GKN Aerospace officially opened a new facility for Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) in Pune, India, with a $10 million investment. The site will create 200 jobs in 2020, growing to 800 within five years.

Schaeffler is investing €70 million to build a new greenfield facility in Szombathely, Hungary, creating 150 jobs. Construction is scheduled to start in February 2020 and finish by end of 2020.

AIRSYS Cooling Technologies Inc. leased 60,000 sq ft at Smith Farms Industrial Park in Greer, SC, for a new corporate headquarters and production facility. The $5 million investment is expected to create 116 jobs.

German cargo lift manufacturer Bar Cargolift plans to invest in a new factory in the Šiauliai Free Economic Zone, creating up to 50 jobs over three years.

Italian dental consumables manufacturer Euronda completed a 10 million euro factory in Novosaratovka, Leningrad Oblast, producing disposable wipes and saliva ejectors. A second identical line is planned within 10 months.

CS signed an MOU with Ulsan city to invest about 22.7 billion won in a new elevator wire rope production plant in Onyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan. Construction is expected to be completed by August 2020, creating 25 direct jobs.

Mingguan Microelectronics (Ganzhou) signed an investment agreement for a 200 billion yuan power chip project in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China. Phase 1 will build an 8-inch 0.09-0.11μm power wafer line with 65 billion yuan investment, targeting 80,000 wafers per month.

Elliott Group broke ground on a $60 million cryogenic pump test facility at the former Jeannette Glass site in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, near its U.S. headquarters. The company chose the site as its main U.S. manufacturing base.

French supplier Streit Groupe has inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Guanajuato, Mexico, to assemble and manufacture parts for center housing turbochargers. The plant is expected to create 250 jobs.

Şişecam Group opened a flat glass production plant in Manfredonia, Italy, with an annual capacity of 190,000 tons. The company invested over EUR 55 million in the facility, including acquisition and modernization, and it became operational two months ahead of schedule.

Ace World Companies will open a new manufacturing facility in Clinton, Tennessee, in the former Rexnord building, investing $5.6 million and creating up to 50 jobs.

ADM Dalmonds opened a new production workshop in Abovyan, Armenia, with a production area of 3,600 square meters and 700 employees. The company invested about $3.5 million in the project.

Edison and Ansaldo Energia will cooperate to build a natural gas-powered combined-cycle power plant in Presenzano, Italy, with a €370 million investment. The plant will have 760 MW capacity and is expected to start construction in early 2020.

National Energy Services Reunited Corp. opened a casing accessories manufacturing facility in Nizwa, Oman, under Gulf Energy (SAOC), to localize production and create local jobs.

Minprovise opened a new workshop in Karratha, Western Australia, located 5 km from the airport. The facility is 1,000 square metres with a 10-tonne overhead crane and 5,000 square metres hardstand area, supporting fabrication, welding, machining and maintenance services for Pilbara clients.

Guidoni Group, a Brazilian ornamental stone producer, will locate a quartz-engineered stone manufacturing facility in McRae-Helena, Georgia, creating 455 jobs and investing $96 million. Operations are scheduled to begin in Q3 2020.

Italian compounder Sirmax opened a new production plant in Kutno, Poland, dedicated primarily to thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs). The €30 million facility has an initial capacity of 30 kilotonnes per annum of TPEs when fully ramped up.

Darvico has opened a new facility in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, where its joint venture with Baker Hughes, a GE company, provides localised production of Masoneilan and Consolidated control valves.

Elpro i Alingsås AB moved into a new 3,400 sqm production facility in Tokebacka, Alingsås, in early December 2019. The facility includes 2,900 sqm of production space and 500 sqm of office and common areas.

A startup subsidiary of Aircraft Solutions announced it will create 475 jobs and invest nearly $100 million to establish a new aircraft recycling operation at the Kinston-based Global TransPark in North Carolina.

Total Produce opened a new distribution centre in Liverpool, UK, consolidating two existing facilities, with a refrigeration package installed by Carter Synergy.

Unilok, a maker of high-performance valves, invested 48 billion won and completed a new factory in Sihwa MTV, Korea, with about 20,000 m2 of land. A 7,600 m2 site is reserved for expansion.

The Government of Serbia and Aptiv signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Aptiv to open a factory in Zajecar, investing close to EUR 20 million and employing around 2,000 workers. The 40,000 sq m plant is planned in an industrial zone, with construction expected to start in early 2020.

VA Tech WABAG Ltd inaugurated a 45 million litres per day tertiary treatment reverse osmosis plant at Koyambedu, Chennai, built at a cost of ₹486.21 crore. The plant will treat sewage to drinking water standards for industrial reuse, with a provision to expand to 60 MLD.

Xifei International Aviation Manufacturing (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. started construction of a new A320 fuselage system assembly plant in Tianjin, China, with a capital increase of CNY 85.09 million. The plant will have a total output of 700 fuselage sections from 2020 to 2031, reaching full capacity of 72 sections per year by 2023.

Tauras-Fenix, a Russian packaging equipment manufacturer, plans to build a high-tech plant in St. Petersburg with an area of 31,000 m² and an estimated cost of RUB 3 billion. Site preparation begins December 2, 2019.

CTP Invest officially inaugurated a new 18,500 m² production facility for Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) in CTPark Kragujevac, Serbia. CTP invested approximately EUR 20 million in the project.

Hebei Sitong New Metal Material plans to invest CNY 540 million (USD 76.8 million) to build a new factory in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, for commercial vehicle wheels and rare-earth aluminum alloys. The project includes a 50,000-ton rare-earth aluminum alloy line and a 600,000-unit wheel assembly line.

KION India Private Limited inaugurated Factory 2.0 in Koregaon Bhima, Pune, with an investment of over INR 125 Crores (EUR 15 million). The facility has an annual production capacity of 10,000 units and employs over 400 people.

Schneider Electric opened a new smart factory in Bengaluru, India, to manufacture industrial UPS systems and variable speed drives. The facility will employ around 700 people.

HORIBA announced it will build a new facility for HORIBA Instruments (Shanghai) in Jiading District, Shanghai, China, with construction starting December 2019 and completion scheduled for April 2021. The facility will include automotive testing labs, a scientific analysis applications center, and a technical center.

CTP has officially started construction of a 24,350 sqm turbine factory for turbocharger producer BMTS Technology in Novi Sad, Serbia. CTP will invest over EUR 15 million in the building and land, while machinery fit-out will cost around EUR 35 million. Production is expected to start in April 2020.

Romanian automotive steering wheel manufacturer Valtryp opened a new 7,000 m² factory in Eurobusiness II Industrial Park in Oradea, Romania. The project cost EUR 2.44 million, partly EU-funded, and will increase production capacity to 3,000-3,500 steering wheels per day, with plans to expand staff from 140 to 600.

Constantia Flexibles has opened Constantia Ecoflex Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, described as the first plant designed to produce sustainable, recyclable flexible packaging. The 24,500 sq m plant began test runs in September 2019 and has 50 staff.

Russian trading holding Forte announced plans to build a large pump manufacturing plant near Azov, Rostov region, in cooperation with Italian firm S.A.I.P., at an estimated cost of €40 million. The holding has acquired a site of over 100,000 sq m and targets production launch by mid-2021, with up to 700 jobs.

Wandt Werkzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH broke ground on a new production facility in Wanfried, Germany, with an investment of €3.2 million. The plant will cover 2,200 square meters and is expected to be completed by autumn 2020, creating about 30 jobs.

Generac Power Systems will invest US$31 million to construct a new manufacturing plant in Villa de Tezontepec, Hidalgo, Mexico. The plant will assemble diesel and gas mobile electric generators and create 1,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Jones Engineering Group opened a new 83,000 sq ft manufacturing and research plant in Carlow, Ireland, creating 50 jobs with plans to grow to 150. The investment is €7 million.

Xingyu Automotive Systems plans to invest €50 million in a new factory in Nis, Serbia, creating 1,000 jobs. Construction is scheduled to start in Q1 2020.

VM Automotive is constructing a new factory in Berlin, near East London, South Africa, to supply aluminum and steel blanks to Mercedes-Benz. The R450 million investment has created 110 construction jobs and will create 50 permanent jobs when operations start in April 2020.

Canpack opened a $150 million aluminium beverage can factory in Tocancipa, Colombia, with capacity of 1.3 billion cans per year expandable to 1.9 billion. The plant employs over 200 people and mainly supplies Bavaria, part of AB InBev.

AgriVision Equipment Group, a John Deere dealer, plans to build its largest facility yet on 15 acres in Sioux Center, Iowa. The city council approved the land sale for $495,000 at its Nov. 26, 2019 meeting, with groundbreaking expected in spring 2020.

Brasfield & Gorrie completed construction of a $36.1 million medical device manufacturing facility for Arthrex in Anderson, South Carolina. The 250,000 sq ft building is projected to create over 1,000 jobs.

Yeşim Tekstil held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new textile factory in Ağrı, Turkey, as part of the Ağrı Tekstilkent project's fourth phase. The factory aims to create 10,000 jobs.

Volty IoT Solutions announced a new manufacturing facility in Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India, with a capacity of 2,000 devices per day and an initial investment of Rs 50 crore (approx. USD 7 million). Production is expected to begin by June-July 2020, creating 500 jobs.

Saint-Gobain held the foundation ceremony for its fourth plasters plant in China, located in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. The plant, with registered capital of EUR 36 million, will have an annual production capacity of 600,000 tons and is expected to be completed by early 2021.

Citic Dicastal inaugurated its second aluminum alloy wheel plant in Kenitra, Morocco, on November 25, 2019. The €350 million, 30,000 sq meter facility is expected to create over 1,200 jobs.

Komatsu Mining Corp. plans to break ground on a new $285 million headquarters and manufacturing facility in Milwaukee's Harbor District on March 12, 2020. The campus will include a 430,000-square-foot manufacturing building and a 176,000-square-foot office building.

Chiron Group celebrated the official opening of its new Precision Factory in Neuhausen, Germany, a $38 million, 150,000-square-foot greenfield plant for assembly of the new 16 and 25 series machining centers, with a maximum annual capacity of 400 units.

NGC Transmission Chennai held a groundbreaking ceremony for a wind main gearbox production factory in Sri City, India, with an initial capacity of 1000 units/year, expandable to 2000 units/year, creating over 200 direct jobs.