Cogar Manufacturing will invest $2.5 million to relocate its manufacturing operation from Beckley, West Virginia, to the former Caterpillar facility in Giles County, Virginia. The project will create 60 new jobs.

Proventia, a Finland-based emission control systems manufacturer, is establishing its first production unit outside Finland in the Brno region of the Czech Republic. The plant will start operating during 2018.

Banker Wire announced plans to relocate its Mukwonago manufacturing facility to a new 182,000-square-foot facility in the Bear Industrial Park in Mukwonago, Wisconsin. The new facility will provide expanded production capacity and manufacturing efficiencies.

Grupo Industrial Ferruz will consolidate its six production and administrative sites into the Parque Tecnologico de Reciclado in Zaragoza, investing EUR 15 million and creating 75 new jobs over about two years.

Schneider Electric Algeria will inaugurate two industrial plants in 2018: one in Sidi Rached (Tipaza) in March and a joint-venture complex with GICA and ENIE in Sidi Belabbès by year-end, with a total investment of about EUR 10 million.

Wuhan Building Materials Industry and Research Co. formed a partnership with Arab investors to build a modern construction materials plant on 60,000 square metres in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, Egypt, with an initial investment of 500 million Egyptian pounds.

Saint-Gobain inaugurated India's largest plasterboard manufacturing plant in Jhagadia, Gujarat, with an annual capacity of 30 million square metres.

A joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems and General Electric is setting up an aircraft engine component manufacturing and research hub in Hyderabad, India. The facility is expected to be ready for manufacturing by the end of 2018 and has already received 200 orders from 35 aerospace companies.

Medline Industries will invest over US$118 million in a production plant in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, generating over 3,000 direct jobs. The plant will be one of Medline's largest operations worldwide.

AGL Energy started construction of the A$295m ($234m) Barker Inlet Power Station, a 210MW gas-fired power plant on Torrens Island near Adelaide, South Australia. The plant is slated to begin operations in the second half of 2019.

Dorogobuzh Cement, part of AlfiGroup, is launching a new portland cement plant in Dorogobuzhsky district, Smolensk region. Total investment is nearly RUB 450 million, with production capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year. Clinker production starts in March 2018, cement production in Q3 2018.

Applied Biomimetic announced the opening of its new headquarters and research facilities in Gaithersburg, Maryland, relocating from Cincinnati, Ohio. The company specializes in polymer and protein membrane technologies for water purification.

GE and Tata Advanced Systems Limited held a groundbreaking ceremony for a Structural Center of Excellence in Adibatla, Hyderabad, to manufacture complex high-precision aero-engine components for the CFM LEAP engine. The facility is part of a strategic partnership signed in November 2017.

MACA Plastics is relocating its whole operation from Winchester, Ohio to a 122,600 sq ft former TechnoTrim building in Maysville, following a 2016 plan backed by a $7.9 million investment. Staff is expected to grow from 21 to 60-70.

Bosch plans to build a chip factory in Dresden, Germany, with an investment of around €1 billion. Construction is set to start in spring 2018, with opening planned for 2021 to produce processors for e-mobility.

Siemens, through its subsidiary Siemens Gas Turbine Technologies, signed a land purchase agreement for a 3.8-hectare site in Greenstate Industrial Park, Leningrad Oblast, to build a gas turbine production and service facility. The plant will produce SGT5-2000E and SGT5-4000F turbines, with completion expected by end of 2014. The announcement was made on February 11, 2018 (article date).

KEF Infra will set up a 250-acre park near Hyderabad, India, to house building and construction material manufacturing units. The company will invest Rs 650 crore in its own 50-acre plant as an anchor investor. The announcement was made on February 10, 2018.

Mitsubishi Electric opened its first room air conditioner production facility in Europe, located in Manisa, Turkey. The factory, established with capital of about TL 382.5 million, targets annual production of 500,000 sets and employment of around 400 people by March 2021.

American group Food Machinery Corporation (FMC), with annual turnover over USD 3 billion, has opened a branch in Romania, FMC Agro Operational, to deliver products to Romanian farmers and suppliers.

Kamstrup opened a new water meter production facility in Roswell, Ga., on Feb. 8, 2018. The factory will create more than 50 jobs and produce intelligent water meters for U.S. utilities.

Toray Advanced Textile has started operations at a new plant in El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico, producing nylon fibers for automotive airbags. The $80 million investment will create 173 jobs and produce about 10,000 tons of nylon fiber per year.

Robit Plc held a grand opening ceremony for a new production facility in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea. The investment is approximately USD 12.4 million and will increase manufacturing capacity for Top Hammer rods and shanks.

AAR Corp announced a joint venture with Indamer Aviation to develop a new airframe MRO facility in Nagpur, India, already under construction, initially with six narrow-body bays.

U.K.-based Preformed Windings is opening a 30,000-square-foot plant in Pell City, Alabama, its first U.S. facility, creating up to 85 jobs to support North American demand for high voltage coils.

Ballygarvey Eggs designed and built a new state-of-the-art automated egg packing plant 5 km from its original unit, equipped with Endoline's RACE random case erecting system to handle 25 different pack configurations.

GS Caltex is investing close to 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) to build an olefin factory in Yeosu, South Jeolla. The facility will produce 700,000 tons of ethylene and 500,000 tons of polyethylene per year. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2019 with operations starting in 2022.

Samsung Electronics is in talks to invest 30 trillion won ($27.8 billion) to build a second chip-production line in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, amid surging demand for memory chips. The plan is under discussion and details have yet to be finalized.

Brückner built a new production site in Abtenham near Tittmoning, Germany, with 25,000 square meters of hall area and latest production technology. Groundbreaking was in September 2016, and the move began in November 2017, to be completed by spring 2018.

Ekran-Opticheskie Sistemy, part of RATM Holding, plans to launch production of gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafers for electronics in Novosibirsk by 2019. The total investment is 2.8 billion rubles, with production ramping up to 3 billion rubles annually by 2024.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries began full operation of a new factory in Bangkok, Thailand, investing 3 billion yen to build a third plant for air conditioner parts and an electronics board plant. Production target is 2.7 million units annually by fiscal 2020, a 30% increase from fiscal 2015.

Gestamp signed a joint venture agreement with Tuyauto to build a greenfield plant in Kenitra, Morocco, for assembly of Body-in-White parts and small stamping, expected to start operations in 2019 with 120 employees.

Shree Cement Limited received final clearance from the Bihar state cabinet to establish a cement manufacturing plant with a capacity of 550 lakh tonnes per year at Industrial Development Centre in Aurangabad, Bihar, at a cost of Rs 490 crore. The unit will also include a 30MW solar power plant and is expected to begin commercial production in April 2018.

Daher inaugurated a new plant in Tangier, Morocco, representing an investment of over €15 million, covering 10,000 square meters, and will employ more than 250 people. Production began in Q3 2017.

Lantmannen Unibake opened a new bakery in Nowa Sol, Poland, with a first production line capable of producing 450 million buns (24,000 tons) annually, increasing its Polish production capacity by over 50%.

The Uzbek-Chinese-Arab joint venture Popcement has launched construction of a $50 million cement plant in the Pap district of Namangan region, Uzbekistan, with an annual capacity of 500,000 tons and expected to create 700 jobs. Completion is planned for September 2018.

Alageum Electric is building a new plant in Kazakhstan to produce high-power transformers (110 kV and above), creating up to 220 jobs and expected to reduce transformer imports by 50-70%.

Axis Company LLC, a robotic automation systems manufacturer, will construct a 67,000-square-foot facility at 4195 44th St. SE in Kentwood, Michigan. The company will invest $4 million, including equipment, and received a 12-year tax abatement.

Ball Corporation plans to build a one-line beverage can and end manufacturing plant in Asunción, Paraguay, with production expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2019 and capacity already contracted under long-term agreements.

Qualcomm and USI (a subsidiary of AES Taiwan) announced a joint venture to build a semiconductor factory and development center in the Campinas region of Brazil. The investment is $200 million over five years, with operations expected to start in 2020, creating 800-1,000 jobs.

Tesca announced a new R&D center near Reims, France, with a prototyping unit and over 50 engineers to develop innovative seat components.

GE Aviation will invest S$42 million in a new 50,000 square foot facility at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore to manufacture high pressure compressor vanes for the GE9X engine. The facility is expected to open in late 2018 with 20 employees, growing to about 100 by 2020.

A joint venture between Atsumi Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Denko Techno Heat is investing US$17 million to build a plant in Leon, Guanajuato, for ultra-precise metal components. Groundbreaking has occurred, with production tests starting in July and first pieces in August 2018.

Sellick Equipment Ltd. opened a new $21 million, 126,000-square-foot rough terrain forklift manufacturing facility in Harrow, Ontario. The plant features CNC-controlled machining, automated storage, and a new paint line.

Aisan Industry, a Toyota group company, will set up a joint production company with Fiem Industries near New Delhi to make fuel pumps for two-wheelers, targeting 5 million units a year by the end of 2020 with an investment of several billion yen.

Emerson has launched a new manufacturing facility in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, producing solenoid valves, filter regulators and control cabinets. The plant aims to serve customers across the Middle East and Africa.

Panasonic India inaugurated its maiden refrigerator factory in Jhajjar, Haryana, with an investment of Rs 115 crore and an annual production capacity of 500,000 units.

Medline, a global medical company, decided to invest $300 million to build a factory in Gwangju's Bitgreen Industrial Complex to produce medical devices and surgical supplies, creating 350 jobs. Construction is set to begin in April 2018 with production starting by year-end.

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

Fujian Tietuo Machinery Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new asphalt mixing equipment production plant in Luojiang District, Quanzhou, Fujian. The project involves an investment of 300 million yuan (approx. $45 million) on 200 mu (13.3 hectares) of land, with a building area of 73,290 square meters.

Swiss biopharmaceutical company Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced plans to build a biotechnology centre at its headquarters in Saint-Prex, Switzerland, with an investment of more than CHF30m ($32.06m) over three years. The centre will develop biologic drugs and manufacture APIs for Rekovelle.