In the second half of 2020, Hatzopoulos S.A. completed the expansion of its cylinder engraving line with an additional engraving station, increasing in-house capacity.

Zoller, a manufacturer of setting and measuring devices, completed a new production hall, smart factory and parking garage at its Pleidelsheim site in mid-2020, tripling the floor space from 12,000 to 37,000 square meters.

APM Terminals' Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company upgraded over 18,000 m2 of storage yard with new cargo handling technology, including crane track renovation and new surfacing to increase container stacking height from three to six. Similar reconstruction of two more yards totaling over 38,000 m2 is expected to be completed by 2021.

Shandong Innovation Metal Technology Co., Ltd. began trial production of the first production line of its 800,000 t/y high-strength high-toughness aluminum alloy project in Zouping, China, with a total investment of 1.08 billion yuan.

Zibo Oumu Specialty Paper Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qifeng New Material, will invest 150 million yuan to build a 18,000-tonne-per-year nonwoven new material project in Zibo, China. The project includes production lines for plant fiber, synthetic fiber, and spunlace nonwoven, and is expected to be completed by May 2021.

SiO2 Materials Science is investing $163 million to expand its existing facility and build a new 70,000-square-foot molding facility in Auburn, Alabama, to increase production capacity for vials and syringes supporting the COVID-19 vaccine effort. The project will create 220 jobs.

Proquinal Costa Rica, a subsidiary of Spradling Group, announced a $20 million investment in its coated fabric manufacturing plant in El Coyol de Alajuela, Costa Rica. The expansion will add Italian machinery and create 50 jobs.

InfraLeuna held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion and modernization of its GuD2 gas and steam turbine power plant at the Leuna chemical complex in Germany. The €145 million investment includes a new gas turbine, steam turbine, and heat recovery steam generator.

West Star Aviation's Flite Components will transition from its Dallas facility to the Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS) facility in Cedar Hill, Texas, combining capabilities for composite and aerostructure repairs. The move is expected to be completed by December 2021.

Fenner Dunlop announced a $23.5 million expansion of its Kwinana, Western Australia conveyor belt plant, adding a third press line with Siempelkamp that raises capacity by a further 50%.

Hood Container of Louisiana will complete a $50 million efficiency upgrade and capacity expansion at its West Feliciana Parish paper mill near St. Francisville, retaining 306 employees and supporting 75 construction jobs.

Arkhbum is upgrading its Ulyanovsk corrugated plant, which makes double and triple wall packaging with monthly output of 16 million square meters. The total project cost is 2.5 billion rubles, with a new plant due to launch in March 2021.

Truck Equipment & Body Co. of Kentucky Inc. (TEBCO) began a $2 million project to renovate and equip a 40,000-square-foot facility in Stanton, Kentucky, for custom dump truck body manufacturing, creating 43 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational by Q3 2020.

12eleven Production Equipment added over 30,000 square feet of new heavy fabrication and painting capacity in the Wichita Falls, Texas region, now operating three plants with over 165,000 square feet of shop floor.

Ensto expanded its Indian plant.

Ensto extended its laboratory in Porvoo, Finland and invested in machinery at its Porvoo and Keila, Estonia plants.

The Hershey Company will invest $135 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Stuarts Draft, Augusta County, Virginia, adding 90,000 square feet and creating 110 new jobs.

Saunier Duval, a subsidiary of Vaillant Group, plans to hire 155 employees at its Nantes plant and invest significantly to increase heat pump production from 35,000 to 120,000 units per year within five years, driven by over 30% annual growth.

Zep Inc. will expand production capacity of disinfectants, sanitizers and hand soaps at facilities in Desoto, TX and Emerson, GA. The Emerson facility will expand hand sanitizer manufacturing, while the DeSoto facility will quadruple disinfectant capacity.

Dunmore Europe announced the addition of a new wide web physical vapor deposition (PVD) metallizer at its facility in Freiburg, Germany, expanding metallizing width from 1.75 meters to 2.45 meters.

Terex Cranes will start manufacturing cranes at its plant in Hosur, India from next year.

Crane Industry Services (CIS) in partnership with CM Labs Simulations expanded simulation training by opening a new simulation training and demo room at the CIS Centered on Safety Training Center in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Swedish wood products company Setra is expanding its range of construction timber with a major investment in a new planing mill in Hasselfors, Sweden. The mill will begin production in summer 2020 and aims to manufacture around 200,000 m³ of planed products per year.

Mikron Automation has begun construction to expand its headquarters in Boudry, Switzerland, adding 7,800 m² of production space to double total factory area to 15,000 m².

SANY America produced its 100th SY215C excavator at its Peachtree City, Georgia facility, after expanding the assembly floor to 150,000 square feet and increasing hiring. Production capacity rose from 4 to 24 machines per month.

Losonczi Innovation Kft. inaugurated a new factory hall in Békéscsaba, Hungary, with nearly 1,500 square meters of space, equipped with new machines and a measuring room, for precision tool manufacturing.

WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH has completed an expansion of its production plant in Gerhardshofen, Germany, increasing capacity and flexibility to manufacture specialty coatings, and including a backup system. A new plant for UV coatings is under construction and expected to start production in early 2021.

DRS Deutsche Rohrwerke Sachsen more than doubled its production in 2019 by adding six new extrusion lines, a new injection molding machine, and a regranulation system, along with a new refrigeration system from Reisner-Kältesysteme.

Merck Animal Health announced a $100 million investment in its DeSoto, Kansas manufacturing site, including a technological expansion of the vaccine production facility coming online this year and an additional $66 million for future enhancements.

NKT plans to invest approximately EUR 150 million in 2020-2022 to expand its high-voltage factories, driven by a record order book. The company also plans to issue new shares by end of 2020 to fund the investment. Announced on 29 June 2020.

Sto Ges.m.b.H. broke ground on a new €10 million production plant in Villach, Austria. The 3,000 sqm facility will produce 35,000 tonnes of powdered adhesive and reinforcing mortar annually, creating 15 new jobs.

Florea Grup invested €10 million in a new precast concrete plant in Strejnicu, Prahova County, Romania. The plant has a capacity of 6,000 sqm per day, doubling the company's total production to 12,000 sqm per day.

Tooling Tech Group (TTG) has added a new large-capacity die sinker and upgraded two existing EDM machines at its Washington, MO facility, increasing capacity for die and mold making for the die cast and aerospace industries. The investment was announced on June 29, 2020.

Weihua Group commenced construction of the third phase of its Intelligent Lifting Equipment Industrial Park in Changyuan City, China, on June 28, 2020. The project covers 431,000 square meters with a total construction area of 265,000 square meters and an investment of CNY 1.5 billion.

Danfoss plans to transfer production of some compressors and industrial refrigeration valves and coils from Europe and the Americas to its Wuqing manufacturing park in Tianjin, China. This will increase compressor annual output by about 100,000 units and add CNY 150-200 million in annual compressor revenue and CNY 130 million in valve and coil revenue.

Lehigh Hanson Inc. marked placement of the final segment of the steel stack for a new preheater tower at the Lehigh Cement Mitchell Plant in Indiana. The expansion project is on track for completion in 2023.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG announced plans to expand its team in China in Service, Sales, and Production to over 1,000 employees, anticipating strong market growth. The announcement was made at a ceremony for the 9,999th printing unit manufactured at its Shanghai plant.

Jakob Valgeir ehf is expanding its freezing plant in Bolungarvík, Iceland, by 25 x 50 meters with new units, freezers, and presses. The expansion will increase freezing capacity by 4 tons per hour and is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.

Calgon Carbon announced a $185 million expansion of its Pearlington, Mississippi plant, adding a second virgin activated carbon production line. The expansion will increase capacity by 50 million pounds per year and create 38 new jobs, with completion expected in late 2022.

Clean TeQ announced that its BIOCLENS production facility in Tianjin, China, has been successfully commissioned and achieved steady-state operations in Q2 2020.

SK innovation will invest an additional $940 million to expand its manufacturing plant in Commerce, Georgia, creating 600 jobs. This is in addition to the company's $1.67 billion investment for two facilities in Jackson County. The new 430,000-square-foot plant will produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

Metalworx, Inc. will invest $7.6 million to relocate its headquarters and manufacturing operations from South Carolina to Grayson County, Virginia, creating 59 new jobs.

Koops has moved into a new 80,000 sq. ft. owned facility in Greenville, South Carolina, expanding its capacity to serve customers.

Tosyali Algérie is building a mineral enrichment unit at its Bethioua steel complex with a capacity of 4.5 million tonnes per year, costing $80 million, expected to be completed by end of 2020 and operational in early 2021.

Orbotech, a KLA company, is relocating its flat panel display development and manufacturing lines from San Jose, California to its plant in Yavne, Israel, increasing its Israel-based production capacity to about 90% of total manufacturing by end of 2021.

Techtronic Industries (TTI) will invest an additional $650 million in Vietnam to build a cordless power equipment plant in Ho Chi Minh City's Hi-Tech Park, with construction completed by Q3 2021, and develop an R&D center employing 2,000 researchers.

Heidtman Steel Products plans to expand its facility in Bedford Township and Monroe, Michigan, with a $9.1 million investment creating 65 jobs, supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund.

TTI Floor Care North America will invest USD 20 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Cookeville, Tennessee, adding multiple production lines and creating 500 jobs over five years.

ORBIS Corporation expanded its metal rack fabrication capabilities and relocated to a larger facility in Piedmont, Greenville County, South Carolina. Production began in January 2020.

Koch-Chemie began a construction project to modernize and expand its Unna factory, adding production capacity and planned bottling equipment and office space. The announcement was dated 24 June 2020.