Corteva Agriscience invested EUR20 million in a new formulation and packaging unit for the Inatreq fungicide at its Cernay site, inaugurated in 2019.

Thöni opened its new Werk III in Pfaffenhofen, Austria, on September 20, 2019, with a EUR75 million investment. The plant includes a 5,600-ton extrusion press and will produce 15,000 tons of aluminum profiles annually.

SMC Packaging Group is expanding its Partnership Industrial Center plant in Springfield, Missouri, as part of a multiphase project. Phase II, with an estimated cost of $13.5 million, adds rail siding and manufacturing and storage space, with completion estimated for February 2020.

Hiperbaric celebrated its 20th anniversary and inaugurated expanded facilities in Burgos, Spain. The company is a leading manufacturer of high pressure processing (HPP) equipment for the food industry.

Biocoat, a maker of hydrophilic coatings for medical devices, has built an in-house finishing lab and hired 10 workers, backed by a controlling investment from 1315 Capital. The company now employs 70, up from 58 at the time of the acquisition.

Estonian Cell completed a €20 million investment at its Kunda plant, increasing production capacity to 185,000 tons per year and adding a new wastewater treatment plant. The new equipment was launched in the last quarter and the facility opened on September 18, 2019.

Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. has reached full capacity at its new facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and is undergoing a $42 million expansion that will add 90 jobs, bringing total employment to 220 and total investment to $95 million.

voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak will invest $2.1 million in its Birmingham, Alabama plant for improvements including a new steel fabricating machine, manufacturing line upgrades, and security system upgrades.

Fresenius Kabi SwissBioSim opened a new R&D center for biosimilars in Eysins, Switzerland, with an investment of about €15 million. The center will focus on autoimmune diseases and oncology, and currently employs over 100 people.

Shade Systems, Inc. broke ground on a major expansion of its manufacturing plant and headquarters in Ocala, Florida, doubling the plant space from 50,000 to over 100,000 square feet. Construction is expected to complete by March 2020.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment will take over production of MET turbochargers from Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, relocating the plant within Nagasaki City by end of 2019. A new factory will be completed in December 2019.

High Purity Systems will invest about $8.5 million to move into a new 30,000-square-foot facility in Manassas, Virginia, to increase piping fabrication capacity, creating 105 new jobs.

Metinvest is modernising the 1700 hot strip mill at Ilyich Steel in Mariupol, Ukraine, with equipment from Primetals Technologies. The revamp, costing around US$110 million, began in 2018 and is scheduled to finish in fall 2019, increasing coil weight to 27 tonnes and reducing minimum thickness to 1.2 mm.

Ultratech Cement is planning to expand its Kutch cement unit in Vayoor, Gujarat, increasing clinker capacity from 4.0 mtpa to 8.0 mtpa and captive power plant capacity from 55 MW to 160 MW, at a cost of ₹35,000 million.

CMS Cepcor opened a new £4 million global parts centre in Coalville, UK, a 6,000 sq m warehouse next to its manufacturing facility, funded by HSBC UK. The centre will free up manufacturing space and support a 20% headcount increase.

Valmet is investing in a new pilot facility at its Fiber Technology Center in Sundsvall, Sweden, to strengthen R&D in bioenergy, biofuels and biochemicals. The facility will start up in October 2020.

ERMCO will invest $12 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Dyersburg, Tennessee, adding a third building and 8,000 square feet. The expansion will create 150 jobs over five years.

Mid South Extrusion will invest $4.5 million to add a 10th production line at its Monroe, Louisiana plant, which makes polyethylene packaging films. The project will create eight new jobs and retain 128 existing jobs.

Huvepharma inaugurated a new fermentation plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria on September 16, 2019, built in two years at a cost of €150 million. The plant adds 3,500 m³ fermentation capacity, doubling the site's capacity and increasing the group's total capacity by 30%.

Mass Energy Group Holding and GE Power signed an agreement to expand the Besmaya power plant in Iraq by 1.5GW, bringing total capacity to 4.5GW. GE will supply four 9F gas turbines and four generators. The expansion is expected online by 2021, with first 500MW added in 2020.

AstraZeneca's manufacturing facility in North Ryde, Sydney, Australia has been expanding and increasing production facilities for a respiratory medication. The expansion involves fully automating and modernizing the production process with new process control valves from Bürkert.

BITZER has begun producing condensers at its Rottenburg-Hailfingen, Germany factory, which it set up after acquiring Alfa Laval's shell and tube evaporator and condenser portfolio in 2018. The first new condenser was made in July 2019 and shipped to a customer, with production moved from Alonte, Italy.

The Size Surfaces (Neolith) is building a new atomizer plant in Almassora, Spain, with an investment of €30 million, which will increase production capacity to 1.5 million square meters of sintered stone.

The first 660MW unit of the 1,980MW Nabinagar super thermal power project in Aurangabad, Bihar, India, was commissioned in September 2019. The plant is a joint venture between NTPC and BSPHC, with an estimated investment of $2.1 billion.

Terex announced expansion plans for its Hosur, Tamil Nadu facility, adding a shot blasting & paint shop, machine shop, and other infrastructure enhancements.

Sandler Nonwoven Corporation will invest $60 million to expand its Perry, Georgia factory, adding 70 new jobs and a new production line.

VF Corporation will invest nearly $7.5 million to expand its Workwear manufacturing facility in Henning, Tennessee and locate a new distribution facility in Covington, creating over 220 jobs.

Daikin America will invest up to $195 million to add polymer production capability and other enhancements at its Decatur, Alabama facility, creating 50 new jobs.

Hota Industrial Manufacturing Co plans to begin construction of eight production lines at its two plants in Chiayi Dapumei Precision Machinery Park next quarter, with six lines at Plant 1 expected to be completed by Q2 2020 and two smart lines at Plant 2 installed next quarter.

Danfoss Commercial Compressors inaugurated a 3,000 sqm ATEX laboratory at its Reyrieux, France plant on 12 September 2019, a €16 million investment for testing compressors with flammable refrigerants.

Metsä Tissue has applied for a new environmental permit for a EUR 230 million expansion of its Katrinefors mill in Mariestad, Sweden, as part of its future factory program.

CSL Behring announced a €185 million expansion of its facility in Marburg, Germany, to increase production capacity for hereditary angioedema treatments, expected to be completed in 2023, creating 50 jobs.

Alcon localized production of intraocular lenses (IOLs) under the AcrySof brand at the Nanoptika plant in Zelenograd, Russia, with investments of 250-300 million rubles. Initial capacity is 140,000-160,000 lenses per year.

Grundfos Serbia opened a water treatment plant at its production site in Indjija, Serbia, using the Grundfos Biobooster system to treat domestic wastewater and move toward a closed-loop scenario. The facility produces over 4 million pump units per year.

Danfoss Commercial Compressors inaugurated a 3,000 square metre ATEX laboratory at its Reyrieux, France plant on 12 September 2019, a €16 million investment for testing compressors with flammable refrigerants.

WestRock Brasil announced a R$ 10 million investment at its Pacajus corrugated packaging plant in Ceará to add new production equipment, including a corrugator, two printers and a material handling system, lifting capacity and quality.

Panther Display has put into operation an additional building of about 11,000 sqm at the Wustermark packaging park to co-pack packaging and displays, and has added a new litho-laminating printing machine.

Holcim Philippines completed new storage and loading facilities at its Bulacan plant in Norzagaray, including a warehouse with six additional loading bays and new packing and loading machines, to boost production capacity.

Medtronic inaugurated a new production plant in El Coyol de Alajuela, Costa Rica, on September 11, 2019. The company expects to increase annual production from 6.5 million to 8.1 million units by 2021 and plans to hire about 500 people.

Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. expanded its Houston headquarters to include an onsite dedicated training center, adding over 16,000 square feet of space for dealer technical training.

Jefferson Industries Corporation (JIC) announced plans to expand its facility in West Jefferson, Ohio, investing $10.8 million and creating 150 new jobs. The expansion will add 77,000 square feet to increase hot stamping production capacity for lightweight automotive body frames.

FMR LISICKI Sp. z o.o. completed an investment project to build a new machinery factory, implementing R&D results and introducing new innovative machines for agricultural and orchard farms. The project value was 32,128,159.47 PLN, with EU funding of 17,299,623.08 PLN.

ABB officially presented its renovated production base for high-voltage products in Sevlievo, Bulgaria, designed with LEAN manufacturing concepts and covering 14,500 square meters.

Western Superconducting Technologies Co., Ltd. (WST) has put into service a 63/80-MN high-speed open-die forging press supplied by SMS group at its facility in Xian, China. The press enables production of titanium and titanium alloy products for the aerospace industry.

Tippmann Innovation will begin work on a 1.4 million cubic foot freezer expansion for Mattingly Cold Storage in Melbourne, Florida. The expansion adds 6,100 pallet positions of zero-degree freezer space.

Carel inaugurated an expansion of its Manheim, Pennsylvania plant and North American headquarters, adding 40,000 square feet to double the site's size. The site is expected to employ around 70 people.

DC Machine, an industrial design and machining center, is expanding its Dorchester County operations in Summerville, South Carolina, with a $9.5 million investment expected to create 63 new jobs. The expansion includes purchasing an existing building and increasing operational space to over 61,000 square feet.

JCB announced it will double the size of a new factory currently under construction in San Antonio, Texas, due to newly announced tariffs. The factory was originally announced as a $500 million investment on a 400-acre site.

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM) is undertaking a $60 million expansion at its Butterworth site in Grand Rapids, Michigan, adding a 61,500-square-foot facility with cleanroom, formulation suites, and high-speed equipment. The expansion will triple or quadruple capacity.

De Nora Tech announced a 17,000-square-foot expansion adjacent to its new Mentor facility to house manufacturing of PMX, a material used as an asbestos substitute. The investment is about $6 million and will create 14 technician jobs.