China XD Plastics' subsidiary signed an agreement to upgrade its engineering plastics capacity by 100,000 metric tons in Harbin, with total investment of at least RMB 715 million. The project is expected to be operational by June 2018.

BAUER CHINA has moved to a new 5,200-square-metre facility in Shanghai's SMUDC Minhang business complex, expanding from its original 1,200 m² sales office to support doubled sales and a workforce of 70.

Schlemmer Rusland opened a new turning workshop at its Nizhny Novgorod plant, producing turned parts up to 150 mm long and 60 mm in diameter, with a second stage of 8 CNC lathes planned for late 2017 to early 2018 at over 40 million rubles.

Uponor North America has signed an agreement to acquire a 22,000 square metre manufacturing facility in Hutchinson, Minnesota for €5.6 million ($6.3 million) to expand PEX pipe production. The deal is expected to close by end of August 2017, with production capacity increase expected in 2019.

The Environmental Evaluation Commission of the Biobío Region approved the expansion of the Los Guindos thermal power plant in Cabrero, Chile, owned by General Electric, with a $180 million investment to increase capacity from 132 MW to 404 MW.

IFA is constructing a new 234,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Summerville, South Carolina, representing $69 million in capital investment and creating over 120 new jobs. Hiring begins in Q2 2018.

Joplin manufacturer Jasper Products has announced a $25 million expansion of its plant at 3877 E. 27th St., expected to add 75 jobs and bring its workforce to 625. Construction began in April 2017.

The Bucket Shop opened a new 65,000-square-foot facility in Timmins, Ontario, costing $15 million, for manufacturing heavy equipment buckets for mining and construction.

Raytheon's Consolidated Manufacturing Center in Forest, Miss., underwent a 90,000 square foot expansion. The project involved replacing mechanical systems for the facility, which manufactures radar and sensor systems.

Baptista's Bakery, a subsidiary of Snyder's-Lance Inc., is expanding its operations in Franklin, Wisconsin, investing $7.8 million in building renovations, machinery and equipment, and creating 125 jobs.

Agrometal has begun construction of a new 1,600 m² industrial building in Monte Maíz, Córdoba, to install an assembly line for Air Drill seeders, increasing production by 20%.

Mainero will complete a $65 million investment plan at its Bell Ville factory, adding new equipment including a continuous paint line, robotic welding, and a laser cutter, plus new assembly lines for headers and an export loading dock.

MMK commissioned a new continuous hot-dip galvanizing unit at its Magnitogorsk plant, supplied by SMS group, with 450,000 tonnes per year capacity. The RUB 6.8 billion ($115 million) project increases MMK's galvanized steel capacity to over 2 million tonnes per year.

ProfilGruppen announced a SEK 230 million investment to increase aluminium profile production capacity by 10,000 tonnes per year at its Åseda plant. A decision is expected before year-end 2017, with implementation in 2018-2019.

Vanderbilt Chemicals will invest $13.7 million to expand its Calloway County facility in Murray, Kentucky, adding a spray drying system and a new building, with completion expected in early 2019.

Bongards' Creameries will invest $35 million to expand its cheese manufacturing facility in Humboldt, Tennessee, adding 80,000 square feet and creating up to 95 jobs over five years.

AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business plans to double production capacity at its organic peroxides facility in Ningbo, China, over the next two years. A 40% capacity increase is already underway and expected to be completed by mid-August 2017.

Treofan Americas is investing USD 45 million to add a new 5-layer, 10.4-meter BOPP film line at its Zacapu, Michoacán, Mexico plant, increasing capacity by 30,000 tonnes per year (50% of current output), with operations starting in Q4 2018.

ZAO Hamilton Standard-Nauka, a Russian joint venture producing heat exchangers for aircraft, is preparing to open the second phase of its production complex in Kimry, Tver Oblast in October 2017, enabling production of the world's largest aviation heat exchangers for Boeing 767, 777, and 787 aircraft.

Erodex Ltd., a UK-based graphite products maker and supplier to Rolls-Royce, is investing $2 million to double its workspace at its Henrico County, Virginia location to supply Rolls-Royce's Crosspointe manufacturing center.

Olymel is spending $8.1 million to expand its La Fernandière plant in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, doubling its surface area and raising yearly production capacity from 14 to nearly 20 million kg. Completion is scheduled for December 2017.

ActionPlas, a Leeds-based plastics supplier, invested over £1 million in new machinery, a warehouse expansion of 4,000 sqm to 7,600 sqm, and staff. The investment includes two Haas milling centres and new CNC routing equipment.

Nova Cimangola inaugurated a new 2 million tonnes per annum clinker line at its plant in Cacuaco, Angola, raising total capacity to 3.8Mta. The investment was US$300 million and created 220 new jobs.

termotek GmbH, a cooling specialist, signed a land purchase agreement for a 13,000-square-meter site in the Wörnersangewand Industry Park in Baden-Baden. The new facility will double production capacity and is scheduled to start operations at the end of 2018.

Xiamen Changelight Optoelectronics will invest CNY5 billion (USD738 million) to build a production base in Nanchang, Jiangxi, to expand LED epitaxial chip production. The factory will have a monthly capacity of 1.2 million chips.

Arkema plans to double its capacity for methyl mercaptan at its site in Kerteh, Malaysia, with new capacity due onstream in 2020.

UK-based Nasmyth Group announced the opening of a new 18,000 square foot facility in Santa Clarita Valley, California, to provide metal surface treatments to aerospace and defense clients. The company's US headquarters will also relocate to this facility.

ABB is planning to expand its industrial robot manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which delivered its first robot in March 2017, to meet growing demand from automakers and other sectors.

Calsonic Kansei, a supplier to Nissan's Canton, Mississippi plant, expanded in Madison County, Mississippi with a $16.33 million investment that creates 98 new jobs. It leased and upfitted a former warehouse in Gluckstadt, and manufacturing began in May 2017.

AJ Manufacturing moved into a new 70,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and headquarters in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, resulting in a 50% increase in capacity. The facility includes new automated laser cutting machines and a powder coating system.

Enprom Packaging installed a new double drum central surface slitter at Poligal in Portugal, increasing capacity in slitting and rewinding for secondary products.

Evonik is investing an amount in the upper double-digit million euro range to expand its fumed silica capacities in Antwerp, Belgium. The production complex is scheduled to become operational in summer 2019.

WMF Group inaugurated a new production hall, its sixth, at its Hayingen knife plant, boosting knife output by about one third and adding around twenty jobs, with a target of about one million knives per year at the site.

Teijin Aramid announced an investment in new spinning technology at its Twaron facility in Emmen, Netherlands, to increase production capacity of its Twaron super fiber. The expansion is planned to start up in the first quarter of 2019.

Arkema announced a project to expand production capacity by more than 30% at its Sartomer Nansha facility in China, adding a new production line for UV, LED and EB photocure resins. The line is expected to come on stream in early 2019.

SPGPrints is doubling the size of its digital ink production facility at its Boxmeer headquarters as part of an EUR 8 million capital investment program, scheduled to open in Q4 2017.

Müller UK and Ireland Group has applied for planning permission to extend its Telford factory in a £40M investment, which would double capacity and create 52 jobs.

Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH (BHTC) plans to expand its plant in the Sofia-Bozhurishte Economic Zone, Bulgaria, adding 6,500 sq m of production space and investing 12 million BGN plus another 12 million BGN for equipment. The expansion will create 300 new jobs, bringing total investment to 150 million BGN by 2020.

Formaplex has opened a new 120,000 sq ft manufacturing facility at Voyager Park in Portsmouth, UK, increasing production capacity by 50%. The facility produces three million moulded components per year for automotive and other industries.

KSR International is investing $6.7 million to expand its plant in Ontario, Canada.

Emerson broke ground on a $100 million expansion of its Sidney, Ohio compressor plant, adding nearly 20,000 square feet of office and engineering space and upgraded test labs. The three- to four-year project began with a groundbreaking on August 14, 2017.

Emerson enlarged the cleanroom at its Ölbronn-Dürrn plant in Germany, where miniaturized ASCO valves are produced for analytical and medical applications. The new cleanroom covers 720 square meters and is part of the expansion of the Analytical & Medical centre of excellence in Stuttgart.

Cooper Standard will create approximately 98 new jobs and invest $1 million in new plant equipment at its Surgoinsville facility in Hawkins County, Tennessee, to make coolant tube and hose assemblies and fuel and brake lines.

Cochlear Limited announced plans for a new manufacturing facility in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, for cochlear implants and sound processors, with an estimated investment of AUD 50 million. Production is expected to start within four years, subject to approvals.

Bamburi Cement Limited is investing US$40 million to expand its Athi River grinding plant in Kenya, adding 900,000 metric tonnes of annual capacity. Construction started in January 2017 and is expected to be completed by mid-2018.

Texofib will establish two new production lines at its Jubail facility in Saudi Arabia: one for geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) and one automatic lamination line for geocomposite materials. The lines will expand Texofib's product range to serve the Saudi and GCC market.

STMicroelectronics will invest $400 million to build a new R&D and pilot production line for 12-inch silicon wafers at its Agrate Brianza site in Italy. Construction is planned for 2018, with production starting in 2019 at 500 wafers, ramping to 5,000 wafers in later years.

Warner Electric, a subsidiary of Altra Industrial Motion, announced plans to expand its operations at Park 30 Business Center in Columbia City, Indiana, adding new equipment and new jobs. The number of jobs was not given.

Distribuidora Milenium expanded its refrigeration plant in Medellín, Colombia, using Heatcraft equipment, achieving 30% energy savings. The expansion was completed in mid-2017 with an investment of US$900,000.

Samsung Electronics announced it will begin mass production of 10nm system semiconductors at its Hwaseong S3 line by the end of 2017, earlier than planned, due to increased demand from IoT and autonomous driving sectors.