Ellwood Aluminum, a $72 million project launched in 2018, produced its first test casts of 14-inch diameter aluminum rods. The facility is in qualification phase, with full production expected by January-February 2021. Phase one employs 19, with plans for 40 at full production of 150 million pounds per year.

CARBOGEN AMCIS will build a new facility in Riom, France for custom development and manufacturing of parenteral drug products. Construction begins January 2021.

CARBOGEN AMCIS announces two expansion projects: a new API manufacturing facility in Hunzenschwil, Switzerland (operational by summer 2024) and a new parenteral drug product facility in Riom, France (construction starts January 2021). Total investment exceeds CHF 100 million.

Balkrishna Industries announced that its INR 1,000 crore capacity expansion program is on track. The company is establishing a fully integrated facility for INR 500 crore to replace an existing plant, and setting up an ultra-large all-steel OTR radial tyre unit with 5,000 tonnes per annum capacity at its Bhuj factory in Gujarat, along with a warehouse and mixing plant, for another INR 500 crore. Completion is targeted by March 31, 2021.

Liveo Research will add 20,000 tons of coating capacity for pharma blister packaging films at its Boetzingen, Germany site, with commissioning expected in Q3 2021 and total capacity above 50,000 tons.

Novalis announced it will start domestic production of rigid core flooring (SPC) in the United States in the third quarter of 2020, becoming one of the few manufacturers with domestic SPC capability.

Hardin Industries Inc. plans to build a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Lacon, Illinois, creating about 65 new jobs. Construction is expected to start in March 2022 and be completed by September 2022.

WEG Transformers USA has purchased a former welding-equipment factory in Washington, Missouri, to convert into a transformer manufacturing plant, its third in the city, scheduled to open early 2021, and will also upgrade an existing plant to add capacity for utility and renewable-energy transformers.

Toyota Motor Corp and Mazda Motor Corp will invest $2.3 billion in their joint venture factory in Alabama, $830 million more than originally planned, with production expected to start in 2021 building up to 150,000 Mazda crossovers and 150,000 Toyota SUVs annually.

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) plans to construct a new micro mill adjacent to its existing operation in Mesa, Arizona, representing a $300 million investment and creating 185 jobs. The facility is anticipated to be operational by early 2023.

Trinity Packaging Corporation bought the former Erath Veneer building in the Franklin County-Rocky Mount Industrial Park to add a multi-million dollar facility with new equipment, creating 25 jobs and retaining 75.

ON Semiconductor is ramping production at its 300mm fab in East Fishkill, New York, with first 300mm wafer production started in Q2 2020 and first revenue expected in Q3 2020.

Guhring Ltd has installed a new nine-axis CNC grinding centre at its UK manufacturing facility in Birmingham for the production of special cutting tools, adding capacity to the existing 11 grinding centres.

Great Plains Manufacturing, a Kubota subsidiary, announced a $53 million expansion project in Salina, Kansas, including purchase of a 750,000 sq ft building, to assemble Kubota compact track loaders. The expansion will add approximately 130 jobs.

Prime Wheel Corp announced a $70 million investment in its auto-wheel production facilities in Tijuana, Mexico, creating 1,500-2,000 jobs.

Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing (KMM) announced it is expanding its aerospace electronic components manufacturing to a new site in Kerrville, Texas. The expansion is expected to create 400 jobs over 25 years and open within about nine months.

Auto supplier Unipres announced a $6.3 million expansion of its Steele, Alabama plant, adding 10 jobs. The plant is a Tier One supplier for Honda.

Wirtgen China's new factory in Langfang delivered its 8,888th machine, a new-generation 2-meter milling machine. A second-phase expansion project with an investment of 200 million yuan has started construction.

Rolls-Royce and the Defense Production Act Title III office will invest millions to upgrade the company's facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi, for U.S. Navy ship propulsion components. The DPA Title III office will invest $22 million for equipment, with Rolls-Royce making additional investment for building improvements, including a new 26,000-square-foot building.

Suominen Corp. is upgrading and restarting a production line in Cressa, Italy, to increase spunlace nonwovens capacity in Europe. The EUR 8 million investment is expected to be finalized in the second half of 2021.

Silgan Containers plans a US$9.7 million expansion of its canmaking plant in Lancaster, South Carolina, expected to be completed by the end of 2021 and create 16 new jobs over five years.

Burns & McDonnell has completed the demolition phase of a five-year project to convert R.D. Morrow, Sr. Generating Station from coal to a 550-MW natural gas-fired combined cycle plant, expected to be fully operational in early 2023.

SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS is in the final stages of completing a $16 million facility expansion in New Haven, Indiana, including installation of a second furnace to produce Elemental Electrolytic Tough Pitch copper rod.

Worthington Foods Inc., a subsidiary of Kellogg Company, will expand its Zanesville, Ohio facility by 40,000 to 50,000 square feet. The $43 million investment includes $25 million for equipment and $18 million for the new facility, and will add 40 full-time jobs. Construction begins in September 2020 and is planned to be completed by December 2021.

BAE Systems is expanding in Austin, Texas with a new campus development in Parmer Austin Business Park. The 390,000-square-foot facility valued at approximately $150 million will house over 1,400 employees and include engineering, manufacturing, laboratory, and office space. Construction begins in 2020 and is expected to be complete in 2022.

Samuel Roll Form Group, a division of Samuel, Son & Co., is investing $6.9 million to expand its Iuka, Mississippi facility. The project includes a 67,000-square-foot addition and will create 30 new jobs, increasing employment to approximately 160.

Medtronic announced an investment of Rs 1,200 crore (approximately $160 million) over five years to expand its R&D center in Hyderabad, India, making it the largest global R&D center outside the United States.

Schwan's announced a 400,000-square-foot expansion at its pizza-manufacturing facility in Salina, Kansas, representing an investment of several hundred million dollars. The expansion will create up to 225 new full-time jobs by 2023.

CE Technology Bhd plans to invest RM50 million to expand its manufacturing capacity, adding three double-former glove-dipping lines and two new cleanroom processing facilities. Monthly raw nitrile glove capacity will increase to 70.5 million pieces and cleanroom post-processing capacity to 83 million pieces, with completion expected in 18 months.

Gorbel, a manufacturer of material handling and fall protection equipment, is expanding into a former Getinge facility in Henrietta, New York. The expansion will add about 60 jobs, including welders and assemblers, to be filled by end of 2020.

Southwire began construction of a 250,000 square foot addition to its manufacturing campus in Bremen, Indiana, investing approximately $46 million and expecting to create 115 jobs over three years. The expansion is projected to be completed by early 2021.

Rootree Inc. moved its head office and all manufacturing from Hamilton to a new 50,000 sq ft facility in Burlington, Ontario, more than doubling capacity. Three additional converting lines are due by the end of 2020.

Auer Medical, a division of Auer Precision, acquired approximately 97,000 ft² of new production space near its main campus in Mesa, Arizona, for clean room manufacturing and distribution. This doubles its footprint to over 200,000 ft².

Dogger Bank Wind Farm and delivery partner Seaway7 installed all 277 transition pieces on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, marking completion of all foundation installation work on the 3-phase offshore wind project in the North Sea.

Kumho Petrochemical plans to expand its NB latex production capacity by 60,000 tons in the second half of 2020, increasing total capacity to 640,000 tons. The expansion aims to maintain its position as the world's largest NB latex producer, responding to demand from nitrile glove manufacturers.

Progroup will start up a new paper machine at its Sandersdorf-Brehna mill at the end of August 2020, on schedule. The mill investment totals EUR 465 million and raises containerboard capacity from 1.1 million to about 1.85 million tpy.

Tongfu Microelectronics' Intelligent Chip Packaging and Testing Project Phase II in Su-Xi-Tong Industrial Park began mass production on August 9, 2020. The facility has 240 sets of high-end equipment, 600 workers, and a monthly capacity of 60 million integrated circuits, with expected annual sales of 600 million yuan.

Shade Systems completed a major expansion of its Ocala, Florida plant, more than doubling manufacturing capability with over 100,000 square feet of new space, including additional steel fabrication, welding, sewing, and powder-coating equipment.

Peróxidos do Brasil, a joint venture of Solvay and Produtos Químicos Makay, concluded a capacity expansion at its Curitiba plant, increasing hydrogen peroxide production to 230,000 tonnes per year with an investment of US$8.3 million.

Birla Corporation plans to expand the capacity of its grinding cement plant in Durgapur by installing a new cement mill (VRM) with 0.24 MTPA capacity, increasing total capacity to 1.5 MTPA, with an investment of Rs 72.5 crore.

The Greater Shediac Sewerage Commission Wastewater Treatment Plant in Boudreau-Ouest, New Brunswick, will undergo a $32.1 million expansion funded by the federal government ($16.1M), provincial government ($10.7M), and the commission ($5.3M). The project includes a new outfall, three lagoon cells, screening and grit removal systems, UV disinfection, and a moving bed biofilm reactor.

Harju Elekter UAB, the Lithuanian subsidiary of AS Harju Elekter, began the STEP4 factory expansion in Panevezys with a €6 million investment, creating 100 new jobs. The manufacturing area will double to 16,761 m², with completion expected in March 2021.

Prisma Group has relocated to a purpose-built factory with over 85,000 square feet of space in the High Peak area of the Peak District National Park. The company added four new production lines, increasing capacity to around 48,000 tonnes per annum.

General Mills will invest millions of dollars into its Wellston, Ohio manufacturing facility to improve operations and increase capacity. The project will add jobs to reach nearly 900 full-time employees.

Nouryon has announced plans to expand its production capacity for monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in Delfzijl, the Netherlands by the end of 2020. The expansion will increase overall MCA production capacity by more than 20 percent.

Shayona Cement Corporation is investing K10 billion in the third phase expansion of its Kasungu factory to increase cement production from 900 to 2,500 metric tonnes per day. The project is expected to be commissioned in June 2021.

Innospec Inc. expanded production capacity for its Drag Reducing Agents (DRA) technology at its plant in Pleasanton, Texas. The second phase of capacity expansion will come on-stream during August 2020.

Continental plans to invest over $4 million to expand its ContiTech Vibration Control business unit in Auburn, Indiana, renovating a 100,000-square-foot facility and creating more than 45 new jobs by end of 2023. The facility will consolidate technical centers from Canada and Michigan.

Flintermann Isolierglas GmbH and Flintermann Glasveredelung GmbH have added 5,000 m² of extra space at their facility in Salzbergen, Germany, to increase flexibility and delivery reliability for insulated glass and glass processing.

Steel Dynamics Columbus (SDI) and Fives successfully produced the first coil on a new continuous galvanizing line (CGL #3) in Columbus, Mississippi, USA. The line has a production capacity of 400,000 tons per year and was awarded to Fives in December 2018.