Swiss company Bühler is building a new flour mill for Söke Milling Company in Ankara, Turkey. The facility will triple Söke's production capacity and create 200 jobs. The new factory is scheduled to open in May 2018.

Slovenian ultralight plane maker Pipistrel held the ground-breaking ceremony for a new production center in Jurong, Jiangsu Province, China. The 5 billion yuan ($800 million) project includes a production line, airport, aviation training school, exhibition center and logistics center, and is scheduled to complete in 2024.

President El Sisi will inaugurate a $1.12 billion cement production facility in Beni Suef, built by the Egyptian Armed Forces. The plant has six production lines with a total capacity of 13 million tonnes per annum, making it the region's largest cement factory.

Nibe Biawar is building a new factory of about 30,000 square metres in the Białystok subzone of the Suwałki Special Economic Zone to produce water heaters, heat pumps and pellet boilers. The first stage, costing 25 million zloty, is due to finish in Q1 2019 and will add several dozen jobs.

Valmiera Glass (Valmieras stikla šķiedra) opened its second factory in Dublin, Georgia, USA on 11 April 2018. The first stage involved $20 million investment and 150 jobs; the second stage plans $90 million additional investment and 425 more jobs by 2022.

ZF's E-Mobility Division is building a new production facility in Pančevo, Serbia, with an investment of over €100 million. Construction starts in June 2018, production begins in 2019, focusing on electric motors and generators for hybrid and electric drives.

Hirschvogel Automotive Group inaugurated a $30 million production facility in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico, for forged and machined automotive parts. The plant started operations in 2017 with 100 workers and is expected to reach 250 employees by end of 2019.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will inaugurate the Beni Suef cement plant, the largest in the Middle East, with six production lines each producing 6,000 tons per day. The plant cost €900 million ($1.12 billion) and was built by the Armed Forces Engineering Authority in 18 months.

Suzhou Neway Valve Co. started a forging project with a total investment of 1 billion yuan in the Green Casting Technology Industrial Park in Zhuchi Town, Liyang. The first phase targets an annual capacity of 50,000 tons.

Miba Power Electronics Group will invest around EUR 10 million in a new high-power resistor production plant in Qingxi near Shenzhen, China. The plant is to employ about 300 people and begin operations in mid-2019.

GasFlo Products relocated to a new manufacturing facility in Fairfield, New Jersey in March 2006, with expanded production and assembly capacity and an in-house R&D wing. The move brought some previously outsourced processes in-house.

Swiss packaging maker Hoffmann Neopac's US subsidiary has selected Wilson County, North Carolina for its first US manufacturing plant and new North American headquarters. The investment is reported at $31 million.

Mpact officially opened its new corrugated packaging factory in Port Elizabeth on 11 April 2018. The R150 million project centers on a new corrugator supplied by German machine maker BHS and more than doubles the plant's capacity.

Supermicro has opened a new 182,000 square foot rack integration facility in San Jose, California, called Building 21, which uses robotic AGVs to handle server racks and boosts production capacity by 600 racks per month.

Amgen announced plans to build a new next-generation biomanufacturing plant at its campus in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The plant is expected to create approximately 150 manufacturing jobs and 200 construction and validation jobs.

Neopac US, a subsidiary of Swiss Hoffmann Neopac AG, will build its first US plant and new North American headquarters at Wilson Corporate Park in Wilson County, North Carolina, investing over $30.8 million and creating up to 44 jobs.

Charlotte-based Tree Brand Packaging is launching wood pallet and crating operations in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, with a $1.3 million investment and 28 new jobs.

Danish pump maker Grundfos has set up its third Indian facility in Ahmedabad, with annual capacity of 14,000 pumps, investing INR 12 crore; operations are to commence in June.

Nalco Champion inaugurated a new base in Añelo, Neuquén, Argentina, with an initial capacity of 2,000 tonnes of chemicals. The investment was $2 million.

Blue Star will invest Rs 2.3 billion to build a new air conditioner plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, with an installed capacity of 500,000 units per year, starting production by end of 2021.

Lynton launched the Lynton Technology Centre and Lynton Training Academy in Cheshire, UK, following a £500,000 investment. The 12,000 sq ft facilities will support growing demand for laser and IPL devices.

FORCE America Inc. broke ground on a new 20,000 sq. ft. sales and service center in Limerick, PA, on April 5, 2018. The facility will increase capacity by 70% and is expected to be completed at an unspecified future date.

Invista Apparel & Advanced Textiles signed a memorandum with Foshan Nanhai Sanshan Scientific Innovation Park to construct a new Textile Innovation Center in Foshan, China, scheduled to open later in 2018.

AtlasBX, a subsidiary of Hankook Tire, will invest $75 million to build a high-performance battery plant in Clarksville, Tennessee. The facility is expected to be completed by 2020 and will create 200 jobs.

Axalta inaugurated a new coating manufacturing plant in Savli, Vadodara, Gujarat, India on April 4, 2018. The 5,200 square meter plant will double the company's coating manufacturing capacity in India to serve the automotive and industrial sectors.

French fruit distributor Ortolan opened a new state-of-the-art storage warehouse in Marmande, France, using Honeywell's Solstice L40X (R455A) refrigerant in a system installed by Quercy Réfrigération.

Magna International celebrated the grand opening of its new $37 million, 255,000-square-foot seating plant in Moore, South Carolina. The plant will produce seat assemblies for BMW X5, X6, and X7 models, with production starting August 1, 2018.

Capital Equipment Group (CEG), a subsidiary of Invicta Holdings, completed a R59 million assembly plant in Camperdown, KwaZulu-Natal. The 5,500 m³ facility on 14 hectares is now fully operational for assembling agricultural and construction equipment and forklifts.

Dow expects to start production from its coatings facility in Chengdu, China, in 2018. The facility will serve the western and northwestern regions of China.

St1 has begun operation at a pilot-scale ethanol plant in Thailand.

Alageum Electric is finishing construction of the Asia Trafo transformer plant in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, costing over $50 million. The plant will produce high-voltage transformers up to 500 kV and is the largest of its kind in Central Asia.

Micron Technology broke ground on a new cleanroom facility in Singapore for 3D NAND flash memory production. The multi-billion dollar investment will add 1,000 jobs, with construction completed by mid-2019 and initial wafer output in Q4 2019.

Corning announced an investment to build a high-volume manufacturing facility for Valor Glass in Durham County, North Carolina, creating over 300 new jobs. The facility is expected to be operational by year-end 2019.

Dhollandia MFG broke ground on a 160,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Bessemer City, North Carolina, to produce hydraulic lift gates for trucks. The project involves over $30 million investment and is expected to create 150-200 jobs.

Modig Machine Tools will break ground on April 10, 2018 for a new factory and headquarters near Värsnäs in Kalmar, Sweden. The facility is expected to be ready for occupancy in Q1 2019.

Panattoni Europe has been awarded a contract by Volkswagen Group to build a packaging centre for automotive parts at JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The five-hall facility will cover about 45,000 square metres on a 100,000 square metre site, with construction scheduled to begin in June 2018.

Yorozu Automotive Alabama marked the grand opening of its $110 million manufacturing plant in Jasper, Alabama. The Tier 1 automotive supplier produces metal stamped suspension components and expects to grow to 300 employees by 2020.

Hua Hong Group started the piling works for the first phase of its Hua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) integrated circuit R&D and manufacturing base. The total investment is $10 billion, with Phase 1 costing about $2.5 billion to build a 12-inch wafer line with 90-65nm process technology and 40,000 wafers per month capacity.

Molson Coors is building a $200 million brewery in Chilliwack, British Columbia, scheduled to start production in 2019. The City of Chilliwack is building a wastewater pre-treatment facility using GWE ANUBIX-B technology to handle effluent from the brewery.

Egmaco (Al-Mania for Electrical Projects) opened a new factory in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, to manufacture 66, 220, and 500 kV transformers, the first of its kind in Egypt and the Middle East. The investment is 400 million Egyptian pounds.

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc (ASE) is investing NT$12.5 billion (US$429 million) in a new advanced fab (K25) in Kaohsiung's Nanzih District to expand capacity for system-in-a-package (SiP) services. Production is expected to start in about two years.

OOO Valtsmatik has been granted resident status at the Feniks industrial park in Smolensk, Russia. The company plans to invest 165 million rubles to build a new plant for manufacturing import-substituting equipment for agro-industrial and logistics complexes, relocating production from the Moscow region. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

Airbus Americas and Bombardier plan to build a new $300 million final assembly line for the CS-300 aircraft in Mobile, Alabama, pending regulatory approval. The project is expected to create 400 to 600 jobs.

Smiths Healthcare (AO Smiths Healthcare) has begun designing a plant for the development and production of medical devices and equipment in the Novoorlovskaya Special Economic Zone in St. Petersburg, Russia. The project involves an investment of 915.4 million rubles, with construction expected to start in early 2019 and production launch in 2020.

Hangcha Group opened HC Forklift America Corporation in Charlotte, North Carolina, a wholly owned subsidiary serving as its North American headquarters. The facility includes 2,240 square meters of space for parts storage, warehouse, office, and showroom, with an initial investment of $2 million and plans to create 15 jobs over three years.

Brembo Brakes India announced the beginning of work for a new plant in Chennai for motorcycle braking system assembly, part of a €9 million 2018 investment plan for expansion and innovation.

SJE Rhombus has broken ground on a new 51,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Ashland Business Park and plans to relocate from its Ohio Street site by year end. The Minnesota-based pump controls company is backed by a 75 percent property tax abatement for 15 years.

Crown Food Europe opened a new can ends manufacturing facility in Nagykörös, about 100km south of Budapest, Hungary. The site has two lines producing 65mm and 73mm ends for customers across Europe.

Sakthi Automotive Group broke ground on an aluminum foundry plant at the Durango Logistic and Industrial Center in Durango, Mexico. The initial investment is US$40 million, generating 600 direct jobs with potential to reach 3,000.

Scapa Healthcare broke ground on a new 152,000-square-foot medical device manufacturing facility in Hardin Business Park, Knox County, Tennessee. The $31 million investment is expected to create more than 100 new jobs over five years.