Zipperle, a fruit juice and purée producer in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, installed a new multi-purpose aseptic filling line designed by CFT Group by 2019 to expand production capacity for juices and semi-finished products in aseptic bags.

Stevens Aerospace and Defense Systems is relocating its maintenance, repair and overhaul operation to Smyrna Airport from Nashville International Airport, with a 30,000-square-foot hangar.

Batter Up Foods' sister company SatisPie will invest up to $34 million to expand a former food production facility in Fulton Industrial Park, Atlanta, to produce waffles and pancakes. The project will create 162 jobs and have capacity to produce 580 million waffles per year.

LyondellBasell, through its subsidiary Equistar Chemicals, is expanding an extrusion line at its La Porte, Texas facility. The project involves new loss-in-weight additive feeders and a mixing screw conveyor supplied by Coperion K-Tron and KWS.

Lovo (formerly Nutri Group) announced Phase 2 of its expansion at its Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon egg grading facility, a nearly $10 million investment to add 18,000 square feet and increase capacity by 10%. The expansion is scheduled for completion by November 2026.

MM Technics expanded its Newberry County, South Carolina site by 18,000 square feet, adding an 800-ton press and a 300-ton press, doubling press line capacity to serve customer orders.

ElvalHalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry S.A. is expanding its aluminum rolling mill in Oinofyta, Greece, investing EUR 150 million in equipment, technology, and infrastructure as part of a five-year plan to more than double flat rolled aluminum products capacity.

Alstom plans to add a 21,000-square-foot building to its Shawmut Drive location in Hornell for a motor shop expansion, with a total cost of about $9.5 million. The Hornell Industrial Development Agency approved preliminary site work.

Misco Products Corp. added a new filling line on April 24, 2020, and plans another in May 2020, increasing its production workforce from 80 to over 130 to meet surging demand for disinfectants.

OM Materials (Sarawak) is embarking on a phase two expansion of its smelting plant in Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu, adding two to four manganese alloy furnaces and converting existing ferrosilicon furnaces to produce metallic silicon. The project is targeted for completion by 2022.

Actega is significantly expanding production of water-based and UV-cured overprint varnishes, raising global capacity to over 150,000 tonnes per year. About €2 million has been invested in a new integrated production facility in Brazil employing 180 people.

HK Präzisionsteile GmbH has added a DMG MORI 65 monoBLOCK 5-axis milling machine with pallet changer to its capacity, following a recent investment in a universal lathe.

Bimex Verktyg AB plans to expand its operations with an additional 450 m², with construction start scheduled for spring 2026, to meet customer demand for tool components.

Constellium Singen GmbH is expanding with a new aluminum extrusion production hall at its site in Singen, Germany, to increase production capacity for high-quality aluminum profiles for the automotive industry.

Silgan Plastics plans a $15 million, 204,000-square-foot warehouse addition at its Seymour facility in Indiana. A Seymour Plan Commission vote approved the development plan, and the city council was to vote on rezoning.

Plastika Thrakis (Trace Plastics Co) invested €200,000 in machinery to add a surgical mask production line at its Xanthi facility, with capacity of about 100,000 masks per day.

Syngen Biotech Co Ltd plans to invest about NT$800 million to expand production capacity through smart production lines for fermentation of microorganisms.

Bioteq Corp plans to invest NT$1.6 billion to establish a flagship plant in the Yilan Science Park, with automated production lines for catheters and angiography equipment.

King Ray Industry Co Ltd, a hardware accessory supplier, plans to invest over NT$400 million to set up a new plant in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park to expand production.

LS Cable signed an investment agreement with Gangwon Province and Donghae City to invest 304 billion won to expand its Donghae plant with advanced facilities including drying turntables and FJ turntables.

Pepperl+Fuchs Group is expanding production capacity by building a second factory in Tan Thuan EPZ, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The design and build contract is valued at $18 million, and the factory is expected to be completed in May 2021.

Guangdong Daikaxu Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. is investing 350 million yuan in a relocation and expansion project for lightweight high-strength aluminum alloy wheel production in Qingyuan, Guangdong. Phase one, costing 200 million yuan, will build one new production line.

Lincotek Medical is investing in its Wuxi, Jiangsu manufacturing centre by doubling coating capacity for orthopaedic implants with a second CAPS Intercooler and adding a cleaning and packaging line.

Coffee roaster Löfbergs is installing a new packaging line at its Välsviken roastery in Karlstad, Sweden, in a multi-million investment to increase whole bean capacity.

Qingdao Wanjianwan Tools started construction of its second-phase project in Qingdao West Coast New Area, with a total investment of USD 28 million. The project will produce high-speed precision cutting tools.

Orange Fiber completed the creation of a new pilot plant in Sicily in October 2020 and produced the first ton of a new sustainable fiber made from citrus juice by-products.

PFNonwovens is engineering a new Meltblown line for facemask material and medical wipes at its Znojmo plant in the Czech Republic, to be made available to the Czech government and private customers.

PFNonwovens has approved a new nonwoven line at its Humboldt Industrial Park plant in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to increase capacity for medical fabrics addressing COVID-19. The line will also produce premium fabrics for the hygiene market.

Stora Enso's Imatra mills in Finland decided to increase production capacity for extrusion-coated products and invest in a new automated roll warehouse alongside a new polyethylene coating plant. The investment integrates intermediate storage and logistics.

Tindall Corporation announced plans to expand operations in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, with a $27.9 million investment to construct a new Utility Division manufacturing facility. The expansion will create 20 new jobs and is expected to be completed in early 2021.

Forterra is investing £95 million (€114 million) to build a new brick factory in Desford, Leicestershire, which will double production capacity to 180 million bricks per year. The existing plant will continue operating until the new factory starts up in 2022.

JPW Industrial Ovens and Furnaces opened Plant 2 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in January 2018 to increase manufacturing space for its standard product lines and maintain inventory of standard products.

Magna Imperio Systems Corp. opened its first satellite office in Newport Beach, California to serve municipal water and wastewater facilities and industries in the state.

Ford-Werke GmbH invested $2 billion to convert its Cologne production site into the first Ford Electrification Center in Europe, producing the all-electric Ford Explorer and Ford Capri. The plant is now CO2-neutral.

BASF and Shandong INOV Polyurethane signed a framework agreement to expand capacities of MDI, TDI and PolyTHF to serve increasing demand from various industries in China and overseas.

Sandler AG is investing in a new high-tech nonwoven line for face mask material at its Schwarzenbach/Saale plant. The line will add capacity for up to 800 million masks annually, with production start planned for mid-Q3 2020.

Xsens is expanding its Enschede, Netherlands facility with a new three-story building adding 1,800 m² of floor space, aiming to nearly double production and grow staff from 120 to 200. Construction starts in April 2020, completion expected March 2021.

BarkerBille moved into a new 3,500 m² office and production facility in Ningbo, China, doubling its capacity. The relocation was delayed by the coronavirus outbreak but is now fully operational.

VVDN Technologies opened a 10-acre Global Innovation Park in Manesar, Gurugram, India, to expand its manufacturing capacity for electronics. The campus includes production, R&D, and testing facilities and will be operational by mid-May 2020.

Alfa Fluid Control began building phase two of its operations, including a smart valve manufacturing workshop of about 3,900 square metres and a 5,200 square metre office, R&D and quality building. The roughly 50 million yuan project is planned for completion in November 2020.

Segezha Packaging launched a third production line at its Salsk plant in Rostov Region, with an investment of 500 million rubles and capacity of 83 million units per year. The announcement was reported on 20 April 2020.

Molkerei Weihenstephan modernized its Freising production plant with a new butter processing plant and blended spread production facility, featuring GEA's BUE 6000 Buttermaking Machine, which started operations in 2016.

Vertiv, an air-conditioner manufacturer for data centers, has leased a 19,144-square-foot shell building in South Ironton, Ohio, to support additional production of thermal products. The company expects to add jobs.

Kongsberg Automotive Components (Wuxi) Co. received environmental approval in 3 working days for a CNY 200 million expansion project to add 12,000 sqm of factory space and 5 automated production lines for automotive seat components, supplying Tesla.

Niagara Bottling is investing $38 million to add two production lines at its facility in Jupiter, Florida, and has leased additional distribution space, creating 30 new jobs.

Prestolite Electric is adding a new production line for Leece-Neville IdlePro Extreme 24V brushless alternators at its 350,000-square-foot facility in Arcade, New York, to meet demand from military and marine customers. Limited production will begin in Q4 2020, with high production starting January 1, 2021.

Giga Solution Tech Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Ardentec, plans to invest NT$4.9 billion to expand its manufacturing facilities at the Hsinchu Science Park, focusing on automated production for wireless communication applications. The investment is expected to create 115 jobs.

Ardentec Corp plans to invest NT$6.2 billion to expand production and purchase machinery at a plant in the Hsinchu Industrial Park, creating up to 80 jobs.

Valoe Corporation is modernizing and expanding its solar module production, transferring module production to a new facility in Juva, Finland. The company plans to recruit 15-30 new employees in 2020.

Anhui Xoanons Chemical Co., Ltd. has invested 19 million yuan to construct the second phase project, including new production lines for hydrogenated silicone oil, modified silicone oil, water-based resin, water-based industrial coatings, and paint additives. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.