Nikkiso will build a 17 billion yen ($150 million) production hub in Miyazaki, southern Japan, to manufacture airplane parts and other components.

Vigor, a unit of JBS Group, commissioned a new $40.5 million dairy plant in Barra do Piraí, Brazil, in June 2016. The plant can process one million liters of milk per day and has created 130 jobs, with plans for 300 total.

Brasif Máquinas, a CASE Construction Equipment dealership, inaugurated a new 27,000 m² unit in Jundiaí, São Paulo, 80% larger than the previous one, housing the dealership's management nucleus and 180 employees.

Donstar, a subsidiary of Eurodon Holding, built a high-capacity duck processing plant in Millerovo, Rostov region, Russia, with a capacity of 4,000 ducks per hour (26,000 tons per year). The plant employs 900 workers and uses Marel processing equipment.

Danfoss is opening a new 2,000m² air conditioning development centre at its Turbocor compressor factory site in Tallahassee, Florida. The centre, called the Engineering Tomorrow Application Development Center, will be fully operational from January 2017 and will test split system air conditioners, rooftop units and chillers for the North American market.

Legrand Group has signed an agreement to build a second plant in Ulyanovsk, Russia, with an investment of at least 1 billion rubles, creating 300 jobs. The plant will produce low-voltage switchgear, plastic cable channels, circuit breakers, cable trays, transformers, and other electrical products.

Techmer PM, based in Clinton, Tennessee, will open a production facility in Mexico to serve customers in Mexico and Latin America. The facility is expected to be operational in the second half of 2017.

Aurora Specialty Textiles Group opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Yorkville, Illinois, USA, with a grand opening celebration on November 23, 2016. The company invested millions in the facility, which will focus on wide-width coating and finishing.

Dubai-based Emarat Dzayer Group signed an MOU with Algerian state-owned Groupe Imetal to develop a $1.6 billion steel plant in Annaba Province, Algeria. The joint venture, Emarat Dzayer Steel Company, will produce 1.5 million mt of DRI and 1 million mt of rails, sections, and pipes annually.

Zhongjing Petrochemical, a subsidiary of China Soft Packaging Group, started construction of a 1.5 million tons per year polypropylene plant in Fuzhou, China, with an investment of CNY 5 billion and expected production in 2018.

Freudenberg opened a plant in China for automotive headliners.

voestalpine will invest over EUR 30 million to build a new components manufacturing plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and expand sites in Germany, Romania, and China, creating 165 new jobs. The investment is driven by a USD 600 million order from a premium automotive manufacturer.

Clariant plans to begin desiccant canister production at its new greenfield plant in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, by the second half of 2017. The plant will serve the Indian pharmaceutical industry.

ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks will open an $83.5 million facility in Detroit to produce high-strength steel laser welded blanks for the auto industry. The 317,000-square-foot plant will be the company's first in Michigan.

Advanced Ceramic Coatings, a joint venture between GE Aviation and Turbocoating Corp., will invest $15 million to build a 62,500-square-foot facility in Duncan, South Carolina, creating 50 jobs. The plant will produce advanced coatings for GE's ceramic matrix composite jet engine components and is expected to open by Q3 2017.

Yaskawa Electric Corp. announced plans to build a robot plant in Ribnica, Slovenia, to serve European, Middle Eastern and African markets. The facility will produce Motoman robots and is expected to begin production in September 2018, creating about 200 jobs.

WIKA has inaugurated a Rs 100 crore manufacturing facility for valve manifolds and flow elements on five acres near Palwal, Haryana. The plant will mainly serve domestic, Asia Pacific and Middle East markets.

KROHNE MARSHALL, a joint venture of KROHNE and Forbes Marshall, inaugurated a new 10,000 sq m factory campus in Pune, India on 16 November 2016. The site consolidates manufacturing, testing and calibration for flow meters and level gauges.

Agristo is teaming up with Egemin Automation to build a new fully automated high-bay deepfreeze warehouse in Wielsbeke, Belgium. The warehouse will accommodate 50,000 pallets (35,000 tons of frozen fries) and is due to go into operation in autumn 2017.

Cooling and climate control company CLH inaugurated a HUF 845 million plant in the Csongrád Environmental Protection Industrial Park, Hungary, on November 18, 2016. The 6,000 sqm facility received a HUF 507 million EU and state grant and will expand the company's production line.

Boeing announced plans to invest in a new factory in India as part of its 'Make in India' offer for the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft, creating an aviation ecosystem with Tier 1 manufacturing partners.

Changfeng Group has started construction of the Changfeng Huaxiang Industrial Park project in Changsha, a new energy and energy-saving vehicle manufacturing facility. The total investment is CNY 5 billion, with phase one aiming for an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles. Mass production is expected by April 2017.

CRCC Heavy Industry (Tiejian Heavy Industry) has started construction of a high-end underground equipment manufacturing project in Changsha Economic Development Zone, Hunan. The project has a total planned investment of CNY 5 billion, with phase one investing CNY 3 billion, and is expected to create about 3,000 jobs with an annual output value exceeding CNY 10 billion.

Adata announced the opening of its first Brazilian semiconductor manufacturing plant in Santo Antônio da Posse, São Paulo. The company will invest US$80 million over three years, including two clean rooms. The plant will create 320 direct jobs and have a monthly production capacity of 5 million semiconductors, starting operations in early 2017.

OOO Genborg (part of TSNO-Khimmash Group) opened a new plant in Usman, Lipetsk region, Russia, to produce asynchronous electric motors. Investment was 1.357 billion rubles. The plant has capacity of 25,000 units per year and will create over 630 jobs.

Hefei Jinghe Integrated Circuit, a joint venture between Taiwan's Powerchip Technology and Hefei, is building a 12-inch driver IC wafer foundry with a total investment of 13.53 billion yuan. Phase 1 has topped out and is expected to start production in October 2017, with a capacity of 40,000 12-inch wafers per month.

Newly formed Aero Technologies plans a $1.1 million facility in the Blue Grass Industrial Park in Adams County, Iowa, to make heavy-duty industrial cleaning equipment and products. The Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $225,000 in direct assistance plus tax benefits, and the plant is expected to create 25 jobs.

Ziehl-Abegg is investing 28 million euros in a new building and machinery in the Hohenlohe Business Park in Kupferzell, Germany, for making energy-saving EC fans and drives. Relocation from Künzelsau is due at the end of 2017, with 140 jobs transferred.

ElringKlinger opened a new 22,400 m² production plant in Bursa's Akçalar Industrial Zone on 18 November 2016. The plant will focus on heat shields and special gaskets, with an initial order of 9 million units and expected production of 1 million additional parts by 2019.

European automotive supplier Truck & Wheel Group announced it will open a $35.2 million plant in Vance, Alabama, creating about 74 jobs.

Novozymes will invest about DKK 300 million (Rs 300 crore) in a new enzyme production and supply chain facility at Patalganga industrial area near Mumbai. The plant is expected to be operational in 2018 and employ 150 people in the first phase.

Oji Fibre Solutions is developing a new paper-based corrugated packaging facility in Yatala, Queensland, with about A$68 million invested. The plant will initially employ 50 staff and is on track for completion by the end of 2016.

FEUER Powertrain GMBH celebrated the grand opening of its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Robinsonville, Mississippi. The $140 million investment creates 300 jobs and will produce crankshafts for the automotive and transportation industry.

Sam Dong, Inc. announced plans to open a new Continuously Transposed Cable and Winding Wire facility in Europe, approximately 11,000 square meters, with targeted completion of the first phase in early 2018.

UMC held the grand opening of United Semi, its 12-inch joint venture wafer fab in Xiamen, China. The fab has achieved volume production on 40nm process and has a maximum design capacity of 50,000 wafers per month.

Inteva Products has opened a new manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang, China, making closure systems and motors and electronics for customers. The plant already employs more than 600 people.

Ohio Valley Precast will invest $12 million to establish a new production facility in Clark County, Indiana, creating up to 80 jobs. The 35,000-square-foot facility will be complete by Q2 2017 and increase capacity to 3 million square feet of precast concrete components annually.

Luck Stone announced it will open a new granite quarry about five miles west of Farmville, Virginia, on Route 460. The site is expected to be open for business in summer 2017, with land development beginning in fall 2016. Luck Stone will partner with Mellott Companies for mobile crushing services.

AGC Asahi Glass will build a new solar-control coating facility for architectural glass at the Cikampek Factory of PT Asahimas Flat Glass Tbk in Indonesia. Capital investment is about 4.0 billion yen, with production capacity of about 6.0 million m2 per year, and start planned for Q2 2018.

Abu Dhabi Ports and Emirates Aluminium Rolling signed a $120m deal to set up a manufacturing plant in Kizad, Abu Dhabi. The plant will produce 65,000 tonnes of aluminium coils per annum and is expected to be completed in Q3 2017.

Sagotharen, a new company founded by technocrats with over 30 years of experience, has started manufacturing synthetic sandwich spindle tapes in India. The company has a capacity of 30,000 sq.mt. per month and markets under the brand Chiorino.

Tetra Pak has announced a £88.5 million investment in a new regional packaging material factory near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is expected to start operations in Q1 2019 with capacity of about 20 billion packs a year.

Nordson Corp will relocate three manufacturing operations to the former Tamarkin warehouse at 375 Victoria Road in Austintown, Ohio, in a 25 million dollar project. Austintown trustees approved a 60% 10-year Enterprise Zone tax abatement to help fund it.

German auto supplier MöllerTech chose Bibb County, Alabama for a $46.3 million production plant. The 150,000-square-foot facility will employ 220 people and manufacture interior parts for Mercedes-Benz SUVs, with full production expected by end of 2019.

Mei Ta, a Chinese-French company, announced it will buy an additional 17 hectares to build a second car and engine component factory in Baric, Serbia, as part of a EUR 60 million investment. The first factory is under construction and will start test runs in January 2017.

Axalta Coating Systems announced a new manufacturing plant for high-performance automobile, 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.

Lamb Weston / Meijer and Belaya Dacha established a joint venture to build a French fry plant in Lipetsk, Russia, expected to become operational early 2018.

British company GTK opened a cables production unit in Craiova, Romania, its first factory outside Great Britain. The facility has an area of 450 sqm with potential expansion to 2,000 sqm.

The SCA Terminal at the Port of Kiel's Ostuferhafen was inaugurated on November 11, 2016. It will handle and store 850,000 tons of paper products a year for SCA and Iggesund Paperboard, with 25 million euros invested and 80 jobs created.

Estampaciones Metálicas La Muleña, in alliance with Italian group TVZ, plans to build a new factory in Mula, Spain, to manufacture agricultural machinery components. Construction is expected within 2017, creating about 20 jobs.