Freudenberg & Vilene Nonwovens brought a new production line for car headliners into operation at its Suzhou site in Eastern China, increasing annual production of technical textiles by around eight million square meters.

GlobalFoundries announced plans to invest €1.1 billion to expand manufacturing capabilities at its Dresden, Germany site, increasing production capacity to over one million wafers per year by the end of 2028.

BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of its MDI expansion project at the Geismar, Louisiana Verbund site. The company will increase production capacity to approximately 600,000 metric tons per year by the middle of the decade, with an investment of $780 million for this phase.

Synthomer formally opened the latest 90,000 tonne expansion to its nitrile latex production facility in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, with an investment of RM265 million (US$63.5 million). A second phase adding 60,000 tonnes is expected to be operational in 2020.

METYX USA is adding 11,000 tons of production capacity for composite reinforcements at its factory in Gastonia, North Carolina, bringing forward planned 2020 and 2021 investments into 2019. The new capacity will be available in the second half of 2019.

Xin Feng Ming Group announced on March 5, 2019, the start of construction of a green intelligent PTA project with an annual output of 2.2 million tons in the Pinghu Dushan Port Economic Development Zone, Jiaxing, Zhejiang. The total investment is 3.2 billion yuan, and it is planned to be operational in Q3 2020.

Amada Tool America is expanding its Batavia, New York plant by up to 19,000 square feet and investing $8.8 million in the project, creating 17 new jobs. The expansion is underway and expected to be completed in 2019, with production starting in January 2020.

SRF Ltd. approved a project to debottleneck certain specialty chemical plants to increase production capacity at Dahej, India, at an estimated cost of Rs 140 crore.

SRF Ltd. approved a proposal to install additional spinning and textile capacity at its technical textiles plants in Manali and Gwalior, India, at an estimated cost of Rs 80 crore over three years.

TMK Artrom, a Romanian subsidiary of Russian steel group TMK, announced plans to expand its production capacity from 200,000 tonnes to 320,000 tonnes of industrial pipes annually by 2024. The company also hired Raiffeisen Bank for a share placement.

Johnson Controls will host a grand opening on April 17, 2019 for its expanded HVAC rooftop unit manufacturing and testing facility in Norman, Oklahoma. The facility includes 900,000 square feet of space and a two-story test lab capable of testing 150-ton units.

OSR Inc., a manufacturer of automotive fasteners and a joint venture between Owari Precise Products Co. Ltd and Rightway Fasteners Inc., broke ground on a new $7 million, 82,395-square-foot manufacturing facility in Columbus, Indiana. Construction begins immediately, with completion expected by end of 2020.

Freudenberg & Vilene Nonwovens, a joint venture of Freudenberg Performance Materials, brought a new production line for car headliners into operation at its Suzhou site in Eastern China, increasing annual production of technical textiles by around 8 million m².

Sinoboom (Xingbang Heavy Industry) launched the second phase of its aerial work platform project in Ningxiang High-tech Zone, with 26,000 sqm of factory space and total investment of CNY 700 million. The expansion will add capacity for 5,000+ straight and articulated boom lifts per year.

ABB announced a $36 million expansion of its advanced technology manufacturing operations in Senatobia, Mississippi, creating nearly 200 new jobs and bringing total employment to around 350.

Rytz AG expanded its production area by 1,500 square meters and plans a further expansion this year to prefabricate large elements for roof and facade constructions.

Owens-Illinois will invest more than $60 million to expand its plant in Gironcourt, France, including building a new furnace. The expansion is expected to be completed in early 2020.

Kimberly-Clark has launched a $120 million expansion plan at its Jenks, Oklahoma mill, adding 270,000 square feet and over 50 full-time jobs. The project will install new resources for making Kleenex folded tissue products and Scott bath tissue, and is expected to be completed in 2020.

Dhaliwal Labs has acquired a 79,200 square foot OTC facility in Mesquite, Texas, specializing in medical device and OTC manufacturing and blending of raw materials for cosmetics production. The company now has over 300,000 square feet of manufacturing and R&D space.

FUJIFILM Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc. broke ground on a major expansion of its manufacturing and development facility in Mesa, Arizona. The company expects to invest approximately $91 million across its facilities in Arizona and Rhode Island over the next several years, with the Mesa expansion adding about 85,000 SF of space in five new buildings.

Hydro plans to install a 4,500-ton press line at its Cressona, Pennsylvania location and a 7,000-ton press line in the West region to serve automotive, transportation and construction markets. The presses are expected to be operational by 2020.

Topre Autoparts México announced a $26 million third-stage expansion of its plant in San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico. The project will create 160 jobs and add hot stamping capability for automotive body parts.

FLSmidth South Africa relocated manufacturing of core screen media products to its Delmas Supercenter facility in Mpumalanga, following a significant investment. The facility will produce polyurethane, wedge wire, and ceramic wear solutions, with a formal launch planned for April 2019.

ExxonMobil announced funding for a new polypropylene production unit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, adding 450,000 tons per year of capacity. Construction begins in 2019 with startup anticipated by 2021, creating 600 construction jobs and 65 permanent jobs.

Micron Technology announced a $3 billion expansion of its semiconductor plant in Manassas, Virginia, expected to create 1,100 jobs by 2030, including a global R&D center.

Foss Performance Materials, a division of AstenJohnson Nonwovens, invested in a new Dilo needlepunch line to increase production capacity at its facility in Hampton, New Hampshire.

Siemens Healthineers plans to invest about €350 million over five years to build a new factory for medical technology components and a development and logistics center on a new campus in Forchheim, Germany. Construction is to begin in 2020, with production of X-ray tubes and generators starting in 2023.

Intersurgical is building a 22-million-euro automated warehouse for disposable breathing systems in Pabrade, Lithuania, financed by a EUR 10 million loan from SEB Bankas. The warehouse will have a storage capacity of over 50,000 pallets.

S.P.A. International Food Group completed an expansion of its plant storage area, re-equipped its laboratory and opened five new covered loading docks, in an investment of more than $5 million. The work was completed in March 2019.

In March 2019 Owens-Illinois announced an investment of more than $60 million to expand its plant in Gironcourt, France, to broaden its premium segment presence and increase capability.

Novelis has started work on expanding its Pindamonhangaba plant in São Paulo state, Brazil, with an investment of 650 million reais (about US$167 million) including a rail terminal. The expansion adds 100,000 t/y of rolling capacity and 60,000 t/y of recycled output, with completion expected in 2021.

Select Tool de Mexico expanded its plant to 30,000 square feet and is commissioning a large-capacity 5-axis CNC machine (3.0M x 2.0M x 1.5M) and added crane lifting capacities up to 20 tons at its facility in Querétaro, Mexico.

The second phase of SW Germany's Suzhou factory, built with an investment of EUR 18 million and covering 20,000 square meters, started operations in October 2023 with an annual production capacity of 250 sets of machine tools.

SW Germany will invest an additional EUR 5 million in the third phase of its factory in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, over the next three years. The second phase, built with EUR 18 million, started operations in October 2023 with an annual capacity of 250 machine tools.

Pladur Gypsum inaugurated its gypsum board plant in Gelsa, Spain, on February 27, 2019, after a €60 million investment since 2007. The plant will add a fourth shift in Q4 2019, increasing capacity by 5 million square meters by 2020.

Perstorp is expanding one of its two pentaerythritol production lines in Bruchhausen, Germany, increasing annual capacity from 40,000 to 45,000 tonnes. The investment is EUR 7.6 million, and the new machinery will start operating in early May 2019.

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has commissioned a new cryogenic air separation unit built at its oxygen shop for 4.2 billion rubles, supplied by Kriogenmash; it has produced 100 million cubic meters of industrial gases.

Seda North America expanded its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin operations with new office and training facilities and investment in production equipment, creating 29 jobs and bringing total employment to 245.

Auria Solutions Slovakia plans to expand its Vrable plant by constructing a second production hall, scheduled for completion within two years. This will double production capacity to 300,000 cars annually and create another 50 jobs.

ThermAvant Technologies will more than quadruple its engineering and manufacturing space by opening a 33,000-square-foot facility at 2508 Paris Road in Columbia, Missouri in May 2019.

Dematic is installing a fully automated high-bay warehouse at Agristo's deep-freeze warehouse in Wielsbeke, Belgium, as part of an expansion. The warehouse is due to be completed and operational in October 2019.

Chongqing ChangFeng Chemical Co., Ltd. will expand its benzophenone production capacity to 10,000 metric tons per year with a new facility to be put into use next year.

Suominen invested in a new large spunlace line in the US and upgraded existing plants in Green Bay, Brazil, and Spain.

Saint-Gobain Adfors CZ is investing over CZK 177 million to expand production of glass-fiber fabrics at its Hodonice plant, adding about 40 new jobs. Full production will start gradually in Q1 2019. The company also plans a further investment exceeding CZK 1 billion to increase basic glass fiber production.

FlexBlow is adding a new 3,500 sq m manufacturing facility to its 10,000 sq m site in Kretinga, Lithuania, to increase capacity for its FlexBlow8 hybrid stretch blow molding machines, with production expected from July 2019.

CorrChoice, a US maker of corrugated paper and industrial packaging, will invest $40 million to increase capacity at its Pennsylvania plant, creating 79 new jobs and enlarging the facility to 32,550 square meters.

Zhejiang Taihua New Material announced a 1.5 billion yuan investment over two years to build a new plant with 120,000 tons annual capacity of high-performance nylon 6/66 fiber, including FDY, POY, ATY and DTY products.

The automotive sunroof and panel systems unit of Inteva LLC plans to invest $13.9 million and hire 334 people in Oakland or Wayne counties, Michigan, after securing a new supply contract.

Terumo Corporation plans to construct a new building for its third manufacturing facility in Vietnam and install additional production lines at existing buildings, with a total investment of approximately 15 billion yen over 5 years, doubling production capacity. Construction is expected to be completed in December 2020.

Danfoss replaced a 28-year-old washing system at its facility producing pump housings for oil pumps, with a fully automatic washing facility including two robots, installed by Anmasi at the end of 2018.