OCL India Ltd., part of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd., laid the foundation stone for a new integrated cement plant (Dalmia DSP Unit) at Rajgangpur, Odisha. The plant will have 2.25 MTPA cement and 3 MTPA clinker capacity, with an investment of Rs. 2,500 crore, expected to be commissioned by early 2020.

WPT Nonwovens opened a new state-of-the-art nonwovens manufacturing facility in Beaver Dam, Kentucky, with 100,000,000 square meters of capacity and a new A. Celli Nonwovens spooling line for ATB nonwoven fabric.

Shandong Linglong Tire signed an investment memorandum with Serbian officials to build a tire factory in the Zrenjanin Free Trade Zone. The plant will have a capacity of 13.62 million tires per year and represents an investment of US$994.41 million.

German pump maker Wilo opened its WILO Central Asia production complex near Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 23 August 2018. More than 4 million euros were invested, and the plant will employ 50 people and produce energy efficient pumps for Central Asia.

Unified Brands will open a new manufacturing facility in the Ceres Industrial Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, bringing 425 jobs. Operations in Pryor, Oklahoma and Byram, Mississippi will transition to the new site as part of a restructuring into three centers of excellence.

Food manufacturer Whyte's is building a $16 million facility in Wallaceburg, Ontario, expected to create 100 jobs. The announcement was reported on August 23, 2018.

Huntsman Corporation opened a greenfield multi-purpose facility at the Amata Vietnam Industrial Park near Ho Chi Minh City, housing its Polyurethanes and Advanced Materials businesses with manufacturing, R&D, technical service, warehouse and commercial office space.

LyondellBasell broke ground on a $2.4 billion propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant at its Channelview Complex in Texas, with an associated ethers unit at its Bayport Complex. The plant will produce 470,000 metric tons of PO and 1 million metric tons of TBA annually, with startup planned for 2021.

HWI held a grand opening for its new $30 million plant in South Point, Ohio, producing monolithic refractory products. The plant became operational in just over a year from groundbreaking.

Consolidated Biofuels Corp. announced it has received funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada to build a new facility producing green polyols, to be marketed by its division Meadow Polymers.

Pskov Plant Titan-Polymer was approved as a resident of the Mogilino SEZ and received keys for a new stretch film production facility with capacity up to 8,000 tonnes per year, to be launched in Q1 2019. A larger polyester and PET film complex is planned for 2020 with total investment of 13 billion rubles.

Tesla announced plans to build its first factory outside of the United States in Shanghai, China, after signing a deal with the Shanghai government.

Evonik Industries and Wynca agreed to form a joint venture, Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co., Ltd., to build a fumed silica production facility in Zhenjiang, China, with an investment in the mid double-digit million euro range. The plant will have an annual output of 8,000 metric tons and is scheduled to become operational in 2021.

P&H Casters Company opened a new 26,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Arlington, Texas, equipped with six injection molding machines to produce TPU, TPE, Retort, Polyolefin and HeatEater brand high temperature wheels. The company also achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification.

Daifuku's U.S. subsidiary Wynright Corporation will invest US$26 million to build a new factory in Hobart, Indiana. Construction will begin in fall 2018, with production of logistics systems starting by end of 2019. The factory will create up to 582 new jobs by 2021.

Tire valve maker Haltec plans a new site at the Columbiana County Port Authority's World Trade Park in Leetonia, Ohio, creating up to 75 jobs, after buying 17 acres and an office building for $2.3 million.

The Port of Oakland announced preliminary work will begin in October 2018 on CenterPoint Landing, a 440,000-square-foot freight distribution hub.

PT Crompton Prima Switchgear Indonesia, a joint venture of CG Power and PT PLN, inaugurated Indonesia's first High Voltage and Extra High Voltage switchgear factory at the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate in Banten, Indonesia.

OOO Transneft-TSD completed construction of a new plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia, for the production of high-voltage electric motors, with capacity to produce up to 300 motors per year for pipeline pumping units.

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is building a new factory in Vantaa, Finland, to increase MEMS sensor production capacity. The investment is five billion yen, and the company expects to create 150–200 new jobs in 2018–2019. The new facility is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019.

Wonder Cement invested about ₹450 crore to set up a 2-million tonne per annum clinker grinding unit in Dhule, Maharashtra, which commenced operations on August 20, 2018. This marks the company's entry into Maharashtra.

Zhejiang Weitong Composite Materials Co., Ltd. started construction of a new plant in April 2018 to produce 15,000 tonnes per year of fiberglass mat and fabric. The project involves an investment of 52 million yuan and is expected to generate annual output value of 130 million yuan.

thyssenkrupp's Uhde Inventa-Fischer subsidiary commissioned the world's first commercial PLA plant using its PLAneo technology in Changchun, China, for COFCO subsidiary Jilin COFCO Biomaterial Corporation. The plant produces polylactide (PLA) from lactic acid for eco-friendly packaging, fibers, textiles, and engineering plastics.

IHI announced it will construct a maintenance plant for civilian aircraft engines in Tsurugashima City, Saitama Prefecture, with an investment of 245 billion yen. Operations are planned to start by the end of 2019.

Winbond Electronics' board approved a plan to invest NT$20.37 billion (US$661 million) to build a 12-inch fab in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction is to begin in Q4 2018 as part of a larger NT$335 billion capacity expansion scheme over 15 years.

German pump maker WILO SE launched a plant in the Ili district of the Almaty region, Kazakhstan, creating over 50 permanent jobs. The plant is planned to produce 570 units per year, with an official opening ceremony scheduled the following week.

GTA Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Electronics Corporation, started construction of a specialty process production line in Shanghai Lingang. The project involves a total investment of CNY 35.9 billion and aims to build an 8-inch line with 60,000 wafers/month capacity and a 12-inch line with 50,000 wafers/month capacity.

China Electronics Corporation (CEC) launched construction of an integrated circuit facility in Lingang, Shanghai. The factory will cover 230,000 square meters with a total investment of 35.9 billion yuan, producing 60,000 8-inch wafers and 50,000 12-inch wafers per month.

Trerè Innovation announced plans to build a new research center and a wind tunnel in Asola, Italy. The research center will be 3,500 square meters, and the wind tunnel, 35 meters long, will be the first in Italy capable of simulating extreme weather conditions. The investment is over EUR 20 million.

Hyosung TNC Co. announced plans to build a spandex manufacturing facility in India next year, aiming for a 70% market share in the country. Specific timeframe and investment value were not mentioned.

Okuma has recently opened a dedicated technical centre in India to enhance technical support and after-sales service for local manufacturers.

VCES was awarded a Design&Build contract to construct a new production plant for German sensor maker Pepperl+Fuchs in Trutnov's Krkonošská industrial zone. The facility is scheduled to start construction in April 2019 and be production-ready around May 2020.

Thomas Dudley Ltd is constructing a brand-new foundry in Tipton alongside its existing foundry, with an investment of over £10 million that includes a Disamatic D3-Z-425 moulding line increasing capacity by 50%.

Chemetall, the surface treatment business of BASF's Coatings division, is investing in a new site in Zhejiang province, China. The complex will house production, warehousing, a laboratory and administrative offices, with completion planned by 2021.

Okuma's new factory in Yingge District, New Taipei City, Taiwan began operations in August 2018. The factory has a total floor area of 14,000 m2 and will increase production capacity from 200 to 300 units per month, a 1.5 times increase.

Construction work started on an intelligent manufacturing industrial park in Horinger New Area, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, with total investment of 1.86 billion yuan ($270 million). The first phase is set to be completed by mid-November 2018.

Schumacher Packaging is converting a former newsprint machine at its Myszków, Poland site into a containerboard mill, bringing start-up forward by 6-12 months, with 300,000 tpy of recycled containerboard capacity planned in two steps.

Master Fluid Solutions announced a new metalworking fluids blending plant in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, China, its largest investment globally, which will double its China capacity and is expected to be fully commissioned by the end of 2020.

Ardagh Group opened a new can ends facility in Manaus, Brazil, with capacity to produce 12 million ends per day and more than 80 employees.

Dzata Cement Limited's $200 million cement plant near Tema Port, Ghana, is about 80% complete and expected to start production in December 2018. The plant will produce 2.6 million tonnes of bagged cement per annum.

Hana Micron inaugurated its second semiconductor factory in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam, on September 16, 2018. The company plans to invest over $1 billion in chip production in Vietnam by 2025, with the factory expected to generate $800 million in revenue and create over 4,000 jobs.

Martinrea opened its second plant in Guanajuato Inland Port, Mexico, with an investment of $30 million and the creation of 200 direct jobs. The plant has a production capability of 35,000 pieces per day with 23 assembly cells and 80 automated robots.

Advanex announced the opening of a new 7,300m2 manufacturing site in Horní Počernice, Czech Republic, with an investment of €5 million over 5 years. The factory will produce precision metal components and is expected to open in Spring 2019.

Saverglass opened a $120 million glass bottle manufacturing and decoration plant in Jalisco, Mexico, which began production in June 2018, created 400 local jobs and adds 120 million bottles per year.

Cooper Standard laid the foundation stone for a $12 million polymer mixing plant in Aguascalientes, creating 100 direct jobs, with completion expected in the first quarter of 2019.

Invista plans to invest over US$1 billion to build a new adiponitrile plant in China with more than 300,000 metric tons per year capacity, starting construction in 2020 and startup in 2023.

Shanggao Valve Group held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 12 for its Haining base, a 12,000-tonne-per-year control valve EPC project in the Shanghai Caohejing development zone, to be built over three years.

Measurement technology maker Siko GmbH is investing 12 million euros in a second plant in Bad Krozingen, with 60 jobs planned and completion expected in early 2020.

Dongtai Hanyuan Food Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is constructing a new factory in Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. The new facility will have more standardized offices, a larger factory area, and more functional workshops.

S3V Vascular Technologies has set up an integrated manufacturing facility for medical devices, especially stents and products for heart disease treatment, at Hootgalli Industrial Area in Mysuru, India, at a cost of ₹70 crore. The Technology Development Board is providing ₹15 crore support.