F.M. Howell & Company is expanding at its Elmira, New York sites, installing new manufacturing and printing equipment for its Howell Packaging division and buying a thermoformer for Howell Plastics. The project, supported by an $800,000 capital grant from the Southern Tier REDC, will create 14 jobs and retain 182.

Jedco Inc. announced a $9 million investment to expand capacity at its Grand Rapids facility, adding new machinery and creating 39 jobs over three years.

Mitsui Chemicals will set up new production facilities for Milastomer thermoplastic olefin elastomer at its U.S. base Advanced Composites Inc. in Ohio, investing about 1.5 billion yen ($14.24 million) for 6,000 tons annual capacity.

Metso is expanding its Metso Park factory in Alwar, India, increasing crushing and screening plant production capacity by 35% to meet growing demand. The expansion will be completed by the end of 2018.

Samsung (China) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its second-phase memory chip project in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on March 28, 2018. The expansion follows a 2017 investment agreement with the Shaanxi provincial government to meet growing demand for high-end V-NAND products.

Saint-Gobain announced the modernization and extension of its ISOVER plant's stone wool production line in Ploiesti, Romania, increasing capacity to 30,000 tons per year, due to come on stream in the second half of 2019.

Trebor Developments announced the completion of a new 115,000 sq ft steel manufacturing facility in Oldbury for Steel & Alloy Processing Limited, representing a £27m expansion of its operations in the West Midlands.

Stadler will invest EUR 32 million (HUF 10 billion) to double the annual capacity of its bogie manufacturing unit in Szolnok, Hungary, from 250 to 500 bogies. The project includes a new plant and warehouse, creating about 15 new jobs.

Silex is investing $50 million to add equipment and cleanrooms at its existing fab in Jarfalla, Sweden, to expand production capacity.

CIE LT Forge opened a second shaft production line in Marijampole, Lithuania, with a EUR 10 million investment. The expansion triples production capacity to 1.5 million units per year and created 60 jobs.

Construction of the second of two new Liebherr 9800 excavators was completed at BMA's Goonyella Riverside mine in the Bowen Basin, as part of an accelerated stripping project to increase waste stripping and coal exposure capacity. Each excavator cost about $16 million and moves about 15 million banked cubic metres of dirt per year.

Mitsubishi Electric announced a ¥40 billion investment to build a new factory automation equipment plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and consider new plants in China and India, aiming to increase global production capacity by about 40%.

CooperVision announced a €24 million investment to expand its manufacturing and distribution facility in Gyál, Hungary. The expansion will increase production of Clariti brand contact lenses and improve automation, creating new jobs.

Cuisine Solutions completed an expansion of its global headquarters in Sterling, Virginia, adding over 63,000 square feet of space and investing close to $70 million in equipment, technology and construction. The expansion created hundreds of new jobs.

BASF extended production facilities for Joncryl water-based emulsions at its Ludwigshafen site, in addition to Heerenveen, to meet increasing demand for printing and packaging applications.

Lu-Ve Group announced a EUR 36 million investment to expand the production site of its subsidiary SEST-LUVE Polska in Gliwice, Poland. The project includes a 20,000 sqm factory and new machinery, with work started in November 2017 and completion expected by 2021.

Foynes Port received a new Liebherr crane, the biggest ever installed at the harbour on the Shannon. The crane cost €2.8 million.

Trailers y Tanques de Aluminio (Tytal) Corporation plans to invest US$30 million to expand its two aluminum tank retrofit plants in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon, creating 300 new jobs. The expansion targets the US market for railroad-auto tank replacements due to new regulations.

Positronic Industries Inc. announced plans to invest $2.5 million in its Springfield, Missouri plant, adding 90 new jobs and new equipment.

Worldwide Dispensers of North America, a part of DS Smith's Plastics division, completed a $4 million expansion of its injection moulding factory in Lester Prairie, Minnesota, US. The expansion added 25,000 sq ft and includes a new product development laboratory.

The West African Development Bank approved a XOF 25 billion loan to help fund a third production line at Ciments du Sahel's plant in Kirène, near Rufisque, Senegal. The new line will have a capacity of 2.7 Mta, increasing total plant capacity to 5.9 Mta.

Dorman Products will invest more than $55 million to establish a new production and distribution facility in Portland, Tennessee, creating approximately 215 jobs. The 815,000-square-foot facility will begin construction in Q1 2018 and is scheduled to be operational in Q1 2019.

Lear Corporation completed the expansion of its automotive seat plant in Valença, Portugal, investing €5 million to double the facility's production area and capacity. The expansion is expected to increase employment above the current 300 workers.

Liebherr is investing $45 million to expand its Newport News, Virginia facility. The expansion includes three new buildings with over 23,300 square meters of covered space, including a new headquarters and administrative building, production and workshop facility, and warehouse.

Fuji Machine Mfg will invest about ¥1 billion to relocate and expand its German European office in April 2018, enhancing its showroom functions.

Fuji Machine Mfg invested about ¥700 million to add a third factory building at its Okazaki plant in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan, completed in March 2018. The building will mainly serve as a logistics warehouse for components.

Fuji Machine Mfg will invest about ¥5 billion to build a new factory building at its Fujioka plant in Toyota, Aichi, Japan, increasing annual production capacity by about 30% to ¥14 billion. The new building is expected to be completed in March 2019.

XCMG built the industry's first intelligent production line for crane turntables in Xuzhou, China, with a daily production capacity of 40 units, the largest in the world. The line can produce over 20 types of products.

Sanpellegrino installed two Sidel Matrix Combi blow/fill/cap systems for PET bottles at its Ruspino plant in Italy to increase production capacity.

Westgate Global built a flexible wall enclosure extending Amcor's heated adhesive curing area at its Evesham site, UK, to meet increased production demand.

Anjani Portland Cement Ltd approved setting up an additional clinker producing unit at Chintalapalem with an investment of 4 billion rupees.

Scapa Healthcare will expand its Knoxville, Tennessee operations by constructing a 150,000-square-foot facility, investing approximately $40 million and creating more than 85 new jobs. The company will consolidate three existing buildings into the new single location.

Freudenberg Far Eastern Spunweb Co. Ltd. plans to build an additional production line at its Tayuan Tao-Yuan site in Taiwan, increasing annual nonwovens capacity by about 11,000 metric tons. Construction is expected to be completed in 2020.

British-based Smith & Nephew plans a $29 million expansion at its Fort Worth, Texas facility, creating 100 new jobs for its Advanced Wound Management business.

Allegheny Technologies Inc.'s ATI Ladish plant in Cudahy will undergo a $95 million expansion and add 125 jobs to meet growing demand for aerospace jet engine components.

Agnico Eagle Finland awarded Pöyry an EPCM assignment for a €160 million expansion of the Kittilä gold mine, including a 1,044-meter shaft and increased processing capacity from 1.6 to 2.0 million tonnes per annum, expected to boost gold production by 50,000-70,000 ounces annually from 2021.

Model Group will take delivery of a corrugator by the end of 2019 for its Nowa Sol site, a brownfield facility in Poland acquired in 2016 from Funai where TVs were previously made.

Old Bridge Chemicals announced a major expansion of its zinc sulfate manufacturing operations at its campus in Old Bridge, New Jersey, with an investment of over $3 million that more than doubles capacity and created over a dozen new jobs.

Electroalfa Group is expanding its metal fabrication factory and building a new medium-voltage equipment factory in Botoșani, Romania, with investments of about 36 million lei (nearly 8 million euros).

Digi-Key Electronics will begin construction of a four-story product distribution center in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, adding 2.2 million square feet of usable space. The initial investment is over $300 million, and the project will create 250-300 construction jobs over three years.

Rekor Kauçuk moved all production from Istanbul to a new 35,000 m² facility in Eskişehir, investing $50 million. The move tripled production capacity to 40,000 tons per year and created about 250 jobs.

Phoenix Contact USA is investing $21 million to add 66,331 square feet to its logistics center in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, including a mezzanine for office and lab space. Construction is expected to be completed by March 2019.

Adler Pelzer Group celebrated the opening of an additional 89,000 sq. ft. production facility in Port Huron, Michigan, nearly doubling the existing space. The new hall features digital production control and Compound Injection Molding technology.

Novosibirsk-based Arneg, part of Italian Arneg group, plans to double production volumes by acquiring a new site in the industrial-logistics park of Novosibirsk region for additional capacity.

Tessy Plastics will invest $9.2 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Lynchburg, Virginia, to accommodate a new product line, creating 34 new jobs.

SvetlogorskKhimvolokno plans to expand production of construction-grade nonwoven materials (Spanbond technology) by 40%. A contract for equipment supply has been signed, with installation planned for summer 2018. The company also plans to increase polypropylene fabric and big-bag production, and expand knitted fabric output to 150 tons per month with four new circular knitting machines.

The city council approved the development plan for Ardex's expansion in Rüdinghausen, Witten. The construction chemicals specialist plans to build a new logistics center, expand and reorganize production facilities, and construct a 90-meter office tower. Estimated investment is €100 million.

Wacker Metroark Chemicals expanded its silicone production at its Amtala site near Kolkata with a new hydrosilylation plant for functional silicone fluids. The plant has an annual capacity of over 6,000 metric tons and cost around €6 million.

Reynolds Consumer Products is investing $3.2 million to purchase equipment for a new plastic film production line at its Temple, Texas facility, creating 10 new jobs.

Medtronic inaugurated its fourth manufacturing plant in the Dominican Republic, located in the San Isidro free zone park, with an investment of approximately $46 million, creating over 450 jobs for neurosurgery device production.