Baur Formschaumtechnik s.r.o has built and begun operating a new plant 95 km from its existing site in the Czech Republic, doubling its production capacity for polyurethane parts for the automotive industry.

Arghakhachhi Cement is making a fresh investment of NPR 5 billion (USD 71 million) to build a new clinker plant in Nepal, to be launched within three months.

Jagdamba Cement is setting up a new cement production unit in eastern Bhairahawa, Nepal, with an investment of NPR 3 billion (USD 42.6 million). The plant will produce 1,500 tpd of cement and create around 400 new jobs.

Vetropack signed a preliminary purchase agreement to buy land in Boffalora sopra Ticino, Italy, to construct a new glassworks, replacing the existing plant in Trezzano sul Naviglio. The company plans to invest around EUR 200 million, with groundbreaking in late 2019 and opening by end of 2021.

Eaton Aerospace plans to set up a manufacturing plant in Bengaluru, India, according to a Deccan Herald report published on 12 November 2018.

The joint venture Siemens Technologies of Gas Turbines has begun construction of a gas turbine manufacturing plant in Gorelovo, Leningrad Oblast. The plant, costing €275 million, is scheduled to start operations at the end of 2014 and will produce turbines with capacities of 172 MW and 295 MW.

Nexans inaugurated a new cable manufacturing plant in Abidjan on November 9, 2018, with an investment of €15 million. The plant will produce electrical cables, telecommunications cables, and prefabricated electrical substations and transformers.

Anchor Electricals, a Panasonic subsidiary, will invest approximately ₹200 crore to build a new 30-acre factory in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. The plant will produce fans, wiring devices, and switchgear, and is expected to start operations in 2020, creating up to 2,000 jobs.

Geksa-Lotos, a subsidiary of Geksa, has launched the first production line for geosynthetic fabrics at the Lotos special economic zone in Astrakhan, Russia. The first phase capacity is about 60 tonnes per month, with full capacity expected by end of January 2019.

Ward Automation secured a new €2.2 million state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Sligo, Ireland, to meet growing demand for its automation solutions for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

Danfoss Power Solutions started construction on a new £multi-million, 1,500 m² manufacturing plant in Loanhead, Scotland, to produce digital hydraulic pumps and motors using Artemis' Digital Displacement technology. The project will create over 30 skilled jobs initially, with potential for 200 more.

Danfoss began work on a new 1500 square metre plant beside Artemis Intelligent Power's base in Loanhead near Edinburgh, to make digital hydraulic pumps and motors for off-highway vehicles. The project will create more than 30 jobs initially, with up to 200 more later.

Grundfos expanded its U.S. footprint with a new facility in Deerfield Beach, Florida, serving as a distribution hub for water and wastewater pumps, controls and accessories, and offering service and testing. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on November 8, 2018.

Fibrotex USA is establishing a new state-of-the-art vertical manufacturing facility in McCreary County, Kentucky, to produce the ULCANS camouflage system, creating hundreds of jobs.

Yageo Corp plans to invest NT$10 billion over three years to build a plant in Kaohsiung's Dafa Industrial Park for high-end multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) and other passive components used in vehicles. The investment will boost MLCC capacity by 20% to 60 billion units per month by end of 2019.

Stryve Biltong announced the grand opening of a 52,000 square foot production facility in Madill, Oklahoma on November 15, 2018, expected to create 50-75 jobs in 2019.

DuPont announced an investment of over $80 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China, to produce engineering plastics and adhesives. The site is expected to become operational in 2020 with expansion through 2023.

Gnotec Group, an automotive supplier, is locating new operations in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. The $5.9 million investment will create 78 jobs in a 30,000-square-foot facility, expected to come online in the first quarter of 2019.

Novelis is building a new automotive aluminum plate plant in Guthrie, Kentucky, at a cost of $300 million. The plant is expected to go into production in mid-2020.

E&E Cable Solutions (E&E Kabeltechnik) will open its fifth factory in Rawicz, Poland, expanding capacity by 10,000 m² for meterware production and cable assembly.

Solvay opened a new industrial unit in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil, dedicated to producing oxygenated solvents under the Augeo renewable source line for global clients.

Hilton Food Group is building a $115 million case-ready and value-added meat facility at the Logos Heathwood Logistics Estate south of Brisbane for Woolworths. Production start-up is expected from Q4 2019.

Bosch announced a €1 billion investment in a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Dresden, Germany. The plant will focus on 300mm wafer technology and is scheduled to start manufacturing in 2021, creating up to 700 jobs.

Toray Industries announced it will establish a new company, Toray Polytech (Foshan) Co., Ltd., to build a PP spunbond nonwoven fabric plant in Nanhai District, Foshan, China, with an initial investment of $200 million and annual capacity of 20,000 tons, targeting mid-2019 production start.

Universal Alloy Corporation Europe is investing over €250 million to build a new aircraft components production center near Baia Mare, Romania, creating 2,600 jobs. The facility will include a design center, training center, and production halls for titanium/aluminum processing.

Boeing's 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, China, will deliver its first 737 aircraft in December 2018 to Air China. The facility, a joint venture with COMAC, will ramp up to an annual capacity of 100 aircraft.

Guangdong Meizhi Compressor (GMCC), a Midea Group company, is setting up its first compressor manufacturing facility outside China at Supa Parner Technology Park in Maharashtra. Midea plans about INR 1,350 crore of investment there and expects operations to begin in 2020.

Midea Group will invest ₹1,350 crore over five years to build a 68-acre technology park in Supa, Parner, Ahmednagar, India, producing air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, compressors and other electronics. Commercial operations expected by April 2020, creating over 2,000 jobs.

Alvimedica is ready to launch its mega stent production facility in Istanbul with an investment of 1.7 billion Turkish liras ($310 million), set to produce 900,000 stents annually.

Covestro plans to invest around EUR 300 million in a new aniline production unit at its Antwerp site. The unit is expected to launch in 2022.

Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. (IMI) inaugurated its new manufacturing facility in Niš, Serbia, investing approximately €33 million over ten years, to produce automotive electronic components.

ME Long Teng Grinding Media Zambia officially opened a US$50 million mill ball factory near First Quantum Minerals' Sentinel mine in Kalumbila, Zambia, with an output of 120,000 tonnes of grinding media per year and expected to create up to 200 jobs.

Continental announced it will invest over 1.6 billion pesos ($80 million) to build a new plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, its 24th in the country. The factory will manufacture electrical components such as smart antennas and control panels, creating 1,000 jobs over five years, with operations expected to start in 2020.

AMS Micromedical/Implant Logistics has contracted DBS Group to design and build a new 29,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Sparta, Wisconsin, for dental implants and precision-machined devices. Construction is underway with completion scheduled for early July 2019.

Harlow Group Ltd., a UK-based company, will invest $8 million to establish its first US precision sheet metal fabrication plant in Danville, Virginia. The facility will create 49 new jobs and include a U.S. Training Center of Excellence.

EKZ, a joint venture between Alstom (75%) and Transmashholding (25%), launched production of on-board transformers for electric locomotives in Astana, Kazakhstan, with an expected capacity of 300 transformers per year.

Alstom's joint venture EKZ in Astana, Kazakhstan, has launched manufacturing of on-board transformers, with an estimated output of 300 transformers annually and 100 staff at full capacity.

TechnipFMC broke ground on a 52,500-square-meter manufacturing, aftermarket and training facility in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, creating 140 jobs. The project supports Saudi Aramco's localization program (IKTVA). The announcement is dated 19 November 2018.

GEA launched a new flow components production facility in Suzhou, China in late 2018, with 12,000 square meters of production space and 1,320 square meters of office space. It moved valve and pump machining and assembly from Shanghai in November 2018.

Zhejiang Xinshengda Holding Group plans a paper mill in Kulim, Malaysia, with three machines and 700 thousand tonnes per year of GD cardboard capacity, following a late November 2018 MoU with Invest Kedah Berhad. The investment is estimated at 1.2 billion ringgit and about 1,300 jobs.

Oji Holdings is investing about 3 billion yen in a new corrugated cardboard plant at the Sanand industrial park in Gujarat, India, with monthly capacity of 6 million square meters. Operations are targeted for March 2020.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace opened a new AW101 and NH90 helicopter transmission MRO and test facility in Kongsberg, Norway, under agreements with Leonardo. A 25-year agreement was signed to extend collaboration.

Secos started up a new factory in Malaysia in August 2018 to produce biodegradable resin for bio-plastic bags, catering to rapid demand growth.

Astellas Pharma Inc. announced the start of construction of new research, development and manufacturing facilities for drugs using innovative modalities including antibodies and cell therapies in Toyama and Tsukuba, Japan, and Massachusetts, United States.

China's Guangxi Fenglin Wood Industry Group has been given approval to lease land to build and operate a $100 million-plus particle board factory in Kawerau, New Zealand, expected to create 110 jobs and produce 600,000 cubic metres annually.

Samsung is spending 30 trillion won on a chip factory south of Seoul that is expected to be completed by 2021.

Bao Minh Textile Joint Stock Company inaugurated its new textile plant in Bao Minh Industrial Park, Nam Dinh province, with total investment of over VND 1.7 trillion (nearly USD 75 million). The plant started construction in April 2017 and will employ 800 workers at full capacity, producing 600 tons of dyed yarn and 2 million meters of woven fabric per month.

Septodont will invest €12 million to build a new 6,000 m² plant for its subsidiary Sofic near Castres-Mazamet airport in the Tarn department. Construction is expected to start in summer 2019, with the building operational by end of 2021.

HIPOWER SYSTEMS, a group company of Yanmar subsidiary HIMOINSA, has opened a new 515,000-square-foot manufacturing center in Olathe, Kansas, for generator sets. Production has begun with a capacity of 10,000 units per year.

Rafaut is investing €20 million to build a new 10,000 m² production unit in the Rouvignies business park near Valenciennes, France. The 4.0 plant will produce large and complex aeronautical parts, including bomb bodies for national defense, and is expected to create more than 60 jobs by 2021.