The joint venture P-D Tatneft-Alabuga Steklovolokno plans to invest 883 million rubles to expand and modernize its fiberglass production in the Alabuga special economic zone, increasing capacity by 31% to 31,800 tonnes per year.

Don & Low, a Thrace Group company, has agreed a multi-million deal with Reifenhäuser for a new 3.2-metre Reicofil 4 bicomponent spunbond line, increasing plant capacity by 5,000 tonnes. The investment will be on stream in April 2019, with site expansion completion due April 2018.

Autocam Medical broke ground on a $70 million, 100,000 SF manufacturing facility in Warsaw, Indiana, to expand U.S. orthopedic manufacturing capacity. The new site is expected to open in October 2026.

HEROSE has started operating three new CNC lathes at its Bad Oldesloe site, two replacing outdated machines, to expand prefabrication capacity and reduce delivery bottlenecks.

Sealed Air will invest $10.4 million over three years and create 25 jobs as it expands and renovates its packaging manufacturing facility in Lenoir, North Carolina.

Wayne Farms announced a $105 million expansion of its Enterprise Fresh Processing Facility, adding 400 jobs. The project will add a new processing line for the Naked Truth premium chicken brand and increase production by 30%, with completion expected in January 2019.

Shaw Industries Group is investing $184 million to expand and upgrade its Andalusia manufacturing facility that produces fiber for carpet. Demolition is underway and new equipment is expected to be operational by mid-2018.

Federal-Mogul Motorparts will invest more than $8.68 million and create 25 jobs to expand its Glasgow, Kentucky facility to produce air disc pads for the commercial vehicle market.

Slovenian metal processing company Kovinc completed the expansion of its production hall, adding 1,500 m² of space to increase manufacturing capacity and improve workflow.

Swedish tiltrotator manufacturer Steelwrist will move operations to a new fully automated production plant in Rosersberg in 2018, tripling production area and more than doubling machining capacity with a new Mazak machining center.

Bocar Group began construction on a new 350,000-square-foot facility in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of a $115 million expansion expected to create over 300 jobs. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2018.

BYK will invest $50 million to expand its facility in Gonzales, Texas, increasing capacity for Garamite rheology additives and adding a new R&D facility for a global competence center. The project includes infrastructure upgrades.

Johns Manville completed an upgrade to the furnace at its Waterville, Ohio plant in summer 2017, increasing production capacity for continuous glass fibres used in insulation, composites, and building materials.

Metalúrgica Mor will invest R$35 million to build an 8,000 m² building, buy machinery, and produce new thermal items at its plant in Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil. The expansion will add 100 jobs and is expected to be completed by the second half of 2018.

The largest membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment project in North America is nearing completion at Canton's waste treatment plant. The $49 million project, using Kubota technology, will have six MBR arrays; substantial completion is expected in February 2018.

Ercros has started tests for the expansion of its membrane-technology chlorine plant in Vila-seca I, with a capacity increase of 65,000 tons, after closing the mercury-technology plant there on December 4, 2017. The investment is 43.5 million euros.

Hanwha Total Petrochemical approved $331 million to build a new polyethylene (PE) production facility in Daesan, South Korea, increasing annual PE capacity by 400,000 tons to 1.12 million tons. The project is slated for completion in late 2019.

BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of its methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana. The final phase investment is $780 million, bringing total investment to about $1 billion, and will increase capacity to approximately 600,000 metric tons per year by the middle of the decade.

Ajax Fiori announced a Rs 100 crore expansion of its operations near Bangalore, including a new manufacturing facility at Doddaballapur for self-loading concrete mixers and expansion of its Gowribidanur facility for transit mixers.

Covestro will invest around EUR 200 million to debottleneck its MDI plant in Tarragona, Spain, increasing capacity by 50,000 metric tons to 220,000 metric tons per year, and build its own chlorine supply.

PhosAgro Group completed construction of a new biological-chemical wastewater treatment facility at its Cherepovets production complex, with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters per day and an investment of about 640 million rubles.

Japanese robotics manufacturer Fanuc opened its newly expanded European warehouse in Echternach, Luxembourg, investing 2.2 million euros to more than double floor space and introduce new tracking technology.

Insolroll Window Shading Systems is planning a multi-million dollar expansion at its Louisville, Colorado campus, adding over 15,000 square feet of manufacturing space for Oasis Patio Shades and Retractable Insect Screens, and hiring at least 30 new associates.

Rand-Whitney held a beam-signing ceremony on December 7, 2017 for a 45,000 square foot addition to its Worcester headquarters. The expansion will add storage, a waste extraction system and 22 dock doors, bringing the building to 201,400 SF.

Hennig Inc. and sister company Advance Machine & Engineering will invest $7 million in three building expansions in Rockford and Machesney Park, adding 100 manufacturing jobs over two years.

Nova Chemicals announced a $2 billion investment to expand its Corunna cracker by 50% and build a new polyethylene facility in Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario, increasing polyethylene production by 450 kilotonnes per year. The projects are expected to start up in late 2021.

Paramount Group and its partners in AHRLAC Holdings are ramping up production of the AHRLAC aircraft at a new factory at Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria, designed to produce two aircraft per month at full capacity.

BoKlok, a joint venture of Skanska and IKEA, is investing approximately SEK 250 million to increase production capacity by nearly 50% at its factory in Gullringen, Vimmerby, Sweden. The expansion will create about 50 jobs and includes a new assembly hall and production line.

Sekisui Chemical inaugurated a third production line for S-LEC Film interlayer films at its facility in Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico. The $55.5 million investment increases production capacity by 68%.

ContiTech AG will invest over $9 million to relocate operations from its Porterdale, Georgia facility to its Aldora Mills facility in Barnesville, Georgia, and modernize equipment. The consolidation will add 106 employees at Barnesville.

Karweb Nonwovens, a subsidiary of Kara Holding, added an Andritz spunlace line to its facility in Gaziantep, Turkey, in 2017. The company already operates an airlaid nonwoven line and is the only Turkish producer of airlaid.

Toyota Boshoku will invest USD 31 million to expand its operations in Jackson, Tennessee, creating 139 jobs.

GMP Enterijeri has installed a new production facility in Banja Luka, increasing capacity by 40% and hiring 20 new workers, with plans to hire 40-50 more in two years.

Allied Air Enterprises, a manufacturer of HVAC solutions and part of Lennox International, committed to investing approximately $10 million at its existing Orangeburg County, South Carolina manufacturing facility over five years, creating 100 new jobs.

Lampados International is completing a new plant expansion for the production of Liteez, a vegan 3D meringue kiss sweetener. The company invested more than $500,000 to increase production capacity to 8,000 retail packages per day initially, with plans to double output within months.

Weber Manufacturing Technologies Inc. in Midland, Ontario, has installed a new DMU 340 P Unimould 5-axis machining center from DMG Mori as part of an $8 million capital investment plan. The investment is supported by an $800,000 grant from the South Western Ontario Development Fund. The company plans further equipment additions including a gantry machine, a nickel vapor deposition reactor, and a 2,000-ton press.

BorsodChem will double TDI capacity at its Kazincbarcika plant in Hungary. Construction has begun and start-up is expected in Q3 2018.

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GDOTS) announced it is nearing completion of a new solid rocket motor manufacturing campus in Camden, Arkansas, expanding domestic propulsion capacity.

First Solar announced it is expanding its production facility in Vietnam, doubling production capacity to 2.4 GWdc. Combined with other facilities, total Series 6 capacity will reach 5.4 GWdc by 2020, representing $1.4 billion in capital investment.

Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company, announced an initial investment to expand the Molex Little Rock facility to include a FDA-registered manufacturing Center of Excellence for connected health and drug delivery devices. Production is scheduled to begin in Q2 2018.

Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC completed a $1.3 billion expansion project at its fertilizer plant in Enid, Oklahoma, including a new water treatment system designed by Black & Veatch. The expansion was launched in 2014.

AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business is investing over €4 million to increase production capacity for Levasil CC colloidal silica at its Bohus facility near Gothenburg, Sweden, expected to be completed by late 2018.

Olymel L.P. invested over $30 million to refurbish its Orenda plant and acquire a new 50,000-sq.-ft. Westwyn plant in Brampton, Ontario, adding a fourth breading line and creating over 100 new jobs.

Nephron Pharmaceuticals announced a $12.5 million expansion of its Lexington County, South Carolina plant, adding 36,000 square feet and creating 125 new jobs.

Dazhi Paper Machinery completed a transformation project for Selenge Paper Factory's PM1 in Russia, replacing press department, calender, winder, and adding new film transfer sizing system. The project was completed in about 3 weeks of installation plus one week of debugging.

Spirit AeroSystems announced a $1 billion five-year expansion at its aircraft manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas, that will create 1,000 new jobs. The plan includes hiring 800 employees by end of 2018 and 200 more in 2019. The expansion is supported by a $14.5 million investment from the city and county for a new building and infrastructure.

Kion Group has built a second production hall at its site in Ostrov near Stříbro, Czech Republic, investing 800 million CZK (approx. EUR 31.4 million) in the building and technology. The 23,000 m² hall will start producing automated transport systems in spring 2018, creating 200 new jobs.

Venture Products Inc. announced plans to expand at its Orrville, Ohio location, adding a new $5.5 million, 135,000-square-foot facility and creating 121 new jobs.

Atlantic Packaging, part of Atlantic Corporation of Wilmington, plans a $1.65 million expansion in Youngsville, Franklin County, adding a 33,000 square foot facility off U.S. Highway 1 and at least four jobs.

Burra Foods announced a $24.5 million expansion of its Korumburra facility, including an infant formula canning and packing line, new building, and equipment. The project is expected to create 39 jobs.