Global Water Technology, Inc. moved from Orland Park, IL to a new state-of-the-art facility at 354 West Armory Drive, South Holland, IL. The headquarters includes a conference and training center, R&D laboratory, and fulfillment center.

The Taweelah Aluminium Extrusion Company (TALEX) has inaugurated a new aluminium extrusion plant at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD). The plant has an estimated production capacity of 50,000 tonnes per annum of aluminium profiles and 45,000 tonnes of aluminium billets.

MPW broke ground on April 5, 2018 for a 30,000-square-foot industrial water regeneration plant in Yuma, Arizona. The facility is scheduled to be operational by the second quarter of 2019.

Nan Ya Plastics will invest over $40 million in a new copper-clad laminate and glass-fiber factory in Huizhou, China. The plant will produce 113.2 million sheets of copper foil and over 100 million meters of glass fiber cloth annually.

Daikin Airconditioning India is planning to set up a greenfield manufacturing plant in either South India or the western region, with an investment of Rs. 500-600 crore, to serve as a hub for regional exports including Africa.

LS Automotive Technologies Co. broke ground on a new plant in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, investing US$ 60 million in a 40,000 square meter site to manufacture automotive components for the North American market.

Bosch is opening a new plant for injection technology in Hemaraj, Thailand, its first smart factory in the country, after a one-and-a-half-year construction phase. The facility includes an R&D center and will create 800 new jobs by 2020.

Halton Co. will build a 55,000-square-foot $6.66 million second facility in Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, to house its Halton Air Moving division making emission control devices and air handling units.

Smalticeram USA, Inc., a ceramic and tile ink, glaze and pigment producer and distributor, will locate new operations in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, investing $4 million and creating 26 new jobs.

GDC Alimentos (Gomes da Costa, Grupo Calvo) signed a letter of intent with the Santa Catarina government and Itajaí city to consolidate six operating units into a new industrial complex with private investment of R$300 million.

Kraft Heinz completed a new 382,157 sq. foot greenfield facility in Davenport, Iowa, producing Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh and Lunchables lines, with automation engineered by Quantum Solutions.

Synergies Castings Limited signed an MOU with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to establish a greenfield aluminium casting and specialty alloy wheel manufacturing facility in Visakhapatnam, India, with an annual capacity of 2.4 million wheels and a project cost of $100 million.

Valvoline plans to build its first plant in China, a 80,000-square-meter blending and packaging facility in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, with about $70 million investment. Production is expected to begin by the end of 2020 with capacity above 30 million gallons of lubricants annually.

Yaskawa announced plans to build another plant manufacturing robotic hand components next to the one opening in spring 2019. The €20-30 million facility is expected to employ up to 250 people, with construction starting in April 2019 and production within two years.

Figeac Aéro inaugurated a new EUR 20 million production site in Hermosillo, Mexico, producing parts for Boeing 787 Dreamliner doors, employing 160 people with plans for 500 by 2023.

Klimaoprema, a manufacturer of HVAC and cleanroom equipment, will build a new production plant and high-bay warehouse in Nova Gradiška, Croatia, with an investment of approximately 100 million Croatian kuna. Construction is set to begin in May 2018.

Magna formed a joint venture with Beijing Hainachuan Automotive Parts Co. (BHAP) to build a factory in Beijing for door modules, with production slated to start in 2021 and over 100 new jobs.

Trivitron Healthcare plans to invest Rs15 crore to set up a new manufacturing facility in Chennai, India, to produce operation room equipment, as part of a larger Rs100 crore investment over 12-18 months.

French premium glass bottle manufacturer Saverglass will open a new $120 million plant in Acatlan de Juarez, Jalisco, Mexico, its first in North America. The plant will create 380 jobs and produce 120 million bottles in the first year.

JMG Cranes is building the 'Cittadella delle Gru' (Crane Citadel), a new production and headquarters hub in Sarmato, Piacenza, on the site of a former sugar refinery. The facility covers 200,000 square meters with 14,000 square meters of production space.

South African packaging maker Corruseal Group has commissioned a new corrugated board plant in Cape Town, equipped with a 2.5m Fosber S/Line corrugator and converting and materials handling machinery. The article is dated 1 June 2018.

Ecocem France plans to open a second 0.7Mt/yr grinding plant at Dunkirk in May 2018, targeting western and northern France as well as export markets in the UK and Belgium.

Jiunghe Sichuan Environmental Protection Company signed an investment deal with the Government of Bashkortostan and the Sichuan-Sibay Industrial Park to build a 1.8Mt/yr cement plant in Sibay, Russia. The project costs EUR 168 million and is expected to create 200 jobs.

WuXi Biologics will invest €325 million to build a new biologics drug substance manufacturing facility in Dundalk, Ireland, creating 400 jobs over five years. The facility will use single-use bioreactors and is the company's first site outside China.

German company Vorweck Autotec is investing €43 million to build a new factory in the Preljina industrial zone near Cacak, Serbia, to produce car bushings and seating, with plans for a testing center and 1,100 jobs.

Welspun Group plans to build three manufacturing facilities in Shabad mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana: two for technical textiles and one for line pipes, with a total investment of over Rs. 1,900 crore. The projects are expected to generate over 5,000 jobs.

Samvardhana Motherson Peguform (SMP) held the grand opening of its new plant at Cedar Cove Technology Park in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The plant cost $150 million and could eventually employ 1,000 workers.

Boeing plans to open a new 737 completion and delivery center in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China by the end of 2018. The center, a joint venture with COMAC, will handle cabin installation, painting, flight testing and aircraft maintenance.

Greif announced plans to open a new CorrChoice sheet feeder facility in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, with a corrugator and litho-laminator line and about 80 jobs. The announcement was made on 27 April 2018.

MSB Aerospace began production at a new 10,000-square-foot facility in Savannah, Georgia, expected to produce up to 30% of the company's North America output in 2018.

Sinoma Group will build a cement plant with 5000 tonnes per day clinker capacity in the Salavat region of Bashkiria, Russia. The project is worth nearly RUB12 billion (US$194 million) and is invested by Prominvest.

Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) has begun commercial production of Falcon business jet components at its unit in Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park, MIHAN-SEZ, Nagpur, India. The first phase involves assembly of the cockpit, landing gear and other parts.

Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited began the first construction phase of the Yuchai Casting Foundry in Yuchai Industrial Park, Potong District, China. The facility will have 6 casting production lines with a total investment of RMB 960 million, and phase one will create over 1,000 jobs.

Shorr Packaging Corp. announced a new 125,000 square-foot distribution and warehouse facility in the Tech Park area of La Vergne, Tennessee, near Nashville, consolidating several local warehouses. The announcement was made in April 2018.

Sasta (Sasovsky Zavod Sasta) plans to launch serial production of turning-milling machines for the defense and machinery industries in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast. The project is valued at nearly 2 billion rubles and will create 210 jobs.

SaMASZ opened a new €25 million factory in Zabludów, Poland, covering 32 acres with production and office space. The facility will employ 1,300 people and produce agricultural and municipal machinery.

Wacker Chemie AG officially opened a new 13,000 sq m production plant for silicone elastomers and silicone sealants in Jincheon, South Korea, replacing an older plant. The investment was €15 million (about $18.1 million).

Big River Steel LLC selected the Port of Brownsville as the site for a $1.6 billion steel plant modeled after its Osceola, Arkansas facility, expected to support 500 jobs.

Bosch began construction of a new semiconductor factory in Dresden, Germany, with an investment of over €1 billion, creating up to 700 jobs. Production is expected to start by the end of 2021.

Gulfstream Aerospace announced plans to build a 202,000 sq ft service center at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, investing $55 million and creating about 200 jobs. The facility is expected to open in Q2 2019.

Società Chimica Bussi (SCB) has started construction of a PAC production plant for water purification at its Bussi sul Tirino site in Italy. The total investment is €25 million, with €15 million from a national loan by Invitalia.

Bosch began construction of a new semiconductor wafer fab in Dresden, Germany, with an investment of over €1 billion, to produce 300mm chips for IoT and autonomous driving, creating up to 700 jobs.

voestalpine began construction of a new fully digitalized stainless steel plant in Kapfenberg, Austria, with an investment of up to €350 million. The plant will produce around 205,000 tonnes of high-performance steel annually starting in 2021, securing over 3,000 jobs.

Miba plans to build two new plants in China over the next four years, investing EUR 100 million. The company also reported record fiscal 2017-2018 revenue of EUR 888 million and plans for more than 2,000 additional jobs worldwide.

ACS Manufacturing plans a 141,000-square-foot facility at 1439 Cambridge Street Extension in Abbeville County, South Carolina, with a $6 million investment. The facility is projected to come online in Q3 2018 and create over 150 jobs in five years.

Herma is building a new coating plant at its Filderstadt headquarters to double capacity for self-adhesive materials, with first test runs scheduled for summer 2019.

Johnson Controls Inc. is opening three new Source 1 HVAC Supply Centers in Rosedale and Hanover, Maryland, and Sterling, Virginia, in spring 2018.

SOCAR Polymer's polypropylene plant in Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park, Azerbaijan, is expected to be commissioned in June 2018 with a capacity of 180,000 tonnes per year. The high-density polyethylene plant is expected by year-end 2018.

Shirdi Sai Electricals (SSEL) will set up an extra high voltage transformers and reactors manufacturing unit in Kothapalli, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, with an investment of Rs 727.70 crore. Construction is expected to begin in June 2018, creating 358 direct and 400 indirect jobs.

CEDIS is constructing a 35/10 kV transformer station in Novi Ulcinj, Montenegro, worth EUR 2 million, to improve electricity supply for 8,600 citizens. The station is in functional inspection and expected to be operational before the summer season.