Milwaukee Tool announced a $33.4 million investment to expand its operations in Greenwood, Jackson, and Olive Branch, Mississippi, creating 660 new jobs over four years. The expansion will increase manufacturing of cordless power tools and accessories.

Reliance Packaging invested about 4 million dollars in equipment and 1.5 million dollars in building improvements to add a new extruder and printing press at its Aberdeen, North Carolina plant, roughly doubling daily production capacity.

Siemens opened a new Low Voltage Switchgear Plant in Gebze, Turkey, as part of its integrated production facilities, with a total investment of €65 million. The plant will employ 1,000 people directly and indirectly.

Punch Powerglide, a manufacturer of automatic transmissions in Strasbourg, plans to hire 50 additional permanent employees in 2018 to increase production of 8-speed transmissions and support growth. The site currently employs 1,200 people.

BillerudKorsnas is investing 5.7 billion SEK in a new board machine KM7 at its Grums mill in Varmland, Sweden, with 550,000 tonnes annual capacity expected to start in early 2019.

Micron Technology is expanding its Manassas, Virginia facility with a $3 billion investment, adding about 100,000 square feet of clean room space and approximately 1,100 jobs. The expansion was announced in 2018.

Kimberly-Clark invested $30 million to expand its nonwovens production plant in North Carolina in early 2018.

Freudenberg Performance Materials added a spunmelt line at its Taiwan plant in 2018, increasing nonwovens capacity by about 11,000 metric tons per year.

JW Aluminum announced a $255 million expansion investment at its Goose Creek, South Carolina plant, which will bring 50 new jobs and make the facility one of the most technologically advanced continuous cast plants in the world. The expansion is slated to be complete in 2020.

Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its Ulsan site with a new spray dryer for dispersible polymer powders (80,000 metric tonnes/year) and a new VAE dispersion reactor, with a budget of €60 million. Construction is expected to finish by Q1 2019.

German specialty alumina producer Almatis will set up a new facility for tabular alumina production at its existing site in Falta, West Bengal, India, as part of its growth strategy in Asia.

XG Sciences, Inc. will open a new 64,000 sq. ft. facility in Vevay Township, Michigan, investing up to $15.3 million in capital equipment and infrastructure, creating up to 75 jobs. The company received a $520,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant.

DeMet's Candy Company announced a $41 million expansion plan for its Big Flats, New York facility. The first phase will add 20,000 sq. ft., increase capacity by 50%, and create 20 jobs, with completion by July 2016. Phase two in 2018 will add lines and up to 50 more jobs.

SaranskKabel-Optika, part of Optikenergo Group, is expanding its production capacity in Saransk, Mordovia, Russia, to meet growing demand and develop new innovative products. The expansion is expected to be completed by the start of the 2018 construction season.

Inline Plastics is adding three thermoforming production lines and expanding its facilities in Shelton, Connecticut, Salt Lake City and McDonough, Georgia, creating 60 new jobs. The article's dates are inconsistent and may be older than the stated article date.

ACC Ltd completed a new 9000tpd clinker line at its Jamul works in India, expanding capacity by 3Mta. The project was completed in 2017 with main supplier KHD.

Formosa Plastics announced plans to expand PVC resin production at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana plant, increasing annual capacity by 300 million pounds. Construction is expected to begin in early 2019, with start-up in 2020.

Drobimex completed the expansion and modernization of its poultry processing plant in Dabie, Poland, costing PLN 200 million over three years, including new packaging area and technology.

Kestrel Foods has invested £2 million in a new factory and an industry-leading coating machine in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, to facilitate new product development and increase production levels.

RS Technologies announced a capacity expansion for 300mm reclaimed silicon wafers at its Sanbougi plant in Miyagi, Japan, and its subsidiary ALS Semiconductor in Tainan, Taiwan. Total investment is 1.1 billion yen, adding 50,000 wafers per month combined, with operations starting in the first half of 2019.

Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited approved a capital expenditure of Rs10.3 billion to add a new PVC plant with 100,000 tons capacity, debottleneck VCM production by 50,000 tons, and upgrade its captive power plant, with completion by Q3 2020.

Veerhealth Care purchased an industrial plot in Vapi, Gujarat to expand its existing capacity. The company plans to construct a factory and install new machines, with an estimated cost of around INR 10 crore.

Butterball will invest nearly $20 million to expand its Raeford, North Carolina plant, adding a new production line for turkey bacon products and creating 50 jobs.

Linamar is expanding its Linamar Forgings Carolina closed-die forging operation in Wilson, NC, with a $6.8 million investment to make hollow transmission shafts and net-shape differential gears for automotive chassis parts. A $62,000 performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund supports the expansion.

Fab Metals, a metal fabricating company in New Carlisle, Ohio, will build a 40,000-square-foot facility with up to $8 million in investment, creating 20-25 new jobs. Construction is expected to break ground within a week and be completed by March or April 2018.

Eastman Chemical Co. has completed phase one of a two-phase expansion of its ketone manufacturing capacity at its Kingsport, Tennessee operations.

LG Chem will invest 300 billion won ($278 million) to expand acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymer production at its Yeosu plants, adding 180,000 tpy of crude acrylic acid and 100,000 tpy of super absorbent polymer, with completion targeted for the first half of 2019.

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Danfoss Turbocor Compressors will build a new facility in Tallahassee, adding 120 advanced manufacturing jobs, with construction starting early 2018 and completion in 2019.

Lite-On Technology is expanding production capacity for automotive electronics at plants in Mexico, China and Taiwan, and plans to build a new plant in Europe by 2019 for production by 2020.

KH Neochem announced a ¥7.5 billion investment to build a new plant at its Yokkaichi facility, increasing refrigeration oil feedstock production capacity by 50%.

Oji Holdings plans to spend about 35 billion yen ($308 million) to more than double production of corrugated-cardboard materials in Malaysia.

Nokian Heavy Tyres Ltd is investing approximately EUR 70 million to increase production capacity at its factory in Nokia, Finland, by 50% over three years, from 20 million kg to 32 million kg of heavy tyres annually. About 50 new jobs will be created.

Johnson Electric will expand its industrial site in Murten, Switzerland, with an investment of 30 million Swiss francs. The project is expected to create 80 new jobs and construction will begin in January 2018.

GFG Alliance announced a $1 billion upgrade of the Whyalla steelworks in South Australia to increase capacity by 50% to 1.5 million tonnes per annum. The plan includes new technology, a co-generation plant, and modernized equipment, subject to feasibility study in 2018 and additional government support.

Ace Manufacturing Systems has opened a second factory in Bengaluru at a cost of ₹80 crore, increasing annual capacity from 1,200 to over 3,000 CNC machines. The company plans to add a third facility within five years.

Danfoss is building a new 44,000 sq ft facility at its Turbocor Compressor site in Tallahassee's Innovation Park for about $12 million, with construction expected to start in early 2018 and finish in 2019.

The St. Peters Board of Aldermen approved issuing up to $26.5 million in industrial revenue bonds to finance a 50,000-square-foot addition and manufacturing equipment for Seyer Industries. The expansion is expected to create 125 jobs and cost $6 million for the addition and $19.5 million for equipment.

Toshiba announced its Fab 7 construction plan on December 21, 2017, for a new site in Kitakami, Iwate, with mass production forecast for the second half of 2019, focusing on 96-layer or greater 3D-NAND Flash.

Lamb Weston Holdings announced an investment to expand operations at its Hermiston, Oregon facility with a new 300 million pound-per-year french fry line. The project is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 and add approximately 170 full-time positions.

Morrilton Packing Co., parent of Petit Jean Meats, will invest $2.1 million in its Morrilton, Arkansas facility to add capacity for current and future products, creating 34 jobs. The project will accommodate a new line of snack sticks.

Bitzer added an additional 5,000 m² of factory space at its Flowery Branch, Georgia facility in 2017. The factory manufactures reciprocating and scroll compressors and ammonia compressor packs.

Covestro plans to resume production of polyurethane dispersions in the United States and modernize and expand facilities there.

Covestro started operations at a new polyurethane dispersion facility in Dormagen, Germany, and announced expansions in Barcelona, China, and the USA.

Nikkiso, through its joint venture Weigao Nikkiso, plans to build a new plant in Shandong Province, China, increasing dialyzer capacity from 4,000 to 20,000 units annually.

Schneider Electric has frozen plans to build a second plant in Kommunar, Leningrad Oblast, and instead retooled the existing plant to produce smart home equipment, including new-generation switches controllable via smartphone. Production of relay protection and industrial automation controllers has also started.

CLAAS intends to invest €6.6 million to expand its agricultural machinery plant in Krasnodar, Russia, adding areas and infrastructure. The plant currently has capacity of up to 2,500 units per year.

Versa Pak plans a 37,000-square-foot manufacturing addition to its Celina plant in the Grand Lake Industrial Park, a more than $11 million investment expected to create 22 full-time jobs. Planning commissioners approved the proposal, with construction planned for spring.

Thermo King, a division of Ingersoll Rand, is investing $2.6 million to establish a manufacturing site in Berkeley County, South Carolina, creating 25 jobs. The facility will upfit Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans with heavy-duty mobile air conditioning components.

Teijin Aramid announced plans to increase production capacity for its Twaron para-aramid fiber by more than 25%. The additional capacity will become available within five years, with full availability planned by 2022.

Lipetskcement, part of Eurocement Group, launched a new RUB600 million production and logistics facility for packing, palletising and shipping of cement. The investment enables shipping up to 10,000 tonnes per day of cement.