Weiler Abrasives Group is expanding operations at its Cresco, Pennsylvania facility through lean manufacturing and automation investments, consolidating power brush manufacturing from its Suzhou, China facility, which will close.

US Tsubaki Automotive broke ground on a new 250,000-square-foot facility in Portland, Tennessee, as part of a $35.8 million investment. The expansion will create 70 new jobs by 2022, with a goal of up to 200 employees.

Ural Boeing Manufacturing, a joint venture between Boeing and VSMPO-Avisma, is due to start production at its second titanium machining plant in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia, in September 2018. The expansion will triple total capacity for machined titanium parts.

Kunimoto Kogyo invested over 100 million yen to set up a new production line at its Hamakita plant in Hamamatsu, Japan, to produce parts for Toyota's new Direct Shift CVT transmission.

BAE Systems announced a $45.5 million multi-phase expansion of its Huntsville, Alabama operations, including immediate office expansion and development of a new manufacturing and office facility in Cummings Research Park, creating hundreds of jobs.

Stampede Meat plans to invest $36 million to renovate and reopen a former Tyson Foods processing plant in Sunland Park, New Mexico. The facility will expand production capacity by half and create 1,295 new jobs. It is expected to open in October 2018.

Benada Aluminum opened a new production line at its Sanford, Florida facility, increasing annual capacity to 60 million pounds of aluminum extrusions. The company added 140 jobs since 2015 and expects to employ 250 by September 2018.

SMIC held a ceremony to mark the start of moving equipment into an expansion of its 200mm wafer fab in Tianjin, China, which will increase capacity from 45,000 to 150,000 wafer starts per month, making it the world's largest 200mm fab.

METYX Group signed an agreement with Karl Mayer to establish new production lines for glass and carbon fiber fabric weaving, adding 12,000 tons of capacity at its Manisa facility in Turkey and laying the foundation for overseas production.

FACC inaugurated a new production facility extension in St. Martin im Innkreis, Austria, as part of a EUR 100 million investment program. The expansion will create up to 700 jobs over three years.

Sekisui Diagnostics PEI completed a $1.2 million expansion of its facility in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, adding jobs and increasing production capacity for in-vitro diagnostic kits. The expansion was inaugurated on 13 July 2018.

UGN Inc. will expand its Monroe, Ohio facility with a 154,000-square-foot addition, investing $50 million and creating over 100 new jobs.

Volter (Guangzhou) Fluid Equipment Co. has approved plans to set up an injection molding workshop at its Guangzhou industrial park, adding three injection machines. Preparation is planned to take 90 days.

Oji Intertech, Inc. will invest $4.5 million to double its 80,000-square-foot plant in North Manchester, Indiana, adding two molding lines and up to 33 jobs.

Firestone Fibers & Textiles Company is expanding its North American headquarters and advanced manufacturing plant in Kings Mountain, North Carolina by 110,000 square feet. The company plans to invest approximately $19.8 million and create at least 25 new jobs.

American Renolit Corp. broke ground on a new calender line at its La Porte, Indiana plant, which will increase capacity and create 30 new jobs. The company has invested over $100 million in the plant over 18 years.

Maple Leaf Cement Factory is expanding its Iskandarabad plant with a new production line of 7,300 tons per day, at a projected cost of Rs. 25 billion. Commercial production is expected in the fourth quarter of the current financial year.

Verallia announced a €40 million investment to build a new furnace at its glass container factory in Azuqueca de Henares, Spain. Construction will begin in 2019, and the furnace is expected to start operations in the first quarter of 2020, creating 50 jobs.

AGCO completed an 8,500 m² expansion of its Ibirubá, Brazil plant, including a training center and engineering area, as part of a $16 million investment over five years. The plant produces planting equipment, front loaders, and fertilizer distributors for Massey Ferguson and Valtra.

Lehigh Hanson announced a $600 million modernization and expansion of its Lehigh Cement Company plant in Mitchell, Indiana, increasing production capacity and reducing emissions. Construction begins in 2020, completion by end of 2022.

Cortec LLC will invest $2.5 million to expand its industrial coatings facility in Port Allen, Louisiana, adding four direct jobs and retaining 42 existing jobs. The expansion is expected to be operational by the second quarter of 2019.

Medline Industries announced a $20 million investment to expand its existing facility in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, to increase production capacity.

Medline is investing $20 million to expand its existing facilities in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, as part of a broader investment creating 3,400 jobs across both sites.

Lear Corp. is expanding with a new 240,000-square-foot facility in Hammond, Indiana, as part of a $30 million project. The plant will produce seats for Ford Motor Co. and consolidate operations from Hammond and Portage, moving 875 existing employees to the new site.

TCI announced a major investment to expand capacity at its Ellaville powder manufacturing location and plans for a new powder coating facility and innovation center in the greater Charlotte area, operational in 2020.

Gerresheimer will increase capital expenditure by 2-4 percentage points of revenues in 2019-2020 for capacity expansion at Horsovsky Tyn (Czech Republic), further automation investments, and a new plant in Eastern Europe.

Evonik Industries is expanding its capacities for refinement of fumed silica at its existing site in Rheinfelden, Germany, increasing annual capacity by 20%.

FANUC will expand existing facilities and build a new factory in Japan to boost production of robots, Robocut EDM units, and Roboshot injection moulding machines. The new factory will have capacity for 1,000 robots and 50 wire-cut EDM machines; an existing facility will be enlarged to increase Robocut EDM production by 50 units/year. Total investment is ¥8.3 billion (£56.3 million).

Fairfax County supervisors approved zoning changes allowing Vulcan Materials to expand and upgrade its concrete mixing and batching facility in Springfield, Virginia. The company plans to spend $40 million on new buildings, silos, and plant consolidation.

PMI Aerospace is expanding its Plant #1 in Rockford, Illinois, to increase capacity for growing demand. The expansion of the 22,000 square-foot facility is expected to be completed by the end of July and will streamline production flow, add a quality lab and inventory-control system, and expand capacity for new machinery.

Cerrad finished construction of a new fully automated tile production plant in Starachowice, Poland, worth 120 million PLN. The factory produces the largest large-format tiles in Poland (160x320 cm) and will create 80 jobs.

Kaneka Corporation decided to expand production facilities for ultra-heat resistant polyimide films at its Shiga site and for high thermal conductive graphite sheets at Tochigi Kaneka. The total investment is approximately ¥11 billion, with facilities planned to start in spring 2019.

BASF will add 30% to existing Irganox 1010 capacity at its Kaisten, Switzerland plant by debottlenecking, with startup planned in 2019.

BASF plans to increase global production capacity for antioxidant Irganox 1010 by 40% with expansions in Singapore (doubling capacity, startup 2021) and Kaisten, Switzerland (30% increase, startup 2019), and improvements in McIntosh, Alabama.

Citizen Machinery Vietnam celebrated the opening ceremony of its Phase 3 Extension Factory in the Nomura Hai Phong Industrial Park, Vietnam, on July 10, 2018.

Ruizhi (Qingdao) Precision Electromechanical broke ground in Qingdao's West Coast New Area on a project adding 3 million compressors of capacity, with a total investment of RMB 387 million and about 41,000 square metres of new plant. Output is expected to rise from 9.36 million to 12 million units.

VPK Packaging Group's Rigid Containers opened two extensions and new conversion equipment at its Limerick, Ireland plant after an EUR 8 million investment. The company plans a third shift that would add 25 to 30 jobs over two years.

Finisar celebrated the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, to increase production capacity of VCSELs and related 3D sensing technologies. The facility is on target to commence production by the end of 2018 and has hired nearly 200 employees.

Terumo Corporation will invest approximately 7 billion yen to construct an additional production facility for pre-filled syringes at its Terumo Yamaguchi D&D Corporation subsidiary. Construction starts August 2018, with operation expected in April 2021, doubling production capacity.

Nutriart has commissioned a new chocolate production line at its Quebec plant with a capacity of 4.5 tonnes of chocolate chips per hour, part of a $10 million investment over the past year. The expansion will double daily capacity from 75 to 150 tonnes of chocolate.

SRF Limited announced the setting up of a second BOPET film line and a resin plant at its existing location in Rayong, Thailand, by its wholly owned subsidiary SRF Industries (Thailand) Limited, at an investment of approximately $60 million. The new line will have a capacity of about 40,000 metric tonnes per annum and is expected to become operational in about two years.

Uponor North America completed renovations on its $6.35 million, 237,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hutchinson, Minnesota, bought in July 2017, six months ahead of schedule. PEX pipe production is underway.

Coster Group is expanding its Barlborough, UK valve production site by 4,000 square meters to a total of 8,500 square meters, adding an injection moulding department and an assembly department. Production from the Stevenage plant will move to Barlborough and Zwolle, with Stevenage ceasing operations by September 30.

Spanish packaging line maker Canopack is opening a new plant expanding its floor space from 1,800 m2 to 3,800 m2, with an investment of EUR 1.5 million, EUR 600,000 of it for machinery.

Oxea will expand output at its neopentyl glycol plant in Oberhausen, Germany, by 2020, citing growing demand for powder coatings and polyester resins.

L&T Defence inaugurated a new production line for BRAHMOS Transport Launch Canisters at Ranoli, near Vadodara, Gujarat, to meet serial production requirements for the BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missile System.

Huber SE is building a 2,600 sqm hall for final assembly, storage and shipping at its Berching plant. Construction started in April 2018 and is expected to be completed by September 2018, with an investment of approximately EUR 2.5 million.

Melexis has begun construction of a new electronic components factory in Sofia, Bulgaria, with a planned investment of €75 million over five years. The expansion will add 15,000 sqm to its existing facility and create 100 jobs by end of 2018, with completion expected by 2020.

Samsung Electronics invested 800 billion won ($713.7 million) to double the capacity of its second smartphone factory in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, from 5 million to 10 million units per month. The plant will begin operation in the latter half of 2018.

Boehringer Ingelheim has added a new filling line to its OASIS facility in Shanghai, China, expanding its contract drug manufacturing capabilities for biopharmaceuticals. The expansion includes an isolator-based fill & finish line for aseptic filling of liquids in vials.