Wonik QnC decided to invest 15 billion won in new factory construction and facility expansion to increase production capacity of semiconductor and display materials and components.

DENSO Corporation will invest approximately $88 million to build an additional plant at its DENSO Iwate facility in Kanegasaki-cho, Japan, to expand production to include instrument clusters. Construction starts October 2017, completion October 2018, production begins May 2019, and employment will increase to about 1,000 by 2020.

Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. formally opened a $9-million, 22,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Windsor, Ontario, on March 29, 2017, with plans to hire 20-30 new employees.

France's Le Belier will invest 12 million euros to expand its car parts factory in Serbia.

Shimifrez Inc. is investing $750,000 in an expansion at its new facility in Vaughan, Ontario, creating 8 jobs. The company fabricates precision photo chemically etched and electroformed micro metal components.

ARDEX Americas announced a 50,000-square foot expansion of its Dallas, Georgia manufacturing facility to add warehouse and production capabilities for ARDEX and HENRY brands. The expansion includes increased silo capacity, production enhancements, and a new training center.

Sudal Industries is expanding its existing Nashik facility's production capacity from 300 to 800 metric tonnes per month, creating 100 jobs.

Continental AG launched the third phase of its expansion plan at its Hefei, Anhui plant, investing €250 million ($271.58 million). The expansion will increase annual tire production capacity from 8 million to 14 million units within two years and double employment to over 2,700.

Ball Corporation will invest US$11.2 million to expand its aluminum can production line at its Burzaco plant in Buenos Aires province, raising productive capacity by 60% and enlarging storage for over 40 million cans. The announcement was made on 28 March 2017.

Insulet Corp. plans to double the size of its building at 100 Nagog Park in Acton, Massachusetts, to co-locate corporate headquarters and assembly lines for its OmniPod insulin pump. The expansion is subject to Town Meeting approval of a Tax Increment Financing agreement.

Lockheed Martin's AeroParts business will lease a 35,000-square-foot facility in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to expand F-35 parts production, adding at least 40 new jobs by the end of 2018.

Richard Geiss GmbH is investing €1.7 million to expand its solvent recycling plant in Offingen, adding two distillation columns to increase capacity by over 60% (7,000 tonnes per year). Construction starts in March 2017, with commissioning by September 2017.

Vaillant Group started large-scale heat pump production at its Remscheid headquarters, part of a realignment of its manufacturing network. The new production line was officially inaugurated on March 24, 2017, and is already operating at full capacity in three shifts.

Progressive Recovery, Inc. (PRI) is breaking ground on an expansion building alongside its manufacturing plant in Dupo, Illinois, for completed equipment storage and minor equipment assembly. The 100,000 cubic feet steel frame building is targeting completion by end of May/early June 2017.

Toray Industries will spend over $320 million over five years to roughly double capacity for synthetic suede at its Italian subsidiary Alcantara.

TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen Teningen GmbH held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new warehouse and production hall on a 3,700 square meter site. The EUR 7 million investment will house the main assembly line for bending machines, plate shears, and automation units, with completion planned for spring 2018.

NLMK started installation of a PT-60 turbine from Ural Turbine Works at its combined heat and power plant in Lipetsk, Russia, increasing capacity by 10 MW.

Veolia Water Technologies has been chosen by Munksjö to expand the industrial wastewater treatment plant at its Tolosa mill in Guipúzcoa, Spain. The new installation will have a capacity of 200 m³/hour and use AnoxKaldnes MBBR and Actiflo technologies.

Emami Cement Limited commissioned its grinding plant at Panagarh, West Bengal, with a capacity of 2 million tonnes per annum. The plant required an investment of around Rs 700 crore and is expected to generate direct and indirect employment for more than 500 people.

Wavin will carry out an extensive investment program at its plastic pipe production facilities in Høland, Norway and Eskilstuna, Sweden, totaling approximately 80 million NOK. The investment includes new production lines for stormwater pipes, cable pipes, telecom, and indoor drainage systems, and will be completed by the end of Q2 2018.

Mechel has commissioned a new high-performance EKG-18 mining excavator from Uralmashzavod at the Neryungrinsky open-pit mine in Yakutia, with a second similar excavator planned for late April. Investment in the two excavators was 1.2 billion rubles.

The Georgia Ports Authority has commissioned the first of four new Neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes at the Garden City Terminal, bringing its fleet to 23.

Drake Plastics Medical Products will add 24,000 square feet of manufacturing space at its Cypress, Texas campus, with groundbreaking in April 2017 and completion in August 2017.

Lubrizol Corporation began construction of a new polyisobutylene (PIB) unit at its Deer Park, Texas facility. The unit, expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2019, will produce highly reactive PIB for next-generation dispersants and lubricants.

Dana Steel Processing Industry LLC commissioned its 4th coil service center in Ajman, UAE, adding 250,000 metric tonnes of annual steel processing capacity. The project was part of a $40 million OPEFF programme.

starlim North America is expanding its London, Ontario site from 7,500 m² to 23,500 m², investing 31 million CAD (22-24 million EUR), with completion planned for April 2018 and employment to reach at least 120 by 2020.

Accolade Group is investing 600 million CZK to build a new plant for KION in Stříbro Industrial Park, Czech Republic, to manufacture conveyor systems and robotic equipment, creating about 200 jobs.

Zeochem LLC is investing in a multi-million dollar expansion at its Louisville, KY plant, adding a new adsorbents line that will double capacity for adsorbents used in oxygen production. Start-up is expected in fall 2017.

Mogul Co. Ltd. added a cross-lapped spunlace line to its plant near Istanbul, producing nonwovens under the Durell brand. The line enhances capacity for multi-directional strength fabrics.

Apetito will invest £31 million to expand its factory in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, creating 40 new jobs. The expansion will enhance manufacturing capacity and efficiency, with building commencing in 2018 and full completion by 2020.

Electrolux Poland has begun another expansion of its factory in Siewierz, where vented and condenser dryers are produced. The expansion will add about 7,300 sqm of production and warehouse space, with construction by Rembor General.

Lenzing Group started a capacity expansion for TENCEL specialty fibers at its Heiligenkreuz site, investing about EUR 70 million to increase annual production by 25,000 tons. The fibers will be available from the end of Q1 2018.

GE Healthcare is expanding its MRI components production operations in Florence, South Carolina, with a $40 million capacity expansion expected to create 100 new jobs.

BorgWarner Cooling Systems (India) has opened a fully automated Visctronic assembly line at its plant in Sriperumpudur near Chennai. The line has an annual capacity of 500,000 units and will start rolling out products in Q2 2017 for BS-IV applications.

General Electric signed a lease to renovate and extend two industrial buildings in Belfort, France, to double production capacity of 9HA gas turbines. GE will invest €50 million in a second production line, aiming to build two turbines per month by 2018.

Mrs. Gerry's Kitchen, a salad and side dish manufacturer in Albert Lea, Minnesota, has completed its ninth expansion, including the installation of a TOMRA Orbit 350 steam peeling line, to expand its 'Ready to Eat Refrigerated Entrees' production.

GE's Water & Process Technologies will supply advanced wastewater treatment equipment for an upgrade of the Luo Fang Wastewater Treatment Plant in Shenzhen, China, making it the largest membrane bioreactor plant in the country. The upgrade will increase capacity by 150 million liters per day to 400 million liters per day.

KCC completed construction of a 30,000-ton-per-year glass wool production line (Line 1) at its Gimcheon plant in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, as part of an inorganic fiber insulation integrated production base. Commercial production is set to begin in April 2017.

Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) invested 3 billion yen (approx. $30 million) in 2016 to boost transformer production capacity by 50% and set up a new line for Ultra High Voltage transformers up to 1200 kV, as well as a new line for Gas Insulated Switchgear at its Rudraram facility in Telangana.

LANXESS will invest up to €15 million to expand production capacity for the toluene derivative MEA (2-methyl-6-ethylaniline) at its Brunsbüttel site in 2017.

Diamond Green Diesel, owned by Valero Energy Corp. and Darling Ingredients Inc., will expand its Norco, Louisiana facility's renewable diesel production capacity from 10,000 to 18,000 barrels per day using Honeywell UOP's Ecofining technology. Completion is planned for Q2 2018.

OMK is modernizing casing, tubing and line pipe production at the Vyksa Metallurgical Plant, including a new pipe mill and finishing center, under a multi-year program of over 40 billion rubles, of which 12 billion rubles is tied to a 2016 agreement with the Nizhny Novgorod regional government.

Hitachi Construction Machinery will restructure its factories in Oosterhout and Amsterdam to increase efficiency. Oosterhout will focus on mini and compact excavators, increasing production by over 50%, while special application machines move to Amsterdam. Completion by April 2018.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Haier held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Jimo, Qingdao, with an investment of approximately 5 billion yuan (about 8.258 billion yen). The new plant will triple production capacity and is expected to be delivered in spring 2018.

Oxea has started construction of a new world-scale propanol unit at its Bay City, Texas site. The unit will add capacity of 100,000 mt/year of propanol and 40,000 mt/year of propionaldehyde, and is scheduled to come on stream in 2018.

Asheboro and Randolph County approved $190,000 in incentives for SouthCorr Packaging to expand its local operation with an $8 million investment and 22 new jobs, on top of its 96 existing Triad jobs.

Inline Plastics Corp. has added six new thermoforming lines and expanded its facilities, including 157,200 sq. ft. of space in Georgia, to meet growing demand for its food packaging products.

Infineon is building a new production hall (Halle 17) in Regensburg, Germany, for €100 million to manufacture radar microchips for automotive applications, with production starting by the end of 2017.

Cirtec Medical is adding 30,000 square feet to its 54,000-square-foot plant in Brooklyn Park, Minn., with completion expected by the end of 2017.

Röchling Automotive opened a new production hall at its Peine site for manufacturing plastic automotive components. Together with a logistics hall opened last year, the company invested €13.6 million at the site.