Currenta completed the Cube program, investing about €50 million in infrastructure at Chempark Dormagen. The largest sub-project is a new 6.6 MW cooling center that has started operation to support Bayer's crop science expansion.

Sasol's new 600 million yuan ($86.2 million) production facility in Nanjing, China, has entered final construction stages and will be operational in 2019. It will produce about 150,000 metric tons per year of custom alkoxylate.

Bell Equipment started the expansion of its Eisenach-Kindel facility in Germany, adding two new halls totaling 12,000 m² to treble floor space for articulated dump truck assembly. Completion is scheduled for mid-2019.

Otis inaugurated a new 2,000 square metre building at its Gien plant in Loiret, France, to develop its elevator modernisation and digital innovation activity, with an investment of several million euros.

Klabin is investing R$50 million in 2018 to buy a complete printing and bag production line at its Lages plant in Santa Catarina, increasing capacity by 10%.

Visaka Industries expects to commence commercial production of its expanded V-Boards Division at Jhajjar, Haryana in November 2018.

WestRock announced approval of a US$345 million investment to expand its paper mill in Três Barras, Santa Catarina, boosting HyPerform kraft paper capacity to about 685k metric tons a year from about 470k. The announcement was made on 4 November 2018.

Lotte Fine Chemical is completing a 45 billion KRW expansion of its Hescelose plant in Ulsan, increasing annual production capacity from 10,000 tons to 19,000 tons. Commercial production is expected to start by the end of 2018.

Electrolux is in the midst of a $250 million expansion of its Frigidaire plant in Anderson, doubling its size and increasing assembly lines from one to four. The expansion is on schedule for completion in the first half of 2019, with full operations expected in June 2019.

CSR Limited is investing $75 million to expand Hebel capacity at its Somersby, New South Wales facility, with completion expected in April 2019.

Boehringer Ingelheim completed the expansion of its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, with a $228 million investment over two years, creating 300 new jobs and increasing worldwide bioreactor capacity to 290,000 liters.

Auto supplier NYX, Inc. is investing $8.5 million to expand its facility at 38900 Plymouth Road in Livonia, Michigan, by 60,000 square feet, creating 100 new jobs within two years. The expansion supports new projects for Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator interior parts.

BWX Technologies subsidiary BWXT Nuclear Operations Group plans to invest more than $130 million over four years in its Barberton and Euclid, Ohio facilities, creating over 110 new jobs by 2022. Investments will improve buildings and purchase new manufacturing equipment.

Mecaro, a semiconductor equipment parts and chemical materials company, announced a 14.3 billion won investment to build a new precursor plant at its Eumseong factory in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. Construction started in early November 2018 and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2019, adding 2,000 kg/month of precursor capacity.

Braskem is constructing the Delta polypropylene facility in La Porte, Texas, with a capacity of 450 kilotons per year and an investment of approximately USD 675 million. The plant is expected to start up by 2020.

BGF Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Porcher Industries, will invest USD 7 million to construct a 2,320 sqm facility in Danville, Virginia, relocating its headquarters and R&D activities from Greensboro, NC. The move will create 65 new jobs.

Tamilnadu Cements Corporation (TANCEM) intends to begin commercial operations of a new 1 mtpa production line at its Ariyalur plant in Tamil Nadu by early 2019, with testing and trial runs starting from November 2018. The $100 million project started in May 2016 and will bring total capacity to 1.5 mtpa.

SDMS will extend their facilities in Sing Da Harbour in Kaohsiung and have the new factory operational in the first quarter of 2020 to support the Ørsted contract.

Mitsubishi Electric Automation Machine Manufacturing (Changshu) Co., Ltd. completed the first phase of its expansion project for industrial controller production, adding capacity for 358,800 servo systems, 174,000 programmable controllers, and 46,800 human-machine interfaces. Trial production began November 1, 2018.

Georgia-Pacific is investing $4.5 million to expand its Clarendon OSB mill in Clarendon County, South Carolina, with a new 30,000 sq ft warehouse, a laminating line and additional equipment. The announcement was made in November 2018.

TSMC held the opening and mass production ceremony for its Fab 16 in Nanjing, China, with 16nm process in production. Monthly capacity is 10,000 wafers, planned to reach 15,000 by end of 2019 and 20,000 by 2020.

Marafiq signed a SAR 500 million contract with VA TECH WABAG to expand the Sanitary Wastewater Treatment Plant (SWTP-9) in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, adding 200,000 m³/day capacity.

Nippon Shokubai Europe invested €350 million to construct a new acrylic acid plant at its existing Antwerp site, adding 100,000 t/y capacity starting May 2018. Equans was awarded the installation contract.

Alstom launched production of on-board transformers for electric locomotives at its EKZ joint venture in Astana, Kazakhstan. The facility is expected to reach a capacity of 300 transformers per year with 100 employees at full capacity.

Carolina Poly Inc., which markets products under the Husky brand, is spending $25 million to expand operations in Chester, South Carolina. The announcement was reported in November 2018.

BWXT Nuclear Operations Group will invest over $80 million to expand its Mount Vernon, Indiana facility, adding more than 60 jobs by 2021. The expansion includes building improvements and new machinery for increased production of naval nuclear reactor components.

SSAB announced plans to invest up to $100 million in its steel mill in Axis, Alabama, to increase production capacity for high-strength, value-added steels. The work will be done between 2019 and 2020 and could create up to 50 jobs.

TenCate Geosynthetics Americas completed an expansion of nonwoven production at its Jefferson, Ga., facility, adding a state-of-the-art production line with advanced fiber distribution capabilities. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on October 15, 2018.

Samsung is enlarging its semiconductor plant in Xi'an, China, in a three-year investment totaling $7 billion.

STELPRO announced a $24 million investment over three years at its plant in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville to increase productivity and production capacity, add 65,000 square feet of space, and create 50 new jobs.

Canpack Romania opened a new aluminum can production line at its Bucharest plant with an investment of over EUR 50 million, raising annual capacity from 950 million to 1.55 billion cans and creating about 88 jobs.

Weston Foods will expand its Maplehurst Bakeries operations in Lebanon, Tennessee, investing $53 million and creating 90 new jobs. The expansion includes adding two high-speed production lines for donuts.

ZF Friedrichshafen started a new shock absorber production line at its regional headquarters in Chakan, Pune, India, with annual capacity of 0.7 million units, planned to rise to three million units within three to four years.

Bomarko, Inc. announced a $5 million expansion in Plymouth, Indiana, including $2 million in building improvements and $3 million in new equipment, creating 20 jobs. The expansion was supported by a tax abatement approved on October 22, 2018.

Eissmann Group Automotive LLC completed a $14.5 million expansion at its Pell City, Alabama facility, adding a 130,000-square-foot building and 200 jobs. The expansion was announced in June 2016 and celebrated in October 2018.

Siemens Bangladesh Ltd. inaugurated a refurbished switchboard factory in Savar, Bangladesh, on October 27, 2018. The factory will manufacture switchgear and control panels with 25-30% localization.

RCCPL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Birla Corporation, approved the second phase expansion of its grinding cement plant at Kundanganj. The expansion will add 1.2 MTPA capacity, increasing total capacity to 3.20 MTPA, with an investment of Rs 250 crore.

Ruifeng Chemical will invest CNY 120 million ($17.1 million) to build a 20,000-ton-per-year MBS resin production line at its existing plant in Zibo, Shandong. Operations are expected to begin in October 2019.

Starlim North America completed a 14,850-square-metre expansion at its London, Ontario plant. The expansion will house 75 new injection moulding machines and create up to 120 jobs over five years.

JW Aluminum is investing $8.5 million to install a new tension leveling and slitting line at its Goose Creek, South Carolina facility, to be operational by end of 2019.

FANUC America Corp. broke ground on a new $51 million North Campus facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan, scheduled to open in fall 2019. The 461,000-square-foot expansion will house engineering, product development, manufacturing, and warehousing, and is expected to create 100 jobs.

Honeywell International has filed preliminary plans to add a 25,000-square-foot building to its facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The plans are very preliminary and no investment decision has been made.

SEWON America, a supplier to the automotive industry, will create 100 jobs and invest $160 million in expanding its North American headquarters and manufacturing plant in LaGrange, Georgia. The expansion will add manufacturing lines for new Kia and Hyundai models.

Flowtite South Africa is expanding its glass fibre reinforced pipe manufacturing facility in Germiston, Gauteng, following its acquisition of Fiberpipe Holdings in June 2018.

Gipharma Srl, a subsidiary of Advanced Accelerator Applications, has received authorization from the municipality of Saluggia to carry out a building renovation and expansion at its production site in the Sorin Comprensorio, specializing in injectable and radiopharmaceutical products.

Pipers Crisps Ltd has installed two tna robag FX 3ci VFFS packaging solutions at its Brigg, Lincolnshire facility, increasing packaging speed from 80 to 140 bags per minute (75% increase) to meet growing demand.

Eiffage Energía Chile, in a joint venture with Bapa S.A., is expanding three water treatment plants: two at Santiago International Airport (a drinking water plant and a wastewater treatment plant) and one for Aguas Andinas in Buin (expansion of an existing treatment plant).

Gränges has decided to invest SEK 400 million to improve efficiency and expand capacity at its Finspång production facility. The project is expected to be completed in the second half of 2021, increasing capacity by 20 ktonnes to 120 ktonnes annually.

Rulmeca Canada Limited completed a 22,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing facility in Wallaceburg, Ontario, representing a total investment of $5.5 million. The expansion is expected to create new jobs, with employment projected to reach 100 by Q1 2019.

Lubrizol Corporation announced it will invest more than $25 million in its Calvert City, Kentucky manufacturing facility to expand production capacity and update infrastructure for Carbopol polymers and Pemulen polymeric emulsifiers used in personal care, home care, and pharmaceutical markets.