Engcon, a manufacturer of tiltrotators for excavators, inaugurated a new factory in Strömsund, Sweden, to meet increased demand and shorten delivery times. The expansion has created new jobs.

Electronic Power (EP) Systems announced it will expand to Utah, establishing a manufacturing site in Cache County, adding up to 128 jobs and $11.6 million in capital investment.

GKN Aerospace broke ground on a new 20,000-square-foot, $700,000 storage depot in Tallassee, Alabama. The warehouse will take about four months to build and will free up manufacturing floor space for new projects.

Hyosung plans to increase its spandex production capacity in Vietnam to 80,000 tons from the current 50,000 tons, driven by solid results from its Vietnamese subsidiary.

Hyosung Corp.'s newest spandex plant in Quzhou, China has started up, bringing global capacity to 230,000 kilotons. The company also plans to increase spandex production capacity in Vietnam to 80,000 tons from 50,000 tons.

Japanese automotive supplier Topre plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tennessee, investing $38.2 million and creating 35 new jobs.

Lotte Chemical will invest 367.5 billion won to expand its meta-xylene plant in Ulsan and its polycarbonate plant in Yeosu, South Korea. The expansions aim to strengthen raw material competitiveness and product portfolio, with the PC expansion adding capacity to reach 210,000 tons per year.

Kobe Steel plans to invest approximately 20 billion yen to add heat treatment and surface treatment equipment at its Moka Plant in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, increasing capacity by 100,000 tons per year to meet growing demand for automotive aluminum panel material. Construction is expected to begin in fiscal 2017, with startup planned for January 2020.

Xylem supplied a Wedeco SMOevo ozone system with Effizon evo 2G electrode technology for the expansion of the Tan Hiep Water Treatment Plant in Ho Chi Minh City, increasing capacity to 300,000 m³ per day and benefiting 1.5 million residents.

Isopure Corp., a medical equipment manufacturer of water-purification and concentrate mixing devices for kidney dialysis, is relocating from Simpsonville to a larger 66,800-square-foot building in Jeffersontown, Kentucky to accommodate growth. The company has 38 employees and expects to grow.

Siemens built a new production line for digitalized Simotics SD motors at its plant in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic, for CZK 130 million. The company plans to hire up to 200 new employees by April 2018 and invest a total of CZK 410 million in 2017-2018.

JSR Life Sciences announced plans to expand production capacity of Amsphere A3 protein-A chromatography resin at its Belgium subsidiary JSR Micro NV, increasing capacity by 6 times. Phase one construction started earlier in 2017, with full operational status expected in 2018 and total additional capacity by fiscal year 2019.

Dalziel Ltd extended its chill room at its Chorley, Lancashire depot, nearly doubling storage capacity, with J & E Hall condensing units installed by Michael Ward Ltd.

LINAK U.S. Inc. broke ground on a $33 million expansion of its Louisville, Kentucky plant, adding approximately 145,000 square feet to double the facility's size. The project will create 413 full-time jobs and includes new production equipment.

Univer Product Plc. announced on May 8, 2017, a EUR 13.9 million investment to double its annual raw tomato processing capacity to 140,000 tonnes. The expanded plant started operating in August 2017 at its Kecskemét site in Hungary.

Tolmar Inc. announced plans to add a 225,000-square-foot manufacturing and administrative site in Windsor, Colorado, to its existing facilities in Fort Collins, to meet growing demand for its product portfolio.

Rotork Brazil supplied 136 IQ electric actuators for the upgrade and expansion of the Rio Manso water treatment plant in Brumadinho, Brazil. The project is the first P3 project by COPASA.

Soulbrain is expanding its semiconductor etchant production capacity at its Gongju plant with an investment of approximately 30 billion KRW to meet demand from Samsung Electronics' 3D NAND flash memory production.

A $23 million upgrade to Emerald's Black Gully Waste Water Treatment Plant has officially commenced, led by Aquatec Maxcon. The project will more than double the plant's capacity and is jointly funded by the Queensland Government and Central Highlands Regional Council.

Elixir Extrusions will invest more than $8 million to expand its operations in Douglas-Coffee County, Georgia, adding a 70,000-square-foot facility with automated anodizing equipment and creating 100 new jobs.

Gentry Plastics added more equipment for mold making and injection molding at its expanded site in North Carolina.

GSK announced a $139 million investment to expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing site in Rockville, MD, to increase bulk drug substance production for BENLYSTA by close to 50%.

American LandMaster announced plans to expand operations in Columbia City, Indiana, with a $4 million investment to lease and equip a 112,000-square-foot facility. The plant will serve as headquarters and consolidate manufacturing from Roseland, Louisiana, and Fort Wayne, with up to 67 new jobs by 2020.

ProSolus Pharmaceuticals, owned by Mission Pharmacal, opened a new transdermal patch manufacturing facility in Boerne, Texas, more than doubling its capacity to up to 100 million patches per year. The company already has a facility in Miami, Florida.

HeidelbergCement plans to complete modernization of its Kaspi cement plant in Georgia by end of 2018, investing $100 million to build a new dry clinker production line and increase capacity to 1 million tons.

Zhejiang Hengyi Petrochemical plans to double caprolactam production capacity at its joint venture with Sinopec by adding two new lines by end of 2018. The investment is about EUR 320 million.

Vitro Architectural Glass broke ground on a $55 million jumbo MSVD coater at its Wichita Falls, Texas plant. The coater will produce large low-e glass and create at least 50 new jobs.

Scaw Metals has invested R110 million to expand and modernise production of large diameter chain and masterlink components at its McKinnon Chain factory in Vereeniging, Gauteng. The investment raises capacity to 10,000 tons per year of chain and 2,000 tons per year of masterlinks.

Medtronic is expanding its Greenwood County, South Carolina facility with a $6.5 million investment in a new production line. The line will be capable of producing up to 9,000 finished good units per day to meet increased customer demand.

Grupomar inaugurated the expansion of its tuna processing plant in Manzanillo, Colima, with an investment of 65 million Mexican pesos. The expansion increases production capacity by 20% and creates 150 jobs.

Ineos Styrolution plans to increase ABS capacity at its ABS-ASA plant in Altamira, Mexico.

BAE Systems, Inc. is expanding its existing operations in Aiken County, South Carolina, with $8.4 million of new investment and plans to create more than 120 jobs. The expansion includes new machinery, equipment, and renovations to existing office space.

As part of the agreement, Minerals Technologies will expand its present satellite PCC facility at the Perawang mill by 40,000 metric tons to 140,000 metric tons. The expansion is scheduled to begin operation in Q2 2018.

Hill-Rom broke ground in May 2017 on an expansion of manufacturing and R&D operations at Welch Allyn's Onondaga County facility, creating over 100 new jobs and retaining about 900 existing jobs.

Advanced Fabrics (SAAF) of Saudi Arabia added a second treatment line for alcohol repellent and anti-static products at its Rabigh facility. The line is near full production, increasing treatment capacity to over 1,000 metric tons per month.

Fiberweb India announced it will double its spunbond capacity from 7500 to 15000 metric tons and add 2000 tons to its meltblown output, responding to strong demand from U.S. customers.

Samsung Electronics will invest up to 3 trillion won to expand DRAM production at its Hwaseong Line 17, adding 35,000 wafers per month of 10nm-class DRAM capacity. Initial mass production is expected in the second half of 2017.

Armacell Canada has installed a new extrusion line with an annual production capacity of 1.19 million feet to convert recycled PET into foam for wind turbine blades.

Livetouch Investments aims to increase capacity to 100% by end of 2017 at its $30 million cement plant in Redcliff, Zimbabwe, currently operating at 70% capacity.

A. Schulman plans to install three additional extrusion lines for colour masterbatches at its plants in Hungary, Italy and Poland to increase production capacity.

Lutosa, a subsidiary of McCain Foods, is adding a new frozen French fry production line at its facility in Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium, with optical inspection and material handling equipment supplied by Key Technology.

Nexteer Automotive inaugurated a 9,290 square meter expansion at its Plant 61 in Ciudad Juárez, adding 120 workstations and over 350 jobs. Production of steering columns and intermediate shafts will start in late 2017.

Biomerics will relocate to a new 230,000 square foot corporate headquarters in Salt Lake City, investing $38.5 million and adding over 380 new jobs. Completion is expected in Q2 2018.

VDM Metals is investing around EUR 21 million in a new bright annealing line at its Werdohl site to boost strip production capacity by 30%. Construction is set to commence in mid-2017.

JDR installed a new 40m-long horizontal layup machine (HLM) at its Hartlepool facility, the largest of its type in the world, to manufacture steel tube umbilicals for offshore oil and gas and renewables.

City Brewing Company installed a new high-speed can cartoning and casing line with a QuickFlex 2100 folding carton machine from Graphic Packaging International at its Memphis, Tennessee plant. Installation started in January 2017 and the line went live in May 2017.

Uponor announced in May 2017 a $17.4 million expansion of its Apple Valley, Minnesota manufacturing facility, expected to be completed by January 2018.

SC Johnson has broken ground on a multi-million dollar expansion of its Bay City plant in Bangor Township, Michigan, adding a roughly 50,000 square foot building with new production lines. The project is expected to create 25 full-time jobs within two years.

Turkish nonwovens producer Bayteks installed a hotmelt lamination machine at the end of April 2017. The machine targets the medical sector for drapes, gowns, and surgical disposables.

Metsä Board started up a new extrusion coating line at its Husum mill in Sweden in April 2017, following a €38 million investment. The line adds 100,000 tons per year of PE-coated board capacity for food and food service packaging.