MI Cement Factory Ltd plans to raise foreign currency loans from HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank to finance a $70 million sixth line at its West Mukterpur site in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, adding 8,400 tpd of grinding capacity. Commercial production is scheduled for January 2021.

EPM – Novocherkassk Electrode Plant officially commissioned a modern robot-assisted graphitised electrode nipple manufacturing system, costing approximately 200 million Russian roubles. The system will improve geometrical accuracy of nipples by 5 times, down to 0.02 mm.

Magnus Aircraft will complete construction of a 5,000 sqm composite parts plant at its base near Pecs-Pogany airport in Hungary by the end of summer 2019. The expansion is part of a HUF5.2 billion project, with HUF2 billion in government grants.

Decatur Plastics Products will invest $11.4 million to expand its North Vernon, Indiana headquarters and production operations, adding 100,000 square feet over two phases. The expansion will create up to 70 new jobs by 2021.

Production Company Sevkabel will invest 2 billion rubles to move part of its production from St. Petersburg to Tolyatti, Russia. The new site in the Tolyatti advanced development territory will start operations in 2021, producing low-voltage wires, medium and high-voltage cables, and in-house cables.

Fresenius Kabi (Nanchang) Medical Devices completed the second phase of its HUB, AP warehouse and injection molding workshop project at its existing facility in Nanchang. The expansion added 15 injection molding machines and will produce 66 million meters of tubing, 38.28 million connectors, 19.8 million regulating valves, and 28 million drip chambers per year.

Trajan announced a A$2.4 million expansion of its global headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, creating 40 new jobs and upskilling 30 employees, supported by the Victorian State Government.

Klabin approved its largest-ever investment, the Puma II project, estimated at R$9.1 billion. It includes two kraftliner paper machines with integrated pulp production at its Ortigueira site in Paraná, with total capacity of 920,000 tonnes per year.

Nucor Tubular Products announced plans to expand its Trinity, Alabama location with new production, finishing and packaging equipment, investing $27.2 million and creating 35 new jobs.

Nouryon completed a €4 million expansion at its Mahad, India site, increasing organic peroxides production capacity by 80% to serve growing demand in India and the Middle East.

AGCO invested $5.7 million to relocate production of its Farmer Automatic Aviary Systems to its Bremen, Alabama facility, adding a 32,000-square-foot expansion and creating 50 jobs.

Indorama Ventures is adding a new recycling line at its EcoMex joint venture facility in Guadalajara, Mexico, supplied by Amut. The line will clean 8,800 pounds per hour of landfill-sourced PET bottles and is scheduled to be operational in fall 2019.

Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical is expanding its propylene project from 450,000 to 700,000 tons per year, increasing investment to CNY 3.9 billion.

BillerudKorsnäs has begun trial runs of KM7, one of the world's largest board machines, at its Gruvön mill in Sweden. The total investment was later estimated at SEK 6.84 billion, including a major mill conversion.

Ceratizit Austria GmbH has started construction on an extension to its manufacturing plant in Reutte, Austria. The new building, with an investment in the double-digit million euro range, will house up to 300 workers and is expected to be ready by spring 2022.

Bilcare Research is investing over €10 million in new PETG film production capacities for shrink films and medical device films at its site in Staufen im Breisgau, Germany. The investment will create new jobs.

Schneider Electric opened a new production line at its ElektroMonoblock plant in Kommunar, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, to produce low-voltage circuit breakers. Investment was not disclosed.

BASF will increase production capacity of alkylethanolamines by 20% at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. After start-up in 2020, global annual nameplate capacity will exceed 110,000 metric tons.

Greif invested in a new blow molding machine to double in-house production capacity for food grade IBCs at its facility in Ede, Netherlands. The new machine boosts output capacity to over 1,500 IBCs per day.

ExxonMobil announced a $500 million investment in a new polypropylene plant at its Polyolefins site in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The project will create over 60 jobs and over 600 construction jobs, with construction slated to start in 2020.

POZIS (AO POZiS), part of Rostec, plans to invest nearly 2 billion rubles to modernize its facility in Tatarstan to increase output of household and medical refrigeration equipment. The project is in pre-design stage.

Bosch is adding approximately 3,000 m² of clean-room area to its 300mm wafer fab in Dresden, which already has about 10,000 m². The expansion is part of a total investment of about 1 billion euros at the site.

Polish pharmaceutical company Aflofarm is investing approximately 120 million PLN to expand its plants in Ksawerów and Pabianice and build a central warehouse, increasing production capacity by about 30%.

Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology has made significant investments in its Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone plant since moving production there in 2014, including a 2017 expansion of its shot blasting area.

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings, owned by GE Additive, plans to expand its Saint-Eustache, Quebec metal powder manufacturing facility with new specialized equipment and Industry 4.0 technologies. About 75 new jobs are expected over five years.

RoweMed AG plans to expand its production capacities by building a new production hall and cleanrooms in Parchim, Germany, with production expected to start by end of 2020 and up to 100 new jobs over three to five years.

CMOC and Sumitomo have received final approval for a $72 million expansion project at Northparkes Mines in Parkes, Australia, to increase throughput capacity from 6.4 to 7.6 million tonnes per annum.

A company identified only as D signed an MOU with Chungcheongnam-do to buy an empty 6,603.7 sq m factory in Cheonan's foreign investment zone and invest a further $5 million to expand semiconductor materials production.

American Polymers Corporation (dba Polycoat Products) completed a new facility in Bedford, Texas, adding 111,000 square feet of building footprint including 10,000 square feet of office space. The facility will handle additional manufacturing for truckbed liners and waterproofing coatings.

Starbucks expanded its packaging line at the Kent, Washington roasting plant, installing a 200hp variable speed compressor and upgrading the compressed air system.

Byrd Cookie Company installed a 170-foot production line at its Savannah facility, increasing baking capacity by 8-10 times to 2 billion cookies per year.

The City of Houston, with regional water authorities, is expanding the Northeast Water Purification Plant from 80 mgd to 400 mgd. Construction is underway on a 90-acre site, with a joint venture of CDM Smith and Jacobs Engineering awarded the contract.

Motores Reynosa (Nidec) will invest 25 million USD to expand its operations in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, adding a 126,000 sq ft industrial facility and creating 350 construction jobs and 400 permanent jobs.

Weber Maschinenbau is investing a seven-figure sum in a new assembly hall of about 2,300 m² and a two-storey office building at its Breidenbach site. Completion of the assembly hall is planned for September 2019 and the office building for January 2020.

Niigata Machine Techno purchased a plant building near its headquarters on April 11, 2019, to operate as an assembly plant for injection molding machines. Total floor space is about 9,000 square meters, with expected monthly production capacity of 40 units.

Blue Star announced plans to build a Rs 180 crore plant at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, doubling its annual air-conditioning capacity to 1 million units by 2022. Construction is expected to begin in 2021 and be completed by 2022.

BASF announced it will proceed with the second phase of its MDI production expansion at its Geismar, Louisiana complex, with an $87 million investment. The project will double MDI capacity to around 600,000 metric tons, with completion scheduled for 2021.

Witte y Solá plans to expand its facilities by 1,000 square meters in autumn 2020, with an investment of 4.2 million euros. The expansion includes a seventh production line, new warehouses, a loading dock, and a technology development center, and will increase the workforce to 175.

Forterra announced a £95 million project to double production capacity at its Desford plant in Leicestershire to 180 million bricks per year, with a new facility expected to commence production in 2022.

Makino Milling Machine has completed the reorganisation of its main factory buildings in Aiko District, Kanagawa, Japan, increasing tool grinder production capacity by 36% to 180 units per year. The company invested about 2.5 billion yen in the project.

Rottneros Packaging has started molded-fiber tray production at its new factory in Sunne, Sweden, after a move to new premises, with an investment of about SEK 45 million and planned capacity of 50 to 80 million trays per year.

Ashirvad opened a new greenfield facility in Bhiwadi, India, and is building a phase two facility there, with plans for another plant in eastern India.

K-Flex Polska opened a new 18,000 square meter warehouse-production hall in Wielenin Kolonia, Poland, as part of a factory expansion that will increase employment to 850 by end of 2019.

Arkema successfully started up a 30% capacity extension of its photocure advanced liquid resin production plant at the Sartomer site in Nansha, China, to meet demand in electronics, 3D printing, adhesives, and inkjet printing markets.

Liebherr USA, Co. is expanding its Newport News, Virginia campus with a $45 million project including a new headquarters building and a second workshop for mobile and crawler cranes, adding over 251,000 square feet. Completion is scheduled for 2020.

Normon Laboratories will invest €100 million to expand its production capacity and build new facilities in Tres Cantos, Madrid, doubling its capacity for liquid and lyophilized vials and making it the world's largest manufacturer of lyophilized vials. The expansion will also increase the workforce by 15%.

GD Copper USA plans to invest $3.5 million in its precision copper products manufacturing facility in Wilcox County, Alabama, creating up to 40 new jobs. The expansion could bring total employment to 400.

Neways Electronics International officially handed over a new 8,250 square meter production hall in Děčín, Czech Republic, doubling manufacturing capacity. The relocation of machinery is scheduled for completion in Q2 2019, and about 120 new jobs are expected.

Allgaier broke ground on an expanded plant in Puebla, Mexico, with an investment of USD 10 million.

Zierke Built Manufacturing plans to purchase a laser cutter and a brake press and hire 20 additional employees over three years at its Fairmont, Minnesota facility. The Fairmont Economic Development Authority approved forgiving $60,000 of a $300,000 state loan to support the expansion.