Métalus inc. is adding 13,000 square feet to its existing 50,000-square-foot plant in Drummondville, Quebec. The expansion includes new equipment such as a CNC press brake and a fiber laser punch combo, and will create over a dozen jobs.

Nouryon has completed an expansion and upgrade project at its Los Reyes, Mexico site, including a new facility to produce Perkadox GB-50, a dry dibenzoyl peroxide. The investment was over €12 million, and more than 100 staff were hired.

BASF SONATRACH PropanChem will invest about €10 million to debottleneck its propylene plant in Tarragona, increasing annual capacity from 370,000 to 420,000 tonnes. The project will be implemented during a maintenance shutdown in 2021.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care plans a €100 million expansion of its contact lens manufacturing plant in Limerick, Ireland, adding about 100 new jobs.

MacLean Engineering completed a 15,000 square foot expansion of its Owen Sound, Ontario manufacturing facility, doubling assembly capacity from five to ten bays. The project was initiated in Q4 2018 and completed in Q1 2019, with plans to add 50-60 new jobs.

Toray Industries will build a new plant in China to make water treatment membranes, doubling its production capacity in the country. The announcement was made on April 8, 2019.

InTech Aerospace LLC has expanded its main MRO facility near George Bush Intercontinental Airport to over 60,000 sq. ft. and added technology improvements including powder coating, thermoforming, engineering support, build-to-print assets, and 3-D printing. The expansion commenced in 2017 and continued through 2018.

Hyster-Yale plans to add 160,000 square feet to its manufacturing facility in Berea, Kentucky, increasing its size by 30 percent. Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2019.

SANY America, the U.S. subsidiary of China's SANY, will transition from semi-knocked-down assembly to completely-knocked-down manufacturing of excavators at its Peachtree City, Georgia plant in June 2019. The company plans to increase manufacturing jobs from 25 to over 300 within five years and eventually build a larger facility.

Groupe PSA is setting up a new sourcing hub in India with teams in Chennai and Hosur, aiming to significantly grow its auto parts sourcing from India from €25 million in 2018.

Edwards Lifesciences has increased its investment in a new manufacturing facility in Limerick, Ireland from €80 million to over €160 million. The plant will produce medical devices for structural heart disease and is expected to open by 2021, employing 600 people.

Danfoss A/S will expand its Indian plant near Chennai with an investment of Rs 70-100 crore to manufacture 120,000 units per annum of low voltage drives for HVAC applications.

Stalatube's new production facility in Lodz, Poland, for stainless steel tubes and further processed products is moving into the ramp-up phase. The total investment is €20 million, and the plant will enhance capacity and shorten delivery times.

Ball Corporation has added a fourth production line at its aluminium beverage can plant in Widnau, Switzerland, further expanding its European can capacity. A company spokesperson confirmed it to EUWID.

Collins Aerospace is transforming 25,000 square feet inside its Harrison Avenue plant in Rockford, Illinois into a high-tech lab called 'The Grid', investing $50 million to develop hybrid-electric propulsion systems. The lab will support the development of a demonstration jet based on a Bombardier Dash 8-100 aircraft, and is expected to create 50 new jobs over three years.

Danimer Scientific is retrofitting a manufacturing plant in Kentucky to produce PHA bioplastic from canola oil. The plant is expected to open by September 2019 and will be the world's first commercial PHA production plant.

Xylem inaugurated a new dry test pit for large capacity pumps at its manufacturing plant in Emmaboda, Sweden, enabling testing of wastewater pumps up to 20,000 lbs.

Chemours launched a new Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) low-GWP refrigerant production facility at its Corpus Christi plant in Ingleside, Texas. The $300 million project triples global capacity of HFO-1234yf-based products.

Bolzoni Auramo Inc. is expanding production capacity in the United States by shifting manufacturing to a new 300,000 square foot plant in Sulligent, Alabama. The facility will produce forklift truck attachments.

Verallia is building a new furnace at its Burgos glass packaging plant, investing EUR 33 million. The furnace will increase production capacity by 7% and is expected to be operational by late May or early June 2019.

Panattoni Europe will develop a highly automated manufacturing facility of approximately 11,300 sqm for Rockwell Automation in Katowice, Poland. Construction starts in April 2019 and is scheduled for completion in November 2019. The factory will produce industrial automation components.

Exco Technologies announced a $25 million expansion in Queretaro, creating 100 highly specialized jobs.

Mitchell Plastics plans to double its workforce of 600 workers at its Queretaro plant. The investment amount was not disclosed.

Martinrea will expand its plant in the Queretaro Industrial Park, creating 200 jobs. The investment amount was not disclosed.

American Elite Molding LLC added three 3,550-ton Sumitomo injection molding machines at its 75,000-square-foot facility in Crestview, Florida, with a fourth machine due in early 2020. The expansion will create at least 20 new jobs.

SK Hynix's expanded fab (Plant 2) at its Wuxi, China factory will go into full operation in April 2019. The 950-billion-won expansion increases production capacity to 180,000 wafers per month for 10 nm-class DRAMs.

EG-GILERO, a medical device contract manufacturer, plans to invest more than $4 million and create 60 jobs in a 40,000-square-foot industrial space in downtown Pittsboro, North Carolina.

OBO Bettermann confirmed plans to invest about €20 million in a third production facility at its site in the Lipetsk SEZ, Russia. The company is completing the second phase and will start designing the third plant by end of 2019.

Neways Electronics International moved its manufacturing facility to a new 7,200-square-meter site in Wuxi's New District, China, increasing capacity by 30% and enabling optimized lean manufacturing.

Sogeclair is adding 5,000 m² to its Saint-Martin-du-Touch plant in Toulouse, France, for a total of 7,500 m², to house new industrial operations including A350 hatch production, additive manufacturing, and simulation activities. The investment is €10 million.

Toyota announced a $288 million expansion of its Huntsville, Alabama engine plant, adding two new engine lines and increasing annual capacity from 670,000 to 900,000 engines by end of 2021. The project will create 450 jobs.

AkzoNobel plans to upgrade its wood coatings plant in High Point, North Carolina, adding automatic dosing unit technology, a new raw materials warehouse, research laboratory, and technical application center. The multi-million-dollar investment is expected to be completed by 2020.

Schiebel broke ground on the doubling of its Wiener Neustadt site to nearly 8,000 m2 in 2019 and 2020, investing EUR 15 million and creating around 80 jobs. The site will employ 200 people.

Sig Sauer will expand its ammunition manufacturing plant in Jacksonville, Arkansas, creating 75 new jobs and investing $30 million.

Coca-Cola Consolidated will expand its operations in West Memphis, Arkansas, adding 60 employees and investing $30 million.

Tinby held the grand opening of a new 11,000 m2 factory in Stawiszcze, Poland in April 2019, built over about one year. The facility produces stall ventilation, machine tools, and mats.

AGC Vidros do Brasil lit its second furnace at Guaratinguetá, Brazil, on April 1, 2019. The furnace has a capacity of 850 tons of glass per day, increasing the company's production capacity in the country by 140%. The investment was $750 million.

Race City Steel plans to invest over $3.7 million in equipment and a new larger facility in Denver, North Carolina, adding over 30 jobs. The project is pending county commissioner approval of tax incentives.

Better Way Products, a fiberglass manufacturing company, is expanding into a 217,000-square-foot facility in Valdosta, Georgia, bringing 86 jobs. The company began operations on April 1, 2019.

Boklok has begun construction on a 250 million SEK investment at its factory in Gullringen, Sweden, to increase annual production capacity from 650 to 1,000 homes. The decision was made in December 2017.

G.D USA, a member of the Coesia Group, will invest $3.73 million to increase capacity and enhance technology at its facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia, creating up to 26 new jobs.

Carraro Group opened a new R&D centre (Carraro Technologies India) and a new production line for T10 transmissions at its Carraro India facility in Pune, expanding its presence in India.

Novelis Inc started a project in late 2018 to expand its Changzhou, Jiangsu plant with an investment of $180 million, doubling annual capacity to 200,000 tons by 2020.

Saint-Gobain Glass inaugurated a new jumbo coater at its flat glass plant in Morelos, Mexico, with an investment of $35 million. The coater will produce coated glass in dimensions over 6 meters, creating over 2,000 direct jobs and replacing imports.

Frigodeliss expanded its complex to triple pork slaughter and processing capacity, and started producing sausages and seasoned cuts. It replaced a CFC-based system with an ammonia refrigeration system to reduce energy consumption by up to 30%.

German auto supplier MAHLE is expanding in St. Johns, Michigan, adding 25 jobs.

Feyen Zylstra plans to purchase an additional facility in Walker, Michigan, investing $5.3 million and creating 100 jobs.

Istanbul Boyahanesi is investing in new Monforts technology to increase its capacity for commission dyeing and finishing of woven goods to a monthly 2.5 million sq m during 2019.

ALPLA, Inc. broke ground in April 2019 on an expansion in the Kentucky Transpark, a $6.9 million capital investment that includes 60,000 square feet of additional warehouse space.

Shick Esteve held the grand opening of a 108,000 square-foot manufacturing expansion at 4323 Clary Blvd, Kansas City, Missouri, with new forming, rolling, laser cutting and welding equipment. The expansion was announced April 1, 2019.