LafargeHolcim, through its subsidiary Cimencam, has launched construction of a new cement plant in Nomayos, near Yaoundé, Cameroon. The plant will have a capacity of 0.5 million tpy and represents an investment of approximately US$47.1 million.

Turkish nonwovens producer Akinal is investing €20 million in a new spunlace nonwoven plant in Tallinn, Estonia, with over 18,000 tons annual capacity. This is the company's first operation outside of Turkey.

Caterpillar is building a 150,000-square-foot surface mining and technology headquarters in Tucson, Arizona, with room for approximately 600 employees. Sundt Construction is the construction manager at risk for the project.

Taikai Electric (India) Pvt Ltd started construction of a new facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, to manufacture gas-insulated switchgear up to 765 kV. The plant covers 20 acres and is expected to be completed by end of 2017, with production starting in early 2018.

Adventum Technologies opened a new textile factory in the Tula region of Russia to produce water-repellent and fire-resistant fabrics. The investment exceeded 660 million rubles, and the factory is expected to create over 80 jobs.

Kunshan Outong Precision Equipment Co., Ltd., invested by Czech Tajmac, Irish Muantron, British Wickman and US JT, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Kunshan German Industrial Park on March 29, 2017, to produce multi-axis CNC lathes.

KUKA Systems China held a groundbreaking ceremony in March 2017 for a new plant in Songjiang, Shanghai, with a production hall over 30,000 square meters, expected to be completed by end of 2017.

Sun Chemical S.A. inaugurated a new global plant for manufacturing low-migration offset inks at its production center in Badalona, Spain. The plant was opened with an open house event on March 28, 2017.

Geismar, a manufacturer and distributor of railway maintenance equipment, is launching new operations in Beaufort, South Carolina, with $2.9 million capital investment and 50 new jobs.

Gerdau inaugurated the Gerdau Summit joint venture at its Pindamonhangaba plant, with Sumitomo Corporation and Japan Steel Works. The venture will supply parts for wind energy, with R$280 million invested by 2020 and 100 new jobs expected.

Danfoss Silicon Power announced a collaboration with GE to build a factory in Utica, New York, to produce silicon-carbide (SiC) power modules for inverters and electric vehicles. The facility is expected to begin production in 2018 and create at least 300 jobs.

Batı Anadolu Grubu is building a new integrated cement plant in Söke, Turkey, with a total cost of 500 million TL. The Batısöke plant will double the group's cement and clinker production capacity and is expected to start operations in January 2018.

Continental, owned by AVIC, announced a $70 million investment in a new consolidated engine factory in Mobile, Alabama. The factory will consolidate operations from 11 buildings into one, with $40 million for machinery and $30 million for the building (leased).

Sudal Industries Ltd plans to invest Rs 250 crore in a new aluminium extrusion and alloys manufacturing facility at Nardana MIDC near Dhule, India. Construction will start in October 2017, with operations expected by October 2018, creating 250 jobs.

Modig Machine Tools will build a new large facility in Kalmar, Sweden, relocating from Virserum due to space constraints. The plant will serve customers like Boeing and Airbus.

Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics Co Ltd has opened its Miaoli Tongluo New Factory, dedicated to automotive LED products, following an investment of over US$300 million. The factory has a production capacity of up to 200 million units per month.

German auto parts supplier Webasto Group will build a factory in Caidian District, Wuhan, China, to produce 1 million sunroofs per year. The investment is 500 million yuan ($70 million), and construction will take 1.5 years.

Ybarra Group laid the first stone of a new factory in Dos Hermanas, Seville, with an investment of around EUR 40 million. The 35,000 square meter plant will produce sauces, mayonnaises, and oils using top-of-the-range technology, and is set to open before the end of 2017.

Continental Motors Group announced a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and corporate office at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama. The nearly 225,000 square foot facility will replace the current 11-building footprint and is part of a 3-year global investment plan.

Grundfos Pumps India is setting up an assembly plant on leased land in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with an investment of about Rs 12 crore, to supply 12,000-14,000 pumps a year and start operations on June 1.

Egyptian Cement plans to build a building materials complex in Sohag, Upper Egypt, with investments of EGP 6 billion ($332.4 million). The first phase is a cement plant with a 6,000 tpd clinker line, to be built by Sinoma CDI, with completion expected by end of 2018.

Alpla India is planning an end-to-end PET bottle recycling plant in Hyderabad to produce high-quality recycled polymer, with a capacity of 5,000-6,000 tonnes a year. An investment decision is expected within six to eight months, with the investment estimated at INR 20-30 crore.

Sekisui Chemical, through its South Korean subsidiary Yongbo Chemical, will establish a new polyolefin foam production company in Wuxi, China. The plant will produce polypropylene foam for automotive interiors, with a capital of USD 2.4 billion (likely a misprint; actual investment is about JPY 25 billion) and production capacity of 1.6 billion m²/year. Operations are scheduled to begin in the first half of fiscal year 2019.

Danfoss Silicon Power will open a facility in the Quad-C building on SUNY Poly's campus in Marcy, New York, to package silicon-carbide wafers from GE. The state is investing $215 million, and the plant is expected to create at least 300 jobs and be operational in early 2018.

Lippert Components plans to build a $19 million manufacturing plant in New Haven, Indiana, creating 140 jobs by the end of 2019.

Bemasa Caps SA, a Spanish manufacturer of caps and packaging machinery, has opened its first factory in Egypt, located in Obur City. The plant has 28 employees and an annual production capacity of 200 million units.

Termomecânica, a Brazilian copper processing company, invested R$8 million to build a new factory in Manaus. The plant is expected to begin operations in April 2017 and reach full capacity in 2018, producing 150 tons of input per month for the refrigeration sector.

Emerson opened an advanced additive manufacturing center at its Singapore campus to support innovation and accelerate product development for customers in Asia Pacific and globally. It is Emerson's second such center, complementing its Marshalltown, Iowa facility.

Thimm Verpackung has started series production at its new Holledau corrugated packaging plant in Wolnzach, Bavaria, after a test run since February 2017. The plant has a capacity of 120 million square metres, has received a total investment of EUR 60 million, and employs 150 people.

Mogul Nonwovens, a Turkish company, began ramping up production at its new spunlace nonwoven fabric plant in Gray Court, South Carolina, in April 2017. The facility is the company's first outside Turkey and will primarily serve the wipes and hygiene markets.

Egypt plans to build a new polypropylene factory at Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Co.'s (Sidpec) headquarters in Alexandria, with investments of $800 million to $1 billion. The facility will have a production capacity of 450,000 tpa and is expected to be operational in 2021.

Renewable Technology Solutions Joint Stock Company broke ground on a VND230 billion ($10 million) wastewater recycling plant in Tam Thang industrial park, Tam Ky city, Quang Nam province, Vietnam. The plant will have a capacity of 26,000 cubic meters per day, with phase 1 (13,000 m³/day) to be completed in 2017 and phase 2 by 2019.

The People's Committee of Quang Nam province commenced construction of a water recycling plant in Tam Thang Industrial Zone, Tam Ky City, with a total investment of VND230 billion ($10 million). The plant is invested by Tai Tao Technology Solutions JSC and supplied by US Evoqua Water Technologies.

The resumption of primary aluminum production and creation of a new anode factory at the VGAZ-SUAL enterprise in the Volgograd region is expected to create 2,500 jobs. The plant is to be launched in 2017.

ContiTech has opened a new facility for coated fabrics in Changshu, China, its first international production site for elastomer coatings outside Germany. The investment was over EUR 20 million, and series production started in early 2017 with about 25 employees.

Su Salt Group's high-parameter long-distance pipeline valve project in the county industrial park, with total investment of 500 million yuan on 190 mu of land, is due to start first-phase production in April 2017. Output will supply PetroChina and Sinopec.

Dätwyler Sealing Solutions announced the construction of its first U.S. First Line production facility in Middletown, Delaware. The $100 million plant will produce elastomer components for injectable drug-delivery systems and is expected to be fully operational in Q4 2018.

Pratt & Whitney plans to invest approximately $386 million in projects at its Columbus, GA complex, including a new isothermal forging plant to produce turbine disks and compressor rotors, and a new building for GTF engine overhaul. The investment is expected to create 500 new jobs.

WABCO opened a new facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, to localize production of air disc brakes for commercial vehicles in the US. The company invested USD 20 million in the plant.

SW Group invested €17.5 million to build a new factory in Suzhou, China, serving as its first overseas plant for multi-spindle machining centers.

A Dutch-headquartered international group invested €28 million to build the Nova Packaging corrugated carton plant in the Sindos industrial area, which began production in January 2017. The plant has annual capacity of about 85,000 tonnes and employed 65 people.

Samsung Electronics announced that its chip factory under construction in Pyeongtaek, Seoul, will start production in the first half of 2017. The KRW 15.6 trillion (approx. USD 14.4 billion) project is Samsung's largest investment in a single production line.

Welspun India has invested Rs 100 crore to set up a new automated cut and sew unit in the made-ups segment with a capacity of 10 million units per annum.

Welspun India has established a new Rs 150 crore needle entangled advanced textile plant in Anjar, Gujarat, with spunlace and needle punch capabilities for nonwoven solutions. The plant has an initial capacity of 2,400 MT per annum.

Transneft is constructing a high-voltage electric motor plant in the Chelyabinsk region, with the building envelope expected to be completed in March 2017. The plant, a joint venture with KONAR, will produce up to 300 motors per year with an investment of 10 billion rubles from 2016-2018.

OFD Foods will build a $25 million, 50,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Henrietta, New York, focused on freeze-drying services for bulk industrial packaging, creating 30 jobs.

Global coatings supplier Hempel inaugurated a new factory in Mina Abdullah, Kuwait on March 23, 2017.

GEDA plans to build a new production facility on a 50,000 sqm site in Asbach-Bäumenheim, Germany, with construction start expected in 2018.

Pratt Industries opened a $60 million corrugated packaging facility in Beloit, Wisconsin on 20 March 2017. At full capacity the 350,000 sq ft plant will employ 140 people and produce 600 tons of recycled boxes a day.

German automotive supplier ElringKlinger announced a new factory in Kecskemét as part of a €21 million investment, creating 700 jobs over several years. The 10,000 sqm plant will produce heat shields for automotive components using plastic injection molding.