Nano Sun, a water technology start-up, has launched a 3D-printing facility in Singapore to manufacture a new type of water treatment membrane. The plant is the culmination of two decades of research and is supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board.

USG Boral conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for its third manufacturing facility at Sri City SEZ, Tada, near Chennai, with an investment of USD 39 million. The plant will produce plasterboards and is expected to become operational by the end of 2019, creating over 100 jobs.

USG Boral Building Products India Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plasterboard manufacturing plant in Sri City, India. The plant, built on 24 acres with an initial investment of Rs 300 crores, will have a capacity of 30 million square metres of plasterboard and create about 100 jobs. It is expected to be ready within 18 months.

The Dow Chemical Co. announced the construction of a new silicone resin plant to expand its global capacity, expected to come online in 2021.

Fluor Corp. completed construction of a high-performance adhesives manufacturing facility in Wrexham, Wales.

Prima Power opened a new technology centre in Neufahrn, near Munich, Germany, to better serve the German-speaking market.

Biolab is planning to open a new plant in Pouso Alegre (MG) with an investment of R$ 450 million. The plant is part of the company's expansion into generics and CNS.

Magna International Inc. opened a new aluminium-casting factory in Telford, UK, as part of £130 million foreign direct investment creating nearly 500 jobs across four new automotive plants in the UK.

Titan Group plans to build a PET and polymer processing plant in the Moglino SEZ, Pskov region, Russia. The first phase, a PET granule plant, is to be completed by 2020. Total investment is 19 billion rubles.

GE Power will provide boiler and steam turbine technology for Pakistan's first ultra-supercritical power plant in Deh Ghangiaro, Bin Qasim, Karachi. The 660MW plant will be constructed by SEPCOIII and is planned to commence commercial operations in 2021.

Safran Aircraft Engines Poland inaugurated a new plant in Sędziszów Małopolski, Poland, to manufacture low-pressure turbine blades for the LEAP engine. Safran invested €48 million in the 8,000-square-meter facility, which already employs over 200 people and aims to produce 180,000 blades in 2018, rising to 800,000 annually by 2022.

Odelo Farba Bulgaria, part of Bayraktarlar Group, has started construction on a car parts plant in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with an investment of €40.6 million. The plant will manufacture headlights for Mercedes-Benz vehicles and is expected to create 400 jobs.

Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin inaugurated a new Safran Aircraft Engines plant in Poland on July 4, 2018, to support LEAP engine production. Subsidiary Safran Transmission Systems Poland will assemble about 2,000 power transmissions in 2019.

Veolia Water Technologies opened a new 6,600 m2 chemical production facility in Pomona, Kempton Park, South Africa. The facility produces 500 t per month of water treatment chemicals, with potential to increase to 1,500 t per month with three shifts.

Tiflis Textile has opened a new 2 million euro sock knitting facility in Tbilisi, Georgia, as part of the 'Produce in Georgia' program. The factory will initially provide 50 jobs and produce socks for domestic and export markets.

Green Metal Industries (GMI) partnered with KEZAD to build a modern special steel recycling and production facility in KEZAD, Abu Dhabi, with a US$100 million investment. Construction is underway, aiming for commercial production by Q1 2025.

Pumori and Okuma started series production of CNC machine tools (Genos L300M) in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Investment is 4 billion rubles, with planned annual output of 120 machines by 2020.

SGT laid the first stone for a new 10,000 m2 factory in Chalon-sur-Saône making PET preforms, with an investment of nearly 28 million euros. The plant should be operational from spring 2019 and employ around forty people.

Rosh Engineering bought a 1,100 square metre factory on the banks of the River Tyne at Blaydon for a half-million-pound investment. The site will extend its repair, refurbishment, testing and installation services.

Martin Engineering opened a factory owned manufacturing facility in Queensland, Australia, to provide direct sales, service, training and manufacturing to the Australian mining segment.

Sam Dong Europe has opened a new 11,000 m² factory in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland, for producing high-quality copper wire used in transformers. The investment was PLN 35 million and is the company's first European manufacturing plant.

Inno-science (Suzhou) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new semiconductor production plant in Wuhu High-tech Development Zone, Wujiang, Jiangsu Province. The total investment is about 6 billion RMB (approx. $900 million), with a first-phase investment of about 2 billion RMB. The plant will have an annual capacity of 888,000 8-inch wafers for silicon-based power semiconductor ICs.

Elastomix Mexico opened a new plant in Irapuato, Guanajuato, investing $17.14 million to produce carbon masterbatch rubber for the automotive industry. The facility has an annual capacity of 7,000 tons and is expected to create 70 jobs initially.

Finisar will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 9, 2018 for its new manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, which will increase production capacity for VCSELs and 3D sensing technologies. The facility has been under renovation since December 2017 and is expected to commence production by the end of 2018.

Anglo American is developing the Quellaveco copper mine in Peru, with first production expected in 2022 and full production in 2023. The project was approved in July 2018 and development has commenced.

Bodycote opened a new facility on the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham in July 2018 to support aerospace and power generation markets, following a contract with Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace worth over £160 million over 15 years. The site has already begun expansion.

BPPL Holdings, through subsidiary Eco-Spindles Ltd., inaugurated a polyester yarn production facility in Horana BOI Zone, Sri Lanka, with a capacity of 960 tons per year, using recycled PET flakes. Investment was about Rs. 400 million.

Pfizer is constructing a new 400,000-square-foot sterile drug manufacturing facility in Portage, Michigan. The project is expected to generate $465 million in total private investment and create 450 jobs.

The Bel Group will build its first Canadian plant in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, to produce Mini Babybel cheese. The C$87 million investment is expected to create 170 jobs, with commercial production starting in early 2020.

Egypt signed a contract with Carbon Holdings to build the Tahrir petrochemical project, a $10.9 billion complex expected to be the largest in the Middle East, creating 48,000 jobs. Construction will take more than three years.

Novelis broke ground on a $300 million automotive aluminum sheet manufacturing facility in Guthrie, Kentucky. The 400,000 sq.ft. plant will create 125 jobs and have an annual capacity of 200,000 metric tons, with production starting in 2020.

Ypsomed held a topping-out ceremony for its new production plant in Schwerin, Germany. The €100 million facility will produce injection and infusion systems and is expected to start operations in summer 2019, creating around 150 jobs.

Premier Farnell, owned by Avnet, announced plans to build its largest distribution facility in Leeds, UK, with a floor area of approximately 35,000 square meters. The facility is expected to be operational in two years.

Veolia Water Technologies South Africa opened a new 6,600 m² chemical production facility in Pomona, Kempton Park. The factory produces water treatment chemicals and can produce 500 tonnes per month, with potential to triple output.

Odelo Farfa Bulgaria, the Bulgarian branch of Turkish Odelo Farfa Lighting Group, has started construction of a high-tech plant in the Trakia Economic Zone near Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The company will invest EUR 40.6 million in the facility, which will produce rear lights for Mercedes and is expected to employ 400 people by 2023.

German company Wieland signed an agreement to open a plant in Cacak, Serbia, initially employing 60 workers at a rented facility in the former Cer location. Production is planned to start on October 1, 2018, with plans to build its own factory later, potentially employing up to 600 workers.

THS Constructors completed and opened a new 73,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for Norafin Americas in Mills River, North Carolina. The plant is Norafin's first U.S. production site and will create 50 jobs.

Jabil Circuit inaugurated Jabil Green Point, a new building in the Guadalajara Technology Park in Zapopan, with an investment of $16.1 million, creating 1,800 new jobs by year-end. A further $26 million investment for an eighth plant is planned for October 2018.

Lantmannen Unibake opened a new bakery in Nowa Sol, Poland, its largest in Poland and second largest in Europe, with the first production line starting test production in January 2018.

Odelo Farbe Lighting Group broke ground on a high-tech automotive lighting plant near Kuklen, Bulgaria, with an investment of €40.6 million, expected to create 400 jobs and start production in December 2020.

Cooper Standard broke ground on a new 100,000 sq ft rubber mixing facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The $11 million plant is expected to begin operations in early 2019 and employ about 100 people.

Gabriel-Chemie Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new production facility in Vorsino industrial park, Kaluga Region, Russia. The plant will manufacture plastic colors and additives masterbatches, with an initial investment of about RUR 400 million, capacity of 2,000 tpa, and 49 new jobs. Commissioning is expected in Q4 2018.

odeloFarba held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new production plant in the Trakiya business park in Kuklen, near Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The plant will manufacture tail lights for Mercedes-Benz, with first production expected in autumn 2019. Total investment is over €40 million.

JCB is investing over £50 million in a new 350,000 sq ft factory in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, to produce cabs for its machines. The plant will create more than 200 jobs by 2022 and have capacity for 100,000 cabs per year.

LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy subsidiary, has launched its offshore wind turbine blade plant in Cherbourg, France. About 100 jobs will be created by end-2018, with the site eventually employing more than 550 people and producing the 107-metre LM 88.4 P blade.

tna, a Dallas-based food processing equipment company, opened a new office and training facility in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, to support regional business growth.

LG Electronics plans to invest $28 million to build a solar module assembly plant in Huntsville, Alabama, creating 160 jobs and producing 500 megawatts of solar panels annually starting in early 2019.

ABB announced a $30 million investment in a new manufacturing unit for dry high-voltage bushings at its Ludvika, Sweden facility. The unit will increase production capacity for epoxy-based bushings used in UHV power transmission.

Costco is constructing a new chicken processing plant in Fremont, Nebraska, operated by Lincoln Premium Poultry. The 360,000 sqft facility will process 2 million chickens per week, employ 1,000 people, and be equipped with Marel Poultry systems.

Sika commissioned a new production plant for concrete admixtures in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on June 27, 2018. The facility will reduce transport distances and serve customers on the east coast and potentially neighboring Gulf markets.