LEUNA-Harze completed an expansion of its glycidyl ether synthesis plant in summer 2019, increasing reactive diluent capacity from 6,500 to 9,900 tonnes per year. The company also received building permits to expand phenol resin production, raising total investment to €380 million.

Allpax Products will build an 80,000 sq ft headquarters and manufacturing center in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, with a $7 million investment, retaining 55 jobs and creating 5 new ones.

Inner Mongolia Chuangyuan Metal Co., Ltd. is building an 80,000 tonnes/year high-strength aluminum alloy project in Huolinguole, Inner Mongolia, with a total planned investment of CNY 30 billion. The second series of 40,000 tonnes/year capacity is already operational, and the remaining 40,000 tonnes/year is planned to start construction in May.

Logan Corporation will expand its Salyersville, Kentucky plant with a $1.2 million investment, adding 13,000 square feet and installing a Wheelabrator to increase production speed.

Paslin Company is expanding its Warren, Michigan facility with a $45 million investment, creating 200 jobs, after winning a contract with Rivian to supply vehicle and battery frame assembly systems for electric vehicles.

PMC Hydraulics extended its production facilities in India to 1650 square meters in February 2020, adding storage, a larger machine shop and assembly and testing areas. The company expects production capacity to rise by up to 25%.

Bourgault Industries added 184,000 square feet of production area to its manufacturing facility in St. Brieux, Saskatchewan, to consolidate tillage product line and increase efficiency.

Lam Research Corporation will invest about RM1 billion in a new factory at the Batu Kawan Industrial Park in Penang, Malaysia, on a 34-acre site with 700,000 sq ft of office, manufacturing facilities and warehouse, creating an estimated 350 high-value jobs over three years.

BC Nonwovens is investing in a new production line, machine hall and warehouse at its Sant Quintí de Mediona plant in Barcelona to meet growing customer demand.

Insoca, operating as Cartonajes Izquierdo, has started work on a expansion in Soria, Spain, with a planned investment of at least EUR 25 million over the medium term. The first phase includes a two-level automated warehouse with a silo for 7,000 pallets and about 25 new direct jobs.

Neenah Technical Materials is investing to increase production capacity for Cranemat wetlaid nonwoven membrane substrates at its Pittsfield, MA facility. The additional capacity will almost double current capacity and be available by the end of 2020.

Sandvik is adding a new cold finishing tube manufacturing line at its Mehsana mill in Gujarat, India, to double cold-working capacity for seamless stainless tube, focusing on heat exchanger tubing.

Niles Steel Tank, a subsidiary of Bradford White Corporation, completed an 85,000 square foot expansion for its Alloy Works facility in Niles, Michigan, to produce stainless steel and alloy products for multiple industries.

Gestamp Alabama completed a $12.5 million expansion of its McCalla plant, adding 140,000 square feet to increase production of metal automotive components.

Z Modular has commissioned robotics in its new automated manufacturing facility in Killeen, Texas, expanding its annual production capacity to 10 million sq. ft. The facility has over 200,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space and a 2 million sq. ft. production capacity.

National Cement Co of Alabama (Vicat group) broke ground on a $250 million expansion of its plant in Ragland, Alabama, adding a second kiln. The project is expected to be completed by 2022.

FKS Okucia Okienne i Drzwiowe opened a new assembly hall, increasing its plant area by 30% to boost production capacity and optimize logistics. The company produces about 25,000 window and door handles daily.

Subaru of Indiana Automotive is investing $158 million to expand its Lafayette, Indiana facility, adding transmission assembly and increasing service part production, creating 350 jobs.

Focke Meler Gluing Solutions inaugurated a new 7,500 m2 facility in the Arazuri-Orkoien industrial park, investing €7 million. The company plans to double its workforce from 160 to 320 employees and triple production to 7,500 machines per year by 2025.

Piramal Glass announced a $42 million greenfield expansion at its Jambusar plant in Gujarat, India. It adds one 250 TPD furnace and seven manufacturing lines for high-end spirits, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical glass packaging, and will create about 700 jobs.

Extons Foods invested in a new state-of-the-art production line at its Manchester facility, featuring PFM Packaging Machinery's solutions, to produce grated cheese. The line boosts output to around 80 tonnes per week.

Lisi Aerospace inaugurated its third autonomous production unit (UAP3) at its Parthenay plant in Deux-Sèvres, France. A new 7,000 square meter building was constructed to reorganize production and launch new parts, including turbo compressors. The company also signed a contract with MTU.

BCNonwovens is investing in a new production line, machine hall and warehouse at its Sant Quintí de Mediona (Barcelona) plant to increase capacity. Expected start-up is early 2021.

Abbott has officially opened a new distribution center in Breda, Netherlands, offering over 18,000 m² of storage space and additional capacity of 22,000 pallets for medical nutrition products.

National Cement, a subsidiary of France's Vicat, has broken ground on a $250 million upgrade to its Ragland plant in Alabama, including a second kiln. The project is expected to be completed in 2022.

Novopan del Ecuador SA completed installation of its second medium density particleboard (MDP) line at its Quito plant, doubling production capacity to 600,000 m³ annually. The first board was produced on June 12, 2019.

CGS Machine & Tool Inc. plans to invest $2.75 million to renovate its facility and install new equipment in Bowling Green, Kentucky, creating up to 15 full-time jobs.

Nypro, a Jabil company, announced plans to invest $18.5 million in its Asheville, North Carolina operations, adding 68 positions to its 325-person workforce. The expansion covers facilities, new technology and equipment for precision plastic healthcare products.

Newell Brands will expand into an existing 211,000 sq ft facility in Shelbyville, Bedford County, investing $11 million and creating 115 jobs over five years.

Hoar Construction completed a $12.5 million, 140,000-square-foot expansion of Gestamp Alabama's plant in McCalla, Alabama, to increase production of metal automotive components.

DeGen Medical, Inc., a spinal implant manufacturer, opened a new facility in Charleston, South Carolina, housing engineering, a cadaveric lab and training. The company's headquarters remain in Florence, SC.

MRS Electronic completed a new three-storey building in Rottweil, Germany, doubling the company area to over 3,500 square metres. The expansion increases production capacity and competitiveness.

Johnson Lifts Ltd announced plans for a new lift factory in Sengadu, Tamil Nadu, to produce an additional 6,000 units per annum, and a heavy-duty escalator line in Oragadam for 600 escalators.

Adani Australia is assembling the main mining truck fleet in Mackay for the Carmichael coal mine, with over 24 trucks being prepared for work. The fleet includes electric drive Caterpillar 796 AC trucks and a Liebherr R996 excavator, part of over A$500 million in awarded contracts.

The City of Houston, Texas, chose VTScada as the SCADA software platform for the Northeast Water Purification Plant (NEWPP) Expansion Project. The $1.4 billion expansion will increase capacity to 400 MGD and is scheduled for completion in 2024.

Novita, a nonwovens manufacturer in Zielona Góra, Poland, successfully commissioned a new nexline spunlace excelle production line from Andritz AG. The line produces spunlace fabrics from 25-100 g/m² and enables Novita to enter the hygiene and medical market.

Meffert AG Farbwerke is expanding its storage capacity with a 6,500 square meter warehouse in Bad Kreuznach, Germany. The €8 million project will add 6,000 pallet spaces in the high-bay warehouse and 1,296 pallet spaces in flow storage, with completion scheduled by autumn 2020.

Danfoss Group will build a new 10,000 m² hall at its Grodzisk Mazowiecki plant, moving solenoid valve production from Kolding, Denmark. First lines start in early 2021 and about 330 jobs are expected.

Murata inaugurated a new factory expansion in Vantaa, Finland, on January 29, 2020. The expansion added a third more space to the existing production and product development unit, totaling about 16,000 square meters. The investment was EUR 42 million.

Seats Incorporated began production at a 112,400 square foot facility in Spring Hill, Kansas, to support its Turf division. 70 employees have been hired, with a ribbon cutting ceremony held on October 23.

In 2019, Lomini implemented a project to increase production capacity at its plant in Vratsa, Bulgaria, by purchasing new equipment including a CNC milling machine, surface grinder, lathe, and injection molding machine.

National Cement Co's overall production capacity will rise from 2Mta to 3.5Mta by July 2020 following ongoing expansion projects, including a 0.75Mta brownfield expansion to the Salgaa unit.

EVCO Plastics broke ground on a 31,000 ft² addition to its Oshkosh, Wisconsin plant to accommodate two new 2500- and 3500-ton Engel presses. The new space will open in Q1 2020.

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. inaugurated a new factory expansion in Vantaa, Finland, on January 29, 2020. The expansion added space amounting to a third of the previous size, with a total area of about 16,000 square meters. The investment was EUR 42 million.

Schneider Electric announced a multi-million pound upgrade and expansion of its Leeds and Scarborough UK manufacturing facilities. The Leeds plant will expand production by 10% with a new test cell and assembly line, while Scarborough adds a 1,000 sq m factory extension and new painting line.

Mauser Packaging Solutions broke ground on an expansion of its Erkelenz, Germany facility, adding warehouse space and new reconditioning and recycled resin processing lines.

Georgia-Pacific will invest more than $145 million to expand and modernize plate and bowl production at its Darlington, South Carolina, Dixie plant, with work starting in March 2020 and targeted for completion in Q1 2022. The investment includes a new plate printing press and a new warehouse and creates no new jobs.

Loc Performance plans to open another manufacturing facility later in 2020, either in Texas or Michigan, as part of its ongoing expansion from 240,000 to 940,000 square feet.

Texas Instruments is continuing construction of a new 300mm wafer plant in Richardson, Texas. The shell of the building is expected to be completed in late 2021, with tool installation and staffing dependent on market demand.

Godrej Appliances plans to quadruple its air conditioning production capacity to 800,000 units per annum by 2021, with a Rs 700 crore investment across its Shirwal and Mohali facilities.