NEO Group has launched a new production line for PET granules at its Klaipeda Free Economic Zone facility in Lithuania, with a €50 million investment. The expansion increases production capacity by 50% and creates 35 new jobs.

PacTec Inc. will invest $2.5 million to expand its Clinton manufacturing site in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, building a 40,000-square-foot facility and modernizing an existing 40,000-square-foot building. The expansion retains 95 jobs and creates 15 new direct jobs.

Oman Formaldehyde Chemical Company LLC (OFCC) inaugurated its new capacity expansion plant facility in Sohar Industrial Port area on July 24, 2018. The expansion produces Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate-85.

Röchling Maywo expanded its production plant in Bad Grönenbach, Germany, with a €5 million investment that included a new production and logistics hall, creating over 25 jobs. The expansion was completed in June 2018.

Infineon Technologies AG will invest US$40 million over four years to expand production capacity at its Tijuana, Baja California facility, adding new production lines and clean rooms and hiring over 200 people.

Griesson – de Beukelaer announced an expansion of more than 100 million euros at its plant in Kahla, Thuringia, including a new production hall with four production lines, a high rack warehouse, and about 70 new jobs.

Shintech Louisiana LLC will invest $1.49 billion to develop a new chlor alkali and vinyl chloride monomer production facility and expand an existing PVC facility in Plaquemine, Louisiana, creating 120 new direct jobs.

PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih is proceeding with the final stage of construction of two new continuous casting machines (CCM Nos. 2, 3) at its plant in Kriviy Rih, Ukraine. The $144 million project will add annual capacity of 1.4 million tons each, with hot tests of CCM No. 3 planned for Q3 2018 and final commissioning in Q1 2019.

Nazarian Cooling Systems is expanding its production in Armenia with a $370,000 investment supported by Business Armenia. The company plans to produce ice-cream and beverage stand-fridges for the local market and has already sent an experimental batch to Georgia.

ARAUCO's Board of Directors approved the MAPA project, a US$2.35 billion investment to modernize and extend the Arauco Mill. The project includes a new production line (Line 3) with annual capacity of 1.56 million tons, increasing total pulp production by 2.1 million tons per year. It is expected to be operational in late March 2021.

Perstorp is starting to debottleneck its Capa derivatives production units at Warrington, UK to support customer demand. The investment also includes making the monomer plant more robust for future capacity increases.

KYOCERA SENCO Industrial Tools has completed a major upgrade to its Cincinnati, Ohio fastener manufacturing facility, doubling heavy staple production capacity. The multi-million dollar investment includes new wire drawing machinery, staple presses and band equipment, and will add significant new staff.

Kruger has dedicated a new high-speed corrugated packaging converting line at its LaSalle plant in Quebec after investing almost CAD 10 million, producing 24,000 boxes per hour.

Honda is investing $54.8 million to expand its Talladega County factory in Lincoln, Alabama, adding over 50,000 square feet to its Line 2 operations. The project is expected to be completed in early 2021.

Advanex announced it will expand its Saitama plant in Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture, investing 10 billion yen to increase production capacity for insert molds and EV-related products.

LG Chem announced a 2.61 trillion won investment to expand manufacturing facilities at its Yeosu plant, increasing NCC capacity by 800,000 tons and high-value metallocene polyolefin capacity by 800,000 tons. Production to begin by H2 2021.

Coil processor Fulton County Processing will add a fourth slitting line to its Delta, Ohio facility, increasing annual capacity by 180,000 tons to 1.2 million tons. The investment is in the multi-million-dollar range, and start-up is scheduled for Q2 2019.

GEA completed Almarai's new dairy processing facility in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. The plant has a capacity to process two million litres of milk per day and includes multiple production lines for milk and yogurt products.

Liebherr USA Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, 2018, for a $45 million expansion of its campus in Newport News, Virginia. The project will add over 251,000 sq. ft. with three new buildings: an administrative building, a warehouse and parts distribution center, and a production and workshop facility.

Accredo Packaging has begun phase III of its 32-acre Sugar Land campus, adding over 200,000 square feet of warehouse and manufacturing space at a cost of about $50 million and 175 new jobs.

Papelera Cumbre received industrial promotion benefits for ARS 5,416,821 invested in building a new site at its Córdoba plant, where it plans to add machinery for corrugated board production.

Spinea plans to build a third production plant near Prešov, Slovakia, with an investment of nearly €80 million. The new facility will increase capacity to 140,000 reducers per year and create over 400 jobs.

Orient Cement Ltd, part of the CK Birla Group, plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore to expand its cement plant in Devapur, Mancherial district, Telangana, from 3.05 million tonnes to 7.5 million tonnes per annum. The company has obtained first-stage environmental clearance and expects construction to start within four months of final clearance.

Kronospan OSB will invest over 300 million zł in two projects at its OSB plant in Strzelce Opolskie, Poland: increasing OSB production capacity and building a new installation for processing post-sawmill and post-consumer wood. The investment includes 180 million zł for the new installation.

Gradiant Corp. announced a new research and development center in Singapore, serving as its Asia-Pacific headquarters. The facility will initially employ 10 senior water scientists and engineers, with plans to double the team by year-end.

Klimaoprema has begun construction of a new factory in the Industrial Park in Nova Gradiška, Croatia, with an investment of 100 million kuna. The new 12,000-square-meter building will add 6,000 square meters of production capacity to the existing facility.

China Everbright Water signed a supplementary agreement with Jinan Urban and Rural Water Authority to expand Plants 1 and 2 of the Jinan Waste Water Treatment Project by 200,000 cubic metres per day, with an investment of 1.043 billion yuan.

3M announced further expansion of production capacity at its plant in SEZ Alabuga, Russia, launching new products and planning additional lines, with investments of $1.4 million in 2018.

GE Aviation is expanding its Auburn, Alabama plant for additive manufacturing of jet engine components, with employment growing to 210 and over $100 million invested. Production of 3D-printed fuel nozzles is increasing.

Isdemir, part of Oyak Mining and Metallurgy Group, plans to invest TRY 2.8 billion ($579 million) to modernize and increase capacity at its plant in Payas, Hatay, including a new blast furnace and upgrades to rolling mills.

Kimberly-Clark is investing $30 million to expand and improve its Berkeley Mill nonwovens plant in Hendersonville, North Carolina, adding 14 jobs over two years.

Danfoss is expanding its flammable refrigerant lab for compressors near Lyon, France, to six times its original size, making it the largest ATEX lab of its kind in Europe. The lab tests new generations of compressors with alternative refrigerants.

Lakeside Foods broke ground on a 100,000-square-foot addition to its Manitowoc packaging facility, a $40 million project to expand frozen warehouse and refrigerated packaging space, with completion expected in early 2019 and approximately 40 new skilled jobs.

gabo Systemtechnik is adding 10,000 square metres of production and storage space at its Niederwinkling site in Lower Bavaria. Production capacity is to rise by over 50% by the end of 2018.

Pretium Packaging is adding 52,000 square feet to its Carrollton, Texas plant to host new PET bottle production lines. It will phase out its Walterboro, South Carolina facility and move those lines to Texas.

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard suggested that a second production line may be needed at Bombardier's Mirabel A220 plant due to increasing orders, though no formal decision has been made. The current maximum capacity is 10 aircraft per month, not expected to be reached before 2020.

Gemini Machine Works Inc. announced the ramp up of its recently completed second facility for welding, fabrication and heavy equipment repair in Nisku, Alberta, adding new assets and increasing job scope capabilities.

Royal DSM announced plans to increase global Dyneema UD capacity by more than 20 percent, installing new UD technology at its headquarters in Heerlen, Netherlands and at its plant in Greenville, North Carolina, with additional capacity expected by Q1 2019.

Bridgestone Americas announced a $12 million investment to expand production of off-the-road tires at its Bloomington, Illinois plant, adding 29-, 33- and 35-inch tire sizes previously only made in Japan. The expansion will create 30 new jobs.

Covestro is building new coextrusion lines in Dormagen, Germany, scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Covestro will convert an existing coextrusion line in Guangzhou, China, with first new capacities available by mid-2019, followed by a second phase of capacity expansion.

Covestro plans capacity expansions at four sites: Map Ta Phut, Thailand; Guangzhou, China; South Deerfield, USA; and Dormagen, Germany. Total investment exceeds €100 million, creating over 100 new jobs. The Map Ta Phut facility is to be completed by end of 2019, Guangzhou by mid-2019, and Dormagen by Q4 2020.

Fangda Pangang Steel started construction of a wastewater treatment expansion at its Anyuan plant, with an investment of 41.4 million yuan. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.

Carpenter Technology announced plans for a $52 million Emerging Technology Center in Alabama, creating 60 jobs. The announcement was made at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow on July 18, 2018.

Metal Forge, a subsidiary of Metal Art, will invest ¥1.0255 billion to build a new press line at its existing plant in Kadogawa, Miyazaki Prefecture, to increase production capacity of connecting rods for automotive engines. Construction started in January 2018, completed in June 2018, and operations begin in September 2018.

Epiroc Drilling Solutions approved a $14 million expansion of its existing 260,000 sq ft office and manufacturing facility in Garland, Texas, including $7 million in building enhancements and $7 million in new machinery.

Okuma announced on July 18, 2018, it will invest approximately ¥10 billion to build two new buildings at its Kani plant in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, including a parts processing building, to increase machining center production capacity by 30%.

Slutsk Plant of Lifting and Transport Equipment is building a new workshop to produce super-heavy cranes with capacity up to 240 tonnes, with investment of EUR 15 million. Launch is planned for November 2018, with full capacity by mid-2019.

Mazak has completed the first construction phase and started assembly operations at its new Inabe plant in Japan, which will manufacture large machining centres and raise production capacity by 20%.

JR Automation is expanding its facilities in Holland, Michigan with a $4 million capital investment, creating 100 high-tech jobs. The expansion includes renovations at multiple locations in the Holland area.