GE Additive inaugurated its new 40,000 sqm campus in Lichtenfels, Bavaria, Germany, which will become the new home for GE Additive Concept Laser teams, as part of continued investment in additive manufacturing.

Cemento Regional, part of the Guatemala-based Monterrey group, is constructing a new 120,000tpa cement grinding plant in Acajutla, El Salvador, with completion expected by December 2019. The US$12 million facility will produce higher-strength cement.

Orthoplastics will open a new manufacturing facility in Rossendale, Lancashire, with over £5 million annual investment, creating around 100 jobs.

Nanotronics will invest $11 million to open a high-tech manufacturing center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, creating 190 new jobs.

Sunnen Products Company will install a plant in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, investing more than US$9 million in the first stage and creating over 130 new direct jobs.

Hota Industrial Manufacturing Co plans to build a third plant in Chiayi Dapumei Precision Machinery Park later this year, with an investment of more than NT$4 billion, to install 10 smart production lines for transmission products, expected to start operations in 2021.

The Chemours Co. formally inaugurated its new Opteon production facility in Ingleside, Texas, a $300 million investment that triples capacity of Opteon YF refrigerant.

US Tsubaki Holdings opened a new 250,000 sq ft air-conditioned manufacturing facility in Portland, Tennessee, with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 17, 2019.

R-Pharm plans to invest 2-5 billion rubles in a plant in Russia to produce Canon Medical Systems diagnostic equipment, including ultrasound, X-ray, CT, MRI, and angiographs, as part of a strategic partnership.

ABB began construction of a new robotics manufacturing and research facility in Kangqiao, near Shanghai, China, with a $150 million investment, expected to open in early 2021.

Interroll Group will build a new plant in Obrigheim, Germany, with 15,000 sq m of production space and 1,700 sq m of office space, investing around €40 million. The plant is expected to be completed by January 2021.

Lokeren-based Dhollandia is investing 30 million (euro, as reported) to build a new factory in the United States, its sixth site, marking its 50th anniversary.

Danish Crown inaugurated a new meat processing plant in Shanghai, China, in September 2019, with four packaging lines equipped by Ishida, capable of processing up to 14,000 tonnes of meat per year.

Faddis Concrete Products will build a $6.7 million precast concrete manufacturing plant at 2794 Old Richburg Road in Richburg, South Carolina, creating 60 jobs. The site is expected to be operational by the end of 2019.

Linde+Wiemann GmbH KG opened its first U.S.-based assembly operation in Hart County, Georgia, a 54,000 SF facility representing a capital investment of more than $35 million and employing approximately 200 people.

Huntsman Corporation opened a new polyurethanes systems house in the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to increase capacity for polyurethane systems and polyester polyols in the Middle East and North Africa.

Merz opened a new filler plant in BioPharmaPark, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany, with a €15 million investment. The plant will produce Belotero dermal fillers to meet growing global demand.

Medtronic inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Coyol, Alajuela, Costa Rica, to produce components for spine surgery devices. The facility reinforces Medtronic's position as the largest employer of precision operators in the country.

Simba Cement, a subsidiary of Devki Group, is nearing completion of the West Pokot cement factory in Kenya, which will produce 2.5 million tonnes of clinker per year. The plant is expected to open in July 2023.

Henkel Bautechnik has opened a new plant for dry construction mixes in Tosno, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The investment was about 800 million rubles, with an annual capacity of over 80,000 tonnes.

Webasto opened a new production facility in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, costing about EUR50 million. The plant makes sunroofs, panorama roofs, high-voltage heaters and charging solutions, with capacity for around 2 million roof systems per year.

Teijin Ltd. started operating a new ASEAN compound plant and technical centre at Teijin Corp. (Thailand) Ltd. in Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate, Ayutthaya, Thailand. The facility is Teijin's third resin-related R&D hub in Asia.

Belgian transmission system operator Elia has officially inaugurated its new modular offshore grid (MOG) platform, located 40 km off the coast. The platform links the 309 MW Rentel and 219 MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farms to the mainland.

De Nora Tech held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new 107,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mentor, Ohio, relocating electrode technologies operations from Chardon. The project cost was estimated at $31 million.

German orthopaedic implant maker Syntellix opened its first overseas production site in Singapore. Initial investment is in the single-digit million dollars, with projected total investment of S$200 million by 2024.

Saint-Gobain opened a new mirror production line at its plant in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, with an investment of €8 million. The line has a capacity of 900 tonnes per day (20 million meters annually), with 50% for export.

Sri Lanka's Board of Investment signed an agreement with Japanese firm Sugano Packing Materials to set up a plant in Ja-Ela making flexible packaging, mainly flat-bottomed bags for the tea industry. A large pouching machine will be brought to Sri Lanka.

Zhejiang Kaishan Compressor's wholly owned US subsidiary Kaishan Compressor USA (KCA) held an opening ceremony for a new $15 million plant in Baldwin County, Alabama, which makes oil-free screw compressors. The plant began construction in July 2018 and covers 65,000 square feet.

Serum Institute of India's new multifunctional vaccine production facility in Pune was inaugurated on September 9, 2019. The plant, costing over Rs 3,000 crore, has a production capacity of half a billion doses and will create 3,000 jobs. Production is set to commence in November 2019.

HCmed Innovations announced it will build an R&D center and production facility in the Wuxi International Life Science Innovation Park in China.

DRT will build a plant to produce terpene phenolic resins at its Lesperon site, increasing total capacity by over 50%. The plant is scheduled for completion by the end of 2020.

Enviro Tech Chemical Services announced an $8 million investment in a new chemical manufacturing facility in Levelland, Texas, which will initially employ 25 people and process around 10,000 tons of raw materials annually.

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIN) has commenced construction of its second aerospace plant in Bengaluru, India. The plant will house aerostructure machining and surface treatment lines and will employ about 300 people when fully operational.

Carel Group has inaugurated a new plant in the Suzhou area of China.

Interroll moved its Thailand operations into a new 4,800-square-metre plant in Phantong, Chonburi, to serve Southeast Asian material handling demand. The site makes rollers, RollerDrive, pallet flow and drum motors, and will add a modular conveyor platform line by end-2019.

Sri Lanka's Board of Investment signed an agreement with Sugano Colombo Pvt Ltd, a Japanese-linked firm, to set up a flexible packaging plant in Ja-Ela producing mainly flat-bottomed bags for the tea industry. The agreement was signed on 9 September 2019.

Sicamec signed an agreement with the Autonomous Port of Kribi to build a production and assembly plant for refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners in the port's industrial zone. The investment is estimated at FCFA 45 billion, with a capacity of 15,000 units per month and 1,000 direct jobs. Construction is expected to start in early 2020.

Flex Ltd has begun production at a new 35,000 square meter mass production manufacturing facility in Modi'in, Israel. The highly automated plant employs robotic processes and Industry 4.0 methods, and currently employs about 740 people, with plans to expand to 1,000.

Commander Aircraft Corporation will invest $8 million to build a 100,000-square-foot production facility in Norman, Oklahoma for its Commander single-engine aircraft. The company anticipates hiring 30-50 employees and construction will begin within three years.

Gestamp started up a new aluminum stamping facility in Slovakia to supply aluminum body components for automotive manufacturers.

Jaguar Land Rover opened a €1.4 billion manufacturing facility in Nitra, Slovakia, with an annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles, producing aluminum-bodied vehicles like the Land Rover Discovery.

TSMC, together with Bosch, Infineon, and NXP, held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new semiconductor fabrication plant (ESMC) in Dresden, Germany. The investment is approximately EUR 10 billion, making it the largest single corporate investment in Saxony since 1990.

Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) is building a $181 million composite materials factory at its main campus in Kahramankazan, Ankara. The plant will be the fourth largest in the world, covering 95,000 square meters, and will employ over 1,000 people, producing structural parts for aircraft and helicopters.

Raysut Cement Company announced plans to set up a cement grinding unit in the Duqm Special Economic Zone, Oman, with an investment of about $30 million. The plant will produce around one million tonnes of cement per annum.

Rane TRW Steering Systems Pvt. Ltd. has opened a new facility in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, for occupant safety products, with an investment of around Rs 400 million and initial annual capacity of 0.5 million airbag modules and 1 million seat belt assemblies.

The Bostik-Nitta joint venture held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new adhesives plant in Nara, Japan. The plant will produce adhesives for hygiene and industrial markets, with completion planned for 2020.

PTT Global Chemical (GC) and ALPLA formed a joint venture, ENVICCO Limited, to build a circular plastic resin plant in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand. The plant aims to produce high-quality recycled plastic resin.

The Lycra Company opened its largest spandex production plant worldwide in Yinchuan, China, on November 7, 2025. The facility has an initial capacity of 30,000 tons per year and is backed by an investment of 800 million Chinese renminbi ($112 million).

Edwards opened a new 75,000 square foot North America Semiconductor Technology Center in Hillsboro, Oregon, to provide service, support, customer training, and R&D for vacuum and exhaust management equipment.

Artistic Milliners opened a new 500,000-square-foot garment facility in Karachi, Pakistan, representing a $60 million investment. The factory is already in operation and is expected to reach full capacity by Q1 2023.