Idé-Pro is investing in a major expansion of its light metal department in Skive, Denmark, including Denmark's largest die casting machine (Italpresse TF 1350), a zinc hot chamber machine, a Makino A61nx machining centre, and automation robots. All machines will be installed within the next few months.

Pee Empro Exports has added sweater manufacturing to its product basket and aims to reach a production capacity of 100,000 sweaters per month within 6 to 8 months. The company invested around Rs. 2 crore in the sweater project.

Isonat, part of Saint-Gobain, will invest €5 million to double the production capacity of its Mably plant to 42,000 tonnes per year by 2023, creating 30-40 jobs.

Romero Polo, in a joint venture with Aquambiente, was awarded a 5.4 million euro contract by the Catalan Water Agency to expand the Riudellots WWTP, increasing capacity from 1,600 to 2,200 m³ per day.

Evonik completed the first plant of its new polyamide 12 complex at the Marl Chemical Park in Germany, part of a €400 million investment. The first plant was finished in mid-October 2020, with full completion expected in the first half of 2021, increasing overall capacity by over 50%.

Metafrax Group began construction of a third formalin plant at its Moscow-area site, with a project cost of about 1.7 billion rubles, scheduled to finish within 2.5 years.

Metadynea, part of Metafrax Group, decided to expand its formaldehyde resins production capacity in Orekhovo-Zuyevo by 200,000 tons to 600,000 tons, with a project cost of 2.5 billion rubles.

Solvay has inaugurated its second plant for bio-based solvent Augeo in Paulinia, São Paulo, Brazil, increasing production capacity from 6,000 to 20,000 tons per year. The plant is already operating at full capacity.

Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical division Janssen doubled its automated continuous production line at the Latina, Italy plant, increasing capacity for oral treatments for patients worldwide.

IPL, a UK potato packer and part of the ASDA family, doubled the number of GIC8000 VFFS machines at its Inchture site in Perthshire, Scotland, in February 2020, increasing throughput by 25% and productivity by 15%.

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) announced a $23 million expansion of its complex in Juncos, Puerto Rico, including $16 million from BD for equipment, construction, and job creation, and $7 million in incentives from the DDEC. The expansion will increase production capacity.

B.Braun is within months of beginning full-scale commercial production of IV saline solution at its Daytona Beach plant, after investing approximately $210 million. The plant will undergo FDA inspection by end of 2020, and a future expansion is planned on adjacent land.

Shin-Etsu Chemical announced facility investments totaling ¥30 billion to expand photoresist production capacity at its Naoetsu Plant in Japan and Shin-Etsu Electronics Materials Taiwan. The second-phase construction in Taiwan is aimed for completion by February 2021, and the Naoetsu expansion by February 2022.

Shin-Etsu Chemical will spend an estimated 30 billion yen ($285 million) to raise capacity for a crucial semiconductor plant material by 20%, expanding its supply for cutting-edge chip production. The company will start output of cutting-edge EUV resist outside Japan, in Taiwan.

Atlantic Packaging Products announced construction of a new 100% recycled paper machine next to its existing Whitby, Ontario machine, producing 400,000 tons per year of containerboard. Production is scheduled for Q1 2022.

Incora, a global aerospace supply chain company, will expand in McDonough, Georgia, resulting in 70 new jobs and representing an investment of $13 million. The company will lease 250,000 square feet at the existing spec building at Southern Gateway at Lambert Farms.

Indorama Ventures' Sustainable Solutions business is committing $11 million to expand its plastic bottle recycling plant in Athens, AL, adding 100,000 sq ft of space and creating 18 new jobs.

Goya Foods is investing $80 million into its manufacturing and distribution facility in Brookshire, Texas. The investment will double production capacity and purchase new food processing equipment to meet increased demand.

Priority Plastics says it acquired and installed injection stretch blow molding (ISBM) equipment at its Portland, Indiana facility to increase PET container capacity. The article gives no installation date.

Hilite International is expanding its Whitehall, Michigan operations with state support, a project expected to bring $9.6 million in private investment and 108 new jobs by 2022, chosen over a site in Texas.

Rolls-Royce Power Systems is adding a new research and development building and multi-phase expansion of its MTU power-generation manufacturing plant in Mankato, Minnesota, creating 20 jobs.

Profile Metal Forming plans to invest $2.5 million to expand its operations in McKenzie, Tennessee, adding nearly 7,000 square feet and a new 1,000-ton press line, creating 23 jobs by 2025.

McCain Foods is expanding its factory in Lelystad, Netherlands, by 9,000 m2, increasing production capacity by 33%, with an investment of €65 million.

Wacker Chemie AG is investing around USD 100 million to build a new reactor for VAE dispersions and a new spray dryer for dispersible polymer powders at its Nanjing site, more than doubling capacity. Construction is set to start after permits are issued, with completion scheduled for the second half of 2022.

AO Zavod im. Gadzhieva plans to spend 600 million rubles on technical re-equipment and expansion of its blank production in Makhachkala, Dagestan, with 213.18 million rubles spent so far and 570 jobs planned, of which 95 have been created.

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

Teleflex Medical OEM is expanding its Trenton, Georgia facility by 16,000 square feet to add a renovated wire development area and an expanded film-cast tubing center. The expansion is expected to be completed in Q1 2021.

Fabrimetal opened a third steel assembly line at its plant in Viana, Luanda, Angola, with an investment of $21 million. The line will produce hot-rolled bars, profiles, angles and steel rods, increasing capacity to 12,000 tons per month and creating about 677 jobs.

MGM Minerals Limited proposed to expand its project in Nimdha, Dhenkanal, Odisha, by setting up a 0.125 MTPA sponge iron plant, 0.6 MTPA pellet plant, 0.25 MTPA MS billets, 0.25 MTPA TMT and wire rods, and a 40 MW captive power plant, with an investment of Rs. 801.89 crore, likely creating 1300 jobs.

Aerojet Rocketdyne is completing a two-year, $60 million project at its Chatsworth campus to add new buildings and manufacturing lines for RS-25 rocket engines for NASA's Space Launch System. The project is expected to be complete by the end of May 2021.

Epta is investing $27 million to establish a new 350,000-square-foot North American headquarters facility in Columbus, Georgia, expected to create 200 new jobs.

Sany Heavy Lifting is investing 400 million yuan to build a new 38,000-square-meter plant in Ningxiang, Hunan, to increase production capacity of 8-16 ton truck cranes from 200 to 500 units per month. Construction started in May 2020, with structural lines expected to be operational by mid-October 2020 and painting line by December 2020.

Nine Dragons Paper expects its 550,000-tonne-per-year packaging paper capacity in Malaysia to start production before the end of Q2 2022. The plan was disclosed on 2020-10-10.

Nine Dragons Paper said it plans to add 1.2 million tonnes of packaging paper capacity at its Hubei base by end-2022, alongside a 600,000-tonne wood pulp expansion in Shenyang. The plans were disclosed with its annual results reported on 2020-10-10.

Skanska signed a contract to design and build an 8,000-square-meter expansion and renovate 1,900 square meters of an existing aluminum processing facility in the Southeast USA, valued at $91 million.

Polyplex USA announced a $100 million-plus expansion at its Decatur, Alabama facility, adding a second BOPET film line with 50 thousand tonnes capacity and resin debottlenecking. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2021 with production expected by end 2022.

Manko Window Systems completed a 55,000 sq. ft. expansion to its Manhattan, KS plant in 2020, including a new powder coat paint line, expanded fabrication areas, and additional office space.

Cast Nylons Co., Ltd. announced it will expand its operations in Willoughby, Ohio, by purchasing and refurbishing two vacant buildings totaling over 14,000 square feet adjacent to its current location. The project will expand its product portfolio and workforce over the next three years.

Lockheed Martin announced plans to create 6,000 jobs across the U.S., including 2,000 in Texas, as it expands advanced manufacturing capacity for munitions. The company is investing $300 million in its Grand Prairie operation, adding 100,000 square feet of new space and 85,000 square feet of office space converted for manufacturing, and partnering with Hadrian to install an automated machining cell expected to be operational in early 2027.

Georgia-Pacific announced an expansion of its gypsum plant in Fletcher, Oklahoma, creating about 12 new jobs. The expansion is set to begin in January 2021 and be completed by March 2022.

Tummers Food Processing Solutions has started an expansion project at its facility in the Netherlands, including a new workshop and office building. The project is expected to take one to two years.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is expanding its Perth, Scotland plant to increase capacity for COVID-19 sample testing, creating 200 jobs. The expansion is expected to be completed in Q1 2021.

ELLWOOD Specialty Steel broke ground on an aluminum expansion at its facility in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, to house product from its new ELLWOOD Aluminum facility.

Kysor Warren Epta US, a subsidiary of Epta, will invest over $27 million to expand its operations in Columbus, Georgia, creating 200 jobs. The company is opening a 350,000-square-foot facility that will serve as its North American headquarters.

Covestro launched a new production line for polycarbonate films at its Map Ta Phut site in Thailand, part of a global expansion with over €100 million investment.

Kromek Group implemented a substantial expansion programme at its UK headquarters to increase CZT manufacturing capacity and D3S production.

Teknor Apex will invest $7.4 million and create 20 jobs at its Brownsville, Tennessee facility by installing new machinery to expand product scope.

Zavod Vysotnykh Konstruktsiy (Lifting Equipment Plant) plans to relocate and expand its production facility in Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast, with an investment of over 200 million rubles. The project will create 140 jobs and increase output to 2.2 million units of lifting equipment per year by 2023.

Intel announced that its Fab 42 facility in Arizona has fully begun operations, using 10nm process technology to produce processors. The company has invested over $23 billion in the facility.

Medicom Group announced the expansion of its U.S. mask manufacturing operations by adding a second factory in the Augusta, Georgia region, with triple the square footage of its existing facility, to produce surgical and N95-type masks.