Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) announced plans to expand its Singapore fab by 10,000 8-inch wafers per month, raising its 2020 capital expenditure to NT$3.5 billion.

Manitowoc Crane Company expanded its Manitowoc, Wisconsin facilities with a $25 million project including a high bay heavy assembly addition, pack and ship building, plate processing addition, and boom weld addition. The expansion supports production of a new ultra large crawler crane with over 1 million pounds capacity.

A medical device maker is expanding its facility in Bartlett, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee.

The Western Australian government will invest $40 million to expand the Metronet Railcar Manufacturing and Assembly facility in Bellevue to include maintenance of new Australind diesel multiple units, manufactured by Alstom.

Tokyo Seimitsu (Tokyo Precision) completed a new building at its Tsuchiura plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, investing about 3 billion yen to increase production capacity for precision measuring instruments by 1.5 times. The new MI (Manufacturing Innovation) building has a total floor area of 5,843 m² and includes five new processing machines.

Hainan Yisheng Petrochemical completed and put into operation its third-phase PET project with an annual output of 500,000 tons in Yangpu, Hainan. The project includes two 250,000-ton production lines and started construction in December 2018 with a total investment of 836 million yuan.

The Acutronic Group, a maker of aerospace components and motion simulators, is expanding into a 26,000-square-foot facility at 1100 E. Howard Ln. in Austin, Texas, as part of a multi-million dollar investment announced August 5, 2020.

Sanitary systems maker Alcaplast is building a 1,500 m2 hall on a 5,600 m2 plot in the Șura Mică industrial park in Sibiu to expand storage and production capacity at its Romanian branch. Construction began in March 2020 and completion is planned for autumn 2020.

Car Tech, an automotive parts manufacturer, will invest more than $30 million to build a new assembly building and add a press line at its facility in Opelika, Alabama, creating 37 new jobs over three years.

Tong Engineering has opened a new £3.6 million manufacturing facility in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, as the first phase of a two-phase project. The facility adds significant production capacity and includes overhead cranes, shot-blasting chambers, and an automated storage system.

Medical device maker Engineered Medical Systems will invest $13.3 million over five years to buy new CNC equipment and add 60 jobs at its Bartlett, Tennessee plant. The state government announced the expansion on August 4, 2020.

Hygiene specialist Hagleitner broke ground on August 3, 2020 on an expansion of its dispenser plant at its headquarters in Zell am See, Austria, investing EUR 7 million and creating 30 jobs. Capacity is set to rise from 250,000 to 750,000 units per year, and an additional chemical production facility is also planned there.

voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation is expanding its operations in Shelby County, Kentucky, adding approximately 50 employees and investing in new welding technologies to increase volume output for the ecommerce industry. The expansion was announced on August 3, 2020.

Jiangsu Yougeman Aviation Technology, a high-tech company in Yixing, is rapidly advancing a 200 million yuan second-phase project to add production lines for aviation components, aiming to increase annual sales from 150 million yuan to over 300 million yuan. The article was published on August 3, 2020.

Prince & Izant Company will invest $2.4 million to add 30,000 square feet of manufacturing space at its Parma, Ohio campus, creating 21 new jobs and retaining 104 positions. The expansion will increase capacity for brazing alloys and metal joining products.

KeepRite Refrigeration will invest $4.5 million to add 57,000 square feet to its existing facility in Longview, Texas, creating 15 new jobs. The expansion is supported by a $400,000 incentive from the Longview Economic Development Corporation.

AAF International announced a $1.4 million capital investment to relocate to a larger 185,745 square-foot facility in Duluth, Georgia, creating 25 new jobs. The expansion consolidates multiple buildings and accommodates manufacturing, warehousing, and shipping.

AM/NS Calvert announced a $500-million expansion to add an electric arc furnace steelmaking facility at its plant in Calvert, Alabama, capable of producing 1.5 million metric tons of steel slabs annually, creating 300 jobs, with construction expected to take two years.

Timberwolf Manufacturing Corp., now part of Automated Biomass Systems, has added to its plant and workforce, increasing employment from 12-15 to about 30. Sales have doubled since the 2017 acquisition. The company invested in a CNC plasma machine and gantry system to increase manufacturing capacity.

Teijin Carbon Europe GmbH has increased production capacity for its Tenax-E HT C604 6mm chopped carbon fibre by 40% at its Heinsberg facility in Germany, in response to growing demand from European electronics manufacturers and medical device compounds.

ABB India inaugurated a new 3,600 sq.m. robotics facility at its Nelamangala factory in Bengaluru, doubling its capacity to run proof of concepts and factory acceptance tests for 1,000 ABB robots per year.

Tyson Foods announced an $87.6 million expansion in Tennessee, creating 230 jobs.

Sysco France is renovating and expanding its food warehouse in Lagny-le-Sec, France, with a €22 million project including a 5MW NH3/CO2 refrigeration system from ENGIE Solutions. The project is expected to be completed by end of 2020.

Two new ship-to-shore cranes worth £11.5 million arrived at the Port of Immingham as part of a £33 million upgrade and expansion of the Humber Container Terminal, following earlier delivery of six electric rubber tyre gantry cranes.

Nestlé Australia announced plans to invest $90 million to expand its Purina PetCare manufacturing facility in Blayney, New South Wales, upgrading production areas and installing new equipment to increase production and export capacities.

AkzoNobel announced the expansion of its plant in Amata Industrial Park, Dong Nai province, Vietnam. The expansion includes a green factory for marine coatings, protective coatings and wood adhesives. The wood adhesive area is ready for operation, and the marine and protective coatings area is expected to start production in January 2021.

Macro EMS, part of Macro Group, will build a new electronics contract manufacturing plant in the Obukhovo industrial zone in St. Petersburg, investing over RUB 500 million, adding two production lines to increase output from 100,000 to 400,000 components per year, with launch planned for mid-2021.

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing will move production of its concrete mixers from its Minnesota campus to sister company London Machinery's facility in London, Ontario, and parent Oshkosh Corporation's facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to increase capacity and efficiency.

EHang will build a new autonomous aerial vehicle production facility in Yunfu, Guangdong, China, with an initial annual capacity of 600 units and an RMB42 million (approx. US$6 million) investment. The facility will include R&D and training centers.

Snowbird Technologies plans to invest about $500,000 to relocate and consolidate its four Southside Jacksonville locations into a single facility at Deerwood Center by October 1, 2020. The company makes military air-conditioning units.

Construction began on a $300 million expansion of the Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Roswell, Georgia, from 24 MGD to 32 MGD. The project is delivered by a joint venture of Archer Western and Brown and Caldwell for Fulton County.

Kunert Wellpappe is planning a new automated high-bay warehouse at its Bad Neustadt site to create space for production expansions. Hörmann Logistik was awarded the contract to realize the warehouse with connecting conveyor technology.

Coveris has invested about £3.5m to add a second re-equipped factory to its Amberley Labels business, installing two new MPS label presses at its Boston, Lincolnshire site. The site will be rebranded Amberley Labels Boston in September.

Sekisui Diagnostics announced a £14.4 million investment to expand cGMP microbial fermentation and purification capacity at its Maidstone, Kent site, to be completed by the second half of 2022.

Pressta-Eisele is completing an expansion at its headquarters in Bullay, Germany, with an investment of over €1 million. The expansion adds a new building for the manufacturer of special machines for aluminium processing.

MAHLE will expand its Murfreesboro, Tennessee facility by adding 140,000 square feet and new injection molding production lines, creating approximately 300 jobs.

Metalúrgica Hermann will expand its plant in Gualeguaychú, increasing production capacity from 7 to 10 trailers per month, adding 1,500 square meters to reach 26,500 square meters, and hiring 80-100 new employees.

Touki Kikai (Zhejiang) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Pinghu, China. The expansion involves an investment of $17.02 million, adding 6,733 square meters of floor space, and will produce high-speed precision stamping presses up to 1,000 tons.

Flender Australia, a Siemens subsidiary, announced an expansion in Western Australia with a new 3,500-square-metre facility to meet demand from mining and wind energy sectors.

Sandisk Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Phase 3 plant expansion in Shanghai's Zizhu High-Tech Park, adding about 11,800 square meters for R&D, testing and production of next-generation flash memory products, with total investment of approximately CNY 1 billion.

Retex, a Czech nonwoven textiles manufacturer, launched a new production line worth CZK 250 million at its Moravský Krumlov facility. The line has a daily capacity of 20 tons and was supplied by Germany's Autefa.

Leoni held a foundation-laying ceremony on August 14, 2020, for a 7,000-square-meter expansion of its Cuauhtémoc, Mexico facility to produce EV charging cables and high-voltage cables. Production is scheduled to start in Q1 2021.

AGCOR Steel is undertaking a $2.3 million expansion at its facility in Good Hope, Alabama, adding new machinery and equipment and creating 15-20 new jobs. The expansion will start in July 2020, with equipment purchased this year and building construction next year.

Subaru of Indiana Automotive broke ground on a $158 million expansion at its Lafayette, Indiana plant, adding a service parts facility and transmission assembly shop, creating 350 new jobs. The transmission assembly will produce continuously variable transmissions, with completion in mid-2021.

Foshan Yusen Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. plans to invest 100 million yuan to build a 23,000 sqm facility in Foshan, Guangdong, for producing 500,000 units/sets of oral medical devices annually. The project was approved on July 24, 2020, with construction from December 2020 to December 2023.

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings, completed an expansion at its UK site to increase manufacturing capabilities for canmaking equipment, driven by growing demand for D&I beer & beverage can machinery.

Conagra Brands is investing over $100 million to expand its existing facility in Troy, Ohio, adding 63,000 square feet of production area, new packaging equipment, smokehouses, and drying rooms for Slim Jim and Duke's Smoked Sausages. The project is expected to create over 200 new jobs and be completed in December 2020.

Lydall Performance Materials held a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion at its Rochester, New Hampshire facility to house two new production lines for N95 mask material. The expansion is supported by a $13.5 million federal contract from the DOD and HHS.

Interroll Group started operation of its second plant in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, adding 100,000 sq ft of manufacturing and warehousing space and 25,000 sq ft of offices. The plant provides assembly lines for the Modular Conveyor Platform and sorters.

Lydall held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 24, 2020, for a major expansion of its production facility in Rochester, New Hampshire. The Filtration Center of Excellence will house two new production lines for fine fiber meltblown filtration media for N95 respirators, surgical masks, and air filtration systems.