Dorman Products announced the grand opening of a new 100,000-square-foot driveshaft manufacturing facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia, replacing a smaller site. The facility includes advanced machine tools, robotic welding, and balancing equipment.

AIV and Gulf Coast Modification opened a 320,000-square-foot warehouse, manufacturing and office headquarters at 22806 Northwest Lake Drive in Houston, consolidating three previous properties.

AMERICAN Innovation LLC, formed by AMERICAN Flow Control, plans a $9 million, 30,000-square-foot research and development center in Crawfordsville, Indiana, with construction slated to finish in spring 2020 and up to eight hires by end of 2020.

Schaeffler AG invested over EUR 45 million in a new production plant in Bien Hoa, Vietnam, producing industrial bearings and components. The plant replaces an old factory and aims to create 300 jobs by end of 2019.

Kitagawa announced its affiliated corporation in India will build a lathe chuck plant in Bangalore. The investment is 400 million yen, with completion scheduled for November 2019. The company aims for annual production of 6,000 units and sales of 1 billion yen by 2022.

Dajcor Aluminum, a Canadian manufacturer, plans to invest nearly $19.6 million to locate its first U.S. operation in Perry County, Kentucky, creating up to 265 full-time jobs. Operations are slated to begin by the end of 2019.

Eaton announced a $30 million investment to open a new 370,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bellevue, Nebraska, to produce medium-voltage switchgear. Production is expected to begin in the first half of 2027, creating over 200 jobs.

Lukoil Neftohim Burgas announced a $400 million investment to build a new polypropylene production facility in Burgas, Bulgaria. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year and is expected to start operations in 2024.

Medicinos Linija started construction of a new dental instrument factory in Šiauliai FEZ, investing €3 million in the building and €0.5 million in equipment, to expand product range and create jobs.

Hiru Corporation's subsidiary AZ Custom Water completed a new facility in Phoenix, Arizona, housing an automated packaging and bottling line built to produce Alkaline88 water for The Alkaline Water Company.

Manchester Tank and Equipment, a division of McWane Inc., plans a propane tank manufacturing facility in Campbellsville, Kentucky, investing over $10 million and creating 175 full-time jobs. The plant will occupy an existing 238,000 sq. ft. building and supply components to the company's facilities.

Chiron Group is building a new, highly digitalized machine tool factory in Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany, with an investment of over €30 million. The factory is scheduled to open in October 2019.

Lotte Chemical USA and Westlake Chemical Corporation held an official opening ceremony on May 9, 2019, for their joint-venture ethylene and ethylene glycol production facility near Lake Charles, Louisiana. The $3.1 billion project broke ground in June 2016 and includes an ethane-cracker plant and an ethylene glycol plant on approximately 250 acres.

CHIRON Group (巨浪集团) opened its 'Taicang Future Factory' in Jiangsu Province, China, on May 28, 2019. The €15 million facility covers 36,000 square meters, with initial annual capacity of 200 machine tools, producing four types of machining centers for automotive, aerospace, medical, and precision manufacturing sectors.

Carbon Activated has taken over a former Georgia-Pacific plant in Mount Hope, West Virginia, to establish a distribution and servicing location for activated carbon, with plans to convert it into a manufacturing facility within 1-1.5 years, creating 10-20 immediate jobs and up to 70 more later.

Envibol's new glass container plant in Chuquisaca, Bolivia, the most modern in Latin America, began heating its furnace. The $57 million facility has a capacity of 120 tons per year and is expected to start full production in Q4 2019.

Star Renewable Energy, Vital Energi and West Dunbartonshire Council are partnering to deliver a £15m district heating system at Queens Quay in Clydebank, Scotland. The system will use two 2.6 MW water source heat pumps to provide heat and hot water to new buildings and some existing public buildings.

Tvitec is building a new aluminum joinery factory in Ponferrada, Spain, with an investment of €15 million, creating 50-100 jobs, targeting completion by February 2020.

A new high-tech factory with Turkish-German capital is being built near Kuklen, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, worth BGN 12 million. It will manufacture CNC machines for export and is expected to create about 100 jobs, with production starting in September 2019.

CZM Foundation Equipment announced it will construct a 40,000-square-foot expandable facility in Interstate Centre II in Bryan County, Georgia, and relocate its international headquarters and engineering from Brazil to the same location. The company expects to reach 75 employees over three years and double machine production capacity.

AMERICAN Flow Control, the valve and hydrant division of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company, plans a 30,000-square-foot research and development center in Crawfordsville, Indiana, costing $9 to $12 million. The facility is expected to employ about eight R&D staff once completed.

Saab announced it will build a new production facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, for the T-X advanced trainer jet developed with Boeing. The company will invest $37 million and hire at least 300 employees, with construction starting in 2020.

ACG Group is building a new $91 million capsule manufacturing facility in Brazil, spanning 150,000 square feet and creating hundreds of jobs, to serve Latin America.

Makin Metal Powders Ltd., a UK-based metal powder manufacturer, plans to build a 75,000 sq ft plant in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, investing $10 million and creating 50 jobs.

French automotive company SNOP is moving to a new 235,000 sq ft facility at the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) in Sunderland, UK, with a £15 million investment in the building and €15 million in equipment. A 3,000 tonne metal stamping press has been delivered, and the move is expected to create 100-150 new jobs.

Zekelman Industries announced construction of the world's largest continuous ERW tube mill in Chicago, Illinois, with a $150 million investment. The mill will produce hollow structural sections and create over 75 jobs, with startup scheduled for September 2021.

Firestone Building Products, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas, opened its first greenfield plant in Heinsberg, Germany, to supplement insulation production for global roofing solutions.

Soraluce officially opened a new factory in Bergara, Spain, dedicated to the assembly of portal-type machining centres. The facility cost EUR 9 million and houses a 4,900 m² assembly shopfloor.

Comisa S.p.A. has inaugurated a new 5,300 square metre production facility in Pisogne, Brescia, housing a semi-automatic warehouse and robotic assembly islands for press fittings and ball valves.

Sichuan Flying Ball Group has broken ground on its valve manufacturing center in Zigong's Banchang industrial park, covering over 60 mu, with first-phase investment of 240 million yuan, aiming to become China's largest ball valve base.

Cormo USA Inc. announced it will establish its first U.S. production plant in Rushville, Indiana, investing approximately $29.5 million and creating 250 new jobs by the end of 2023. The facility will process corn field waste into sustainable peat moss substitute and foam products.

Yaskawa officially opened its new robot production facility and European robotics development center in Kočevje, Slovenia, after two years of construction. The €25 million plant will produce up to 10,000 Motoman robots per year and create up to 150 jobs.

Ecolean Pakistan is setting up a manufacturing facility at Sundar Industrial State, Lahore with a total investment of $110 million. The plant will produce food packaging for the domestic market and export to Asia and the Middle East.

Izhorskiye Transformatory (a joint venture between Power Machines and Toshiba) will build a high-voltage transformer plant in Russia with investments over RUB 5 billion. Commissioning is planned by end of 2013, serial production in 2014.

Arkema has selected Jurong Island, Singapore, to build a new world-scale plant for the production of amino 11 monomer and Rilsan polyamide 11 resins, increasing global capacity by 50%. Construction is scheduled to be completed by late 2021.

NSG Group has broken ground on a new 500,000-square foot float glass manufacturing plant in Luckey, Ohio, to produce transparent conductive oxide (TCO) coated glass for key customer First Solar. The plant is expected to be operational in Q4 2020 and create up to 150 jobs.

Akromold has opened Plant 2 in partnership with Laker Energy Products to manufacture components for the nuclear industry.

Euro Cable, a joint venture between Turkey's Demes Cable and Ethiopia's Glorious Company, inaugurated a new cable manufacturing plant in Gelan, Ethiopia. The $40 million facility boosts annual production capacity from 4,000 to 12,000 tons.

Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co. has opened a new 75,780 square-foot manufacturing plant in Phoenix, Arizona, to produce sheet metal duct and fittings for HVAC distributors.

Insulet celebrated the grand opening of its new global headquarters and U.S. manufacturing facility in Acton, Massachusetts, representing an over $200 million investment and creating hundreds of local jobs. Production has recently begun.

Schoeneck Containers has secured occupancy permits and is moving into its new 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Delavan, Wisconsin, on land bought from the city. The facility is expected to create 40 jobs, with 20 more within three years.

Ecolean is constructing its second packaging production facility in Landskrona, Sweden, with an investment of approximately €30m ($36m), employing 100 people upon completion in 2020.

Corning held a mass production ceremony for its new environmental technology plant in Hefei, China, producing ceramic substrates and particulate filters for automotive emissions control, initially focusing on gasoline particulate filters.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries held a ceremony for a new plant in Bangalore, India, for hydraulic pumps and motors for construction machinery, with an investment of about 800 million yen and annual capacity of 20,000 units, doubling total capacity in India to 40,000 units.

The 46,199 kW Wasabizawa Geothermal Power Plant in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture, Japan, began commercial operations. Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions constructed the power generation system for owner Yuzawa Geothermal Power Generation Corporation. It is the fourth-largest geothermal plant in Japan and the first large-scale plant of its size to open in Japan in 23 years.

Berkley International broke ground in May 2019 on an 80,472 sq ft manufacturing and distribution facility in Sparks, Nevada, relocating operations from California. The project includes $5.9 million for land and $1.6 million for equipment, and will employ 28 people.

IPSUM Technologies announced plans to invest $19.2 million to build a 'factory of the future' at Pickens County Commerce Park in Liberty, South Carolina, creating 55 new jobs.

Continental Aerospace Technologies is building a new 283,000-square-foot greenfield manufacturing plant called Blue Marlin in Mobile, Alabama, with a $75 million investment. The facility is scheduled to be completed in June 2019.

Votorantim Cimentos plans to open a limestone grinding plant in Nobres, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, to produce agricultural lime. The unit will have a production capacity of 0.7 Mt/yr and is expected to open in the second quarter of 2019.

Groupe Plastivaloire and Filtration Group will share a custom-built production hall in Panattoni Park Pilsen West near Nýřany, Czech Republic. Groupe Plastivaloire will produce oil pans for automotive transmissions, and Filtration Group will install filters. The project will create 115 jobs.