Rameda plans to produce new drugs for digestive system, diabetes, nerves, and antibiotics in 2020, and has added production lines including sterile plastic ampoules BFS, raising capacity from 35 million to 144 million ampoules per year.

AGCOR Steel, a manufacturer of metal building components, officially opened its new 128,000-square-foot facility in Good Hope, Alabama, on December 6, 2019. The company made a capital investment of $6.3 million and moved from Vinemont to the new site.

Forterra is building a new factory at its Desford plant in Leicestershire, UK, that will double brick production capacity from 85 million to 180 million bricks per year. UKWS is providing roofing and cladding for the project, with work starting in December 2019.

Chinese packaging manufacturer Jiamei Food Packaging is planning to build three new canmaking lines. The company has launched an IPO on the Shenzhen stock exchange to raise part of the funding for the projects.

APK has started commercial film recycling operations at its plant in Merseburg, Germany, using its Newcycling process to separate polyethylene and polyamide from multi-layer packaging films. The plant has an annual recycling capacity of 8,000 tonnes.

Brazilian textile company S/A Fabril Scavone is increasing production capacity with a new needlefelt line from DiloGroup. The line will process PET, PP and Bico fibers into needlefelt for geotextile and automotive applications.

Solvay is doubling its production capacity of natural vanillin in France to meet growing demand for its Rhovanil Natural CW range, which is produced from ferulic acid derived from rice bran oil by-product.

Nordson Advanced Technology K.K. Japan relocated to new larger office and demonstration facilities in central Tokyo, consolidating fluid dispensing, conformal coating, test and inspection, and plasma treatment equipment.

Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG has held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new production hall at its headquarters in Elgersweier, Offenburg, as part of a total investment of 12 million euros.

Flex-N-Gate is seeking city incentives for a 12,500-square-foot expansion and renovation of its Windsor plant, which would add 112 jobs. The project involves $1.4 million for new manufacturing space and $1.8 million for renovations.

Toyo Ink Europe Specialty Chemicals is constructing a new ink production building at its Oissel site, expected to be completed by the end of 2020.

Three megamax quayside cranes arrived at the Port of Liverpool for the Liverpool2 container terminal, part of a £100 million contract with ZPMC. The cranes will provide additional capacity for growing cargo volumes.

ITM Semiconductor is nearing completion of its Vietnam Plant 3, dedicated to Apple orders, and has secured a site for Plant 4 to prepare for increased iPhone and Bluetooth earphone orders. The company's monthly battery protection circuit capacity is expected to expand from 92 million units to 100 million units next year.

Samuel Associated Tube Group plans to invest $29 million to build a new 284,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Birmingham, Alabama, creating 50 new jobs. The facility is expected to be fully operational before the end of 2020.

BASF will construct a new facility for automotive refinish coatings at its Jiangmen, China site, doubling production capacity. Start-up is planned for the first half of 2022.

Kinocranes' new workshop extension is almost complete and will be in service from January 2020. It will be used for cross travelling trolley fabrication and assembly, doubling production value and reducing material transfer costs.

LMI Packaging announced a 50,000 square foot addition to its building in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, on June 21, 2024.

ABB is investing $39.9 million to expand its Mebane, NC manufacturing operations with an additional 200,000 square feet and 400 jobs over five years.

Carpenter Technology opened a $40 million Emerging Technology Center at its Athens, Alabama plant, a 500,000-square-foot additive manufacturing facility for specialty alloys and metal powder.

JW Aluminum is expanding its aluminum continuous cast facility in Goose Creek, South Carolina with a $300 million investment. The expansion adds technology to use 100% scrap material in its process.

Merck announced a $57 million expansion of its vaccine manufacturing capabilities at its Wilson, North Carolina campus, adding 55 new jobs. The expansion is for production of the RotaTeq rotavirus vaccine.

French company Latecoere Bulgaria EOOD received a Class A investor certificate for an investment project to expand production at its plant in Maritsa Industrial Zone, assembling metal components for the Airbus A350 nose section. The investment is worth 5.574 million BGN and will create 35 new jobs.

Corobrik's new mega factory in Driefontein, with over $54 million investment, is nearing full production by November 2020, creating 1,000 construction jobs and 60 permanent positions.

Borealis reported a 60% increase in production capacity of its Ecoplast line of recycled plastic in 2019, producing 100,000 short tons of recycled plastic per year.

North Star BlueScope Steel has completed a $700 million expansion of its steelmaking operation in Delta, Ohio, increasing capacity to 3.3 million tons per year and creating 90 new jobs.

MSI Mold Builders announced plans to expand its operations in Greenville County, South Carolina, with a more than $2.5 million investment expected to create six new jobs. The expansion will increase capacity for plastic injection mold manufacturing.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems completed installation and commissioning of natural gas-fired GTCC facilities for the Jawa-2 Project at Tanjung Priok Power Plant in Indonesia, ahead of schedule.

SmithFoods Richmond plans to invest $9 million and create 34 new jobs by 2022 by adding a new production line to increase capacity for dairy and non-dairy products.

Biomerics recently expanded the Costa Rica facility with a new 3,700 sq ft cleanroom and is planning an additional 20,000 sq ft expansion in 2021.

Smithstown Light Engineering officially opened a newly constructed 40,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Shannon, Co Clare, trebling the size of its second production site. The company invested over €6 million and plans to create up to 60 new jobs over two to three years.

ExxonMobil has commenced construction on a polypropylene expansion project at its Baton Rouge Polyolefins Plant in Louisiana, which will add up to 450,000 tons per year of capacity, doubling the site's output. The project is part of the $20 billion Growing the Gulf initiative and involves $449 million in expenditures.

CLARK Material Handling Company completed the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Lexington, Kentucky, adding an 18,000 sq. ft. facility to increase assembly capacity for electric and internal combustion forklifts.

Ventilation systems maker VES is planning a $9 million expansion in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, including a 114,000 square foot facility with research and development and production jobs. The company bought a 12.4-acre parcel in the Lake Wissota Business Park and a groundbreaking is scheduled for December 14.

Darvico (Dresser Al-Rushaid Valve and Instrument Co) is expanding its Jubail facility by about 20,000 sq ft to install a boiler plant for testing valves on steam application, the first of its kind in the Middle East. The expansion is due to be operational by mid-2020.

Aire Technologies began manufacturing extruded aluminum products at its Wagoner, Oklahoma facility in December 2019, and relocated insulated CRD Boots from Pennsylvania to Wagoner in July 2020. The expansion followed an asset acquisition of Leader Industries in 2018.

Nystrom, a building products manufacturer, will christen a $5.5 million expansion next door to its Brooklyn Park facility in December 2019.

Eaton's Omega plant in Mexico expanded its production with a dual paint line, investing $8.7 million and creating 200 new jobs.

Merck is expanding global production capacities for effect pigments, investing €28 million in new production facilities for silicon dioxide flakes at its Gernsheim site in Germany.

Versalis is expanding its ABS production plant in Mantua, Italy, by 30,000 tonnes per year, targeting automotive, furnishing, and durable goods sectors. Start-up is scheduled for 2020.

Johnson & Johnson Vision is working toward a minimum $30 million investment to upgrade and expand the central utilities plant at its Jacksonville campus, which makes Acuvue disposable contact lenses. The expansion includes a 15,421-square-foot addition and utility upgrades.

Saint-Gobain inaugurated a new blowing glass wool production line at its ISOVER plant in Chemillé, France, with an investment of EUR 35 million. The line has an annual capacity of 30,000 metric tons and will serve the French insulation market.

A metal panel manufacturer announced an expansion in Monroe, Pennsylvania, creating 70 jobs.

All Quality and Services Inc., a computer components manufacturer, will relocate its operations to a renovated 58,000 sq ft facility at 2010 Merritt Drive in Garland, Texas. The project involves over $800,000 in renovations and $3.6 million in new machinery, creating 150 jobs.

Boeing has begun work on the second expansion of its Tianjin Composites facility, adding 20,000 square meters to reach 83,900 square meters total. Completion is expected in 2021.

BASF India plans to double its capacity for polymer dispersions with a new production line at its site in Dahej, Gujarat. The new line will be operational by early 2021.

Rational AG held a groundbreaking ceremony on November 26, 2019, for a new distribution center at its Landsberg am Lech site. The EUR 20 million investment will add 15,000 square meters of space for logistics and offices, with construction expected to take 18 months.

Solvay announced it will more than double production capacity of SOLEF polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) at its Changshu, China site to meet booming demand in lithium-ion batteries. The new production is targeted to be on stream by H1 2022.

Johnson Controls completed an expansion of its 900,000 square-foot Rooftop Center of Excellence in Norman, Oklahoma, adding 400,000 square feet of laboratory and manufacturing space and renovating 150,000 square feet of office space. The expansion created 300 full-time jobs and added $110 million annually to the local economy.

Vidroporto will increase production by 70% at its Indústria Videira do Nordeste (IVN) site in Sergipe, Estância, Brazil, raising capacity to 370 tonnes per day. The company will invest BRZ 100 million ($23.8 million) and add a new 48-section robotic forming machine.

GE Healthcare launched a new production line for high-end Logiq P9 ultrasound systems at its existing facility in the Lyubertsy technopark in the Moscow region. The line can supply up to 60% of Russia's annual demand for this class of equipment.