Wynright, a subsidiary of Daifuku, is opening a new $26 million manufacturing facility in Hobart, Indiana, consolidating its existing factories in Elk Grove Village and Oak Lawn, Illinois. The company aims to double sales over the next five years.

Siegwerk opened a new fully automated Blending Center for printing inks at its headquarters in Siegburg, Germany, described as Europe's largest such facility.

Pratt & Whitney and Indústria de Aviação e Serviços officially opened a new overhaul centre in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, for PT6A and PW200 engine families. It is the fourth facility in Brazil.

Dalian Qianyi Heavy Industry Group's Juyi Heavy Industry turbo compressor production line project broke ground in Deyang, Sichuan, with a total investment of 1.18 billion CNY on a 150,000 square metre site, built in two phases.

Gerresheimer officially opened a new plant in Changzhou, China, producing plastic primary packaging for pharmaceuticals. The facility operates in clean rooms of class 9 and 7 and has FDA registration for US-type containers.

Evonik and Zhejiang Xin'an Chemical Group started construction of a gas-phase silicon dioxide factory in Zhenjiang, China, on December 10, 2019. The plant will produce 9,000 tonnes per year under the AEROSIL brand, with investment in the tens of millions of euros, and is expected to start operations in 2021.

Alstom commenced manufacturing of 31 metro trainsets (248 cars) for Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation at its SriCity, Andhra Pradesh plant. The contract is worth €452 million and includes power supply and signalling systems.

FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical has completed construction of a new manufacturing facility (701) at its Toyama Second Factory for commercial-level liposome formulations, the first such facility in Japan. It is expected to go operational in February 2020.

The joint venture Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co., Ltd. started construction on a new fumed silica plant in Zhenjiang, China, with an investment in the mid double-digit million Euro range and annual output of 9,000 metric tons, scheduled to become operational in 2021.

Precision Castparts Corp. announced a new campus in Mason, Ohio, with a concept R&D integration center for its PCC Aerostructures division and a manufacturing innovation center for SPS Technologies, investing $128 million and creating 190 jobs.

The joint venture Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co., Ltd. started construction on a new fumed silica plant in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. The investment is in the mid double-digit million euro range, with an annual output of 9,000 metric tons, scheduled to become operational in 2021.

French glassmaker Saint Gobain inaugurated a float glass-manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur, Chennai, its third plant in India, and plans to triple revenue through a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government.

Waterlogic USA will establish a new North American headquarters and Center of Excellence in Grapevine, Texas, moving manufacturing from China into a new facility. The project involves more than $1.6 million in capital investment and up to 164 new jobs, supported by a $524,400 Texas Enterprise Fund grant.

Nice-Pak Products announced an $80 million expansion in Mooresville, Indiana, moving to a planned 760,000 sq ft facility on 55 acres owned by the RDC, expected to create about 100 jobs. The $80 million covers $43.5 million for property and facility and $36.5 million for equipment.

Panda Bricks unveiled a new heavy-duty VB4 Block Machine plant in Gaborone, Botswana, with a capacity of producing over one million bricks per month, increasing output by 80% and reducing costs by 20%.

SaskPower has commissioned the 353MW Chinook natural gas-fired power station near Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. The project was completed on time and $75 million under budget, with a final cost of $605 million. It created over 500 construction jobs and will employ 25 permanent workers.

Mingtai Aluminum (Mingtai) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new aluminum plant in Gwangyang, South Korea. The plant will produce aluminum sheets and foil on an 82,627 m² site with an investment of KRW 100 billion. Phase 1 is expected to be completed in 2021, creating 160 jobs, and phase 2 by 2022, creating 400 jobs.

DNX has opened a plant in East Java, Indonesia, to produce a range of emulsions and blended bulk explosives for its blasting services contract with BSI. The plant is expected to cut costs at Tujuh Bukit by US$1 million per year.

Hirotec invested $52.86 million in a new plant in Villa de Reyes, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, to supply automotive metal parts to BMW's San Luis Potosí plant for the Series 3 vehicle.

INEOS Styrolution and Agilyx are advancing development of a polystyrene chemical recycling facility in Channahon, Illinois, capable of processing up to 100 tons per day of post-consumer polystyrene. The next phase covers engineering and design.

German group Güntner inaugurated its second production unit, 'Megafactory Plant Sibiu II', in Sibiu County, Romania on December 7, 2019. The investment was approximately 30 million euros, and the facility has over 30,000 square meters of production space.

Mitsubishi Rayon announced plans to invest 3 billion yen to establish a water treatment membrane plant in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, in a joint venture with China National Engineering Corporation Beijing Bishuiyuan Technology. The plant is expected to begin operation in 2012.

Amada America officially opened its 190,000-square-foot Carolina Manufacturing Center in High Point, North Carolina, for production of press brakes and laser automation. A 62,000-square-foot technical center will open in 2020.

Safran Transmission Systems Poland announced construction of a new research and development center in Sędziszów Małopolski, Poland, to design and test aircraft accessory and transfer gearboxes. Construction starts March 2020 and ends by April 2021.

DRiV opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai on December 6, 2019, reflecting its commitment to China.

Samuel Associated Tube Group will invest $29 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Jefferson County, Alabama. The 284,000-square-foot warehouse is expected to be operational by December 31, 2020, creating approximately 50 jobs.

USG México will invest 200 million pesos to build a new plant in Monterrey, Nuevo León, to expand production of USG Durock material for building facades. The plant will have an annual capacity of 10.4 million square meters and increase capacity by up to 50%.

PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk inaugurated a new polyethylene plant in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia, on December 6, 2019. The $380 million plant adds 400,000 tonnes of annual capacity, bringing total polyethylene capacity to 736,000 tonnes.

LS Cable & System Limited signed an agreement with MAN Contracting to establish a joint venture named LS MAN Cables for manufacturing overhead lines in Egypt. The plant will be built near Cairo and is expected to be completed by end of 2020, with capacity of 2,500 km of overhead wires per year.

Rostec opened a Center for manufacturing turbine blades for aviation, marine and industrial engines at ODK-Saturn in Rybinsk, Russia. The investment exceeded 3 billion rubles, and the facility will produce components for over 2,000 aircraft engines annually.

ABB and Chongqing Liangjiang New Area signed an agreement to build a transformer intelligent manufacturing base in Yufu Industrial Park, Chongqing. The first phase involves an investment of 1.5 billion yuan (approx. $213 million) and is expected to start construction in 2020 and be completed and operational in 2022.

Sumitomo Electric System Tunisia broke ground on a new industrial unit in Monastir, Tunisia, with an investment of 67.6 million Tunisian dinars. The first phase, costing 46 million dinars, will create 2,000 jobs and start production by end of 2020; a second phase in 2024-2025 will add 3,000 jobs.

Mitsui Chemicals, through its subsidiary Mitsui Prime Advanced Composites Europe, is opening a new polypropylene compound production facility at Chemelot in Geleen, Netherlands, to serve the automotive sector.

Taihan Electric Wire will form a joint venture with Kuwaiti partners to build Kuwait's first fiber optic cable plant in Mina Abdullah Industrial Area, with production targeted for the second half of 2020.

Alliance Metals received approval to build an aluminum recycling plant in La Paz County, Arizona, to smelt and recycle waste aluminum into ingots for automotive, aerospace and military industries.

Enerflex completed the Mila midline compressor station at Bombala, New South Wales, for Jemena, five weeks ahead of schedule. The station boosts capacity of the Eastern Gas Pipeline.

Charl-Pol, a maker of welded mechanical parts for heavy industry, has begun construction of a fifth plant in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, with an investment of CAD 3 to 5 million. The lower bound is used here.

ABB is investing $16 million to open a new Product Development Center in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

Ba Defu intends to invest 2 billion yuan to build a water-based building emulsion production project in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province. The project was signed at an investment cooperation meeting on December 4, 2019.

AMETEK France established a Technology Solutions Centre as a regional headquarters in Élancourt City to support growth of its electronic instrument and electromechanical product businesses.

Shandong Tetra New Material Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangsu Tetra, held the founding ceremony for a 9500 tons/year special epoxy resin project (Phase I) in Dongying Port Economic Development Zone on December 4, 2019.

Bombardier announced a new manufacturing facility at Toronto Pearson Airport for production of Global 5500, 6500, and 7500 business jets. The 1-million-square-foot plant will have capacity for 100 aircraft per year, with production starting in 2023.

Xingyu, a Chinese car parts manufacturer, will build a factory in Niš, Serbia, with an investment of €50 million, expected to employ around 1,000 people and produce LED lighting for major car manufacturers.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors opened its first plant in Kragujevac, Serbia, aiming to employ 200 workers initially and up to 800 in the long term.

United Alloy, Inc. will build a new 200,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas, representing a total capital investment of at least $35 million and creating at least 100 new jobs over three years.

Carpenter Technology Corp. opened its new Emerging Technology Center (ETC) at its production campus in Athens, Alabama, with an investment of approximately $40 million, expected to create about 60 jobs over five years.

San Miguel Industrias is constructing a 10,000 square metre rigid plastic packaging plant in Huejotzingo, Mexico, with a $28 million investment, 10 SACMI machines and 150 planned jobs.

Heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration specialists Kirby and Beijer Ref Australia have committed to a 10-year lease on a new $48m purpose-built industrial property at Altitude, Bankstown Airport.

LPKF started construction of a cleanroom factory at its headquarters in Garbsen, Germany, on November 19, 2019. The company is investing over EUR 5 million in the first phase to build an 800 sqm production hall with an ISO 6 cleanroom for manufacturing micro-structured glass components for the semiconductor and electronics industries.

Enikon Aerospace signed an agreement to open a production plant in Vukovar, Croatia, creating 200 jobs over three years. The plant will produce interior parts for Airbus and Boeing aircraft.