DMTG and Russian partner opened a joint venture plant in Leninsky District, Moscow region, to assemble CNC metalworking machines and machining centres. Initial investment is RUB 1.2 billion, creating 300 jobs, with planned output of 5,000 machines by 2020.

SaMASZ completed a new agricultural and municipal machinery factory and R&D centre in Zabłudów, Poland, with an investment of over PLN 90 million. The facility will employ approximately 1,400 people and includes a fully automated painting line.

Lohr Group, through its Mexican subsidiary, will build a manufacturing plant in Calpulalpan, Tlaxcala, with an initial investment of $10.8 million and 182 jobs, starting operations by end of 2018. Total investment over five years is $46.4 million, with 240 employees at full capacity.

South Korea-based Taeyang Metal Industrial Co. Ltd. broke ground on its first U.S. facility in Franklin, Kentucky. The 101,000-square-foot plant will produce cold-rolled steel products and fasteners for the automotive industry, with an expected opening in September 2018 and 70-80 new jobs.

JSW Group's 2.4 million tonne capacity cement factory at Salboni, West Bengal, built at a cost of Rs 800 crore, is set to be inaugurated in January 2018. The factory was completed in two years and will create hundreds of jobs.

Chongqing Jin Shili Titanium Industry Co. Ltd is investing 2.4 billion yuan to build a manufacturing base for aerospace and gas turbine titanium alloys. The project started in September 2017 and is expected to be completed in May 2018, with production in June 2018.

Navtar, a Tekni-Plex business unit, has opened a new manufacturing plant in China for microextrusion and silicone medical tubing. The facility is backed by a $15 million investment and production is scheduled to start in February 2018.

C.M., an Italian manufacturer of crusher attachments and machines, opened a new facility in Carrè, Vicenza, Italy, as part of an investment in new automated machines and increased production capacity.

CR Microelectronics, part of China Resources Holdings, will build the country's largest power semiconductor plant in Chongqing, China. The deal was struck with the Chongqing municipal government and the developer of Xiyong Micro-Electronics Industrial Park.

Mann+Hummel inaugurated its second manufacturing plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with an investment of 300 million pesos to make automotive and industrial filters. The plant will produce 15 million filters per year and create 150 jobs in its first phase.

China's Eastar is set to start up a new EPDM plant in Dongying, Shandong province. The plant, which broke ground in January 2016, has a €121 million investment and can produce over 20 EPDM grades using technology licensed from Italy's IPT.

Schindler India inaugurated a new escalator manufacturing facility at Chakan in Pune, India. The facility is part of a larger campus that includes an elevator factory, test tower, global R&D centre, and Schindler University.

Interstate Group LLC will invest $4.1 million to establish a 100,000-square-foot East Coast manufacturing and distribution operation in the former GE Fairchild Mining Equipment plant in Giles County, Virginia, creating 83 new jobs.

VanTrust Real Estate is completing a 399,000-square-foot distribution center on Clyde Morris Boulevard in Daytona Beach, Florida, which B.Braun has agreed to lease long-term. B.Braun is expected to move in at the end of January 2018.

Lyman-Richey Corporation, through its Gerhold Concrete division, is building a new concrete plant just outside of Hastings, Nebraska, with a portable plant being moved from Fremont and installed permanently.

Jentech Precision Industrial will soon start construction of a new plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, to produce water-cooling plates for IGBT modules used in electric vehicles.

Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC) is building a new site in Wuhan Donghu New Technology Development Zone, expected to go into operation in the second half of 2018, focusing on 32-layer 3D-NAND Flash.

Aegg is investing 2 million pounds in a new 60,000 sq ft UK food packaging manufacturing facility in Eye, Suffolk, making PS, PET and PP food pots and bowls, with first production planned for 2018.

Japanese medical equipment producer Nipro is building a $300 million factory in Ho Chi Minh City's Saigon Hi-tech Park to produce dialysis equipment. Initial investment of $190 million over three years, with first products expected in October 2018.

Safran and Albany International initiated operations at a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico in 2018, producing 3D RTM woven composite fan blades and cases for the LEAP engine.

Wacker Neuson started series production of mini excavators at its new factory in Pinghu, near Shanghai, China, in January 2018. The company also secured $100 million in financing for growth.

Greensteel Australia has selected Mayfield, Newcastle, for a $500 million gas-free steel mill, Australia's first new steel mill in over 30 years. It will produce 600,000 tonnes of finished steel annually and employ around 200 workers, with production expected to begin in early 2028.

Zhongding U.S.A. Inc. is establishing a tech center in Northville, Michigan, creating 80 jobs, with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Taiwan-based Everest Textiles opened a sports fabric weaving plant in Forest City, North Carolina, in late 2017. The facility employs over 600 workers and incorporates more than 600 looms.

Nexteer Automotive started operations at a new 9,290 sq.m. manufacturing facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in late 2017, with plans to produce over 2.5 million steering columns and 1.4 million intermediate shafts per year.

Latecoere is commencing construction of a production plant for aircraft components near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with a EUR 15 million investment. The plant will manufacture components for aerostructures and interconnection systems, primarily for Airbus, and is expected to start production by the end of March 2018.

Chip Mong Insee Cement Corporation opened a new $262 million cement production plant in Kampot province, Cambodia. The facility is expected to become fully operational in January 2018, producing 5,000 tonnes of cement per day and creating 400 jobs.

German company Vogelsang will open a plant in São Leopoldo, Brazil, in the second half of 2018 for effluent pump parts, investing about R$3 million in construction plus R$1.5 million for land, and expanding production capacity of Beto Bombas.

Sofitec announced the construction of a new plant in Carmona, Seville, with an investment of EUR 10 million. The facility will add new special processes and increase production capacity by 30%, supporting existing and new contracts.

Delphi has started constructing a new factory in Leskovac, Serbia, in the Green Zone location. The automotive components manufacturer plans to employ between 2,000 and 2,500 people once the factory is finished.

Evipro will build a production facility for hemostatic materials and endovascular surgery medical devices in the Koltsovo biotechnopark in Novosibirsk, Russia. Total investment is RUB 350 million over five years, with construction expected to take one year and full capacity in three years.

Zhejiang Wanfeng Auto Wheel Co., Ltd. plans to invest 534 million yuan to build an aluminum alloy wheel smart factory in Xinchang, Zhejiang, with an annual production capacity of 2.2 million wheels.

CanSemi Technology broke ground on a 300mm wafer fab in December 2017 with 7 billion yuan (about $1 billion) investment. The fab will make chips using 0.18-micron to 0.13-micron processes, with first wafers expected in 2019 and capacity of 40,000 wafer starts per month.

San'an High-End Semiconductor Project, part of the 'Quanzhou Chip Village', started construction in Shijing town, Nan'an City. The total investment is 33.3 billion yuan, with plans to begin operation within 5 years and reach target output within 7 years, expecting annual sales revenue of 27 billion yuan.

Guangzhou Yuexin Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. started construction of a 12-inch wafer fab in Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City. The project involves an investment of about 7 billion yuan, with a monthly capacity of 30,000 12-inch wafers, and is expected to begin production in the first half of 2019.

Yuexin Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. started construction of a 12-inch wafer fab in Guangzhou's Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, with an investment of about 7 billion yuan and a monthly capacity of 30,000 wafers, expected to begin production in the first half of 2019.

Shirdi Sai Electricals Limited inaugurated a new plant near Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, for manufacturing energy-efficient amorphous metal distribution transformers, with a capacity of 600 transformers per day. The company also signed an MOU with Hitachi Metals Ltd.

Willmeng Construction completed a full renovation of a 650,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in Goodyear, Arizona for Huhtamaki North America, which will make paper cups, food containers and plastic cups and lids and add hundreds of jobs.

Lite-On Technology plans to build a new plant in Europe in 2019, with production starting by 2020, to serve European clients and boost autonomous driving penetration.

Flex Ltd. is planning to build a new 30,500 square meter production facility in Modiin, Israel, which will employ approximately 1,000 employees. About 800 employees will be transferred from an older plant in Yavne.

Siemens opened a new low-voltage switchgear plant within its integrated production facilities in Gebze Organized Industrial Zone, with total investments reaching 65 million euros. The plant will produce contactors, relays, fuses and accessories, and is expected to contribute 100 million euros annually to the Turkish economy and employ 1,000 people.

General Interface Solution (GIS) invested CNY 11 billion to establish its sole global R&D center in Chengdu High-tech Zone and upgrade its Chengdu base to the Greater China headquarters, including new plant construction.

Toshiba Memory Corporation announced plans for a new memory fabrication facility (Fab 7) in Kitakami, Iwate prefecture, with an initial investment of approximately 7 billion yen for site preparation and construction work in FY2017. The facility will produce BiCS Flash memory.

Tristone Flowtech USA Inc., a subsidiary of Germany's Tristone Flowtech Group, will invest $23.6 million to locate its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina, creating 302 jobs. The plant will produce fluid applications for motor and battery cooling and air charge systems for the automotive industry.

Formosa Plastics Corp., a subsidiary of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group, plans to build a new PDH unit in Ningbo, China, with an $800 million investment. The plant will have a propylene production capacity of 600,000 tons/year and is slated for completion by the end of 2021.

Nan Pao Resins Chemical's board approved a US$15.5 million investment to build a new plant in Shaoguan, Guangdong, with capacity of 30,000 tonnes of adhesives per year, starting production in 2019.

Precision Cable Assemblies (PCA) announced the completion of its new facility in Monterrey, Mexico, to enhance production capabilities for wire harnesses and cable manufacturing.

Stora Enso has opened a €31m polyethylene (PE) coating plant at its consumer board mill in Beihai, China. The plant has an annual capacity of 80,000 tonnes of PE coated products for food service packaging.

Covestro is building a new production facility for polyurethane dispersions in China.

Dhollandia MFG, a Belgian manufacturer of hydraulic lifts, will build its first US manufacturing plant in Bessemer City, North Carolina, investing $30 million and creating 150-200 jobs. The 160,000-square-foot facility will be built in South Ridge Business Park starting in 2018.