Amiad Water Systems UK Ltd has relocated to a much larger engineering facility in Llanelli, South Wales.

Nemuno Banga started operating a new cigarette filter production plant in South Africa in September 2017, initially making mono acetate and flavored filters, with capsule filters planned for early 2018.

WestRock announced plans to build a new corrugated box plant in Porto Feliz, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, to serve growing regional demand. Construction is expected to begin later in 2017 and finish in mid-2019.

China-based J-Star Motion will establish a new manufacturing facility in Cedar Springs, Michigan, investing $4.9 million and planning 122 jobs, supported by a $738,000 state grant.

Sinopec's subsidiary Baling Petrochemical started trial runs at its new SEPS elastomers facility in Yueyang, Hunan province. The plant has 20,000 tonnes per year capacity and received over €38 million investment.

Toyoda Gosei will establish a new plant in Vietnam as a branch of Toyoda Gosei Haiphong. Production of airbag parts and steering wheels will begin in July 2019. Investment is $24.6 million, with construction starting in March 2018.

BUA Group plans to commission a $300 million cement plant in Sokoto, Nigeria, in 2018.

Taiwan-based Macauto broke ground on a $55 million manufacturing plant in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, to produce sun shades, trunk covers and wind deflectors for automakers, creating 700 jobs.

BUA Group commissioned a 3 million metric tonnes per annum cement factory in Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria, and broke ground for a second line of the same capacity.

Don Construction Products is launching its first U.S. manufacturing operations in Lancaster County, South Carolina, with a $6.2 million investment and 21 new jobs. The facility is expected to be online by Q3 2018.

Poco Loco is constructing a new fully automated warehouse on a 7-hectare site in Roeselare, Belgium. The 43-meter-high, 15,000 m² building will hold 42,000 pallets and represents an investment of 40 million euros.

Gallicoop Zrt. is building a new packaging facility in Szarvas, Hungary, with a budget of HUF 1.65 billion, expected to be operational by the first half of 2018.

AK Corporation started operations of a new greenfield casthouse in South Korea in 2017, capable of casting aerospace-grade aluminum alloys at an annual capacity of 50,000 tons.

Nexans has opened a new plant in Brody, Ukraine, operated by Elektrokontakt Ukraina, to manufacture cable harnesses for BMW. The investment is about €20 million, and the plant is expected to create over 2,500 jobs.

Insulet broke ground on a $100 million, 350,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Acton, Massachusetts, to produce its OmniPod insulin management system. The plant is expected to go online in 2019.

Tyr Energy, along with partners Kansai Electrical Power Co. and Siemens Group, started construction on the Hickory Run Power Station, a 1,000 MW gas-fueled combined-cycle electrical generation plant in North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania. The plant is expected to be in service by April 2020.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong Waterproof Technology Co. will invest USD303 million to build a new material production base and regional headquarters in Yueyang, Hunan province, China. Construction is expected to last 24 months.

Americold has broken ground on a new 15.5 million cubic foot automated cold storage facility at its Rochelle, Illinois campus, adding 57,600 pallet positions. The facility is expected to open in December 2018 and will create up to 70 jobs.

YUEI Caster has constructed a new factory in Hannō City, Saitama Prefecture, with trial operations starting November 2017 and full operations scheduled for April 2018, featuring an automated warehouse and production capacity of up to 2000 million units per year.

Ball Corporation will begin construction of a new beverage packaging facility in Goodyear, Arizona, expected to start production in Q2 2018 to serve demand for specialty cans in the southwestern U.S. No investment value was given.

Crown Holdings officially opened a beverage can plant in Juarez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, with a USD 75 million investment and 1.2 billion cans a year of output. A second line costing USD 45 million over two years is planned, and about 160 jobs will be created.

LG Electronics relocated its Korean chiller plant from Jeonju to a new 35,000m² factory in Pyeongtaek, which is two and a half times larger than the previous facility. The plant produces centrifugal, absorption, screw, and scroll chillers with an annual capacity of up to 600,000RT.

Versum Materials Korea opened an Advanced Deposition Materials technology research lab at its Banwol factory in Ansan, South Korea, with an investment of about 10 billion won.

Jiangsu Kuangshun Photosensitivity New-Material Stock Co. plans to build a production base for new eco-friendly materials and high-end electronic chemicals in Zhuhai, Guangdong, with total investment of up to USD126 million. The annual yield is expected to hit 36,000 tons.

The Roemheld Group has opened a new 6,000 m² Stark manufacturing centre in Rankweil, Austria, housing advanced manufacturing equipment for zero point mounting systems.

Fanuc has opened a new European customization and distribution centre in Contern, Luxembourg, capable of handling over 10,000 robots per year.

Intercoil International has commenced operations at its new manufacturing and distribution centre in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, with an investment of SAR 20 million (USD 5.44 million).

ElectraTherm, a BITZER Group company, has completed a 50,000 square foot manufacturing plant and R&D test center in Flowery Branch, Georgia. The facility is ready for full production of Power+ Generators.

ELDOR Corporation is constructing a 250,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Botetourt County, Virginia, its first North American production operation. The $75 million investment is expected to create 350 jobs over five years, with test runs starting by January 2018.

Tekni-Plex, Inc. has begun production at its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China, representing a $15 million investment. The 140,000-square-foot facility produces silicone extrusion tubing, custom compounds, and dip tubes for medical, pharmaceutical, food/beverage, and industrial applications.

BIW Polska sp. z o.o. officially started production at a new plant on Opolska Street in Wrocław, Poland on August 23, 2017. The facility produces textile cable harness sleeves and electrical wire protections. Employment is expected to increase from 45 to 60 by the end of 2017.

Saint-Gobain is constructing a new plant in the Alianza Derramadero Industrial Park in Saltillo, Mexico. Construction began in July 2017 and is expected to be completed by the end of November 2017. The facility will have 22,500 square meters of construction space on a 55-hectare lot.

Modern Meadow, a start-up making lab-derived leather, will move its headquarters from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Nutley, N.J., occupying a 7,300 m² site on a former Roche campus that will also house lab space and a pilot manufacturing facility. New Jersey provided tax credits worth up to USD 32 million.

Chinese clothing manufacturer Tianyuan Garments Company announced plans to open an apparel factory in Little Rock, Arkansas, fitted with 21 fully automated T-shirt production lines using Sewbot robots from SoftWear Automation. The factory will produce 800,000 T-shirts per day and employ 400 staff.

Pronar has started production of axles, drivetrains and tracked and wheeled running gear at a new factory in Hajnówka, Poland. The facility covers 90,000 m² total area with 18,100 m² under roof, and will eventually employ several hundred people.

Progroup subsidiary Prowell has applied for planning permission for a two-phase corrugated board plant at Lees Lane, Ellesmere Port, with first-phase investment around £120m backed by a EUR 75 million commitment.

Nordson SEALANT EQUIPMENT moved its line of business from Plymouth to a renovated Wixom, Michigan facility adding 30,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space and new demonstration and test areas.

Nittan Valve is establishing a local subsidiary, Rizhao Nittan Valve, in Rizhao City, Shandong Province, to produce small engine valves, with planned capital of about 8 billion yen.

Hanwha Energy approved formation of subsidiary Daesan Green Energy to build a 50-MW hydrogen fuel cell plant in the Daesan Industrial Complex in Seosan City, South Korea. The $227 million plant is scheduled to begin construction in December 2017 with commercial operation in November 2019.

Family-owned wet food products maker Birch & Waite opened its new AUD 13.5 million factory in Revesby, Western Sydney, Australia. The site employs 20 workers initially, expected to grow to 45, and features a Shaking Retort, the first commercial-sized machine of its type in the Southern Hemisphere.

HC SemiTek Corp., through its subsidiary Crystaland Co., will invest USD 150 million to build a sapphire substrate production base in Yuxi, Yunnan province, China, with an annual capacity of 35 million chips. Construction is set to begin in September 2017 and last 16 months.

Mitsubishi Electric Shihlin Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. completed a new plant in Changzhou's Photovoltaic Industrial Park. The facility, with an investment of $34.19 million, will produce 2.6 million automotive alternators and 2.2 million starters annually.

Hunan Shibian Communication Technology Co., Ltd. started construction of phase one of its semiconductor project in Xiangtan High-tech Zone, Hunan, China. The total investment is 1.5 billion yuan, with phase one expected to be completed and operational by end of 2017.

Evonik Industries is building a new production plant for specialty copolyesters at its Witten site in Germany, with a mid-double-digit million euro investment and annual capacity of several thousand metric tons, targeting mechanical completion by end of November 2017 and commercial operation in Q2 2018.

NHK Spring Co., Ltd. will build a new factory adjacent to its existing plant in Tata, Hungary, for its subsidiary NHK Spring Hungary, to produce coil springs and stabilizers for automobiles, with an investment of approximately 49 billion yen and operations scheduled to begin in November 2019.

Mazak is building a new iSMART Factory in Inabe City, Japan, which will begin producing machine tools in 2019.

NHK Spring Co., Ltd. announced plans to invest 84 billion yen to construct a production plant for semiconductor manufacturing equipment components in Miyata Village, Nagano Prefecture, with construction starting in December and completion scheduled for a future date.

Akkayalar Conveyor began serving customers from its new production facility in Sincan, Ankara, with 6,000 m² closed area on 15,000 m² of land, as part of a capacity expansion investment.

India-based automotive supplier Sakthi plans to open a production site in Durango, Mexico, to manufacture aluminum components for braking and suspension systems. The company will invest US$33 million and expects to create 600 jobs.

Lauak signed a contract with the Municipality of Grândola to purchase land for the construction of a factory to produce aircraft components, with an investment of €22 million. The factory will create 100 jobs in the first phase, with a second factory planned in the medium term.