LAVLE USA, Inc. plans to locate a 50,000 square foot fabrication and testing facility in Skagit County, Washington, including an existing building and a new 22,000 square foot building. The facility will support 50 new jobs.

Garner Aluminium Extrusions (Garnalex) received delivery of a state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion press in Nether Heage, Derbyshire, UK, representing a £9 million investment.

Supermicro held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 800,000-square foot building at its Asia Tech and Science campus in Taiwan, to expand production capacity and R&D.

Plastic Express will invest more than $172 million to create two new manufacturing facilities at the Port Logistics Center in Pooler, Georgia, creating 166 new jobs.

Liyang Semiconductor held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its first-phase chip manufacturing production line in Yuhuan, Zhejiang province, on April 29, 2019. The company plans to invest an additional 3.5 billion yuan to build a third-generation semiconductor base.

Gerresheimer is building a new plant in Skopje, North Macedonia, to produce medical plastic systems and later prefillable glass syringes. The investment is in the mid-double-digit million euro range, with construction starting in H1 2019 and production start in H2 2020, creating up to 400 jobs.

Syngenta announced the opening of a formulation plant in Tuas, Singapore, in collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board and JTC.

ResinTech held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 27-acre manufacturing campus in Camden, New Jersey, supported by nearly $140 million in tax incentives. The facility will include 163,000 sq ft of manufacturing space for water filter cartridges, lab water systems, ion exchange resins and activated carbons, and 175,000 sq ft for packaging and production.

Ankara Aerospace (MFK) opened its second factory in Ankara Aerospace Specialized OSB, the first factory established in the OSB. The facility covers 24,500 square meters and will focus on defense and aerospace manufacturing, including molds, apparatus and fixtures.

Nidec plans to invest $500 million in a new electric-vehicle motor factory in Dalian, China, to expand its EV motor production capacity.

Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation (CKPC), a joint venture between Pembina Pipeline Corporation and Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company, will construct a new $4.5-billion polypropylene complex in Sturgeon County, Alberta. The project is supported by a $49-million federal commitment and is expected to create 200 new jobs and secure 1,910 construction jobs.

The Asia Trafo transformer plant, part of Alageum Electric, was presented in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The facility cost 20.7 billion KZT and is designed to produce 120 transformers per year.

Protox, a DSK subsidiary, held a completion ceremony for its botulinum toxin bio-production plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. The plant cost about KRW 32 billion and has a total floor area of 6,227 m² over four floors with GMP facilities. It can produce 2.7 million vials of botulinum toxin annually.

Titan Medical Manufacturing will invest $7.5 million in a new facility in Lexington, Tennessee, creating 87 jobs. The plant will add production capacity for medical device instrumentation and implants.

Sanan Optoelectronics signed an agreement to invest 120 billion yuan (approx. $17.8 billion) in a III-V compound semiconductor plant in Hubei's Gedian Economic Development Zone, producing Mini/Micro LED chips. The project aims for annual capacity of 210,000 Mini LED wafers and 26,000 Micro LED wafers.

PEER Bearing relocated its tapered roller bearing production from Changshan, China into a new 145,000 sqm facility built by parent SKF, with a total investment of SEK 200 million.

Belimo is opening a new service and logistics center in Großröhrsdorf near Dresden, Germany, operated by BELIMO Automation Deutschland GmbH. The facility will create about 100 jobs and is expected to move in in fall 2019.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems announced the MHPS National Program for Saudi Arabia, which includes building a new manufacturing facility in Dammam to produce gas turbines. The facility is expected to open by 2021.

Mettis Aerospace revealed plans to build a new factory at its site in Windsor Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, to expand its machining business. The factory will house six new state-of-the-art automated machines.

Disco Corporation announced it will construct a new earthquake-resistant factory building, 'Building B', at its Nagano Plant/Chino Factory in Chino, Japan. The investment is 175 billion yen, with construction starting in July 2019 and completion targeted for December 2020.

Illig Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG is building a new production facility in Șura Mică, Romania, to manufacture thermoforming machines. The investment is about EUR 10 million, and the plant will create 50 jobs. Groundbreaking took place in early April 2019.

Lockheed Martin inaugurated a new F-16 production line in Greenville, South Carolina, with tooling moved from Fort Worth, Texas. The line will produce F-16 Block 70 aircraft starting later in 2019, creating over 400 new jobs.

McNeilus Steel will invest $18.8 million to build a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Morristown, Tennessee, creating 72 jobs. The plant is expected to open in the first quarter of 2020 and will fabricate metal parts for local OEMs.

MXP JSC has launched construction of its seventh factory in Thai Binh province, Vietnam, with a total investment of $16 million. The 80,000 m² facility will have a capacity of 2 million products per year and employ up to 3,500 people, with completion expected in Q1 2020.

Devglass is building its third glass processing plant in Saint-Vulbas, France, with an investment of €26 million. The plant, named Soverglass, will be operational in July 2019 and initially employ 90 people, eventually reaching 180-200.

Siemens Mobility Limited has submitted an outline planning application for a £200 million rail manufacturing facility in Goole, East Yorkshire. The first phase is expected to open in 2023, creating up to 700 jobs.

Kelvion has opened an HVAC heat exchanger and cooling systems factory in the former Rocore plant at 5050 S. National Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee, after investing more than $7 million. It employs 50 people and plans to add about 60 more jobs.

Beneco Packaging and its subsidiary SoOpak have opened a second facility in Scarborough, Ontario, which will be a design, manufacturing and finishing production house once fully operational.

U.S. Corrugated Inc. plans to invest about $75 million in a corrugated packaging operation in Lebanon, Indiana, creating about 140 jobs. The Lebanon City Council approved an incentive package for the project.

HHV Pumps inaugurated a 52,000 sq ft vacuum pump manufacturing facility at T. Begur, Nelamangala Taluk, Bangalore, with an initial investment of Rs 10 crore and 65 employees.

Honeywell launched its new Honeywell Masdar Innovation Center in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, to advance digital transformation in oil, gas, petrochemical and infrastructure sectors. The center includes automation solutions, smart building tech, and a calibration lab.

South Korea's Sinchure will build a $6 million chiller production plant in Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan, creating about 2,000 jobs. The plant will produce 100,000 heating and cooling units per year.

Alapala signed an agreement to construct a flour mill with a capacity of 300 tonnes per day (wheat equivalent) for Sena Kalyan Sangstha's production facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Ineos Styrolution plans to build a new plant for its StyLight styrene acrylonitrile-based composite. The company would like to build the plant in Germany by 2022.

Foxconn stated it remains committed to building a display plant and tech research facilities in Wisconsin, with construction on the LCD manufacturing facility to commence in summer 2019, despite renegotiation talks over tax incentives.

Airbus Helicopters commenced operations at its H135 helicopter final assembly line in Qingdao, China, the first such plant outside Europe. The first helicopter is expected to roll off the line in the second half of 2019, with an initial annual capacity of 18 helicopters.

Tristone Flowtech held a dedication ceremony for its new $24 million auto-hose plant in Mooresville, North Carolina. Production is expected to begin in late June 2019, with a full workforce of 300 within two years.

Texas Instruments announced it will build a new 300mm analog semiconductor wafer fabrication facility in Richardson, Texas. The project is expected to create over 488 jobs and represent more than $3.1 billion in capital investment.

NPO Slavros will build Russia's first geotextile production plant in Blagoveshchensk, Bashkortostan, with investments of about 750 million rubles. The plant will create 150 jobs.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions unveiled the first MQM-178 Firejet target drone produced at its new unmanned aircraft production facility in Oklahoma City, and announced the facility will also produce the XQ-58A Valkyrie. The facility opened in November 2018.

Wenfa Aerospace Technology Development began construction of a CNY2.6 billion ($388 million) production base called Hannan Industrial Park in Wuhan, China. The facility will produce aircraft, engine assemblies, and parts, with plans to make 500 planes and 2,000 engines annually starting in 2020.

Construction of a multi-layer aseptic packaging plant is underway in Bolshoy Kuganak, Sterlitamaksky District, with investment of RUB 1.8 billion and 110 jobs. Equipment installation to start in May-June 2019.

Cascades invited media to the official inauguration of its packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey, a US$76 million investment, scheduled for April 18, 2019.

Emser Tile opened its fourth North American distribution center in Coral Springs, Florida, a 220,000-square-foot facility to serve the Florida market. A ribbon cutting was held on April 16, 2019.

TechnoNICOL opened its 10th plant in Ryazan and 54th in Russia, a construction film factory. Investment is 500 million rubles in the first stage, with an additional 700 million rubles planned. The plant created 35 new jobs.

MD Elektronik held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 8, 2019 for a new production plant in Vratsa, Bulgaria. The facility will have 9,950 square meters of space and is expected to create 300 jobs by the end of 2020.

Iberdrola is developing the 766MW Topolobampo III combined-cycle power plant in Sinaloa, Mexico. Construction is expected to start in 2019 with commissioning by June 2020.

Morris Site Machinery is developing a new £6 million head office and production facility at the i54 business park near Wolverhampton, UK. The 65,000 sq ft plant is expected to be completed by summer 2020.

Air Products Korea signed an MOU with Chungcheongnam-do province to invest $30 million over five years in building industrial gas production and storage facilities at its Cheonan foreign investment zone plant.

ABB is investing $150 million in a new robotics factory in Kangqiao, Shanghai, with an annual capacity of more than 100,000 robots. The facility will be the company's most advanced and flexible plant.