Nan Ya Plastics is investing an additional US$160 million in its Texas subsidiary for a third-phase expansion of ethylene glycol production, boosting annual output from 360,000 to over 800,000 tonnes. Construction is underway, completion expected in October or November 2020, with operations starting in December 2020.

GE Renewable Energy will invest €60 million to expand its Montoir plant by 10,000 m² and add tooling, doubling the site's surface area.

Custom Dredge Works and its sister company Midwestern Metals are expanding in Topeka, Kansas, with a $3.5 million capital investment, including five new buildings, expected to create 17 new jobs and a total economic impact of $69 million over 10 years.

Fresenius Kabi Puerto Rico plans to invest $30 million to expand and modernize its San Germán manufacturing complex, including automation and a center of excellence for transfusion and cell technology.

Elektrokabel, part of UMMC's Cable Alliance, installed a new 16-ton overhead crane and plans to install a second inclined cable insulation line at its Kolchugino plant, investing over 320 million rubles to expand production of medium and high voltage cables up to 110 kV.

DMG MORI has opened a new 4,000 m² monoBLOCK Excellence Factory at DECKEL MAHO Pfronten for flow assembly of 5-axis machining centers, increasing productivity by 30%.

Virtus Precision Tube will expand its factory in Franklin's Wilkey North Industrial Park by 6,600 square feet, invest $9.8 million, and create 25 jobs, supported by tax incentives.

Kulthorn Kirby has officially commenced production of Bristol Compressors in Thailand after acquiring the US manufacturer in 2018 and transferring operations to Bangkok. The facility produces compressors for air conditioning and refrigeration applications.

Thaler Machine Co., a precision machining company serving defense, aerospace and automotive industries, broke ground on a 14,000-square-foot facility adjacent to its headquarters in Springboro, Ohio. The project is expected to create 30 new jobs and be completed by end of 2020.

Stelco is upgrading and relining the blast furnace at its Lake Erie Works facility in Nanticoke, Ontario, expected to increase hot metal production by up to 300,000 net tons per annum and reduce costs by $30 per net ton. Hot metal production is expected early October 2020.

KION Group added a third factory building at its Stříbro, Czech Republic site, covering 25,500 square meters, with an investment of about €2 million. The facility, operated by subsidiary Dematic, manufactures conveyor belts, pouch sorting systems, and Multishuttle systems for warehouse logistics.

Ziehl-Abegg is investing €16 million to expand its production buildings in Kupferzell, Germany, adding 8,400 square meters of production area for energy-efficient electric motors and composite materials. The groundbreaking ceremony was held in September 2020.

Severn Trent installed 10 OxyMem MABR modules from DuPont Water Solutions at its Redditch Spernal site in Worcestershire, UK, making it the largest MABR in the UK, completed in July 2020.

Rosenbauer launched a new robot-supported production plant for turntable ladder sets in Karlsruhe, Germany, with an investment of EUR 4.2 million, on September 14, 2020.

BMW Brilliance Automotive expanded its High-Voltage Battery Centre in Tiexi, Shenyang, China, more than doubling capacity for fifth-generation high-voltage batteries, with the new centre officially opened on September 14, 2020.

Cytiva announced a $500 million investment over five years to expand manufacturing capacity at 13 sites globally, including new lines and automation, and plans to hire nearly 1,000 personnel in Austria, China, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.

Eaton will spend $24 million to expand its factory at 2300 Badger Drive in Waukesha by 233,000 square feet, increasing production of regulators and transformers. The expansion will consolidate employees from two other plants, resulting in over 700 employees at the site, but 33 positions will be eliminated.

Cabinplant opened a new 4,500 square meter production plant in Haarby, Denmark, increasing production area by 50%. The investment follows a record financial result in 2019 and aims to meet growing demand for food processing equipment.

GlobalFoundries officially activated its expanded facility in Singapore, representing an investment of over $4 billion. The expansion increases annual capacity by 450,000 12-inch wafers, bringing total capacity to approximately 1.5 million wafers.

thyssenkrupp Materials NA Inc. is investing $13 million to expand its coil processing facility in Woodstock, Alabama, adding 88,200 square feet to the existing 100,000-square-foot facility. The project is expected to begin in September 2020 and wrap up in October 2021.

Viega announced a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing plant expansion at its McPherson, Kansas facility, adding ProPress copper production lines and moving some production from Germany to the U.S. Employment is expected to grow from 300 to 450 within a few years.

Braskem has successfully launched commercial production at its new world-class polypropylene production line in La Porte, Texas. The line has a capacity of over 450 kilotons per year and represents a $750 million investment. Construction began in October 2017 and was completed in June 2020.

Industrial automation specialist Sewtec Automation completed its move to a new 75,000 sq ft design and manufacturing facility at Silkwood Park, Wakefield, signing a 15-year lease. The facility is more than double the size of its previous seven sites combined.

GAMECO and Boeing jointly announced the construction of a second 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) production line in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. The new line is expected to be operational in 2021, following the first line that started in June 2020.

Toray is adding Line No. 5 to its spunbond production in China, bringing the group's Chinese spunbond capacity to 93,000 tons.

Jam and sauce producer Beerenberg partnered with packaging machinery company Recopak to build an expanded factory expected to double its capacity.

The North China Plant has added an advanced aluminum-zinc-magnesium plating production line, which was officially put into operation on September 10, 2020. The line uses automated control systems and improves production efficiency by over 20%.

Momentive Performance Materials is investing $15 million to expand electronic materials production at its Waterford, New York facility, with new capabilities expected to be operational in 2021. This is part of a larger $40 million global investment.

PJSC Drohobych Truck Crane Plant in Drohobych, Ukraine, resumed operations after a halt, producing military cranes and excavators meeting NATO standards. The plant had been bankrupt and required UAH 150 million in investment to restart.

MilliporeSigma is investing $65 million to expand its high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredient and antibody-drug conjugate manufacturing capabilities at its facility near Madison, Wisconsin, adding approximately 50 jobs.

National Cement (East African Holdings) plans to increase capacity at its Dire Dawa, Ethiopia plant from 3,000 tpd to 4,000 tpd within six months.

Chemco International announced a £1 million investment to treble production capacity at its Shawhead premises in Coatbridge, Scotland, including renovation and new equipment.

SI Group announced plans to expand capacity at its Nanjing, China facility, increasing production by more than 50% to become a regional hub for tackifier and reinforcing resin production.

Fibertex Personal Care Group is investing over $39 million to add a print line at its Asheboro, North Carolina plant and two production lines in Malaysia, expected to be running in the second half of 2021.

Lydall is investing in its French facility to expand meltblown capacity to serve the EU market.

Williams International will expand its Ogden, Utah plant, adding 300 jobs and moving production from a shuttered Guaymas, Mexico facility. The $60 million project received a $6.8 million state tax credit approved in September 2020.

Interroll completed construction on its second plant in Hiram (Atlanta), Georgia, with an $11 million investment. The 100,000 sq ft facility adds assembly lines for conveyors and sorters, increasing capacity for the North American market.

Strudal, a manufacturer of prestressed concrete frames, is modernizing its Château-Gontier site with a €2.5 million investment to increase concrete production capacity by 20% and improve responsiveness to orders.

SkyWater Technology started tool installation for its facility expansion in Bloomington, Minnesota, supported by a Department of Defense investment of up to $170 million. The expansion will add copper interconnect capability and support Strategic Rad-Hard market.

CFB Boilers Ltd is nearing completion of a new additional factory on adjacent land, adding over 40,000 square feet of space with an 8-tonne overhead gantry crane and water harvesting tanks.

The $70 million expansion and upgrade of the Peirce Island wastewater treatment plant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was completed by the end of August 2020. The project added secondary treatment and nitrogen removal, increasing capacity to 6.1 million gallons per day.

GCL-Poly's subsidiary Jiangsu Zhongneng has started construction of a 100,000-tonne granular polysilicon project, with the first phase of 54,000 tonnes. The total investment is 4.7 billion yuan, with phase one expected to reach 30,000 tonnes by June 2021 and 54,000 tonnes by end of 2021.

Schneider Electric will invest US$5.7 million to expand its electronic switches manufacturing plant in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The expansion is in its final stage and is expected to generate 1,200 jobs in the coming months.

Stora Enso has decided to invest approximately EUR 79 million in a new cross laminated timber (CLT) production line at its Ždírec sawmill in the Czech Republic, with production scheduled to begin in Q3 2022 and annual capacity of about 120,000 m³.

Hydraulic component maker STAUFF has put into operation the second of several planned CNC turning centers at its Werdohl Ehrenfeld site to produce STAUFF Connect steel pipe fittings. The investment was in the mid six-figure euro range.

Ball Corporation is adding 3.6 billion additional can lids per year at its Guarambaré plant in Paraguay, with the expansion expected to finish in January 2021.

Evonik is investing around €15 million in its C4 production network in Marl, Germany to increase capacity for tert-butanol, di-isobutene and 3,5,5-trimethylhexanal by well over 50% by December 2021. The investment includes debottlenecking measures and logistics expansion.

RGF Environmental Group purchased a 24,000 sq ft building in January 2020 and accelerated its fit-up to less than one month, adding to its Envisionland complex. The company also invested over $2,000,000 in new equipment including press brakes and laser cutting machines.

Vitex Extrusion leased a 50,000-square-foot facility adjacent to its existing plant in Franklin, New Hampshire, for machining, fabrication and assembly of aluminum extrusions. The new building is expected to be fully operational in September 2020.

Ciments d'Afrique (CIMAF) Gabon has inaugurated a second production line at its Owendo plant, increasing capacity to 0.85Mta after an investment of XAF9bn ($16.3m). The company also plans a further XAF65bn investment for a clinker production plant.