ES FiberVisions held an opening ceremony for a new 14,000-ton-per-year bicomponent fiber plant in Rayong, Thailand, adjacent to Thailand's largest fiber facility.

Korean-Japanese joint venture SPM Auto Parts opened a new production plant in Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, with an investment of US$18 million, creating 200 jobs to manufacture 13 million pieces per month of bolts, screws, fasteners and other cold forging products.

PL Developments plans to create 450 jobs at a new factory and warehouse in Greenville County, South Carolina, with a $45 million investment in phases, starting in an existing 200,000 sq. ft. building.

B&W Fiberglass is launching its first South Carolina operations by acquiring an existing 450,000-square-foot weaving facility in Slater, Greenville County. The company is investing at least $5 million and creating 46 new jobs.

Nissin Food Products announced construction of a new Kansai Plant in Ritto City, Shiga Prefecture, scheduled for completion in December 2019, as a next-generation smart factory with IoT and over 50% manpower savings.

Grainger & Worrall (GW) announced a new £5 million machining facility at its site in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, UK. The 33,000 ft² temperature-controlled facility will centralize machining operations and be operational from early 2017.

Thyssenkrupp plans to produce springs and stabilizers at a new plant in Pinghu, China, according to an Automotive News report dated 2017-01-26.

Schneider Electric invested in a new 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility in West Chester, Ohio, to produce prefabricated data center modules for the US market.

Juniper Glass received all regulatory approvals for its $70 million greenfield container glass factory in Debre Birhan, Ethiopia. The plant, under construction, will have capacity of 60,000 tonnes of glass annually and is expected to be operational in 18 months.

Magna International broke ground on a $29 million, 230,000-square-foot seating plant in Moore, South Carolina, expected to open in June 2017 and create 480 jobs.

Sorma USA, part of the Sorma Group, opened a new 100,000-square-foot facility in Visalia, California, in December 2021, housing printing operations, machines, materials, and staff.

Everest Textile, a Taiwan-based fabric supplier, plans to establish a manufacturing facility in Forest City, North Carolina, investing $18.5 million over five years and creating 610 jobs.

Schumacher Packaging took over the Fabryka Papieru Myszków paper mill in Poland and will convert the former newsprint plant into a cardboard factory with 250,000-300,000 tonnes annual capacity, with production starting in 2019 and EUR 100 million invested to expand capacity.

BITZER Kühlmaschinenbau GmbH is establishing a new subsidiary, BITZER Iranian, in Tehran, Iran. The foundation ceremony was held on December 5, 2016, and the subsidiary will report to its Middle East site in Dubai.

Brembo has set up a new plant in Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, with an investment of USD 35 million. The facility will produce brake calipers, handbrakes and electric parking brakes for Tesla, creating 500 new jobs and with a maximum capacity of 2 million units per year.

Daikin's new $417 million Texas Technology Park in Houston produced its first Goodman brand air conditioning unit. The facility, nearing completion, will encompass 4.1 million square feet and employ more than 5,000 people, consolidating all of Goodman's U.S. operations.

Jiangxi Changxing Aviation Equipment Co. and Jiangxi Deli Helicopter Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new base in Jingdezhen High-tech Zone, with a total investment of 450 million yuan. The facility will produce 100,000 composite parts, 1,000 aviation tooling sets, and 20,000 metal structural parts annually, with capacity to assemble 150 helicopters by 2020.

Panasonic Corporation announced it will start local production of refrigerators at a new factory in Technopark, Jhajjar, Haryana, India. The factory will have an annual capacity of approximately 500,000 units and will be operational from November 2017.

Interlake Mecalux opened a new 113,021-square-foot distribution center in Dallas, Texas, its sixth in North America. The facility includes customer service offices and warehouse space to serve the American market.

EBARA has completed a new manufacturing plant and service facilities in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, with operations starting November 15, 2016. The plant makes semiconductor manufacturing equipment and CMP systems and doubles EBARA's precision product capacity in Kumamoto.

Oji Holdings decided to build a heavy-duty corrugated cardboard factory in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, investing 1 billion yen in a first phase at Valam Vadakar Industrial Park, with operations scheduled for December 2018.

Safran and Albany International are investing US$74 million in a third plant in Mexico to manufacture LEAP engine fan blades using 3-D woven RTM carbon fiber composite technology. Production is set for 2017 and will create 500 jobs, with full capacity of 20,000 blades per year expected by 2021.

Jushi USA will break ground on a $300 million fiberglass manufacturing plant in Pineview Industrial Park, Richland County, South Carolina. The plant will employ 400 workers and produce 80,000 pounds of fiberglass thread per year.

Bratney Companies constructed a new 12,000-square-foot fabrication facility on a six-acre plot in the Marshalltown Gateway Centre, as part of its expansion into a manufacturing division.

Sonoco will invest $20 million in a new packaging center in a leased Atlanta-area facility to support Duracell's North American battery packaging operation. Full production is expected in the fourth quarter of 2018 under a five-year contract.

Fluence, together with partner SD&C Inc., built a 25,000 GPD MABR-based municipal wastewater treatment plant in Bordeaux, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The plant has been operating since December 2016.

Siemens Wind Power started production at its new £310-million wind turbine blade factory in Hull, UK, on 1 December 2016, with over 700 of 1,000 planned staff hired.

Dominion Virginia Power held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 1, 2016, for its Greensville County Power Station in Emporia, Virginia. The 1,588 MW combined cycle plant will use three M501J gas turbines from Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS).

Total Metal Recovery (TMR) is constructing a new metal recycling plant in Laval, Quebec, with a $70 million investment. The plant will process up to 50,000 tonnes of scrap metal per month and create 70 jobs, expected to be operational in early 2017.

CIMAF, part of the Addoha Group of Morocco, commissioned a new cement factory in Tema's Free Zones enclave with an annual capacity of 1 million tons, representing an investment of 60 million euros.

Ciments de l'Afrique (CIMAF) has inaugurated a €60 million cement plant in Tema, Ghana. The plant was inaugurated by President John Mahama on November 30, 2016.

Authorities in Nuevo León stated that Carrier's plant in Santa Catarina, Mexico, with a $200 million investment, is expected to start operations in March 2017, despite Carrier's announcement to keep 1,000 jobs in Indiana.

A new 120 MW turbine generator unit was started at the Ust-Kamenogorsk co-generation plant in Kazakhstan, a $53 million project by AES that will produce 800 million kWh per year and reduce energy deficit.

El Sewedy, South Valley, and El Masryeen companies won licenses to build cement plants in Ain Sokhna, Beni Suef, and Sohag, Egypt, with total investments of about EGP 10 billion and planned capacity of 6 million tonnes.

Eldorado Stone broke ground on a new 432,000-square-foot facility in Antrim Township, Pennsylvania, consolidating its Greencastle and Hagerstown operations. The plant is expected to be completed in September 2017, creating 57 new jobs and retaining 243 existing employees, with a company investment of about $6.9 million.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals announced it will invest more than 100 million euros to build a new manufacturing plant for its dengue vaccine candidate in Singen, Germany. Initial construction will start immediately, and the facility should be ready for production in 2019.

UBC Group is building a new industrial refrigeration equipment plant called Green Cold in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The facility will have an area of about 20,000 square meters and is expected to create 1,200 jobs over three years. Construction began on June 10, 2016.

Siemens produced the first 75m turbine blade at its new wind power factory at Green Port Hull, part of a £310 million investment by Siemens and Associated British Ports. The factory will supply blades for DONG Energy's Race Bank wind farm.

Pride Pak opened its 68,000-square-foot U.S. headquarters and organic salad blend processing plant in Medina, New York, on November 30, 2016, creating 200 jobs. The company plans a total $50 million investment over two years, with two more phases planned.

The $610 million Amager Bakke waste-to-energy combined heat and power plant in Copenhagen, designed and equipped by Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, is set to open in 2017. It will supply electricity to 50,000 homes and heat to 120,000 homes.

West Pharmaceutical Services is constructing a new centre of excellence for proprietary elastomeric sheeting and injectable component product lines in Waterford, Ireland. Full commercial operations are expected to begin in 2018.

The Russian-Chinese joint venture Penzaimplant was registered in Penza, Russia, to produce orthopedic products. The project involves an investment of 950 million rubles and is expected to create 250 jobs.

Verstraete IML, a subsidiary of Constantia Flexibles, is preparing construction of a new production site in Clarksville, Tennessee, with an investment of EUR 18 million (USD 20 million). The plant will create 55 jobs and begin production in the second half of 2017.

Nippon Polyurethane Technology (Shanghai), a Tosoh subsidiary, opened a new plant on November 16, 2016 in Shanghai's Jinshan Second Industrial Zone, with capacity for 15,700 metric tons per year of polyurethane products, backed by a $15.9 million investment.

MHE-Demag, a joint venture between Terex MHPS GmbH and Jebsen & Jessen, opened its largest crane manufacturing and warehouse facility in Bukit Raja, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The RM45 million plant has a capacity of 200,000 production hours per year and can build cranes up to 50-metre span.

Integrated Micro-Electronics Incorporated (IMI) plans to build a new manufacturing plant in Serbia with an investment of $33.9 million. Construction is expected to start in 2017, with production commencing in 2018, and the plant could employ 1,250 over 10 years.

China Jushi will break ground on December 8, 2016 for a $300 million fiberglass manufacturing plant in Richland County's Pineview Industrial Park, expected to create 400 jobs and produce 80,000 tons annually.

Chinese company Eurofiber opened a new yarn production facility in Ćuprija, Serbia, with an initial investment of about €1 million. Total investment is expected to be €13 million, and the plant aims to employ 200 workers over three years.

Strugal Aluminium has opened a new industrial unit in Larache, Morocco, with a total investment of more than 92 million dirhams. The facility will produce interior and exterior aluminium doors with a combined capacity of over 150,000 doors per year.

NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Limited (NBPPL) began commercial production in mid-2015 at its power equipment manufacturing plant in Mannavaram, Andhra Pradesh, with Phase-I investment of ₹363.94 crore.