odelo Bulgaria plans to double its investment in its newly opened plant in Trakia Economic Zone near Plovdiv to 40 million euro by 2023, increase sales to 60 million euro, and triple staff. The plant produces automotive lighting components.

Klöckner Pentaplast completed an expansion at its Cotia facility in Brazil, adding a coating line that raised its South American coating capacity by over 30%. The announcement was dated 23 March 2020.

Brunswick County received two bids for the upgrade and expansion of the Northwest Water Treatment Plant, which will double capacity from 24 mgd to 45 mgd and add low-pressure reverse osmosis technology. Ulliman Shutte bid $142 million and Oscar Renda bid $108.9 million for the reverse osmosis systems.

Coral Products has commissioned in-house manufacturing for its Ecodeck floor grids, following a £2.1 million investment in new machinery and re-tooling, and insourcing £3 million of previously outsourced production.

Xinyi Group signed a capital increase agreement on March 20, 2020, to invest USD 100 million in a new high-end energy-saving glass deep-processing project in Zhangjiagang Metallurgical Industrial Park, Jiangsu. The project will produce Low-E coated glass, insulating glass, and laminated glass, with construction starting in H2 2020.

Samsung Electronics' second V-NAND plant in Xian, China, began operation, producing 5th-generation V-NAND flashes with 90+ layers. Total investment is $15 billion, and when fully completed, the plant will process over 130,000 wafers per month.

Nova Petroquímica invested US$ 80 million to expand polypropylene capacity: 100,000 t/y at Duque de Caxias, RJ, and from 360,000 to 450,000 t/y at Mauá, SP, Brazil. Total capacity across three plants will reach 875,000 t/y.

Braskem inaugurated a 350,000 tonnes per year polypropylene unit in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil, with an investment of R$ 700 million, increasing its total PP capacity to 1.2 million tonnes per year.

DRS, a pipe manufacturer, is expanding its production by adding six new extrusion lines with 900-1,000 kg/hour each, a new injection moulding machine, and a re-granulation system. Reisner supplied a refrigeration system for the expansion.

X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE is expanding its silicon-carbide (SiC) capacity at its Lubbock, Texas facility, which has a capacity of 26,000 wafers per month, and adding internal SiC epitaxy capabilities. The expansion includes new epitaxy toolset and characterization tools.

Christ & Heiri AG has moved into a new production building in Selzach, Switzerland, with 15 lathes to produce turning blanks for gear manufacturing, bringing the complete process in-house.

Atlantis-Pak is installing a high-barrier packaging film line with 800 kg/hour capacity at Rostov Civil Aviation Plant No. 412 in Rostov-on-Don, as a temporary measure before a new plant in Yuzhno-Bataisk. Commissioning is planned for October 2020; total investment exceeds 3 billion rubles.

Inteva Products announced plans to expand its operations in Bluffton, Indiana, by leasing, renovating and equipping a 260,000-square-foot facility. The $42 million investment will support manufacturing and assembly of interior systems and is expected to create up to 419 new jobs by the end of 2023.

Everkem announced a move to a new 48,000-square-foot facility at 120 Regent Drive in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, roughly twice the size of its current location. The relocation began March 16, 2020, and is expected to take three to five weeks.

CRH's cement plant in Rohožník, Slovakia, plans to double its white cement production capacity and make its energy system more environmentally friendly. The investment project has been submitted to permitting authorities.

Luoyang Glass' subsidiaries plan to invest in three solar glass deep-processing projects: 11 million sqm/year solar backsheet glass in Hefei (CNY 60.84 million), 10 million sqm/year solar glass in Tongcheng (CNY 62.21 million), and 11.4 million sqm/year photovoltaic glass in Yixing (CNY 63.26 million).

Ball is adding a fourth canmaking line at its plant in Rome, Georgia, USA.

Samsung is negotiating a $17 billion expansion of its existing fabrication plant in Austin, Texas, to produce logic chips and create 1,900 jobs.

LG Hausys added a new manufacturing line at its Adairsville, Georgia campus, increasing Viatera quartz surface production capacity by 50%, and opened a new warehouse and showroom in Orange County, California.

Aurivo completed a multimillion-euro upgrade at its Killygordon milk processing plant in County Donegal, Ireland, increasing capacity and reducing fossil fuel consumption by 80% and CO2 emissions by 80%.

Thai sock manufacturer OSC has installed new sock boarding machines from Italy's Tecnopea to increase finishing capacity in response to rising sports sock demand.

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., opened a $4 million, 5,000-square-foot PEF Division Innovation Center at its Front Royal, Virginia facility, part of a $40 million expansion that added a new extrusion line, irradiation unit, and salt bath unit.

GW Plastics is expanding its GW Silicones affiliate in Royalton, Vermont, with a $2 million investment adding 3,000 ft² of Class 8 cleanroom space for 8-10 new injection-molding machines, to support liquid silicone rubber medical device business growth.

Chongqing Meike Mold is adding 6000 m² to its new factory in Qianyan Technology Town, Yubei District, Chongqing, for a specialized injection mould workshop. The new factory has a total area of 15,000 m² and expected annual capacity of over 100 million.

Hayashi Telempu North America (HTNA) plans a $7 million expansion of its Jasper, Alabama plant, creating 19 jobs. The company manufactures automotive interior components.

UMC received city approval and a $300,000 grant from the Minnesota Investment Fund for a 52,000 sq ft expansion adjacent to its existing facility in Monticello, Minnesota. Construction is targeted to start April 25, 2020, and the expansion is expected to create 60 new jobs.

Ross-shire Engineering (RSE) recently opened a 28,000sq ft manufacturing centre in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, to support growth in England.

Cepheid received an $18 million sales tax exemption from CAEATFA for a large CAPEX investment in the San Joaquin Valley and SF Bay Area. Construction of a mega-factory in Lodi has begun.

Embaquim started full operation of a new Carnevalli coextruder at its São Bernardo do Campo plant to make multilayer barrier films. The equipment adds 50 tonnes per month and raises total film capacity by 15%.

The Nidec Press & Automation service center in Queretaro, Mexico is expanding with a new facility to add warehouse space and larger on-site press remanufacturing capability. No value or timing was given.

Nidec Press & Automation is building a 25,000 sq ft addition to its service, repair parts, machining and remanufacturing facility at its headquarters in Minster, Ohio. The expansion is part of a global push in remanufacturing capacity.

Torch Electron received regulatory approval on March 14, 2020, for a 600 million yuan convertible bond issuance to fund a project adding 8.4 billion small-volume thin-layer ceramic capacitors annually.

Daimler is building a second press shop at its Kecskemét plant in Hungary with a HUF 50 billion investment. The new facility will be built on a 23,000 sqm area and is expected to double the plant's existing pressing capacities.

West River Conveyors and Machinery Company received a $1.225 million loan from VCEDA to expand its Oakwood, Virginia facility by 8,000 square feet, add equipment, and create 12-15 jobs over 10 years.

Hitachi Cable announced the installation of a new production center in Queretaro, Mexico, as part of the expansion of its second plant. The $14 million investment will create 620 jobs, with operations expected to start in October 2020.

Confluent Medical Technologies is expanding its Orange County, California R&D, prototyping, and rapid development operations to support increased demand for balloon catheters, including doubling cylindrical balloon forming capacity and adding staff.

Supermax Corp Bhd acquired a 5-acre industrial land in Meru, Klang, Selangor for RM20 million to construct a new manufacturing plant No. 16, adding 4.5 billion pieces of gloves per year capacity.

Graphic Packaging International expanded its Sneek, Netherlands folding carton facility, doubling production capacity with a new 11-colour press and a new folder-gluing line. The EUR 20 million (about $22 million) project took two years and added a 5,000 m2 building extension.

Fenghua Advanced Technology announced a 75.05 billion yuan investment to build the Xianghe Industrial Park high-end capacitor base, which will add 45 billion MLCCs per month in three phases.

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe started construction of a 43,000t/yr dry mortar production line at its Manresa plant in Harare, supplied by Varlik Industries, increasing mortar capacity by 710% to 50,000t/yr.

Kerry Group will invest $125 million to expand its operations in Rome, Georgia, more than doubling production capacity at the existing site. Construction begins immediately and is expected to be completed by early 2021, creating over 100 new full-time jobs.

Daikin Europe is increasing production and R&D capacity at its ROTEX site in Güglingen, Germany, within 2020, following the integration of ROTEX Heating Systems GmbH into Daikin's European factory network.

INDEVCO North America is investing $15 million to expand its Specialty Coating & Laminating facility in Doswell, Virginia, including $3M in building construction and renovation and over $12M in machinery. The expansion will create 40 new jobs over 4 years.

Seoyon E-Hwa Interior Systems is planning a $5.14 million expansion at its Selma, Alabama plant, adding 60 jobs. The expansion is expected to begin in April 2020 and complete by September 2020, in conjunction with new vehicle production at Hyundai's Montgomery plant.

Hunan Xiangbian Electric plans to invest 29.34 million yuan to expand its factory in Xiangyin County, China, adding production lines for SH15 series amorphous alloy transformers and high-voltage vacuum ring network switchgear.

Nissan has opened a new £52 million extra-large press line at its Sunderland, UK plant, capable of stamping over 6.1 million panels per year. The investment is part of a £400 million total for the next-generation Qashqai.

Johnston & Jeff is investing £1 million to expand its factory in Gilberdyke, adding a 12,000 sqft warehouse, new offices, and machinery including computer-controlled weighers, a bagging line, and a palletising robot. The expansion is due to rising demand for bird feed.

Elos Medtech Skara is expanding its factory by 2,400 square meters with new machinery and automation, aiming to double production volumes and increase turnover capacity from SEK 70 million to nearly SEK 150 million.

The city of Cape Town is upgrading the Zandvliet Waste Water Treatment Works with Bellmer WinklePress Green and TurboDrain dewatering equipment, supplied via PCI Africa. The upgrade is expected to be completed by 2021.

Sailun Group is investing approximately RMB 1 billion to expand passenger car tyre capacity at its Dongying plant in Shandong Province to 27 million tyres per year. The project includes advanced production equipment and fully automated tyre logistics lines.