Spinto Hungary Ltd inaugurated a new automotive industry machine manufacturing plant in Miskolc, Hungary, built at a cost of nearly EUR 18.5 million (HUF 6 billion), with HUF 2.45 billion in government funding. The plant creates 140 jobs.

Histocell inaugurated its first production plant in Larrabetzu, Bizkaia, Spain, with an investment of EUR 1.6 million and the creation of 10 jobs. The company expects to triple revenue to EUR 6 million by 2021.

Syska Group has partnered with Suyin Optronics and Biometronic to establish India's first mobile camera module factory in Noida, with an investment of Rs 200 crore. The factory will start production in November 2018 and will hire 600-700 skilled employees.

Gestamp opened a new 50,000m² manufacturing facility in Four Ashes, West Midlands, UK, with an investment of nearly £50 million. The plant features hot stamping lines and aluminum stamping, serving automotive customers including JLR, Nissan-Renault, Volvo, Ford, BMW, Toyota and Honda. It will safeguard 800 jobs by transferring capacity from the Cannock plant.

Konesko AS started construction of a new 5,000 sqm lifting equipment components plant in Türi-Alliku, Estonia, with an investment of EUR 10 million. The plant is expected to be completed in March 2019 and will create about 50 jobs.

Latecoere officially opened a new EUR 11 million plant for aircraft parts in the Maritsa industrial zone near Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The plant will produce elements for Airbus A320 and A330 doors, with 175 jobs expected by 2020.

GILLIG LLC completed its relocation from Hayward to a newly constructed 600,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Livermore, California. Over 40 cranes and hoists were installed at the site, which is more than double the size of the previous facility.

Crown Packaging is finishing its can plant in Parc Sagunt I, Sagunto, and will start production in October 2018 with 150 direct jobs, with two lines planned to produce about two billion cans a year.

Versalis (Eni) opened a new EPDM rubber production plant in Ferrara, Italy, with an investment of over EUR 250 million. The plant adds 50,000 tonnes per year of capacity and created 45 new jobs.

ATS Automation Tooling Systems and Bruce Power opened a 43,000-square-foot Major Component Replacement Integration testing facility at ATS's Cambridge campus. The facility will test automation equipment for Bruce Power's reactor refurbishment program.

Latecoere inaugurated a new plant in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on September 12, 2018, with a total investment of about EUR 15 million. The facility will assemble avionic racks and aerostructures sub-assemblies for Airbus programs, with initial production of A350 avionic racks delivered in early September.

Siemens officially opened a new factory in Yatala, Queensland, to manufacture Fusesaver and other smart infrastructure products for energy utilities. The investment totals about $25 million over five years (2018-2022).

Schwing Stetter India announced a new 53-acre concrete equipment manufacturing facility in SIPCOT Industrial Area, Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of Rs 350 crore in two phases.

Andersen Corporation announced plans to build a new manufacturing and distribution campus in Goodyear, Arizona, investing more than $105 million and creating over 415 jobs during the first phase. The campus will produce Fibrex material-based windows and doors.

Canada Goose announced a new 128,000-square-foot clothing manufacturing facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which will create 700 new jobs over three years and increase production capacity.

Hoffmann + Krippner is building a new facility of about 2,200 square meters in Buchen, Germany, for an investment of EUR 3.5 million, with half the space for screen printing for printed electronics and foil printing. The project is expected to be completed within twelve months.

Progroup AG is constructing its eleventh corrugated sheet feeder plant in Eisfeld, Thuringia, with annual capacity of 140,000 tonnes and an investment of around EUR 50 million. The plant will create 52 jobs and production is scheduled to start in Q4 2019.

CEMEX announced the opening of its first admixture blending plant in the U.S., a 21,000 sq ft facility in Brooksville, Florida, to supply up to 16 different admixtures to its ready-mix plants in Florida and the Mid-South.

Inventus Power announced the completion of a new 100,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico, featuring a Medical Center of Excellence and capacity for battery production. The company plans further capital investments over the next three years.

Vestas' new blade manufacturing plant in Ulyanovsk, Russia, is about 60% complete with a RUB 1 billion ($14.3 million) investment. It will produce about 300 blades per year for the 3MW platform, starting production in early 2019, and create over 200 jobs.

Lenzing Group is investing $293 million to open a second U.S. plant near its existing facility in Axis, Alabama. The new operation is scheduled for completion in 2019 and is expected to create 163 new jobs to increase production of TENCEL-branded lyocell fibers.

TMD Automotive, part of TMD Group, has opened a new factory in Gradacac, northeastern Bosnia. The facility currently employs 71 people, with plans to quadruple the workforce, and investment costs exceeded €5 million.

Ring Container Technologies, a packaging manufacturer based in Oakland, Tennessee, is set to open a facility in Louisville, Kentucky later in September 2018 to serve customer Algood Food.

Marquardt India plans to set up an all-new manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Pune, aiming to start production in the run-up to CY2020. No investment value was stated.

Elgi Equipments, an air compressor maker, will commission a motor production facility on its Kinathukadavu campus near Coimbatore, probably in Q1 of the next financial year, with an investment of ₹18 crore. The motors will be for captive use in its compressors.

Haier signed an MoU with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to set up its second industrial park in Greater Noida, investing Rs.3069 crore (approx. $430 million) over four years. The facility is expected to begin operations by 2020 and create 4,000 direct jobs.

Bravilor Bonamat opened its second factory in Białystok, Poland on 7 September 2018, to produce plastic parts and sub-assemblies for its beverage preparation systems. The plant is equipped with five injection moulding machines, with plans to double that number.

Haier India signed an agreement with the Uttar Pradesh government to invest ₹3,069 crore in a new factory in Greater Noida, with first phase expected to start commercial production by 2020.

Haier Appliances signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh government to establish its second manufacturing facility in Greater Noida with an investment of Rs 3,069 crore, expected to begin operations by 2020.

OOO VL Burenye is building a mining equipment production and repair facility in Gorki-25, Dmitrovsky district, Moscow region, Russia. The project involves an investment of 150 million rubles and is scheduled to launch in early 2020, creating about 20 jobs.

DMG MORI opened a CNC machine assembly plant in Ulyanovsk, Russia, with an investment of over 70 million euros. The plant has a planned capacity of 1000-1200 universal digital, milling and turning machines per year, with a localization target of 70% by 2020.

MabPlex International inaugurated a new Phase III and commercial manufacturing facility in Yantai, Shandong, China. The facility adds 400,000 ft² of cGMP space with six cell culture suites and four purification suites.

Covestro plans to invest €650-700 million in a new polycarbonate or polyurethane plant with an annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes. The location has not yet been decided.

Mafic is launching a larger production facility in Shelby, North Carolina, with 6,000 tons of annual capacity, set to come online later in 2018, creating about 100 jobs.

AGCOR Steel broke ground on a new 128,000 square foot facility on 22 acres in Good Hope, Alabama, with a capital investment of $6.3 million. The facility will add a steel truss production line and create up to 25 new jobs, nearly doubling the workforce.

Komatsu received a land concession to build a new remanufacturing plant in the La Negra Norte industrial zone near Antofagasta, Chile, with an estimated investment of US$19 million. The plant is expected to be operational in the second half of 2020 and will create about 300 construction jobs.

BUA Group has announced plans to establish a cement factory in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, and has commenced core drilling. The company recently commissioned a new cement plant in Sokoto State in July 2018.

Volgograd Aluminum Works (VAZ) is completing construction of a baked anode production unit with a capacity of 104,000 tonnes per year. Commissioning is scheduled for mid-autumn 2018.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG has inaugurated a new transmission plant in Eger, Hungary, with an investment of €100 million. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 150,000 transmission units for passenger cars.

AISIN Automotive Guanajuato, a Japanese auto-parts company, has opened a plant in the Marabis Comonfort Industrial Park in Comonfort, Guanajuato, Mexico, with an initial investment of $30 million. The plant manufactures sunroofs, door handles, and other devices, and currently employs 180 people.

Continental invested approximately 10 million euros in a new 3D blow molding plant in Changshu, China. The plant will produce 3D blow molded hoses for high performance turbochargers for automotive OEMs, with series production starting in Q3 2018.

Novetex's Taipo Eco-friendly Cotton Mill, a 19,000-square-feet textile recycling plant in Tai Po Industrial Estate, Hong Kong, will start recycling yarn from textile waste in autumn 2018, with H&M as its first client.

Turkish company Cagatay Kablo has opened a new production plant in the Bunardzik 1 industrial development zone in Macedonia, manufacturing cables for the automotive industry. The first phase covers 7,000 sqm with 80 employees, and a second phase investment of up to €6m is planned to expand to 10,000 sqm.

ComPETence Universal Dynamics, part of PiovanGroup, completed its move to a 10,000 square meter facility in Fredericksburg, Virginia in July 2018, which also serves as PiovanGroup's North American headquarters and doubles production capacity.

Oxiteno announced the commencement of beneficial operations at its new 170,000 metric tons/year alkoxylation plant in Pasadena, Texas. The company invested around US$200 million over 6 years and created more than 120 jobs.

OOO Osteomed-M is building a new plant in Rybinsk, Russia, to produce medical implants and instruments for traumatology, orthopedics, and spinal surgery. Investment exceeds 300 million rubles, with first production expected in 2020 and 80 new jobs.

German company HIK GmbH will construct a factory in Zden near Sanski Most, Bosnia, for production and commissioning of electric cables. The project will employ 100 people, with test production planned for January 2019.

Sino Zimbabwe Cement Company will commission a $50 million brick and tile manufacturing plant in Gweru, Zimbabwe, in October 2018. The plant, a joint venture with the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe, will have an initial capacity of 60 million bricks per annum.

B. Braun Melsungen opened a new dialyser production facility in Wilsdruff near Dresden, Germany, with over 100 million euros invested and 140 new jobs. The Free State of Saxony contributed 6 million euros.

Danaflex opened a flexible packaging factory at the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Tatarstan on 6 September 2018. The total investment is planned at 3 billion roubles, and over 200 people are already employed there.