A new cement factory in Battambang province, Cambodia, operated by Battambang Conch Cement Co Ltd, will start production on 16 March 2018 with an annual capacity of 1.7 million tonnes. The $230 million investment began construction in October 2016.

Atlantis-Pak, part of Agrokom Group, began construction of a 3.4 billion ruble plant in the Yuzhno-Bataysk industrial park to make high-barrier films for food packaging, with 10,000 tonnes per year capacity and first-phase start planned for February 2020.

Protek Pharma Worldwide has officially opened a new 2,300 square meter production facility in Verona, Italy, for insulated temperature-protection shipping products. A fully automated extruder with capacity of over 20 million square meters annually was commissioned in January.

Rubber and plastics manufacturer JDS Technologies will invest $2.2 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Winfield, Scott County, Tennessee, creating about 110 jobs over five years. The company will refurbish a former American Bag Company building.

Magnitude 7 Metals plans to open a new aluminum smelter in the former Noranda Aluminum smelter in New Madrid County, Missouri, in May 2018, hiring 450 people. 140 people have already been hired.

Daikin started building a new manufacturing facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, focused on localized production of chillers and hydronic heat pumps. Groundbreaking was celebrated on November 26, 2025.

QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical announced the final investment decision to build the Ras Laffan Petrochemicals complex, a $6 billion integrated olefins and polyethylene facility at Ras Laffan Industrial City. QatarEnergy will own 70% and CPChem 30%. The complex includes an ethane cracker with capacity of 2.1 million tons of ethylene per year and two polyethylene trains with combined output of 1.7 million tons per year.

Caparo Middle East announced the opening of a fully-integrated manufacturing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, a joint venture with investor Sinan Ali Ahmed Bukamseen. The 30,000-sq-ft facility, Caparo Tabalsa Arabia Factory Company, represents an investment of SAR25 million ($6.6 million) and will produce about half a million electrical conduits and fittings per month at full capacity.

Basic Electronics Company partnered with Gree to break ground on the Al Asasyah Advanced Industry HVAC Smart Factory in Dammam, spanning 70,000 sq m in the first phase, manufacturing smart air conditioners with VRF technology.

Al Bayader International signed an agreement with National Industries Park to develop a AED180 million ($50 million) integrated manufacturing and logistics hub in Dubai, with annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes of food packaging.

Chevron Phillips Chemical and Qatar Petroleum signed an agreement to jointly develop a petrochemicals complex in Ras Laffan, Qatar. The facility will include a 1,900 KTA ethane cracker and two HDPE units with combined capacity of 1,680 KTA. Qatar Petroleum will own 70% of the joint venture.

China Southern Glass (CSG) will establish its first overseas intelligent manufacturing facility in KEZAD, Abu Dhabi, with an investment of AED 300 million ($81.69 million). The facility will produce over 5 million sq m of coated, laminated, and insulating glass annually and create 400 jobs.

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) awarded a AED193 million ($52.55 million) contract to build a district cooling plant in Dubai Land Residence Complex (DLRC). The first phase, with a capacity of 23,500 refrigeration tonnes, is scheduled to be operational by Q1 2023, with total capacity reaching 47,000 RT upon completion.

Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) signed an agreement with Allied Heat Exchange AG (A-HEAT) to develop a 1.2 million sq ft heat exchanger production facility in Dubai, operated by Güntner. The facility will serve as a key production and distribution hub for the GCC, India, China, Africa, and Asia.

Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) announced financial close for the Al Haer sewage treatment plant in Riyadh, to be built by a consortium led by Besix with Miahona and Marafiq at a cost of SAR1.8 billion ($480 million). The plant will have a capacity of 200,000 cubic meters per day and is expected to begin commercial operation in Q4 2026.

KKC Industries (iCOOL), a Chinese HVAC manufacturer, launched a $10.7 million manufacturing facility in Bahrain to produce and export air conditioning insulation pipes to the Middle East, US, and Europe.

PT EDMI Indonesia opened a new factory in Cikarang, Indonesia, adding half a million units to yearly production capacity for 3-phase and 1-phase smart meters. The factory was opened on March 5, 2014.

National Instruments Hungary laid the cornerstone of a HUF 5.44 billion electronics plant and service center in Debrecen, creating 210 jobs, with government support of HUF 2.55 billion.

Statetron announced plans to develop a 10-hectare industrial facility in Qatar combining AI, robotics, energy storage and autonomous logistics, designed for multi-gigawatt capacity expansion.

UAE-based Hotpack has announced a $100 million investment in a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Edison, New Jersey, its first North American production base. The 70,000 sq ft plant will customise plastic and paper cups, containers and clamshells and create 200 jobs in the first phase.

AMPO inaugurated AMPO Kazakhstan, a valve manufacturing and servicing facility in Atyrau covering a workshop of about 2,600 square metres. The plant will make ball, gate, globe and check valves and includes a training center.

Lord Corporation is completing construction of a new plant in Pont-de-l'Isère, France, representing a $13 million investment. The facility will produce auto throttle modules for Boeing's 737 Max and will increase Lord's surface area by 50%.

Mazda Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation established Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. to build a vehicle assembly plant in Huntsville, Alabama. The $1.6 billion plant will have an annual capacity of 300,000 units and create up to 4,000 jobs, with production starting in 2021.

International Automotive Components (IAC) has officially opened a new plant for premium door panels in Prestice, Czech Republic, with an investment of over US$40m. The facility covers 32,560 square meters and will add 800 jobs, with a capacity of 600,000 door panels per year.

Braidy Industries plans to start construction in spring 2018 on a $1.3 billion rolling aluminum mill in Greenup, Kentucky, creating about 1,000 construction jobs and 600-700 full-time jobs. The company also acquired Veloxint for $75 million to produce advanced alloys on site.

Toray Advanced Textile Mexico has opened its new automotive airbag nylon yarn and fabric manufacturing and distribution plant in Mexico.

ATC Aero, a joint venture between the Georgian Partnership Fund and Elbit Cyclone, is finalizing preparations for an $85 million composites production plant near Tbilisi International Airport, to be commissioned in April 2018, producing parts for Airbus and Boeing.

TSMC plans to break ground for a new fab at its 12-inch wafer plant in central Taiwan in June 2015, designed for 10nm process technology, with volume production starting in mid-2016.

Kohler China signed a deal to build a new project in Wujin National High-tech Industry Development Zone in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, focusing on water purification equipment and bathroom facilities, with a total investment of $75 million.

Queensland Forklifts is investing $2.5 million to build a 1350 sq m warehouse with 300 sq m of office space on a 2900 sq m site at Empire Industrial Estate in Yatala, Queensland, with operations planned by August 2018.

Gardner Denver Petroleum & Industrial Pumps is building a facility in Jebel Ali, Dubai, to serve Eastern Hemisphere markets from its pressure pumping, drilling and well service segments. Construction began in late 2017 and is expected to finish by June 2018.

DiabetOmics has opened its first manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, India, to commercialize non-invasive diabetes tests. The plant, on a three-acre plot in Muppireddipally, will employ 100-120 people and produce 8-10 million test strips and 10,000-15,000 assembled readers annually.

ZF Group inaugurated a new $17 million production facility in Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico, dedicated to manufacturing airbags. The plant hired 1,200 workers to start operations.

Arconic-Köfém Kft. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new wheel disc plant in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. The HUF 35 billion investment will double the company's Europe-based wheel disc production capacities for pressed aluminium Alcoa wheels for commercial vehicles and buses.

A new facility for producing 10 million units/year of commercial cold chain refrigeration equipment is planned in Xinchang Industrial Park, Zhejiang, with a total investment of 365 million yuan. The project will be built in two phases, with phase one producing refrigeration pressure vessels and valve parts, and phase two producing refrigeration compressors. Expected production start is October 2020.

Mammoet has unveiled a new £7.2 million, 30,000 sq ft facility on Teesside Estate in Thornaby, consolidating operations from Billingham and Leeds, and expects 50% growth in the UK.

MonoSol, a Kuraray division, will initially invest US$72 million to build a 150,000-square-foot water-soluble film manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Indiana, expected to create up to 89 jobs by mid-2020. The site adds about 18 percent to existing global capacity.

Toyo Seikan Group's subsidiary Bangkok Can Manufacturing will build a new aluminum beverage can plant at Rojana Industrial Estate in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, with an investment of 9 billion yen and operations scheduled from May 2019.

BorgWarner inaugurated a new turbocharger production plant of about 6,500 square meters in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate in Rayong, Thailand, on March 7, 2018, to serve Asian automakers.

Biom'up announced plans to build a new 7,000 m² production facility in the Lyon region, France, with an investment of €15 million. The plant is expected to produce one million units of its Hemoblast TM Bellows hemostatic device and create 150-200 jobs.

General Electric plans to build a $100 million manufacturing plant in Cherbourg, France, for its Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine, the world's largest. The company will also spend $400 million on engineering and supply chain development over 3-5 years.

Jiangsu Bingkaifu Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Huangqiao Economic Development Zone, Taixing, on March 5, 2018. The plant will produce auto parts.

Sunds Textiles A/S established a 19,000 m2 production facility in Mexico with full fabric to cover capabilities, becoming fully operational in Summer 2022.

FLSmidth and CNBM will build a 12,000 tonnes per day cement plant for ETHRB Group in Relizane, Algeria. The EUR 100 million order includes engineering, equipment supply, and construction supervision. The plant is expected to be completed by end of 2020.

Orda Glass Ltd will build a glass plant in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan, with a capacity of 197,100 tonnes per year, costing 36.7 billion KZT and creating 226 jobs. The plant is expected to launch in the second half of 2018.

A joint venture between Gezhouba Group and Kazakhstan will build a cement plant in Kyzylorda region with a capacity of 1 million tonnes per year, costing 64 billion KZT and creating 260 jobs. The plant is expected to launch in 2018.

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation chose the Mid-West of Ireland for a new plant to manufacture delivery components for transcatheter heart valve therapies. Investment is expected to be €80 million, with 600 jobs when fully operational. Initial site in Shannon Free Zone, new facility planned for completion in 2020.

Modine Manufacturing completed construction of a new 92,000-square-foot production facility in Mezökövesd, Hungary, to make aluminum engine and powertrain cooling products with 340 employees on three shifts.

Oriental Energy Co. plans to build two polypropylene plants in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, with a combined annual output of 400,000 tons and total investment of CNY20 billion (USD3.15 billion). The project includes propane dehydrogenation facilities and high-end polypropylene composite plants.

Siemens signed a long-term lease for land in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, to build a new state-of-the-art factory to manufacture and commission trains, with an investment of up to £200 million and potential employment of 700 people.