Grant Engineering officially opened a €14 million extension to its facility in Birr, Ireland, including an R&D innovation centre, customer services centre, training academy, and expanded manufacturing with robotics and automation. The expansion, announced in 2016, was expected to create 50 new jobs.

Biewer Lumber expanded its sawmill in Newton, Mississippi, with a new 170-foot 25-ton log crane from Fulghum Industries, expected to increase mill production by over 100 million board feet per year and create over 30 new jobs.

Vista Railing Systems Inc. is expanding its aluminum manufacturing and distribution operations by an additional 50,000 square feet in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, to meet growing demand for its railing lines.

The 402-megawatt gas turbine, a first of its kind for Siemens, is expected to be finished this summer at Duke Energy's Lincoln Gas Turbine plant near Denver, North Carolina.

Parker Hannifin is expanding its R&D capabilities for advanced hollow fiber filter membranes at the Parker Filtration Innovation Center in Columbia, Tennessee. Construction on a pilot line begins in late January 2020, with completion by end of 2020.

CEMENCO, part of Heidelberg Cement Group, inaugurated a US$14 million extension facility at its cement production plant on Bushrod Island, Liberia, increasing total production capacity and introducing new technologies.

Craigavon-based engineering firm Foxano invested £500,000 to build a new 6,000 sq ft plant and buy new machinery, creating six jobs. The investment was supported by Danske Bank.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö announced a EUR 28 million investment to increase capacity at its plants in Belgium, Italy and China for micro glass and industrial filtration products.

Shanghai Industrial Environment's 60%-owned subsidiary Shenzhen Guanlan South Water Co. started commercial operation of the Guanlan Water Purification Plant Phase II expansion in Shenzhen, Guangdong, with a design capacity of 40,000 tons/day and effluent standard meeting Class IV surface water standards.

Tulkoff Food Products expanded production capacity at its Baltimore, Maryland facility by integrating a custom mixing and emulsifying system, increasing shear-mixing capacity by over 200%.

MJ Allen Group is building a second die casting cell in Ashford, Kent, to double production of machined transmission castings for the Ford Transit AWD van. Output is expected to increase from 100 to 200 sets per week by spring 2020.

Pujakang Industrial, a water purifier manufacturer, will invest over NT$200 million to build a third factory in the Dapumei Industrial Zone in Chiayi, Taiwan. The factory will feature smart automated production lines and create 46 local jobs.

SGL Carbon invested around 25 million euros over three years to modernize and expand production capacities for specialty graphite automotive components at its Bonn site, including a new 2,000 m2 production hall.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles plans to invest nearly $400 million to expand and retool its Kokomo transmission plant in Indiana for production of the GMET4 engine, supporting over 1,000 workers including new hires.

Dongjin Semichem is building an expansion plant for photoresist production in the first quarter of 2020, aiming to more than double domestic output by early next year, to reduce dependence on Japanese imports.

Knott Autoflex Yug expanded its production in Becej, Serbia, with a new €7.5 million hot-dip galvanizing line. The 4,000 sqm line will produce 20,000 tonnes of materials annually for auto-industry equipment and create 82 jobs.

Delta Star has completed a C$5 million expansion of its transformer plant in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, adding 23,000 sq ft and new equipment, increasing production capacity by about 50%.

South Shore Controls relocated from North Perry Village to a new 35,000-square-foot building in Mentor, Ohio, with a total investment of over $3.2 million. The company employs 46 people and plans to add 15 jobs.

Nortek Air Solutions expanded its HVAC equipment manufacturing plant in Oklahoma City, investing $10 million and creating 200 jobs. It also invested $4.6 million in equipment at its coil plant and created 50 jobs at a research office. The expansion is for manufacturing the StatePoint Liquid Cooling system.

Kohler expanded Nixon Power Services' authorized sales and aftermarket territory to include Alabama and Southern Georgia. Nixon is the world's largest Kohler Power generation distributor.

OCTAL, the largest global PET sheet and resin manufacturer on a single site, secured US$625 million of banking facilities to fund capex expansion at its locations in Oman, USA and Saudi Arabia.

Douglas Machine is planning a $3.8 million addition to its facility at 3404 Iowa Street in Alexandria, Minnesota, adding about 45,900 square feet of warehouse, manufacturing and office space. The expansion is expected to add 15 full-time employees within two years.

Brazilian container glassmaker Vidroporto has appointed Fives Stein for an expansion project at its IVN site in Estância, Sergipe, to increase production to 370 tons per day of molten glass, including a new high-speed production line.

Gerresheimer opened two new production lines at its Essen site after upgrading the clear-glass furnace, linked to an expanded cleanroom, making the site a Center of Excellence for type II pharmaceutical glass.

Akij Food & Beverage Ltd. installed a new advanced production line at its factory in Dhamrai, Bangladesh, with an investment of around Tk 3.0 billion. The line started limited production of Frutika in November 2019 and will go into full operation in February 2020, tripling bottling capacity to 54,000 units per hour.

Fibertex Personal Care invested nearly $40 million to install a nonwovens printing line in Asheboro, North Carolina, USA. The line is expected to start production in the first half of 2021.

Fibertex Personal Care invested nearly $40 million to install a specialty nonwovens line in Malaysia and a nonwovens printing line in Asheboro, North Carolina, USA. Both lines are expected to start production in the first half of 2021.

Covestro Polymers (China) Co. received safety facility design approval from Shanghai authorities to expand its MDI production capacity from 500,000 to 600,000 tonnes per year. The approval was granted on January 10, 2020.

Joy Cone, a manufacturer of ice cream cones, will expand its cookie manufacturing operations in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, with a $10 million investment to meet increasing market demand for cookie and wafer products.

DeWys Mfg. Inc. is completing a 35,000-sq.-ft. building expansion to house its new Stainless Solutions business unit, which will produce stainless steel and aluminum parts. The expansion includes new equipment such as a Lissmac deburring machine, a 4,000-W laser, and an Amada press brake.

Reich-cK, a manufacturer of rubber and metal components for power generators, is expanding its plant in Bytom, Poland, by adding 1,800 m² to its existing 1,200 m² facility. The expansion includes geothermal heating and solar panel preparation, with completion expected by September 2020.

Eastman Chemical Company is expanding its Dresden, Germany facility with a new coating and laminating line to support growth in paint protection and window film products. The expansion is expected online mid-2021 and will create about 50 jobs.

The Monégasque government is building an extension to the UTER wastewater treatment plant in Fontvieille, Monaco, costing €32 million, to increase processing capacity by 30% using MBBR technology.

Fuyao Group plans to invest $46 million to increase capacity at its Moraine, Ohio plant, adding 100 jobs. The plant makes safety glass for automakers.

Airbus will add 275 jobs and invest $40 million in a new support hangar at its Brookley Aeroplex campus in Mobile, Alabama, raising A320 production to seven planes per month by end of 2020.

DuPont confirmed a $28 million investment to build development and production facilities for EUV photoresist at its existing plant in Cheonan, South Korea, operated by its subsidiary Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Korea. The investment aims to diversify supply of a key semiconductor material.

Julian Electric announced a $10 million investment to expand its operations at the Alianza Derramadero Industrial Park in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. Construction of the new plant is planned for completion by September 2020, creating 450 direct jobs.

Showa Denko's subsidiary Taiwan Showa Chemicals Manufacturing will establish a new facility to produce high-purity octafluorocyclobutane with annual capacity of 150 tons, starting operations in spring 2020.

Showa Denko will build a second factory in Shanghai to produce high-purity nitrous oxide and octafluorocyclobutane, and a new facility in Taiwan for high-purity octafluorocyclobutane. Total investment is about 3 billion yen. Shanghai operations start in second-half 2021; Taiwan in spring 2020.

Xylem launched a new multi-disciplinary center for water, wastewater and energy technologies at its expanded regional headquarters in Singapore, focusing on R&D in water distribution and treatment.

DuPont de Nemours Inc. will invest $75 million to expand and modernize its Kevlar manufacturing plant at the Spruance facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia, adding 60 jobs.

Polar Semiconductor expanded its Minnesota facility with a 90,300 sq. ft. addition including a new wafer fabrication unit, cleanrooms, offices, and chemical storage. The expansion was completed in 2012.

LVF S.p.A. is expanding its production site in Via Mazzini, San Paolo d'Argon, Italy, adding 4,805 square metres of covered area for a total of 11,245 square metres. Fibedil Srl was awarded the construction works.

Fuyao Glass America announced a $46 million expansion of its Moraine, Ohio facility, adding 161,000 square feet and 100 jobs for after-market auto glass production. The announcement was made on January 6, 2020.

Beta Glass Plc plans to complete a $30 million furnace capacity expansion at its Guinea Plant in Agbara, Ogun State, Nigeria by June 2020. The new furnace will add 35,000 tons per annum of glass bottle capacity and introduce NNPB technology.

Aviation Glass & Technology, a manufacturer of laminated glass for aircraft interiors, is outgrowing its current premises and plans to extend its production facility in Voorthuizen, Netherlands. The company has expanded machinery and tripled its team.

Robinson Metal, Inc. announced the expansion of a second facility in De Pere, Wisconsin, a 178,000-square-foot facility at 2107 American Boulevard, bringing total capacity to 500,000 square feet. Production is expected to begin in February 2020, and the company anticipates hiring approximately 20 new employees.

Forehope Electronic (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. signed a second-phase project on a 500-mu site with a total investment of about 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion). The company is a semiconductor packaging and testing firm.

VÚHŽ a.s. completed the largest investment in its history, modernizing its Special Profiles Rolling Mill. The project increased production capacity and expanded capabilities to produce heavier profiles up to 30 kg/m.

Corse Composites Aéronautiques has invested approximately €160 million for an extension in Enfidha, Tunisia, for developing complex composite parts for the aerospace industry.