Safran inaugurated its sixth plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a $100 million investment to produce blades and engines for Boeing aircraft, creating 230 jobs initially and expected to reach 600 by 2020-2021.

NAI, a manufacturer of connectivity solutions, announced the planned opening of a new 25,000 sq. ft. factory in Gaylord, MI. Production will begin in June 2018, with plans to hire 40 employees in 2018 and 125 by 2019.

Heraeus Medical Components held the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art 5,400 m² manufacturing facility in Cartago, Costa Rica. The facility is expected to produce over two million cardiovascular access guidewires in 2018.

Cochlear Limited held the foundation stone laying ceremony for a new manufacturing facility in Chengdu, China. The facility will expand global capacity for cochlear implants and sound processors, with production expected to commence within three-and-a-half years, supporting at least a 50% increase in global cochlear implant production.

Toray Advanced Textiles opened a new $80 million plant in El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico, to produce nylon fiber and textile for automotive airbags. The plant will employ 173 workers and have an annual capacity of 10,000 tons of nylon fiber.

Sandvik will invest about 200 million SEK in a new plant for manufacturing titanium and nickel fine metal powders in Sandviken, Sweden. The facility is expected to be operational during 2020.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for the 1,320MW Udangudi supercritical thermal power project in Thoothukudi district. BHEL will execute the project under a INR7,300 crore EPC contract, with completion slated for 2021.

Manitex Valla moved to a new factory in Cortemaggiore, Italy, in February 2018, replacing its previous shared facility in Roveleto Di Cadeo.

Calco Poly Technik is setting up its second plant in Haryana, India, with an investment of over Rs 500 million. The state-of-the-art facility is planned to be in operation by the end of 2018 and will produce high-performance polymers and additives.

Zoomlion-MAZ, a Belarusian-Chinese joint venture, has started serial production of 25-ton mobile cranes ZMC-25 in Mogilev, Belarus. The first units have been sold to Russia, and production in 2018 is estimated at dozens of cranes.

Progroup started production at its new corrugated sheetboard plant in Drizzona, Italy in February 2018. The company's 2017 sales rose 9.69% to about 804 million euros.

Swiss closure maker corvaglia group announced plans for a new manufacturing facility in Newnan, Georgia, to produce one-piece plastic caps and closures for the North American beverage market, operational by year-end 2018.

Punch Powertrain inaugurated a 100,000 m² factory in Ningbo, China, completed in January 2018 after eight months of construction, to produce its VT3 CVT. It is the company's second plant in China.

Sabert Corporation has begun construction of a new manufacturing facility in Greenville, Texas, to make plastic and 100% compostable food packaging. The plant is expected to be fully operational by early 2019 and bring over 125 jobs.

WEG's new production facility in Santo Tirso, Portugal is operating after an investment of more than €30 million. The plant is its second in Portugal.

A $1.1 billion cement plant with six production lines in Beni Suef, Egypt, will start up within days. Each line will produce 6,000 tonnes per day, for a total of 13 million tonnes per year.

Orient Processors Pvt Ltd will invest around Rs 75 crore to set up a spun silk unit and a weaving and knitting unit in Guwahati, Assam. The silk unit is expected to go commercial from April 2018.

YDK will invest 2 billion yen to build a new factory in Miyagi Prefecture, doubling production capacity for semiconductor manufacturing equipment by fiscal 2020. Operations are set to begin in July 2018.

Hydrofresh HPP, an affiliate of Keller Logistics Group, is constructing a $10 million high-pressure processing pasteurization plant in Delphos, Ohio, expected to open in April 2018.

German company PRETTL announced a new plant in Tangier, Morocco, investing EUR 8 million, with capacity to produce 30 million pieces long-term and creating 800 jobs.

Industrial Investment has begun construction of a barrier packaging plant in the Tosno district of the Leningrad region, on the M10 industrial park. The plant, with about 1 billion rubles of investment and capacity of 3,000 tonnes per year, is due to open in August 2018 and create over 150 jobs.

Silgan Holdings has initiated construction of a new manufacturing facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas, planned as a 100,000-square-foot plant employing about 150 people. The city approved $38 million in industrial development revenue bonds for the project, to be repaid by Silgan.

Yara has inaugurated a new fertilizer plant in Cartagena, Colombia, with a $21 million investment. The plant has a storage capacity of 26,000 tons and will produce over 100,000 tons per year of physical blends with premium products.

The GFG Alliance has received planning permission from Highland Council for a new alloy wheel factory next to the Liberty British Aluminium smelter in Fort William, Scotland. The £120 million investment will create 400 jobs and produce up to two million wheels per year, with production beginning in early 2020.

Mirc Electronics Ltd., maker of Onida products, is setting up an LED TV panel assembly plant at Wada, Maharashtra, with an investment of $1-2 million. The plant will have an annual capacity of 0.5 million units and is expected to be ready in three to four months.

Rohde Brothers completed installation of refrigeration and HVAC systems for a new 138,000 square foot stand-alone freezer for Lakeside Foods in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, operating at -10°F. The project included three 123-ton ammonia refrigeration compressors and a 7 million BTU/hour evaporative condensing unit.

Masters Gallery Foods built a new 187,230 square foot cheese cutting and shredding plant in Oostburg, Wisconsin, featuring innovative ice storage, geothermal, and waste heat recovery systems. The facility includes refrigerated storage, three processing lines, and a test kitchen.

Elbrus announced it is building a new factory in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, with an investment of R$17 million and expected to create over 300 jobs. The factory will produce air conditioners, freezers, and washing machines, with initial production of freezers and air conditioners starting in October 2018.

Elementum, through its new company Link, plans to build a plant in the Moglino special economic zone in Pskov, Russia, to produce heat exchange and refrigeration equipment. Investment is about RUB 1.5 billion, creating 250 jobs.

PAC Worldwide, a flexible packaging manufacturer, will lease a 420,000-square-foot facility in Lower Nazareth Township near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The company plans to invest more than $28 million and create over 160 jobs over three years.

Oji Fibre Solutions is about to open a new $72 million corrugated cardboard packaging factory in Yatala on the Gold Coast, with support from Queensland's Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund. The plant will serve fruit, vegetable and meat markets in QLD, northern NSW and the NT.

Porcelanosa announced plans to build a new ceramic production plant on a 300,000 sqm area, with a building area of 100,000 sqm, at its central facilities in Vila-real.

Porcelanosa will invest €50 million to build a new 100,000 m² factory in Vila-real, Castellón, for large-format tiles (minimum 3 meters), expected to be operational by the end of 2019.

Arakawa Chemical Industries, Cosmo Energy Holdings and Maruzen Petrochemical will establish a joint venture in February 2018 and build a new plant in Chiba Prefecture with an annual capacity of 20,000 tons of petroleum resin for diapers, targeting completion by the end of 2020.

BASF and Avantium's joint venture Synvina plans to build a commercial-scale plant in Antwerp, Belgium, to produce furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a building block for the polymer PEF. The plant is expected to be operational in the 2023-2024 timeframe.

Smith & Nephew opened a Global Business Services (GBS) operation in San Jose, Costa Rica, to provide specialized shared services. The company plans to add 150 new collaborators over two years with an investment of about $1.8 million.

GS Yuasa Corporation announced the establishment of a manufacturing subsidiary, GS Yuasa Hungary Ltd., and the construction of a new lithium-ion battery plant in Miskolc, Hungary. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 500,000 batteries for SLI applications.

Dunapack Eurobox Polska plans to open its second cardboard packaging plant in Lubliniec, southern Poland, in July 2018. About 120 to 130 new jobs are expected in the first year, with a workforce of 250 eventually.

Carrier, a subsidiary of United Technologies, and Haier Group will jointly invest about $30 million to build a refrigeration equipment manufacturing base in Qingdao International Economic Cooperation Zone, China. The project started construction on January 26, 2018.

TSMC held a groundbreaking ceremony for Fab 18, Phase 1 at the Southern Taiwan Science Park. The facility will produce advanced 5 nanometer process chips, with volume production in early 2020. Total annual capacity will exceed one million 12-inch wafers and create 4,000 jobs.

Endress+Hauser has opened a 16,500-square-meter third plant in Suzhou Industrial Park, west of Shanghai, for about EUR 44 million. The facility adds capacity for flow measurement, liquid analysis and temperature measurement, and includes a large calibration facility.

Japanese firm Toray invested US$80 million in a new industrial building in Jalisco, Mexico, to produce nylon fibers for automotive airbags. The plant has capacity to produce nearly 10,000 tons of nylon fibers per year and will employ 173 people.

Supermicro opened a new 60-rack burn-in facility with 3 MW clean fuel-cell energy and robotic AGVs at its Silicon Valley headquarters. The facility increases rack capacity by 600 racks per month and is now fully operational.

Ducab Aluminium Company (DAC), a joint venture between Ducab and Senaat, was officially inaugurated at Khalifa Industrial Zone of Abu Dhabi. The $60 million facility will produce 50,000 metric tonnes of aluminium rod and overhead conductor annually, supplied with molten aluminium from Emirates Global Aluminium.

Marand Precision Engineering opened a new facility in Moorabbin, Victoria, dedicated to manufacturing vertical tails for the F-35 Lightning II program, creating 44 new jobs.

Central African Cement Limited, in partnership with ZCCM-IH, will construct a $600 million cement factory in Masaiti District, Zambia. The project is expected to create 1,000 construction jobs and 400 permanent jobs, and take 36 months to complete.

JD Irving announced a $400 million greenfield investment for a new tissue plant in Macon, Georgia. The plant will manufacture 75,000 short tons per year of TAD tissue and convert it into 15 million cases.

NPK Evipro, a resident of the Biotechnopark in Koltsovo, plans to build a production facility for high-tech medical devices, investing about RUB 350 million and creating 60-65 jobs. Construction is expected to start in 2018 and take 1.5 years.

MED-ALLY is locating a new 10,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Goose Creek, South Carolina, investing $2.38 million and creating 90 jobs. The facility is expected to be fully operational in March 2018.

Herz is constructing a 5,000 m2 production plant in Šmartno pri Litiji for ball valves and taps. The EUR 4 million investment is expected to create up to 100 jobs.