New Ravenna will invest more than $900,000 to expand its manufacturing operation in Northampton County, Virginia, creating 31 new jobs. The company designs and manufactures stone and glass mosaics for residential and commercial installations.

Winterhalter, a professional warewashing equipment manufacturer, opened a new subsidiary in Las Pinas City, Manila, Philippines, expanding its sales and service network in Asia.

DuPont Safety & Construction announced plans to invest more than $400 million to expand Tyvek nonwoven material capacity at its Luxembourg facility, adding a new building and third operating line. The expansion is scheduled to start up in 2021.

Coloplast inaugurated a new production hall at its Nyírbátor factory on May 25, 2018, completing the third phase of expansion. The factory now totals 63,000 sqm, including a 14,000 sqm cleanroom.

Perstorp is upgrading its Capa caprolactone monomer plant in Warrington, UK, with demolition completed and new equipment installed. The project is expected to be complete in the second half of 2019.

Tianma Microelectronics will invest CNY14.5 billion (USD2.3 billion) to expand its flexible AMOLED display production line by 25%, increasing monthly capacity to 37,500 panels. The project will be built by its Wuhan unit over 25 months.

Croda International is investing £27 million to almost double the capacity of its Hull plant to meet growing demand for polymer additives until 2030.

Husky Rack & Wire is planning to invest over $10,000,000 in equipment and building facility in the Airlie Industrial park in Lincolnton, North Carolina. The expansion will add over 20 new jobs.

ODIN Engineering commissioned a new Hedelius T7 2600 Magnum 5-axis milling machine at its facility in Denmark to increase capacity and relieve its Zayer milling machine.

Berry Global plans to invest nearly $16.5 million to install two blown film extrusion lines at its existing Bowling Green, Kentucky facility, creating 20 full-time jobs. The announcement was made on 4 June 2018.

Microtec regrouped its teams from Labège and Ramonville at the Ramonville site after constructing 2100 m² of buildings, extending and renovating clean rooms, and upgrading the electronic card assembly line. The expansion was completed in June 2018.

Acutec Precision Aerospace will invest at least $10.7 million to expand its aerospace manufacturing facility in Meadville, Pennsylvania, adding 70,000 square feet and a 13,000-square-foot connector, creating 60 new jobs and retaining 450 employees.

Automotive supplier Corvac Composites will expand production in Morgantown, Kentucky with a $6.1 million investment, creating 30 full-time jobs. The company will purchase and install equipment at its 390 Industrial Drive North building.

Metal Finishing Company expanded into an additional 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space within its existing building in Chihuahua City, Mexico. The expansion houses a new aerospace painting department with six paint booths and two curing ovens.

Rolls-Royce North America will add about 100 jobs at its Prince George County, Virginia manufacturing plant, reaching 400 employees by end of 2018. The plant will add $40 million worth of production equipment to meet aircraft industry demand.

GreenPoint Metals Inc. will break ground on June 1, 2018, on a nearly 70,000-square-foot expansion of its metal processing facility in Franklin, Ohio. The project costs between $10 million and $20 million and will add new machinery for cutting steel coils.

Delta Pure Filtration will invest $2 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Hanover County, Virginia, including expanding its existing building and constructing an additional facility for R&D, admin and warehouse.

Plans have been announced to double production capacity at the Wasco Treatment Plant, California's first merchant facility to treat produced water for reclamation and beneficial reuse, using AI and membrane technology.

Evonik's Performance Materials segment is expanding production capacity for Visiomer methacrylate crosslinkers at its Mobile, AL site with a low single-digit million euro investment, scheduled for start-up in Q3 2018.

IMS Engineered Products acquired a new Amada press brake to expand press brake capacity at its facility in Des Plaines, Illinois.

GE Appliances plans to invest $115 million to expand its Decatur, Alabama manufacturing plant by about 40,000 square feet, adding 255 full-time jobs and boosting production of top-mounted freezer refrigerators.

Johnson Controls held a grand opening for the Johnson Controls Advanced Development & Engineering Center (JADEC) in York County, Pennsylvania. The complex includes a 250,000 sq ft testing lab and a 107,000 sq ft engineering office building.

Aero Gear completed a 24,000 sq ft addition to its facility in Windsor, Connecticut, to accommodate increased demand for jet engine gearbox assemblies. The expanded space totals 100,000 sq ft with 175 employees.

Olson Custom Designs plans to expand its operations in Indianapolis by purchasing a 24,000 sq. ft. facility in Park 100 and investing $2.4 million in new equipment, creating up to 30 new full-time positions by 2022.

Naledi Foundry, part of the Naledi Inhlanganiso Group, has commissioned a new gas-fired heat treatment plant for grinding media production as part of an approximate R100 million investment programme at its foundry in South Africa.

Raytheon is investing $100 million in a new 50,000 square foot facility at its Forest, Mississippi manufacturing center for test, integration and production of s-band radars, including the U.S. Navy's SPY-6 radar. The facility will bring dozens of jobs over five years.

Kuraray's Korean operation completed the expansion of a production site in Ulsan for high-value polyvinyl butyral (PVB) films for automotive windshields. The company invested $50 million, added 30 new jobs, and expects additional sales of about 59 billion won over seven years.

Reko International Group Inc. opened a $5.7 million, 48,600-square-foot expansion of its Reko Automation Division in Lakeshore, Ontario, to build robotic assembly lines for manufacturers, aiming to diversify into food and pharmaceutical industries.

Pregis is investing about US$6 million in a second multilayer blown film line from Windmoller & Holscher at its Pregis Films facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The article is dated May 31, 2018.

Ventra Ionia, a maker of automotive bumpers and grille assemblies, plans to purchase a 48,900-square-foot facility adjacent to its existing plant in Ionia, Michigan. The expansion will create 109 jobs and involve up to $4.85 million in capital investment, supporting a new Ford Ranger bumper program.

Steelhead Composites announced it has expanded its metal spin-forming capabilities to include titanium, stainless steel, and carbon steel cylinders and vessels at its facility in Golden, Colorado.

Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), announced a £31 million investment to establish a manufacturing centre of excellence at its existing site in Montrose, Scotland, creating 100 new jobs. The project includes a new 4,000 sq m building and a warehouse expansion, backed by a £4.9 million Scottish Enterprise grant.

Evonik plans to build a new production complex for polyamide 12 at its Marl Chemical Park, increasing overall PA 12 capacity by over 50%, with an investment of approximately EUR 400 million and expected operational date in early 2021.

Baker Hughes General Electric (BHGE) will build a subsea manufacturing campus at its existing Montrose site, backed by a £4.9 million grant from Scottish Enterprise. The £31 million facility will create 100 new jobs and include test and assembly, R&D, and training facilities.

WEG Motores announced a R$140 million investment from 2018 to 2022 to expand and modernize its factory in Linhares, Brazil. The project includes two new 12,000 sqm buildings and is expected to create 500 direct jobs.

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) is investing $388 million to construct a new engine head machining plant and upgrade existing engine facilities in Montgomery, Alabama. The project will create 50 jobs, with construction completion by November 2018 and operational by mid-2019.

Fainplast began an expansion of its production site in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, in April 2018. The new building will add 7,000 sqm for warehouses and production and 1,200 sqm for offices and labs, with a total investment of €5 million. Two new compounding lines are ordered and expected to be installed by end of 2019.

Rifa Precision Machinery's construction project for annual processing of 10,000 aviation parts was selected into the provincial major industrial project plan. The project is located in Rifa Aviation Equipment Industrial Park, with total investment of nearly CNY 380 million, adding 237 sets of production and testing equipment.

Provides US, a heat exchanger manufacturer, will invest $897,000 to expand its operation in Augusta County, Virginia, adding 50,000 square feet of production space and 20 jobs. The parent company is headquartered in Latina, Italy.

Kipaş Textiles, part of Kipaş Holding, is doubling its denim production capacity starting in May 2018.

BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) broke ground on Phase II of its high-voltage battery factory in China, to produce fifth-generation BMW eDrive batteries for the fully-electric BMW iX3 starting in 2020.

SKF is expanding and upgrading its plants in Valenciennes, France, and Villar Perosa, Italy, to increase production of bearings for Safran's LEAP aircraft engine, driven by a doubling of sales revenues from Safran in 2016-2017 and another expected doubling in 2018.

AFT Fluorotec announced expansion into an additional 7,500 sq ft of factory space at the newly acquired neighbouring SW Plastics Ltd site in Kent, UK, to increase manufacturing capacity. Machine tool installations will start in mid-summer 2018.

Ercros inaugurated two new production plants at its Sabiñánigo facility: one for chlorine-soda and one for hydrochloric acid. The expansion is part of a €30 million investment plan through 2020, with a total of €60 million invested since 2009.

U. S. Steel held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new $475 million Quench and Tempering facility at its Fairfield Tubular Operations in Alabama. The investment is expected to create approximately 250 permanent jobs and 600 construction jobs.

BASF broke ground on the third and final phase of its MDI expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana. The $780 million investment will increase production capacity to approximately 600,000 metric tons per year by the middle of the decade.

Coherent announced a letter of intent to receive up to $50 million in CHIPS Act funding to expand its 6-inch Indium Phosphide semiconductor manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas. The expansion will double manufacturing space and quadruple wafer production capacity, creating over 1,000 jobs.

Eagle Materials Inc. announced plans to modernize and expand its Laramie, Wyoming cement plant and related distribution facilities. The $430 million investment will increase annual capacity by 50% to 1.2 million tons and reduce manufacturing costs by approximately 25%.

Bombardier announced plans to hire 800 people across the US, with an initial phase of investment estimated at $270M for infrastructure growth. Texas will be a pillar of expansion with 150 new jobs, and a service center in Fort Wayne, Indiana is set to open in November 2026.

Zomedica Corp. is expanding its manufacturing and distribution facility in Roswell, Georgia, with a new 12,400 sq. ft. center within a 61,500 sq. ft. building. The facility will more than double current operations and consolidate PulseVet, Revo 2, and TRUFORMA operations.