Wright Medical Group N.V. will build a $13 million expansion to its Arlington manufacturing facility and hire an additional 30 people. The expansion was announced on December 14, 2018.

Ramco Cements is expanding its grinding capacity in West Bengal from 0.9 mtpa to 2 mtpa at a cost of INR 425 crore with a railway siding. Commissioning is expected in April 2019.

Ramco Cements is expanding its grinding capacity at Vizag by 1 mtpa with an investment of INR 250 crore.

Ramco Cements is expanding clinker capacity by 1.50 mtpa to 4.60 mtpa at its Jayanthipuram plant in Krishna district, with a waste heat recovery system of 27 MW, at a cost of INR 740 crore. Commissioning is expected in March 2020.

Siemens Gamesa inaugurated a 1,200 sqm expansion of its Lerma gearbox plant in Spain, investing EUR 2.5 million in new machinery and a 90-tonne crane to produce larger wind turbines. The expansion created 25 new jobs, bringing total employment to 108.

Clariant is increasing its ethylene oxide capacity at the Gendorf chemical park in Burgkirchen, Germany, to continue the successful development of specialty chemicals for industries such as personal care, home healthcare, and plant protection.

The Dutch WWTP Leidsche Rijn will be expanded to treat sewage from 165,000 citizens, up from 90,000 PE, using HUBER Drum Screen LIQUID technology from ELIQUO. The expansion avoids building new biological reactors.

DUNA-USA completed a multi-year, multi-million dollar expansion of its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Baytown, Texas. The expansion added a new manufacturing building, office building, automated fabrication department, and a continuous polyurethane production line.

Packaging manufacturer Duo UK is investing £1.5m in new machinery for its Manchester factory, including an Italian-made co-extruder, to raise productivity and boost stock capacity by 30%. The investment is expected to create five new jobs.

Dana Incorporated has broken ground on a new 32,000-square-foot service and assembly center at Fremaux Park in Slidell, Louisiana, relocating and expanding its operations for repairing and refurbishing industrial gearboxes. Construction began in November 2018 and is expected to be completed in summer 2019.

Severstal is investing to increase production at its Yakovlevsky underground iron ore mine in Russia from 1 Mt/y to 5 Mt/y by 2023. In 2018, it purchased over 30 pieces of equipment including LHDs and multipurpose trucks.

Elmos Semiconductor AG opened an extension of its test area at its headquarters in Dortmund, creating 50 new jobs. The expansion cost around €50 million so far, with an additional €60 million to be invested in machines.

Ambuja Cements approved an extension to its Marwar Mundwa integrated plant in Rajasthan, increasing clinker capacity to 3.1Mt/yr and adding 1.8Mt/yr cement grinding. Total investment is around $326 million, including a waste heat recovery unit.

FCC (Adams) LLC, an automotive clutch manufacturer, will invest over $24 million to expand its Berne, Indiana facility by 88,000 square feet, creating up to 51 new jobs. Groundbreaking is expected in February 2019.

Panasonic will launch production of substrate material MEGTRON GX for semiconductor packages at its Suzhou, China facility in April 2019, and establish a Taiwan Semiconductor Materials R&D Center in April 2019 to meet growing demand in China and Taiwan.

Gazprom chairman Viktor Zubkov attended the start of construction of a new multi-building compressor workshop over 15,000 sq m at the Kazanskompressormash plant in Kazan. The shop will make large compressors for natural gas liquefaction and is expected to start operating in 2020.

Taiwanese wire manufacturer Admiral Cable will expand to Santa Teresa, New Mexico, investing approximately $50 million to build a new facility starting at 65,000 square feet and eventually reaching nearly 175,000 square feet, creating up to 342 new manufacturing jobs.

JW Aluminum started expansion of its Mount Holly flat rolled aluminum plant in Goose Creek, South Carolina, adding a 220,000 sq ft building and state-of-the-art equipment, resulting in 175 million lb of new capacity and 50 new jobs. Construction is expected to be complete in early 2020.

PGE Elektrownia Turow is adding a 490MW supercritical lignite-fired generating unit (Turow 11) at its Turow power plant in Bogatynia, Poland, with an estimated investment of $870 million. Completion is expected by 2020.

Shaw Industries Group is investing $250 million to expand its Andalusia, Alabama fiber manufacturing facility (Plant 65), which produces fiber for residential carpet. Construction began in 2017 and modernization will continue through 2020.

Siemens announced the re-opening of its Worcester, U.K., plant after investing 30 million euros ($34 million) to overhaul the factory, more than doubling manufacturing capacity to 50 3D printers. The facility focuses on industrializing additive manufacturing for aerospace and automotive components.

AirBoss of America Corp. announced an expansion at its Kitchener, Ontario plant, adding a new dedicated white and colour mixing line expected to be fully operational by March 2019.

AirBoss of America Corp. announced expansions at its rubber compounding plants in Scotland Neck, North Carolina and Kitchener, Ontario. The Scotland Neck expansion will add a new compounding line doubling capacity by July 2019; the Kitchener expansion will add a white and colour mixing line by March 2019.

Tenneco inaugurated a new production line at its Aguascalientes plant with an investment of 426.8 million pesos. The line will manufacture automotive valves, expanding production from 50 million to an undisclosed higher capacity.

SCM Industries (Service Center Metals) broke ground on a state-of-the-art batch homogenizer at its plant in Prince George County, Virginia, as part of a plant expansion.

Micron Technology broke ground on a $3 billion expansion of its semiconductor manufacturing plant in Manassas, Virginia, expected to create 1,100 jobs. Production is slated to start in the first half of 2020.

The 1,792 MW combined cycle power plant (Power Station 5) for Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (ALBA) achieved first fire on October 30, 2018. The plant will supply energy for ALBA's new Smelter 6 line. The EPC contractor consortium includes GAMA and GE, with IDOM providing engineering services.

thyssenkrupp inaugurated an $80 million expansion at its manufacturing site in Huejotzingo, Mexico. The investment included production lines for steering boxes for Ford, BMW and Daimler, and expanded thermal treatment capacity.

Steelcon announced a $40-million expansion at its Grantham Avenue facility in St. Catharines, Ontario, adding a robotic beam assembly line for SIN Beams and creating 100 jobs.

Allmand Bros., a Briggs & Stratton subsidiary, plans to expand its Holdrege, Nebraska facility with five new assembly lines, a prototyping lab, a new paint system and robotic weld cells. The expansion is expected to be complete at the end of 2019 and add 20 jobs.

CANPACK topped out a new hall at its Helmond, Netherlands can factory that will house a third production line. The expansion raises production capacity by 50 percent and will create 120 new jobs.

Wintipak held a groundbreaking on 17 November 2025 for a new production hall at its Star Park site in Halle (Saale), Germany. The roughly €35 million investment adds 11,800 m² of production space and is expected to lift site capacity by about 30 percent by June 2026.

H. Großekämper Kunststoffe plans to build an automated high-bay warehouse with about 10,260 pallet spaces and a loading hall at its plastic bucket plant in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, at a gross cost of €10.5 million, with construction in 2018–2020.

DMC Power, a maker of connection systems for transmission and substation projects, is converting a 168,000 sq ft former Nissan distribution facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi into a connector manufacturing center, investing $8 million and creating 125 jobs over five years.

BWF Protec announced investments of €12.5 million in its Hof site, including €7.5 million for a 3,200 sqm hall expansion and €5 million for new manufacturing technology.

Amfabsteel Inc. will invest $8 million over three years to add 75,000 sq. ft. to its manufacturing plant in Bernalillo, New Mexico, doubling its size. The expansion is expected to create up to 80 new jobs.

Omen USA, a subsidiary of Israel-based Omen Casting Group, plans to invest over $15 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Richmond, Indiana. The company will add 21,000 square feet and new production lines, creating up to 200 new jobs by 2022.

WuXi AppTec plans to expand its facilities in San Diego, establishing a center of excellence in screening, discovery biology, pharmacology, and small molecule process R&D including Phase I GMP manufacturing. The article does not specify investment amount or timeline.

Brinker Fetten Logistik opened a new 6,000 square meter logistics center in Duisburg, Germany, and installed six CXT Neo double-girder overhead cranes from Konecranes to handle steel pipes.

VOSS Automotive will produce automotive components in a former Litex Motors factory in Bahovitsa near Lovech, Bulgaria, with an investment of nearly EUR 15 million, creating 1000 jobs. The plant is expected to start operations in May 2019.

Wielton, a listed trailer manufacturer, will invest 48 million PLN to expand its plant in Wielun, Poland, increasing capacity and creating 40 jobs.

UMA Investments, part of the Kellogg group, will invest 313.9 million PLN to expand its salty snacks plant in Kutno, Poland, adding a new building and production lines for Pringles. The expansion will create 40 jobs.

Komatsu is planning a $7.1 million addition at its South Longview plant, including a new parts warehouse and offices covering about 81,000 square feet. The project follows a recent $6 million power lab expansion.

Whitfield Foods announced a $7.4 million investment and 24 new jobs at its Montgomery, Alabama plant. The company also secured a new deal to bottle Pure Leaf Tea for PepsiCo.

DAS North America, a parts supplier for Hyundai, announced a $13 million investment and 75 new jobs at its Montgomery, Alabama plant.

Hyundai Power Transformers announced a $44 million investment and plans to hire 86 more employees at its Montgomery, Alabama plant.

La Flor Spices will invest $1 million in new machinery and engineering and renovate its Hauppauge facility, creating 15 new jobs.

Marui Orimono, Japan's largest textile manufacturer, is adding 48 AJ looms to its facility and will begin full-scale overseas sales of fabrics under the 'Noto Quality' brand from the next fiscal year.

Dow announced a series of incremental methyl cellulose capacity investments at its manufacturing facilities in Bomlitz and Bitterfeld, Germany, representing a 19,000 metric ton increase for cellulose ethers. New capacities are expected to come online in 2019 and 2020.

Continental inaugurated a $38.8 million expansion at its Cuautla, Morelos plant, adding 6,500 sq-m of production space for automotive electronic components. The expansion is expected to create 200-300 new jobs.