Kleenline has relocated its manufacturing operations from Newburyport, MA to a new 150,000 square foot facility in Statham, Georgia, uniting with Benchmark and Southern Packaging. The move aims to increase productivity and efficiency in producing product handling systems and customized replacement parts.

Qingdao Jieneng Steam Turbine Co. began construction of the first phase of its new steam turbine and generator project in Jimo, Qingdao. The total investment is CNY 5.4 billion, with phase 1 investing CNY 4.2 billion to expand turbine capacity from 500 units/5 GW to 700 units/7 GW per year and add generator production.

Sofitec has begun construction of a new automated surface treatment plant and logistics center in Carmona, Seville, with an investment of EUR 10 million. The new facilities will add new processes and increase production capacity by 30%.

Lundin Gold's Fruta del Norte gold project in Ecuador transitioned from soft tunneling to hard rock mining in December 2017, with mine development advancing faster. Major process plant equipment packages have been awarded.

Kendall Packaging completed an expansion of its Pittsburg, Kansas manufacturing facility at an estimated cost of $10 million. The project broke ground in September 2016 and was completed by January 2018, doubling the plant size.

TG Fluid Systems USA is adding 62,000 square feet to its Brighton, Michigan plant for $11 million, consolidating operations from Howell. The expansion, due for completion in March 2018, is expected to create 35 entry-level factory jobs.

Vibramech is expanding its manufacturing facilities by 1,500 m², scheduled for completion by mid-2018, and is adding three sales staff and one mechanical engineer to support growth.

Entreprise des Ciments et Dérivés d'El Chellif (ECDE) expects to commission a new 2Mta cement plant at Chlef, Algeria, in June, doubling capacity from 2Mta to 4Mta.

Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals (Sidpec) announced a $1.7 billion expansion project in Alexandria, Egypt, to produce propylene and its derivatives, to be implemented in two phases.

Clariant completed an expansion of its industrial facility in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, increasing production capacity by approximately 15%. The project took about two years and was completed on time and on budget.

Turck Duotec, a division of Turck, began a new production line at its plant in Arteaga, Coahuila, and invested nearly US$15 million to establish the Mirus II production unit, with plans to hire 1,000 additional workers over four years.

NiSource Midstream Services completed a compressor upgrade at its Majorsville compressor station in Dallas, West Virginia, replacing four vintage compressors with four CAT 3606 engines and Ariel JGC4 compressors. The upgrade adds 1,800 horsepower and raises throughput by 70-80 million cubic feet per day.

Geringhoff Corp. will invest $520,000 to add a second factory assembly line and 20 new jobs at its St. Cloud, Minnesota facility, expanding production of combine headers and starting manufacture of headers for small grains.

Baylis Medical Company opened a new state-of-the-art extrusion laboratory in Mississauga, Ontario, to bring plastic tube extrusion in-house, reducing production time from two months to 48 hours. The company hired additional technical staff to support the expansion.

GRI Renewable Industries invested €40 million to modernize a shipyard in Seville, Spain, into an offshore wind tower and foundation manufacturing facility, employing up to 400 people. The factory was equipped with a PEMA manufacturing line and started production in 2017.

Thalia Design Automation announced the opening of a new engineering center in Hyderabad, India, initially staffed by five engineers, with plans to grow to 25 within 12-18 months. The expansion is driven by a recently completed funding round led by Mercia Fund Managers and Development Bank of Wales.

Neapco's automotive sub-assembly plant in Praszka, Poland, now employs 1,070 people and is hiring more workers. The plant produces drive shafts and aluminum castings for global automakers.

Borouge is processing technical bids from five EPC contractors for its Polypropylene-5 project in Ruwais, UAE. The project is estimated to be worth $550 million and will have a production capacity of approximately 600,000 tonnes per year.

Bogoslovsky Cable Plant (BKZ) will launch a new workshop for innovative cables for the petrochemical industry by the end of 2018. Investment in the workshop is about 400 million rubles, and 65 new jobs will be created.

HSIL plans to expand its security bottle caps facility in Telangana with a Rs 100 crore investment, raising capacity from 230 million to one billion units per year, with commissioning expected by September 2018.

HCP Packaging Group held a ground-breaking ceremony on 22 January 2018 for the first phase of a multi-year expansion at its Rusi site in Bechhofen, Bavaria, adding two production buildings and injection moulding and decoration equipment, expected to be fully operational by October 2018 and raising annual capacity by over 60%.

Biomashinostroene, a Bulgarian manufacturer of heat exchangers and vessels for the chemical, food and pharmaceutical industries, announced a six-year EUR 10 million investment program to double production and revenue. The program includes building a new plant on 32 decares of land near Plovdiv and purchasing new metalworking machines.

FPS Food Process Solutions opened a new 30,000 sq. ft. facility in Richmond, British Columbia, bringing total space to over 130,000 sq. ft., housing expanded controls, manufacturing, and project management departments.

Leoni will create 1,200 new jobs starting April 2018 through an expansion of its automotive cable plant in Messaadine, Tunisia. The expansion will support production of components for photovoltaic cars.

Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of America (SMA) will invest $10 million to add 100,000 square feet to its North American headquarters in Chesapeake, Virginia. The project will retain 20 jobs and create 26 new jobs.

Wittmann Group expanded facilities in Mosonmagyaróvár (Hungary), Vienna (Austria), Nuremberg (Germany) and Písek (Czech Republic) to meet record demand for robots, shipping 5000 robots in 2017. The automation department of its Indian subsidiary was also extended.

TST Metales and Nikkei Aluminium announced a co-investment of 390 million pesos to expand aluminium production capacity in Aguascalientes, Mexico, creating 100 jobs. The first phase adds 2,500 tonnes per month capacity.

VF Corporation will invest up to $52 million to open a new distribution center in Jonestown, Pennsylvania, creating more than 175 new jobs. The facility will support distribution for Vans, The North Face and Timberland brands and is expected to be operational by early 2019.

Qingdao Hisense HVAC Co., Ltd. plans to invest 100 million yuan to build a new plant for commercial air conditioning production in Qingdao's Huangdao District, with an annual capacity of 2 million units. The project is expected to be completed and operational by January 2019.

The EBRD is extending a €38 million loan to French aerospace manufacturer Figeac Aéro SA for the expansion of its production facilities in Morocco and Tunisia, supporting skill transfer and job creation.

Yaskawa inaugurated a 5,000 sqm building extension at its Allershausen site near Munich, adding warehouse, production, and office space for robot welding units and custom industrial robots.

Engcon extended its factory in Niepruszewo, Poland, adding 1,000 square meters for assembly, testing, and processing, with a total investment of over £1.5 million.

Desch Canada Ltd. plans to invest $12.6 million to expand its plant in Cambridge, Ontario, adding floorspace and equipment for a new transmission system. The project will create about 30 jobs.

Seward Refrigeration is installing a new 10,100 kW ammonia plant, comprising 7 screw compressors, 6 evaporative condensers and 3 surge vessels, to provide cooling for tunnel freezers, cold stores, pre-coolers and process areas. Installation begins next week.

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is investing over €12 million to expand production capacity and upgrade its organic peroxides facility in Los Reyes, Mexico, including a new facility for Perkadox CH-50. Completion expected by May 2019.

Rexcell Tissue & Airlaid AB, a subsidiary of Duni, is investing $6 million to modernize a nonwovens production line at its Skåpafors plant in Sweden, expected to be completed in Q2 2018 and increase output by 25%.

LAI International is opening a new 39,410-square-foot factory in Tempe, Arizona, to house a next-generation engine program for the commercial aerospace industry, expanding its existing facility.

ADC Barcode invested €1 million in a new premises in Greenogue Business Park, Dublin, and two new flexographic label printing machines, aiming to double output and expand the team by 25%.

Customade Group invested £250,000 in a new 23,000 ft² factory in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, to increase REAL Aluminium's window production by 60%. The expansion will create 40 new jobs.

Asahi Kasei Medical announced construction of a new spinning plant for cellulose hollow-fiber membranes used in Planova virus removal filters in Nobeoka, Japan. The plant will add 40,000 m²/year capacity and is expected to be completed in May 2019.

Vyatsky Plywood Mill (part of Segezha Group) is completing an investment project to increase capacity and build a new plywood production facility in Kirov, Russia. The project costs 6.3 billion rubles and will increase total plywood output to 182,000 m³ per year.

Lotte Chemical Corp. will invest 50 billion won ($47.1 million) to add production facilities for purified isophthalic acid (PIA) at its plant in Ulsan, South Korea, nearly doubling capacity from 460,000 tons to 840,000 tons. Construction is expected to be completed by the second half of 2019.

AbbVie announced a $139 million (€113.6 million) expansion of its manufacturing facility in Ballytivnan, Sligo, Ireland, to support its oncology pipeline. The investment will create approximately 100 new jobs over three years.

Tobroco-Giant is planning a major expansion of its production facility in Oisterwijk, Netherlands, adding 8,000 square metres of production space and building a new R&D and sales facility. The expansion includes new assembly lines, welding robots, and a smart parts storage system.

Kruger rebuilt its MP10 newsprint machine at the Trois-Rivières mill in Quebec into a 100% recycled linerboard machine under a $250 million modernization project announced in September 2015. Official start-up occurred in May 2017.

Advanced Architectural Stone added capability to manufacture wet-pour architectural precast concrete products and GFRC panels at its plant in Fort Worth, Texas.

Termomecanica has started operations of two new continuous casting lines at its unit in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, with a BRL 20 million investment, increasing production capacity by 8% to 190,000 tons per year.

De Nora completed a $10 million expansion and upgrade of its factory in Suzhou Industrial Park, increasing production capacity by over 50% for electrode and water technology products.

Ortadoğu Rulman Sanayi (ORS) aims to increase annual bearing production to 125 million units within five years through new investments. Current capacity has reached 90 million units.

Freund-Vector Corporation is evaluating the construction of a new 17,000 square foot Technology Center at the Marion Enterprise Center, with a capital investment estimated at $6.5 million. The project is contingent on regulatory and governmental approvals.