Pellopuu Oy is expanding its production by purchasing a new log line from Germany and building a 2,500 sqm hall. The new line will produce large glued-laminated logs up to 1.25 m high and 24 m long, starting in April 2019.

Heller Machine Tools has spent over £2 million upgrading its manufacturing plant and headquarters in Redditch, UK, including an 11-station Strothmann flow line and new logistics system. Production output of horizontal machining centres has risen by 30%.

Brandt Group of Companies has started production at its 208,000 sq/ft facility in Bloomington, Illinois, after a refit following its acquisition in late 2017. The first product is a 1070HP Swing Away Auger. Investment is expected to reach $25 million over five years, with employment reaching over 300 at full capacity.

Ube inaugurated its Olive II nylon plant in Castellón, Spain, increasing annual production capacity from 30,000 to 70,000 tonnes and adding 50 jobs.

Lotte Chemical Alabama broke ground on an $11.4 million, 61,000-square-foot expansion at its Auburn Technology Park North location to produce ABS and PC plastics.

Dompè inaugurated an expansion of its production and R&D site in L'Aquila, Italy, enabled by a €30 million investment over the last two years, with 25 new hires announced for the year. The expansion adds about 9,000 square meters and brings total investment since 1993 to €250 million.

HellermannTyton began construction of a second industrial building at its plant in Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico. The expansion will add 9,000 square meters, increase injection molding machines from 31 to 100, and grow employment from 140 to over 400.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe officially opened its renovated mini and compact excavator factory in Oosterhout, Netherlands, after a six-month modernisation programme that will enable production of over 7,000 machines per year.

C&A Tool Engineering MinbeaMitsumi Inc. is expanding its facility in Churubusco, Indiana, adding manufacturing, R&D and IT equipment. The expansion will create up to 51 jobs this year.

Stihl announced an increase in investment to R$500 million for the expansion of its factory in São Leopoldo, Brazil, up from R$300 million. The new Research and Development Center will be inaugurated on November 5, 2018, and construction of a new 13,000 m² building for product assembly will begin.

Stockwell Elastomerics added a Sodick GL30A-LSR press to expand its micro liquid silicone rubber molding capacity, improving precision, throughput and lead times.

ModernHatch signed an agreement with HatchTech to expand its hatchery in Poland, increasing capacity from 65 million to 165 million day-old chicks per year. Construction began on June 20, 2018.

ComSonics is investing $615,000 to expand its manufacturing operation in Weyers Cave, Virginia, with new equipment and facility improvements. The project will create 34 new jobs over three years.

Uponor began manufacturing PEX pipe at its new 237,000-square-foot facility in Hutchinson, Minnesota, six months ahead of schedule. The $6.35 million investment was announced in July 2017 and the plant was renovated and received regulatory approval in less than a year.

ExxonMobil has started production of hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin (90,000 tonnes/year) and halobutyl rubber (140,000 tonnes/year) at its integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore. The multi-billion dollar expansion project added 140 jobs.

NOVA Chemicals has approved two projects in Ontario: a second Advanced SCLAIRTECH technology facility (AST2) at the Rokeby Site with capacity of about one billion pounds of polyethylene per year, and the Corunna Cracker Expansion (Phase 3) to increase ethylene capacity by over 50%. Start-up is targeted for late 2021.

Toray Plastics (America) completed a $40 million expansion at its PEF Division in Front Royal, Virginia, adding a new extrusion line, irradiation unit, and salt bath unit. The expansion is expected to create 30 new jobs.

Ensinger GmbH is expanding a production and logistics building in Cham, Bavaria, with a 40 million euro investment. Construction has begun on a hall for compounding lines and logistics, including an automated high-bay warehouse.

Mettler Toledo's Product Inspection Group is hosting a grand opening for a new 265,000 square-foot office and manufacturing facility in Lutz, Florida, housing three business units: Safeline, Hi-Speed, and CI-Vision.

Mondi opened its expanded Mondi Simet site near Poznań, Poland on 20 June 2018, with a new Fosber corrugator that quadrupled the plant's production capacity for heavy-duty corrugated packaging.

Timken is adding new equipment and machinery to its 350,000-square-foot Tyger River Plant in Union County to increase capacity. The expansion is a $2.5 million investment.

Becton Dickinson (BD) is doubling production capacity at its Cuautitlán, Mexico plant by adding new machinery, increasing output from 20 million to 40 million units per year of prepared and dehydrated culture media. The expansion will also increase dehydrated culture production from 32 to 70 tonnes per year.

Covestro will start construction of a new chlorine production plant in Tarragona, Spain, in the first half of 2019, using innovative ODC technology to reduce energy consumption by 25%. The company also plans to increase MDI capacity at the site by 50,000 tonnes to about 220,000 tonnes annually, with an investment of around €200 million.

Ural Boeing Manufacturing, a joint venture of VSMPO-AVISMA and Boeing, will launch production of aircraft components in a new plant in the Titanium Valley Special Economic Zone, Sverdlovsk Region, in September 2019. The investment is 5.5 billion rubles.

Ecofiltro is building a new construction at its factory in Antigua Guatemala, costing 4 million Quetzales, to double production capacity from 10,000 to 20,000 filters per month.

Würth Elektronik eiSos is investing €25 million to double the storage, picking and logistics space at its Waldenburg, Germany logistics centre, adding 4,000 m² of logistics space and a fully automated shuttle warehouse.

Carolina Metal Finishing is expanding its existing facility in Bishopville, South Carolina, with a $1 million investment, adding 12,000 square feet and creating 20 new jobs.

Robot manufacturer Yaskawa is building a new 2,000 square meter production facility in Torsås, Sweden, with an investment of SEK 60 million, creating about 30 new jobs. The announcement was made on June 18, 2018.

Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger GmbH held a ground-breaking ceremony on June 11, 2018, for a new logistics centre for production at its Kirchdorf an der Iller site, with a total investment of €35 million. The first construction phase is expected to be completed by end of 2019, and the full project by end of 2020.

Gujarat Borosil plans to invest around Rs 435 crore to more than double its manufacturing capacity of tempered solar glass at its Bharuch facility from 180 tonnes per day to up to 400 tonnes per day by 2020. A new 210 tonnes per day line will be operational in 2019.

Frascold has increased capacity at its refrigeration and air conditioning compressor plant in Rescaldina, Milan, by installing five new CNC machining stations and a larger pressure testing line for reciprocating compressors.

Kerotest Manufacturing proposed a $4.3 million expansion of its Mansura valve plant, adding a 30,000 sq ft building and about 50 permanent jobs, with new equipment purchases of over $2.8 million.

Fine Organic Industries is expanding its Ambernath facility in Maharashtra by adding 32,000 tonnes per annum of capacity at a cost of Rs 130 crore, funded 30% from equity and 70% from debt.

HAI Extrusion Germany GmbH opened a new production hall at its Soest facility on June 15, 2018, with a €14 million investment. The hall houses a 3,300-tonne aluminium extrusion press, creating 50-60 new jobs.

Azerbaijan's Akkord Industry Construction Investment Corp plans to increase production capacity at its Gazakh cement plant from 1Mt to 1.3Mt per year, with an investment plan drawn up jointly with a German company.

GCC expects to commission the expansion of its cement plant in Rapid City, South Dakota in the second half of 2018, increasing total production capacity to 5.8Mta.

Nidec Motor Company will expand its existing operations in Lexington, Tennessee, investing $18 million and creating 301 new jobs. The expansion will add new products and modify the existing facility.

At the Ulsan site in Korea, BASF will switch the plant's entire 85,000 metric tons capacity from Styropor to Neopor by end of 2018.

Yaskawa (China) Robotics Co., Ltd. opened the second phase of its robot production base in Changzhou, China. The expansion increases total investment by $45 million and annual capacity to 18,000 units.

Continental opened a combined production and storage facility in Trutnov, Czech Republic, to ramp up NOx sensor production. The facility includes 3,000 m² for nine new production lines and 2,220 m² for storage, creating 200 new jobs.

Mondi is adding manufacturing capacity and new equipment at its Jackson, MO facility to produce premium flat-bottom bags for food, pet food and personal care markets. The expansion will be fully operational by the third quarter of 2018.

The board of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd approved a ₹2,520 crore outlay for a phased expansion at unit II of its Tiruchi plant, including a pulp mill of 400 tonnes per day and 1.65 lakh tonnes of printing and writing paper capacity.

Siam City Cement (Lanka) (INSEE Cement) is expanding its manufacturing capacity with a 400,000 MT cement grinding plant in Galle nearing completion. The plant will be the first Loesche Vertical Mill in Sri Lanka.

Covestro LLC officially started an expansion at its production facility in New Martinsville, West Virginia, increasing annual TPU production capacity in North America by 25% through debottlenecking. A ribbon-cutting ceremony inaugurated the expanded Texin TPU production line.

Eastman completed a Tritan copolyester expansion at its Kingsport, Tennessee site and announced an additional expansion of copolyester production, expected to be complete in Q3 2018, increasing PETG and PCTG capacities by approximately 25%.

French automotive components group Novares is expanding its factory in the Zrenjanin Free Zone, Serbia, with a EUR 6 million investment. It will build a new 3,200-square-metre production facility and invest in equipment, creating 25 initial jobs with a target of 280 workers by 2020.

BorgWarner opened a new 100,000 square-foot technical center in Noblesville, Indiana, consolidating operations from two existing facilities. The center features a state-of-the-art lab to expand R&D and testing capabilities for hybrid and electric products.

Albaad USA Inc. announced a $45 million investment to expand its operations in Reidsville, North Carolina, creating 302 jobs.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced a $150 million investment in its existing Sumter County manufacturing facility, creating 125 new jobs.

My Home Industries is considering a capacity expansion of up to 50% over the next four years, increasing from 10 Mta to 15 Mta. The company is awaiting board clearance and will decide on investment and location later.