B. Braun held a groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 3 of its surgical instrument factory in Suzhou Industrial Park, China, with an investment of nearly CNY 100 million. The expansion will focus on advanced surgical instruments and dialysis water treatment equipment, with production expected to start in 2027, increasing annual capacity to 3 million pieces.

Bauer's environmental division began earthworks for a mid-double-digit million euro expansion of its main plant in Aresing, Germany, including a new 22,000 m² production and logistics hall. Construction is expected to finish in the second half of 2027.

Transformer manufacturer Starkstrom Gerätebau (SGB) from Regensburg has invested ten million euros in a new site in Neutraubling, Bavaria.

Comexi Group Industries announced an €8 million investment to expand its main plant in Riudellots de la Selva, Spain, increasing production capacity by 40% and adding 30,000 m² of surface area to meet growing demand for flexible packaging machinery.

B. Braun Medical Inc broke ground on the third phase of its Suzhou surgical instrument factory in SIP, China, with a total investment of approximately RMB100 million. The project will produce advanced surgical instruments including hemostats, needle holders, tissue dissection forceps, and laminectomy rongeurs, and is expected to be completed and operational next year.

Caterpillar confirmed its East Peoria foundry will return to production in the third quarter after a two-year refurbishment. The $325 million investment included a new melt floor and furnace upgrades, and will add roughly 400 hourly positions to feed the 797F and 798 AC mining truck lines.

Magest Building Systems Limited is investing $12,320,000 in an expansion project in Stratford, Ontario, supported by a $500,000 grant from the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund. The project will create 30 new jobs, protect 80 jobs, and include building additions, automated equipment, and a new hollowcore production line.

Wigen Water Technologies purchased a new facility across from its current one in Chaska, Minnesota, to become the main headquarters with additional production capacity. The expansion will give the company about 125,000 ft² of space to support growth in municipal and industrial water and wastewater sectors.

SİMA Alüminyum inaugurated a new production line at its facility in Dilovası, Kocaeli, Turkey, with a $65 million investment. The line produces high-quality aluminum products for defense, aviation, and aerospace sectors.

Superior Crane Corp is in the process of expanding its facility to support further growth, as the company celebrates its 70th anniversary.

Stinis completed a significant expansion of its Dutch manufacturing site in Krimpen aan de Lek, consolidating all core spreader production and service activities into a single enlarged facility called 'NXT'. The expansion includes a repair and refurbishment area more than three times the size of the previous workshop.

Hexa-Lotos launched a new automated production line for synthetic woven materials (shade nets, geosynthetics) at the Lotos SEZ in Narimanovsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Total investment exceeded RUB 210 million, with support from federal and regional Industrial Development Funds. The line will create 100 jobs and produce up to 8 million sq m annually.

Enercon is investing around €50 million to expand its generator competence center in Magdeburg, Germany, adding new production lines for the latest generator types and creating up to 150 new jobs.

Severstal Stalnye Resheniya is building a high-tech production complex for large-sized building metal structures in Oryol, Russia, with investment over 3.5 billion rubles, creating 330 new jobs.

Kerama Marazzi is building a second production line for porcelain tiles at its plant in Oryol, Russia, with total investment over 5 billion rubles. The first line started in 2024; the second is planned for March 2027, raising output to 6 million sq m per year.

6K Additive broke ground on March 30, 2026, for a 45-acre global headquarters and manufacturing campus expansion in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, funded by a $23.4 million DPA Title III grant and IPO capital, aiming to increase metal powder production capacity from 200 to 1,000 metric tons annually.

Trevo Drywall plans to more than double the capacity of its Juazeiro do Norte gypsum wallboard plant in Brazil to 50Mm²/yr by 2031. The existing line is being automated and expanded to 20Mm²/yr, scheduled for commissioning in April 2026, and a second 30Mm²/yr line is in project development.

Cheboksarsky Zavod Silovykh Agregatov (ChZSA) is launching production of heavy-class forklifts in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. The company has completed construction of a new welding and assembly building and plans to produce up to 4,000 machines annually, including diesel forklifts with 5-10 ton capacity and electric models with 3-4 ton capacity.

Titan-Polymer has received more than 75% of the technological equipment for the construction of its second production complex for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) in Russia. Completion of equipment delivery and transition to active construction is planned for the second half of 2026.

Neway Flow Control has broken ground on Phase II of its high-end industrial valve project in Suzhou High-Tech Zone. Covering 30,600 square meters, the smart factory is expected to output over 56,000 units of valves, actuators and automation equipment per year.

Saica Flex Deeside has announced a £2.2 million (€2.5 million) investment in a fully automatic coating machine at its Deeside site. The coater offers about four times the previous coating capacity and enables linerless label products.

Howard Industries announced a $100 million expansion of its Howard Power Solutions Division facility in Ellisville, Mississippi, adding 230,000 square feet and creating 100 new jobs. The project includes $55 million in building expansion and $45 million in advanced manufacturing equipment.

Atlanta Electricals secured approval from POWERGRID to manufacture transformers of up to 400 kV class at its Vadod facility in Gujarat, enabling participation in extra high voltage tenders.

Eti Alüminyum is investing $400 million in a new rolling mill and foundry in Konya Seydişehir, Turkey, to produce flat aluminum products and replace $600 million in imports.

Austria is supporting ams-OSRAM's factory expansion with €227 million in public funding.

Hyundai Motor Group will add a new 4-press tandem stamping line at its Metaplant America campus in Bryan County, Georgia, for $485 million. The expansion will create 420 jobs and support production of the next-generation EV6 and a third electric model, with the line expected to come online in the first half of 2027.

Daifuku completed construction of a new factory building at its Shiga Plant for transport and storage systems for semiconductor production lines. The facility has a floor area of 19,600 square meters and will increase domestic production capacity by 1.3 times.

BASF has started up a new storage tank for 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA) in Merak, Indonesia.

Tongyi has expanded its manufacturing facility to produce R290 air-to-water heat pump systems, particularly the RH Series for the European market. The facility includes dedicated production lines and integrated electronics production.

FANUC America is investing $90 million to build a new 840,000-square-foot facility in Rochester Hills, Michigan, to expand U.S. robot manufacturing capacity. The project is expected to create 225 jobs and be completed in late 2027.

Konar Industrial Group launched a new production line for turbine casing parts in Chelyabinsk, Russia, with investment of over 1 billion rubles. The project was supported by an 800 million ruble loan from the Industrial Development Fund.

Hunan Guosen Gas Compressor Machinery is building phase two of a project in Taoyuan County, Changde, Hunan, with a CNY 320 million investment to raise annual compressor output from 30,000 to 50,000 units, with construction scheduled from Q4 2025 to Q2 2027.

Cheta-Kranex signed a special investment contract (SPIK) with the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade to increase production of full-slewing excavators weighing 12-52 tons and expand its product line. Planned investment is about 900 million rubles.

Carrier inaugurated a new testing laboratory at its European Centre of Excellence in Montluel, France, with a €12 million investment. The facility expands R&D capacity for high-performance cooling and heating technologies for data centres, industry, and large commercial buildings.

Solventum opened a $220 million expansion of its Brookings, South Dakota facility, adding 275,000 square feet of lab and warehouse space and 16 new shipping docks, bringing the total facility to one million square feet. The plant produces IV site securements, surgical drapes, and tapes.

FACC is investing €120 million to build a new 20,000-square-meter automated manufacturing plant in St. Martin im Innkreis, Upper Austria, for lightweight aircraft structural components. Construction starts in late 2026, with phased production ramp-up from mid-2028 and full capacity by end of 2029. The project is expected to create up to 300 jobs.

The Borouge-4 expansion project in the UAE started production, with an annual ethylene capacity of 1.5 million tons and polyethylene capacity of 1.4 million tons.

Technonicol is reconstructing its fiberglass insulation plant in Serpukhov, Russia, with a total investment of RUB 4 billion, including RUB 2.3 billion in 2026. The plant is shut from April to August 2026 for equipment replacement, with full capacity expected in September 2026.

Weger is investing EUR 24.6 million to construct a 10,000 square-meter production hall in Jászárokszállás, Hungary, for manufacturing heat pump and air handling system components, with advanced machinery and solar power system.

AGI Greenpac announced a Rs 470 million investment to modernize and revamp its existing glass manufacturing facilities to raise capacity, with the work targeted for completion by March 2026.

Iron-Tech, a Polish-owned CNC machining company, announced a nearly EUR 6.5 million capacity expansion and energy efficiency investment at its Szigetvár site in Hungary, adding a hydraulic pump component production line and six jobs.

Kirovsky Kompressor, a subsidiary of PAO Kirovsky Zavod Mayak, is starting construction in April 2026 of a new workshop for welding and galvanic coating. The site will bring component production in-house and is targeted to reach serial compressor output by mid-2027.

Yunnan Chihong Germanium announced in April 2026 a CNY 189 million investment to build 4-inch and 6-inch high-quality indium phosphide single crystal production lines at an existing plant. The expansion will add capacity equivalent to 300,000 pieces of 4-inch substrates per year after 18 months of construction.

Wallquest Wallcovering has expanded its digital production capacity by installing four new HP Latex FS70 W Printer systems at its manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania. The investment builds on Wallquest's existing fleet of HP Latex technology.

Yunnan Germanium's subsidiary Yunnan Xinyao Semiconductor Materials plans to invest RMB 189 million to expand production capacity for high-quality indium phosphide single-crystal wafers, adding 450,000 wafers (4-inch equivalent) per year.

Acieta announced plans to open new manufacturing facilities in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to increase capacity for robotic systems and advanced automation technologies. The facilities are expected to be operational by the end of 2026.

Global Machine Company, a precision metal fabrication and machine shop, is expanding its Muskogee, Oklahoma operations by constructing an additional facility and installing new equipment. The project is expected to create approximately 14 new skilled jobs.

Polyram USA is investing over $12 million to expand its Evansville, Indiana facility, adding a 100,000-square-foot warehouse and a 10th manufacturing line. The project is expected to be completed in 2026 and will create 9 new jobs.

Valin Xiangtan Steel plans to build a premium large round bar and flat steel production line with an investment of RMB 880 million ($127.5 million), a construction period of 13 months, and a designed annual capacity of 800,000 metric tons.

Thermocool Home Appliances is evaluating a new manufacturing facility with an investment of ₹25-40 crore to produce air coolers, fans, and small appliances, targeting annual capacity of 3-4 lakh air coolers, 3-5 lakh fans, and 1-2 lakh small appliances.