The EBRD is providing EUR 3.1m to Land'Or in Tunisia to purchase new machinery and boost production, and improve industrial standards.

The EBRD is providing EUR 10.9m to Land'Or for two projects: EUR 3.1m for new machinery and production boost in Tunisia, and EUR 7.8m for a new cheese processing plant in Kenitra, Morocco, with a capacity of 2,700 tonnes/year.

Focus Lightings Tech will invest CNY 3.5 billion ($511.5 million) to expand high-brightness LED chip production lines in Suqian, China, including new mini/micro LED chip lines. The project is expected to be completed and put into production 36 months after ground-breaking.

Chemical company Derypol has invested 1.3 million euros to add a new reactor in a newly constructed building at its production centre in Les Franqueses, Spain, to increase production of compounds for the water treatment and paper industries.

Yamaichi Electronics inaugurated a new 7,000 m² production facility in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany, after one year of construction and successful startup in April 2020. The expansion increases production capacity for connectors and cable assemblies.

Caterpillar plans to start producing two new models of excavators at its assembly plant in Tosno, Russia, with an estimated investment of about 300 million rubles. The project is expected to begin in 2020.

American Excelsior Company announced a $5 million expansion plan across its Wood Fiber and Flexible Foam divisions, including building expansions in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and new equipment at plants in Wisconsin, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, and Washington. The expansion is expected to create 25-30 new jobs.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is increasing manufacturing capacity in Shannon, Mississippi, with a $39.5 million investment that will create 125 jobs and add 100,000 square feet for defense components.

Peters Maschinenbau is building a new 2,200-square-meter production hall at its site in Twist, Germany, and purchasing new machinery, as part of a multi-million-euro investment to expand capacity.

Schwarz Produktion broke ground on a €400 million expansion of its Bonback facility in Halle (Saale), Germany.

Plast-Box Group completed an investment of nearly PLN 3.5 million at subsidiary Stark Partner in Urszulin, adding a new production department and a thermoforming machine. The company said capacity will rise by at least 50%.

Soft drinks maker Clearly Drinks plans a multimillion-pound brownfield canning facility at its Sunderland headquarters, backed by private equity firm NorthEdge. The line, supplied by BW Integrated Systems, is expected to produce 160 million cans per year and operate from March.

Fruit d'Or is investing $17.5 million to expand its Plessisville facility by 25,000 square feet and add two new production lines for dried cranberries and automated sorting. The project will create 25 new jobs.

Freudenberg Performance Materials completed installation of a state-of-the-art spunlaid line in Taiwan and will begin production of nonwovens for automotive and carpet markets. The line features proprietary technology and sustainability enhancements.

Amada expanded its machine tool production plant in the Loire Valley, France, by installing a new 30-tonne overhead crane designed and commissioned by Plazar Manutention. The expansion accommodates the production of heavier machine tools weighing up to 25 tonnes.

Pervouralsky Novotrubny Zavod (PNTZ), part of ChelPipe Group, launched a new water treatment complex called AQA Genesis, investing 520 million rubles. The facility will treat 33,000 cubic meters of water per day and reduce industrial wastewater discharge by 30%.

Cosmo Films will invest Rs 300 crore to set up a new line of specialty polyester films (BOPET) at its Waluj plant in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, with a capacity of 30,000 metric tons per annum, expected to be commissioned by Q2 2022-23.

Babcock & Wilcox is establishing its Asia-Pacific Region headquarters in Perth, Australia, and expanding operations in several countries including Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, China, and India. Nick Carter has been named Managing Director.

Mondi has completed installation of a five-colour Bobst Masterline 2.1 HD and a Robot MUK at its corrugated box plant in Szczecin, Poland, to meet e-commerce packaging demand.

Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp., operating as Incora, will relocate its headquarters from California to Fort Worth, Texas, bringing over $6 million in capital investment and creating up to 239 jobs. A Texas Enterprise Fund grant of $1,826,400 was extended.

Seemann Composites is expanding its Gulfport, Mississippi facility with a 16,000-square-foot addition to fulfill a new U.S. Navy contract. The project involves a $2.1 million investment and will create 35 jobs.

Munters' Selma, Texas facility will provide additional production capacity for data center cooling products, expanding its manufacturing focus.

The Agencia Catalana del Agua awarded a 1.7 million euro project to a consortium of Sorigué, SAV and DAM to extend the Viladecavalls east water treatment plant, increasing capacity from 900 to 2,200 m³/day.

Butech Bliss purchased a 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 240 Pennsylvania Avenue in Salem, Ohio, for $1.25 million. The expansion is expected to create 10 to 20 jobs over the next few years, with operations starting by end of 2020.

Rohrer completed a expansion of its Wadsworth, Ohio facility adding 20% floor area to reach 200,000 square feet, making it the company's first Center of Excellence.

POSCO Chemical began the third-phase expansion of its cathode material plant in Gwangyang, South Korea. The expansion will add 30,000 tonnes of annual capacity, bringing total capacity to 70,000 tonnes, with an investment of 289.5 billion won. Production is targeted for 2022.

Sabic intends to nearly double capacity in Asia for its Noryl SA9000 resin, used in printed circuit boards for 5G cellular network base stations and servers. The project is at a facility in India and builds on capacity increases in 2019.

Cenway completed a butyl rubber upgrade project at its facility in Panjin, Liaoning, China, and started production on 18 August 2020. The project involved an investment of EUR 43 million (350 million yuan) and is said to have reduced production costs by 40%.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery plans to double its production capacities by the second half of 2020 to meet demand. A groundbreaking ceremony for a new production hall in Schwaig, Germany, has taken place.

Roach Manufacturing Corporation (R.M.C.) announced it will expand its facility in Caraway, Arkansas, constructing a 25,000-square-foot addition and creating 30 new jobs over two years.

Tenaris will invest 11 million US dollars to upgrade the caster line at its Koppel, Pennsylvania facility so it can produce larger steel bars. The project is expected to take 14 months and finish in the second quarter of 2021.

Atkore plans to spend $3 million to expand its Louisville, Kentucky plant, under a new proposal approved for state incentives. The announcement is dated August 31, 2020.

Plasser American Corporation has begun a $52.6 million expansion of its facilities in Chesapeake, Virginia, including a new office building, expanded assembly area and warehouse to 229,000 sq ft, and campus enhancements. The project will create 98 new jobs and increase output by over 100%.

SMS group successfully commissioned the No. 2 shearing line of Jiangsu Shagang Group's 3.5-meter plate rolling mill in Zhangjiagang, China, with an X-Pact automation system. The shearing line has a designed annual capacity of 800,000 tons, but the overall mill achieved record production of 2.8 million tons.

The 688MW Duyen Hai 3 coal-fired power plant extension in Tra Vinh province, Vietnam, developed by Power Generation Corporation 1 (EVNGENCO1) with an investment of £680m ($1.08bn), commenced commercial operations in May 2020. Construction started in December 2014.

Owens-Illinois inaugurated a third furnace at its Gironcourt-sur-Vraine plant in France, part of a €60 million investment. The furnace will enable production of 1.9 billion glass beer bottles per year and created 60 jobs.

O-I has inaugurated its third furnace at the Gironcourt-sur-Vraine plant in France, part of a €60 million investment. The new furnace will enable production of 1.9 billion glass beer bottles per year and created 60 new jobs.

Unilin is investing EUR 11 million in a new, innovative laminate flooring production line at its Vielsalm site in Belgium. The line will be operational in autumn 2021 and create about a dozen jobs.

Construction of a new sheet metal shop (klempírna) has begun in the second half of 2020 at Carrier's production facility in Mýto, Czech Republic, designed by We Make Spaces. The expansion will strengthen and streamline production.

HVAC Distributing LLC plans to invest $7 million to purchase and outfit a 100,000-square-foot speculative building in Hickory, Kentucky, creating 175 jobs. The expansion was announced on August 27, 2020.

Evonik is investing around €15 million in its C4 production network in Marl, Germany, to increase capacity for isobutene derivatives by over 50% by December 2021. The project was launched in June 2020.

Repsol will invest 32 million euros in 2021 to upgrade its Tarragona plant to produce high-impact resistant polymers, including installing a second reactor in the polypropylene unit. The polymers are used in automotive, suitcases, sports equipment, and battery casings.

Sandler AG formally inaugurated a new production line for nonwoven filter media for face masks at its Schwarzenbach/Saale, Germany facility. The line, which started production in mid-August 2020, can produce filter media for about 600 million masks per year.

Brother Industries will complete a new warehouse building at its Xi'an, China plant for machining centers in December 2020, with operations starting in April 2021. The warehouse will consolidate storage and free up space for production, increasing total production capacity by 40%.

Neuco, Inc., a master distributor of HVAC/R controls, completed a 10,000 square foot mezzanine expansion at its Bolingbrook, Illinois facility in August 2020. The expansion is expected to quadruple output and follows a 2019 renovation of the 145,000 SF facility.

NLMK started construction of a continuous hot-dip galvanizing unit No. 5 at its Lipetsk site with capacity of 450,000 tons per year, investing over RUB 12 billion, with startup scheduled for 2022.

Wipak is expanding its packaging plant in Nastola, Finland, with a EUR 10 million investment in new printing and laminating machines and building expansion.

Detroit Manufacturing Systems plans to repurpose its existing 482,000 sq. ft plant and expand into a 60,000 sq. ft adjacent building, with a $31.9 million investment creating 220 new jobs.

Aerotron Composites Ltd has relocated its operation from Huntingdon to Chatteris, UK, revamping a former onion factory and planning to build new purpose-built units. The move is expected to create up to 70 new jobs.

Bosch Rexroth's Phase II project in Xi'an, a CNY 500 million investment for linear guides and flexible transfer systems, is expected to start production in November 2020. The project will produce core components for Industry 4.0 and is expected to add annual revenue of CNY 950 million.