Mondi Corrugated Packaging will invest €30 million in its Ansbach plant in southern Germany, including a new corrugator scheduled for completion in 2020. The investment will raise the plant's annual capacity by a double-digit percentage.

Cascades Sonoco inaugurated its expanded Birmingham, Alabama facility and a new production line for water-based coated paperboard. The US$17 million investment has capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year.

Boston Brands of Maine, maker of Fireball, is building out its Lewiston, Maine production facility and upgrading equipment as part of a $4 million project. The project adds 50 jobs and is expected to increase production by 20 percent.

West Salem Machinery finished installation of a new Doosan 3-axis vertical milling machine and is expanding its warehouse to triple storage capacity in Salem, Oregon.

CMS Cepcor has completed the purchase of a 6,000 m² warehouse facility adjacent to its Technical Centre in Coalville, Leicestershire, to serve as a new dedicated Global Parts Centre, expanding capacity due to sustained growth.

Nantong Yongsheng Huvis Fiber Advanced Materials, a joint venture of Huvis and Yongsheng Advanced Materials Company, will fully commence production of 200 tons of stretch polyester yarn per month starting in May 2019.

Bison Bag is adding to an existing building in Lockport, NY, bringing the total plant size to approximately 140,000 sq ft when finished in 2020. The expansion is part of a larger plan that includes new packaging machinery.

Supermicro celebrated the groundbreaking of a new 800,000-square foot building in Taiwan and further expansion of its Silicon Valley headquarters, now surpassing one million square feet. Building 23 in San Jose is scheduled for completion by end of 2019.

Lear Corporation is completing an expansion of its factory in Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil, to increase production of automotive wiring harnesses. The expansion, started in February 2019, is expected to create 500 new jobs; the investment amount was not disclosed.

Indian Creek Stone Products has started production at a previously vacant stone mill facility near Bedford, Indiana, adding over 26,000 square feet for slab production and custom fabrication. The expansion was financed with an SBA 504 loan and is expected to create five new jobs.

Rocksolid Surfaces has moved its solid surface fabrication division to a new facility at 15740 Industrial Parkway in Cleveland, Ohio, to support growth and efficiency. The company also invested in two dust collection systems.

Forsee Power is restructuring and developing its second European site in Wroclaw, Poland, dedicated to manufacturing Smart Life battery systems. The plant produces over 590,000 battery packs per year and has added a new site manager and several expert roles.

Big Joe Forklifts completed an expansion of its Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin facility, tripling loading dock capacity, reconfiguring the manufacturing floor, and expanding office areas. The expansion increased throughput by roughly 2,500 units annually.

Webasto Roof Systems plans to add a new 300,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at its campus in Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan, to produce automotive roof systems. The project involves a capital investment of nearly $48 million and is expected to create 441 new jobs.

Lotte Fine Chemical announced a 115 billion won investment to expand methyl cellulose production capacity at its Ulsan plant by 13,000 tons per year, to a total of 60,000 tons.

GlaxoSmithKline is spending $100 million to increase production at its vaccine facility in Hamilton, Montana, which makes adjuvants for vaccines including Shingrix. The expansion aims to address demand since Shingrix was approved in the US in 2017.

Allergan announced a €65 million capital investment programme for 2019 to expand its laboratories and manufacturing campuses at Westport and Clonshaugh in Ireland, creating 63 new jobs at Westport.

Supermicro is expanding its Silicon Valley headquarters with Building 23, the third of five facilities under construction at its San Jose Green Computing Park, scheduled for completion by end of 2019.

Super Micro Computer (Supermicro) announced the expansion of its Silicon Valley headquarters, now surpassing one million square feet, and held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 800,000-square-foot building in Taiwan. The Taiwan building will expand production capacity and R&D.

NUTEP terminal in Novorossiysk received cargo handling equipment from ZPMC, including 3 STS cranes, 4 RTGs, and 2 reachstackers, for its new deep-water Berth No. 38. The contract value is USD 22.5 million.

PowerBuilt Material Handling Solutions LLC announced plans to expand its facility in Bellefontaine, Ohio, investing $2 million and creating 18 new jobs. The expansion includes a new 52,399-square-foot facility.

Bluestar Dongda, a subsidiary of China Chemical Group, plans to build a high-performance polyether polyol plant with an annual output of 306,000 tons in Zibo City, Shandong Province. The project will cost 2 billion yuan ($298 million) and create 500 new jobs, with operations expected after two years of construction.

Aisin AW will invest approximately $400 million to expand its AW North Carolina plant to produce automatic and hybrid transmissions for SUVs, adding about 900 employees and 200,000 units/year capacity.

LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy subsidiary, is expanding its wind turbine blade factory in Bergama, Turkey, adding 300 employees and a new building for post-molding. The expansion is expected to be completed by Q3 2019.

Electrolux is constructing a 60-foot-wide underground tunnel under Bill Jones Industrial Boulevard in Springfield, Tennessee, to connect its two plant sites, enabling two-way truck traffic and a conveyor belt for transporting stoves. The project is part of a $250 million expansion reinstated in February 2019 after a halt due to steel and aluminum tariffs.

FMR LISICKI is investing 2,509,200 PLN (with EU funding of 1,122,000 PLN) to build a new machinery factory to increase competitiveness in the European market for agricultural and orchard machinery. The project will create jobs and automate production.

Keestrack has completed the second extension phase of its main factory in Šternberk, Czech Republic, adding an 8,740 m² assembly complex. The two phases since 2015 total an investment of €6.0 million.

AstraZeneca inaugurated a €135 million expansion at its Dunkerque site, adding a new testing laboratory, a third formulation line, a fifth assembly line, and an automated warehouse. The expansion increases capacity for inhaler production.

Dow announced plans to expand its alkoxylation plant for polyglycols at its Tarragona industrial complex in Spain, with a new reactor. The new capacity is expected to start operating in 2021 and will serve Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India and Asia.

JSC Arkhbum, a Russian corrugated producer, commissioned a new Emba 175QS Ultima four-colour casemaker at its Podolsk plant near Moscow, replacing older lines. The modernisation of the factory is ongoing and expected to be completed in 2020.

Evoguard GmbH, a Krones subsidiary, broke ground on an expansion of its Nittenau plant to add about 2,000 m2 of production hall and office space for pumps and valves. Completion is planned for October 2019.

Mallinckrodt celebrated the completion of its expanded operations and manufacturing facility for StrataGraft regenerative skin tissue in Madison, Wisconsin. The 35,000-square-foot facility provides capacity for clinical trials and commercial availability.

ALTIVIA announced the completion of a new multipurpose production unit at its Phosgene Derivatives Unit in La Porte, Texas, resulting in a 30% increase in capacity for acid chlorides and chloroformates.

Eaton, a heavy-duty truck transmission manufacturer, will launch a new production line at its San Luis Potosí plant in 2019. The company plans to lease a 35,000 sq ft industrial building nearby to accommodate the expansion.

Electroprecizia Electrical Motors is investing €3.27 million to expand its aluminum foundry capacity from 150 to 220-230 tonnes per month, creating 30 new jobs. The Romanian government approved state aid of 7.5 million lei (approx. €1.6 million) to cover half the investment.

Lanthier Bakery will receive a repayable contribution of $2 million from Canada Economic Development to expand and renovate its plant in Baie-D'Urfé, Quebec, and modernize a new digital production line with state-of-the-art equipment.

American Packaging Corporation announced a $50 million expansion adding 126,000 square feet to its Roto Center of Excellence in DeForest, Wisconsin, with two new rotogravure presses, an adhesive laminator and slitting equipment.

Michigan approved a $2.7 million grant for an auto parts expansion project.

Olymel completed a $120 million renovation and expansion of its ATRAHAN pork processing plant in Yamachiche, Quebec, doubling its area and adding over 300 new jobs. The plant now employs over 1,000 people and will focus on value-added products.

PD-Tatneft Alabuga Fiberglass, a joint venture of Tatneft and Preiss-Daimler Group, increased its fiberglass production capacity by 32% to nearly 32 tons as a result of glass furnace modernization, with total investment of 883 million rubles.

Raven Industries' Engineered Films division completed installation and qualification of an advanced seven-layer barrier extrusion line (Line 15) at its manufacturing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, increasing capacity for barrier film, tubing and sheeting.

Thermotechnika-Crown Cool Kft. is expanding its Tatabánya plant with a 2,200-square-meter production hall, investing 540 million forint (approx. EUR 1.7 million), with 157 million forint in government support. The expansion is expected to double production revenue from 2020.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation announced it will increase annual production capacity of SoarnoL EVOH resin by 3,000 tons to 41,000 tons at its Noltex subsidiary in Texas, USA. The expansion is slated to take effect in summer 2020.

Thimm installed a new Fosber corrugator at its Sibiu, Romania plant, tripling corrugated cardboard capacity, with about EUR 10.4 million invested in the site over two years.

Tayho Advanced Materials will spend CNY1.2 billion ($178.8 million) to build a new meta-aramid production line in Yantai, Shandong, China, adding 8,000 tons of annual capacity. The project is expected to be ready in Q3 2020.

Johnson Controls officially opened the Rooftop Center of Excellence in Norman, Oklahoma on April 17, 2019. The 900,000-square-foot facility includes nearly 400,000 square feet of new lab and manufacturing space and renovations to over 150,000 square feet of office space.

Sirrus completed a $2 million expansion of capacity for methylene malonate monomers and oligomers. The facility will make 2 metric tons per month of the reactive materials.

Air Products announced an agreement to build, own and operate a second air separation unit at Big River Steel's Osceola, Arkansas mill. The new ASU will produce over 250 tons per day of oxygen and is scheduled to be onstream in January 2021.

Taixin Material announced it will invest 2.65 billion yuan to expand aramid and spandex production capacity. The expansion includes meta-aramid and para-aramid fiber production lines.

Triton Metal Products plans to start construction in April 2019 on a $1.5 million expansion of its Hamilton plant, adding 20,000 square feet, and invest $8.1 million in new equipment including laser cutters and robotic welders. The expansion is expected to increase workforce by more than 10%.