Techco-Electrics ETS completed a reconstruction and extension of its production hall in Teplice, Czech Republic, adding 500 square meters of space. The investment of 40 million CZK (about €1.5 million) took 11 months and was carried out by Swietelsky stavební.

Sun Polymers International INC has initiated construction of a new 20,000 square foot warehouse and raw material unloading facility in Mooresville, Indiana. The facility is expected to be completed by Fall 2020.

Precision Castparts Corp., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, will construct a new campus in Mason, Ohio, including a concept R&D integration center for PCC Aerostructures and a manufacturing innovation center for SPS Technologies. The project will create 190 jobs with a $128 million investment.

Calvary Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of specialty cleaners and personal care products, will begin a 9,000-square-foot expansion project at its Fairfield facility, expected to finish in late spring 2020. The expansion will create eight new jobs.

Ziehl-Abegg has begun construction on a €16 million expansion of its production facility in Kupferzell, Germany, adding 8,400 square meters of production area for electric motors and composite materials.

Fab Metals is building a 40,000-square-foot facility at its New Carlisle location as part of an $8 million expansion, expected to be completed by October 1, 2020, and will add 14 to 19 new jobs.

Trucent's CentraSep Technologies arm plans to invest $2 million over three years to expand its Noblesville operations, adding 11 jobs and moving to a 44,000-square-foot facility by early 2021.

Signode Industrial Group will expand its Fordyce, Arkansas facility, creating 31 new full-time jobs over the next 12 months. The company makes transit packaging consumables, tools, software and equipment.

Bausch + Lomb will invest more than $35 million to expand its contact lens products manufacturing facility in Lynchburg, creating 79 jobs over five years. The new plant on 13.1 acres will be the main U.S. distribution point for medical device products.

Mazak Corporation completed its newly expanded Spindle Rebuild Department at its Florence, Kentucky manufacturing campus, part of a $15 million investment. The expansion includes a new manufacturing cell with automated storage and six advanced machine tools.

Toyota Alabama achieved milestones in its $288 million expansion at the Huntsville plant, including start of production for a new 4-cylinder engine and closing in of a new V6 assembly line. The expansion will add 450 jobs and increase annual engine capacity by 34% to 900,000 by 2021.

UPA Corporation Bhd's subsidiary UPA Healthcare Products Sdn Bhd is investing RM10 million to manufacture melt-blown non-woven fabric for face masks in Seri Kembangan, Malaysia. Production is expected to start by end of November 2020, with annual capacity of 600,000 kg of fabric and 86 million masks.

Nestlé's Nespresso is investing CHF 160 million to expand its production center in Romont, Switzerland, with construction of a second hall starting June 2021 and first lines operational by June 2022.

Specialty forklift manufacturer Dimos is building a 3,600-square-meter production hall in Petersberg, Germany, doubling its manufacturing space, with completion expected in Q1 2021.

Sumitomo Bakelite announced a new manufacturing line for epoxy encapsulation composite materials at its Vyncolit NV subsidiary in Ghent, Belgium, with capacity of several thousand tons per year, to come online in early 2022.

Eiliton (part of Unimed Group) launched a third automated production line for PET vacuum blood collection tubes at its site in Dubna Special Economic Zone, investing 70 million rubles. The line adds 4 million units per month capacity, raising total plant capacity to 170 million tubes per year.

Gerber Products Company is adding a product line at its Fort Smith, Arkansas facility, investing $30 million and creating up to 50 full-time jobs.

Hamilton Caster broke ground on a $6 million, 65,000-square-foot expansion at 1767 Dixie Highway in Hamilton, Ohio. The new facility will house fiber lasers, robotic welders, CNC machines and a powder paint system, and will become the company's new corporate offices.

Liander has started doubling the capacity of its electricity substation at Karperweg in Amsterdam from 40 to 80 megavolt-amperes, investing 154 million euros in the Amsterdam energy grid in 2020. The project is expected to be completed in 2023.

Nyrstar doubled its zinc dust production capacity at its Balen, Belgium site with a multimillion Euro investment, creating 7 new jobs. The plant is now producing at design capacity.

Impro is expanding its high-precision machining and casting operations into a new 2,053,776 square foot facility at WTCII Industrial Park in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, adding precision machining, sand casting, investment casting, aerospace components, and surface treatment plants.

Jacob Holm announced Project Boost, a company-wide investment plan to expand capacity by 500 million square meters per year for personal protective materials (PPE) production. The project started in June 2020 and is expected to be completed in Q3 2022.

STF Group invested around EUR 1.5 million in a new solid-state polycondensation plant at its headquarters in Aicha, Germany. The site can now produce 35,000 t/y of food-grade resin, with plans to increase to 50,000 t/y by 2021.

GE Appliances announced a $62 million investment to expand production at its Appliance Park complex in Louisville, Kentucky, creating 260 new jobs. The investment includes $43 million for refrigeration plant expansion and $19 million for dishwasher plant modernization.

Von Roll is turning its existing Bangalore plant into the most modern electric wire coil production facility in India, doubling current capacity. The company cites growing outsourcing by motor and generator manufacturers.

AprilAire opened its newly expanded distribution center and doubled the size of its dehumidifier facility in Poynette, Wisconsin on July 6, 2020. The expansion includes a new digital warehouse system and increased production capacity.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems' T-Point 2 combined-cycle gas turbine demonstration plant at Takasago Works in Hyogo, Japan, entered full commercial operation in March 2020.

Mitsui Chemicals announced the expansion of production facilities for TEKNOROTE mask nose clamps at wholly owned subsidiary Sunrex Industry Co. Ltd. in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. Capacity will rise by about 150%, sufficient to supply 3 billion masks per year.

Ziehl-Abegg SE is investing 16 million euros to expand its production buildings at Kupferzell, adding about 8,400 square metres for energy-efficient electric motors and composite fan production. The official groundbreaking took place with Baden-Württemberg's economics minister present.

BEC Feed Solutions is constructing a new state-of-the-art premix manufacturing facility at its Carole Park location, consolidating existing sites. The project includes a new manufacturing plant, warehouse, and office, expected to be completed by December 2020.

Agfa is building a new unit at its central factory in Mortsel, near Antwerp, to produce water-based inks for laminates, corrugated and other packaging. The plant will be co-located with R&D and quality control and is meant to cover volumes for the next five to ten years.

Yamada, a Honda supplier, plans a $15.2 million expansion adding 73,000 square feet and 100 new jobs at its South Charleston, Ohio facility. Clark County approved a 15-year property tax abatement for the project.

GE Aviation opened a new $40 million indoor jet engine test facility at its Peebles Test Operation in Ohio, the 11th test site, to accommodate growing engine volumes.

ThyssenKrupp Bilstein of America announced a $26 million expansion of its Hamilton, Ohio plant, adding 60,000 square feet and over 200 jobs to produce advanced shock absorbers.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is investing a high double-digit million euro amount to expand its LED chip production capacity in Penang, Malaysia, creating over 800 new jobs.

China Satellite's subsidiary Oriental Bluesky Tatanium Technology will implement a phase II project for titanium alloy fasteners with a total investment of 98 million yuan. The project will add 20 million fasteners annual capacity and 32 new process equipment sets.

Systecon, a manufacturer of pumping and control systems, plans to nearly double its building size with a $2.1 million expansion, adding 18 jobs, pending a tax exemption.

Contingent Network Services plans to construct a new $5.4 million building in West Chester Twp., adding 75 jobs to its existing 120 employees, pending a tax exemption.

Mondi completed the installation of a Windmöller & Hölscher AD 8320/AM 8115 paper sack converting machine at its Nyíregyháza site in Hungary, with a €7 million investment. The plant can now produce over 130 million sacks annually for food packaging.

Texas Instruments Semiconductor Manufacturing (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. invested RMB 1.056 billion in a Phase II integrated circuit packaging and testing production facility in Chengdu, China.

Anup Engineering is setting up an expanded heavy engineering facility in Kheda near Ahmedabad with capex of 200 crore rupees, to be funded through internal accruals. The company sees strong demand for reactors from the petrochemicals sector.

DEUTSCHE ROCKWOOL officially opened a new production line (Linie 9) at its Neuburg a.d. Donau site on July 2, 2020. The investment of over 100 million euros created 80 new jobs and will produce stone wool insulation for building facades and flat roofs.

Trystar signed a lease for a 120,000 square foot factory in Faribault, Minnesota, to consolidate manufacturing and administrative operations. The facility will add 20,000 sq ft of office space, with transition starting in June 2020 and completion expected by late July 2020.

Liebherr USA, Co. completed a $60 million expansion of its campus in Newport News, Virginia, adding 251,000 sq. ft. of office, warehouse and repair space. The company moved into the new facilities on April 6, 2020.

BMW Group opened the Competence Centre for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing, Germany, and expanded capacity to produce e-drives for 500,000 electrified vehicles per year by 2022. The investment is over EUR 500 million and will employ up to 2,000 staff.

Bairds Malt constructed a new malting plant at its Inverness facility on Longman Road, increasing capacity by 57,000 metric tonnes per annum. The plant became operational in 2023.

Truck Equipment & Body Co (TEBCO) of Kentucky is investing $2 million to renovate and equip a 40,000-square-foot facility in Stanton, Kentucky, adding 43 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational by Q3 2020.

Cenway New Materials will add 500 tonnes of annual capacity for specialty rubbers at its existing site in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. The $2.05 million project also includes upgrading butyl rubber facilities and is currently under environmental review.

Qilu Tianhe Huishi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. plans to invest 51.5 million yuan to expand its wastewater treatment system by 1,500 m³/d at its facility in Licheng District, Jinan, China. The project will use a multi-stage treatment process and is currently undergoing environmental impact assessment.

SA Water completed a $52 million upgrade of the Murray Bridge Wastewater Treatment Plant, including a new plant in Brinkley, increasing capacity from 2.6 to 4.5 million litres per day. The plant became fully operational in mid-2020.