Röchling Medical, part of Röchling Group, is investing €50 million in a new production building and equipment at its site in Neuhaus am Rennweg, Germany, adding 1,850 m² of cleanroom space for extrusion blow molding. The expansion will create about 30 new jobs.

MMI Textiles Inc. will open a 30,000-square-foot production facility in Lenoir, North Carolina, to produce narrow fabrics, including mil-spec webbing and binding tape, starting in Q1 2021. The facility will also house Mikan Printing's print operations under one roof.

The Department of Defense awarded a $2.5 million contract to Hollingsworth & Vose to increase domestic production capability of filter media. The expansion will increase production capacity to 100 million mask equivalents per year in Floyd, VA by October 2021.

Grupa Steinhof received a tax support decision to invest at least PLN 12.5 million in building a new production hall in Niedomice and modernizing its existing plant in Tarnów, Poland, increasing production capacity.

Zürn Harvesting has upgraded its manufacturing facilities in Merchingen, Germany, with a new powder coating plant that can coat parts up to 14 meters long, meeting latest environmental standards.

Tenova, through its Pomini Tenova brand, has commissioned a roll grinding machine and roll shop equipment for JW Aluminum's new hot rolling mill at its expansion plant in Goose Creek, South Carolina.

Mins Elektro will start construction of a production complex for electrical cabinets in Zrenjanin, Serbia, in early 2021. The first phase is valued at EUR 500,000 and aims to triple production capacity.

Span Tech LLC plans to invest $13.2 million to build a 100,000-square-foot facility in Glasgow, Kentucky, creating 40 jobs. Construction is expected to start in spring 2021 with completion by early 2022.

XINFA Group ordered two additional plasterboard production lines from Grenzebach for its plant in Chiping-Liaocheng, Shandong, China, expanding daily production to approximately 830,000 m², making it the world's largest plasterboard plant at a single location.

American Gypsum Company LLC will modernize and expand its wallboard plant in Duke, Oklahoma, with Grenzebach delivering a complete plant by Q3 2027, increasing production capacity by over 25% and reducing operating costs by nearly 20%.

Hardinge Inc. announced plans to shift manufacturing of its milling and turning machining center solutions from its Taiwan plant to its Elmira, New York facility, investing in new assembly capabilities and heat-treat equipment. The transition will be completed in Q1 2021.

Gentherm announced plans to hire more than 250 workers at its Celaya plant in Mexico as part of its consolidation in North American manufacturing.

SENNEBOGEN is expanding its Wackersdorf plant in Germany, including a new Plant 4 for telehandler production, along with a new façade, outdoor facilities, machine shipping area, and employee parking lots.

Komatsu plans to expand in Peoria, with construction on new facilities beginning in April.

Masaba Mining Equipment is building a 50,000-square-foot addition to its facility in Vermillion. The expansion was announced on December 14, 2020.

Minnesota Diversified Industries, a nonprofit plastics manufacturer, is adding a polypropylene extruder to its Grand Rapids facility with a nearly $3 million investment. The expansion will add 75 jobs over the next decade.

Nipro will spend over 100 billion yen ($958 million) to double global production of dialyzers (artificial kidneys) used in dialysis machines, including expanding capacity at its factory in Vietnam.

SteelFab will invest $23.6 million to expand its structural steel facility in Roanoke, Alabama, adding 40,000 sq. ft. to the Heavy Fab building and creating 32 jobs, with completion by June 2021.

Rolls-Royce announced a $13.9 million investment in its Power Systems business unit for a new R&D building and expansion of its MTU power generation manufacturing facility in Mankato, Minnesota, adding 28,000 sq ft and 20 jobs.

QIAGEN North American Holdings is expanding its US headquarters and R&D manufacturing facility in Germantown, Maryland, renovating its 146,000-square foot facility to expand production of COVID-19 and other disease testing products. The company has already added around 80 contracted staff and invested over $7 million.

Baosteel Zhanjiang Steel Company Limited plans to invest $5.35 billion to add No. 4 and No. 5 blast furnace systems at its facility in China, including coking plants, power utilities, sintering, iron-making, steel-making and steel-rolling plants. The project will begin construction in 2022 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

Windsor Mold USA Inc., parent company of Canada-based Tenneplas, will invest $3.5 million in a 37,500-square-foot expansion of its operations complex in Giles County, Tennessee, creating 40 jobs over five years. The company also purchased over $2.4 million in manufacturing equipment.

EuWe Eugen Wexler US Plastics, Inc., a subsidiary of the Germany-based EuWe Group, announced an $8.6 million expansion of its production facility in Williamston, Anderson County, South Carolina, creating 16 new jobs. The expansion includes acquisition of 13 acres and is expected to be completed by mid-2021.

Horn USA relocated all production capabilities to a new facility 0.5 miles from its original office in September 2020, with an investment of approximately $29 million. The new building has a total area of 11,000 square meters and can accommodate up to 300 people.

Howmet Aerospace expanded its manufacturing capacity in Whitehall, Michigan, with a 160,000 square foot facility housing 15 casting furnaces, improving capacity by 22 percent. The expansion project began in April 2018 and was completed by 2020.

ABB announced plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Hackettstown, New Jersey, doubling the solid dielectric switchgear footprint to 24,000 sq ft and adding 60 jobs. Completion is expected in late 2021.

Mogul Tekstil will add two new meltblown nonwoven lines to its existing four lines at its facility in Gaziantep, Turkey, to meet PPE demand. The first line is expected operational by January 2021, the second by June 2021.

Windsor Mold USA Inc., parent company of Tenneplas, will invest $3.5 million in a 37,500-square-foot expansion at its Giles County, Tennessee facility, adding 40 jobs over five years. The expansion adds warehousing and manufacturing capacity.

KZTO Radiator (OOO KZTO Radiator) plans to invest 286.3 million rubles in 2020-2023 to acquire eight pieces of equipment and create about 60 new jobs by 2025, with a further 98.6 million rubles in 2024-2025 for capacity upgrades.

Thermotechnika-Crown Cool laid the cornerstone for a new 1,000-square-meter hall and will renovate an existing 1,200-square-meter hall in Tatabánya, Hungary, increasing modernized storage and production area by 2,200 square meters.

Valve maker Didtek has built a new 3,900 square metre factory to expand production of gate, globe and check valves, to meet rising demand. Contagas, its distributor, reported it on 10 December 2020.

Coronado Global Resources requested two new fleets from NRW Holdings for the Curragh coal mine in Queensland, adding about $50 million to the existing mining services contract, bringing it to $107 million. The expansion will support around 150 new jobs.

Dematic GmbH is installing a fully automated high-bay warehouse at Sivafrost's frozen storage facility in Dendermonde, Belgium, doubling storage capacity to 30,000 pallets with four stacker cranes and conveyor systems.

Sensor Electronic Technology Inc. (SETi) announced a $55 million expansion of its UV LED manufacturing operation in Columbia, South Carolina, creating 40 new jobs. The expansion is expected to be completed by late 2022.

Alpine Power Systems has expanded its Critical Power Division into the Northwestern U.S. by opening a new 6,000 square foot facility in Arlington, Oregon. The expansion includes new hires and investment in vehicles and equipment.

S-5! is expanding its manufacturing facility in Iowa Park, Texas, by over 20,000 square feet, increasing the total to 63,000 square feet. The expansion is driven by growth in solar and snow retention markets.

Pideca, part of Sodeca Group, officially inaugurated new facilities in Sant Quirze de Besora, occupying 6,000 m2, expanding production, welding, sheet metal and robotics areas, creating 30 new jobs, with investments of around 3 million euros in machinery over the last four years.

Integro Technologies Corp., an industrial automation company, will invest $2.67 million to expand its engineering and development center in Salisbury, North Carolina, adding 30 new jobs over five years. The expansion adds 10,000 square feet of space.

Tjoapack will invest more than €10 million over the next two years in its Etten-Leur site, growing it from 8,500 m2 to 11,500 m2 and adding eight production lines to double oral solid dose packaging capacity to over four billion tablets a year.

MilliporeSigma has expedited a $22 million, 25,000-square-foot expansion at its Jaffrey, New Hampshire facility, adding production lines for single-use and filtration products. The expansion responds to surging demand from COVID-19 vaccine and therapy developers.

Harmac Medical Products announced a major investment in its Castlerea, Co Roscommon, Ireland facility to accelerate manufacturing of surgical masks and non-invasive ventilation products, creating 60 new jobs.

Hunan Kaishi Machinery invested CNY 200 million to build a new smart factory in Anxiang Industrial Park, completing relocation and starting production. The facility features robot production lines for sewing machine parts.

Valmet Automotive will establish a high-volume battery system production facility at its Uusikaupunki car plant in Finland, scheduled to start in the latter half of 2021. The expansion follows a nomination as Tier 1 supplier for a battery program by a new automotive customer.

The Arnott's Group is investing $8 million to upgrade its Campbell's Soup plant in Shepparton, Victoria, increasing production capacity by 16.5 million kg per year. The first phase commenced on 1 December 2020, with full completion expected by June 2021.

Berry Global's subsidiary Nanhai Nanxin Nonwovens held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $67 million expansion project in Jiujiang, Foshan, China. The project will add three production lines for medical nonwovens, including a high-barrier spunmelt line, a film line, and a composite line.

Showa Denko Materials will invest approximately 20 billion yen to expand production capacity for CMP slurries, laminate materials (prepreg), and photosensitive solder resists at its subsidiary SDSMT in Tainan, Taiwan. The CMP slurry expansion starts January 2022, and mass production of prepregs and solder resists begins January 2023.

Nortek Global HVAC announced a $3 million investment to modernize its Dyersburg, Tennessee plant and add a production line for data center air handling units.

MicroVention Terumo announced on December 7, 2020, the construction of a new 20,000-square-meter plant in El Coyol, Alajuela, Costa Rica, with an investment of US$80 million. The expansion will create 2,000 new jobs, bringing total employment to 3,000 by 2022.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is expanding its manufacturing capabilities at its Vilnius site in Lithuania, increasing production of life sciences products and creating 140 new jobs.

International Automotive Components Group (IAC Group) will invest $4.6 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Strasburg, Virginia, adding new auto component lines and creating 47 new jobs.