Siemens Gamesa is expanding its production of converters and investing in a new production line at its existing factory in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil.

Eastland Port commissioned New Zealand's largest critically charged hydrocarbon refrigeration system for a cold store conversion at its Kaiti Beach Rd site in Gisborne, delivering over 1 MW of cooling power.

Boston Scientific Corporation is undergoing a site expansion project at its Spencer, Indiana facility that will double its size, and is hiring 100 full-time medical device specialists.

JW Aluminum is undertaking a $300 million expansion at its Goose Creek, South Carolina plant to double capacity and upgrade equipment. The project will add 326,000 square feet of new construction and rely on recycled aluminum, making it one of the most advanced continuous cast facilities globally.

Nestlé Portugal invested €11 million in a new production line at its Avanca factory in Aveiro, which will export the NutriPuffs baby snack range to 35 markets by Q1 2020.

Sibur completed an upgrade of its terephthalic acid (TPA) production facility in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, increasing capacity from 272,000 to 350,000 tons per annum. The project cost over RUB 6 billion (approximately $91 million).

Western Extrusions Corporation awarded Almex USA an order for a complete billet casting center at its Carrollton, Texas facility. The casthouse will include melting furnaces, degassing system, and DC casting machine, with first billet production targeted for Q3 2020.

Thai Summit America Corp. plans a $15 million expansion of its Howell, Michigan plant, adding 50,000 square feet and a new press line, after winning contracts to supply parts for Ford and Fiat Chrysler vehicles. Construction is expected to start in September 2019 and complete by May 2020.

Zhejiang Jack Machine Tool Co., Ltd. completed a technical renovation project to upgrade and expand its annual production capacity of CNC machine tools to 600 units. The project, with a total investment of 2.5 million yuan, was completed on August 16, 2019.

Haier broke ground on an expansion of its Ranjangaon, Pune factory, backed by a Rs 490 crore investment, to add production of new appliance lines and raise the workforce from 1,100 to 2,900.

Park Aerospace Corp. celebrated the official ground-breaking for a major expansion of its manufacturing and development facilities in Newton, Kansas. The 90,000 square feet expansion will double the size of existing facilities and cost approximately $20.5 million.

Moscow government and DSK-1 Rostokino signed a special investment contract for the expansion of a construction plant. The company will invest 2.6 billion rubles to modernize and expand production, increasing factory area from 94,000 to 109,000 sq m and creating 890 new jobs.

Leoni held a foundation-laying ceremony on 14 August 2019 for a 7,000-square-metre expansion of its facility in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, to produce EV charging cables and Hivocar high-voltage cables. Production is scheduled to start in Q1 2020.

Power Electronics, a manufacturer of industrial electronic components, has opened a new plant in Llíria, Spain, investing approximately EUR 50 million. The company has increased its workforce to 1,800 employees.

Birla Corp announced plans to invest INR 50 billion (US$701.5 million) to increase total cement capacity to 25 million tonnes per annum by 2025. The first phase includes a new integrated plant at Mukutban, Nagpur (INR 24.5 billion) and a third line at its Lucknow facility (INR 2.5 billion), both scheduled for completion by mid-2021.

Crown-科朗叉车 (Crown Equipment) began construction on the third-phase expansion of its Suzhou, China factory. The 4,256-square-meter project includes new office, R&D, warehouse, and employee facilities.

LANXESS has expanded its production facility for Vulkanox antioxidants at the Brunsbüttel site in Germany, investing a low double-digit million euro amount. The expansion enhances independence of European tire manufacturers from Far East suppliers.

Micron Technology has completed and opened an expanded fabrication facility at its Fab10 plant in Singapore, capable of producing 64-layer NAND flash memory. The multi-billion dollar investment expands the existing plant.

Biwater Inc, a membrane technology provider, has relocated to a new state-of-the-art facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California, that is three times the size of its previous facility. The expansion supports increased delivery capacity and product range for water filtration, reuse and desalination.

Nestlé Brasil is investing R$45 million to install three new ready-to-drink NESCAU production lines at its Feira de Santana factory in Bahia, with capacity up to 75,000 tonnes per year. The lines are due to start in the first half of 2020 and will create about 140 jobs.

Scotts Precision Manufacturing is expanding its factory in Eastville, Lincolnshire, with a £275,000 project adding a 6,000 sq ft building with a 5-ton crane, office block and stores. Completion is expected by July 2019, and at least four new full-time staff will be recruited.

B. Braun Medical Inc. plans to spend $150 million to expand its assembly plant in Daytona Beach, Florida, adding 100 jobs. The company has acquired 35 acres adjacent to the plant and expects to start selling IV solution products by Q2 2020.

Hokushō completed construction of Factory No. 3 at its Hakusan Plant in Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and commenced full-scale production. The total investment including renovations to existing factories is 4 billion yen.

CNF Precision Engineering Limited purchased a second factory 600% larger in floor space and invested in two new Matsuura 5-axis machines (MAM72-35V and MX-330 PC10).

United Conveyor Corp. plans to establish a new manufacturing and shipping operation in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, creating 50 jobs.

Kobra Group is investing $5 million in two new production halls at its subsidiary's site in Hudson, Wisconsin, USA. The first spade was turned at the same time as the German expansion.

Kobra Group is building four new production halls in Lengenfeld, Germany (€10 million investment) and two new halls in Hudson, Wisconsin, USA ($5 million investment). The German expansion is expected to start production in January 2020.

Al Ethiad Refreshment, in collaboration with SMI, installed a new bottling and packaging line for Doha Water brand in Qatar. The line currently produces 20,000 bottles/hour and is designed to be expandable to 40,000 bottles/hour.

Balaji Speciality Chemicals, a subsidiary of Balaji Amines, commenced production of ethyleneamines and related products after receiving MPCB consent in June 2019. The company also received clearance for additional morpholine capacity of 7,000 tpa, bringing total to 10,000 tpa, and began production of acetonitrile and THF.

SMI S.p.A. installed a new bottling and packaging line for Al Etihad Refreshment's Doha Water brand in Qatar. The line currently produces 20,000 bottles per hour and can be doubled to 40,000 by adding one integrated system.

Bell Plastics is expanding its mandrel manufacturing capacity at its UK plant, adding factory space and automated equipment to meet global demand.

Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems will expand Sullair's Michigan City, USA air compressor plant with a new manufacturing building, warehouses and optimized production facilities, with an investment reported as about US$3000 million. The article also says the expansion is expected to create new jobs.

Worldwide Oilfield Machine Ltd., UK has made major improvements to its facility in Aberdeen, including a new hi-bay and workshop addition at the St. Machar location, adding 540 square meters of space.

Godwin Manufacturing Co. Inc. announced a $3.5 million expansion and improvement initiative at its facility in Dunn, North Carolina. The project includes an 18,000-square-foot fabrication expansion, new equipment, and a 7,000-square-foot wet paint preparation facility, expected to be completed by mid-August 2019.

Tecnoglass completed an aluminum production capacity expansion in July 2019, with additional automation projects on track for completion by end of 2019.

Worldwide Oilfield Machine expanded manufacturing capacity at its Canemont facility in Houston with a custom thermal welding machine and two new CNC machines. The equipment is intended to raise production rates and precision.

Kensa Heat Pumps has started construction of a new 900 sqm manufacturing and office facility on its existing site at the former Mount Wellington Mine in Cornwall. The privately funded expansion is expected to provide 150 jobs at capacity.

Intermountain Electronics will expand its operations in Price, Utah, adding up to 289 jobs and $12.5 million in capital investment over 15 years.

Unimicron Technology (欣興電子) will invest over NT$26.5 billion to develop 2.5D high-end IC substrate production at its Shanying plant in Taoyuan and build a new smart factory in Yangmei, Taoyuan, creating nearly 700 jobs.

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. plans to invest TWD 1.5 billion to expand its plant in Yilan County, introducing advanced machinery to improve yield for automotive-grade diodes. The expansion will create 60 jobs.

TA-I Technology (Dayi Technology) plans to invest TWD 2 billion to expand its existing plant in Luzhu, Taoyuan, upgrading equipment to build a smart factory for automotive, 5G and industrial precision resistors. The expansion will create 140 jobs.

Qisda (Jia Shida) plans to invest TWD 2.5 billion to expand its smart factory in Guishan, Taoyuan, adding production lines for display, communication and optical products. The expansion will create over 900 jobs.

AirBorn broke ground on a $3.7 million expansion of its electronics manufacturing facility in Lake City, Pennsylvania, that will double its footprint and add up to 249 new jobs.

Eastman Chemical Co. is planning a $7.7 million expansion of its operations in Henry County, Virginia, adding capacity at its existing facilities and moving into a former furniture facility. The expansion will not immediately add jobs.

Zeus Industrial Products purchased a 143,000-square-foot facility at 3600 Cummings Road in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to expand production capacity for polymer extrusion, relocating operations from its existing Shallowford Road facility.

Cherubini Metal Works Limited will expand its Dartmouth facilities and purchase new automated equipment for bridge and structural steel fabrication, supported by a $550,000 non-repayable contribution from ACOA, creating 20 or more full-time jobs.

Novelis is expanding its Pinda plant in Brazil with a $175 million investment, adding 100,000 tonnes of rolling capacity and 60,000 tonnes of recycling capacity. Commissioning is expected during fiscal year 2021.

IGM Resins announced two capacity expansion projects at its Mortara, Italy, photoinitiator production site that will increase the site's capacity by 25%.

R&E Automated Systems is purchasing a 141,000-square-foot industrial building in Port Huron, Michigan, with a $14.4 million investment and creation of 176 new jobs. The project is supported by a $750,000 performance-based grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Idaho Milk Products completed a $30 million expansion at its Jerome, Idaho facility, increasing milk processing capacity by 1 million pounds per day and adding a new R&D pilot plant. The project began in October 2018.