SOCAR Polymer's polypropylene and high-density polyethylene production facilities in Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park are 70% and 45% complete respectively, with both to be operational in 2018.

Cementos Molins, through Cementos Avellaneda, plans to invest $200 million in its La Calera plant to increase capacity by 700,000 tonnes per year to 1 million tonnes by H2 2019, and $30 million in its Olavarría plant to add 300,000 tonnes per year by end of 2017.

Promsvyazbank opened a credit line of RUB 21 million to ENKO for building a new workshop to produce electrical products. The new workshop is expected to open in Q4 2017, increasing output by 10% and creating new jobs.

Virospack installed two new laser machines in its glass section and plans to install six new production lines at its new production unit in Barcelona, increasing pipette production capacity to over 70 million units per year.

Crown Equipment Corp. announced plans to expand in Asia with a new company-owned branch location in South Korea, featuring rental and new equipment inventory.

Metalsa Structural Products Inc. will invest $36.5 million to expand its Owensboro, Kentucky facility, adding 113 jobs and a new production line for stamped and welded structural components. Production is expected to begin in March 2019.

Rainbow Rare Earths has commenced ore mining at the Gasagwe site of its Gakara Rare Earth Project in Burundi. Plant construction is on track for first concentrate sales in Q4 2017.

ams announced the expansion of its manufacturing operations in Singapore at JTC nanoSpace @ Tampines, including a fully automated clean room and a new VCSEL R&D and manufacturing line. Investment is around $200 million over three years.

Plascore is building a roughly 73,500-square-foot addition to its Aerospace Business Unit plant in Zeeland, Michigan, with a $6 million investment.

Lotte Chemical plans to renovate its 1 million tons/year naphtha cracker in Yeosu, South Korea, expanding capacity to 1.2 million tons/year following a maintenance shutdown from September 21 to October 31, 2018.

ROL/Statga, the Swedish-capital manufacturer of adjustable height tables, completed construction of a new factory in Šiauliai, Lithuania, and began installing a robotized table production line. Total investments will amount to EUR 11.9 million by 2018.

Xtreme Manufacturing received about $952,706 in tax abatements and a grant up to $600,000 from the Governor's Office of Economic Development to support expansion and hiring at its Henderson, Nevada facility.

Stece Fjädrar, a Lesjöfors company, is installing a new Waifos SNA 22 machine to extend its wave spring range down to Dy 20 mm, with the machine scheduled to start at the end of September 2017.

Sapa (part of Norsk Hydro) is reopening its extrusion factory in Bedwas, Wales with a £9.6 million investment, supported by £550,000 from the Welsh government. The plant will supply aluminum components for low-emission vehicles, creating over 130 jobs over five years.

Schneider Electric plans to increase production at its Egypt factories by 50% and expand its factory in Badr City by 5,000 square meters. The company also studies three new projects in the Suez Canal Axis: a petrochemical plant, a water desalination plant, and participation in Ismailia tunnels.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) plans to invest £172 million to build eight new manufacturing lines at its Plymouth site, creating 200 jobs over four years.

Toyotetsu Canada is investing $29.4 million to expand its manufacturing plant in Simcoe, Ontario, adding new capacity for Lexus RX parts and creating 26 jobs. The project is scheduled to be complete by spring 2020.

Arkema will increase fluoropolymer (Kynar PVDF) capacity at its Calvert City, USA plant by about 20%, driven by demand in new energies and water management markets. The investment is scheduled to start mid-2018.

Yaskawa Nordic AB has started construction to expand its manufacturing unit in Torsås, Sweden. The company signed a contract with Åkesson Bygg AB to begin the building work.

Thrace-LINQ, a fabric supplier to the textile industry, will invest $9 million to install a new production line at its Summerville facility in Dorchester County, South Carolina, starting in early 2018 and creating at least 10 jobs.

BorgWarner is expanding its Water Valley, Mississippi location with a $20 million corporate investment expected to create about 75 jobs over two years. The expansion supports transmission technologies for stop/start and hybrid vehicles.

RWDI is investing $41.14 million to establish one of the world's most advanced centres for wind tunnel research and rapid prototyping at its Guelph, Ontario facility, with support from Ontario and federal governments. The project is expected to create 125 jobs and be completed by 2021.

Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs invested $5.3 million to help Conestoga Meat Packers expand its pork processing capacity by 86% and create 170 jobs at its facility in Breslau, Ontario.

Asahi Kasei will double production capacity for its Lamous synthetic suede to 6 million m² per year at a plant in Nobeoka, Japan. The new capacity is set to come online in 2019.

Sofina Foods Inc. is expanding its turkey processing capacity with a new facility in Mitchell, Ontario. The $55 million project is supported by a $5.3 million investment from the Ontario government and is expected to create approximately 100 new jobs.

ABB Ltd. is accelerating expansion in China with a plan to double robot production capacity as part of a bid to become the biggest provider worldwide of industrial automation.

Austrian crane manufacturer Palfinger increased production capacity by 30% and opened 100 new jobs at its factory in Cherven Bryag, Bulgaria. The project cost around 7 million euro and closes the production cycle of loading cranes.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is expanding production of industrial robots in China, targeting a 70% sales increase with new assembly lines and models to address growing automation needs.

Gränges will invest $110 million to expand its aluminum rolling operations in Huntingdon, Tennessee, creating approximately 100 jobs. The expansion includes buildings, casters, cold-rolling mills, annealing furnaces and slitters.

Furukawa Electric announced plans to nearly double its 2016 optical fiber manufacturing capacity by 2019 and increase optical fiber cable capacity, creating over 400 jobs. The board approved $150 million capital spending for expansion primarily in the U.S. and Europe through its subsidiary OFS.

BMG, part of Invicta Holdings, officially launched its upgraded BMG World site in Johannesburg, a R400-million investment consolidating operations into a leading-edge distribution centre with over 308,000 m³ of warehousing.

Kent Nutrition Group broke ground on September 14, 2017 for a multi-million dollar feed manufacturing facility expansion at its Deluxe Feeds Sheldon location in Iowa. The project includes five new pellet mills, packaging equipment, and a 50,000-square-foot warehouse.

GLN, part of the Gestmin group, has invested approximately €2.5 million in a new assembly line at its Famolde unit in Marinha Grande, Portugal, capable of manufacturing 10 million Delta Q capsule sets per week. The line was inaugurated on September 14, 2017.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) completed the 1.1GW Allen Combined-Cycle Plant near Memphis, Tennessee, replacing the old Allen Fossil Plant. The $975 million plant started operations in April 2018, and also includes a 1MW solar farm and 5MW biogas facility.

Batı Anadolu Group invested 680 million lira to convert Batısöke Çimento Fabrikası into a large integrated cement facility, doubling clinker and cement capacity, with production starting in early 2018.

Bodo Möller Chemie has set up a subsidiary in Morocco, adding to its activities in Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, to market Huntsman Advanced Materials products including epoxy resins, polyacrylates, and polyurethanes.

Bodo Möller Chemie has founded a subsidiary in Tel Aviv, Israel, to distribute Huntsman Advanced Materials products including epoxy resins and formulated systems for electronics, adhesives, coatings, and aerospace.

German specialty chemicals distributor Bodo Möller Chemie has established new subsidiaries in the USA (Atlanta, Georgia) and Mexico (Mexico City) to distribute Dow Automotive's adhesives and other technologies.

Schunk USA has started construction on an expansion of its U.S. headquarters in Morrisville, North Carolina, more than doubling the facility size. The company will invest $30 million by 2022 and create over 80 new jobs.

Pratt & Whitney commissioned a new 93,000 square-foot fan blade manufacturing facility at its AutoAir plant in Lansing, Michigan, for PurePower GTF engines. The $97 million investment adds to an existing GTF fan blade line.

DIC Corporation announced plans to invest approximately ¥800 million to expand annual PPS compound production capacity at its Komaki Plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, by 3,500 metric tonnes. New equipment is scheduled to begin operating in September 2018.

Format GmbH has completed construction of a new 4,500 sqm production and logistics center in Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany. Construction began in October 2016.

Solvay will start manufacturing polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) polymers at its Augusta, GA location early next year to support aerospace demand.

Intertape Polymer Group is investing US$7 million to add manufacturing and distribution capacity at its facility in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, adding 15 new jobs.

Emami Cement Limited announced plans to increase its total production capacity to 6 MTPA, with a new 2 MTPA grinding unit in Jajpur, Odisha, India, costing Rs 600 crore, expected to be commissioned by March 2018.

Ti Squared Technologies, a titanium investment casting foundry, is planning to move to Millersburg in 2018. The company currently operates in Sweet Home, Oregon.

Cascades officially inaugurated its expanded corrugated packaging plant in Drummondville, Quebec, a CAD 26.4 million investment that added 45,000 sq ft and a new fast corrugator, now fully ramped up.

BGF Industries purchased the former Timken Company plant in Altavista, Virginia for $4 million, adding a third location in the town. The facility, called the Blue Ridge plant, will house the company's expanding engineered-component business for industrial textiles.

Vontron Co Ltd is augmenting membrane manufacturing capacity from 16 million to 30 million square meters by the end of 2017 at its facility in Guiyang, Guizhou.

Covestro announced an expansion of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) production at its Changhua plant in Taiwan, increasing annual capacity from 18,000 to 23,000 tonnes by 2018.