Naturepak Beverage Packaging is investing in an additional Heidelberg Intro Web-Printing press at its Casablanca, Morocco plant to expand capacity for gable top packaging.

Alubar started an expansion of its cable factory in Barcarena, Pará, Brazil, with an investment of 100 million reais. The expansion will add 60% production capacity by 2019 to meet growing demand in the electricity transmission market.

Bangkok Float Glass (BGF) plans to invest Bt7.5 billion ($229.7 million) in a second furnace and factory over the next five years to boost sales from Bt500 million to Bt4 billion, driven by exports.

Hargassner has broken ground on a new Energy-World facility in Weng, Austria, including a biomass exhibition, training center, and cinema. The expansion will create 40 new jobs and is expected to be completed by 2019.

Saint-Gobain Weber France has inaugurated a new epoxy production line at its Bonneuil-sur-Marne site, with an investment of €2.3 million. The line will produce 1,200 tonnes per year of the weberepox easy range for distribution in France, Europe and Asia.

Schaeffler India will invest Rs 200 crore to expand its INA Bearings plant in Talegaon, Pune, adding a new manufacturing facility and R&D centre. The ground breaking ceremony has been held.

Medical-device maker Cook Group expects to start an expansion project in Bloomington, Indiana.

Sisecam announced plans to build a 410t/d furnace at its Eskisehir glass packaging factory in Turkey, increasing annual production capacity to approximately 1.2 million tons.

AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business has broken ground on a €10 million expansion at its Kvarntorp plant in Sweden to increase production capacity for chelated micronutrients, primarily iron chelates. The project is on track to be completed late 2018.

NHK Spring (Nippatsu) will build a new plant adjacent to its existing facility in Tata, Hungary, to increase production of automotive suspension springs. Investment is 13.6 billion Hungarian forints (approx. 4.9 billion yen).

Dean Machinery Co. is developing a larger facility in Kansas City, Missouri, to replace its 46-year-old Caterpillar sales and repair shop, with cranes and hoists supplied by R&M Materials Handling via ACCENT Sales and Service.

Eesti Energia plans to start oil shale extraction using longwall mining at the Narva underground mine in late 2020 or early 2021, with an annual output target of about 3 million tonnes. An international procurement for equipment has been announced.

Royal DSM invested €15 million to expand its Coating Resins plant in Meppen, Germany, which produces liquid polyesters and specialty resins. The expansion supports growth in BPA-free can and coil coatings.

Berger Holding expanded its Ummendorf site by adding 5,000 sq.m. of floor space. The new ultra-advanced plant was opened in 2015 and now covers 12,000 sq.m.

Siemens' Industry Automation division expanded its Hagueneau production site with a 10,000 m² extension and an investment of nearly 11 million euros. Siemens entrusted Fives Syleps for automation of the control process.

Perryman Company purchased approximately 35 acres of land adjacent to its headquarters in Houston, Pennsylvania, for a new advanced manufacturing campus. The campus will support growth in aerospace and medical industries.

Godrej Appliances is investing Rs 200 crore to expand production capacity at its Shirwal manufacturing plant, adding 1.6 lakh sq. ft. and creating 400 jobs. The expansion will boost capacity for premium products including frost-free refrigerators and washing machines, and is expected to be operational by end of 2019.

Olymel began construction of an $8 million expansion at its St-Jean-sur-Richelieu agrifood processing plant, adding 14,000 sq. ft. and new chicken boning and cooking activities. The expansion will create 40 new jobs, with production expected to start in April 2018.

BillerudKorsnäs decided to expand its Gruvön paper mill in Grums, Sweden, with a new board machine and rebuilding of the existing pulp mill. The investment is SEK 5.7 billion and the new board machine will have an annual capacity of 550,000 tonnes.

Almco Steel is expanding its operation in Bluffton, Indiana, with a $3.3 million investment in equipment and building renovations, including a 1600T blanking press and a feed line 600 ton press. The expansion will create four new jobs.

ARC Manufacturing Limited commissioned a new $200-million fabric mesh machine at its Bell Road complex in Kingston, Jamaica. The machine produces fabric mesh for construction reinforcement and will create eight new jobs.

Infineon Semiconductor (Wuxi) plans to invest 1.856 billion yuan to expand production of power semiconductors and other components, adding 400 imported and 50 domestic equipment units at a leased facility.

Bobcat began production of the Next Generation R-Series Excavators (E85) at its Bismarck, North Dakota facility, creating over 200 new jobs. The excavators were previously imported from South Korea.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences announced a $7 million expansion at its single-use technology manufacturing facility in Westborough, Massachusetts, tripling cleanroom capacity and installing automated production lines. The expansion supports production of single-use products using a new film platform developed with Sealed Air.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) commenced construction of a new 1,000 MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant at the Cirebon power station in West Java, Indonesia, as part of a $2 billion expansion project. The plant is expected to enter commercial operation in 2022.

Stäubli, having inaugurated a new showroom in July 2017, plans a further extension at its Faverges-Seythenex site in France to support growth in robotics, and aims to hire 100 people.

Chengde Xiangyi Machinery Co., Ltd. plans a 1 million yuan investment to upgrade its existing factory in Pingquan, China, adding a new automated electrocoating line and wastewater treatment to produce 2 million electric scissor jacks and 300,000 hydraulic jacks annually.

Skybox Packaging plans an 88,000 square-foot expansion of its Mansfield facility at 1275 Pollock Pkwy with a $3.3 million building investment, plus $2 million for machinery and $1 million for inventory. The project is expected to create 28 jobs, announced November 21, 2017.

TruForm Manufacturing installed new production equipment to service medical customers, adding 21 new jobs and retaining 40 others, with $500,000 total project cost and $350,000 in state incentives.

Evonik has opened a new hollow fiber spinning plant at its Austrian plant in Schörfling, doubling existing production capacities for SEPURAN membranes. The investment is in the mid double-digit million euro range and has created over 30 new jobs.

Elevator and escalator company KONE announced the opening of a larger office in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, to enhance service levels and prepare for growth. It also entered an agreement with IBM to use Watson IoT Cloud Platform.

Shilchar Technologies plans to raise its power transformers capacity at Bil in Vadodara district, Gujarat, from 120 to 240 units per month. The project involves an investment of Rs 100 crore and work is expected to begin after a year.

Arconic announced plans to install a new horizontal heat treat furnace at its Davenport Works facility in Iowa, enabling heat treatment of longer and thicker aluminum plate for aerospace and industrial markets. The $137 million investment is expected to begin commercial production in 2019.

Tianjin Tengfei Pipe Co., Ltd. has installed and put into service a new 16-ton gantry crane at its facility to improve finishing capacity and production efficiency.

LiquidPower Specialty Products (LSPI), a Berkshire Hathaway company, commissioned a new drag reducing agent manufacturing plant within its complex in Bryan, Texas, doubling its capacity. The announcement was made on November 20, 2017.

Full-scale construction is underway at Lydian's Amulsar Gold Project in Armenia. A $65 million Caterpillar mining fleet has been delivered, with production expected to begin in Q3 2018.

United Performance Metals announced a 10,000 sq. ft. expansion of its Hartford, Connecticut facility, bringing total square footage to 58,000.

Than Taw Myat Company has added a second 5000tpd kiln line at its cement plant in Kyaukse township, Mandalay, Myanmar, doubling total capacity to 10,000tpd. The line was constructed by Sinoma International Engineering.

Evonik has opened a new hollow fibre spinning plant at its Schörfling site in Austria, doubling production capacity for Sepuran membranes. The investment is in the mid double-digit million EUR range and has created over 30 new jobs.

Michelman has invested in a 20-ton reactor at its Singapore Technology Centre, doubling production capabilities for water-based coatings and surface modifying additives. A grand opening ceremony is scheduled for November 28, 2017.

Global healthcare company Ipsen announced a £22 million investment at its Wrexham, North Wales site to expand research and manufacturing capacity with new packing line capability and a new office environment.

Haier India inaugurated its first industrial park in Ranjangaon, Pune, with an investment of INR 600 crores. The expanded facility will increase domestic production by 322% and create 2,000 new direct jobs.

Halton invested €3 million to renovate and expand its 6,380 m² plant in Reit im Winkl, Germany, aiming to increase production by up to 50% and add nearly 20% more staff. The official opening was on November 16, 2017.

BYK Additives & Instruments announced a $50 million investment to expand its Gonzales, Texas facility, including a new manufacturing facility for GARAMITE rheology additives and a new R&D center for natural rheology.

Aleris opened an expanded $400 million aluminum automotive body sheet production facility in Lewisport, Kentucky, USA.

Adient broke ground on a new automotive seating prototyping and testing facility in Pune, India, as part of a $30 million expansion of its existing technical center. The facility is scheduled to open in late 2018.

Ideal Standard-Vidima officially opened new robotic glazing lines and presses at its ceramics plant in Sevlievo, Bulgaria, as part of a 70 million leva investment program (2017-2019). The expansion increases capacity by 250,000 units per year to a total of 2,550,000 units.

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation announced that construction work on the expansion of the Cirebon coal-fired thermal power plant in Indonesia has started. Toshiba will supply a 1,000MW ultra-supercritical steam turbine and generator. Commercial operation is expected in 2022.

Geringhoff Corp. will invest $520,000 and hire 20 workers to add a second assembly line at its St. Cloud factory, increasing production of combine headers and starting a new line for small grains.

ASL Limited – Heavy Fabrication Division launched a new Power & Energy Division to supply, erect and commission power generation plants on an EPC basis, handling 1-12 MW capacities using steam turbines.