ChengLai Electric signed an agreement with Yian Economic Development Zone to build a smart step-up substation equipment and inverter assembly production base. The project has a total investment of about 1 billion yuan and will be built in two phases.

Anhui Fudibang Auto Parts Co., Ltd. started construction of a new energy vehicle parts manufacturing project in Yian Economic Development Zone, Tongling, Anhui, China. The project has a total investment of 1.05 billion yuan and will produce 47 million sets of automotive interior and exterior parts annually.

Tecnoglass will operate a new glass plant in Galapa, Colombia, starting in 2022, as part of a joint venture with Saint-Gobain. The plant will produce float glass.

Tenova TAKRAF completed the supply and installation of a bucket wheel excavator-conveyor-spreader system at CPI Mongdong Energy Group's Zhahanaoer open pit mine in Inner Mongolia, China. The system, inaugurated in late November 2014, features the largest BWE of its kind in Asia.

Diamyd Medical is setting up a new manufacturing facility in Umeå, Sweden, to produce recombinant GAD65 for its diabetes vaccine Diamyd. Initial investments are estimated at approximately SEK 20 million (about USD 2 million).

A 22.7 MW flexible gas power plant delivered by Wärtsilä to Cooperative Energy in Benndale, Mississippi, commenced commercial operations on April 8, 2020. The plant uses two Wärtsilä 31SG gas engines.

FAW Group started construction of a new assembly plant for Hongqi-branded new energy vehicles in Changchun, China, with an investment of CNY7.8 billion (US$1.1 billion) and an annual capacity of 200,000 vehicles.

BASF has officially launched its largest-ever investment project, the BASF smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, with financing estimated up to US$10 billion. Initial plants for engineering plastics and TPU are expected to go into production by 2022, with the full site completed by 2030.

Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will build a high-end semiconductor chip manufacturing and testing plant in Qingdao, Shandong province, with joint funding from the local government. Construction starts in 2020, production in 2021, full capacity by 2025.

Foxconn Technology Group plans to build a new semiconductor packaging and testing factory in Qingdao, China, focusing on chips for 5G and AI hardware. Construction is set to start in 2020.

IKD Co., Ltd. announced on April 15, 2020, that it will invest 500 million yuan (approx. $70 million) to build a two-phase automotive lightweight aluminum precision die-casting plant in Liuzhou, Guangxi. The project will add 30 million parts per year capacity.

Bambach Wires and Cables, a subsidiary of Energy Technologies, started operating a new manufacturing plant in Rosedale, Victoria, in early 2020, with a $7 million investment supported by a $2.3 million federal grant. The plant produces specialist and industrial cables and aims to create 40 jobs.

Linglong held a project launch ceremony for its fifth Chinese manufacturing base in Changchun, Jilin Province. The plant will have an annual capacity of 12 million passenger car tyres, 2 million truck and bus tyres, and 200,000 commercial retreads, with a total investment of 4.89 billion yuan ($700 million).

Bimbo QSR, a division of Grupo Bimbo, is planning to build a commercial bakery at an unselected site in the southeastern US, with sites in Florida, Georgia and Mississippi under consideration. Site selection is expected in Q2 2020.

CarbonLITE Industries LLC is planning to construct a polyethylene terephthalate recycling plant near Orlando, Florida, with an estimated EPC cost of $80 million. The plant will have capacity to produce 70-80 million lb of food-grade pellets per year, with construction expected to begin in 2021.

BlueNalu, Inc. is planning to establish a cell-based seafood pilot plant adjacent to its offices in San Diego, California, with an estimated EPC cost of $20 million.

Alliance Metals USA is planning to construct an aluminum smelter in Wenden, Arizona, with an estimated EPC cost of $30 million. The facility will process scrap metal into aluminum ingots and T-bars for automotive, aerospace and military industries.

Danobat Railway Systems opened new facilities in Bergara, Guipuzcoa, Spain, with a €12 million investment and 10,000 square meters of space. The facility aims to become a top turnkey machinery supplier for the railway sector.

B. Braun is investing 70 million Swiss francs to build a new production facility (N.I.C.O.) in Sempach, Switzerland, to double production capacity of hand disinfectants. Construction is expected to start in May 2020.

Carbios and TechnipFMC will build a demonstration plant near Lyon, France, using Carbios' enzymatic recycling process to depolymerize waste PET plastics into monomers. Construction starts in 2020 with first operations expected in 2021.

Hunan Xinhengrong Electric Co., Ltd. filed a project for a new plant in Jianghua High-tech Zone, Hunan, to produce 20 million motor stator and rotor chips per year. The investment is 60 million yuan (approx. $8.5 million).

Estun Automation plans to establish a Cloos laser welding and 3D metal printing global R&D center in Nanjing, China, to further develop laser technology.

Shandong Linglong Tyre held a ground-breaking ceremony for its fifth Chinese manufacturing base in Changchun, Jilin Province. The plant will have an annual capacity of 120 million semi-steel radial tyres, two million all-steel radial tyres and 200,000 re-treaded tyres, with an investment of RMB4.89 billion (US$700 million).

Horton is opening a 112,000-square-foot engine cooling plant in the Oconee Industry and Technology Park in Westminster, South Carolina, with an early-May 2020 opening and plans to grow staff from 10 to 125 within five years.

Lihuayi Group is constructing a 400,000-tonne-per-year high-performance ABS resin integration project at its Lijin Refining & Chemical site in Shandong, with a total investment of CNY 6.18 billion. The project covers 1,228 acres and will produce ABS resin and other new materials.

Corobrik is building a new R800 million (€50.4 million) mega factory alongside its existing Driefontein facility in Gauteng, South Africa. The plant will produce 100 million bricks per year and is due to become operational in November 2020.

Asahi Printing completed a pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging factory in Kizugawa, Kyoto, built for about 6 billion yen next to an existing plant. It will start full operation within the month, alongside its Toyama site.

Valve maker BMT signed an investment MOU with Busan city to move its headquarters and production plant from Yangsan to the Gijang Advanced Materials Industrial Complex. The KRW 39.5 billion project on a 47,933 square meter site is due by 2023 and will create at least 50 new jobs.

Honzon Hi-Tech (Beijing) Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. completed the Phase II project of the Ningdong Mining Area mine water and coal chemical wastewater treatment and utilization project for Shenhua Ningmei Group, successfully producing salt on March 31, 2019.

Ningbo LG Yongxing Chemical Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 100,000-ton-per-year nitrile butadiene latex (NBL) polymer material project with a total investment of 330 million yuan, expected to be completed in about one year.

Jiangsu Shuangzheng Machinery is building a new factory in Xuzhou High-tech Zone, covering 120 acres with 60,000 sqm of construction, to produce slewing bearings and drives. The new plant is expected to be put into production in 2020.

Solvay announced a new vanillin manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang, China, boosting production capacity by 40%. The plant is expected to be operational by end of 2014.

Plexus Corp. officially opened a new 265,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Guadalajara Technology Park, Mexico, with an investment of nearly $40 million. At full capacity, the site could employ over 740 people.

Sinotruk Hiab (Shandong) Equipment Co., Ltd, a 50/50 joint venture between Hiab (Cargotec) and China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, celebrated its official inauguration in TaiAn, Shandong province, China. The JV was established in November 2013.

The All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Materials (VIAM) has received a permit to build a production complex for gas turbine engine disk blanks in Beloozersky, Voskresensk. Investment is RUB 960 million, construction to be completed by mid-2021.

Haier Group will invest over EUR 50 million to build a 54,000 sqm refrigerator factory in Aricetii Rahtivani, Prahova County, Romania. The factory will have a maximum capacity of 600,000 units and create 750 jobs.

Metso's Neles Globe Valve Technology Center in Chungju, South Korea, is operational and ready for global deliveries of globe valves for oil and gas and power customers.

Gerresheimer is building a new plant in North Macedonia to produce medical plastic systems and syringes, as part of its 2020 capital expenditure program.

Südwolle Group's Vietnamese entity Da Lat Worsted Spinning has started production at its new Ninh Thuan Dyeing Textile Co. Ltd. factory in Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam. The first phase has a capacity of 1,450 tons/year, with a second phase planned for 4,000 tons/year.

The Polish branch of Bodo Möller Chemie Group has moved into a new building in Suchy Las, Poland, with a 1,000 m² warehouse offering 600 pallet spaces and 25 chilled pallet spaces. Two new skilled workers were hired.

Zhongce Rubber Group (ZC Rubber) is building a new digital tire plant in Hangzhou, China, with an investment of $300 million. The plant is expected to be completed in 2023 and will focus on manufacturing and automation.

Dandong Dayang Power Equipment Factory started construction of a power equipment manufacturing and R&D center in Dandong, Liaoning, on April 8, 2020. The project has a total investment of 150 million yuan and is expected to be completed and operational by April 2021.

Tsingtao Brewery has begun key construction projects costing 1 billion yuan (about $144 million) in Pingdu, Shibei district and the West Coast New Area in Qingdao, Shandong. The Pingdu smart industrial park will include a logistics center, custom production platforms, a package printing factory and yeast processing plants.

Biocon is investing $100 million in a new fermentation-based active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production facility in Visakhapatnam, India. The facility is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2021.

Bluestar Dongda held a kick-off meeting marking the start of construction of a new park for a 300,000-ton high-performance polyether polyol project in Zibo, China, approved by ChemChina.

Contract manufacturer Anomatic will build a 250,000-square-foot facility on 22.9 acres in New Albany, Ohio, in an approximately $68 million investment creating at least 140 jobs. New Albany City Council approved a consolidated incentive agreement on April 7, 2020.

Kroger and Ocado will build a 350,000-sq.-ft. automated customer fulfillment center.

Ferraro Foods, importer of Italian foods, will build a new distribution center in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Walmart opened its first beef production facility to be operated by FLP Foods in Thomasville, Georgia. The 201,000-sq.-ft. facility employs more than 200.

Fresh Bourbon Distilling Company plans to build a 34,000-sq.-ft. facility near Lexington, Kentucky’s Distillery District.