Eurocement hired Dal Teknik to upgrade a production line at its Zhigulovskiye Stroymaterialy plant in Samara, Russia, to manufacture white cement. The project has a budget of around EUR 13 million and will produce up to 0.4Mt/yr of white cement, with first deliveries expected in summer 2019.

Dong Gang Precision Machinery (东刚精密机械) is building a second-phase project at its site in Toyota Town, Nanjing County, Fujian, with an investment of USD 8.5 million. The project includes a steel-structured factory and equipment for five-axis CNC machine tools and rubber/plastic CNC machinery. Construction started in November 2018, with completion of the steel structure expected by February 2019 and production starting in May 2019.

SPALECK Präzisionstechnik installed a new CNC machining center at its Greiz site as part of a EUR 1 million expansion investment, creating two new jobs.

American Containers in Plymouth, Indiana, announced its third expansion in four years, investing nearly $1.2 million in new equipment and an automated assembly process for corrugated honeycomb products. The expansion is backed by a seven-year property tax abatement approved by the Plymouth Common Council.

Smurfit Kappa invested R$24 million in its Uberaba plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil, boosting production by 30% through upgraded conversion equipment. The company plans a more aggressive investment programme in 2019.

Cascades Inc. is investing US$58 million to modernize and add tissue converting equipment at its Wagram, North Carolina plant. The project includes five new converting lines and modernization of four existing lines, adding 66 full-time jobs and increasing converting capacity from 5.3 million to nearly 15 million cases per year.

Saint-Gobain has modernized a float glass production line at its Dąbrowa Górnicza plant in Poland for €85 million, increasing the group's production capacity in Poland by one quarter.

Arvind Limited has started operations of two manufacturing facilities in Bavla, Gujarat, with a third to commence in weeks. The facilities, set up with an investment of ₹350 crore, will add capacity of 3 million garments per month.

Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company (SSMC) opened a new S$300 million Annex 10 clean room in Singapore, expanding its footprint for automotive and specialty chip manufacturing. The facility increases space by 34% and will help raise automotive wafer production from 26% to 40% of capacity.

Acutec Precision Aerospace will invest at least $10.7 million to add 70,000 square feet of manufacturing space and 13,000 square feet for storage at its Crawford Business Park facility, creating 60 new jobs. The total project value is $13.3 million including state grants and loans.

Technical Fibre Products announced a planned capacity increase of 50% by 2020, in response to growing demand for its advanced nonwovens used in fuel cells and aerospace lightweighting.

Terex is expanding its aerial platform facility in Changzhou, China, by 100,000 ft² to 460,000 ft², adding materials processing and utility aerial products. The expansion will break ground in late November 2018 and may be completed by end of 2019.

Windings, a maker of specialty electrical motors and generators for medical devices, plans to spend $7.9 million to buy a 60,000 sq ft facility and add 10,000 sq ft in New Ulm, Minnesota, creating 20 jobs.

TDF Holdings Co., Ltd. completed the installation and commissioning of eight new production lines for PET spunbond waterproofing membranes at its plant in Chuzhou, China.

BMTS Technology expanded its Ramos Arizpe facility in Mexico in 2025, supporting growth in the Americas.

A consortium including Budimex, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe, and Tecnicas Reunidas has successfully completed a pressure test of the boiler for a new 450 MW power unit at the Turów Power Plant in Poland. The unit is scheduled for commissioning in 2020.

Domo Engineering Plastics is increasing production capacity at its Premnitz, Germany plant by 20,000 tonnes/year, to be operational by mid-2019. The current capacity is 30,000 tonnes/year.

Nestle Adriatic expanded its factory in Surcin, Serbia, adding two new production lines with a €2.3 million investment. The expansion is expected to increase production by 25%, create 30 new jobs, and enable production of 100 new products for export to 40 countries.

Freudenberg Medical will construct a new 36,000 sq. ft. medical manufacturing facility in Beverly, Massachusetts, relocating and expanding its Gloucester operation and establishing its global headquarters there. The $3M+ investment is expected to be operational in the second half of 2020 and create 70 jobs.

Neways Electronics completed the expansion of its German site in Neunkirchen, adding 1,000 m² of production and office space, bringing the total to 5,500 m². The new space was taken into service in early October 2018.

Rittal is transforming its manufacturing plant in Rittershausen, Germany, to produce the new VX25 large enclosure system, with a total investment of EUR 120 million. The Industry 4.0 manufacturing unit is expected to be finished by 2020.

Max Aerospace & Aviation has embarked on an expansion plan to increase production capacities by developing hangar and aerospace engineering facilities at MIHAN-SEZ, Nagpur International Airport.

Aquaphor is investing EUR 20 million to expand its production units in Sillamäe and Narva, Estonia, adding new production capacity for innovative water filters and a logistics center, creating about 250 new jobs.

Gerdau announced a BRL 550 million ($145 million) investment to increase specialty steel production capacity at its Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo unit from 600,000 t/y to 1 Mt/y. The investment aims to serve the automotive industry, including electric and hybrid vehicles.

The Compound Company is building a second compounding plant in Enschede, Netherlands, to double production capacity for its EcoForte and Yparex products. The €8 million investment responds to growing demand from building, packaging, automotive, medical and PV module customers.

Corteva Agriscience is investing EUR 16 million to build a new production and packaging unit for phytopharmaceutical products at its Cernay site in France, to produce insecticides and a fungicide.

Shanghai Hitachi Electrical Appliance Co., a joint venture between Hitachi Japan and Shanghai Highly Group, is expanding its compressor unit in Gujarat.

John Deere announced it will expand its factory in Indaiatuba, Brazil, by 12,000 m² to nationalize production of three motor grader models (620G, 670G, 770G) starting in 2021.

Can maker 吉源-KY (Jiyuan Packaging) plans to invest over NT$1 billion (approx. US$32 million) to add a second aluminum can production line in the second half of 2019. The location is being evaluated among its Guangdong, Hubei, and Anhui plants, and the line will double annual capacity.

Perstorp has increased production capacity of di-pentaerythritol (Di-Penta) by up to 40%.

Gruppo ASA held a foundation-stone ceremony in San Marino for a new structure that will house its KBA Metal Star 3 nine-colour lithographic printing line, due to be operational by summer 2019.

Mondi plans a €30 million upgrade of its Bupak corrugated packaging facility in the Czech Republic, including a new state-of-the-art corrugator and a customer experience centre. Completion is scheduled for 2020, and the plant's production capacity will double.

Nucor is investing $650 million to expand its Ghent, Kentucky mill (formerly Gallatin Steel), nearly doubling annual capacity from 1.6 million to 3 million tons and increasing maximum coil width to 73 inches.

Peters Surgical invested over 5 million euros to expand its manufacturing facility in Manesar, India, increasing surgical suture production capacity from 9 million to 33 million per year.

Kemiteks Kimya added additional production capacity of up to 90,000 tons per year for styrene acrylic dispersions to increase export activities in Europe.

AT Semiconductor decided to invest 6.8 billion won in facility expansion to strengthen customer response and expand capacity for higher product specifications.

Airbus will expand its current assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama, to accommodate increased production of the A320 aircraft.

Covestro will expand its MDI production line in Tarragona as part of the €200 million investment, with completion expected in 2022.

Lanxess plans to expand capacity for ion-exchange polymers at its site in Leverkusen, Germany, spending less than $10 million, with completion expected in the first half of 2019.

Kobelco Construction Machinery decided to expand production capacity of its Itsukaichi Factory in Hiroshima from 8,900 to 10,500 units per year to meet global demand for hydraulic excavators.

Rovema started construction of a new assembly hall at its Fernwald, Germany headquarters, with an investment of about EUR 8 million. Final assembly of packaging machines and lines will move into the building by June 2019.

MRCOOL announced it has begun a preliminary study on the viability of a manufacturing facility in the Kentucky Opportunity Zone encompassing Mayfield, for domestic production of ductless air conditioners.

Beverly Knits Inc. has expanded its manufacturing footprint by purchasing finishing equipment and forming Altus Finishing LLC to offer dyeing, heatsetting, tumbling, shearing and specialty coatings for bedding, industrial and apparel markets.

Weber Metals Inc., a division of Otto Fuchs KG, unveiled a new $180 million, 60,000-ton hydraulic forging press at its facility in Paramount, California. The press is the highest tonnage forging press in the Americas and will forge large monolithic titanium and aluminum aerospace parts.

LyondellBasell's new Hyperzone polyethylene plant at the La Porte Complex in Texas is under construction, with key equipment installed. The $725 million project will have a capacity of 1.1 billion lbs/yr of high-density polyethylene and create 75 permanent jobs.

Seqirus, a CSL subsidiary, announced a $140 million expansion of its Holly Springs manufacturing facility in North Carolina to increase capacity for formulation, fill and finish of cell-based and adjuvanted influenza vaccines. The expansion will create 120 permanent jobs and is expected to be complete by 2020.

Texel, a division of Lydall, announced a $12 million investment for a new production line at its Sainte-Marie, Quebec plant. The line will be operational within 12 to 14 months.

Moline Machinery LLC broke ground on a 25,000-square-foot addition to its facility in West Duluth, Minnesota, to support its industrial bakery machinery product line. The project is expected to be completed in 2019.

PMI Aerospace completed a 21,000 square-foot addition and office remodel at its Rockford, Illinois headquarters to increase capacity for precision machined aerospace components.

Quorn Foods opened a 9,500m² expansion at its Billingham factory, doubling production capacity and adding 20,000 tonnes per year. The expansion is part of a £150 million investment.