Hartalega Holdings will invest RM630 million over three years to expand its next-generation glove manufacturing complex (NGC) with Plant 6 and Plant 7, increasing annual production from 34 billion to 42 billion pieces of gloves.

Clark Material Handling Company completed the expansion of its production facility in Lexington, Kentucky, with a new 18,000 square meter plant section for S-Series IC engine counterbalanced forklifts, enabling production of nearly 80% of Clark products for the US market.

Lilama 18 has expanded its Steel Structure Fabrication and Mechanical Equipment Plant in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam, from 6.8 ha to nearly 10 ha, adding three manufacturing factories and new cranes.

Lonza is adding two new conjugation suites to its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) facility in Visp, Switzerland, with new capacity expected online by Q3 2021.

LG Electronics will deploy 10,000 industrial robots at its Changwon production site to create a smart factory for premium home appliances. The project will be completed by 2023, with production capacity reaching 3 million units per year, 50% higher than current capacity.

thyssenkrupp Forged Technologies announced an €80 million investment for a new forging line at its Homburg, Germany plant, including a 16,000-mt closed-die press designed by Schuler's Farina subsidiary. The new 12,000-sq.m. plant will produce around 360,000 forged components per year for commercial vehicle front axles and crankshafts, adding about 70 jobs.

Autoliv announced an investment of 1.2 billion pesos (approx. $63 million) to double production of seat belts at its plant in Lerma, State of Mexico. The expansion will create 1,000 direct jobs and 2,500 indirect jobs over three years, increasing annual output to 40 million seat belts.

Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems is seeking state incentives for a potential expansion at its Danville, Kentucky plant, which could involve an investment of more than $50 million and create more than 100 jobs.

Sono-Tek will expand its facility in Milton, Ulster County, New York, from 13,000 to 32,000 square feet, investing $550,000 and creating six new jobs while retaining 60 jobs.

KEDA Ceramics (Twyford) will begin Phase Two of its tile manufacturing factory in Shama, Ghana, in September 2019. The total investment in the facility is over $77 million.

BMW has doubled battery production capacity at its Spartanburg plant in South Carolina with a $10 million investment in a new battery assembly line, expanding the area to over 8,000 square meters. Production of the X5 xDrive45e is scheduled to start in August 2019.

Olympia Electronics is completing an expansion of its production facility in Aiginio, Greece, with new automated production lines including 5 Fuji SMT machines, increasing production capacity.

Jaquar Group announced the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, making it the world's largest faucet manufacturing plant in a single unit, with a production capacity of 125,000 faucets per day. The group invested INR 150 crore in the expansion and another INR 150 crore in a new lighting plant.

Knauf Insulation North America and the Michigan Strategic Fund are investing approximately $35 million to convert and restart an idled production line at Knauf's Albion, Michigan plant, increasing production capacity by over 30% and adding 34 new full-time jobs.

Weatherite Air Conditioning Ltd has invested £250,000 to extend its main 120,000 sq ft manufacturing facility by 4,500 sq ft to cater for growth in the telecommunications sector. The new storage facility was built in less than three months.

KARL STORZ is investing EUR30 million to expand its production sites in Tuttlingen and Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany, by adding production area and consolidating departments. The project includes adding two stories to the logistics center and new buildings for endoscope manufacturing and CNC manufacturing.

ExxonMobil started production on a new high-performance polyethylene line at its Beaumont, Texas plant, increasing site capacity by 650,000 tons per year to nearly 1.7 million tons per year. The announcement is dated July 24, 2019.

Analog Devices is constructing a new headquarters in Wilmington, including a 174,000 sq ft office building, a 52,000 sq ft hub building, and a 215,000 sq ft parking garage, with a total investment of $157 million. The project is on schedule and budget, with a ribbon cutting expected next year.

Aberdare Cables will open a R135 million high-voltage power-cable plant in Port Elizabeth, expanding its manufacturing capability from 33kV to 132kV and creating 58 jobs.

Müller completed a £50 million expansion of its Telford chilled yoghurt manufacturing facility, doubling the site size, adding three new production lines, and creating 65 jobs, with capacity for 550 million pots annually.

Gravel Conveyors Inc. (GCI Slingers) plans to invest $7.5 million to add 10,000 square feet to its Zionsville facility, creating up to 39 jobs over three years.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is investing $12 million to expand its GMP facility in Cramlington, UK, adding assembly capacity for single-use bioprocess container systems and creating new jobs.

KanPak, a dairy and coffee-based beverage manufacturer, will expand its operations in Penn Yan, Yates County, New York. The project includes a new wastewater treatment plant and expansion of manufacturing line and warehouse, adding 195,000 square feet and creating up to 15 jobs.

Nouryon will start construction in May on a project to increase capacity for chloromethanes at its site in Frankfurt, Germany, expected to be completed in 2020. The project will increase annual production capacity of methyl chloride by more than 30%.

2A S.p.A., an Italian die-casting company, plans to invest $15 million to expand its foundry in Auburn, Alabama, creating over 50 jobs and doubling the facility's die-casting area. The company serves as a Tier 1 supplier to automotive and heavy truck manufacturers.

Waukesha Bearings unveiled plans to add a nearly 35,000 sq ft extension to its Antigo, Wisconsin plant, bringing the facility to nearly 100,000 sq ft. Completion is scheduled for January 2020. The announcement is dated July 23, 2019.

UTD Holding and Uzpromstroymaterialy signed an agreement to expand the Jizzakh cement plant in Uzbekistan, investing over €400 million to increase capacity to 5 million tons per year, including 1 million tons of white cement. The expansion will create about 1,500 new jobs.

Andersen Corporation broke ground on a $35 million expansion of its Renewal by Andersen manufacturing campus in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. The expansion includes a 350,000-square-foot Value Add Center and is expected to create at least 125 new jobs.

DAF's engine plant in Eindhoven will start producing Paccar MX13 engines for sister brands Peterbilt and Kenworth in the US. Production will increase from 14 to 40 engines per day after the summer holiday period.

Renco Corporation, through its subsidiary American Performance Polymers LLC, is expanding its rubber and plastics fabrication facility in Colebrook, New Hampshire. The expansion will add high-volume production of nitrile gloves and custom dipping services, with the facility currently having capacity for 40 million gloves per year and employing 20-30 people.

Continental has officially opened a new Powertrain plant in Wuhu, China, representing an investment of nearly €28 million, with 22 production lines and over 600 new jobs, producing drivetrain products including thermal management components and sensors.

Henkel Corporation announced it will invest up to $45 million in new equipment and improvements at its Salisbury, North Carolina facility, including a new production line for UV Acrylic Adhesives, its first in North America.

Progroup AG and packaging maker K2 Verpackungen are jointly investing around EUR 17 million to expand and modernise their adjacent plants in Offenbach an der Queich, Germany. Progroup is building a transport bridge and expanding its high-bay warehouse, while K2 adds an automated production line.

LyondellBasell, through its HMC Polymers joint venture in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, plans to add approximately 550 million pounds of annual polypropylene resin capacity with a new production line. The line will use LyondellBasell's Spherizone technology.

Network Steel announced a €130 million investment to expand the acquired plant in Villadangos del Páramo from 9,000 to 35,000 square meters, aiming for an annual capacity of 520,000 tonnes of galvanized steel coils. Construction was to start in early 2019 with full production by end of 2020.

Alucast opened an additional 7,000 sq ft machining facility adjacent to its Wednesbury headquarters, backed by support from Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Black Country LEP and the Black Country Growth Deal.

Canarm Ltd. broke ground on July 19, 2019, for a two-phase expansion of its Brockville, Ontario facility, adding 90,000 square feet. Phase one of 57,000 square feet will begin by end of August 2019, and phase two adds 32,000 square feet.

Lifocolor Farben GmbH & Co. KG is investing EUR 20 million to build a new 14,000 m² masterbatch production plant on a 30,000 m² site in Lichtenfels, Germany. Ground was broken in July 2019, with construction expected to take 18 months. The plant will have a capacity of 6,000 tonnes per year.

Votorantim Cimentos began operating a new mortar production line at its cement factory in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The company invested R$ 11 million in the line, which has a capacity of 120 tons per year.

Kamensk-Uralsky Metallurgical Plant (KUMZ) completed construction of a rolling complex worth 46.2 billion rubles, increasing production of aviation plates and sheets by 166,000 tonnes per year and creating 518 new jobs.

Bilsing Automation's North American subsidiary moved to a new facility at 20220 Cornillie Drive, Roseville, Michigan, offering 15% more manufacturing space at 10,400 sq. ft. of shop and 3,300 sq. ft. of administrative space.

Artisan Medical Displays is constructing a $1.8 million, 20,000-square-foot facility in Zeeland Charter Township, Michigan, to expand capacity for manufacturing medical display models, with relocation expected by end of 2019 and up to 10 new jobs.

Frimotronik is building a new production and administration hall in Rehna, Germany, to increase production capacity for electronic assemblies and devices, with completion expected by end of 2019.

Kordsa has commissioned an additional polyester yarn line at its İzmit factory with an investment of TL 100 million, adding 7,000 tons of capacity. The line was opened in May 2019 and produces new-generation polyester yarn.

NPK NIKA of Shakhty plans to add two production workshops in 2019 and two more in 2020 at its equipment plant, which makes compressors and components for natural gas refueling stations.

HSIL plans to double capacity of its Sangareddy pipes and fittings plant near Hyderabad to 60,000 tonnes by FY-2022 with an investment of INR 150 crore.

NLMK Group has begun construction on a complete reconstruction of continuous casting machine No. 9 at its Lipetsk site, aiming to increase steel production by 1 million tonnes. The investment is 12 billion rubles, and completion is planned for December 2019.

Bulgaria's Economy Minister opened a rebuilt furnace at Trakya Glass Bulgaria's flat glass plant in Targovishte. The investment was EUR 42 million.

Danfoss Mexico has expanded operations at its Apodaca plant by installing a production line for industrial refrigeration valves, previously imported mostly from China. The investment amount was not disclosed.

Advanced Cooling Technologies is expanding its Lancaster, Pennsylvania facility by 4,500 sq ft to 62,000 sq ft to meet increased demand in its Product Development Group and Manufacturing. The space is expected to be fully operational by end of Fall 2019.