Xilinx announced a $40 million investment to expand its research, development, and engineering operations at its EMEA headquarters in Dublin and Cork, Ireland, creating 100 new jobs.

Daikin commenced operations at its second factory in Neemrana, Rajasthan, with an investment of around INR 750 crore. The 40-acre facility, with total investment of INR 2,000 crore, is now India's largest HVAC manufacturing site, capable of producing 1.5 million room ACs, 50,000 VRV units, and other equipment annually.

WARBUD won a contract to expand the Euroglas Polska glass production plant in Ujazd, Poland, adding a new production line with associated facilities. Production is expected to start in winter 2018/2019.

Span Tech LLC, a manufacturer of custom built plastic chain conveyor systems, will open a new Sales & Service Center and testing facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin. A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for November 8, 2017.

Edwards Lifesciences announced a $100 million investment to build a new heart valve manufacturing plant in Cartago, Costa Rica, expected to be fully operating in 2020.

USG plans to upgrade its Jacksonville gypsum wallboard plant in Florida by adding a new production line for Securock ExoAir 430 panels, with completion expected by end of 2018 and about 20 new jobs.

Pro-Gest Group completed the expansion of its Trevikart plant in Modugno, doubling the surface area from 13,000 to 30,000 square meters with a EUR 20 million investment. A new production line for agro-industrial packaging is being installed and will be operational by end of 2017.

Mitsui Chemicals will produce polypropylene-based spunbonded nonwoven fabrics with hollow fibers at its subsidiary MHM in Thailand starting next year, upgrading existing equipment to make value-added nonwovens for high-end diapers.

AHT Cooling Systems USA is expanding its existing facility in Ladson, South Carolina, adding assembly and distribution operations. The project involves over $5 million in capital investment and will create more than 70 new jobs.

Standard Calibrations, Inc. will invest more than $508,500 to expand its engineering operation in Chesapeake, Virginia, creating 150 new jobs.

SENNEBOGEN has inaugurated a 375,000 sq ft expansion at its Straubing 2 plant in Lower Bavaria, Germany, adding production and warehouse space. The expansion took two years to complete.

Fresenius Kabi is investing $100 million to expand its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina, increasing prefilled syringe production capacity and creating 445 jobs.

Leuna-Harze opened a new production plant in Leuna, Germany, with a capacity of 70,000 tonnes of epoxy resins per year, representing a €45 million investment. The company also announced an additional €20 million investment.

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. has invested $60 million in expanding its Wooster, Ohio facility, establishing it as the U.S. center for advanced E-Mobility development. The expansion was unveiled during the facility's 40th anniversary celebration.

BD is spending approximately $60 million on a 69,000-square-foot expansion and upgrade of its Columbus-East facility in Columbus, Nebraska, to create one of the largest plastic injection molding plants in the world. The project is expected to be completed by 2021.

Fatra is investing CZK 1.4 billion in a new rolling mill in Napajedla, Czech Republic. The project will create over 100 jobs and is expected to be fully operational by November 2019.

De Nora officially opened the expansion and upgrade of its factory in Suzhou Industrial Park, China.

Corning announced an investment in Corning Valor Glass that will create 185 new jobs and support over 380 jobs overall at its Innovation Support Center in Big Flats and R&D facility at Sullivan Park in Erwin, New York. The investment is part of a previously announced $500 million plan to create 1,000 U.S. jobs.

Tecumseh Products Company is investing $1.1 million and creating 60 jobs at its Verona, Mississippi facility, which is consolidating Canadian operations and will begin making the AK2 compressor line. The Mississippi Development Authority assisted with infrastructure improvements.

Auer Packaging GmbH is adding injection molding capacity at its Amerang, Germany site, with a second hall running 14 machines since 2016 and a third hall planned to reach 35 machines. The company produces about 35 million plastic containers per year.

Owens-Illinois will build a fifth glass furnace at its Nava plant in northeastern Mexico to supply beer bottles to Constellation's adjacent brewery, an expansion estimated at about $140 million, financed equally by both partners.

Dow Chemical (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd. plans to invest USD 10 million to build a new production facility for 5,000 tons per year of adhesives at its existing site in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China. The project was announced for public consultation on 2017-10-31.

BUA Group Chairman Abdulsamad Rabiu announced the inauguration of the Sokoto cement plant in early 2018 and the second cement line in Edo by Q2 2018.

NEO Tech announced its second Agave manufacturing site in Juarez, Chihuahua, is now fully operational. The 190,000 sq ft building increases total manufacturing capacity at the location to nearly 400,000 sq ft.

Kitagawa Mexico Corporation inaugurated its second forging plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with an accumulated investment of over US$120 million. The plant will start operating in January 2018, doubling production capacity to 1,400 tons of forge per month and adding 100 jobs.

Briggs & Stratton will move production of commercial Vanguard V-Twin engines from Japan to its Statesboro, Georgia plant, investing $18 million and adding more than 50 jobs. The expansion will also add approximately 55 additional jobs for increased single-cylinder engine production.

Kitagawa Iron Works announced the expansion of its foundry plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, which will start operations in January 2018. The expansion will double production capacity to 1,400 tons of castings per month and create 100 new jobs, bringing total employment to approximately 550.

HP Polymers, a subsidiary of Whitford Corp., is investing approximately $1.7 million to expand its Puslinch, Ontario facility with new equipment to increase capacity and add five jobs.

Samsung Electronics is converting part of its Hwaseong 16-line from NAND flash to DRAM production (30,000 wafers/month) and installing DRAM equipment at Pyeongtaek new fab (30,000 wafers/month), adding about 60,000 wafers/month of DRAM capacity by 2018.

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. will expand production capacity for POREFLON water treatment membrane modules at its subsidiary Zhongshan Sumiden Hybrid Products Co., Ltd. in Guangdong, China, aiming to increase yearly production to 500,000 m², 1.5 times the current capacity. New facilities are scheduled to commence operation in March 2018.

Chinalco Huazhong Copper Co., Ltd. is proceeding with Phase II of its high-precision copper strip and foil project in Huangshi, Hubei, investing CNY 1.048 billion to add 60,000 tonnes/year of capacity, with construction lasting about 18 months and creating over 300 jobs.

Ascend Performance Materials plans to increase production capacity of adiponitrile, hexamethylene diamine, adipic acid and polymers by 10 to 15 percent through 2018 to meet growing demand.

Cyclone Manufacturing is partnering with Ontario to invest $64.8 million in expanding its Mississauga facilities, adding 80,000 square feet of production space and new equipment. The project will create over 130 new jobs and retain 554 positions.

Saint-Gobain's Garden Grove plant added an automotive glass business unit, expected to nearly triple revenue to about USD 200 million. A USD 2.6 million investment will expand warehouse space by 30,000 square feet and add collaborative robotics.

Bharat Fritz Werner (BFW) announced a major facility expansion at its Hosur and Bangalore locations, with the first phase covering 30,000 sq. meters and the second phase expanding to 60,000 sq. meters, to double machine building capacity.

KSCRANE is constructing a European-type double beam line workshop at its north campus in Xinxiang, Henan, China, with an estimated investment of 150 million yuan RMB and a building area of over 25,000 square meters.

Sørlandschips installed a new Jomet packaging machine for automatic packing of nuts at its snacks factory in Songdalen, Kristiansand, Norway, which opened in summer 2016.

Tianqi Lithium has approved $300 million in funding for stage 2 development of its Kwinana lithium processing plant in Western Australia, doubling annual capacity from 24,000 to 48,000 tonnes. Construction is expected to be complete by late 2019, creating up to 60 new jobs.

North American Stainless (NAS) dedicated a new $150 million bright and annealing line at its Ghent, Kentucky facility, creating 36 full-time jobs. The expansion, announced in March 2015, also includes a new cold rolling mill and increases plant production capacity by nearly 10%.

Incipio Devices, LLC announced plans to invest nearly $7.1 million to expand manufacturing and R&D capabilities at its Huntington, Indiana plant, creating approximately 22 new jobs by the end of 2020 while retaining 27 existing positions.

Dow dedicated $2 billion of chemical manufacturing investments at its Plaquemine site in Louisiana, including two new polyolefin plants, added ethylene capacity, warehousing and a restarted ethylene unit. The projects were first announced in August 2013.

Logan Aluminum Inc. cut the ribbon on Phase I of its expansion in Logan County, Kentucky, a $240 million investment that expanded recycling and casting capabilities, creating about 190 jobs. The company also broke ground on Phase II, a $125 million cold rolling mill expected to create 60 jobs and be completed by Spring 2019.

Wiegmann Associates won a Design/Build award for their work on the $18 million expansion of Hoffman Beverage's beverage distribution center in Chesapeake, Virginia. The project included HVAC, refrigeration and building automation system controls for the 217,392-square-foot facility.

Cignys, a manufacturing company serving defense, aerospace and automotive industries, is expanding in Saginaw County, Michigan, with a $6 million investment creating 50 new jobs. The company received a $200,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant.

Johnson Controls' Wichita, Kansas plant, home of the Unitary Products Group, completed an expansion including a life-testing facility and grew its workforce by 37.9% to over 1,600 workers. The plant manufactures residential and light commercial HVAC products.

KuibyshevAzot launched the fourth polyamide-6 production line (unit 5) at its site in Tolyatti, Russia, with a capacity of 160 tons/day (58,400 tons/year). The investment was 2 billion rubles, creating 28 jobs.

Can Pack Romania will invest EUR 50 million in a second production line at its Bucharest plant, raising capacity from about 950 million to 1.5 billion cans per year. The new line is expected to start in February 2018.

thyssenkrupp opened a new 3,000 sqm production shop for steering components at its Schönebeck site in Saxony-Anhalt, creating 65 jobs, with a total investment of about €10 million.

Silfex Inc., a division of Lam Research, will invest $223 million and create 400 jobs at its new facility in Springfield, Ohio. The city approved $1.2 million in tax incentives for the project.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) broke ground on a $60 million expansion of its Columbus-East facility in Nebraska, adding 69,000 sq. ft. to become a flagship plastic injection molding plant.