Nexans is expanding its Charleston plant to make underwater cables, adding 125,000 sq ft and an $80 million expansion, and has filed a permit for a shipping terminal on the Cooper River.

Versowood's glulam beam production facility in Hartola, Finland, underwent a major upgrade in spring 2019, tripling its production capacity. Kallesoe Machinery delivered a high frequency press with glue and handling system.

GE Appliances is investing $43 million in its Roper Corporation facility in Walker County, Georgia, to create new manufacturing capacity and launch new cooking products, creating 100 jobs.

Redax, a biomedical company, inaugurated a new warehouse at its production site in Poggio Rusco, Italy, celebrating its 20th anniversary. The expansion more than doubles the company's logistics capacity.

Aspen Manufacturing completed a plant expansion in Humble, Texas, increasing its facility from 132,000 to 204,000 square feet and adding a dedicated aluminum tube department to produce aluminum tube evaporator coils. The expansion is expected to double production capacity when fully ramped up.

Daikin Applied, a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, announced plans to build a new commercial HVAC manufacturing facility in Faribault, Minnesota, for its Rebel Commercial Packaged Rooftop Systems. The facility will be in addition to its existing plant in the city.

Denmark-based precision parts maker KP Components inaugurated a new factory in Sweden in June 2019, almost doubling its production space there. Four new CNC machines were installed for mobile hydraulics and transportation parts.

Simmons Pet Food opened its expanded flexible packaging facility in Emporia, Kansas, in June 2019. The $60 million project added a 200,000 sq ft production line and created 100 new jobs.

Zhonghuan Semiconductor plans to invest CNY 9.3 billion (USD 1.35 billion) to expand its Hohhot facility, increasing monocrystalline silicon capacity from 25 GW to over 55 GW. Expansion is scheduled to complete in three and a half years.

Nelson-Jameson Inc. announced it will move its headquarters to the former Figi's Corporate Office Building in Marshfield, Wisconsin, this fall. The 64,000-square-foot building will undergo renovations, with 90 of its 210 employees moving in by the end of 2019.

Kordsa started operations at a new 3,500 sq m polyester line at its Izmit, Turkey plant, adding 7,000 tonnes of polyester yarn capacity. The investment was 100 million Turkish lira (approx. £13.3 million).

MacLean Engineering is expanding its Querétaro, Mexico facility to add component manufacturing and complete mining machine builds. Phase 1 in 2019 adds assembly bays, weld bays, a burn table and overhead cranes, bringing total manufacturing footprint to 60,000 sq ft.

MacLean Power Systems announced a $5.3 million initial investment to upgrade equipment and the 67,000 sq. ft. foundry in Alabaster, Alabama, adding aluminum mold making and handling. Development begins mid-2019 with production expected in Q1 2020.

Greenheck announced a nearly $60 million expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Shelby, North Carolina, to increase production of Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems, Tempered Air Products, and Architectural Products. The expansion includes purchasing an existing facility and building a new Architectural Products facility, creating several hundred jobs over five years.

Phoslock Environmental Technologies plans to increase production of Phoslock at its Changxing factory to 12,000 tons per annum and install extra wastewater equipment costing less than A$1 million.

Aptiv announced a R$ 5 million expansion at its wiring harness factory in Conceição dos Ouros, Minas Gerais. The built area grew from 2,300 m² to 5,400 m², and the company plans to double production and add about 250 jobs.

Ramco Cements announced a ₹3,500 crore expansion plan to increase production capacity from 12 million tonnes to 20 million tonnes by 2020. Multiple grinding units are coming up in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.

Hi Roller, a manufacturer of enclosed conveyors for the agricultural industry, is building a $4.2 million, 50,000 square foot addition to its Sioux Falls, South Dakota facility. Construction is underway and scheduled to finish in fall 2019.

Canadian aerospace manufacturer Delastek announced the start of a second construction phase at its plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a new investment of US$3 million in 2019. The expansion includes purchase of an autoclave, seven-axis robots, and CNC machines.

Magna Powertrain of America will invest $9.3 million to add equipment at its Muncie, Indiana drivetrain component facility, creating 50 new jobs. The expansion is expected to be complete by April 2020.

MacLean Engineering completed a 1,400-m2 expansion of its Owen Sound, Ontario facility, doubling assembly capacity from five to ten bays. The project was initiated in Q4 2018 and completed in Q1 2019, with up to 60 new hires expected.

Sabic is making significant investments to expand capacity of its Ultem and Extem high heat resins, including a new production plant in Singapore due to come on-stream in the first half of 2021. Total capacity expansion is more than 50%.

Mazak expanded its Spindle Rebuild Department, relocating it to the South Building on its Kentucky manufacturing campus. The expansion will boost rebuild output to 100 spindles per month and keep upwards of 1,000 rebuilt spindles in stock. The grand opening will take place during DISCOVER 2019 in November 2019.

Trident Group announced a Rs. 1,140 crore investment to install 162,432 spindles and 3,600 rotors at its existing plant in Budni, Madhya Pradesh, to manufacture about 48,482 TPA of 100% cotton yarn. Commercial production is expected to begin by January 2021.

Epiroc held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new heat treatment plant for rock drills in Örebro, Sweden. The 1,400 m² plant will be built through an expansion of the current workshop building and is expected to be operational by late 2020.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries signed an investment agreement with Chongqing Liangjiang New Area to build a 6-axis robot manufacturing and integration project, with a total investment of 100 million yuan (approx. $14.5 million). The new production line will have an annual capacity of over 6,000 units and is expected to generate annual revenue of 2 billion yuan.

Multiquip is expanding to a third facility in Lewisville, Texas, to increase production capacity for ride-on trowels and improve logistics. The expansion follows increased demand across all product lines.

Suomen Vesileikkaus Oy signed a lease for a 4,260 sqm hall in Haapamäki, Keuruu, as part of a €2.5 million investment program. The expansion is expected to create up to 25 new jobs.

L&L Products France, located in Altorf near Molsheim, plans to nearly double its site size in the next three years and generate new jobs. The company manufactures polymer parts for automotive and aerospace industries.

SkyWater Technology Foundry announced the new SkyTech Center as an expansion of its operations at its Bloomington, Minnesota facility. The center repurposes clean-room space to enable advanced processing for carbon nanotubes, silicon photonics, superconducting ICs and MEMS, supporting DARPA's 3DSoC program.

Nazarovo-Metallurgservice Ltd completed the first stage of equipment installation at its plant in Nazarovo, Russia, including four ten-ton induction furnaces and new quenching and tempering lines. Production capacity increased to 3,500 tons of finished products per month, and a second stage is underway to double capacity.

Metalfino da Amazonia Ltda. has installed two StrikoMelter melting furnaces from StrikoWestofen at its Manaus site, doubling its melting capacity to 4,000 kg of aluminum per hour. The furnaces were commissioned in December 2018.

Clariant launched a new facility in Guangzhou, China, for specialty black masterbatches, with an investment of CHF 5 million, supplementing its Taiwan facility.

Eastman Chemical Company announced investments to expand production of hydrogenated and non-hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins at its Middelburg, Netherlands, and Jefferson, Pennsylvania, sites, and polyolefin polymers at its Longview, Texas, site. Expansions will be completed by mid-2020.

Dow announced a series of investments totaling approximately $100 million over two years to expand manufacturing capacity and modernize facilities at its Sabine River Operations plant in Orange County, Texas, supporting specialty materials production.

DUO PLAST started production on a new 9-layer stretch film extrusion line at its second factory in Sünna, Thuringia, with an investment of around EUR 4 million, capable of producing film thicknesses up to 8 my and widths up to 2,700 mm.

Werner & Mertz invested €30 million in a new production building in Mainz, Germany, its largest single investment. The facility was officially opened in May 2019.

Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG, a subsidiary of Endress+Hauser, officially opened an expansion of its plant in Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland, on May 24, 2019. The expansion cost nearly 15 million euros and doubled the floor space.

Cemex Philippines broke ground on a new US$235 million production line at its Solid Cement plant in Antipolo, Rizal. The expansion will increase the plant's production capacity from 1.9 Mt/yr to 3.4 Mt/yr to support the government's infrastructure program.

AmeriQual Aseptic will invest $23.8 million to expand operations in Troy, North Carolina, creating 76 jobs. The company will manufacture high-quality protein beverages using aseptic processing.

Emerson is expanding operations at its Micro Motion facility in Gunbarrel, Boulder, with a $100 million investment and 250 new jobs, after accepting local incentives.

Nidec Motor Company held a ribbon cutting for the opening of its facility expansion in Lexington, Tennessee. The $18 million investment includes a revitalized remanufacturing area with new upgraded equipment, increasing capacity.

Loeuf, the egg packaging subsidiary of Les Fermiers de Loué and LDC, is investing €15 million to expand its La Bazoge plant from 13,000 to 20,000 m², adding a third egg grader and a robot palletizer, with completion by end of 2019.

Novelis is investing $180 million in the second phase of its Changzhou, China plant, expected to be completed by end of 2019, doubling capacity to supply aluminum plates for electric vehicles including Tesla's Shanghai plant.

Boehringer Ingelheim will invest 1.6 billion Mexican pesos ($84 million) by 2023 to expand its three manufacturing sites in Mexico, starting with a $52 million investment at its Xochimilco site to boost tablet production capacity.

PP Tekhnodom ST-KZ plans to expand its trailed machinery plant in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, increasing capacity by 1.7 times. The project cost is estimated at 600 million tenge.

Waterair, a kit pool manufacturer based in Seppois-le-Bas, has invested EUR 2.5 million as part of its 'Cap 2022' plan, building two new buildings for R&D and water treatment product storage, and opening an export office in Barcelona, Spain.

Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Company (SIDPEC) is working on a $1.2 billion expansion of its propylene derivatives complex, which will produce 500,000 tons of propylene and 450,000 tons of polypropylene annually.

Georgia-Pacific is investing nearly $100 million to expand its Bowling Green, Kentucky paper plate and bowl plant with a new building and new presses, creating more than 50 full-time jobs. Completion is expected in the first half of 2020.

G&W Electric has completed construction of a second facility in Bolingbrook, Illinois, to expand its epoxy molding process and increase manufacturing capacity for Viper Recloser and Trident Switch product lines.