Toyoda Gosei Minda India (TGMIN) is establishing a new plant in Mandal, Gujarat, India to produce airbags, weatherstrips and other automotive parts. The investment is 732 million rupees, with production starting in the second half of fiscal 2018.

Multivac is building a €20 million ($22 million) factory in Bozhurishte, Bulgaria, with the first phase of the 20,000m² facility to be completed in August 2017. The site will produce parts and components for packaging machines.

Petropolymer plans to invest approximately $300 million to build its first nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) plant in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. The two-phase project is expected to be completed by 2020, with phase one producing 100,000 metric tons per year by 2019.

EasyDial broke ground on a $21 million production facility in Chesterton, Indiana, to manufacture portable hemodialysis machines. The plant is expected to create nearly 100 jobs and begin operations in 2018, with capacity to produce 1.3 million units by 2020.

Dalian Machine Tool Group will form a joint venture with Gazdevice (owned by Gennady Timchenko) to build a high-precision machine tool plant in the Moscow region. The project investment is 11 billion rubles (about $196 million) by 2020. Dalian will hold 49%, Gazdevice 51%. Production capacity will reach 5,000 machines per year by 2020.

Shree Cement is constructing two greenfield grinding units in Raghunathpur, West Bengal and near Cuttack, Odisha, each with 2 million tonnes per annum capacity and an investment of Rs500 crore each. Commissioning is expected in late 2018.

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing opened a new aerospace division at its existing site in Lincoln, Nebraska, to produce cargo doors for Boeing's 777X aircraft. It is the company's first aerostructures production line in the US.

J Colors is about to reopen its new production plant in Finale Emilia, Italy, replacing the facility damaged in the 2012 earthquake. The plant will produce coatings, quartz, lime, decorative products, and a new line for professional construction materials.

Aquionics opened a new sales and support center in Charlotte, North Carolina, to support growing demand for its liquid treatment technologies. The facility provides expanded warehouse capacity and in-house UV sensor calibration capability.

OOO Streamtex, a resident of the Mogilino special economic zone, plans to build a plant for technical textiles in the Pskov region. The investment is over 380 million rubles, with production starting at the end of 2018, initially at 1.5 million sq m per year, later rising to 3 million sq m.

Kobe Steel's subsidiary Kobelco Automotive Aluminium Rolled Products (China) has opened a new factory in Tianjin, China, to produce automotive aluminium panel material. The plant has a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year and currently employs about 130 people, expected to reach 180 at full operation.

Keda Clean Energy and Sunda International founded Twyford Ceramics in Kenya, with a first production line having daily capacity of 28,500 sq m. Plans include a second line (30,000 sq m daily) and a third, with total investment of $70 million planned, $31 million already invested.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced the completion of a production line for Boeing 777X cargo doors at its Lincoln, Nebraska plant, operated by subsidiary Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. Test manufacturing starts May 2017, full production begins autumn 2017.

Société Ivoirienne de Levage (Sil) will build a crane manufacturing plant on one hectare in Azaguié, Côte d'Ivoire. The facility is expected to be operational in August 2017, with first cranes produced by mid-November 2017.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems has opened a new office in Warsaw, Poland, to support its growing business in the Polish energy market. The company has received orders for power generation equipment at the Kozienice and Turów thermal power plants.

Faurecia plans to start operations at a new $48 million facility in San Jose Iturbide, Guanajuato, by the end of 2017, creating around 700 permanent jobs. The plant will produce exhaust systems and emissions control technologies.

Panda Power Funds' Stonewall Power Project, a 778 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Leesburg, Virginia, achieved commercial operation, built by Siemens and Bechtel.

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. held the grand opening of its new Aerospace Division in Lincoln, Nebraska, its first aerostructures production line in the U.S., initially focusing on cargo door manufacturing for Boeing 777X aircraft.

NC State University held the grand opening of a new nonwovens manufacturing facility on campus, featuring advanced machinery from multiple countries.

Intertractor America Corp. opened a new 6,000-sq.-ft. service center in Gillette, Wyoming, to provide undercarriage service for tracked machines in the region.

DIC constructed a new factory on the grounds of its Chiba plant to strengthen production capacity for small hollow fiber membrane modules used in degassing inks for industrial inkjet printers. Investment is approximately 8.5 million yen, and production capacity will increase by about 1.5 times.

Mölnlycke opened a new manufacturing plant in Havirov, Czech Republic, on 17 May 2017. The EUR 67 million facility is the company's largest investment to date and will produce customized surgical procedure trays.

GF Linamar LLC, a joint venture between GF Automotive and Linamar Corp., is constructing a new light metal die-casting plant in Mills River, North Carolina. The initial investment is over $100 million, and the plant will create over 340 manufacturing jobs, with operations planned to start in mid-2017.

James Hardie Building Products plans to invest up to $220 million to open an advanced fiber-cement building products manufacturing plant in Prattville, Alabama, creating 205 jobs. The facility will produce siding and trim using ColorPlus technology.

Dana Incorporated will build a new 7,500 square-meter manufacturing facility in Chongqing, China, to produce drive units with Spicer SmartConnect disconnecting AWD technology. The $13 million investment will create about 130 jobs, with the plant scheduled to open in late 2018.

The Expert Council of Moglino special economic zone in Russia approved an investment project by Strimtex, a French investor, to construct a factory producing technical textiles with polyurethane coating for finishing works, such as tissue ceilings. The product has no analogues in Russia.

NGK Insulators announced a decision to establish a new production site in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, for ceramics used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The investment is approximately ¥20.0 billion, with mass production scheduled to start in April 2020, expanding capacity by about 25%.

PT Asahimas Flat Glass Indonesia Tbk has started construction of a new glass plant in Cikampek, West Java, with an investment of US$167 million. The plant will have a capacity of 720,000 tons per year.

The Continental-HASCO joint venture Continental Huayu Brake Systems (Chongqing) started operation at a new 80,000 square meter plant in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, with over CNY 600 million invested, to make brake calipers, vacuum boosters and electric parking brakes.

BioFire Diagnostics, a subsidiary of bioMérieux, opened the Alain Mérieux Center for Molecular Diagnostics in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 17, 2017. The facility is a new center for molecular diagnostics, dedicated to the company's founder.

Grupo Antolin will break ground on a plant in Shelby Township, Michigan, to produce door panels and overhead systems for the 2019 Dodge Ram Truck. The $61.2 million investment is expected to create over 430 jobs.

Samsung Electronics will begin test operation of its new semiconductor plant (Line 18) in Pyeongtaek in June 2017. The plant will produce 64-layer 3D NAND flash memories and is the largest single semiconductor production line, with initial capacity of 40,000 wafers per month on the first floor.

Hitachi Zosen completed the relocation and construction of a new factory for Zhenjiang CRSS Hitachi Zosen Machinery, a joint venture with CRSS Power, in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China. The factory will manufacture marine engine parts and steel structures for industrial machinery.

Romcarton S.A. is building a new corrugated cardboard packaging factory in Popesti-Leordeni, Ilfov County, near Bucharest, with a total investment of EUR 27.5 million, financed partly by a EUR 23.4 million BCR credit, with completion expected by end of 2017.

Atlas Copco held the grand opening of its $25 million production facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina, which employs more than 300 and makes generators and portable compressors for construction.

Denmark-based Mikro Matik signed a contract to move its Beijing factory to Tianjin Wuqing Development Zone as its sole China factory and R&D base. The project involves a 200 million yuan investment in a 4,000 sqm leased workshop, producing beer key spears, distributors, wine heads, and beer coolers.

Rizzo Corporation is completing construction of a new central distribution warehouse for the New Haven Rail Yard in Danbury, Connecticut. The $21.9 million project, started in 2015, is expected to finish in late 2017.

FANUC opened a new £19 million, 10,000 m2 headquarters in Coventry, UK, at Ansty Park. The facility is four times larger than its former plant and brings design, research, manufacturing and sales under one roof. Over 100 staff have moved in, with plans for further growth.

Matrix Design, LLC started construction on a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Bartlett, Illinois, combining two locations into one. The project adds 15,000 square feet of space and is expected to be completed by November 28, 2017, with move-in by end of December.

Biomerics, a medical device maker, will relocate its corporate headquarters to a new 230,000-square-foot facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. The $38.5 million project includes corporate offices, R&D labs, and cleanroom manufacturing, expected to create over 380 jobs and be completed in 2018.

ThyssenKrupp has begun construction of an 18,000 sqm greenfield plant in Debrecen, Hungary, to produce springs and stabilizers for the automotive industry. Production is expected to start in 2018, with 250 jobs to be created by 2020.

Protosthetics has moved into a new nearly 9,000-square-foot facility at 617 4th St. N. in Fargo, North Dakota, for designing, making, and distributing 3D-printed prosthetics and orthotics. The facility will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 16, 2017.

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals and Atul have formally agreed to a joint venture to build a monochloroacetic acid (MCA) plant at Atul's facility in Gujarat, India. The plant will have an initial capacity of 32,000 tons per year, expandable to 60,000 tons, and is expected to start production by Q1 2019.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical announced plans to construct a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Mima City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Construction begins May 2017, with manufacturing operations scheduled to start in 2020.

German company Niles-Simmons-Hegenscheidt (NSH) signed an agreement with the Moscow government to build a machine tool manufacturing plant in Zelenograd, with an investment of about 750 million rubles, creating over 150 jobs. Construction is set to start by the end of 2017.

Saint Gobain Sekurit broke ground on a new automotive glass plant in Coahuila, Mexico, with a total investment of $110 million. The first phase, costing $50 million, is scheduled to start operations in Q3 2018, producing 1 million automotive glass pieces per year.

So Fast So Good is constructing a 3,500 m² frozen sandwich and snack plant in Romilly-sur-Seine, France. The facility will have a capacity of 25,000 sandwiches per hour and is scheduled to start operations in summer 2017.

Smith & Nephew opened a new £8 million state-of-the-art Research & Development centre at its Hessle Road site in Hull, UK. The centre includes Surface Analysis and Bio-Mechanics laboratories.

Flexsteel Industries, Inc. announced plans to relocate its manufacturing operations to a new site in the Dubuque Industrial Center South, investing over $28 million to construct and equip a 250,000-square-foot facility.

thyssenkrupp Elevator inaugurated a new Multi-Purpose Facility in Chakan Industrial Area, Pune, Maharashtra, India, for manufacturing elevators, with an investment of 3 billion rupees (44 million euros). The 20,000 sq.m. facility has an initial capacity of 6,000 elevator units, extendable to over 10,000.