Lanxess is building a new facility for prepolymer production at its Porto Feliz site in Brazil, investing a single-digit million dollar amount. The facility is scheduled to come on stream in the first half of 2019, and production at the Rio Claro site will be terminated.

Constellium is expanding its operations in Decin, Czech Republic, adding a new casthouse and extrusion press to increase casting, recycling and extrusion capacity. The expansion is expected to be completed by October 2019 and will create approximately 90 new jobs.

BRUSH Transformers completed a £5 million refurbishment of its Loughborough factory, including new floor, increased lifting capacity to 100 tonnes, and new test facilities.

LORD Corporation announced an $80 million investment over five years to expand and upgrade its Saegertown, Pennsylvania facility. The project will add 75,000 square feet to the existing 250,000-square-foot building and modernize operations for adhesive and coating product lines. Expansion work began in May 2018 and will continue through 2023.

Neo Group, a member of Retal Group, is expanding its PET production facility in Klaipeda FEZ, Lithuania, with a €50 million investment. The expansion will increase annual capacity from 328,000 to 500,000 tons, making it the largest PET production facility in the EU.

JTEKT North America is investing $19.4 million to expand its Koyo Bearings production facility in West Union, South Carolina, adding 18,000 square feet and 56 new jobs.

One Source Manufacturing Technology expanded its Leander, Texas facility by 7,800 square feet, adding to the existing 30,000 square feet of office and manufacturing space. The expansion was completed on March 29, 2018.

Wavin opened a 86,111 sq ft expansion of its plastic pipe factory in Chippenham, Wiltshire, funded by a multimillion-pound investment from its Mexican parent Mexichem. The expansion is intended to add job opportunities at the site.

Continental Automotive Components Malaysia broke ground on a €7 million (RM31.5 million) expansion and upgrade of its Penang plant to create a smart factory with automated machinery and digitization. The upgrade will create 150 new R&D engineering jobs by 2020.

Shin-Etsu Chemical will invest ¥2.4 billion to expand production capacity for silicone products at its Shin-Etsu Silicones of America Akron Plant in Ohio, including a new silicone emulsions facility. Completion is targeted for mid-2019.

Wavin UK officially opened a multi-million-pound expansion at its Chippenham site, comprising four new bays, following investment by parent company Mexichem. The expansion will create jobs and improve productivity.

Chemring Group announced a $40 million investment to expand its Kilgore Flares operations in Hardeman County, Tennessee, creating approximately 100 jobs. The expansion will triple production capacity and is expected to be completed by 2022.

Royal DSM is investing to increase production capacity for Dyneema UD and Dyneema fiber at its plants in Heerlen, Netherlands, and Greenville, N.C., USA. Global Dyneema UD capacity will increase by more than 20%, with additional capacity available in 2018 and fully on stream by Q1 2019.

AGCO invested US$10 million to construct a larger facility at Balvanera Industrial Park in Corregidora, Queretaro, Mexico, and has begun operations. The new plant expects annual production of 4,000 tractors, expandable to 10,000.

UGN, Inc., an Illinois-based automotive components manufacturer, has moved to a new 300,000 square foot facility in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, to meet increased customer demand and expand production capacity.

MTG has announced a €7 million investment to expand its plant in Monzón, Huesca, creating up to 50 new jobs before the end of 2019. The expansion will increase production capacity by 25% and be ready at the start of 2019.

Nucor Steel Arkansas announced a $240 million galvanized steel sheet metal production line at its sheet mill in Hickman, Arkansas, with capacity of 500,000 tons annually, expected to be operational by the first half of 2021, creating 100 jobs.

Inventec Performance Chemicals USA LLC completed major production and laboratory upgrades to its solder powder making plant in Connecticut, doubling production capacity for Type 3, 4 and 5 solder powders.

Samyang Foods will invest 68.8 billion won ($63.6 million) to expand its Wonju plant in Gangwon Province, South Korea, adding three packaged noodle lines and one cup noodle line, creating about 200 jobs. Construction starts August 2018, fully operational by August 2020.

DowDuPont will invest $45 million over two years to purchase and retrofit a Newark, Delaware plant for production of Kalrez high-temperature sealant. The new facility will be twice the size of the current plant and will replace it, with no net increase in permanent jobs.

ON Semiconductor has expanded its manufacturing facility in Rochester, New York, which develops and manufactures image sensor devices. The expansion increases assembly capacity for specialized high-performance CCD and CMOS image sensors.

DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers has purchased a new facility in Newark, Delaware, to manufacture Kalrez perfluoroelastomer parts. The company plans to invest approximately $45 million over two years to increase capacity and transition production from the current site.

Guittard Chocolate Company will begin chocolate production at its 300,000 sq ft Fairfield facility, which previously housed only warehousing and packaging. The expansion adds new chocolate production equipment to meet growing demand.

Eternit, a subsidiary of Belgian company Etex, inaugurated a new production plant in La Matanza, Argentina. The investment was 250 million pesos, increasing production capacity by 50% and creating 50 new jobs, with potential for exports.

Bamburi Cement is investing Kshs 32 billion in a new clinkerisation plant in Matuga, Kwale County, Kenya, aimed at more than doubling its production capacity to meet growing demand.

Eastman Chemical Co. is expanding specialty copolyester production at its Kingsport, Tennessee plant, increasing capacity by 25% for glycol-modified PET and PCTG copolyesters. The expansion was announced at NPE2018 on May 8, 2018.

Zinox Technologies Limited finalized arrangements to expand its hardware assembly and production capacity by acquiring a 129,166.925 square feet warehouse in Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos. The company will also deploy robotics for certification processes in the new assembly plant.

Kiekert, a supplier of automotive locking systems, is moving its manufacturing operations to a new 41,000 square foot facility in Wixom, Michigan. The new facility is expected to produce more than 1 million latch modules in 2018.

Toyotetsu is expanding its Simcoe, Ontario plant with two heavy-duty stamping machines and 30 robotic welding stations, aiming to reach 900-1,000 workers by end of 2019. The expansion supports Toyota's $1.4 billion investment in nearby facilities.

Formosa Plastics Corp. U.S.A. announced process technologies for three new plants at its Point Comfort, Texas site: a 400,000 tpy LDPE plant, a 400,000 tpy dual-purpose PE plant, and a 250,000 tpy PP plant.

JTM Food Group celebrated the grand opening of a $26.1 million expansion of its Harrison food-processing plant, which will create up to 100 new jobs and nearly double manufacturing capacity to 185 million pounds of kettle-cooked food.

Tororo Cement has increased its cement production capacity from 1.8 million to 3 million metric tonnes per year.

Hima Cement's expansion project in Tororo will double its capacity to 1.6 million metric tonnes per year and is expected to start production in June 2018, creating over 250 direct jobs.

National Gypsum Company announced it will reopen its idled Wilmington, NC, plant with a $25 million investment over five years to upgrade machinery and install new equipment. The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2018.

Trinseo finalized the setup of an ABS plastic resins production line at its Zhangjiagang site last year, which is now running smoothly and manufacturing quality ABS resins for worldwide shipment.

Tubex Slovakia, a subsidiary of German Tubex, plans to double its annual production of aluminum tubes from 400,000 to 800,000 at its plant in Žarnovica, Slovakia. No new jobs will be created.

Enervise has leased 12,754 sq. ft of space in Blue Ash, Ohio for its new headquarters and Cincinnati Service Center. The company is making a capital investment in building space, tools and fleet to accommodate future growth.

Ontario is investing $2 million through the Jobs and Prosperity Fund to support Northern Transformer Corporation's $39.1 million project to expand its facility, purchase new equipment, and develop new prototypes in Maple, Ontario, creating 60 jobs and retaining 82 jobs.

FANUC CORPORATION is expanding its ROBOSHOT and ROBOCUT factories and constructing a new machining factory at its headquarters in Yamanashi, Japan, to increase production capacities for robots and injection molding machines.

Petoskey Plastics will invest $29.6 million to add 30,000 square feet to its Morristown, Tennessee polyethylene film facility in Hamblen County, creating about 70 jobs over five years.

Aero Fluid Products will add 30,000 square feet to its facility at 313 Gillett Street in Painesville, Ohio, creating 40 full-time jobs and investing an estimated $3 million to $4 million; the lower figure is shown.

SMC is investing an estimated USD 67.8 million in a new warehouse adjacent to its North American headquarters in Noblesville, Indiana, increasing warehouse space by 30% and production capacity and adding 92 jobs over five years.

Arabia Investments, Development, and Financial Investment Holding Company (AIND) plans to invest EGP 10 million to set up three new production lines in its tile and cement bricks factories in Alamein and Abu Rawash, Egypt. Two lines in Alamein are to be inaugurated in August and December 2018, and the third in Abu Rawash by mid-May 2019.

Machine tool manufacturer Tsugami plans to double output capacity in India over the next several years by expanding its factory in Tamil Nadu and renting floors from a neighboring factory, raising monthly output to about 100 units from 40-50.

Retansa Coat acquired a second 2,000 m2 premises in the Jundiz industrial park in Vitoria and invested in new sandblasting, paint booth and oven equipment to expand its fluoropolymer coating capacity to 4,200 m2.

GE Appliances announced a $9.3 million expansion of its Monogram Refrigeration facility in Selmer, Tennessee, adding two new production lines and 210 jobs, doubling employment to about 400.

Mumbai-based Huhtamaki PPL commissioned an HP Indigo 20000 digital press at its Thane plant in January 2018, adding digital printing to its flexible packaging and label operations. The press was formally unveiled on 23 April 2018.

Gränges will invest $26 million to expand its Newport, Arkansas aluminum rolling operations for light-gauge foil used in food packaging. The expansion will create 100 full-time jobs over two years.

Matériaux Blanchet is investing over $25M to modernize its planing plant in Amos, Quebec, including a new 61,000 sq. ft. building to house a state-of-the-art planer mill. Construction begins June 2018, operational by September 2019.

Performance Fabrics (dba HexArmor) will expand to a new location at 640 Leffingwell Ave NE in Grand Rapids, creating 50 new jobs and investing $8.7 million. The company will renovate a 52,000 sq ft building and take occupancy in early 2019.