Emerson is relocating its Appleton business unit from Tetarom II industrial park in Cluj-Napoca to a new 6,000 sqm leased space in Urbano Parks in Gilău, Romania. The move will begin in October and be completed by end of 2020, providing more space for production and offices.

Samyang Packaging decided to invest in a new aseptic line 5, which will be completed in June 2021, utilizing existing factory sites and equipment to reduce investment cost by half.

DURA Automotive Systems will invest $59 million to lease and equip a plant in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to manufacture battery trays for electric vehicles, creating 279 jobs.

Aprilaire has added 100,000 square feet to its Poynette, Wisconsin manufacturing facility and plans to hire more than 80 new positions due to increased demand for clean air products.

Ecolab increased manufacturing capacity by 700% across Europe and set up a new mixing and filling line at its Weavergate plant in Northwich to supply five million litres of hand sanitiser to NHS Supply Chain by end of 2020. Twenty new employees were hired.

Midland Alloy built a 4,000 sq ft warehouse extension at its Stafford Park base in Telford, creating six new jobs as part of a £500,000 investment. The expansion was supported by a £97,285 grant from the Marches Building Investment Grant programme.

Danfoss Mexico announced the inauguration of a new factory for condenser units and tandem compressors at its Apodaca plant, equipped with advanced leak detection technology and a new laboratory, representing over 15% growth for the Mexico site.

BASF announced the expansion of its Sparks, Georgia facility with approximately $70 million in capital improvements to produce seed treatment formulations, creating 30 new full-time jobs.

JELD-WEN Inc. plans to expand production at its plant in Wedowee, Alabama, moving patio door assembly from Northern U.S. plants to this facility. The project is expected to create up to 40 new jobs and up to $500,000 in new equipment will be installed.

Panther Packaging commissioned new fully automatic Göpfert Evolution rotary die-cutters in August 2020 at Altonaer Wellpappenfabrik in Tornesch, Südwestkarton in Illingen and Wepoba in Wustermark, adding capacity and flexibility as part of a more than €60m investment programme.

Motor Car Parts de México (MPA) will invest US$200 million in the expansion of its plants in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The expansion is expected to generate 300 new jobs and is in its final stage.

Momentum Manufacturing Group announced the expansion of its Vitex Extrusion business with the long-term lease of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Franklin, New Hampshire, adjacent to its existing plant. The new facility will be dedicated to machining, fabrication and assembly of aluminum extrusions.

BUA Cement plans to establish a 3 million metric tonne cement plant in Adamawa State, Nigeria, as disclosed by the chairman of BUA Group about a month before August 24, 2020.

Severstal plans to commission new capacities at the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant, including blast furnace No. 3 and coke oven battery No. 11, at the end of Q3 2020. Investment projects worth over RUB 60 billion are identified as key drivers.

Magna PT launched construction of a new €10 million hall for transmission components at its plant in Kechnec, Slovakia. The expansion will add 40 jobs and is part of a total €220 million investment. Completion is expected in July 2021.

Rolls-Royce's Power Systems business unit is increasing capacity for producing MTU EnergyPack battery containers at a new facility in the Siemens-Technopark in Ruhstorf, Bavaria. Production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2021.

Amkodor-Onego LLC, established by Belarus holding Amkodor in 2019, has started expanding the former Onego Tractor Plant in Karelia, Russia. The project includes rebuilding warehouses and installing new crane equipment, with a total cost of US$ 220 million. Annual production capacity will be about 1,000 forestry machines, employing about 500 people.

voestalpine will restart the small blast furnace in Linz, Austria, in early September 2020, which had been temporarily shut down since March due to Covid-19. The restart brings steel production back to almost normal levels.

Auer Packaging added a third production hall with 3,000 square meters of manufacturing space and nine new injection molding machines at its Amerang site in Bavaria. Four of the machines are expected to start up soon.

Motorcar Parts of America announced a $9 million expansion of its production plant in Tijuana, Mexico, creating 300 jobs.

MiTek plans to expand its manufacturing operations in Tolleson, Phoenix, Arizona, adding 40 new jobs and investing $5 million in facility and equipment. The expansion will add 153,000 square feet to produce Lateral Systems and Builder Products.

Tyson Foods announced plans to expand its Amherst, Ohio plant and add up to 200 new jobs, with over $20 million invested in the Cooper's Point development.

Envirogen Group designed and installed a water treatment solution at Britvic's Leeds facility, tripling production capability from 70 m³/hr to 200 m³/hr to accommodate additional product lines after the closure of Britvic's Chelmsford plant.

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs approved NT$5.3 billion in investments by 11 small and medium enterprises, including Crystalvue Semiconductor and Global Lighting Technologies, for automation equipment and smart production lines in Taiwan.

Shwe Taung Cement Company Limited is undertaking a brownfield expansion of its cement plant in Pyi Nyaung Village, Thazi Township, Mandalay. The project involves a USD15 million equity investment and a USD20 million loan from IFC.

SteelFab, Inc. is investing over $5 million to expand its Florence, South Carolina operations, creating 28 new jobs. The expansion will add a third production line and increase capacity for cutting, drilling and fabrication of structural steel. Construction is expected to be completed by Q2 2021, with overall expansion by 2025.

G-CON Manufacturing is expanding its College Station, Texas facility from 189,000 sq. ft. to 245,000 sq. ft., increasing production capacity to 355 PODs per year. Construction will be complete in November 2020 and fully operational in Q1 2021.

3M Canada, with $23.33 million from Ontario and federal governments and $70 million of its own capital, is expanding its Brockville, Ontario facility to produce N95 respirators. The project will create 30 jobs and supply 50 million respirators annually starting in early 2021.

Altium Packaging plans to invest more than $3 million in new equipment at its Argos facility in Marshall County, Indiana, creating 10 jobs and retaining 48 existing jobs. The Argos Town Council approved a personal property tax abatement for the project.

Hem Mills Inc., a hemp weaving and knitting mill, is expanding its knitting operations to a second factory in Haw River, North Carolina by December 2020, due to increasing demand for specialty athletic wear and sustainable apparel.

Chinese wheel hub manufacturer Jiangsu Pomlead is launching its second production line with design capacity of 500,000 units/yr in September 2020, raising total capacity to 1.5mn units/yr. The company has invested 1bn yuan ($144mn) to build four more lines, with two due by end of 2020 and two in 2021, aiming for 3.5mn units/yr by 2021.

Continental Structural Plastics will invest $45 million to expand its Salisbury, North Carolina facility, adding 50,000 square feet and a new paint/prime line. The expansion will create 61 jobs.

TSMC spent NT$860 million (US$28.89 million) to purchase a factory in the Southern Taiwan Science Park in Tainan, continuing its capacity expansion.

Holtec Asia expanded its manufacturing facility in Dahej, India, increasing floor space from 6,300 to 13,700 square meters and doubling production capacity to 2,500 finned tube bundles per annum.

Kovalus Separation Solutions completed a $30 million expansion of its facility in Monterrey, Mexico, increasing capacity by 30%.

EVRAZ North America plans to expand its Rocky Mountain Steel plant in Pueblo, Colorado, with an investment of approximately $500 million, creating 1,000 new jobs.

Schoellershammer paper factory doubled its corrugated base paper production capacity to 500,000 t per year with the commissioning of PM 6 and modernized logistics with two Demag process cranes in a new automated shipping store.

Iris Ohyama will invest approximately 25 billion yen to add a second warehouse at its Tsukuba factory in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, to serve as a storage facility for essential goods, with completion during 2021.

Iris Ohyama will invest approximately 10 billion yen to produce medical N95 masks and disinfectant wet wipes at its Kakuda factory in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, with production starting in autumn 2021.

PaperWorks is adding a Komori GLX740 offset printing press and two Bobst MasterFold folding gluing lines at its Greensboro, North Carolina facility to increase production capacity. The equipment is expected to be in production in Q4 2020.

Refrigerated Solutions Group decided to continue production of the Master-Bilt Endless Glass Door Merchandiser Series at its New Albany, Mississippi facility, reversing a previous plan to discontinue operations there.

Buyers Products, maker of SnowDogg snow plows, is adding a 300,000-square-foot addition to its headquarters at 9049 Tyler Blvd in Mentor, Ohio, with completion expected by next year.

Shelby Materials relocated its ready-mix concrete plant to a new 10-acre site at 18050 Mule Barn Road in Westfield, Indiana, upgrading to a state-of-the-art facility with dual batch operation and increased production capacity.

Kellogg Co. will invest $43 million to expand its manufacturing plant in Zanesville, Ohio, that processes Morningstar Farms products. The investment includes $25 million in upgraded equipment and $18 million in capacity expansion, scheduled for completion by end of 2021, adding 40 employees.

Special Aerospace Services is expanding its operations at its facilities in Arvada, Colorado, creating a new 2,500 square foot assembly area within its SAS Flight Factory and investing in a dedicated Wire EDM machining cell to enhance precision manufacturing and classified aerospace assembly capabilities.

Stant began an expansion of its plant in the San Miguel de Allende industrial park in Guanajuato, backed by a $15.2 million investment expected to create 500 jobs over five years.

The second phase of the intelligent forklift project supported by German Kion Group started construction in Jinan, Shandong, China on August 17, 2020.

Phunkshun Wear expanded its production and warehouse space in north Denver from 12,000 to 18,000 square feet and added new equipment to meet demand for virus-fighting masks.

Henkel Adhesive Technologies broke ground on a new production area for UV-curable acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives at its Salisbury, North Carolina site. The facility is expected to be operational by the end of 2021.

BASF is investing to double its global Uvinul A Plus production capacity by adding a new production line at its Kaohsiung site in Taiwan. The additional capacity is expected to come on stream by mid-2022.