Formosa Plastics Corp. announced a US$332 million expansion of its Baton Rouge, Louisiana PVC resin production plant, including new machinery and equipment expected to increase production capacity by 20% and create 81 new jobs.

Formosa Plastics Corp. USA plans to invest $332 million to expand its Baton Rouge facility, increasing PVC resin production capacity by 300 million pounds per year (20% increase) and creating 15 new jobs.

Formosa Plastics Corporation, Louisiana will invest $332 million to expand PVC resin production at its Baton Rouge facility, adding nearly 300 million pounds of annual capacity and creating 15 new jobs.

Big Gun Robotics LLC, a robotic welding company, is expanding its operations in Newberry County, South Carolina, with a $3.6 million investment creating 16 new jobs. The company is adding a 20,000-square-foot expansion to its facility.

Nel ASA secured a location at Herøya Industrial Park in Norway for a new alkaline electrolyzer manufacturing plant, with initial capacity of 360 MW/year and potential to exceed 1 GW/year. The facility will support low-cost production.

Formosa Plastics Corp. Louisiana is investing $332 million to expand PVC resin production by 300 million lb/year and add equipment at its Baton Rouge site. The project is expected to create 15 direct jobs and start operations in late 2021 or early 2022.

Visaka Industries will invest Rs. 100 crore to set up a new Vnext fibre cement board plant in Tamil Nadu, increasing total capacity from 170,000 to 220,000 tonnes. The plant is expected to be completed in 15 months.

Crown Cork & Seal USA will relocate a food-grade metal can manufacturing line from Ontario, Canada to its Hanover Borough plant in York County, Pennsylvania, investing $24.6 million and creating 41 new jobs.

Silan Microelectronics (Silan) announced a 1.5 billion yuan ($210 million) investment to expand capacity at its 8-inch wafer fab in Hangzhou, China, through its subsidiary Silan Jixin. The project will add 432,000 8-inch wafers per year over five years, with partial funding from a 800 million yuan capital increase by Silan and the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund.

Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics will invest CNY1.5 billion (USD210 million) to expand its eight-inch integrated circuit production line, with CNY500 million from a state industrial fund. The project will be built in two phases over five years, targeting annual output of 252,000 eight-inch ICs in phase two.

Howell Metal announced an $8 million investment to expand its New Market, Virginia plant by 200,000 square feet, adding more than 100 jobs.

CHS plans a $100 million expansion of its soybean-processing plant in Fairmont, Minnesota, adding five storage buildings and modifying two existing ones to increase capacity by 30%. The project will not create new jobs but will secure 52 existing jobs.

Toho Chemical Industry announced it will invest 4 billion yen to construct a new factory building at its Chiba Plant in Sodegaura City to increase production capacity for resins used in microfabrication for electronics and information industries.

Micron Technology has submitted a plan to the Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau to build a new DRAM fab (A5) in Taichung, though a company official said no final decision has been made. The A3 fab is under construction and expected to become operational in Q4 2020.

Hanon Systems is expanding its Climate Systems Mexicana operation in Querétaro, Mexico, moving to a 15,000 square meter site from a 3,000 square meter site, adding powertrain cooling and fluid transport products, and expecting 370 employees by 2022.

Coca-Cola HBC Bulgaria is investing 40 million BGN to expand its production center in Kostinbrod, Bulgaria.

SNF will expand powder-grade polyacrylamide capacity by 75,000 metric tons per year globally by end of 2020, and emulsion-grade polyacrylamide capacity by 100,000 t per year in the US by end of 2019. The company will have spent $1.2 billion on polyacrylamide capacity expansion over three years ending in 2020.

Lingong Heavy Machinery (LGMG) began construction of a 100,000-square-meter plant in Jinan High-tech Zone, China, to produce 30,000 aerial work platforms and forklifts annually. The project involves an investment of about 1 billion yuan and is expected to create 800 jobs.

Dawlance, a subsidiary of Arçelik, inaugurated two new production lines for automatic washing machines and water dispensers at its facility in Pakistan on August 23, 2019. The lines will produce export-quality appliances for European markets.

OOO Stankomashstroy opened a second production shop at its facility in Penza, Russia, to produce about 300 vertical machining centers per year. The expansion cost about 1 billion rubles and will create about 30 new jobs. A capsule was laid for a third shop.

Global Plas Inc., a supplier of molded plastic parts to Tier 1 automotive manufacturers, is expanding its operations in Concord, Ontario, with a $2.5 million contribution from FedDev Ontario. The project includes renovating a new 71,000-square-foot facility, adding production lines and automation equipment, and creating 50 new jobs.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation unveiled its new Appleton Service Center, a $39.5 million expansion adding 171 jobs and nearly 180,000 square feet of maintenance, repair and overhaul space at Appleton International Airport in Wisconsin.

Shengzhou Jinguan Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd. is building a new production line for 30,000 refrigeration equipment sets per year, with total investment of 153.1 million yuan. The project is expected to be completed in September 2019.

Epiroc will expand and consolidate its production facility in Örebro, Sweden, adding about 10,000 square meters for assembly and offices. Construction begins in 2019 and facilities will be inaugurated starting in 2021.

Zip Water cut the ribbon on a new manufacturing line at its Condell Park factory in western Sydney, investing AUD 6 million to double manufacturing capacity for its drinking water appliances.

Yamada-Vistamex inaugurated an expansion of its facility in Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, investing 60 million Mexican pesos and creating 156 new jobs. The company manufactures personal care products and household plastics.

JNB Machining Co. will expand one of its Fowlerville manufacturing facilities by more than 28,000 square feet. The expansion and new equipment will cost over $1 million and add 10-15 jobs.

Nypro Healthcare Baja plans to invest up to $36M in additional equipment and $3.6M in building improvements at its Albuquerque facility, with $36M in industrial revenue bonds approved by the Albuquerque Development Commission.

The Senica plant is investing €15M this year into new technology for hot processing of metal sheets.

Goertek Vina, a subsidiary of Goertek, plans to invest an additional VND527 billion ($20 million) to expand its electronic equipment and camera plant in Bac Ninh, Vietnam, adding 19,000 square meters and increasing annual camera capacity by 20 million units.

Amkor Technology is seeking approval to increase the operating capacity of its semiconductor manufacturing, assembly and testing plant in Bac Ninh, Vietnam, from 675 million products per year to 1.2 billion products annually (about 420 tons). The plant's total registered capital is $1.6 billion.

Denmark-based KP Components Inc. announced plans to expand its Pickens County, South Carolina operations with a more than $16 million investment, constructing a new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and creating 47 new jobs.

South Korean PCB manufacturer TLB plans to invest about 200 billion won ($134 million) in a second manufacturing plant in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam, to double production capacity for AI server and memory module PCBs. The new facility will be built by its subsidiary TLB Vina.

Lite-On Technology's board approved $210 million capital injection into Lite-On Technology Vietnam Co., Ltd. and $110 million into Lite-On Vietnam Co., Ltd. to expand production capacity for cloud computing and AI-related components.

Stokes Sauces is investing in new food processing and packing equipment, including a steam cooking system, labelling machine, and capping machine, to double capacity. The project is part-funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and Lloyds Bank, and will create 10 new jobs.

Bluescope Steel will invest almost $1 billion to expand its North Star steel mill in Ohio by 40 percent. The expansion is expected to be completed by 2023.

GE Renewable Energy announced plans to extend its LM Wind Power blade factory in Bergama, Turkey, and recruit 300 new employees, with a $30 million investment by end of 2019.

Gazprom Energoholding completed installation of two 200 MW gas turbines at the combined heat and power plant in Pancevo, Serbia, under a EUR40 million agreement with Ansaldo. Commissioning is planned for 2020.

Zhejiang Petrochemical has announced plans to build a paraxylene plant in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, capable of producing 4 million tons per year, as part of China's push to reduce paraxylene imports.

Hyosung Advanced Materials will invest 1 trillion won to expand its carbon fiber production capacity from 2,000 tons per year to 24,000 tons per year by 2028 at its Jeonju plant in South Korea. The first expansion line of 2,000 tons is expected to be completed in January 2020 and begin production in February 2020.

Webasto celebrated the opening of its new plant in Irapuato, Mexico, on August 20, 2019, after investing $28 million. The 35,000-square-meter facility is three times larger than the previous one and will produce sunroofs and panoramic roofs, with employment expected to rise from 460 to 580.

PTG is investing more than NOK 20 million to expand its Malmefjorden factory outside Molde, Norway, to increase capacity for aquaculture sector solutions.

AB Jensen Maskinfabrik, renamed ABJ Metal, invested a double-digit million DKK amount in new advanced machinery and a 2,000 sqm production hall in Vojens, Denmark, announced in 2019.

TE Connectivity will invest over $15.7 million and create approximately 100 new jobs at its Tullahoma, Tennessee facility, updating the site and adding new equipment.

Embraer announced a $30 million investment to expand its Eugênio de Melo unit in São José dos Campos, Brazil, adding four new buildings and increasing capacity to over 4,000 employees. The expansion is expected to be completed in Q4 2019.

Indore-based flexible packaging converter Inoflex has bought a new Windsor 5-layer BFL machine and plans to expand production, with the expansion slated to start in November at its Indore plants.

US Farathane received approval from the Westland City Council to expand its automotive plastic injection-molded components facility by nearly 100,000 square feet, doubling its size. The $20 million investment is expected to create up to 89 new jobs.

Surface Dynamics LLC will invest nearly $10 million to expand its operations in Bartlett, Tennessee, creating approximately 110 jobs over five years. The company provides plasma spray and additive manufacturing technologies for biomedical manufacturers.

Redline Plastics LLC, a manufacturer of molded and vacuum-formed plastics, is expanding its operations in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The new facility will create 44 jobs and involve a $12 million capital investment.

AAON Inc. broke ground on a new 195,000 sq ft building at its Longview, Texas manufacturing plant as part of a $28 million capital investment. The facility will be used for coil warehouse storage and equipment manufacturing, with completion expected in October 2020.