Pratt & Whitney inaugurated GP7200 engine overhaul capability at its Pratt & Whitney Eagle Services Asia engine center in Singapore, a joint venture with SIAEC, on February 5, 2018. The facility is investing nearly US$85 million and expects GTF engine servicing to begin in 2019.

Food Machines Australia will build a new factory on a greenfield site beside its existing Wauchope facility, expanding its workforce from 6 to 26 and focusing on exports of food processing machinery to the United States.

Wolverine Packing Co. is planning a $30 million plant to expand its Eastern Market operations in Detroit and is seeking tax incentives for the project.

Augusta Fiberglass Coatings Inc. is investing $625,000 to add 12,000 square feet to its manufacturing facility in Blackville, South Carolina, creating 12 new jobs.

Delmar Chemicals, a manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients, is investing $45.8 million to increase production capacity at its LaSalle, Quebec plant. The project will create 25 jobs and consolidate 29, and includes building expansion and new equipment.

H&H Trailers, a division of Novae Corp., announced an expansion of its manufacturing operations with the addition of 50,000 square feet of production space to the facility in Red Oak, Iowa.

Jinpao Precision Industry from Taiwan signed a land purchase agreement to build a third plant in Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate 2, Chonburi, Thailand, with an investment of 2 billion baht for manufacturing metal sheet parts for aerospace and medical industries, expected to create 1,500 jobs.

HeidelbergCement-owned Cimburkina laid the first stone for a second mill at its Kossodo plant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The 150 tph mill will increase capacity to 2 Mta, with an investment of XOF 15 billion ($28.5 million), including a 2000 t silo and a new bagging line.

CEAT's board approved an additional investment of approximately Rs 706 crore for capacity expansion at a greenfield passenger tyre project, increasing total planned investment to Rs 3,506 crore up to FY 2022.

Tosoh Corp. launched commercial production of zirconia powder at its Nanyo Complex in Shunan City in March 2016 and at its Yokkaichi Complex in Yokkaichi City in April 2017, boosting capacity.

Zignago Vetro received approval to expand its Villanova plant in Fossalta di Portogruaro, Italy, by adding a new furnace (Forno 1 Bis). Production capacity will increase from 140,000 to 249,000 tonnes per year, and 62 new jobs will be created.

Addivant expanded production capacity for its Ultranox 626 antioxidant by more than 40% at its Morgantown, West Virginia plant. Financial details were not disclosed.

EP Equipment moved into new, larger facilities near Brussels, Belgium, in February 2018, increasing its stock inventory and establishing a central training facility for 24 participants. The new distribution center supports the company's growth in Europe.

FOMAS Inc., a custom manufacturer of seamless rolled rings, is investing $2.5 million to expand its York County, South Carolina operations, increasing machining capacity by 10% and remodeling the facility. The expansion is expected to create 10 or more jobs.

Siemens invested over 130 million pesos to start a new production line for low-voltage motor control centers at its Balvanera plant in Querétaro, Mexico. The line will increase production by 110% and create 240 new jobs, with 70% of output exported to the US.

Central Machinery Company, DBA CenMac Metalworks, plans a 30,000-square-foot expansion of its facility in Marion, Ohio, investing more than $8.6 million and creating 55 jobs.

The existing Flexible Foam and Lamination joint venture in North America was expanded to include Olympic Products LLC in Greensboro, NC.

Lufthansa Technik's Engine Services division in Hamburg opened a new competence centre for engine case repair and an X-ray centre, investing around €7 million to prepare for future engine types and growing business.

Votech integrated a complete new packaging line at Vreugdenhil's milk powder production site in Scharsterbrug, including two filling machines, two palletising machines and a big bag filling machine. The installation was officially taken into production on January 9, 2018.

Carolina Stalite Co. has reopened its Aquadale plant in North Carolina, which had been closed for over five years, to manufacture lightweight construction aggregate. The company has hired 14 workers and may hire up to 14 more when a second kiln is built in the next few years.

BASF will start construction of a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) synthesis unit at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, in early Q2 2018. The investment will double annual MDI capacity from 300,000 to nearly 600,000 metric tons in the medium term.

Nufri received a license to expand cold storage capacity at its fruit processing facility in El Burgo de Osma, Spain, with an investment of €2.7 million. The expansion adds 21 cold chambers with a total capacity of 6,300 tons.

IVAR completed an expansion of the Sentralrenseanlegg Nord-Jæren wastewater treatment plant in Norway, increasing capacity from 300,000 to 400,000 people, with investments of 570 million NOK since 2013. The new plant was finished in autumn 2018.

Andritz successfully started up a complete neXline needlepunch line at Afitex's facility in Champhol, France. The line produces needlepunched felts for geotextiles using polypropylene and bulk continuous filament.

Marand Precision Engineering opened its expanded facility in Moorabbin, Australia, with a fully integrated F-35A vertical tail manufacturing capability. The expansion, supported by a Defence grant, will create 44 new jobs and is expected to generate over $1 billion in revenue over 20 years.

Farmeko opened the second production line of its ZiO-Zdorovye pharmaceutical plant in Podolsk, Moscow region, with a capacity of 1 billion tablets and 200 million capsules per year. The investment was 1.5 billion rubles.

Emerson will invest $15 million to expand production at its Rosemount measurement and analytical equipment facilities in Chanhassen, Minnesota, creating 80 manufacturing and support jobs over three years, supported by state grants.

Porcelanosa Group announced an EUR 80 million investment in 2018 as part of a three-year program. It is building a new coating plant of 9,000 sqm at its central facilities in Vila-real, expected to increase production by 25% and be finished in 2020.

Biskria Cement has started the kiln on its second new production line at its plant in Biskra, Algeria. The 6,000 t/day line was supplied by Sinoma under a $267 million order from 2015.

ARKRAY completed the second phase of construction and expansion of its Pinghu factory in China, increasing production capacity for diabetes testing instruments and in vitro diagnostic reagents. A completion ceremony was held on January 29, 2018.

Metso commissioned a new, faster assembly line at its factory in Tampere, Finland.

CenMac Metalworks (Central Machinery Company LLC) announced plans to expand its facility in Marion, Ohio, adding 30,000 square feet and investing more than $8.6 million. The expansion will create 55 new jobs, with hiring beginning in Q3 2018.

Brandt Algérie, a subsidiary of Cevital, is launching a mega-project in Sétif, Algeria, that is expected to generate 7,500 jobs in the medium term. The company already operates a 10-hectare plant there producing washing machines and cookers.

Kaneka is investing around €15 million to expand capacity for Eperan PE and PP expanded particle foams at its Westerlo site in Belgium. The additional capacity is scheduled to be available in early 2019.

Amcor Rigid Plastics is installing two new blow molding lines at its Hazelwood, Missouri plant to make plastic containers for multiple products. The expansion will require about 50 additional jobs.

Jones Nonwovens added a new production line at its North Las Vegas plant, doubling capacity to meet demand for natural and sustainable fiber products for bedding and packaging.

Tredegar Personal Care plans to invest approximately $25 million in new technology and capacity at its Terre Haute, Indiana plant to produce FlexAire elastic fabrics for hygiene products. The expansion is expected to be fully operational by Q4 2019, pending local approval.

Nippon Shokubai announced expansions of production capacity for functional monomer VEEA and functional polymers EPOCROS and EPOMIN at its Himeji and Kawasaki plants, with mechanical completion dates from August 2018 to December 2019.

Axis Company, a robotic automation systems manufacturer, will invest $4 million to expand its capabilities in Grand Rapids, Michigan, adding a new facility in Kent County and creating 50 high-tech jobs over three years.

Sekisui Chemical is investing approximately 20 billion yen to add a new film line at its Roermond plant and a new resin line at its Geleen plant in the Netherlands. The film line will start in the second half of fiscal 2019, and the resin line in the first half of fiscal 2020.

Saint-Gobain is investing €45 million in a new blowing glass wool production line at its Isover plant in Chemillé, France, due on stream mid-2019. Two other lines in Azuqueca, Spain and Vidalengo, Italy will become operational in spring and autumn 2018 respectively.

Alliage, a Brazilian dental equipment manufacturer, invested R$10 million to expand its industrial park in Ribeirão Preto, adding a new 25,000 m² building. The facility was inaugurated on January 30, 2018.

Ube Machinery announced the expansion of its injection molding machine assembly plant at its U.S. subsidiary UMI in Michigan, doubling annual production capacity of large machines. Construction is scheduled from July 2018 to May 2019.

Winz Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new production facility in Werneuchen, Brandenburg, with an investment of nearly EUR 1.4 million, supported by EUR 556,000 in state funding. Completion is expected by summer 2019.

Herz, part of the Austrian Herz group, has started building a new production facility at Šmartno pri Litiji, Slovenia, where it makes valves and fittings. The EUR 4 million investment will create 100 jobs and raise production capacity by 50 percent.

Voltic (GH) inaugurated a new high-speed packaging line at its second facility in Akwadum, Eastern Region, funded by parent Coca-Cola Beverages Africa with US$6.5 million. The line is meant to raise production capacity.

Western Extrusions is expanding its aluminum extrusion capability with a new 5100 ton 14-inch press at its facility in Carrollton, Texas. The press will produce profiles up to 20 inches wide and 25 pounds per foot, increasing capacity and flexibility.

Kraiburg TPE installed a new thermoplastic elastomer extrusion line at its Waldkraiburg, Germany headquarters, expanding total capacity to 56,000 metric tons.

Allergan announced a €48 million investment at its Pringy, Haute-Savoie site to increase hyaluronic acid production capacity by 40% by the second half of 2020, creating about 50 jobs by 2020.

Georgia-Pacific announced a $400 million investment at its Palatka, Florida site to build a Through-Air-Dried (TAD) machine and converting operations to expand premium private label towel and Brawny towel capacity. The expanded site is slated to be operational by 2019.