Aquapak's UK factory began manufacturing Hydropol plastic pellets in July 2017, with capacity for five production lines each producing up to 6,000 metric tonnes per year, all due to be operating by end of 2017.

Kubota plans to increase annual production capacity of compact track loaders at its Sakai plant to 13,000 units by 2019, a 30% increase, with an investment of about ¥1 billion.

Samsung Electronics has started construction of the second phase of its memory chip facility in Xi'an, China. The facility is scheduled to begin operation in 2019 for mass production of V-NAND flash memory. Samsung announced an additional $7 billion investment in August 2017.

Trinseo has successfully started up a new MAGNUM ABS production line at its Zhangjiagang, China plant, serving the Asia Pacific market for auto, appliance, electronics, lighting and consumer goods.

Nemak Alabama is expanding its manufacturing facility in Sylacauga, Alabama, with a $34 million investment.

Davison Canners renovated its production facilities in Portadown, Northern Ireland, with a £3.1 million financial package from HSBC, adding new equipment and products. The expansion brought all production in-house and increased staff from 10 to 60, enabling a new line of hot eat desserts.

IM Flash, a joint venture between Micron Technology and Intel, opened Building 60, a new fabrication wing in Lehi, Utah, for manufacturing 3D XPoint memory products. The facility will produce 3D XPoint, a non-volatile memory technology.

INTERTEC Instrumentation opened a new facility in Houston, tripling the size of its US-based manufacturing plant and offices to 22,000 square feet of covered space plus 20,000 square feet outdoor, adding shelter building services for outdoor process equipment protection.

SternMaid America installed a new double-head auger filler at its Aurora, IL facility, increasing can filling capacity for powders to 6,000 cans/hr. The investment, including peripheral components, was approximately $300,000.

Fujifilm will expand the production area and install new manufacturing equipment at its Redcar, England, site as part of a $28 million investment.

EPCOS India is increasing production capacity of power capacitors, motor run and motor start capacitors at its Nashik facility, adding nearly 20,000 sqm and a robotic plant for capacitor manufacturing, aiming to make it India's largest capacitors manufacturing unit.

Çimsa plans to move and modernize its Afyon Cement Factory, aiming to triple annual production capacity to 1.5 million tons of clinker. The announcement was made in an interview published on November 10, 2017.

Votorantim Cimentos opened a new cement plant in Sivas, Turkey, with a €140 million investment. The plant quadrupled clinker production capacity to 1.6 million tons per year.

National Material of Mexico, a subsidiary of National Material L.P., is expanding its Monterrey facility by 82,000 sq. ft. to add advanced high-strength steel processing capability and a new headquarters. The project is expected to create 50 jobs.

IHI Transport Machinery (IHI運搬機械) will construct a new building at its Numazu factory in Shizuoka, Japan, to consolidate assembly operations for mechanical parking equipment, investing several hundred million yen to improve productivity by 20-30%.

Nuovo Pignone inaugurated a new production line for gas seal panels for centrifugal compressors at its Massa plant in Tuscany. The investment of about EUR 12 million also renovated the site.

Alcon announced a $97 million expansion of its contact lens manufacturing facility in Johns Creek, Georgia. The project will add 70,000 square feet and create 50-100 new jobs, increasing production of DAILIES contact lenses.

Keystone Electronics Corp. moved its corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations to a new facility in New Hyde Park, NY, doubling the size of its former facility in Astoria, NY. The move is part of a company expansion that began in 2016.

DowDuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers is installing a new production line for Zytel HTN high-performance polyamide resin at its Mechelen, Belgium site. The line will begin operation in Q4 2017.

L&M Radiator Inc. is building an $18 million, 100,000-square-foot manufacturing plant at its headquarters in Hibbing, Minnesota, replacing five old buildings. The project is underway.

Grohe opened a new zinc die-cast factory in Klaeng, Rayong, Thailand, as part of a production expansion. The facility will increase capacity to 12 million parts per year by 2021 and create 800 new jobs. Total investment exceeds US$30 million.

Eurocement Group plans to expand its subsidiary Akhangarancement JSC's cement plant in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, raising capacity from 2Mta to 5Mta. Beijing Triumph International Engineering won the contract worth over US$160 million.

Semperit Group spent EUR 20 million to expand its Semperflex Optimit hydraulic hose production in Odry, Czech Republic, increasing capacity by about one-third and creating high double-digit jobs.

Tate & Lyle modernized and expanded its oat processing plant in Kimstad, Sweden, using ABB variable speed drives, motors, and control cabinets, achieving a more than tenfold capacity increase.

Yaskawa will increase monthly output at its plant in Jiangsu Province from 1,200 to 1,500 units per month to meet demand from Chinese electronics manufacturers. The expansion is set for completion towards the end of next year.

Grohe Siam opened an expanded zinc die-cast plant in Klaeng district, Rayong, doubling production capacity on a 12,000 sqm site, with an investment of USD 30 million and plans to create over 800 jobs within five years.

Superior Radiant Products has relocated its US operation to Fortville, Indiana from Atlanta, with a new CSA approved manufacturing facility that has double the space to facilitate sales growth and expansion plans.

Aisin AW Industries concluded a basic agreement to purchase land in Wakasa-cho, Fukui, Japan for a new automatic transmission parts manufacturing company.

Aisin Takaoka and Aisin Shinwa will expand head office plants and add production lines. Aisin Takaoka is scheduled to start production in May 2018 and Aisin Shinwa in June 2018.

Aisin Seiki will expand the South Building of the Nishio Die-casting Plant to increase production capacity of automatic transmission cases, with production scheduled to start in October 2018.

Aisin will expand its assembly line for FWD 6-speed automatic transmissions at Tianjin AW Automatic Transmission in Tianjin, China. Production will start in April 2019.

Aisin AW established a new wholly-owned automatic transmission manufacturing company, AW Mizunami, in Mizunami, Gifu, Japan. The plant will produce automatic transmissions and parts with a maximum capacity of 400,000 units per year, starting production in December 2018.

Femeda has started production of medical devices for female urinary incontinence at its Cramlington facility after relocating manufacturing lines from the US. The company plans to recruit 20 additional employees as it scales up for a global launch in early 2018.

Seqirus announced a major investment to build a new fill-and-finish facility at its Liverpool manufacturing site, creating 88 new high-tech jobs. The facility will bring in-house the filling of adjuvanted influenza vaccine, currently done by a contract manufacturer in Italy.

El.Com di Leno, an Italian manufacturer of electrical wiring for appliances, announced a 1,700 sqm expansion of its Leno plant, scheduled for 2018. The company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017 with 2016 revenue over EUR 40 million.

Teksan Jeneratör has opened its second factory in Kocaeli Free Zone, Turkey, strengthening its position in the generator sector. The new facility was inaugurated with a dealer meeting and factory tour on November 8, 2017.

Tangshan Sanyou Yuanda Fiber Co., Ltd. is undertaking a 60,000 tonnes/year functional viscose staple fiber technical renovation project at its site in Tangshan Nanpu Economic Development Zone, China. The project involves an investment of CNY 302 million and will increase total capacity to 330,000 tonnes/year.

TimkenSteel commissioned new production lines at its St. Clair facility in Eaton, Ohio, as part of an $8.98 million reinvestment project, adding at least a dozen jobs.

ABB will expand its medium and large power transformer plant in Varennes, Canada to better serve the local market.

ABB will concentrate its European traction transformer production at its Lodz factory, which will become the main manufacturing center for railway sector customers in the region. The factory will also increase capacity for power and distribution transformers.

ABB will expand its traction transformer operations in India, supporting the 'Make in India' initiative, and will also invest in upgrading its Datong traction transformer facility in China.

ImmuCell Corp. completed construction of a $20 million, 16,000-square-foot pharmaceutical-grade factory in Portland, Maine, to produce nisin for treating dairy cows. The facility is awaiting FDA approval.

Cofides provided EUR 9 million in financing to support Garay Componentes Tubulares' expansion of an automotive component manufacturing plant in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. Total project cost exceeds EUR 12.8 million.

Kemira invested approximately EUR 50 million in a new sodium chlorate production line at its Joutseno site, nearly doubling capacity. The expansion was announced in March 2016 and completed ahead of schedule.

M&M Industries, a maker of plastic buckets and containers, plans a $42 million expansion in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that will create 110 jobs. The plan includes buying a building at 1435 E. 14th Street and expanding its current facility at 316 Corporate Place.

ON Semiconductor will expand its test and assembly operations at Eastman Business Park in Rochester, creating up to 34 jobs and retaining 185 jobs. The expansion is expected to be completed in December 2018.

ABB announced a strategic realignment of its global transformer manufacturing footprint: investing in South Boston and Crystal Springs units and discontinuing production in St. Louis, US; expanding in Varennes, Canada; consolidating traction transformer production in Lodz, Poland; expanding in India; and upgrading in Datong, China.

SUEZ celebrated the grand opening of a second facility in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, for assembling and testing ozone water treatment technologies.

Härterei Gerster AG is expanding capacity at its Egerkingen site with two new tempering furnaces expected to raise capacity by about 30 percent, plus a new hydraulic straightening press.

Lu-Ve is investing €36 million to expand its SEST-LuVe factory in Gliwice, Poland, including construction of a 20,000m² factory and purchase of plant and machinery.