AeroAggregates completed installation of a second kiln at its Eddystone, Pennsylvania factory, doubling production capacity to 32,000 tons of mixed glass per year. The kiln cost several million dollars and the company plans to add three employees.

Ravago is expanding TPE and engineering plastics production at its Aliağa (Izmir) plant in Turkey, bringing TPE capacity to 40,000 t/y and total site capacity to 250,000 t/y.

Carel has broken ground on an expansion of its US production plant in Manheim, Pennsylvania, doubling the production area from 35,000 to 70,000 square feet. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of the first semester of 2019.

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd is setting up an additional 7300tpd dry-process clinker production line at its existing site in Iskandarabad, Punjab, Pakistan. The project cost is PKR26bn (US$186.1m) and commercial production is expected in early Q4 2019.

Standex Electronics is relocating its global headquarters and manufacturing facility from Cincinnati to a newly constructed 60,000 sq ft facility in Fairfield, Ohio, doubling its space. The move is expected in April/May 2019.

General Dynamics NASSCO commissioned a new panel line at its San Diego shipyard, expanding steel production capabilities for commercial and government ships.

OSG will construct a new building at its Shinshiro plant in Aichi Prefecture, starting operations in early 2020. The investment is about 60 billion yen. The new building will produce carbide drills and taps, consolidating production from other plants.

Tilemaster Adhesives signed a five-year lease on a 47,500 sq ft warehouse at Eaton Point in Chorley for warehousing and distribution of tiling adhesives, grouts and flooring screeds.

OBO Bettermann will expand its production in the Lipetsk special economic zone with a third plant for cable management systems. Total investment in the project is about 17 billion rubles, with over 7 billion rubles for the third plant. Construction of the second phase is completing in early 2019.

Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgy is upgrading its steel plant in Fangchenggang, China, with new sintering, blast furnace, converter and hot rolling equipment. The project is 25% complete and expected to start production by August 2019.

Heller Machine Tools has spent more than £2 million upgrading its Redditch manufacturing plant and headquarters, including a new customer area, expanded assembly of 5-axis machines, and a new Strothmann flow-line that increased production output by 30%.

Service Mold + Aerospace Inc. is receiving $1.06 million from FedDev Ontario to install new state-of-the-art equipment at its recently built 34,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Windsor, Ontario, creating up to 21 jobs.

GP:50 is adding 12,000 square feet to its Grand Island, NY headquarters, mainly for its Aerospace Division, and has bought over $500,000 in test chamber, pressure test and turning equipment, with occupancy planned by late February 2019.

Ellwood Group will start up a new VAR and ESR re-melt shop in New Castle, Ohio, in the first quarter of 2019 to serve the aircraft market.

CLAAS Group began a project to expand its Krasnodar, Russia plant, adding a second phase that increases production area to 45,000 m² and capacity to 2,000 combine harvesters per year.

Saint-Gobain announced a partnership with Tecnoglass, which will take a minority stake in its Colombian subsidiary Vidrio Andino. Vidrio Andino will build a new flat glass plant in Colombia, increasing daily production capacity by 750 tonnes, with production start planned for 2021.

Novo Nordisk will invest $1.2 billion to build new bio-manufacturing operations at its Clayton, North Carolina campus to produce the active ingredient for its insulin products. The project will create 691 jobs.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) opened its first Advanced Molding Center in Asia, built within its existing facility in Tuas, Singapore. The center is part of a US$5.2 million transformation and will increase plastic component production to 75 billion units, a 50% increase.

Oatly will invest up to $40 million to expand its operations with a new factory in Ogden, Utah, adding up to 50 jobs over seven years.

Omnetics Connector Corporation moved its Precision Machining Division to a new location at 10073 Baltimore Street NE, Blaine, MN, increasing machining space from 1,500 to 12,000 square feet. The move was announced on January 10, 2019.

NationStar Optoelectronics plans to invest CNY1 billion (USD146 million) to expand production capacity for LED displays, chips, and other products. The expansion will occur in two phases, each costing 50% of the total investment.

Kemutec, part of the Schenck Process Group, announced its expansion into Latin America with a new office in Monterey, Mexico, to serve customers in South and Central America.

ProfHolod will invest €10 million to install a second continuous production line for PIR insulated sandwich panels at its facility in the Moscow region, with completion by 2020. Total capacity will reach 6 million m² per year.

Flex America S.A. de C.V., a manufacturer of polyester and metalized films, will invest US$9 million in 2019 to expand its production line in Altamira, creating 50 new jobs.

Howmet-Köfém Kft. is adding a new unit to its aluminium wheel plant in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, creating 200 new jobs. The expansion uses Industry 4.0 and robotic technology.

Biocatalysts Ltd completed a £6.5 million expansion of its enzyme production plant in Nantgarw, Cardiff, including an 11,000 square foot extension and new equipment, trebling manufacturing capacity. The investment will create 30 additional jobs.

Earlee Products completed a $3 million factory expansion at its Murarrie location, increasing production capacity by 50% since commissioning in September 2018. The expansion is expected to create 30 to 50 additional jobs over the next two years.

The Port of Virginia has taken delivery of four 170-foot ship-to-shore cranes built by ZPMC, the largest on the US East Coast, as part of a $32 million expansion of the Virginia International Gateway terminal.

Berry Global has confirmed the location for its new Reicofil RF5 technology line, which will add 20,000 metric tons of capacity to serve Asian markets.

Qualmax, a semiconductor testing probe pin manufacturer, increased production by 50% after moving and expanding its factory from Pyeongtaek to Dongtan, Hwasung, by March 2019.

Military Systems Group, Inc. (MSG) will expand its operations in Nashville, Tennessee, investing $9 million and creating 70 new jobs over five years to accommodate increased demand for specialty weapons mounting systems.

Johns Manville received a tax abatement for a $50 million expansion of its plant in Defiance, Ohio, to increase capacity for manufacturing pipe insulation. The project is expected to create 24 jobs over two years.

Pipers Crisps installed two TNA Robag FX 3ci vertical form fill seal packaging machines at its Lincolnshire plant, doubling packaging capacity to 140 bags per minute and reducing waste from 3% to 1%.

Catalent commenced a significant expansion of its biologics manufacturing operations in Bloomington, Indiana, with plans to create up to 200 new jobs by 2024 and invest over $100 million, including $14 million for packaging expansion.

Shaker Group, in partnership with LG, expanded production capacity with a new facility in Riyadh to manufacture high-performance multi-fan air handling units (AHU). The facility supports Saudi Vision 2030.

Farguell Nitra, a Spanish-owned automotive parts maker, plans to build a new production hall and renovate administrative spaces in Nitra, Slovakia, investing €3 million. The expansion will nearly double the plant's size and add two large presses, with completion expected in autumn 2019.

TTS Martin has been awarded a €29.5 million contract to modernize the Martin heating plant in Slovakia, installing new boilers and cogeneration units to replace coal with natural gas by the 2019/2020 heating season.

Almarai installed two complete Sidel PET lines, each handling 54,000 bottles per hour, at its Al Kharj central processing plant to increase single-serve orange juice capacity. The lines use Tetra Pak Processing Systems equipment. The article is dated January 2019.

SJE moved its Florida office to a new 17,500-square-foot building in St. Petersburg, Florida, which is over 80% larger than the previous location. The move provides more production space for growth.

Siemens Gamesa has expanded its Hull operations by signing a 12-month contract with Associated British Ports for a six-acre area on King George Dock to store 75m wind turbine blades. The blades are being built for the world's largest offshore wind farm.

Cook Medical has acquired the former RJR building in Whitaker Park, Winston-Salem, and plans to convert it into a medical device manufacturing facility. The company will move its 650 existing employees there and add 50 new jobs over 10 years.

Samwha Capacitor announced a 45 billion won investment to build a new plant and install new facilities for MLCC production, responding to surging demand and expansion of high-value automotive MLCC market. The investment period runs through December 31, 2019.

Kazankompressormash has begun construction of a new workshop over 11,000 square meters in Tatarstan to produce large compressors with drive power above 25 MW, employing over 300 staff, with first output planned for 2020.

Wigwam Mills, a US sock manufacturer, plans to increase its workforce by more than 25% and invest in its Sheboygan plant, expecting strong sales growth in 2019.

LANXESS announced a plan to invest approximately EUR 200 million over three years to strengthen its global flame retardant additives production network, including plants in the US, Germany, France and the UK.

Luminor Environmental Inc. relocated from a 6,000 sq ft facility to a 26,000 sq ft plant in Guelph, Ontario, and increased its workforce from 20 to 40 employees to meet demand.

Vetroresina expanded its factory in Masi San Giacomo, Italy, adding 5000 sqm of new space and increasing total production by 20%.

OAO SvetlogorskKhimvolokno commissioned a new production line for nonwoven materials in Q1 2019, costing $8.75 million with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes per year. The company plans to increase exports in 2020 by fully loading the line.

Invertek Drives opened a new 5,500 square metre global manufacturing and distribution facility in Welshpool, UK, enabling production of up to 400,000 VFDs per year. The facility also incorporated two Universal Robots UR5 collaborative robots for product testing.

Alpex Protection expanded its workshop in Saint-Chamond, France, in 2019 to accommodate growth.