Saint-Gobain will build its second plasterboard plant in Vietnam, located in Haiphong, expected to start up at the end of 2018.

IGB Automotive, a subsidiary of German I.G. Bauerhin GmbH, opened a new 7,800 sqm facility in Indjija, Serbia, on January 24, 2017. The EUR 4.5 million investment created over 600 new jobs. The company also announced plans for new facilities in China and Mexico.

IGB Automotive Comp opened a new production plant in Indjija, Serbia, worth EUR 4.5 million, which will employ 600 workers. The plant produces heaters for cars and spans 7,800 square meters.

Advansor, a CO2 refrigeration systems specialist, is setting up a new production plant in Szczecin, north-west Poland, scheduled to start operations in May 2017 and ramp up over two to three years.

Technimark opened the Donald F. Wellington Innovation Center, a nearly 30,000 sq. ft. facility at its Asheboro, N.C. campus, consolidating design and engineering staff for injection-molded packaging and components.

Daikin North America LLC assembled the first VRV unit at its new $417 million, 4 million sq. ft. Daikin Texas Technology Park campus in Waller, Texas. The facility will manufacture Daikin, Goodman, and Amana branded HVAC systems.

Prysmian Group is investing $200 million to build a new submarine power cable manufacturing plant at Brayton Point, Massachusetts. The plant will produce inter-array and export cables for offshore wind farms.

The Suez Canal Economic Zone is finalizing negotiations with Siemens and General Electric to establish two wind turbine blade factories at a total cost of EUR 400 million. Land allocation is expected within the year.

Thyssenkrupp plans to build a new plant for springs and stabilizers in Pinghu, China, with an investment of around EUR 30 million. Construction is to start in 2017, and production of approximately five million units per year is expected to begin in 2018, creating up to 200 jobs.

Nissin Electric completed a new dedicated factory for 77kV and below oil-immersed instrument transformers at its Maebashi Works in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The factory started operations on January 20, 2017, with an annual production capacity of 1,400 units and an investment of 250 million yen.

Truly Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Truly International, held a topping-out ceremony for its high-end automotive and smart terminal display project in Shanwei, Guangdong. The first phase involves over CNY 4 billion investment, with expected annual output value exceeding CNY 10 billion.

Japan-based Hirotec Corporation broke ground on a plant in Villa de Reyes, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to supply stamping products for BMW, with an investment of over $47.6 million.

Hima Cement broke ground on a $40 million grinding station in Tororo, Uganda, scheduled to commence production in Q1 2018. The plant will increase capacity from 0.9 million to 1.9 million metric tons per year.

Arif Habib Group will invest PKR25bn (US$238.5m) in a new cement plant operated by subsidiary Power Cement, to be completed in two years. The plant will increase Power Cement's capacity from 0.9Mta to 3.37Mta.

Pegas Nonwovens will build a new nonwovens plant near Cape Town, South Africa, investing ZAR 1 billion (approx. CZK 2 billion) and creating several hundred jobs.

Linhardt GmbH & Co. KG of Viechtach is building its first laminate tube plant in Pausa in the Vogtland, Germany, investing EUR 20 million in a standalone factory beside its existing aluminium tube plant.

Bashundhara Group signed an agreement with Valmet to establish a packaging paper manufacturing facility in Bashundhara Special Economic Zone, Keraniganj, Bangladesh. The project will cost around Tk 4,000 Crore and create 10,000 jobs, with production capacity of 2,000 tonnes of pulp and board per day.

Daikin produced the first VRV unit at its new $417 million manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas, which consolidates four plants and will employ about 5,000 workers.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors opened its Chattanooga facility to supply interior components for Volkswagen's Atlas SUV, which is part of Volkswagen's $900 million expansion.

Sibur and Reliance Industries Ltd have signed an agreement to set up a 60,000 tonnes per year halogenated butyl rubber unit at RIL's Jamnagar petrochemical site in Gujarat, India. The joint venture, Reliance Sibur Elastomers Pvt. Ltd, is owned 74.9% by RIL and 25.1% by Sibur.

Genborg LLC, which officially opened its plant in Usmansky District, Lipetsk region in November 2016 for 1.3 billion rubles, has started production of its first batch of electric motors, with plans to reach 25,000 motors per year by end of 2017 and 75,000 per year after a second phase by end of 2019.

Meng, a French manufacturer of electrical transformers, is investing EUR 2 million in a new plant in Rixheim (Haut-Rhin), doubling its production surface to 3,000 m². The site is expected to be operational by summer 2017.

Renalysis Medical Products of the US signed an agreement to build a research and production base for peritoneal dialysis products and renal dialysis equipment in Xi'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone, with a total investment of 2.6 billion yuan ($373.6 million), expected to begin operation in 2019.

OAO Polymir plans to build a new ethylene-propylene unit with a capacity of 300,000 t/year in Novopolotsk, Belarus. The project requires $511 million in investment and is expected to reach full capacity in 2021.

KPS Global opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Goodyear, Arizona, in December 2016, with an investment of more than $2.3 million. The facility produces walk-in refrigeration and freezer panels and is expected to increase headcount.

International Power Supply (IPS) is starting construction of a factory in Kardzhali, Bulgaria, worth EUR 36 million, to produce smart power supply systems. The plant will employ 600 people and be energy self-sufficient.

Merck announced the opening of a facility in Mollet del Vallès, Spain, dedicated to the manufacture of meglumine, an FDA-approved excipient for pharmaceuticals and a component of medical imaging contrast media.

Hebei Gaojing Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. has started construction of a UHV energy-saving transformer production line in Yongnian County, Hebei, China. The project involves a total investment of 180 million yuan, a new workshop of 13,600 square meters, and will produce 60 large and medium UHV transformers annually, creating 100 jobs.

Italian company Pietro Fiorentini closed on land in the Three Springs Business Park in Weirton, West Virginia, for its first US manufacturing plant. The $9 million investment is expected to create 41 jobs in phase one and up to 150 when fully operational.

Phibro Animal Health Corp. opened a new 63,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant in Quincy, Illinois, to expand production capacity of its Animate anionic mineral supplement for dairy cows.

Ningbo Shentong Auto Decorations invested in a new production facility for polycarbonate glazing in Yuyao City, China, the first mass production PC glazing line in the country.

Chelyabinsk Compressor Plant has moved production from the Traktorozavodsky district to a newly built facility in Krasnoarmeysky district, with over 1.2 billion rubles invested in modernization. Production at the new site started in January 2017.

Dangote Group is partnering with Sinotruk to build a $100 million truck assembly plant in Lagos, Nigeria, with capacity of 10,000 trucks per year, expected to employ 3,000 workers. The deal was signed in May 2014.

Wisconsin-based Premold Corp. opened a plant in Mexico to supply customers in Mexico and Central America.

Grünenthal announced the opening of a new women's health products plant in Peñalolén, Chile, with an investment of USD 14.5 million. The facility is the company's center of excellence for hormone production and the most modern in Latin America.

MinebeaMitsumi is building its largest European production plant near the international airport in Kosice, Slovakia, with production planned to start in 2018. The plant will make brushless DC motors, motor systems, sensors, LED products and fans.

Colorado Springs-based Packaging Express has a new 30,000 square foot plant in Denver to make custom corrugated boxes for customers on the northern side of Colorado.

Tsinghua Unigroup plans two more semiconductor fabrication plants near Chengdu and Nanjing, as part of a total $70 billion investment in three fabs.

Tsinghua Unigroup announced plans to build a flash memory fabrication plant near Wuhan, China, costing $24 billion. The fab is expected to produce 300,000 wafers per month starting in 2020.

Lacover opened a 3,000 sqm powder coating factory in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, with two production lines, aiming to add five more lines and increase output to 600 tons next year.

SOCAR Polymer is constructing polypropylene and high density polyethylene plants in Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, Azerbaijan, with a total cost of $750 million. The plants are expected to be fully operational in 2018, with initial capacities of 120,000 tons of polyethylene and 180,000 tons of polypropylene.

BorgWarner opened a new 8,000 square metre plant in Manesar near New Delhi on 31 January 2013, producing EGR coolers, tubes, valves and modules, replacing its Faridabad site.

Mueller Industries announced it will expand to Utah by building a new copper tube manufacturing facility in Cedar City, Iron County, creating up to 125 jobs over eight years.

Jaivel Aerospace signed an MOU with the Government of Gujarat to set up an Integrated Aerospace Manufacturing Facility in Sanand Industrial Estate, Gujarat, India. The facility will produce smart jigs, fixtures and tooling for aerospace applications, and is expected to commence operations in the first quarter of 2018.

Axalta Coating Systems announced a new manufacturing plant for automotive, commercial vehicle and industrial coatings in Nanjing, China. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2020, with initial manufacturing capability by early 2019.

Gestamp, a Spanish automotive parts manufacturer, will open a new aluminum plant in Nitra, Slovakia, investing €133 million. The plant will create 229 jobs and start production in 2018, serving automotive plants including Jaguar Land Rover.

Orbital plans to move into an existing facility in Bingen, Washington, within six months to support its engine supply deal with InSitu. The facility will initially create about 15 jobs.

Sateri (China) Fibre Co., Ltd. started production at its greenfield plant in Jiangxi province, China, at the end of 2019. The facility has 2 production lines with a total design capacity of 250,000 tons.

Guangzhou Jointas Chemical Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Dongyang factory in Conghua, China. The project, with an investment of over 100 million yuan, will add 4 automated production lines on about 40 mu of land, with an annual capacity of approximately 100,000 tons of silicone sealants, modified silane sealants, water-based coatings, and rubber sealants.

XCMG, a Chinese construction machinery company, will invest $150 million in a new manufacturing unit in India for construction and material-handling machines, partnering with Schwing Stetter India. The factory is expected to be operational by end of 2017.