Debrunner Acifer AG opened a new high-bay warehouse in Birsfelden, Switzerland, measuring 21m high, 40m long, and 25m wide, with capacity for 9,000 tons of material. The warehouse uses SIMPLY. Logistic Systems' long cargo conveyors.

A $5 million upgrade of the Yeppoon Sewage Treatment Plant in Queensland, Australia, expanded treatment capacity from 21,000 to 31,000 equivalent persons, using ultrafiltration membrane technology. The project was built by Downer Utilities.

Cefla Medical Equipment Business Unit opened a new production centre at its Imola plant for the sterilisation line of the Mocom brand, integrating with existing lines for autoclaves and medical sterilisation equipment.

Lockheed Martin broke ground on a new Long Range Fires Production Facility in Camden, Arkansas, as part of a $142 million investment that will add 326 new jobs by 2024. The facility adds over 70,000 square feet of production and office space.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, through subsidiary PT MC PET Film Indonesia, is building a new polyester film plant with 25,000 tons per year capacity and a US$130 million investment. Construction is targeted for completion by end of 2021.

Cordial and beverage maker Bickford's Group opened a new high-speed aseptic production line in South Australia, a A$20 million investment built by Sidel with Tetra Pak. The line can produce 18,000 bottles per hour.

Gühring Nederland has taken its renovated grinding department into use, doubling the number of grinding machines and employees. The facility can now produce new special tools in small series in addition to resharpening used tools.

Tigerpoly Manufacturing will invest over $10.7 million to add 105,000 square feet and new machinery at its Grove City, Ohio facility, creating 40 new jobs.

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering's aerospace business began construction of its second plant in the Aerospace Special Economic Zone at Devanahalli, Bengaluru, India. The facility will handle aerostructure machining and surface treatment, creating 300 jobs. First phase machining operations start Q1 2020, second phase surface treatment lines by 2021.

Supermax Corporation Bhd plans to increase its production capacity from 21.75 billion to 27 billion pieces by December 2020 and to 44.1 billion pieces by 2024, with RM1.1 billion in capital expenditure over 4.5 years. New plants in Meru, Klang include Plant #12 (Block A by Q1 2020, Block B by H2 2020), Plant #13 by Q3 2021, Plant #14 by Q4 2022, and Plant #15 by Q1 2024.

Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake broke ground on a 130,000 sq ft expansion of its Bowling Green, Kentucky wheel-end plant, including a new production line, a $65 million investment adding about 100 jobs, with completion expected by end of 2020.

Škoda Auto opened a new automotive paint shop at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic, featuring 66 industrial robots, capable of coating up to 168,000 car bodies per year.

Spekon Sächsische Spezialkonfektion GmbH is modernizing and expanding its production space in Seifhennersdorf, Saxony, with an investment of EUR 8.3 million. The project started with a groundbreaking ceremony and is expected to be completed by end of 2027.

Dr. Gühring KG inaugurated a new production hall for precision tools in Treuen, Saxony, and laid the foundation for a second hall. The company invested around EUR 50 million, creating 67 new jobs and 16 training positions, with 42 more jobs expected by end of 2014.

Griesson - de Beukelaer is investing over EUR 100 million to expand its production site in Wurzen, Saxony, with a new production hall, logistics hall, automated high-bay warehouse, and social/administrative building. The expansion will add capacity for 'GRIESSON soft cake®' and create up to 100 jobs by 2027.

The Landesdirektion Sachsen approved GlobalFoundries' expansion of its chemical storage facility at its Dresden site. The expansion is part of the SPRINT project to increase chip production capacity.

Schneider Electric's Badr plant for electricity distribution panels increased its production capacity by 110%. The company targets further increases next year.

Wacker has completed a 20-month expansion of its construction-grade polymer powder production line at its Ulsan, South Korea plant, adding 80,000 tonnes per year of capacity. The project involved an investment of about 89 billion won and is expected to create 60 new jobs.

German dairy group Bayernland is investing €55 million to build new sliced cheese production at its Käserei site in Bayreuth, with production expected to begin in 2021 and a capacity of 40,000 tons.

SFT Group opened the first phase of corrugated board packaging production at the Aleksinskaya paper and board mill in Tula region, after investing over 3.7 billion roubles and creating 200 jobs. A second phase planned to raise capacity to 310 million square metres and add 100 jobs.

Bosch has inaugurated Phase II of its expanded smart factory in Bidadi near Bengaluru, built with an investment of 31 million euros to make powertrain products such as common rail pumps and high-pressure rails.

Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) announced the addition of 4,500 square feet to its facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to meet increased demand for product lines including those from the recently acquired Parker PCB. The expansion is expected to be completed in Fall 2019.

Gardner Aerospace is expanding its manufacturing footprint in Bengaluru, India, Mielec and Tczew, Poland, and opening a new facility in Chengdu, China, to support its existing facilities in Derby and Toulouse.

Invista Nylon Chemicals announced a $230 million expansion to double its nylon 6,6 polymer capacity at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park to 400,000 tons annually. Construction is expected to begin in Q2 2022 and operations in Q1 2024.

SkyWater Technology Foundry plans a 66,724-square-foot expansion of its Bloomington, Minnesota chip manufacturing facility, adding about 15,000 square feet of clean room space and supporting 30-50 new jobs.

Veelo Technologies moved into a new 20,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Woodlawn, Ohio, scaling from 4 to 24 employees, to ramp production for a large defense contract won in late 2018.

Tex-Tech Industries announced a nearly $25 million investment in a new 170,000-square-foot manufacturing center in Forsyth County, North Carolina, creating 49 jobs.

Showa Group announced a major expansion of its Fayette, Alabama facility to triple production capacity of nitrile single-use gloves, aided by $81.3 million in contracts from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The phased buildout will increase annual capacity to 1.2 billion gloves by end of 2022 and 2.8 billion gloves once complete.

SCA will build a new paper machine at its Obbola paper mill in Umeå, raising annual kraftliner output from 450,000 to 725,000 tonnes. The total investment is SEK 7.5 billion over five years, with start-up planned for Q1 2023.

CAREL USA debuted an expanded production facility in Manheim, Pennsylvania, doubling its plant size from 35,000 to 75,000 square feet. The expansion is expected to create up to 70 jobs.

B. Braun is extending its high-bay warehouse in Berlin by two aisles and replacing conveyor technology. Hörmann Logistik received the order as general contractor for the two-phase project, which includes new stacker cranes and conveyor systems.

The Orange County Water District board awarded a $310 million contract to Shimmick Construction for the 30 MGD Final Expansion of the Groundwater Replenishment System. The project will add 31,000 acre-feet per year of water supply, bringing total capacity to 134,000 AFY. Construction is estimated to be completed in 2023.

VAT Group completed Phase 2 of its Malaysian campus in September 2019, expanding it from 6,000 to 24,000 square metres, a step forecast to raise global production capacity by 30%.

Danfoss announced the expansion of its industrial refrigeration line at its Apodaca, Nuevo León plant, where manual refrigeration valves previously imported from China will be assembled locally to supply the Americas by the end of the year.

Desmi Pumping Technology A/S has extended its production capacity and can now manufacture more than 25,000 pumps per year, according to a report published on 2019-09-01.

Smartpolymer GmbH, a subsidiary of TITK, broke ground on a new production hall in Rudolstadt, Germany, worth approximately EUR 2.4 million. The hall will produce specialty fibers and flocked products, with operations expected to start in summer 2020.

Trane celebrated a more than $100 million expansion of its Columbia, South Carolina facility, adding over 1 million square feet for advanced manufacturing of commercial HVAC products, alongside a 1,342-kW solar installation.

Meggitt PLC plans to invest nearly $82.7 million to expand its carbon brake manufacturing facility in Boyle County, Kentucky, creating up to 83 full-time jobs. The 95,000-square-foot expansion will include new carbon furnaces and ancillary equipment.

Pennex Aluminum Company completed a 20,000-square-foot addition to its facility in York, Pennsylvania, doubling the facility's size to accommodate projected growth.

Innospec announced it will invest $11.75 million and add 30 jobs at its facility in Spencer, North Carolina, including renovating the administrative facility, adding a rail spur, and building two 30,000-square-foot warehouses.

Commander Aircraft Corp. announced plans to build an $8 million, 100,000-square-foot production facility at Max Westheimer Airport in Norman, Oklahoma, for its single-engine aircraft. Construction is expected to begin within three years, and the company anticipates hiring 30-50 employees.

Baerlocher GmbH, a German supplier of additives for the plastics industry, plans to further expand its production site in Seremban, Malaysia.

Janicki Industries held a grand opening for a new 90,000-square-foot building at its Hamilton plant, dedicated to making carbon fiber airplane parts. The facility may employ up to 300 people in the future.

Airbus is building a second assembly line in Mobile, Alabama for the A220 aircraft, investing $264 million and creating over 430 jobs. The existing A320 line is also being expanded to produce six aircraft per month, up from four.

Cimcorp completed a €12 million expansion of its facilities in Ulvila, Finland, nearly doubling the space to 11,500 sqm for production and 6,000 sqm for offices, aiming to double production capacity.

IDP Group finalized the BIM engineering project for a new clinker plant at the Chimborazo Cement Factory for UCEM (Unión Cementera Nacional), with an investment of €150 million, capacity of 2,600 tons per day and 30,000 tons storage.

Grob-Werke completed the second expansion of its plant in Dalian, China, increasing total production and logistics area to 32,400 square meters, with a 6,700 sqm addition for assembly of all Grob products.

Ypsomed inaugurated a new building at its headquarters in Burgdorf, Switzerland, adding toolmaking, laboratory space, and about 100 office jobs. The expansion supports future growth at the site.

Clariant announced a double-digit CHF million investment to expand its catalysts production facility in Panjin, Liaoning, China, adding a new state-of-the-art production line for SynDane maleic anhydride catalyst.

Miba Steeltec broke ground on a new building in Vrable, Slovakia, enlarging manufacturing space to about 16,500 square meters with 80 new jobs and the Miba Friction Group's first R&D department outside Austria.