MK Gabelstapler GmbH, a Still forklift service specialist, will relocate its headquarters to a former BMW site in Neustadt, Germany, investing in a new 1,500-2,000 sqm hall and bringing 20 jobs. The move is expected in spring 2020.
Trans-Foreland Pipeline Company applied to FERC to modify the Kenai LNG Plant in Kenai, Alaska, adding a 1000 hp electric-drive boil-off gas compressor, valves and pumps. The filing was made in June 2019.
DeWys Manufacturing will invest $6.9 million over three years to expand its Wright Township facility by 30,000 square feet, creating 41 jobs. The company received a $267,000 state grant.
John Deere Forestry Oy will invest about 15 million euros to expand its Joensuu factory's assembly, test drive facilities and component manufacturing capacity. The investment will begin in summer 2019 and be completed in 2021.
Ulterra Drilling Technologies expanded its manufacturing facility in Leduc, Alberta, Canada, adding matrix PDC drill bit manufacturing capability for the first time in Canada. The facility now has a 140,000 square foot combined manufacturing footprint.
INEOS Styrolution and Bischof+Klein installed a stretch hood packaging solution at the INEOS Styrolution production site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The packaging material is based on Styroflex, an SBC copolymer produced by INEOS Styrolution.
Channellock, Inc. is investing in a 35,000 square foot expansion of its finished goods warehouse and distribution facilities in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and adding new machinery. The expansion will increase production capacity and support the launch of a new SpeedGrip pliers product.
FAR Chemical, a specialty chemicals manufacturer, will expand its Palm Bay, Florida facility, adding specialized equipment and increasing the workforce by over 50% over the next twelve months. The expansion follows a 40% capacity increase in late 2018.
HP Hood LLC will expand its Arkport, New York facility by installing a new high-pressure homogenization system and other equipment. The project costs over $2 million, with a $150,000 capital grant from Empire State Development.
BHTC completed a 31.6 million leva expansion of its automotive climate control systems plant in Bozhurishte, Bulgaria. The project increases capacity by 80% and will add over 250 jobs.
Transtar Autobody Technologies will expand its Genoa Township, Michigan headquarters by 6,000 square feet to add a training facility and automotive paint color laboratory. The training center will train 400 technicians per year, and the lab will increase color output by 1,000 formulas annually.
Boise Cascade Company is investing an additional $17.5 million in upgrade projects at its Chester, South Carolina softwood plywood facility, which it acquired in 2013.
ITP Aero inaugurated new facilities in Querétaro, Mexico, for producing aircraft engine pipes and end-fittings, adding 40 jobs in 2019 and targeting 327,000 pipes and 230,000 end-fittings in 2020.
ABC Aluminum is developing an adjacent hillside to accommodate a new re-melt facility, a second ten-inch press, and a second fully-automated anodizing facility. The first 100,000 sq. ft. superstructure is nearing completion.
Italian manufacturer Modula has purchased the former Dayton Daily News printing building and plans to create 100 new jobs at the facility.
Continental is investing roughly 100 million euros to expand its Lousado, Portugal plant for radial earthmoving and port tyres. The expansion will create over 100 new jobs and add three earthmover tyre lines and three port tyre lines.
Johnson Controls will invest $62 million to expand its manufacturing facilities in Wuxi, China, adding land and a new production line for its subsidiary York (Wuxi) Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, expected to increase annual sales by 2 billion yuan.
Pano Cap Limited has added several new injection molding machines and hired more machine operators at its Kitchener, Ontario plant, increasing manufacturing capacity for plastic closures. The company reports improved lead times as a result.
Pinnacle Climate Technologies moved to a new 120,000-square-foot corporate facility in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, expanding from approximately 80,000 square feet to consolidate operations under one roof.
Fitesa is investing $70 million in a new spunbond line at its joint venture CNCFitesa in Rayong, Thailand. The investment will significantly increase nonwovens capacity in the region.
Baker Hughes, a GE Company, inaugurated an expanded multimodal facility in Luanda, Angola, serving oil and gas customers across Angola and sub-Saharan Africa with manufacturing, services and repair.
Swedish manufacturer Alfa Laval is adding a new brazed heat exchanger production line at its existing Henrico County, Virginia plant, creating 15 new jobs. The expansion was announced at a celebration on June 10, 2019.
A Naberezhnye Chelny cardboard and paper mill is installing a Jumbo corrugated packaging line supplied by Engico, with delivery from June 14 and installation from July 15, 2019. The line is meant to supply large corrugated packaging to Haier, which operates nearby.
Trex Co. plans to invest $200 million by 2021 to build a new plant in Winchester, Virginia and add production lines in Fernley, Nevada, increasing composite decking capacity by 70%.
Paradise Ingredients opened a new juice and beverage processing plant in Cartago, Costa Rica, with a capacity of 20 million liters per year. The $20 million investment will create 40 direct and 80 indirect jobs.
QComp Technologies, a robotic systems integrator, is breaking ground on a 10,000-square-foot addition to its production facility in Greenville, Wisconsin. The expansion is scheduled for completion in fall 2019.
Transasia Bio-Medicals announced a Rs. 50 crore investment to expand its manufacturing facility in Sikkim, making it the largest Indian plant and the first diagnostics manufacturing facility in Northeast India.
NICCA CHEMICAL CO., LTD. completed construction of a second plant at its Kashima factory in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, investing approximately 3.6 billion yen to produce water-based urethane resin and esterification products with a capacity of 5,000 tons per year.
Emsland Group is installing four drum dryers for a new potato flakes line at its Hagenow site, doubling capacity. The investment is around EUR 25 million and will create new jobs.
Intralox, a division of Laitram, expanded its Hammond, Louisiana facility by adding an automated storage and retrieval system with three cranes, increasing warehouse capacity to 23,000 pallets. The expansion added 60 jobs over two years, bringing total Hammond employment to 130.
Aspen Mfg. announced the grand opening of its plant expansion in Humble, Texas, increasing the facility from 132,000 to 204,000 square feet and adding a dedicated aluminum tube department to produce aluminum tube evaporator coils.
Ahlstrom inaugurated a new secondary biological water treatment plant at its Tolosa mill in Spain, built by Veolia Water Technologies with a capacity of 200 m³/h, using AnoxKaldnes MBBR and Actiflo technologies. Construction ran from December 2016 to December 2017.
OKNOPLAST Group began building a 16,000 m² production and logistics complex at its existing site near Krakow, Poland, to increase capacity by 30% and introduce automation for PVC and aluminium window production.
NAI, a manufacturer of custom connectivity solutions, announced a multi-million dollar expansion of its design and manufacturing capabilities for ruggedized industrial cable assemblies, box and panel builds, including the development of an Industrial Center of Excellence (ICoE) in Troy, Michigan.
American Food Equipment Company (AMFEC) plans to expand its facility in Caldwell, Idaho, by 60,000 square feet and hire 50 additional employees. The expansion was supported by a property tax exemption granted by Canyon County commissioners on June 3, 2019.
Nouryon (formerly Akzo Nobel) has inaugurated a new production line at its Expancel facility in Stockvik, Sweden, after a two-year expansion project. The investment is over 200 million Swedish kronor and increases capacity for expandable microspheres.
Tessy Plastics Corp. is expanding cleanrooms at its Skaneateles and Elbridge facilities in Upstate New York. The Skaneateles cleanroom will grow by about 15,000 square feet to a total of 36,000 square feet, and the Elbridge East plant cleanroom is also being expanded to service new medical programs.
Fristads Kansas Group is investing in a new, highly automated logistics center in Borås, Sweden, which will begin operations in summer 2019. The center is expected to reduce lead times and increase service levels.
Nutkao expanded its plant in Canove di Govone, Italy, with a EUR 30 million investment, increasing the facility from 12,000 to 20,000 square meters. The expanded plant will produce Pan di Stelle spread for Barilla and will be inaugurated on June 21, 2019.
SK Lubricants and Repsol decided to expand their Iberian Lube Base Oil Co. joint venture plant in Cartagena, Spain, adding 200,000 metric tons per year of base oil capacity at a cost of EUR 60 million.
Sellick Equipment, a manufacturer of all-terrain lift trucks, built a new plant in Harrow, Ontario, moving in by late May 2017. The new facility allows production of trucks with greater lifting capacity and doubles output to 60 units per month.
Cepsa is investing €100 million to upgrade its Puente Mayorga chemical plant to use Detal technology, replacing hydrofluoric acid. The project will increase LAB production capacity by 50,000 tonnes (25%) and is expected to be completed in 2020.
DuPont Safety & Construction announced plans to invest more than $400 million to expand Tyvek nonwoven materials capacity at its Luxembourg facility, adding a new building and third operating line. Startup is scheduled for 2021.
Scapa Healthcare opened a new 52,000 square foot medical device manufacturing facility in Knoxville, Tennessee, representing a $31 million investment and expected to create 100 new jobs over five years.
LS Cable & System began construction of a second factory at its Donghae industrial complex in South Korea, investing 40 billion won to build an extra-high voltage cable production line. The expansion will increase production capacity by 250% and create 50 new jobs, with completion expected in February 2020.
HARMAN announced a $50 million (350 crore rupees) expansion of its automotive electronics manufacturing plant in Chakan, Pune, India, tripling production capacity and doubling headcount to 800 by 2021.
BASF doubled its manufacturing capacity for UV acrylic hotmelts (acResin) by building a second production facility at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. The investment was several tens of millions of euros and the additional capacity is now available.
HellermannTyton Manufacturas announced a US$30 million expansion of its plant in Nuevo León, Mexico, to raise installed capacity and create 300 new jobs. The company plans a further US$10 million investment later, bringing total staff to 500 by 2022.
Dunapack Rambox is upgrading its Sfântu Gheorghe corrugated packaging plant in Covasna County, Romania, raising combined annual capacity with the new Bolintin-Deal plant to about 300 million square metres.
Business Minister Andrew Stephenson opened a new 'factory of the future' at Senior Aerospace Bird Bellows in Congleton, UK. The facility expands capacity for precision engineered aerospace components and was built with support from the Sharing in Growth programme.