Toray Plastics (America) opened a $4 million innovation center in Front Royal, Virginia, for its polyolefin foam business. The center complements a recent $40 million expansion of the plant that includes a new extrusion line, irradiation unit, and salt bath unit.

Beijing Scinor Membrane Technology signed a contract to invest 350 million yuan ($50M) in a 100-mu (6.67-hectare) plant in Yangzhou High-tech Zone to produce 100,000 wastewater membrane treatment units annually.

Nanjing Tengya Precision Tool Technology Co., Ltd. invested 2 billion yuan to build a precision tool R&D and manufacturing base in the Bo'wang District of Ma'anshan, Anhui Province. The project will cover 100 mu, with 100,000 square meters of R&D and production space, and is expected to start construction by the end of June 2020.

Jiangsu Hongshun Aluminum Co., Ltd. received approval for a 200,000-ton-per-year recycled aluminum project in Jianhu Shanggang Industrial Park, Yancheng, Jiangsu. The project involves an investment of 200 million yuan and will be built in two phases, each with 100,000 tons capacity.

Fuxin Semiconductor's analog chip IDM project, with a total investment of CNY 40 billion, will build a 12-inch wafer fab with 65-90nm process technology, producing power management analog chips for automotive, AI, mobile, smart home and industrial applications. The project is located in the Hangzhou High-tech Zone (Binjiang) Fuyang Special Cooperation Zone.

Jiangsu Dingmao Semiconductor Co., Ltd. plans a new project to produce 5 million sets of micro-electromechanical (MEMS) chips annually. The project is located in Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province.

Hanson Construction Materials received final approval on 5 August for a new sand quarry in Grantville, Victoria, expected to produce 300,000 tonnes of sand per annum and create 20 jobs, with production starting mid-2021.

Sigmatex has built a new 250,000 square foot industrial unit for the production of specially woven carbon fibres, with a contract value of £3.6 million.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia (HCA) opened a new $80 million headquarters facility in Brisbane, featuring a mining and construction assembly workshop and remanufacturing capabilities.

Atlantis-Pak, part of the Agrokom Group, will build a production line for high-barrier films on the premises of the Rostov Civil Aviation Plant No. 412 in Rostov-on-Don. The line will have a capacity of 800 kg/hour, with commissioning planned for October 2020. Total investment is over 3 billion rubles, with a second line planned by end of 2023 to reach 10,600 tons per year.

SIT Group is completing a new flexible packaging factory in San Marino, with four new gravure printing machines and a laminator, as part of roughly €80 million in investments. The factory is due to open in June 2020.

Miami Industrial Trucks, Inc., a material handling distributor, opened a new full-service 10,000 sq ft facility in Holland, Ohio (Toledo area) to include shop service, parts, equipment inventory, rentals, and safety training.

Work has started on a $46 million railcar manufacturing facility in Bellevue, Western Australia, as part of a $1.25 billion contract with Alstom. The plant will include three cranes and produce around 250 railcars over the next decade, with first railcars expected in service by 2022.

Etex Group announced a £140 million investment to build a new plasterboard manufacturing facility for its Siniat brand at Royal Portbury Dock in Bristol, UK. The plant will double production capacity and is expected to start operations in 2022, creating around 50 jobs.

Shanghai Nuotian Industrial Group's subsidiary Jiangsu Nuotian Environmental Protection Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signed a land agreement on March 17, 2020, for a new plant in Dantu, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. The project involves an investment of 160 million yuan and will produce about 450 water treatment units per year.

Shandong Ruifeng Polymer Materials Co., Ltd. announced plans to invest up to 320 million yuan to build a 60,000-tonne-per-year PBAT biodegradable plastics plant in Zibo, Shandong, China. The project is expected to be completed by June 30, 2021.

Evraz, through its joint venture Allegro with Rail Service, will build a railroad wheel manufacturing plant in the Titanium Valley special economic zone in Sverdlovsk region, Russia. Investments are estimated at 16 billion rubles, with an initial capacity of 200,000 wheels per year, expandable to 300,000. Production is expected to launch in 2022.

Construction of the mining and processing plant at the Udokan copper deposit in Zabaikalye region, Russia, has begun assembling metal structures. The plant is expected to be commissioned in 2022 and will employ about 2,000 people.

Manjushree Technopack has launched a new greenfield rigid plastic packaging plant in Silvassa, western India, with capacity of 10,000 MTPA and an investment of INR 100+ crore.

Daikin Applied opened a new manufacturing facility in southern Minnesota dedicated to production of the Rebel Applied packaged rooftop system, featuring advanced fabrication and automation technologies.

Interroll (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. will close its existing Suzhou factory in 2022 and open a new manufacturing location in the area, investing CNY 181 million (CHF 25 million) to expand production capacity.

Construction has started at Kazankompressormash in Tatarstan on a new production site for large compressors. The new workshop will produce units with drive capacity above 25 MW.

CHIRON opened its Precision Factory in Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany, the largest single investment in the company's history at EUR 34.5 million. The factory can produce up to 400 machining centers per year and was completed in 15 months from groundbreaking.

Poonglim Pharmatech began construction of a 17.8 billion won medical device plant in Saemangeum Industrial Complex, Gunsan, South Korea, to produce syringes, needles, and masks by 2022.

Shaanxi Tongli Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. began construction of a non-road dump truck and all-terrain mining truck manufacturing base in Fengdong New City, Xixian New Area. The project involves a total investment of 1.2 billion yuan, with annual production capacity of 6,000 non-road dump trucks and 500 all-terrain mining trucks, and will create over 1,200 jobs.

OMRON announced the grand opening of its new 128,000 square foot robotics and safety automation business headquarters in Pleasanton, California, with a $10 million investment. The facility will design, develop, test and manufacture robotic and safety automation solutions.

Rolls-Royce created a new engine controls capability near Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, to assemble and test electronic engine controllers for its U.S. defense business. The first controller has been completed.

Medline Industries will invest over $70 million to build a new one-million-square-foot distribution center in Richmond Hill, Georgia, creating 150 new jobs with capacity for more than 600 workers. The facility is expected to be completed in 2021.

Atanor, part of Grupo Albaugh, inaugurated a new biological effluent treatment plant at its industrial complex in Río Tercero, Argentina, costing US$6 million, as part of a planned US$70 million investment in Argentina through 2022.

Hisense is investing $800,000 to establish a new air conditioner assembly line in Pakistan with a capacity of 150,000 units per year. The company is initially utilizing 20% of capacity to test the market.

Mueller Water Products is building one of the world's largest finished goods brass foundries in Decatur, Illinois, to add production capacity for the water infrastructure industry. The facility is expected to employ 250 workers.

Turkish wood panel producer Kastamonu Entegre earmarked EUR 15 million for an industrial adhesives plant in Reghin, central Romania. The plant will have a capacity of 100,000 tons of formaldehyde and 130,000 tons of urea resins and other products, covering the manufacturer's need for adhesives.

Malion New Materials will invest CNY120 million ($17.2 million) to build production lines with annual capacity of 8,000 tons of meltblown non-woven fabric for face masks in Shantou, Guangdong. The construction period is estimated at one year.

Italian packaging company Iriapak will invest $7 million to establish a packaging film manufacturing facility in eastern New Orleans, its first North American plant, creating 25 direct jobs.

Powell Valves agreed to sell its Cincinnati headquarters to the Port and will build a new facility on 4 acres north of the former Sara Lee/Kahn's site, after 174 years at its current location.

Aptar opened a 5,000 square meter facility in Chonburi, Thailand, with injection, assembly and finishing capabilities and room for expansion. The opening was reported on 11 March 2020.

Arglass Yamamura, a joint venture between Cambium and Nihon Yamamura, will invest $123 million to build its first U.S. glass container manufacturing plant in Valdosta, Georgia. The facility will create over 150 jobs and is expected to begin production by the end of 2020.

Work has started on a $46 million railcar manufacturing facility in Bellevue, Western Australia, where 246 METRONET C-series railcars and six Australind replacement railcars will be built. The facility is part of a $1.25 billion contract with Alstom.

Cementos Progreso plans to build three concrete plants in David, Colón, and Tocumen, Panama in 2020.

KISCO and its subsidiary DAITO-KISCO opened a new facility in Iksan, Korea, to produce photo active compounds and DNQ for electronics, with mass production starting in March 2020.

A Louisville manufacturer is opening a new facility with just under $3 million invested, aiming to grow capacity incrementally over the next five years.

Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. and the City of Atlanta opened a nutrient recovery facility at the R.M. Clayton Water Reclamation Center to recover phosphorus for fertilizer.

Serre mécanique, a precision mechanics company, is constructing a 3,900 m² factory in Valence, moving from Portes-lès-Valence, with completion expected in summer 2020.

Baiyun Electric Group's Nanjing Electrical Glass Insulator Digital Factory project broke ground in Qixia District, Nanjing. The project has a total investment of RMB 700 million, spans 69 mu, and includes 68,000 square meters of floor space. It will feature automated production lines for tempered-glass insulator components and is scheduled for construction from 2020 to 2024.

Dairy group Ausnutria and packaging company Trivium are building a new can factory at the Internationaal Bedrijvenpark Friesland in Heerenveen for EUR 30 million, shared between them. The plant is due for completion at end 2020 and needs 50 to 60 workers.

Stannah announced plans to build a new factory at Andover Business Park to consolidate stairlift and lift production under one roof. The move is expected to create around 10 new jobs and resolve space constraints at existing sites.

Meghna Group of Industries (MGI) inaugurated nine new industrial units, including a cement plant, sugar refinery, and shipyard, at its economic zone in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. The company invested BDT 40 billion (US$471.9 million) and expects to employ 8,400 workers.

Brose held a groundbreaking ceremony on March 6, 2020 for its first Serbian plant in Pancevo, which will make electric motors and electronics for cooling fan modules. The company approved EUR 120 million of investment and plans up to 1,100 new jobs, with mass production targeted by summer 2021.

NEW ENERGY has completed its headquarters and production base in the Guangzhou Technology Development Zone, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan and annual capacity above 1 million air source heat pump sets. The article gives conflicting timing, with production scheduled for June 2019.

Industrial valves supplier Brimis Engineering is planning a new facility in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, with a new head office and improved repair capacity, to be completed by 2023. A valve manufacturing plant in Mpumalanga is also planned long term.