvert plant in Calvert, Alabama, to produce 1.5 million metric tons of steel slabs, with construction starting in 2021 and operational by first half of 2023.

AGS Automotive Systems is expanding its campus in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with a $5 million investment creating 100 jobs, to add capacity for autonomous vehicle technology components.

Stertil-Koni announced its Stertil ALM facility in Streator, Illinois is on track to produce its 15,000th mobile column lift this year, following a multi-year plant expansion that added 36,000 sq. ft. of production space.

Kemira completed the first phase of a two-stage capacity expansion at its Ellesmere Port, UK facility, increasing output of aluminum-based water treatment chemicals by over 30,000 tonnes annually from January 1, 2021.

ACC commissioned a new grinding unit at its Sindri facility in Jharkhand, India, adding 1.4 MTPA of cement capacity, effective January 2, 2021. The total capacity at Sindri is now 4.4 MTPA.

Simmons Machine Tool Corporation has established the Niles Technical Application Center at its Albany, New York facility to offer Niles-Simmons precision CNC machining centers to North American customers. The center will target aerospace, defense, railway and machinery manufacturing industries.

Audubon Metals Texas LLC, a subsidiary of Koch Enterprises, expanded operations to Corsicana, Texas, with a new 157,970 SF Zorba manufacturing facility. The project was financed with $14 million in New Markets Tax Credits and created 181 jobs.

Cherat Packaging Limited decided to install a fourth polypropylene line for woven bags at its existing site in Gadoon Amazai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with a capacity of 65 million bags per annum, costing approximately Rs1.10 billion, expected to be commissioned by December 31, 2021.

Dycotec Materials Ltd purchased a new 21,000 sq ft R&D and manufacturing centre in Calne, Wiltshire, UK, to expand capabilities for formulation development, product durability testing, and manufacturing capacity for printed electronic materials.

Axine Water Technologies opened a 10,000 square foot assembly facility in Metro Vancouver to manufacture, assemble, and test wastewater treatment systems.

BASF announced a single-digit million-euro investment to increase production capacity of water-based polyurethane dispersions by 30% at its Castellbisbal site in Spain.

PFF Group invested over £2m in custom-built machines from Hanbury-Autogil and hired 100 staff at its Washington, Tyne and Wear site to make disposable polythene aprons under a UK Department of Health and Social Care contract for 360 million aprons. The announcement is dated 5 January 2021.

Aero Precision, a firearms parts manufacturer, plans to relocate from Tacoma to a 268,000-square-foot facility in Lakewood Industrial Park, consolidating seven buildings into one and adding 60-100 jobs.

Jasper Lumber Co. and Canada's Tolko Industries Ltd. have formed a partnership to expand lumber production at a sawmill in Jasper, Alabama, through a $45 million project. The investment will triple capacity and create at least 60 jobs, with plans for new facilities and machinery.

Hytrol announced it will invest more than $20 million to open an advanced manufacturing operation in Fort Smith, Arkansas, creating 250 new jobs within five years. The facility is an existing 300,000 sqft building leased from Spartan Logistics.

Continental announced a €60 million (about $72.2 million) investment to expand its automotive plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, adding 20,000 sqm of production floor and creating 350 jobs. The project is expected to be completed by October 2022.

Stepan Company is building a new alkoxylation plant at its existing Pasadena, Texas facility with a $245 million investment. The plant will have a flexible capacity of 75,000 metric tons per year and is expected to come online in early 2024.

Heli Industrial Vehicles (Panjin) Co., Ltd. began construction of a new energy forklift production line in January 2021 with a total investment of 45 million yuan. The line is expected to reach mass production by December 2023 with a capacity of 5,000 units per year by 2025.

Novelis signed an MOU to invest approximately $300 million to expand automotive aluminum capabilities and establish the first automotive closed-loop recycling system at its Zhenjiang plant in Jiangsu, China. The project includes expanding the hot mill, adding a cold mill, and is expected to break ground in mid-2021.

Hytrol Conveyor Co. Inc. plans to invest more than $20 million and create 250 jobs in Fort Smith, Arkansas, for a new manufacturing facility to expand operations. The company will keep its Jonesboro facilities open.

Prolec GE announced an additional $85 million investment to build a new production line for single-phase pad-mounted transformers in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico, bringing total investment to over $145 million. The expansion will double production capacity and create over 500 jobs.

Birla Carbon announced the large-scale availability of clean carbon black products in India by expanding production capacity at its Gummidipoondi plant with a new production line.

Earlier in 2021 Verallia announced an expansion of its Jacutinga plant in Minas Gerais with an investment of R$370 million. The exact announcement date is not given.

UPM Raflatac will invest EUR 13 million in Nowa Wieś, Poland, to add a linerless coating line and slitting and packing capacity, adding 100 million m2 of Direct Thermal linerless annual capacity, expected operational by end of 2021.

Smurfit Westrock invested 26 million dollars to expand its corrugated cardboard plant in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The expansion was carried out in 2023 according to the article.

Infinity Machine & Engineering completed an 8,900 square meter expansion of its Green Bay facility in 2020, increasing manufacturing capacity. The company has also quadrupled machine sales to European tissue plants since 2017.

Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America is investing $5.5 million to expand its automotive compressor parts plant in Pendergrass, Jackson County, adding 15,000 sq ft, a new production line and at least 27 jobs.

Tyson Foods, Inc. plans to build new production facilities in China and Thailand, and expand its facility in The Netherlands, adding over 100,000 metric tons of fully cooked poultry capacity.

Hispanic Cheese Makers-Nuestro Queso expanded its Kent, Ill. operation, investing $15 million in new processing and packaging equipment plus additional cooler space.