SCHOTT started construction of a new plant in Müllheim, Germany, for sterile polymer pharmaceutical primary packaging such as prefillable syringes, on an 11,000 square meter site, with completion planned by 2022 and 100 new jobs.

TE Connectivity signed an agreement to establish its fourth plant in Tangier, Morocco, to manufacture sensor and communication systems for the automotive sector. The investment is MAD 147.25 million and will create 500 direct jobs.

JMJ Korea signed an MOU with Busan city to invest over KRW 8.1 billion in a new power semiconductor factory in Busan's Gijang-gun industrial complex, relocating its headquarters, R&D center, and production facilities.

Robert Bosch Australia has begun construction of a new $17 million plant in Clayton, Melbourne, to house its Bosch Manufacturing Solutions and Rexroth businesses. The facility will create at least 35 new jobs over four years.

Corex Group opened a new production facility in Wierden, Netherlands, dedicated to consumer packaging for dry food and other segments. The line can produce 15 million cans annually.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has started hot tests at its new continuous casting machine No. 2 (CCM-2) in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. The project, costing over $160 million, also includes a second machine (CCM-3) being brought to design capacity, with a combined design capacity of 2.8 million tons per year.

Saint-Gobain Construction Products Zimbabwe launched a USD 1 million plant in Harare to produce 15,000 tonnes of tile adhesive per annum, operating entirely on solar power.

Solucan is setting up a digital can printing production line in part of the former Wabasso plant in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, for a project of CAD 4,094,891. The Quebec government granted a loan of CAD 1,340,713 and the federal government a loan of CAD 500,000; production started in December.

Linamar Corporation is building a 10,000 sqm factory in Békéscsaba, Hungary, to manufacture electric powertrains for premium cars, as part of a EUR 78 million investment program. The facility will create 150 jobs.

RADA Technologies, LLC (RADA USA) opened a 25,000 sq ft office and manufacturing facility in Germantown, Maryland, for producing AESA tactical radars. The company plans to add 80 jobs by 2023 and invest close to $4 million.

E.I. Williams Industries will establish a manufacturing facility in Sarepta, Louisiana, to produce industrial sound-control equipment, creating 100 jobs with a $700,000 capital investment.

Grabner Gruppe held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new paint shop (Halle V) in Hartberg, Austria, with a floor area of over 1,000 sq.m and an investment of approximately €1.8 million. The facility is expected to be operational in June 2020.

SOCO Machinery announced it will invest NTD 1 billion to establish a sheet metal laser cutting machine manufacturing base in Nangang Industrial Zone, Nantou, Taiwan. The plant covers 3,000 square meters and is expected to start operations in 2022.

Texas Instruments is building a new 300mm (12-inch) wafer fab at its Richardson facility in Texas, expected to be completed by the end of 2021.

Ho Ho Mechanical (和和機械) announced a TWD 1 billion investment to build a 3,000 ping (approx. 10,000 sqm) plant in Nantou's Nangang Industrial Zone for sheet metal laser cutting machines, with production starting in 2022.

CEAT Tyres Ltd inaugurated a new greenfield plant in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, with a capacity of 28,500 passenger car radial tyres and 2,500 motorcycle radial tyres per day. Investment of INR 1400 crore (approx. USD 196 million) was made, expected to employ over 1,000 people.

Hormel Foods will spend $60 million to renovate the old Shopko Distribution Center building in Papillion, Nebraska, to produce Spam, Jennie-O turkeys and Skippy peanut butter. The plant will create about 200 jobs.

Forte Prom GmbH has launched a new facility for producing aluminum bimetal radiators in Volgograd, Russia. The investment totals RUR 2 billion ($31.7 million), and the first line produces 5 million radiator sections per year.

INOVYN, a subsidiary of INEOS, is building a new £23 million office facility in Runcorn, UK. The steel frame is nearing completion and the building will accommodate 475 employees.

OAO Polotsk-Steklovolokno plans to build a new workshop for finishing electrical insulation fabrics, with an annual capacity of 24 million tonnes. The project costs 40 million Belarusian rubles (1.16 billion Russian rubles) plus about 8 million euros for equipment. Construction is planned to start in May 2020.

Lechler plans to build a new logistics center and expand production at its headquarters in Metzingen, Germany, with an investment of over 19 million euros. The official groundbreaking took place in early February 2020, and the building is expected to be ready in late summer 2021.

Collins Aerospace announced plans to open a new 110,000 sq. ft. Landing Systems facility in Fort Worth, Texas, for wheel & brake MRO and landing gear assembly, creating 40 new jobs.

Petoskey Plastics closed on $20 million in New Markets Tax Credits to finance a new rail-served recycling and manufacturing facility in McKinney, Texas, creating 154 jobs. The announcement was made on February 11, 2020.

Comar is building a new 230,000 sq. ft. custom facility in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, consolidating operations from existing plants in Rancho Cucamonga and Garden Grove. Construction is planned to begin in spring 2020, with production startup by the end of 2020.

Premier Automation has opened a new facility in Forsyth County, Georgia, to manufacture customized electrical control panels for regional customers. The facility began production in October 2019.

Collins Aerospace announced plans to open a new Landing Systems facility in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of a $225 million investment across three projects. The company expects to create more than 100 jobs across all projects.

Saudi firm Engineering Dimensions (ED) will sign an agreement with Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) to build a 15,000 tonnes/day clinker-cement plant in Chhatak, Sunamganj, with an investment of $321 million. The plant will be named Saudi Bangladesh Friendship Cement Company Limited (SBFCCL).

Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots, both owned by Teradyne, are building a new cobot hub in Odense, Denmark, with an investment of $36 million. The facility will support the growth of collaborative robot production.

Baldus Medizintechnik GmbH is building a new 4,700 sqm headquarters in Bendorf, Germany, with over 900 sqm of office space and 570 sqm of production space. The investment is about EUR 2.7 million.

DENSO opened a Central Technical Training Center at its Maryville, Tennessee facility to educate employees on advanced manufacturing technologies. The center is part of a $1 billion investment commitment made in 2017 that also expanded production and created 1,000 jobs.

Allpax Products, a ProMach brand, will build an 80,000 square foot headquarters and manufacturing center in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, replacing existing facilities. The $7 million investment retains 55 jobs and creates five new direct jobs.

Dräxlmaier began construction of a new production plant in Jemmal, Tunisia, with an investment of over 110 million Tunisian dinars, creating 2,500 jobs.

Vestas, a Danish wind turbine manufacturer, expressed interest in establishing a wind turbine factory in Pakistan and began feasibility studies. Pakistan offered options including CPEC Special Economic Zones.

Lehner, a manufacturer of 12-volt spreading technology, plans to build a new 55m x 50m facility for production, warehouse and offices on a 15,000 sqm site in Westerstetten, Germany. The investment is about €5 million, with construction starting in spring 2018 and completion in autumn 2018.

Vetroresina opened a new production plant in Quartiere (Portomaggiore, Ferrara), with 8 new workbenches and 5000 sqm of additional space.

Prodem Attachments opened its first office in France, located in Valence, and appointed David Vallet as sales manager to serve the French market.

DURA Automotive will build two new plants in the Skopje 2 free zone in North Macedonia, producing aluminum frames for electric vehicle batteries and aluminum ultra-light profiles for electric cars, creating approximately 1,000 jobs across three plants.

Continental is building a new plant in New Braunfels, Texas, to produce radar sensors for driver assistance systems, with about EUR 100 million to be invested over three years. The plant is to add 130 jobs, with construction starting mid-2020 and production in 2021.

Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Private Limited opened a new EUR 50 million (INR 400 crores) production facility in Kurkumbh, near Pune, India. The 100,000 sqm site is India's largest adhesive manufacturing facility and was formally inaugurated on 5 February 2020.

Dana has opened a nearly 32,000 square-foot facility in Slidell, Louisiana for the repair, service and assembly of industrial gearboxes, including custom gear-making up to 6.5 feet. The facility replaces the company's current operations in Slidell.

Morris Site Machinery has acquired 3.5 acres of land on the i54 industrial park near Wolverhampton to build a new £6 million factory with 67,000 sq ft of manufacturing and office space. Construction has started and is expected to take one year.

Amada America completed the build-out of a new 261,700-square-foot sheet metal manufacturing facility in High Point, North Carolina, which will generate approximately 200 jobs and initially assemble press brakes and automation systems.

Schneider Electric plans to build a new innovation hub in Leeds, UK, combining creative, production and manufacturing facilities under one roof, focusing on sustainable energy management technologies.

Edwards Lifesciences announced it will build a new 170,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland, to produce delivery components for transcatheter heart valve therapies. The €80 million investment is expected to create 600 jobs and be completed by 2021.

Safran Electronics & Defense and Safran Reosc inaugurated a new factory in Poitiers, France, dedicated to manufacturing the M1 mirror segments for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). The facility uses advanced manufacturing technologies to produce 931 segments for the telescope, which is scheduled for first light in 2025.

Henkel Adhesives Technologies inaugurated a new production facility in Kurkumbh, near Pune, India. The 100,000-square-meter site, built with an investment of about EUR 50 million, is India's largest adhesive manufacturing site and designed as a smart factory with Industry 4.0 capabilities.

Lindal Group is building a new factory for Lindal do Brasil in Jundiaí, São Paulo state, with an investment of R$112 million due by 2021 and about 130 new jobs. Construction is underway and completion is expected within a year.

Flosil Group plans to set up a forging and casting plant on the 10-acre Goodrich Gasket facility at Kelambakkam near Chennai, to serve Aramco, Petronas and ADNOC.

EcoPro BM plans to build a dedicated new plant (CAM5-N) in Pohang for cathode material production, with three production lines on 29,752 m² and annual capacity of 26,000 tons.

Niles Steel Tank, a subsidiary of Bradford White Corporation, opened a new 85,000-square-foot facility called Alloy Works in Niles, Michigan, to produce custom stainless steel vessels for various industries.