B. Braun Médical has confirmed a €60 million investment over five years to expand production capacity and add 3,000 sq m of clean rooms at its Nogent-le-Rotrou site in France. Construction starts in 2019, with new machines installed in 2023.

Tosyali Holding will start the fourth phase construction works for a hot rolled sheet plant with an annual capacity of five million mt and an investment of over $2 billion in Algeria.

ROCKWOOL International announced capacity expansion plans through land acquisition to establish three new production facilities in Sweden, Romania and the United States. The land acquisitions are expected to be finalized during 2017.

Domo Chemicals invested about EUR 40 million to expand production capacity at its Leuna site. A new plant began producing around 5,000 tons of biaxially oriented polyamide film per year in December 2017, creating 32 jobs.

Eilbeck Cranes is expanding its operation in Victoria with a new manufacturing facility in Laverton, featuring automated production lines and employing 20-30 staff.

Vulcan Materials Company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 4 December 2017 to mark the completion of a $50 million upgrade to its Stockbridge, Georgia aggregates plant, including full automation and safety improvements.

Spirit AeroSystems will invest over $55.7 million over five years to expand its Kinston, North Carolina plant at the Global TransPark. The company makes Airbus A350 fuselage components there.

Kurota Seiki-Seisakusho, a Japanese manufacturer of aluminum parts, confirmed plans to invest $60 million to expand its production site in Aguascalientes, Mexico, increasing its workforce from 140 to 200 employees.

AKG Thermotechnik Lettland plans to double production volumes, invest in equipment, and nearly double its workforce at its cooling systems plant in Jelgava, Latvia by 2019.

Nemak is investing about $150 million in two machining plants already in operation and another under construction in Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, as part of a strategy to shift from monoblock manufacturing to structural parts for electric vehicles.

Omega Tool announced an expansion of its investment in Querétaro, acquiring a 4,000-ton injection molding machine for approximately $3 million. The expansion will create 30 new jobs.

IQOXE invested €10 million in a new plant in La Canonja, Tarragona, increasing ethylene oxide derivative production capacity from 3,000 to 45,000 tons annually. The old plant will be repurposed for pharmaceutical products.

Cheto Corporation has completed a €3 million investment in a new technology centre in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal, consolidating engineering, assembly and training activities. The facility increases assembly capacity from two to seven machines simultaneously.

BASF's Coatings division inaugurated a new world-scale automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Caojing, Shanghai, China. The €140 million project is an extension of an existing joint venture plant and will produce solventborne and waterborne coatings.

Latécoère aims to use 4,000m² of free space at its Hermosillo plant to expand production lines for the Interconnection Systems division. The plant manufactures passenger doors for Boeing 787 and harnesses for Airbus aircraft.

Daher Aerospace is transferring production of acoustic shrouds for the LEAP 1B engine from France to its Nogales plant in Sonora, Mexico, as part of a partnership with Safran. The technology transfer is a priority for 2017.

CupPrint announced the expansion of its main manufacturing facility in Ennis, Ireland, to increase capacity for printed paper cups. The expansion will create 15 new manufacturing and engineering jobs.

JFE Steel decided to install a new continuous caster at its West Japan Works (Kurashiki area) with a total investment of approximately JPY 40 billion. The caster will have an annual capacity of about 2 million tons and is scheduled to start operation in the second half of fiscal 2020.

Sabo SpA is carrying out a major capacity expansion for its Sabostab UV 70 and Sabostab UV 91 hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS) and related intermediates at its Bergamo plant in northern Italy. Operations are scheduled to commence in Q3 2018.

Oxea partnered with a German company to produce dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) in Europe. A modular DOTP production unit will be built at the partner's site in Germany, with Oxea supplying 2-ethylhexanol and marketing the product. Capacity will reach 60,000 metric tons per year by 2019.

Fresenius Kabi opened an extension of its production plant in Mihla, Germany, with an investment of about €10 million. The new hall doubles production space and will produce injection-molded components for pharmaceutical containers, port systems, and medical disposables.

BILSTEIN placed a third follow-up order with Tenova LOI Thermprocess to expand its fully automatic batch annealing plant in Hagen-Hohenlimburg, Germany, adding eight annealing bases. Production is scheduled to start in autumn 2018.

Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. broke ground on a 30,000 ft², $3.5 million facility addition in Rockford, Illinois, on December 19, 2017, expected to add up to 100 jobs and boost production capacity.

Fanuc announced plans to build a new factory scheduled to open in August 2018, increasing its robot production capacity from 6,000 to 11,000 units per month.

Bosch committed an additional 58 million euros to its Powertrain Solutions CVT pushbelt plant at Long Thanh Industrial Park in Dong Nai, Vietnam, to raise capacity and turn it into a smart factory. Bosch will have invested 321 million euros in the plant in total by the end of 2018.

Unison Industries plans to invest nearly $30 million to upgrade its product manufacturing and R&D operations in Norwich, Chenango County, New York. The project is expected to create 76 new jobs over five years and retain 362 existing jobs.

Polish injection moulding firm Biazet, which added three injection moulding machines in 2017, plans to expand its factory in Białystok to meet growing demand, with opening scheduled for the third quarter of 2018.

Stahl India is planning to expand its chemical unit in Singadivakkam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, increasing manufacturing capacity from 24,180 tpa to 70,800 tpa for various chemicals. The project cost is estimated at Rs. 150 million.

Precision Medical Technologies plans to invest nearly $5 million to expand operations in North Manchester, Indiana, purchasing and renovating a 9,000-square-foot facility. The company expects to create up to 60 new jobs by 2022 and be fully operational in the new facility by early 2018.

Yank Marine Services has taken delivery of a new 820 metric ton capacity Marine Travelift boat hoist at its Dorchester, New Jersey location, expanding its service capabilities. The expansion is expected to create 30-50 full-time jobs.

Siemens inaugurated a new production line at its Balvanera plant in Corregidora, Queretaro, investing US$7.2 million to double capacity for low and medium voltage control panels and switches from 7,000 to 14,000 panels per year, adding 240 jobs.

Bosch announced a 60 million euro investment to expand its thrust link belt production in Vietnam, part of its Southeast Asia manufacturing growth.

Profine Group has purchased a 750,000 square foot site in Pirmasens, Germany to expand production facilities for its Kömmerling brand of PVCu profiles. The company plans to invest a double-digit million euro amount by 2022 and increase the workforce from 1,200. Development is planned from summer 2018.

Schneider Electric is expanding its Butler County workforce by moving into a new facility in Fairfield, Ohio, and hiring 66 hourly employees to meet added demand for engineered-to-order solutions and control equipment.

Campbell & Shaw Steel is nearing completion of structural steel fabrication and erection for Oerlikon Metco's 100,000 square foot, 650-ton manufacturing facility in Plymouth, Michigan.

Saltigo GmbH, a LANXESS subsidiary, completed a €60 million expansion and modernization of its Central Organics Pilot Plant (ZeTO) in Leverkusen, Germany. The project includes two new multi-purpose production lines and a tank container storage facility. Production is expected to start in early January 2018.

Star Precision announced on November 29, 2017, that it will construct a new factory building within its Chinese manufacturing subsidiary, Star Precision (Dalian) Co., Ltd., to increase production capacity for CNC automatic lathes and other machine tools. The investment is approximately 700 million yen, with construction starting in May 2018 and operations beginning in January 2019.

Mach Rotec, a technology startup from Mondsee, celebrated its 10-year anniversary and opened a new 1,000-square-meter production hall in Oberhofen. The company manufactures high-speed grinding tools using carbon-composite structures and serves automotive and steel industry customers.

Emerson broke ground on the second phase of its Copeland scroll compressor factory in Suzhou Industrial Park, China, a $40 million investment to raise capacity for the Chinese and Asian markets.

Siemag, Inc. has expanded into a new 5,300-square-foot manufacturing facility in South Carolina, adding eight new CNC machines and one CMM. The expansion creates new jobs.

Kuwait is expanding the Sulaibiya wastewater treatment plant from 375,000 to over 600,000 m³/day. The expansion is expected to be completed in 2018 and will use ZeeWeed 1000 membranes from GE Water & Process Technologies (now Suez).

Thrace-LINQ Inc. announced a $9 million expansion and equipment investment at its operation in Dorchester County, South Carolina, including a new production line creating at least 10 jobs.

Ergis signed a conditional agreement with Windmöller & Hölscher to purchase components for a new multilayer stretch PE film production line for €2.8 million. The line will be installed in Oława, Poland, with startup planned for Q1 2019, adding 12,000 tonnes/year capacity. Total investment cost is estimated at 19 million zł.

Brose North America plans to invest $105 million over five years at its Auburn Hills headquarters and New Boston manufacturing plant, adding 300 jobs. The expansion is driven by new contracts with automakers.

Sakamoto plans to add a new blow moulding line in 2019 to increase the plant's capacity from 200,000 to 450,000 units per year.

Kyocera held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new manufacturing plant at its Kagoshima Kokubu site in Kirishima, Japan. The 5.6 billion yen ($50.4 million) expansion will produce fine ceramic structural components for semiconductor and LCD equipment, with operations starting in October 2018.

GPV doubled production capacity at its Guadalajara plant by ordering a new SMT manufacturing line from Yamaha distributor Core-EMT, adding to its 13 lines globally.

Novamont forecasts doubling production capacity of its ORIGO-BI biopolyester range from 50,000 to 100,000 tonnes per year by April 2018.

U.S. Corrugated, Inc. expanded its corrugated box plant in Santa Fe Springs, California, with support from a Southern California economic development team and incentives.

Ampacet has started up a new color production line at its Dudelange, Luxembourg facility, adding capacity for color masterbatch production.