SK Materials and Showa Denko will establish a joint venture, SK Showadenko, to build an etching gas manufacturing facility in Yeongju, with first production of CH3F by the second half of 2018.

Construction has begun on a plant by Giessenhause to produce alloyed aluminum in the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan. The project involves an investment of 4.56 billion tenge, will create 34 jobs, and have a capacity of 36,000 tonnes per year.

HarbisonWalker International (HWI) announced a $30 million investment to construct a new monolithic refractories manufacturing facility in the northern Kentucky/southern Ohio region. The plant will have a capacity of 80,000 metric tons per year and is expected to be operational by early 2018.

Snabpolimer Meditsina received approval for a land plot to build a factory in Neklyudovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, to produce disposable syringes and blood transfusion systems. Investment is RUB 1.3 billion, with production expected to start in late 2019.

CVTCORP and JMFT are building a new 300,000 sq. ft. factory in Sihwa Multi Techno Valley, South Korea, with a total investment of over $20 million. The facility will manufacture CVT transmissions and components, opening in Q1 2018.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. announced the opening of a new development center in Austin, Texas, staffed with 13 RF IC developers, to accelerate UltraCMOS products for mobile applications.

Russia's Eurocement and Uzbekistan's Uzqurilishmateriallari signed a letter of intent to build a 2.4Mta cement plant in Uzbekistan, expected to raise Eurocement's production capacity in the country to 4.2Mta by 2020.

Total Industries is relocating to a new 64,000 square foot facility in Livermore, California, about 40% larger than its previous Hayward location, expected to open by March 31, 2017.

French metal packaging group Massilly opened its Moroccan plant in the Haliopolis industrial park in Drarga near Agadir on 16 February 2017. The plant makes sardine cans and industrial pails, with about 30 staff and a planned capacity of 300 to 400 million sardine cans within two to three years.

Grupomar plans to invest about 500 million pesos in a new sardine canning plant with refrigerated storage and vessels in Ensenada, with capacity of one million cases a year.

Chelyabinsk Compressor Enterprise has begun work on a new purpose-built production site on 17 hectares in the Krasnoarmeysky municipal district, moving all plant and office operations there. Total investment is 1.2 billion rubles.

Estun (Hubei) Robot Engineering Co., Ltd. began construction of an industrial robot production base in Jingmen High-tech Zone, Hubei, China, with a total investment of 500 million yuan, to produce full-series articulated industrial robots with an annual capacity of 3,200 units.

Tetra Pak is investing EUR 24 million ($25 million) in its first factory for carton packaging closures, located within its existing Straws and Strips plant in Rayong, Thailand. The plant will open in 2018, create 60 jobs and produce more than 3 billion closures a year.

GKN Aerospace plans to lease a new manufacturing facility in Venture Crossings Enterprise Centre in Bay County, Florida, with a capital investment of approximately $50 million. The project is expected to create 170 new jobs.

Magellan Aerospace announced plans to construct a 140,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and assembly facility in the Aerospace Special Economic Zone near Bangalore International Airport, with a CDN $28 million investment. Phase 1 is expected to be commissioned by end of 2017 and employ 120 people.

Japanese medical device producer Nipro will spend $300 million on a new factory in Vietnam to increase capacity for dialysis equipment, meeting rising demand in Japan and Southeast Asia.

FMH Conveyors completed a new 195,000 square foot facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas, serving as company headquarters and consolidating all US manufacturing. The opening created 110 new jobs.

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions is building the first commercial plant based on its PLA neo technology in Changchun, China, for COFCO Corp. The plant will produce around 10,000 metric tons per year of PLA and is scheduled for commissioning in Q1 2018.

Evonik is investing a double-digit million sum in a new production plant for multi-layer PMMA flat films at its Weiterstadt site. The plant is expected to supply initial commercial film batches by the end of 2018.

Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze (SEBM) is building a plant for producing automotive wires in Orhei, Moldova, with a total cost of €20 million, expected to create 2,500 jobs and commission production facilities in August 2017.

Schedl Automotive System Service GmbH, a German wheel and tire assembly manufacturer and BMW supplier, plans to open its first U.S. production plant in Duncan, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The 150,000-square-foot facility is expected to bring over 100 jobs.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries completed a new plant at Nagoya Works 1 in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, to produce forward and center fuselage panels for the Boeing 777X. Construction began in September 2015, and production operations are expected to start in June 2017.

Unisplendour (Tsinghua Unigroup) has started construction of the Nanjing Semiconductor Industry Base and IC International City in Nanjing, China. The project includes a $30 billion chip factory producing 3D-NAND Flash and DRAM memory, with phase one investment of $10 billion and monthly capacity of 100,000 wafers.

Toyo Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced on February 10, 2017, that it will construct a new factory in the Shiga Ryuo Industrial Park, integrating development, design, and manufacturing functions. The project costs 7 billion yen, with construction starting March 1, 2017, completion scheduled for late January 2018, and operations beginning gradually from March 2018, with full operation planned for June 2018.

Toyo Denki Seizo announced it will build a new factory in Ryuo-cho, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, with an investment of about ¥7 billion to produce motors and inverters for automotive testing systems and power generation equipment.

Şişe Cam approved the construction of a fiberglass plant in Balıkesir, Turkey, with an investment of 400 million Turkish lira ($110 million) and an annual capacity of 70,000 tons.

GlobalFoundries announced a $10 billion project to build an advanced semiconductor factory in Chengdu, China.

Asahi Kasei completed a new production facility for Bemliese cupro continuous-filament nonwoven fabric in Nobeoka, Japan, adding 1,500 tons/year of capacity. Commercial operation began on February 1, 2017.

PHN signed a letter of intent with FOB to relocate its woodworking machinery factory from Bydgoszcz city center to a new BTS factory on PHN's land in Niwy, Poland.

Alu Menziken Group is building a greenfield plant in Satu Mare, Romania, with two extrusion presses and a casting facility. The €50 million investment will create 250 jobs, with completion expected by end of 2018.

Gestamp launched a new hot stamping plant in Pune, India, with an investment of EUR 36 million (approx. INR 2.6 billion). The plant will serve Fiat Chrysler Automobile, Ford and Tata Motors, and is expected to begin serial production in May 2017.

Kalekim, a Kale Group company, decided to build a new factory in Balıkesir, Turkey, with an investment of TRY 30 million. The factory will produce construction chemicals including ceramic adhesives, fillers, insulation materials and paints, and is planned to open in the third quarter of 2017.

Cooke Optics will open a second 700 sq m factory on the Troon Industrial Estate in Leicester, UK, to build the new Panchro/i Classic range and develop new lens ranges. The factory is due to open in June 2017, increasing output by 25% and creating 12 jobs.

GE Energy Connections inaugurated its new Redhill Grid Automation manufacturing facility in Stafford, UK, on February 9, 2017. The facility employs about 400 people and manufactures approximately 200,000 products per year for digital substations.

Sundaram-Clayton Limited (SCL) will invest $50 million to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Ridgeville, South Carolina, creating 130 jobs. The plant will produce aluminum high-pressure die-cast and permanent mold gravity cast parts for automotive OEMs.

Curbs Plus Inc., a manufacturer of roof curbs for HVAC units, will establish a new production facility in Mount Union, Pennsylvania, investing over $717,000 and creating 26 full-time jobs.

Custom Water.net, a private label bottle water manufacturer, has opened a new facility in Georgia to serve the southeastern United States. The facility includes state-of-the-art purification systems and additional capacity.

Knapheide Manufacturing Co. announced it will construct a new 188,000-square-foot facility south of Quincy, Illinois, creating 250 new jobs in manufacturing, installation and support roles.

Punch Powertrain is building a factory in Zanjan, Iran, with an investment of 15 to 20 million euros. The plant will start with one production line, 100 employees, and capacity of 50,000 to 70,000 gearboxes per year, expected to be operational in 2018.

International Automotive Components (IAC) broke ground for a greenfield plant in Opole, Poland, to manufacture tailored instrument panels for premium passenger cars. The facility represents an investment of about $20 million and is expected to be operational in mid-2017, creating approximately 550 jobs.

Faurecia opened a new $64 million, 400,000 sq ft data-driven manufacturing facility in Columbus, Indiana, called Columbus South. The facility employs 450 people and produces emissions control products for commercial vehicles.

Huhtamaki is building a new 750,000 sq ft warehousing, distribution and manufacturing facility in Goodyear, Arizona, with investment exceeding $100 million and about 300 jobs. Verst Group Logistics will manage the operation under a long-term contract.

Clima Uno broke ground on a purpose-built factory of over 100,000 sq ft in Dubai Investment Park to manufacture air handling and fan coil units. The facility is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2017 and is expected to quadruple production capacity.

A Kazakh-Turkish joint venture, Ural Electric, launched production of low and medium voltage cells at the Ural Transformer Plant in West Kazakhstan, with investments of 1 billion tenge.

Biological E. Limited laid the foundation stone for a new vaccine facility in Genome Valley, Hyderabad, with an initial investment of Rs 300 crore. Construction is to be completed by April 2018, with commercial production expected by December 2019, creating about 1,000 jobs.

Şişecam Group announced a EUR 100 million investment to build a glass fiber production plant in Turkey with a capacity of 70,000 tonnes per year.

Australian food importer F. Mayer Imports has commissioned a transcritical CO2 plant with ammonia chillers at its food distribution warehouse in Melbourne, Australia. The plant, built by Strathbrook Industrial Services, is 30 times larger in volume than previous systems but has only increased power usage by 70%.

Oerlikon Metco plans to spend $62 million to open a facility in Huntersville, North Carolina, creating 93 high-paying jobs over five years. The plant will specialize in end-to-end advanced component manufacturing and R&D, and will be the company's first such facility in the U.S.

French thermoforming company Vercors has decided to set up a new industrial facility that will triple its current production area.

Delta Group has inaugurated a new $200 million, 250,000 sq ft multi-service facility in Dubai's National Industries Park, hosting its Delta Printing Press, Brandscape Advertising, Magic Screen, Pulp, Delta Labels and Delta Interiors subsidiaries.