Plastipak Packaging announced a $15 million capital investment to add up to seven production lines at its Pineville, Louisiana facility, creating 10 direct jobs and retaining 263 existing jobs.

Nestlé Waters North America completed a two-year, $79 million expansion of its Nestlé Pure Life bottling facility in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, adding three high-speed bottling lines and nearly 50 jobs.

Precision Plastics will expand its Columbia City, Indiana facility by adding injection molding machines and an 11,900-square-foot warehouse, creating 32 jobs.

Saint-Gobain will invest $135 million to install a new flat glass production line at its Saltillo, Coahuila plant, creating 250 jobs and starting operations in 2020.

Poco Graphite, a subsidiary of Entegris, is expanding its capacity to produce graphite material and specialty coatings by securing the use of the former small diameter graphite electrode factory of Superior Graphite Co. in Russellville, Arkansas.

Packaging film specialist Ongropack brought its sixth stretching line on stream at its facility in Kazincbarcika, Hungary, increasing capacity by 1,200 t/y. The investment was just under EUR 800,000.

Cellnovo Group announced it is building a second large-scale production line with Flex for its mobile, connected diabetes management system.

Jekko has inaugurated a new production plant in Colle Umberto, Italy, with a total investment of around three million euros. The 12,000 m² facility includes 3,900 m² of covered space and an outdoor testing area, and will increase minicrane production to 400 units per year.

Joy Global Canada is moving into a former Finning facility on Douglas Fir Road in Sparwood, British Columbia, consolidating its properties in the Elk Valley. Extensive renovations are underway, but the full operational date is not yet available.

Protomet Corporation will invest $29.3 million to establish a new manufacturing, engineering and R&D facility in Loudon County, Tennessee, creating 200 jobs. The plant is expected to be operational in the first half of 2018.

Metyx Group has concluded a multi-machinery deal with Karl Mayer for new warp knitting production lines, adding 12,000 metric tons of glass and carbon fibre multiaxial fabric capacity at its Manisa factory in Turkey and other overseas facilities.

NTN-SNR invested €27 million to extend and modernize its Argonay production site in France, creating a cutting-edge plant for aviation bearings. The investment will continue through 2018.

Federal-Mogul Powertrain opened a new cylinder liner foundry at its Naberezhnye Chelny plant in Russia, a joint venture with KAMAZ, adding in-house casting capability for fully integrated liner production.

Medtronic has announced an expansion for its plant in Tijuana with an investment of nearly US$11 million to increase product offerings. The plant manufactures catheters and heart valves.

Parker Aerospace is planning to increase production in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, by bringing in new production lines and expanding current lines in Apodaca. Employment is expected to double from about 80 jobs.

Solaria expanded its PowerXT solar cell and module manufacturing line at its headquarters in Fremont, California. By the end of 2017, the company will increase U.S. manufacturing capacity to more than 40 MW per year.

BMW announced a $600 million investment in its Spartanburg, South Carolina factory to support future production of X sport-utility vehicles, adding 1,000 jobs. The investment will run from 2018 to 2021.

Caterpillar plans to increase excavator production at its Tosno plant, adding two new models. Investment is estimated at 300 million rubles, with implementation starting in 2018.

DuPont will spend $40 million to expand its ethylene cracker in Orange, Texas, by about 90,000 metric tons per year. The addition will be built by CB&I.

FORREST Technical Coatings will host a grand opening event on October 12, 2017 to unveil updated and expanded powder R&D and production facilities in Eugene, Oregon.

Tomsk Electromechanical Plant (TEMZ) is completing a new production line for import-substituting anti-surge valves for Gazprom, with series output expected to start in September 2017 in Tomsk. Gazprom is investing 1.5 billion rubles in the project.

AMAG Austria Metall AG held a grand opening for its new aluminium cold rolling mill in Ranshofen, Austria. The expansion doubles production capacity to over 300,000 tonnes per year and created 450 new jobs.

Deluxe Feeds Inc., a division of Kent Nutrition Group, will expand its Sheldon, Iowa location by adding five new pellet mills, two processing lines, packaging equipment, robotic palletizers, and a 50,000-square-foot warehouse to increase capacity and versatility.

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA will increase manufacturing capacity at its Spartanburg, SC facility to 1,800 units/year, adding the SK500LC-10 model in fall 2017 and the SK260LC-10 High & Wide in early 2018. More than 20 new hires are planned.

Shin-Etsu Chemical will double production capacity of rare earth magnets at its SMMV subsidiary in Hai Phong, Vietnam, from 1,100 to 2,200 tons/year, with an investment of ¥5 billion. Construction is scheduled for completion by mid-2018.

Braskem's board approved the final investment decision for the Delta polypropylene production line in La Porte, Texas, with up to $675 million investment. The 450 kiloton line is targeted for completion in Q1 2020.

TTcogen LLC, a joint venture of Tecogen and TEDOM, announced its expansion into the US wastewater treatment facility biogas CHP market, offering units from 35 kW to 4 MW.

Yaskawa is investing over €10 million to build a new 6,700 m² facility in Nantes, France, and renovate and expand its site in Torsås, Sweden with a new 2,600 m² factory and 300 m² office space, scheduled for completion at the end of 2018.

SCA is rebuilding its Östrand pulp mill in Sweden for SEK 7.8 billion, doubling production capacity to become the world's largest production line for bleached softwood kraft pulp, with startup targeted for June 2018.

Paul Horn GmbH moved into two new buildings for production and administration in Tübingen at the end of 2016, doubling its capacities with a total investment of over €70 million including production equipment.

Maxco Supply Inc. is planning to expand its operations from its Parlier base to a box factory in nearby Fowler, California.

Board24, part of the Logson Group, is investing a further £5m to extend its Preston sheet feeder operation by 4,000sqm, raising loading and storage capacity by 30% and adding a fourth material handling line.

Cumberland Plastic Solutions plans a $2.1 million expansion in Opelika, Alabama.

Nokia Romania will invest EUR 73 million to expand its campus in Timisoara by 27,000 sqm, creating 300 new jobs. The expansion is expected to be completed in the first half of 2018.

KCC completed the expansion of its gypsum board production line 3 at the Daejuk plant in Seosan, South Korea, investing 84 billion KRW. The expansion increases annual capacity to 24.24 million m², making KCC the largest domestic producer. Commercial production starts next month.

Siemens is building a new 10,000 sqm production hall and adding 2,500 sqm to its existing Budapest Power and Gas plant as part of a HUF 10 billion (€32 million) expansion, and is hiring 150 engineers.

BASF put an expanded compounding plant for engineering plastics into operation at its Schwarzheide site in Germany, increasing capacity by 70,000 tons per year for Ultramid and Ultradur. About 50 new jobs were created.

Medical equipment maker Nipro will boost production of dialysis filters twofold in China, aiming to tap into the country's growing number of diabetes cases. The expansion will enable production of 12 million dialyzers yearly.

Dof Tools is doubling its production area in Trollhättan, Sweden, by moving to a new facility on Kardanvägen. The company is also investing in an Anca MX7 Linear machine and upgrading software.

Metso is investing approximately €1 million to add a new Speedline 2 assembly line at its Tampere, Finland factory, increasing capacity for Lokotrack mobile crushers by over 30%. Construction starts shortly, with first equipment expected in Q1 2018.

Topre America is expanding its Cullman, Alabama plant with a $36 million hot press production line and new facilities, creating 55-65 new jobs over a three-year project.

BASF is investing nearly $40 million over two years to expand automotive coatings production at its plants in Greenville, Ohio, and Tultitlan, Mexico, adding waterborne basecoat and electrocoat emulsion capacity.

Raptor Manufacturing plans a $2.1 million, 33,580-square-foot building in Wichita, Kansas, and will add 12 jobs over five years. The company also plans to invest $900,000 in new machinery.

Treofan is investing USD 45 million in a new 5-layer, 10.4m BOPP orientation line at its Zacapu, Mexico plant, due to start in Q4 2018. The line yields a net capacity increase of about 30,000 tons per year, or 50% of current capacity, as an old 1992 line is mothballed.

Treofan invested $45 million in a new biaxially oriented polypropylene film line at its Zacapu, Mexico plant, adding about 30,000 tons per year of capacity, with operation due in Q4 2018. Brückner Group will supply the line.

Cimenfort inaugurated a new clinker kiln at its cement factory in Catumbela, Benguela Province, Angola, costing USD 30 million, doubling production capacity from 700,000 to 1.4 million tons of cement per year.

The first GE 9HA gas turbine in the Russia/CIS region entered operation at the Kazan CHP-3 power plant in Tatarstan, adding 405 MW and doubling the plant's capacity from 385 MW to 790 MW. The project was delivered by GE with Gama Power Systems for customer TGK-16 (TAIF group).

JSW Steel (USA) received preliminary board approval for a full-scale modernization of its plate mill in Baytown, Texas, and awarded the project to Danieli. The project is expected to take 20 months and is contingent on government financial support.

AACOA, a division of Bonnell Aluminum, is completing an $18 million expansion project including a new 33 MN extrusion press line and additional building space at its facility. The press will have an estimated capacity of 16 million lbs and is expected to start up in May 2017.

Spirit AeroSystems created a new five-axis fabrication center of excellence at its Wichita, Kansas headquarters, investing over $30 million. The center includes 120 machine tools and will be fully operational later in 2017.