Bothani Mechanical and Engineering Equipment Trading, in a joint venture with ENG cranes, will set up the Middle East's first tower crane manufacturing facility in the UAE. Production is expected to start in July 2018.

Magna International officially opened a new aluminium casting facility in Telford, built under its Cosma subsidiary, to supply automotive aluminium products to Jaguar Land Rover. The 225,000 sq ft facility will eventually create 300 jobs.

Sanofi Pasteur opened a $500 million vaccine manufacturing facility on its North York, Ontario campus, aiming to double vaccine production. The facility is expected to open within four years.

Combilift opened a new €50 million global headquarters and manufacturing facility in Monaghan, Ireland, creating 200 new jobs over three years. The 46,500 m² facility will allow the company to double production.

Ebara Pumps Europe moved pump production from Brendola to a larger new facility in Gambellara, near Vicenza, Italy. The article reports the facility as inaugurated.

A collaborative integrated circuit manufacturing (CIDM) project was signed in Qingdao West Coast New Area, with total investment of about 15 billion yuan. Phase 1 investment is about 7.8 billion yuan, targeting production of 8-inch and 12-inch wafers and photomasks, with phase 1 line completion by end of 2019 and full production by 2022.

XD-Egymac opened two plants in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, for producing gas-insulated switches and transformers with investments of EGP 500 million. The plants have a capacity of 60 transformers per year at voltages up to 500 kV.

Yorozu marked the grand opening of its USD 110 million manufacturing plant in Jasper, Alabama, producing stamped metal suspension components for automakers. The facility is expected to have 300 employees by 2020.

Forsee Power, a French smart battery systems specialist, announced plans to create a manufacturing facility in Grand Poitiers, France, to produce transport batteries. The plant will expand production capacity tenfold, starting production by end of 2018, and create over 300 jobs by 2021.

Sirca Paints India Ltd., in partnership with Italian Sirca Spa, plans to set up a manufacturing facility in India for wood coatings and paints. The facility will have a production capacity of more than 100 lakh litres/kg per annum and is expected to commence operations by end of March 2019.

Kyocera Corporation announced it will construct a new manufacturing plant at its Kagoshima Sendai complex to increase production of ceramic microelectronic packages, with construction starting April 2018 and opening planned for August 2019.

UBC group is opening a new refrigeration equipment plant called 'Green Cool' in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, with an investment of about 16 million euros, creating 1,500 jobs. Construction will last until 2020.

Jupiter Machine Tool Inc. will build a $2.75 million, 10,000 sq. ft. facility on Enterprise Avenue in Galesburg, Illinois, creating 52 jobs over three years.

Midea and its Kuka robotics unit began construction of the Midea-Kuka Smart Manufacturing Industry Park in Shunde, Guangdong province, with an investment of 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion). The park will cover 800,000 square meters and include a smart manufacturing base, offices and labs.

NSK-Warner opened a new plant in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, for developing clutch assemblies for automatic transmissions, with a total investment of JPY2 billion.

Novelis Inc. announced plans to build a $300 million automotive aluminum sheet manufacturing facility in Guthrie, Kentucky. The greenfield facility will have an annual capacity of 200,000 metric tons and create approximately 125 jobs, with operations expected to start in 2020.

Hyundai Elevator broke ground on a new elevator plant in Shanghai's Jinshan Industrial Park, costing 120 billion won ($112.5 million), with an annual capacity of 25,000 units, set to be completed by late 2019.

Jiaxing Fengwo Turbo Technology began construction on a turbocharger plant in Tongxiang, Zhejiang, with a total investment of about 1.05 billion yuan. The plant will make 1.5 million gasoline engine turbochargers per year and is scheduled for a 10-month build.

ASX-listed Secos Group signed a two-year lease, with an option for two more years, on a 30,000 sq ft facility about 19 km from Port Klang to expand bioplastic resin manufacturing, with resin production expected by June 2018.

Opero Energy, an affiliate of Audubon Companies, has opened a new 60,000 square foot fabrication facility in Houston, Texas, for modular fabrication and assembly services for the oil and gas industry. The expansion is expected to add approximately 40 new jobs.

Jiangsu Liwen Chemical Co., Ltd. invested more than 460 million yuan to build a 50,000-ton advanced functional multi-purpose coatings project with supporting engineering facilities.

Huai'an Shangyan Chemical Co., Ltd. invested $16.5 million to build a new project with an annual output of 70,000 tons of resin, 30,000 tons of additives and 50,000 tons of coatings.

Anhui Jingyan new materials Co., Ltd. invested 500 million yuan to build a new project with an annual output of 50,000 tons of synthetic resin products such as water-based automotive coatings and paint inks.

Guangxi Hongzheng Chemical Co., Ltd. invested in new projects of 200,000 tons of new environmental glue, 100,000 tons of high-performance water reducing agent and 100,000 tons of new waterproof coating.

Henan haodute new building materials Co., Ltd. invested 200 million yuan to build a new project with an annual output of 200,000 m3 of exterior wall thermal insulation materials, 200,000 tons of dry mortar and 50,000 tons of building coatings.

Shanghai Taian Industry Group Anhui Co., Ltd. invested 1 billion yuan to build a new production project of waterproof roll and coating, with an annual output of 30,000 tons of new coating.

Hezhou Yongtong new coating Co., Ltd. signed a contract to build a new environmental protection coating project with an annual output of 200,000 tons.

The Product Inspection Group of METTLER TOLEDO has moved into a new 270,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Pasco County, Florida, with an investment of over $30 million. The facility will house four business units and create new jobs.

Samsung Electronics will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its second memory fabrication line in Xian, China, with a total investment of 8 trillion won ($7.47 billion). Commercial production is expected to begin in 2019.

Lontra, with partner Shield Engineering Group, will build a high-tech onshore factory in Warwickshire to make its Blade industrial compressor, creating 75 jobs by 2020. About £65 million will be invested by 2021.

Red Sun Group announced a more than £100 million investment into a new plant in Coventry for CAD CAM Automotive (CCA) to produce hybrid commercial vehicles, starting with the MetroCab. The plant will build on CCA's work for Jaguar Land Rover.

Hi-Tech Heavy Industry Co., Ltd (HTHI) finished the erection of a 3.5m spunlace nonwoven high-speed production line in Turkey, capable of producing hygiene material at a max process speed of 280 m/min.

Ravago and Beşler Tekstil will build a €20.5 million insulation plant in Alsózsolca, Hungary, with a capacity of 36,000 t/yr, creating 90 jobs. The government is contributing just under €4 million.

JSW Group announced an investment of up to $500 million to set up a one million tonne steel pipe and plates facility in Baytown, Texas, with $3.4 million from the Texas enterprise fund.

UP Ha Tinh Limited Co broke ground on a VND170.8 billion ($7.5 million) mechanical products, machinery and spare parts factory in Vung Ang Economic Zone, Ha Tinh, Vietnam. The 25,900 sqm factory will produce 1,800 steel mills and rollers, 100 conveyor belt rollers, 500 tonnes of wear-resistant plates and 800 tonnes of mechanic products annually.

Jiangsu Tianhong Automation Technology Co., Ltd. will invest 300 million yuan to build an industrial intelligent robot factory in Danyang Economic Development Zone, Jiangsu, China. The first phase will be completed by the end of 2019, with an annual production capacity of 200 robots and 300 new jobs.

PT Pelangi Indah Canindo (PICO) is set to realize its fourth factory in Cikupa, Tangerang, producing plastic drum packaging, with German machinery being installed, funded by about Rp 60 billion capex from loans and internal cash.

Silver Basis Group, Faurecia and Kraftsman Tooling formed a joint venture, Basis Mold India Private Limited, and opened a state-of-the-art facility in Chakan, Pune, India. The initial investment is Rs 50 crores, with a capacity of about 60 moulds per year, aiming to reach 120 moulds in a few years.

Cook Group broke ground on a $125 million renovation of a former GE refrigerator factory in Bloomington, Indiana, to create a medical device manufacturing facility. The project is expected to create at least 500 new jobs over 10 years.

Dorman Products will invest more than $55 million to build an 815,000-square-foot production and distribution facility in the Tennessee-Kentucky Industrial Park in Portland, Tennessee, creating approximately 215 jobs. Construction begins Q1 2018, operational by Q1 2019.

Alliance Laundry Systems announced a Bt1.5 billion (approx. US$45 million) investment for a new manufacturing plant in the Hemaraj industrial estate in Chon Buri, Thailand. Construction will begin in April 2018, with production starting in April 2019, and the plant will initially produce up to 32,000 units per year and employ 350 people.

Geha-Netkanye Materialy opened a production facility for specialized composite nonwoven materials and disposable medical products in Toropetsky district, Tver region, Russia. The investment exceeds 768 million rubles, and the plant will produce about 300 tons of materials per month.

Intai Technology Corp. invested NT$850 million to set up a branch in Central Taiwan Science Park in Taichung, dedicated to R&D of minimally invasive surgical instruments, aerospace processing equipment, and precision fasteners. The branch plans to hire 164 staff over three years.

Taekwang Group of South Korea put a $15 million wastewater treatment plant into operation on March 22 in Moc Bai TMTC industrial park, Tay Ninh province, Vietnam. The plant covers 4 hectares and can treat 20,000 cubic meters of wastewater per day.

Avio Aero is building a second additive manufacturing center at its Brindisi plant in Apulia, Italy, scheduled for completion by the end of 2018. The facility will host up to 20 metal 3D printing machines for producing parts for the GE Catalyst engine.

Kingnor opened a new manufacturing facility in Daye, Hubei province, China.

thyssenkrupp Elevator opened a new plant and test tower in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, with a total investment of about 800 million yuan. The plant has a planned production capacity of 30,000 units per year, and the 248-meter test tower is the tallest thyssenkrupp test tower in the world.

Hexcel celebrated the grand opening of its new $20 million manufacturing facility at the MidParc Free Trade Zone in Casablanca. The facility transforms honeycomb materials into engineered core parts for aerospace applications and made its first customer delivery in December 2017.

METYX USA announced a new technical textiles manufacturing facility in Ranlo, North Carolina, to produce glass and carbon fabrics for the North American composites market. Production is expected to start by the end of Q3 2018, and the company expects to employ up to 200 people.

Childress Klein started construction on a 217,636-square-foot industrial facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina, that will house the headquarters of OXCO Inc., a manufacturer of non-woven industrial fabrics. OXCO will occupy 149,588 square feet and plans to add 130 jobs. The building is expected to deliver in August 2018.