Ferring is investing approximately €40 million in a new 15,000 square meter production building at its Kiel, Germany site. The foundation stone was laid on May 10, 2019.

Micron Technology announced the start of 1α (1-alpha) DRAM manufacturing at its Manassas, Virginia fab, the most advanced memory technology ever produced in the United States. The expansion will quadruple the company's DDR4 wafer supply in Manassas.

GlobalFoundries announced plans to invest €1.1 billion to expand manufacturing capabilities at its Dresden, Germany site, increasing production capacity to over one million wafers per year by the end of 2028. The project, known as SPRINT, is expected to be supported by the German government and the State of Saxony under the European Chips Act.

M.I.S.A. S.r.l. inaugurated the upgraded S. Odorico wastewater treatment plant in Sacile, Italy, increasing capacity from 11,000 to 22,000 people equivalent.

Interroll is investing about $11 million to build a second factory next to its existing plant in Hiram, near Atlanta, Georgia. Completion is expected by the end of 2019.

Philips Medical Systems MR, Inc. plans a $13.2 million expansion of its magnetic resonance component manufacturing facility in Latham, Albany County, creating 94 new jobs.

Ferring Arzneimittel GmbH held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new €40 million production building at its Kiel, Germany site, adding 15,000 m² of floor space. The expansion secures production and jobs at the site.

Hammerer Aluminium Industries opened a new 4,000 m² production hall in Ranshofen, Austria, featuring a fully automatic production line for aluminium profiles, including for battery cases for e-mobility.

Medytox decided to invest 47.6 billion won in the construction of a new production line at its Osong 3rd plant E building. The investment period runs until August 25, 2020.

Tvitec has started a new curved glass production line in Ponferrada, Spain, with an investment of about €20 million, creating 50 jobs.

Zekelman Industries contracted SMS group to supply a new 28-inch ERW tube welding line for its Atlas Tube division. The line will be the largest continuous ERW tube mill in the world, with capacity over 400,000 tons per year, to be installed at an existing site.

As part of a €400 million investment, Evonik will expand transparent polyamides production at its Marl Chemical Park, doubling current capacity. Completion is scheduled for Q1 2020.

CalPortland opened a new rapid fill bulk cement loading station at its Oro Grande, California cement plant on May 9, 2019, completing a $58.5 million modernization program that included a new finish cement grinding mill commissioned in March 2019.

Continental Diamond Tool announced a $5.5 million expansion of its New Haven, Indiana facility, adding 15,000 square feet and creating up to 226 jobs over four years. The expansion began in late 2018 and is expected to be completed by July 2019.

Techmer PM launched a new high-capacity, twin-screw production line at its Clinton, Tennessee, site to support large-scale 3D printing. The line was announced at a ceremony on May 7, 2019, as part of a collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and IACMI.

ACG Group is expanding its gelatin and HPMC capsule manufacturing facility in India, which is already 215,000 square feet with a capacity of 23 billion capsules annually, with completion expected in 2021.

ACG Group is undertaking a four-phase, $50 million expansion of its capsule manufacturing facility in Croatia, increasing annual capacity from 11 billion to 18 billion capsules, with two phases complete and the rest expected by 2021.

Inventive LLC, a manufacturer of towing products and off-road accessories, will invest $14 million in a new facility in Mountain Home, Idaho, creating up to 50 jobs by 2021.

Digi-Key is building a 2.2 million square foot expansion facility in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, partnering with KNAPP for an automated order fulfillment system.

Wanhua Chemical (Guangdong) plans to invest 371 million yuan in a second phase water-borne resin project in Zhuhai, China, adding 100,000 tons/year capacity.

Entegris Korea signed an agreement to invest $20 million to expand its semiconductor chemical container production facility in Hwaseong, South Korea, creating 50 new jobs.

Thrace LINQ completed installation of a new Andritz needlepunch nonwoven line at its facility in Roseville, Minnesota, with an investment of over $9 million.

Cree Inc. will invest up to $1 billion to expand its silicon carbide capacity in Durham, N.C., including an automotive-qualified 200mm silicon carbide fabrication plant and a materials mega-factory. Construction is expected to begin in 2019 with completion in 2024.

Entegris Korea signed an agreement with Gyeonggi Province for an additional $20 million investment, reinvesting profits from Korea. It began building a production facility in Hwaseong Jangan 2 industrial complex that will make high-purity chemicals and special containers, and will hire 50 people.

Safran Transmission Systems Poland officially completed an expansion and modernization of its Sędziszów Małopolski plant, which began in 2016. The plant gained 1,750 m² of production space, 1,200 m² of social space and 640 m² of offices.

Green Cool, a subsidiary of UBC Group, opened a new production line at its refrigeration equipment plant in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The company plans to create up to 500 jobs by the end of 2019.

MCM Plastics will invest over $2.7 million to expand its plastics manufacturing operations in Holden, Louisiana, adding a new dryer system and 25,000 square feet of warehouse space. The project will retain 15 jobs and create 5 new direct jobs.

Metal Pros is planning to build a new 48,000 square-foot facility near Wichita Eisenhower National Airport to meet growing demand.

ITM Isotopen Technologien München AG announced the lease of a new building in Neufahrn near Munich to increase production capacity of Lutetium-177 and radiopharmaceuticals. Construction has begun, with office move-in planned for autumn 2019 and production unit completion expected in 2021.

Gea Vipoll, a manufacturer of filling lines, will start building a new production plant at its existing location in Križevci pri Ljutomeru, Slovenia, with an investment of €7 million, creating around 30 new jobs.

Hamilton Caster & Manufacturing Co. plans to build a 50,000-square-foot facility on the site of the former Hamilton Inn, with a $200,000 city grant, creating 10 new jobs over three years.

Merck & Co., Inc. plans to invest up to $1 billion over three years to expand its manufacturing operation in Elkton, Virginia, adding 120,000 square feet and creating about 100 new jobs to increase HPV vaccine production.

Saplex, a producer of garbage and freezer bags, expanded its factory in Canovelles with two new floors and invested €4 million in new machinery, including €2.5M for sewing machines, €1M for building conditioning, and €500,000 for extrusion machines.

California State Treasurer awarded Northrop Grumman a $17.7 million sales tax exclusion for the purchase of nearly $212 million in equipment to expand and upgrade its aerospace manufacturing factory in Palmdale.

Prysmian Group announced it will expand its Paragould facility, investing $2.8 million and adding 12 jobs. The plant produces copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products.

Votorantim Cimentos announced a R$200 million investment to expand its Pecém cement plant in Ceará, Brazil, increasing grinding capacity by 800,000 tonnes per year to a total of 1 million tonnes per year. Construction is expected to start in the first half of 2019.

Mondi Corrugated Packaging is investing about €30 million at its Ansbach facility in Southern Germany, including a new corrugator due for completion in 2020, to expand Heavy Duty corrugated production.

Liyang Semiconductor held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its first-phase chip manufacturing line in Yuhuan, Zhejiang, on April 29, 2019. The total investment is about RMB 5 billion, with the first phase covering 20 mu of land.

Euro Cable PLC, a joint Ethio-Turkish venture, commissioned a new plant in Gelan, Oromia Regional State, tripling its existing production capacity. The expansion raises total investment to $40 million.

Lactalis has invested $11 million in manufacturing expansion at the Stonyfield yogurt plant in Londonderry, New Hampshire. The first phase added a 15,000-square-foot building and a new filler line, blow molder and packaging equipment.

Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger GmbH celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the first phase of its new production logistics center in Kirchdorf an der Iller, Germany. The company is investing around €35 million in the project, with the first phase to be completed by end of 2019 and the second by end of 2020.

Pregis is investing $6 million in its Grand Rapids, Michigan facility to add a third multilayer Windmoeller & Hoelscher blown film line to meet growing demand. It follows a $23 million investment in the first two lines and related equipment made between 2016 and 2018.

C&C Manufacturing is expanding its complex in Centerville, Iowa, with a $2 million investment. The expansion adds 12 acres adjacent to their current property and is their third expansion at the Centerville facility.

Hanwha Advanced Materials Germany GmbH has started an in-house nonwoven production facility for automotive components and uses a quality measuring system from Mahlo.

Ice Make Refrigeration Limited has commissioned an in-house manufacturing facility for condenser and evaporator coils at Dantali, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, with a capacity of 45,000 units.

ExxonMobil announced a $2 billion investment to expand its Baytown, Texas chemical plant, creating approximately 2,000 jobs during construction.

Nexen Lift Trucks announced an £8.5m investment in its Lowestoft, UK headquarters and manufacturing facility, including a 48,000 sq. ft. extension that will double output and create 40 jobs.

Champion Fiberglass broke ground on May 1, 2019, for a 22,400 square foot addition to its Spring, Texas plant, including a third production line and an elbow bending machine, to double output of fiberglass conduit.

CBC Manufacturing will invest $4.45 million to build out the XLI Manufacturing plant in Rochester, New York, creating 80 new jobs. Relocation work is expected to be finished by end of 2019.

McFarlane Aviation Products filed plans for a $1.4 million, 24,000-square-foot manufacturing facility expansion in Vinland, Kansas, expected to add 50 jobs and bring total employment to 150.