Shandong Nanshan Aluminum will invest CNY 1.6 billion ($228 million) to build a new production line for automotive aluminum alloy panel sheets, raising annual capacity to 300,000 tons from 200,000 tons. Construction is expected to conclude in 24 months.

EDAN Diagnostic, Inc., the US subsidiary of EDAN Instruments, relocated and expanded its San Diego office to a 13,588 square foot facility, nearly double the previous space. A production area is planned for government contracts.

Honda Power Equipment is investing $46.4 million to expand its plant in Alamance County, North Carolina, including a production line for the new GCV general-purpose engine.

Z-Axis is upgrading its electronic design and manufacturing facility in Phelps, New York, with new equipment and additional SMT lines, creating up to 20 new jobs. The total project cost is $800,000, with $150,000 in state tax credits.

Honda Power Equipment Mfg. is investing $46.4 million to expand its Swepsonville, North Carolina plant, adding a 135,000 sq. ft. parts storage area and a production line for the new GCV general-purpose engine. Production of the new HRN lawn mower begins in September 2019.

Grupo Eurotex is expanding its subsidiary Industrie Chimique EUROTEX Maroc SARL in Tangier, Morocco, with a total investment of €315,000, including a €200,000 loan from COFIDES, to increase production capacity for automotive paints and coatings.

Valeo Foods is investing £7.5m to expand its Tangerine Confectionery site in York, UK, adding two production lines to increase capacity by 30% and create 90 jobs. The expansion will accommodate production of Fox's Glacier Mints and Poppets from the soon-to-close Leicester facility.

Serres is opening a new production line at its Saarijärvi plant to manufacture suction bags for hospital use, increasing production capacity by 25%. The line was installed in April and will be fully operational by the end of August 2019.

ATN Hoelzel LP, a subsidiary of German-based ATN Hoelzel GmbH, will invest $6 million and create 100 new jobs to expand its operations and locate its North American headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Ondulys completed construction of a €20 million automated high-bay warehouse for corrugated packaging in Saint-Quentin, France. The 37m-high facility doubles storage capacity to 20,000 pallets and will enter service in autumn 2019.

Witte y Solá (WYS) began on 5 August 2019 a renovation and expansion of its Sant Fost de Campsentelles plant, adding a seventh production line, a clean room upgrade and about 1,000 m² of space by autumn 2020.

Dellinger Precast will invest $3,079,255 in equipment and building expansion, adding a line to produce pre-stressed concrete bridge beams at its facility in Denver, North Carolina.

Cataler North America will invest $14,806,881 in new equipment and building expansion at its facility in Lincoln County Industrial Park, Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Axion Polymers invested in additional equipment at its Shredder Waste Advanced Processing Plant in Trafford Park, UK, increasing waste processing capacity by over 30% per month and recycled polymer output by 20%.

Knight Aerospace is relocating to an industrial facility at Port San Antonio to increase production capacity for specialized aircraft interior modules, including medical transport units and passenger modules. The move supports growing demand from the U.S. military and international customers.

Tosoh Corp. announced plans to increase chloroprene rubber production capacity at its Nanyo Complex in Shunan City, Japan, with an investment of approximately ¥5 billion. Capacity will reach 37,000 metric tons per year by October 2021.

Euroricambi, a manufacturer of transmission components, decided to invest in five additional treatment chambers for its ModulTherm vacuum heat treatment line at the end of 2018, expanding the plant delivered in 2017.

Jiande South Cement Co., Ltd. broke ground on a green building materials industrial park project with a total investment of CNY 2 billion (about $283 million). The first phase includes a 5,000 t/d clinker production line with an investment of CNY 1.16 billion, designed to produce 1.55 million tons of clinker and 2 million tons of cement annually, with 9 MW waste heat power generation.

Micropulse Inc. is investing $6.8 million to expand and equip its 160,000-square-foot Columbia City facility, including a 15,000-square-foot addition, creating up to 25 new jobs by end of 2020.

Evonik Industries AG has brought a new plant for fumed silica on stream in Antwerp, expanding production capacity.

Tsugami China's subsidiary Anhui Tsugami Precision Machinery signed a second-phase construction agreement worth 95.18 million yuan for its Anhui factory in Ma'anshan, China, to expand capacity for CNC precision machine tools. The factory is expected to be completed and operational by 2021.

Weihai Longgang Paper invested 210 million yuan in 2019 in a new high-strength corrugated base paper production line with pulping and a wastewater treatment plant. Trial production started in August 2019.

Vactor Manufacturing is expanding its Streator, Illinois plant by 170,000 square feet, adding up to 90 jobs and increasing production capacity, with parent Federal Signal investing up to $25 million. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2019.

Sif Holding and Port of Rotterdam agreed on an additional 20-hectare land lease at Maasvlakte 2, and Sif signed a major marshalling contract with DEME Offshore starting October 2019. The lease was formalized on July 31, 2019.

Yunnan Hongta Plastic, a subsidiary of Enjie, will relocate its BOPP film production to Yuxi High-tech Zone and invest 360 million yuan to build a 70,000-ton BOPP film expansion project, adding one new production line.

Nestlé Indonesia announced a $100 million expansion of its factories in Karawang, Kejayan, and Panjang to increase production capacity by 25%, including a new production line for liquid drinks.

Wonder Cement commissioned its third cement plant at Nimbahera, Rajasthan, increasing total capacity to 11 million tonnes per annum. The plant was built with an investment of ₹1,100 crore.

IGM Resins announced two major capacity expansion projects at its Mortara, Italy photoinitiator production site, increasing capacity by 25 percent.

Nikkiso plans to move industrial and aerospace production from its Higashimurayama plant to its Miyazaki plant, investing about 9.5 billion yen to expand capacity there, with about 100 new jobs. Completion is planned by 2021.

Honda Aircraft Co. broke ground on an 83,000-square-foot expansion at its Piedmont Triad International Airport campus in North Carolina. The $15.5 million project brings total investment to $245 million.

ISO-Chemie held a groundbreaking ceremony for a EUR 50 million expansion of its main site in Aalen, Germany, to be completed by 2025. The project will double the workforce from 200 to 400 employees.

B. Braun will finish the first phase of its EUR 120 million factory in Sânandrei near Timişoara in October 2019, with full completion and production of infusion solutions expected by August 2021, creating 250 jobs.

Kaman Corp. has secured land in Würzburg, Germany to build a new facility for its GRW precision bearings operations. The company expects to spend $10 million, break ground in 2020, and open the facility in 2022.

Shandong Zhengkai New Materials is investing 750 million yuan to build a multi-phase specialty fiber spinning plant in Zaozhuang, Shandong. Phase 1 is already in trial production, Phase 2 is under construction, and Phase 3 is planned.

JCET moved into volume production with its new 12-inch wafer bumping line at its assembly and test facility in Incheon, South Korea. The line offers lead-free and copper column bump types.

Consolidated Precision Products Corp. announced it will open a new 135,000 square foot advanced manufacturing facility in Euclid, Ohio, creating over 120 jobs.

Wärtsilä will supply two Wärtsilä 34SG gas engines with a combined output of 19 MW to expand the Borg El Arab power plant in Egypt, increasing its capacity by two-thirds. The order was placed in June 2019, with delivery in January 2020 and operational by end of 2020.

Process Solutions acquired a 5,000 sq. ft. facility in Arlington, WA and revised the layout of its Stanwood facility, increasing manufacturing capacity by 30% and reaching 115 employees.

Cranswick is investing £75 million in a new poultry primary processing facility at Eye in Suffolk, which will more than double existing capacity, with commissioning expected towards the end of the financial year.

Plasco Limited launched a USD 4 million factory expansion in Temeke, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, using Weholite technology to produce structured wall HDPE pipes for sewerage, drainage, manholes, and tanks, the first of its kind in East and Central Africa.

Japan's JTEKT Corporation plans to invest EUR 125 million to expand its operations and production facilities in Romania through its subsidiary Koyo Seiko Romania, building a new factory to produce car parts for Toyota Motors in the Czech Republic.

Cree Inc. will invest up to $1 billion to expand silicon carbide capacity at its Durham, North Carolina campus, including a new 200mm wafer fab and a materials mega factory. The expansion is expected to increase wafer fabrication capacity up to 30-fold and materials production up to 30-fold by 2024.

Henkel inaugurated a new 2,500 sqm plant for surface pretreatment technologies at its Jundiaí factory, with an investment of R$ 40 million. The expansion is expected to increase production volume by 30% by end of 2019 and adds about 20 employees.

BASF plans to invest in a second tert-Butylamine production plant at its site in Nanjing, China, increasing global annual capacity by over 30%. The plant is planned to start up in 2022.

Bracell Group presented its R$7 billion (about EUR 1.66 billion) Project Star to expand dissolving pulp production at Lencois Paulista, Sao Paulo state, due for completion by end-2021. The operation phase will employ about 4,000 permanent workers.

Trinity Technology Group (TTG) Inc. announced plans to expand its existing 65,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Higginsville, Missouri, representing $7.25 million in capital investment and creating 20 new jobs.

ABB signed an agreement with Chongqing government to relocate and build a world-class smart transformer manufacturing base in Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing, with construction starting in late 2019 and operations in 2022.

Avio Aero's second additive manufacturing plant in Brindisi, Italy, officially started 3D printing production of parts for the Catalyst engine. The plant was inaugurated in December 2018 and currently employs about 12 people, with plans to double the team and exceed 300 engines per year at full capacity.

Hengtong Aberdare Cables launched a high-voltage manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on July 25, 2019. The total investment was over ZAR 135 million, expanding product offerings from 33kV to 132kV. The production line is at full capacity.

Stecker Machine Company completed a 77,700-square-foot addition to its second facility in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to meet growing customer demand for CNC machining and assembly. The expansion was announced on July 25, 2019.