Fermat Machine Tool opened a new production plant for CNC grinding machines in Radejovice, Czech Republic, on October 24, 2019. The facility is the first built and owned by the company.

Bridgestone Specialty Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, held an opening ceremony for its new factory for radial tires for construction and mining vehicles in Rayong Province, Thailand on October 24, 2019. The factory has a production capacity of approximately 35 tons per day.

Blue Star Power Systems moved into a new $13 million, 85,000-square-foot facility in North Mankato, Minnesota, for manufacturing diesel and gaseous generators.

First Solar began production at its new photovoltaic module manufacturing facility in Lake Township, Ohio, scaling its total U.S. annualized capacity to 1.9 GWDC. The investment represents over $1 billion cumulative and created approximately 500 new jobs.

Asahi Songwon Colors Limited entered a joint venture with Tennants Textile Colours Limited to set up a red and yellow pigments plant in Dahej, Gujarat. Production is expected to start by March 2021.

Chiron opened the Chiron Precision Factory in Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany, after 15 months of construction. The factory has a capacity of up to 400 machines per year and is described as the most modern machine tool factory in Europe.

German company Gerresheimer held a topping-out ceremony for its new medical plastic systems plant in the Skopje 2 free zone. The investment will be implemented in phases, with 400 new jobs planned. Production is expected to start in mid-2020.

Kazakhstan opened a new Kirovets tractor factory at the Kostanay Tractor Plant, with a design capacity of 700 tractors per year. Total investment is 7.3 billion tenge, creating about 500 jobs in production and 700 in related industries.

The 1,320 MW China Power Hub Generation Company power plant in Hub, Pakistan, reached commercial operation on schedule and on budget. GE supplied steam turbines, generators and boilers for the project, which will provide power to 4 million homes.

R&S Group inaugurated a new distribution transformer plant in Poland, expanding capacity for Europe's energy infrastructure. The plant is located in Łódź.

Nidec's subsidiary Motores de Reynosa Nidec broke ground on a second plant in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, to manufacture motors for the robotics industry. The $25 million facility will span over 150,000 square meters and create about 400 direct jobs.

Minerva Group is building a 5000m² shoe factory in Bucharest, Romania, with modern PU/TPU direct soling equipment, TPU sole production automation, cutting, sewing lines, and assembly lines. The factory will employ around 250 people.

ITM Semiconductor announced it will complete its third production plant in Vietnam by next month (November 2019), expanding its POC and PMP production capacity.

WEG is planning to install a new low voltage electric motor plant in Hosur, India, with investments of approximately US$20 million. The 13,000 sqm plant will have capacity to produce up to 250,000 electric motors per year and employ approximately 320 new employees, expected to start operating in 2021.

Hefei Risever Machinery held a grand opening for its new $20 million manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on October 23, 2019. The plant will produce steel machine parts for heavy construction equipment and is expected to be fully operational by January 2020.

Ulsan Polypropylene Co., a joint venture between PolyMirae Company and SK Advanced, broke ground on a new polypropylene plant in Ulsan, South Korea. The plant will have a capacity of 400,000 tons/year and is scheduled to start up in May 2021.

Mexican packaging company Cartograf will invest $65.3 million to build its first U.S. folding and micro-corrugated package printing facility in Chesterfield County's Meadowville Technology Park, creating 63 jobs.

Tetra Pak opened a €25 million, 12,000-square-meter site in Olsztyn, Poland with sales, engineering and manufacturing for cheese production solutions. The site employs over 350 staff and doubles its cheesemaking solution capacity in the country.

FANUC America Corp. opened a new 461,000-square-foot robotics and automation facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on October 22, 2019, housing engineering, product development, manufacturing, and warehousing.

Janicki Industries completed a new 90,000-square-foot facility in Hamilton, Washington, for manufacturing flight-quality aerospace parts from advanced composite materials. The plant includes controlled contamination areas and a drive-in freezer.

Turkish company Odelo Farba Bulgaria opened a headlight manufacturing plant in the Kapsida industrial zone in Kuklen, near Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The investment is €40.6 million, phased over three plants by 2023, with total employment of 400 people. The first plant covers 23,000 sqm on a 92,000 sqm plot.

International Tractors Ltd. entered a joint venture with Shandong Luyu Heavy Industry to set up a tractor and engine assembly plant in China. The JV, named Luyulika (Laizhou) Agri Machinery Co. Ltd., will invest $10 million in phase 1 and have a capacity of 50,000 units.

Ulsan PP, a joint venture between Polymirae and SK Advanced, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new polypropylene plant in Ulsan, South Korea. The plant will have an annual capacity of 400,000 tons and is scheduled to begin commercial production in May 2021.

Box manufacturer U.S. Corrugated, owned by McKinley Paper Co., selected Lebanon, Indiana for a new state-of-the-art corrugated packaging plant scheduled to start up by the end of 2019. No capacity figure was announced.

Lamatem inaugurated its first industrial unit in Berrechid, Morocco, on October 21, 2019, with an investment of 120 million dirhams. The plant produces medical textiles and has a capacity of 6 million units per month, creating 850 direct and indirect jobs.

UFI Filters Group opened its 18th production site and third in India, in Bahadurgarh near New Delhi, dedicated to aftermarket filters. The €10 million investment will employ 300 workers and produce 6 million filters per year initially.

Morris Property will build a 60,000 sq ft manufacturing and office plant for sister company Morris Site Machinery at the i54 South Staffordshire business park. Construction starts November 2019 and is expected to take 12 months.

Lincoln Premium Poultry opened a 360,000-square-foot poultry processing facility in Fremont, Nebraska, on October 19, 2019, equipped with Marel solutions, capable of processing two million chickens per week.

Marchesini Group officially opened the new Siena factory of its CORIMA division, which makes machines for sterile drug packaging, in Monteriggioni, Tuscany, on October 19, 2019.

A joint cement plant founded by China Gezhouba Group Cement Co., Ltd was officially put into operation on October 18, 2019 in Shieli County, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. The plant has a designed daily production of 2,500 tons of clinker cement, total investment of $178 million, and provides 260 jobs.

IC design company Realtek will invest NT$3.8 billion to build a plant in the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park in Taiwan, focusing on developing hearing aids and medical image transmission systems.

Japanese automotive wiring specialist Yazaki will invest several million euros to build a new plant in Kenitra, Morocco, expected to employ 2,500 people at full capacity, bringing total Moroccan workforce to over 12,500.

Combilift officially opened its new €50 million global headquarters and manufacturing facility in Monaghan, Ireland, and announced 200 new jobs over three years.

Eqstra Industrial Equipment established HC Forklifts UK to import and distribute Hangcha forklifts in the UK, following an agreement with Hangcha Group in January.

Jungheinrich announced a €40 million investment in a new factory in Moosburg, Germany, dedicated to producing warehouse trucks and systems equipment. Construction is expected to start in April and be complete in the second half of 2013.

WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH has brought a new production plant for water-based SENOLITH WB coatings into service in Gerhardshofen, Germany. The plant can produce over 30,000 tons of coatings annually and was built after 24 months of planning and construction.

HIGHVOLT and CEPCO have been awarded contracts to construct the GCC Electrical Testing Laboratory in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The $22 million project is expected to be completed by 2021 and will be the largest testing laboratory in the Middle East.

CSR Hebel has launched its $75 million autoclaved aerated concrete manufacturing facility in Somersby, NSW. The plant will double the company's current capacity and create 45 jobs when at full capacity.

PMT Boluosipan (Beijing Boluosipan Precision Machine Tool Co., Ltd.) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new high-end machine tool production base in Zhuzhou High-tech Zone, Xinma Industrial Park. The project has a total investment of CNY 500 million (approx. USD 70 million) and covers 100 mu (approx. 6.67 hectares).

Tri-Wall Vina Pack held the grand opening of its new packaging factory in Yen My II Industrial Park, Hung Yen Province, near Hanoi, Vietnam, on October 18, 2019. The factory serves the growing Vietnamese industrial base.

ID Plastics LP announced it will invest $9.8 million to open its first U.S. manufacturing operation in Auburn, Alabama, creating 50 jobs over three years. The plant will initially produce the ID PACK collapsible returnable transport container sleeve.

UNITED CAPS held a formal grand opening for its new manufacturing plant in Kulim, Malaysia, as part of its 'Close to You' strategy to serve the Asian market.

Hennig broke ground on a new 125,000 sq. ft., $17 million manufacturing facility at its global headquarters in Machesney Park, Illinois, to house backup power generator packaging operations.

Thai Boon Roong Cement Co Ltd is expected to inaugurate its new 3500tpd cement facility in Dang Tong district, Kampot, Cambodia, next month.

Italian company Refrion has opened a new production facility in Sabac, Serbia, producing refrigeration and ventilation equipment for export to the EU. The facility currently employs 20 workers, with plans to reach 40-45 by year-end 2019.

MPW, a water treatment company, and Porta Kleen unveiled a new 30,000 square-foot dual facility in Yuma, Arizona. The facility will create 50-70 jobs and is expected to be fully operational by mid-November 2019.

Chenggong Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd. signed an agreement to build a wheeled construction machinery project in Suining, Sichuan, with a total investment of about CNY 5 billion, producing loaders, excavators and other construction machinery.

Chenggong Heavy Industry signed a contract to relocate its entire operations to Suining, Sichuan, China, investing 5 billion yuan to build a new engineering machinery R&D and manufacturing base. The new base will have an annual production capacity of 20,000 units, create over 3,000 jobs, and is expected to be completed by September 2020 with initial production by end of 2020.

XCMG opened its first spare parts center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in partnership with local dealer AODE. The center will connect with Xuzhou Headquarters and other distribution centers to support mining customers in the region.

Dynetics opened a rocket-testing facility, the Aerospace Structures Complex, in Decatur, Alabama. The facility will support NASA's Space Launch System and ULA's Vulcan Centaur, creating 25 initial jobs.