Euroklimat expanded its facility near Milan, Italy, and extended production capacity to reduce delivery times. New testing systems were installed for improved quality control.
Kählig Antriebstechnik GmbH added a 2,400-square-meter annex to its existing building in Hanover, Germany, to accommodate new production lines. The expansion was completed in early 2020.
ADEY opened a new purpose-built, 44,000 sq ft manufacturing and distribution facility in Gloucestershire.
Northrop Grumman is investing $8.3 million to expand its 320,000-square-foot facility in Iuka, Mississippi, creating 40 new jobs. The expansion will support production of large composite aerospace structures.
Thyssen Krupp Waupaca, Inc. announced a $162 million investment to expand its Etowah, Tennessee facility, adding 100 jobs and doubling the plant's footprint with a new production line for gray and ductile iron castings for automobiles.
Newco Metal and Auto Recycling Limited is expanding its Foxtrap, Newfoundland and Labrador facility to increase capacity to process cleaner, higher value metals. The project involves a $1 million repayable contribution from the Government of Canada and $1 million from Newco, and will create ten new jobs.
Dana Inc is expanding its engineering, manufacturing and distribution capabilities in India for the construction industry.
Spudnik added around 200,000 square feet of production space, more than doubling its building size and increasing production lines from four to eight. The expansion was announced in January 2020.
In early 2020 CANPACK announced an increase of production capacity at its Colombian can plant to 1.9 billion cans per year.
Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee announced a $67 million expansion of its Clinton, Tennessee die-casting facility, expected to add 160 jobs to its 400-person workforce.
Tessy Plastics plans a $12 million expansion of its south plant in Elbridge, New York, adding 100,000 square feet and creating 40 jobs, tied to a contract for a medical device assembly. Total 2020 investment is $20 million with 60 new jobs.
Pitti Engineering plans to invest ₹90 crore over two years in the second phase expansion of its Aurangabad plant, increasing capacity from 26,000 tonnes of electric laminations and 36,000 hours of machining. The company also announced orders worth ₹500 crore from GE India.
DNT Nonwoven Fabrics has installed a second production line at its Alcalá la Real factory, doubling polypropylene sheet capacity from 2,500 to 5,000 tonnes per year. The investment is about €1 million, creating 8 new jobs.
Pioneer Foods completed the installation of a second milling line at its Durban mill, more than doubling wheat milling capacity, with equipment supplied by Alapala.
SINBON Electronics completed Tongcheng Plant 2 in Tongcheng, China, with an investment of nearly RMB 110 million, expected to create over 2,000 jobs and increase sales five-fold.
Lotte Chemical has completed expansion of its polycarbonate (PC) plant in Yeosu (110,000 tonnes/year) and its meta-xylene (MeX) plant in Ulsan (200,000 tonnes/year), with a total investment of KRW 367.5 billion. Commercial production is expected in the first half of 2020.
Siemens Energy is investing €220 million to expand its transformer plant in Nuremberg, Germany, adding 350 jobs and increasing production capacity by about 50%. The expansion will add 16,000 m² of floor space, with new areas available in 2028.
A tender listing describes a project to expand annual production to 5,000 compressor heads and build supporting facilities, including a fourth-phase plant extension, at an Atlas Copco compressor company site in Jiangsu. Most details are hidden behind a membership paywall.
Milwaukee Tool plans a $7.5 million expansion in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, that will create 100 new jobs by 2025.
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. has closed on 71 acres in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, for a multi-purpose campus. The company plans a $100 million investment that will create 770 new jobs by 2025.
ThermOmegaTech announced the expansion of its manufacturing facility, adding 23,000 square feet to the existing 37,000 square feet for manufacturing, testing, R&D, and office space.
Sahm, a German machine builder of winding machines, is investing EUR 2.3 million in a new logistics hall at its Eschwege site, with an additional EUR 2-2.5 million for interior fit-out. A first phase of EUR 600,000 was completed in 2018.
Zoomlion celebrated the commencement of phase II of its intelligent tower crane factory in Changde, China, with a total investment of 950 million yuan ($135.86 million). The expansion will add 16 production lines and 150 robots.
Beurer and Chinese partner Jinghao Medical plan to invest about 200 million yuan to expand the production scale of their hearing aid plant in Huizhou, China, covering 20,000 square meters and aiming to produce one million hearing aids per year. Construction is set to start in May 2020.
Acron Group commissioned a new 1,000-tph water ultrafiltration unit at its industrial site in Veliky Novgorod, costing RUB 670 million. The unit supports the Ammonia-4 unit and will save up to RUB 60-65 million annually.
HP Hood LLC invested $200 million to convert an idle yogurt plant in Batavia, New York into a state-of-the-art dairy and nondairy beverage processing facility. The plant expanded from 334,000 sq ft to 444,000 sq ft and began production in 2018.
AFCO Industries will invest $3.62 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, adding 93,000 square feet of production and warehouse space. The company will close its Pell City, Alabama plant and transfer jobs and operations to Louisiana, creating 16 new direct jobs and retaining 168 existing jobs.
Ascend Performance Materials finalized plans for a $175 million project to expand production capacity at its Decatur, Alabama manufacturing facility and construct energy cogeneration units, adding 10 high-end manufacturing jobs and 150 construction jobs.
Millitec Food Systems invested £1.2 million to move into a new 20,000 sq ft factory in Draycott, Derbyshire, creating 12 jobs and enabling a trebling of output.
Zhejiang Umbrella New Material Manufacturing Co., Ltd. plans a technical renovation project to build a new production line with an annual capacity of 2 million meters of TPU base film.
The Monotowns Development Fund will provide a 93 million ruble interest-free loan to Kotovsky Nonwoven Materials Factory in Tambov Oblast, Russia, to expand production capacity and create 20 new jobs.
Beijing New Building Materials' subsidiary Tai Shan Gypsum plans to spend CNY 186 million (USD 26.5 million) to build three new production lines in the Economic Zone North West of Gulf Suez, Egypt. The lines will produce gypsum plasterboard, decorative gypsum board and light gauge steel joists.
Ferra Aerospace is expanding its existing facility in Grove, Oklahoma, doubling its manufacturing floor from 50,000 to 100,000 square feet.
Milwaukee Tool will invest over $100 million to build a new campus in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and $7.5 million to expand its Imperial Blades manufacturing operation in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The expansions are expected to create 870 jobs by 2025.
Raghu Vamsi Machine Tools, a Hyderabad-based aerospace parts manufacturer, plans to set up an avionics unit in Adhibatla and a landing gear unit in Hardware Park in 2020, with an investment of up to Rs 50 crore.
WABCO USA LLC plans to invest over $3 million in the distribution portion of its heavy duty truck parts facility in Hebron, Kentucky, tripling employment by adding 123 new jobs. Work begins December 2019 and is expected to be completed by spring 2020.
Shandong Zhengkai New Materials Co., Ltd. is building a multi-variety intelligent spinning plant in Zaozhuang, Shandong, China. The project has a total investment of CNY 750 million, with three phases: Phase 1 is in trial production, Phase 2 to start production in January 2020, and Phase 3 to be completed by August 2020.
Color Ad Packaging expanded its 200 Beghin Avenue site in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to include an in-house rotogravure cylinder engraving facility, bringing all flexible packaging steps in-house.
Pregis is investing $5 million in a fourth multilayer Windmoeller & Hoelscher blown film line at its Pregis Films facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, adding about 4 million pounds of annual output, and is leasing 35,000 additional square feet of warehouse space.
Follett LLC announced a $12 million, 90,000 square foot expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Forks Township, Pennsylvania, bringing total space to approximately 250,000 square feet. The expansion is expected to be complete by mid-2021.
Zahoransky Moulds and Machines Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Zahoransky AG, expanded production capacities at its Coimbatore factory with an investment of INR 18.5 crore. The factory also achieved the highest IGBC green factory building rating in India.
Alloy Bellows and Precision Welding completed assembly of a new tube mill that will expand thin-walled tube-manufacturing capabilities. Final testing is underway, and production runs are expected to begin early in 2020.
Kemira is investing $20 million to add sodium chlorate capacity at its Eastover, South Carolina site. Construction began earlier in 2019 and the new production unit is expected to be operational in early 2020.
Jemison Metals is expanding its operations in Sumter County, South Carolina with a more than $14 million investment that will create 57 new jobs. The expansion includes a new product line in a 70,000-square-foot building and is expected to be complete in 2023.
Pierburg US, LLC announced a $27 million expansion of its Fountain Inn plant in Greenville County, South Carolina, adding four new production lines and 95 jobs, with completion expected in 2024.
Xtreme Mfg. LLC announced plans to expand its operations in Henderson, Nevada. The company manufactures heavy equipment and construction machinery including lifts, loaders, and telehandlers.
Alltemp completed construction and upgrades to a new 10,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Roseburg, Oregon, for mass production of its energy-saving refrigerants. The facility includes a customized ventilation system and digital testing system.
Camfil plans to expand its filter production plant in Levice, Slovakia, adding 5,705 square meters of production and administrative space and creating 20 new jobs. Construction is scheduled to start in April 2020 and last 12 months.
Marglen Industries has revealed plans for a major expansion of its plastic recycling plant in Rome, Georgia, involving recycling of industrial fibers and used plastic beverage bottles into new polyester fibers and bottle-grade pellets.
AAON Coil Products Inc. will build a new $30 million, 195,000 sq ft HVAC manufacturing facility adjacent to its existing plant in Longview, Texas, creating 155 jobs. The project is financed in part by $23 million in New Markets Tax Credits.