Nippon Piston Ring will invest one billion yen (US$8.9 million) to raise valve seat output by 30 percent at its factory in Karnataka, India, as car and motorcycle production ramps up. The 8,000 sq m facility can reportedly produce around 3 million valve seats per month.

NGK Insulators announced a ¥14 billion investment to increase production of NOx concentration sensors for automotive exhaust, with ¥11 billion allocated to expanding capacity at its Ishikawa plant in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture. The expansion will create about 120 new jobs.

Reko International Group announced plans to construct a new manufacturing and innovation facility adjacent to its current premises on Silver Creek Industrial Drive in Lakeshore, Ontario. The 40,000+ square foot facility will cost roughly $5.5 million and is expected to be complete by early 2018.

Labman, a robotics and automation specialist, has tripled the size of its facility in Stokesley, UK, with a new 20,000ft² extension to meet growing demand.

Ronal Ibérica, a Swiss aluminium car wheel maker, has opened a new plant on the Teruel Logistics Platform (Platea) to expand production from 2.2 million to 2.8 million wheels per year. The investment exceeded €100 million and will create over 100 new jobs.

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is expanding its organic peroxides plant in Ningbo, China, with capacity to increase by over 100% to 38,000 tons per year by Q3 2018. Capacity rose 40% in August 2017.

Tokyo Cement Company inaugurated an expanded production plant for Tokyo Superlight cellular lightweight concrete blocks in Elpitiya, Sri Lanka, increasing capacity to 100m³ per day.

RORZE ROBOTECH CO., LTD., a Vietnamese subsidiary of RORZE Corporation, announced the construction of a 5th and 6th factory at its site in the Nomura Haiphong Industrial Zone, Hai Phong, Vietnam. The total investment is approximately ¥3.2 billion, with construction starting in February and April 2018 and operations beginning in January 2019.

LJUNGSTRÖM USA announced a significant investment to install a new state-of-the-art heating element manufacturing center at its Andover Road factory in Wellsville, New York. The new facility will produce heat transfer media for air preheaters and is expected to be fully operational by July 2018.

The second foundation is being installed at the 28MW Nissum Bredning offshore wind demonstration project in Denmark. The project will comprise four Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines on gravity jacket foundations.

JR Group UK launched a new £9m facility in Bradford for its Texfelt nonwovens business, creating 46 jobs over five years, with £3m invested in new machinery.

OOO Rusavata inaugurated a new Truetzschler spunlacing line for hydroentangled nonwovens at its headquarters in Rjasan, Russia, with a monthly production capacity of over 700 tons, creating 150 new jobs.

Brazilian compressor maker Embraco established a new €2.5 million technology centre at its European production plant in Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia, to develop compressors for low-GWP hydrocarbon refrigerants.

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA plans to nearly double manufacturing capacity at its Spartanburg, South Carolina facility by 2018, increasing production to 1,800 units per year and adding new excavator models.

Beckwood Press Company will relocate its corporate headquarters to a 55,000 sq. ft. facility in Fenton Logistics Park, Fenton, Missouri. The move will increase production capacity by nearly 30% and is scheduled for completion in June 2018.

Perrone Robotics, a developer of autonomous car software, will invest $3.8 million to expand its research and development operation in Albemarle County, Virginia. The expansion will create 127 new jobs over three years.

Schindler Group is set to invest INR 170 crore to expand its manufacturing facilities in India by setting up the country's first escalator plant by an MNC.

HSC Handling Systems and Conveyors Inc., a manufacturer of heavy duty material handling systems, announced plans to expand its footprint to Tulsa, Oklahoma and West Texas within the next year.

DENSO will expand its Maryville, Tennessee operations, investing $1 billion and creating about 1,000 jobs to make the Blount County facility a primary North American manufacturing center for electrification and safety systems.

LA Sanitation completed an expansion of the Advanced Water Purification Facility at the Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant in Los Angeles, doubling capacity to 12 million gallons per day of recycled water. The project used a new oxidation process with ultraviolet light and chlorine bleach.

Medical device manufacturer Acme Monaco is moving into a new 16,300 square foot building in Presque Isle's Skyway Industrial Park, consolidating from two locations. The move allows room for growth and additional equipment.

Boeing expanded its facility in Helena, Montana, by 8,360 sq m to fabricate titanium parts for the 777X aircraft. The facility now totals over 23,800 sq m.

Mitsui Chemicals completed a production augmentation of 5,000 tons per annum for MILASTOMER at its subsidiary Sun Alloys in Chiba, Japan, increasing total capacity from 20,000 to 25,000 tons per year. Operations commenced on October 1, 2017.

NSK inaugurated an expansion of the Kirihara building at its Fujisawa Plant, doubling manufacturing area and adding new facilities for large size bearings, with an investment of about 5 billion yen.

Total Valve Systems added a new location in Perryton, Texas, extending its services and sales into the western U.S., announced October 5, 2017.

VARIOVAC PS SystemPack is building 3,000 square meters of additional production, assembly and office space at its Zarrentin site, creating about 25 jobs. Construction is planned to start at the end of 2017.

ACTEGA DS is investing around 18 million euros to expand its Bremen research and manufacturing site, adding 8,000 square meters and growing manufacturing capacity by 50 percent. Construction is slated for spring 2018.

Naish Felts Ltd is constructing a fourth 1,000 sqm unit at its factory in Stryama, Bulgaria, bringing total space to 4,000 sqm. The expansion continues into 2018.

Metso is investing approximately €1 million to build a new production line (Speedline 2) for Lokotrack mobile crushing plants at its Tampere, Finland factories, increasing capacity by over 30%. Construction starts in summer 2017, with first equipment expected in Q1 2018.

Anadolu Cam decided to build a new D furnace with 150,000 tons/year capacity at its Eskişehir factory, with a fixed investment of $58 million and total investment including working capital of $66 million.

INEOS Oxide plans to expand its ethylidene norbornene (ENB) plant in Antwerp, increasing capacity by 7,500 metric tons per year to 35,500 m.t./yr, with capacity available by the end of 2018.

MHI Canada Aerospace is investing $36.2 million to expand its Mississauga, Ontario plant, adding equipment and creating 90 jobs to support Bombardier's Global 5000 and Global 6000 business jet programs.

Teijin's Aramid Business completed a new production line at its Technora facility in Matsuyama, Japan, adding capacity for Technora aramid fiber. The investment was announced in March 2016.

Owens Corning will invest $50 million to rebuild a glass melter and expand production capacity by 25% at its Chambéry, France, composites plant, with the melter expected to be operational by mid-2018.

TMG Automotive is investing €45.5 million in a new production unit in Famalicão, Portugal, to meet a new contract with Mercedes through 2026 and rising demand. The unit will start operating in January 2018, with capacity to produce 10 million meters per year.

Frigopoint put into operation new production capacity for thin-walled corrugated stainless steel pipes and fully welded vibration dampers at its existing plant in Belgorod, Russia, in September 2017.

Manitowoc completed the relocation of its crawler crane manufacturing from Manitowoc, Wisconsin to Shady Grove, Pennsylvania, with an investment of nearly $13 million. The project included a new paint booth and test pad, and was largely finished by May 2017.

J.P. Bowman Precision Tooling is undertaking an approximately $7.6 million expansion at its Brantford, Ontario plant, including new equipment and 16 new hires, to produce larger dies for stamping higher strength steels.

Pump maker Lewa has completed two new production halls, totalling about 3,000 square meters, at its Leonberg headquarters, investing over EUR 25 million, mainly for final assembly of large pumps and systems.

Tetra Pak is investing EUR 30 million to upgrade its Denton packaging material converting factory with a new laminator, moving some production from Mexico and expanding packaging capabilities for the U.S. and Canada, with full production expected by end of 2018.

Fiberweb (India) commissioned a 3,000 metric ton melt-blown nonwoven fabric (MBNF) manufacturing facility in Q3FY18.

Jarden Zinc Products will expand its operations in Greene County, Tennessee, creating 30 new jobs over five years by converting 10,000 square feet of existing facility for new production equipment.

Iljin Electric Co., Ltd. started construction of a second factory for large circuit breakers in Hongseong General Industrial Complex, expanding by 8,360 m², with production expected in the second half of 2018, creating 30 new jobs.

CMI Industry Americas announced plans to hire 15 or more additional employees at its Salem, Ohio plant between now and 2018, due to new contracts secured by the company.

Southern Water is undertaking a £63 million environmental improvement scheme to redevelop and modernize the Woolston wastewater treatment works in Southampton, UK, with construction in its third year as of October 2017.

AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business is investing over €20 million to increase production capacity for its Expancel expandable microspheres at the Stockvik facility near Sundsvall, Sweden, with additional capacity expected by end of 2018.

BioNTech's manufacturing subsidiary, re-branded as BioNTech Innovative Manufacturing Services, will significantly increase production capacity by doubling cleanroom space and expanding development and quality control areas in a new facility in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.

Harmonic Drive Systems announced it is immediately increasing monthly production from 95,000 to 115,000 units and building two new facilities in Matsumoto City, Japan and the US at a cost of $300 million to boost production to 400,000 devices per month by 2020.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems invested $3.8 million in its Huntington, Indiana assembly plant in October 2017 to launch two new production lines. The investment was reported in an article dated 2018-08-02.

Cherat Packaging commissioned a new Windmuller & Holscher universal paper sack line in October, using Mondi sack kraft paper to enter a new market with universal packaging.