Soprema is constructing a new 178,000 sq ft plant in Sherbrooke, Quebec, to produce extruded polystyrene thermal insulation panels. The $42.8 million project will create 56 jobs and start production in April 2018.

UBC Group invested €18 million in the first phase of a refrigeration equipment plant in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The first phase will produce 60,000 freezer chests per year, with test production starting in December 2017.

Novares has opened its first Romanian plant near Pitesti, producing automotive components using plastic injection techniques. The plant initially has 40 staff, planned to rise to 80 by year-end and eventually 130, and will produce air filters and roof rails for Dacia.

Source Photonics has opened a new facility in Jintan, China, for manufacturing Indium Phosphide lasers and related components, including metalorganic chemical vapor deposition and chip processing. The plant augments an existing fab in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Langs Building Supplies officially opened its new $20 million Caloundra warehouse and trade store on September 25, 2017, creating 100 new jobs. The facility includes a drive-through trade store, bulk building supplies, and on-site manufacturing of roof trusses, wall frames, and floor trusses.

Grupa Azoty opened its new Polyamide Plant II at its site in Tarnów, Poland, producing Polyamide 6. The opening ceremony took place on September 25, 2017, with Prime Minister Beata Szydło and Grupa Azoty President Wojciech Wardacki in attendance.

Geropharm opened the first phase of a pharmaceutical production facility in St. Petersburg's Pushkinskaya industrial zone for insulin and other drugs. Investment in the first and second phases totals 3.3 billion rubles.

A new factory for manufacturing refrigeration equipment is under construction in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, with a first phase investment of €10 million. It will create over 1,200 jobs and produce coolers and refrigerated cabinets for global companies.

Hanwha Techwin Company Limited held a groundbreaking ceremony for the first of three planned aviation engine parts plants at Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park in Hanoi, Vietnam. The total investment is $200 million, with plans to expand to $260 million, and the first plant is scheduled to be completed by end of April 2018.

OCL India Ltd received local support for a new 2.25Mta cement plant and 3Mta additional clinker capacity in Rajgangpur, Sundargarh district, moving closer to final environmental clearance.

Elis Pavaje began production at its third factory in Neamt County, Romania, following an investment of EUR 10 million. The plant has a production capacity of 5,000 sqm/day and created 40 jobs.

BILSTEIN COLD ROLLED STEEL LP celebrated the grand opening of its first U.S. facility at the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, creating 110 jobs. The plant produces high-precision cold rolled strip steel products.

Argentine equipment maker Ing. Ramón Russo inaugurated a new 2,100 m² industrial plant and showroom near Salta Capital's industrial park on September 21, 2017, producing diesel and gas generator sets, fire protection systems, pressurization equipment and motor pumps.

Cooper Standard celebrated the grand opening of its dedicated Industrial Specialty Group facility in Sherbrooke, Quebec, which consolidates three existing ISG sites. The $10 million investment supports non-automotive EPDM rubber sealing products.

Webasto Group started construction on a new factory in Wuhan, China, its largest in the country. The plant, costing about 300 million yuan ($45.8 million), is expected to produce 2 million sunroofs in 2021.

SAS Manufacturing opened a new 25,000-square-foot advanced machining facility in Arvada, Colorado, for aerospace components. The facility features automated 5-axis milling and 3D printing, and the company expects to more than double its workforce over 24 months.

United States Cold Storage was appointed to build and operate a new distribution centre for a client's ice cream production expansion. Swisslog provided automation technologies for the 336,000 sq ft facility.

AkhangaranCement, part of Eurocement group, launched a 3,500 ton per year refractory brick production plant as part of a 6 billion soum project, with equipment from Henan Dufu Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (China).

Munjal Kiriu Industries, a joint venture between Hero Motors Company and Kiriu Corporation, commissioned the first phase of a new machining plant in Mandal, Gujarat, with an investment of ₹150 crore. The plant has an installed capacity of 1,500 tonnes per month for ventilated discs and drums for OEMs.

Ibstock, the UK's largest brick manufacturer, announced plans to invest £50 million in a new factory in Leicestershire to increase production capacity and meet growing demand from housebuilding.

Broadcom Limited opened a new RM59 million global distribution warehouse in Batu Kawan, Penang, which will ship over 90% of Broadcom's products directly to customers.

MPW Industrial Services is investing $9 million to build a 30,000-square-foot industrial water regeneration plant in Yuma, Arizona. Construction is scheduled to begin in Q1 2018, with operational status by Q2 2019.

Martin-Baker opened a new field office at Williamtown, Australia, to support the Joint Strike Fighter in the Asia-Pacific region. The office will provide maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade services for ejection seats.

Houston-based valve and actuator distributor AIV, together with Gulf Coast Modification, plans a new 320,000-square-foot facility in northwest Houston, scheduled for completion by late 2018, with room to expand to 700,000 square feet. KDW is the design-build contractor.

Gulf Energy SAOC opened the Fishing & Remedial Experts Enterprise (FREE) factory in Nizwa Industrial Area, Oman, to manufacture drilling and fishing tools for the oil and gas industry. PDO signed a 10-year contract as main customer, and the factory will create up to 70 Omani jobs.

Moscow authorities signed an agreement with German machine tool maker Niles-Simmons-Hegenscheidt to create a production facility in Zelenograd's Alabushevo site. Investment is about 750 million rubles, creating 153 jobs, with work planned to start by end of 2017.

Ulupure Technology Co., Ltd. signed an agreement with Pidu District to build a new headquarters base and factory in Chengdu, China, with an investment of 200 million RMB on 18.5 acres.

Miyake Forging North America Corporation will build a new 45,000-square-foot automotive bearing parts manufacturing facility in Surgoinsville, Tennessee, investing $13.7 million and creating 60 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational by early 2018.

Century 3 celebrated the installation of steel truss for GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 11th fab in Chengdu, China. The $100 million 300mm fab is expected to be operational by end of 2018.

ME Elecmetal, through its joint venture ME Long Teng Zambia, will build a $40 million mill ball manufacturing facility in Kalumbila, Zambia, expected to be operational by Q1 2018. The plant will supply mines in Zambia, DRC, and South Africa.

Combilift is building a new €40 million, 46,000 m² factory on a 40-hectare site in Monaghan, Ireland, which will be the largest single manufacturing plant under one roof in Ireland. The facility will create about 200 new jobs and is expected to be fully operational in spring 2018.

Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology officially opened a new R15-million production unit in Boksburg, South Africa, with ten production bays. The facility will assemble the new Sandvik LH115L low-profile load haul dumpers for the local mining market.

Prinzhorn Holding unit Hamburger Containerboard plans a 300 million euro paper factory on about 500,000 square metres in Kütahya 2nd Organized Industrial Zone, with 500 jobs and production expected in 2020.

Thimm Verpackung officially opened its new Holledau corrugated packaging plant in Wolnzach, Bavaria, on 15-16 September 2017 after investing 60 million euros. The plant uses rotary and flat-bed die-cutting and a high-tech corrugator.

Roca Group began construction of a 74,000 m2 vitreous china sanitary production plant at Griya Idola Industrial Park in Cikupa, Tangerang, Indonesia. The investment exceeds EUR 60 million, and the plant will produce around 650,000 sanitary units per year, with operations planned to start in the second half of 2018.

Orgsintez-Prolab will invest 3 billion rubles to build an acrylic dispersion plant in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region. The first phase is expected to start in Q1 2018, the second in 2019, with total capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year. A third phase may relocate the company's adhesive tape production to the region by 2021-2022.

Korean-based textile manufacturer Hyosung Global Safety Textiles officially opened its second plant in Mexico, in Torreon, Coahuila, to supply fabric and airbags for the automotive industry. The company invested US$18 million in the 25,000 square-feet facility, expected to create 700 jobs.

Heat and Control opened a new manufacturing facility in Chennai, India, with a manufacturing area of over 11,800 m² at Mahindra World City. The facility includes a technical center and office space of 2,500 m².

Baltic Industrial Company (BPK) opened a new scientific-production complex BPK-SEVER in St. Petersburg, Russia, for manufacturing metal-cutting machine tools under the F.O.R.T brand. Investments totaled 3.5 billion rubles, with plans for another complex.

Kato Works will build a new factory in Bando City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, to manufacture parts for construction machinery. The total investment is about ¥3 billion, with completion targeted for 2018.

VMI Group opened a new manufacturing facility in Leszno, Poland, with 13,500 sqm of floor space. The facility currently employs 70 people, expected to grow to over 150 by mid-2018.

Fresenius Medical Care opened its regional manufacturing plant in Bandar Enstek, Malaysia, which will serve as its Southeast Asia manufacturing hub and is the first peritoneal dialysis products plant in Malaysia.

Dioki Petrokimya San. A.S. started up its new GPPS plant on September 13, 2017, in Yumurtalik Free Zone, Adana, Turkey. The plant has a 50,000 tons/year GPPS/HIPS swing line and an 18,000 tons/year EPS line, with commercial production already reached.

German automotive supplier Röchling Automotive has opened a new factory in Teruel, Spain, with an investment of 16 million euros (USD 19.1 million). The 40,000-square-meter plant produces plastic parts for the automotive industry, supplying Ford's Valencia factory, and is expected to reach full capacity in 2019.

Thales opened a new additive manufacturing facility in Casablanca, Morocco, specializing in metal 3D printing for aerospace parts. The 1000 m² facility currently houses two SLM systems and is expected to employ around 20 engineers and technicians.

Global Safety Textiles (GST) inaugurated a new plant in Torreón, Mexico, producing 14 million linear meters of airbag fabric annually. The $70 million facility creates 700 jobs.

Georgia-Pacific announced a new $100 million lumber production facility in Talladega, Alabama. Construction starts immediately with anticipated startup in late 2018, creating over 100 jobs.

Advanced Powders & Coatings (AP&C), a subsidiary of Arcam AB and GE Additive, inaugurated a new $31-million additive manufacturing facility in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. The plant will produce titanium powder for 3D printing, with a capacity of 750 tonnes, eventually 1,250 tonnes, and will create 106 new jobs by end of 2017.

Autocar will invest $120 million to open a heavy-duty cab-over-engine truck assembly plant in an existing one million-square-foot complex in Birmingham and Center Point, Alabama, creating 746 jobs.

Inventus Power announced plans to open a new 100,000 ft² manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico, in early 2018, recruiting several hundred employees. The facility will double the company's existing Tijuana footprint and serve as a Medical Center of Excellence.