Cementos Bío Bío's new cement plant in Peru's Arequipa region, requiring $20 million, is under construction and expected to start operations in the second half of 2020. Initial capacity will be 200,000 t/y.

Chilean cement group Cementos Bío Bío (CBB) announced its new cement plant in the Arica y Parinacota region will open on April 4, 2019. Production is expected to reach 150,000 t/y by 2021.

Laboratorios Liomont has inaugurated the first stage of its new pharmaceutical plant in Ocoyoacac, Mexico, with a sterile products line for injectable vials. The line has a capacity of about 15 million units per year and will create 50 new jobs.

Daiki Aluminium Industry India, a subsidiary of Daiki Aluminium Industry Co. Ltd., Japan, has broken ground on a new aluminium alloy recycling plant at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh, India. The plant will have an annual capacity of 84,000 tonnes and is expected to be commissioned by February 2020.

Chinese industrial company Kongwo Power signed a contract with Güçbir Jeneratör to invest €800 million in a diesel engine production facility in Zonguldak, Turkey. The plant is expected to employ around 300 people and target the Middle East market.

Pskov Plant Titan-Polymer is building a large industrial complex in the Mogilino Special Economic Zone in Pskov, Russia, to produce BOPET films and PET granules. Investment is over 13 billion rubles, with capacity of up to 70,000 tonnes of BOPET film and 170,000 tonnes of PET granules per year, creating over 500 jobs.

Shandong Jufang New Materials Co., Ltd. plans to invest 1 billion yuan to build a 5000 tons/year high-performance aramid paper and supporting project in the reserved land of Shandong Jingbo Holding Co., Ltd. The project will be built in two phases.

Standard Profil Group opened a new plant in Jingzhou, China, with a EUR 6 million investment, producing two million sealing profiles per year for automakers. The company plans to hire 300 staff by the end of the year.

Prima Power, through its subsidiary Finn-Power Oy, opened a new EUR 20 million, 20,000 square meter manufacturing plant and technology center in Seinäjoki, Finland, on March 21, 2019. The facility produces laser-cutting, punching and automation equipment and employs 400 people.

GMM Pfaudler Group held a groundbreaking ceremony on March 21, 2019, for a new glass-lined and process equipment manufacturing plant in the Jiangsu Li Yang Economic Development Zone, China. The investment is $50 million, and the facility is expected to generate annual sales of approximately 400 million yuan.

Nemera and Novo Nordisk laid the foundation stone for a new manufacturing hall (Hall 6) at Nemera's headquarters in La Verpillière, France, on March 21, 2019. The hall will produce injected plastic parts for Novo Nordisk's pen needles.

Spanish supplier Toro Equipment announced the commissioning of a 300 m³/day containerised wastewater treatment plant in Dubai, UAE, featuring six containerised treatment units and 14 W-Tank bolted storage tanks.

Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry opened two new factories for Union Air Group producing refrigerators and TV screens with total investments of 300 million Egyptian pounds. The refrigerator factory has an annual capacity of 400,000 units and creates 650 jobs, while the TV screen factory has an annual capacity of 600,000 units and creates 500 jobs.

KION Group is establishing a new industrial truck plant in India, covering around 94,000 square meters, due to launch in early 2020.

Sangsin Technology America, a Korean brake friction materials manufacturer, will invest $20 million and create 200 jobs in a new 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in McDonough, Georgia, its first U.S. manufacturing operation.

Lear Corporation plans to invest US$13 million in a new manufacturing plant in Meoqui, Chihuahua, Mexico, to produce textile materials for automotive seating. The plant is expected to create 2,000 jobs and become operational by May 2019.

Hasa, Inc. announced plans to build a state-of-the-art packaging and distribution facility in the greater San Diego area, and will acquire certain assets from Abcana Industries. The facility is expected to be operational by Q4 2019.

Gestamp has opened its second plant in Mexico, in San Luis Potosi, with an investment of EUR74 million. The plant is equipped for hot stamping and hydroforming and will be the first Gestamp plant in Mexico to make chassis parts.

Rittal has built a new plant in Haiger, Germany, for the production of compact enclosures and small enclosures, with an investment of €250 million. The facility is designed according to Industry 4.0 criteria.

Construction works began on a new production plant for Pepperl+Fuchs Manufacturing in Trutnov, Czech Republic, with a foundation stone ceremony on 14 March 2019. The facility, to be completed by May 2020, will manufacture industrial automation sensors including inductive sensors and light barriers.

Atlantis-Pak is constructing a new plant in the Yuzhno-Bataysk industrial park with a capacity of 10,400 tonnes per year and an investment of RUB 3.4 billion, including RUB 500 million from the Industrial Development Fund. Construction began in March 2018.

SORALUCE invested €9 million in a new production plant called Portal Factory in Bergara, Spain, with a surface area of 4,900 m2, for manufacturing large gantry-type machines.

DAIHEN started operating a new plant in its Rokko business office in Kobe, Japan, with a total floor space of 7,000 square meters and an investment of about 1.6 billion yen, to strengthen production of transfer robots and automated systems.

Firmenich opened its largest flavor manufacturing plant in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone, Jiangsu, on March 20, 2019. The first phase cost $75 million and has an annual capacity of 12,000 metric tons.

Zhonghuan Semiconductor formed a joint venture with Hohhot's municipal government to build a new factory for monocrystalline ingots and wafers with 25 GW capacity in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, with a total investment of CNY 9 billion (US$1.34 billion).

Foxconn Technology Group announced it will move forward with construction of a $10 billion LCD display panel manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, with production expected by the end of 2020.

Daelim Industrial announced it will build a new commercial production plant for its lubricant additive DaelimSynol at the Yeosu National Industrial Complex, with a total investment of 40 billion won and annual capacity of 5,000 tons. Completion is targeted for the second half of 2019.

Pacific Concentrates selected Specialty Food Process Technologies to provide engineering and equipment for three new greenfield fruit and vegetable processing plants. The plants have an expected value exceeding $200 million.

Aerzen Canada celebrated the opening of a new 26,000 square foot building with office space and a production facility at an event held March 19, 2019. The company describes itself as in a growth and expansion mode.

Guangzhou Yuexin Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.'s 12-inch integrated circuit production line project has moved main equipment into the plant, with mass production expected in September 2019. The first phase investment is CNY 10 billion, with a capacity of 40,000 12-inch wafers per month.

Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Egypt inaugurated two new factories in the Port Said freezone, Egypt, with a total investment of USD 200 million.

MGB Berhad, a subsidiary of LBS Bina Group, opened its first permanent Industrialised Building System (IBS) precast concrete plant in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, with an investment of RM40 million.

Wacker Neuson SE opened its new compact machine plant in Horsching, Upper Austria, for manufacturing tracked and wheeled excavators, dumpers and skid steer loaders. The plant is the company's largest single investment after its €43 million headquarters in Munich.

The Will Group, through its subsidiary Lyons View Manufacturing, will break ground on a new $5.4 million electrical equipment production facility in Chicago, Illinois, creating and retaining 48 jobs.

Haier-Carrier Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd. celebrated the opening of a new intelligent manufacturing facility in Qingdao, China, which increases production capacity by 45% over the previous location.

Tan Hiep Phat (THP) inaugurated a new beverage manufacturing plant in Hau Giang Province, Vietnam, on March 14, 2019. The plant, described as the biggest in the country's southwestern region, uses Aseptic filling lines from GEA Procomac and represents an investment of $173 million.

HUBER Technology, Inc. began construction on a new facility in the Charlotte metropolitan area, North Carolina, that will serve as its North American headquarters and manufacturing center. The facility, covering over 4,000 m², is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

Multivac signed an investment agreement to establish a new production company in Taicang, China, for manufacturing packaging machines and components. Production is planned to start at the end of 2019, creating up to 100 jobs over three years.

Huber Technology Inc., a subsidiary of German company Huber SE, broke ground on a new $11 million headquarters and manufacturing plant in Airlie Business Park near Denver, North Carolina. The first phase includes a 75,000-square-foot office building, with a second 75,000-square-foot manufacturing facility to follow within two years.

Grupo Arteche has inaugurated a new 9,721 m² factory in Tepeji del Río, Mexico, with an investment of approximately 45 million pesos. The plant produces medium and low voltage instrument transformers, restorers, and capacitor banks, and employs around 330 workers.

Maxon Precision Motors Inc. is opening a new design engineering and production facility in Taunton, Massachusetts, covering 60,000 square feet, with a grand opening scheduled for March 19, 2019.

Tomsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod (TMZ) announced a project to build a plant in Yurga, Russia, for producing amphibious excavators, with investments of 750 million rubles and 52 new jobs.

Pactex International (formerly known as 互太纺织) plans to invest 6-13 billion Hong Kong dollars to build a new production base in northern Vietnam, with production expected to start between 2022 and 2024, adding monthly capacity of 3-8 million pounds.

Paul & Co Asia, a German-Thai joint venture of the Kunert and Sachdev families, opened a new 8,800 sq m plant in Tambon Takiantia near Chonburi, Thailand, to make paper cores and corner protectors for film and packaging makers.

Pierce Manufacturing's authorized Pennsylvania dealer Glick Fire Equipment opened a service center in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, in late 2018 and expanded its mobile service fleet to 18 units.

Qualcomm and USI announced a joint venture to build a Snapdragon SiP factory in Jaguariúna, Brazil. The site was announced as the future location for the factory.

Maxion Wheels and Dongfeng Motor Parts and Components Group formed a joint venture, Dongfeng Maxion Wheels, to build a passenger car aluminum wheel plant in Hubei Province, China. The plant will have a capacity of 2 million wheels per year, with series production scheduled for the second half of 2020, and is expected to create over 450 jobs.

Baystar Polymers held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar polyethylene unit at its Pasadena, Texas site. The unit is expected to start up in 2021 and will use Borstar technology for the first time in North America.

Twin Disc broke ground on a new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lufkin, Texas, to produce power take-offs and clutches for heavy duty industrial equipment. The facility is set to open in early January 2020 and will create 20-30 jobs in the first year.

Saint Gobain is planning to set up a new manufacturing facility in Atchutapuram SEZ, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The company will invest ₹20,000 million (approx. $280 million) to produce mirrors, plasterboard, gypsum, and other glass products, with a total capacity of 1.1 million metric tonnes per year.