Société électromécanique diversifiée (SED) will construct a 2,000 sqm building at its La Flèche site for storage, with delivery expected by end of first half 2020. The company also invests €800,000 per year in robots.

SK Hynix Semiconductor (China) Co., Ltd. is continuing construction of its second semiconductor fab in Wuxi, China. The project, with a total planned investment of RMB 585.48 billion (approx. $83 billion), will add 33,000 sqm of cleanroom space and produce 2.16 million 10-nanometer 12-inch wafers per year. Phase 1 started production in 2019.

Nucor Steel Arkansas held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new $230 million specialty cold mill complex at its Hickman, Arkansas facility. The project created approximately 100 new jobs and expands Nucor's capability to produce automotive-grade steel.

Honeywell is considering a potential $40 million investment to expand capacity at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana plant by 20 million pounds per year of Solstice ze refrigerant, creating 13 new jobs, with completion expected in early 2021.

Lear Corporation announced plans to expand its operations in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, with an initial investment of approximately $12.4 million, creating 442 jobs.

Bomark Pak invested 45 million kuna in a new production hall in Ludbreg, Croatia, equipped with modern machinery for stretch film production, creating 11 new jobs.

Elos Medtech decided to expand its production facility in Skara by 2,400 square meters, with an initial investment of 40 million SEK. Construction starts before year-end 2019 and completion is expected in the first half of 2021.

SMAD Fresenius, a subsidiary of Fresenius, is expanding its dialyzer production capacity at its Savigny plant in France. The company is installing new production lines to increase annual output from 32 million to 46 million dialyzers. The expansion includes a €120 million investment in fiber production capacity since 2018 and ongoing automation.

Kemira announces a multi-million investment to almost double its ferric sulfate water treatment chemicals production capacity at its Goole, UK plant. The investment is driven by growing demand for coagulants due to stricter phosphorus removal regulations.

SNF Holding Company is investing $375 million to expand its water-treatment and water-conditioning polymer production plant near Plaquemine, Louisiana. The expansion will add 150 new jobs and retain 390 existing positions.

M&Q Packaging completed an upgrade to its wide width blown film extrusion line in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, enabling production of films up to 84 inches wide and 3 mils thick. The expansion increases capacity and reduces lead times.

Tetra Pak opened a €25 million site in Olsztyn, Poland, with sales, engineering and manufacturing facilities for cheese production solutions. The 12,000 sqm centre will double Tetra Pak's cheese-making solution capacity in Poland and employ over 350 staff.

RegO, a maker of valves and controls for propane and LNG, is expanding its Whitsett, North Carolina manufacturing facility with new automated machining stations, adding about 50 jobs. The machines will be installed over eight months and roughly double plant capacity.

Faurecia celebrated the expansion of its 'Frames' plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with a $12 million investment. The plant grew from 16,000 to 35,000 square meters and will add 200 new jobs, becoming Faurecia's largest seat division plant in North America.

BASF expanded its polyol capacity in Ulsan by 13,000 tons to meet growing demand for low VOC solutions, announced on October 22, 2019.

Gildan Yarns, a division of Gildan Activewear, will invest approximately $5 million to revamp and operate a new yarn spinning mill in Eden, North Carolina, creating 85 jobs.

TES Group has completed a €2 million upgrade to the Athea Wastewater Treatment Plant in Ireland, in partnership with Irish Water and Limerick City and County Council, improving capacity and sustainability.

Yamazaki Mazak has made multimillion-pound investments at its European manufacturing plant in Worcester, including new manufacturing cells, a factory extension, and plans to upgrade the facility to iSMART Factory status.

Coveris is investing in a multi-million-pound expansion of its Winsford, UK facility to create a Centre of Excellence for stretch film production. The investment includes multi-layer extruders and pre-stretch assets, with the first three-layer extrusion line operational by end of November 2019 and additional lines by end of March 2020.

The Marchesini Group invested €7 million to double the size of CORIMA's aseptic packaging machinery plant in Pianoro, Italy, adding 6,000 square meters. The 30 new technician and engineer jobs were announced with the factory's official opening.

SkyWater Technology is adding a third clean room to its Bloomington, Minnesota, semiconductor factory, funded by a $170 million Department of Defense grant. Construction has started, and the expansion will enable smaller chips and radiation-hardened chips for space, adding 30-50 jobs.

MacLean Engineering is expanding its Querétaro, Mexico, branch with assembly bays, weld bays, a burn table, and overhead cranes. The expansion will be complete by end of 2019, creating a 60,000 square foot manufacturing footprint for underground mining vehicles.

Bobcat Company announced a $17 million investment in its Gwinner, North Dakota, facility to install a new powder-coat paint line and add 30,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Construction begins immediately, with full completion expected in July 2020.

Arkema successfully brought on stream a new 90,000-ton per year acrylic acid reactor at its Clear Lake, Texas site, replacing two decommissioned reactors. The investment was approximately $90 million.

Ercros has completed the third expansion of its chlorine and caustic soda production plant at the Vila-seca I factory in Tarragona, Spain, adding 26,000 tonnes per year of capacity. The total chlorine production capacity is now 217,000 tonnes per year.

Hydroline expanded its Vuorela factory by 2000 m², with 1000 m² reserved for a new automated production line for hydraulic cylinder tubes and rods. The project started in 2017 with funding for growth and capacity increase.

STERIS announced the expansion of its existing ethylene oxide processing facility in Venlo, Netherlands to include X-ray radiation technology. X-ray operations are expected to commence in late 2020.

The second combined cycle gas turbine at Navoi Thermal Power Plant in Uzbekistan is nearing completion and will be fully commissioned by late September 2019. The project, worth $448.58 million, involves a consortium of Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power System, and subcontractor Calik Energy, and is expected to save up to 500 million cubic meters of natural gas annually.

Hangzhou U-cloths Commodity Co., Ltd is investing 300 million yuan to install a wet spunlace nonwoven fabric production line at its facility in Lin'an, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. The line is expected to be completed by August 2020 and operational in September 2020, with an annual output of 24,000 tons.

Fresenius Kabi inaugurated a new wing at its factory in Aquiraz, Ceará, Brazil, with an investment of nearly R$100 million. The expansion increases production capacity of large-volume parenteral solutions by 40% and is expected to create 50 new jobs.

UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries is undertaking a 30,000 sq ft expansion at its Progress Drive plant and a 110,000 sq ft expansion at its Sixth Street plant in Ludington, Michigan, with a total investment of approximately $26 million.

Tesko Steel completed the first stage of its steel service center expansion in Rybnik, Poland, investing over 70 million złoty in new production halls, a warehouse, and machinery, increasing capacity to 500,000 tons per year. A second stage is planned within two years to raise capacity to 700,000 tons per year.

Loadpoint Bearings, a UK manufacturer of air bearing spindles, acquired a new factory three times larger than its existing building to serve as its new UK headquarters, supporting growth plans.

Arkema is expanding its PVDF production capacity in China. The expansion aims to meet growing demand for PVDF in various applications.

Otsuka Chemical America, Inc. announced an expansion of its manufacturing facility in Griffin, GA, adding 40,690 sq ft of warehouse, office and conference space. The expansion is expected to be complete in spring 2020.

The first 220 kV power line at Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory was energized, marking the start of pre-production. The plant has a total investment of CNY 50 billion (USD 7 billion) and a planned annual capacity of 500,000 pure electric vehicles after 2-3 years of construction.

Wearne Quarries Natal has taken delivery of two SANY SYL956 front-end loaders from Goscor Earth Moving as part of its expansion programme. The machines were delivered in May 2019.

Texarkana Aluminum held a ribbon cutting for its upgraded aluminum coil rolling mill in Texarkana, Texas. Over $350 million has been invested since acquisition in October 2018, with an additional $416 million planned. The company expects to produce over 300 million pounds of common alloy in 2020 and create over 500 jobs by 2024.

Barron Industries has acquired a new 10,000 square foot manufacturing plant, is growing its workforce by more than 30 percent, and investing in new equipment including a 325-kW induction-melting unit and a twin-spindle CNC turning center.

YASKAWA is refurbishing and upgrading an existing facility in Torsas, Sweden to the latest standards as part of its European expansion.

YASKAWA is continuing its European expansion with new manufacturing facilities in Nantes, France (6,700 sqm) and a refurbished facility in Torsas, Sweden, in addition to recent investments in Slovenia and Allershausen.

Soilbuild Construction is expanding its manufacturing plant in Pontian, Johor, Malaysia, to scale up production. The expansion is expected to complete by Q1 2020.

FCA has begun installing steel columns for a 300,000-square-foot expansion at its Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan. The $1.5 billion investment will retool the plant to produce the all-new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, including electrified models, with production expected to launch in 2021.

Solvay will increase production capacity of its Tecnoflon FKM peroxide curable fluoroelastomer by nearly a third at its Spinetta Marengo plant in Italy, with the extra capacity due by May 2021. The expansion serves demand from automotive, oil and gas, and semiconductor industries.

Gardner Denver is investing over £7 million in a new centre of excellence at its Simmern production site in Germany, adding machinery and continuous-flow production for CompAir compressors. The article states completion was due at the end of 2016, so the date may be older than the publication date.

Red Star Contract Manufacturing Inc., a subsidiary of Wishbone Medical, announced plans to invest $1.6 million to expand its Larwill, Indiana facility by 12,000 square feet and add 18 new jobs by 2022. The company specializes in insert injection molding and sterile packaging for medical devices.

Daikin Airconditioning Germany GmbH will merge sales, marketing and service operations with Rotex Heating Systems GmbH from July 2020, and expand the Rotex production site in Güglingen, Germany.

Coca-Cola European Partners plans to open a £24m canning production line at its Wakefield, UK facility, part of a £49m investment there in 2019, to produce lightweight cans from 330ml to 500ml.

BITZER has expanded its Schkeuditz, Germany site, adding factory 2 (completed 2015) and expanding factory 1 (completed late 2018). A new automated painting system for CO2 compressors became operational in summer 2018.

Swegon has officially opened a new €2 million research and development lab at its Bluebox chiller and heat pump factory in Cantarana di Cona, Italy. The lab allows performance testing of units in various environmental conditions.