New Process Steel plans to invest $7.5 million and create 50 jobs by the end of 2018, expanding its existing facility in Columbus, Mississippi, with a new rail spur and access road.

Bosch Rexroth announced an $80 million expansion of its Fountain Inn hydraulics manufacturing operations in Greenville County, South Carolina, adding a building and land, and expected to create 160 jobs over five years.

OSRAM is expanding its existing Wuxi LED factory in China with a second phase. The expansion includes a new highly automated production line, 22,000 square meters of clean plant, and €195 million in new packaging and testing equipment, creating over 2,000 new jobs.

Hanwha Advanced Materials America announced a $20 million upgrade at its Opelika, Alabama facility, adding about 100 jobs over three years to increase production capacity for automotive parts.

Portco Packaging completed a 3-year, multimillion dollar expansion of its two Washington plants. The Woodland facility nearly doubled in size with new converting lines, and the Toppenish plant added 50,000 sq. ft. and robotics for palletization.

Siemens received an order to deliver an industrial steam turbine package to expand the Az Zour South 3 open cycle gas turbine power plant to a combined cycle plant, increasing capacity by 263 MW.

LiuGong announced plans to expand its Liugong Dressta Machinery plant in Stalowa Wola, Poland, transferring production of four new machine models from China, including three crawler excavators (922E, 925E, 936E) and a wheel loader (856H).

Research Solutions broke ground on a new solvent distribution facility across from its existing Pelham, Alabama site. The 90,000 sq ft facility will include advanced filling and labeling equipment, office and warehouse space, and bulk chemical storage of over 1 million gallons.

Atlas Copco opened a new manufacturing unit at its Cherlapally plant in Hyderabad, India, after investing Rs 80 crore, doubling the plant's capacity and adding about 35 jobs. The unit includes a rock drilling R&D test centre.

Continental announced a more than $40 million investment to expand its Morganton, North Carolina plant that manufactures automotive brake systems, creating about 160 new jobs.

SCS Stahlschmidt Cable Systems Hungary plans to invest HUF 500 million to add an 800 sqm production hall at its Tatabánya plant over two years, and hire 30-40 new employees by end of 2017.

Innova announced a R$500 million investment to double the capacity of its styrene monomer plant in Triunfo, Brazil, to 420,000 tonnes per year, with startup expected in April 2019. The expansion is supported by a supply contract with Braskem for benzene and ethylene.

Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM) is expanding its North American headquarters in Columbus, Indiana, with a $17.5 million investment to consolidate warehouses and add 300,000 square feet.

Johnson Controls will invest more than $7.5 million to upgrade its San Antonio, TX, manufacturing facility to increase production capabilities of absorbent glass mat (AGM) batteries. This is part of a larger $780 million global investment over four years.

Wavin is investing SEK 80 million in new production lines at its Kjula plant outside Eskilstuna, Sweden, to raise output by up to 70 percent. Work starts in 2017 and is due for completion in Q2 2018.

Honeywell Process Solutions will add production lines at its Elster Gazelektronika plant in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod region, to make gas measurement equipment and medium- and high-pressure gas regulators for the Russian market.

Videolar-Innova approved a R$500 million investment to double styrene monomer production capacity at its Triunfo, Brazil plant. The company signed a long-term raw material supply contract with Braskem to enable the project.

ATI Industrial Automation will break ground on an expansion of its corporate and manufacturing headquarters in Apex, NC, on April 21, 2017. The expansion will increase the facility to 185,000 square feet and create 275 new jobs.

Valfilm, a subsidiary of Brazil's Valgroup, announced a 40,000 square foot expansion at its Findlay plant, adding seven new production lines and up to 20 jobs, and will move its North American corporate headquarters from California to Findlay.

CAB Costruzioni Aeronautiche Bertola inaugurated its new headquarters in Venice, Italy, investing in a 3,000 square meter area to increase production capacity for aerospace structural parts.

TableMark announced it will invest approximately 87 billion yen to construct a new factory building, 'Uonuma Mizunosato No. 2 Factory,' at its Uonuma Mizunosato site in Niigata Prefecture, to produce frozen udon noodles with a capacity of 36,000 servings per hour. Construction starts April 17, completion scheduled for December 2017.

RenewAire transitioned into a new 111,000-square-foot facility in Waunakee, Wisconsin, more than double the size of its previous building, to meet growing demand for energy recovery ventilators. The facility achieved LEED Gold, Green Globes, and ENERGY STAR certifications.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare inaugurated a new controlled-environment manufacturing room at its Tijuana plant, investing $4 million and planning to create 200 new jobs over two years.

Baihong Industrial's board approved a $222 million investment by subsidiary Baihong Fujian to expand polyester filament yarn capacity by about 220,000 tonnes per year, with new facilities expected to start commercial production in December 2017.

Intex Technologies will invest Rs 200 crore in the next few months to expand its air conditioner manufacturing capabilities. The company will also consolidate three Noida plants into one at Greater Noida by July 2017.

Crown Equipment Corp. will open a second factory in Greencastle, Indiana, leasing and equipping a facility across from its existing plant. The expansion is expected to create 100 jobs by 2021.

IMI Bulgaria (Integrated Micro-electronics Bulgaria) is expanding its facility in Botevgrad with an investment of BGN 7.63 million, adding three new production lines for electronic modules. The project will increase capacity by 20-25% and create 400 jobs.

Trane Technologies plans a $22 million capital investment to upgrade its Tyler, Texas manufacturing facility, including a $6.5 million first-phase remodel. The project will create 50 new jobs and retain 469 existing jobs.

Integrated Microelectronics Bulgaria (IMI Bulgaria) has officially opened new production lines and a logistics base in Botevgrad, Bulgaria, with an investment of 7.63 million BGN. The project includes three new assembly lines for modules and a flat-storage warehouse, and is expected to create 400 new jobs, increasing total employment to 3,000.

Palziv North America plans to invest nearly $5.2 million and add 40 jobs to expand its manufacturing center in Louisburg, North Carolina. The company manufactures cross-linked, closed-cell polyethylene foams.

Iris Ohyama will invest ¥6 billion to build a large automated warehouse at its Tosu plant in Saga Prefecture, tripling logistics capacity to 64,000 pallets, and expanding LED lighting production, creating 20 jobs.

Grupo Phoenix will invest $48.7 million to expand its Phoenix Packaging Operations plant in Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, creating 145 new jobs. It is the company's third expansion there.

Sateri signed an investment agreement to expand its viscose staple fiber capacity in Lianxi, Jiujiang, by up to one million tons per year, with an investment of 12 billion yuan ($1.75 billion). Construction of the first phase is scheduled to start in Q4 2017.

Grabner Stahl & Maschinenbau GmbH is constructing a new production hall (Halle 4) and a dispatch warehouse at its Hartberg site. The project includes investments in CNC machines and IT infrastructure, with completion planned for June 2017.

A.O. Smith announced the completion of the first 65,000 m² phase of a planned 180,000 m² production and research base in Turkey, representing a $150 million investment. The facility will produce residential and commercial water treatment devices, water softening and air purification systems.

Fruit processing company Fidel Dreher expanded its wastewater treatment plant in the Lake Constance region, Germany, to increase production capacity. The new plant includes a Biomar AHPx anaerobic high-performance reactor and has been in operation since October 2016.

Arconic completed installation of a Very Thick Plate Stretcher at its Davenport, Iowa facility, backed by customer contracts including one with Airbus valued at approximately $1 billion. The $150 million project was completed on time and $40 million under budget.

HS-Nauka, a joint venture between UTC Aerospace Systems and NPO Nauka, will expand its production facility in Kimry, Tver region, doubling floor area to 10,000 sq m and boosting capacity from 6,500 to 7,500 articles annually. Investment is estimated at 750 million rubles ($113 million).

Schneider Electric is expanding its Seneca, South Carolina facility, creating 56 new jobs and launching a new product line of motor control centers and enclosed drives, expected to be operational by Q3 2017.

Nantong Zhenkang Welding Machinery's robot industrial park in Haimen, Jiangsu, with over 400 million yuan invested, is nearing completion of phase one, which will produce RV reducers and welding robots.

Wisconsin Oven Corp. bought a 130,000-square-foot former Plymouth Tube facility in East Troy, Wisconsin, for $1.7 million to expand its industrial oven production. It plans to hire 80 to 90 employees between 2017 and 2019.

The International Finance Corp is considering an equity injection of up to US$15 million and a loan of up to US$20 million for the brownfield expansion of Shwe Taung Cement's plant in Pyi Nyaung village, Myanmar. The total project cost is estimated at US$110 million, and the expansion will increase clinker capacity to 5,500 tpd and cement grinding capacity to 7,200 tpd.

Mitsubishi Electric will invest approximately 11 billion yen to construct a new satellite production facility at its Kamakura Works in Kamakura, Japan, increasing parallel production capacity from 10 to 18 satellites.

HARTING Technology Group completed a large-scale expansion of its production plant in Sibiu, Romania, investing around EUR 5.5 million to nearly double the facility area to 12,000 square meters, creating about 100 new jobs over two years.

SouthCorr, a corrugated packaging manufacturer owned by Interstate Resources, plans to invest $6.7 million to expand its plant in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, creating 22 new jobs.

Miluo Tongbian Electric Co., Ltd. completed construction of a facility to produce 8,000 power transformers annually at its site in Miluo Industrial Park, Hunan. The project, which underwent environmental acceptance review in April 2017, uses existing buildings from a prior project.

Cosmo Films announced plans to install a new specialty polyester (BOPET) film production line at its Waluj plant in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, with a capacity of 36,000 MT per annum and an investment of Rs. 250 crores.

Oped held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Medizinpark II building in Oberlaindern, Germany, investing around EUR 15 million to house production and logistics for orthopedic products.

JCB invested $30 million in expanding global service support, including opening a new parts warehouse in Prague to serve Central Europe and Poland.

Midland Cogeneration Venture, the largest gas-fired combined-cycle plant in the US, plans a $500 million expansion adding 700 MW through two new gas turbines and a steam turbine in Midland, Michigan.