RAM Company, a maker of specialty electromechanical parts, plans an $11 million expansion with a new 80,000 square foot building in St. George, pending city approval of up to $10 million in industrial development revenue bonds.
LISI Medical Remmele Inc. is embarking on a $9.4 million expansion at its Big Lake, Minnesota facility, doubling its footprint from 65,000 to 115,000 square feet. The project will create 19 new jobs over three years.
UACJ Corp. announced a ¥37 billion (~$330 million) investment to expand its UACJ (Thailand) Rayong Works in Thailand, serving the can stock and automotive markets.
UACJ Corp. announced a $175 million investment to expand Logan Aluminum in Russellville, Kentucky, a joint venture with Novelis. The expansion includes melting equipment, a casting line by July 2018, and a cold rolling mill by April 2019, increasing capacity from 320,000 to 400,000 tons per year.
AquaPhoenix Scientific relocated to a newly renovated 200,000 square-foot facility at 860 Gitts Run Road in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The move, completed by December 2016, increases manufacturing and inventory capabilities for water quality test kits and reagents.
The Lewis and Clark Regional Water System awarded a contract to PKG of Fargo, ND for Phase 3 of its Water Treatment Plant near Vermillion, South Dakota. The base bid is $85.4 million, with a bid alternate of $18.2 million for a second clearwell. Construction began in spring 2024, with substantial completion by October 2027.
Service Center Metals completed a $25 million expansion at its facility in Prince George County, Virginia, adding 190,000 square feet, a furnace, two aluminum casters, and a sorting machine, and expects to add 35-40 jobs.
General Electric announced an investment of approximately 160 million kuna in machinery and building expansion at its plant in Karlovac, Croatia, which produces components for gas and steam turbines for power plants.
Samsung Electronics is expanding its 10nm system semiconductor production line at Hwaseong Line 17 and building a new 7nm fab, with investment of over 8 trillion won.
Keppel Prince Engineering will expand its wind tower fabricating facility in Portland, Victoria, with a $1.97 million investment from the Victorian government. The expansion will create 50 new jobs and increase production capacity from 110 to 175 wind towers per year.
Formaplex installed new overhead cranes from Street Crane at its new Voyager Park factory, increasing capacity by 50%. The equipment includes a 30-tonne double girder, a 5-tonne single girder crane and a 132-meter gantry system.
Thong Guan Industries is investing about RM35 million to expand production in Sungai Petani, including a new nano-layered stretch film line starting in September 2017 and more PVC food-wrap lines.
Gelita will build a $22 million, 30,000-square-foot expansion at its Port Neal facility near Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, adding up to 21 jobs and increasing collagen peptide production capacity by 30%. Construction starts March 2017 with completion in late 2018.
Limerick City and County Council granted Irish Cement Limited planning permission for a €10 million extension to its facility in Mungret, Limerick, which will create 40 new jobs.
Hanson Cement plans to build a new finish mill at its Padeswood cement plant in Flintshire, UK, with an investment of around £20 million. The new mill will replace four existing mills, increase grinding capacity, and secure about 100 jobs.
3D Medical Manufacturing, a medical device manufacturer, plans to expand its headquarters in Riviera Beach, Florida, investing $11.9 million in new equipment and creating 178 jobs over five years. The expansion was announced in a county commission agenda in September 2016 and is set to be formalized on March 14, 2017.
Metso will invest approximately A$2.4 million in three new injection presses to expand its global manufacturing capacity for rubber screening media used in minerals processing. The presses will be installed at facilities in Australia, India and Sweden by early 2018.
Kobe Steel's subsidiary Kobelco Construction Machinery will invest approximately ¥4 billion to expand its hydraulic excavator factory in South Carolina, USA, and increase staff to 150 by 2020.
Mitsubishi Electric announced the completion of its second factory for factory automation equipment in Changshu, China, with an investment of 5 billion yen. The facility is expected to begin operations in October 2017.
Mars Canada officially opened its C$70 million, 60,000 square foot expansion of its Newmarket, Ontario chocolate factory, which now makes MALTESERS for the first time in North America and is expected to create up to 30 jobs.
SMS group was awarded a contract for an expansion of the merchant bar mill at Steel Dynamics Inc.'s Roanoke Bar Division in Virginia, including a new reheating furnace and finishing area, to increase rolled capacity from 500,000 to over 600,000 tons per year.
Zoltek Companies is starting a large-scale capacity expansion of carbon fibre production at its Mexico facility, effectively doubling capacity to more than 10,000 tons per year. The expansion will grow Zoltek's total global capacity to more than 20,000 tons per year.
NPM (formerly Novosibirskprodmash) will invest 1.5 billion rubles to build a second production phase of 36,000 sq m in Novosibirsk, expanding its food processing equipment manufacturing capacity.
SternMaid invested in a new Doypack line to pack dry products in stand-up pouches, increasing filling capacity at its facility. The line will move to Plant 2 when completed at the end of 2017.
Walter Maschinenbau GmbH invested around €6 million to expand its production facility in Kurim, Czech Republic, adding 2,500 m² for assembly and logistics, and a redesigned demo center. The expansion was inaugurated on March 9, 2017.
Norwood Medical, a medical device manufacturer, plans a $23 million expansion with a ninth building at its Winners Circle campus in Dayton, Ohio, and expects to hire 40 additional employees.
Gestamp announced a $129 million expansion of its Union County, South Carolina plant, including a 123,000 sq ft addition and a lease on a spec building. The expansion will create 130 jobs and support BMW and Volvo production.
Panattoni Europe is developing the second phase of a production facility for KION Group at Panattoni Park Stříbro. The new 23,000 sqm facility will manufacture Dematic conveyor systems and create 200 jobs. KION Group is investing around EUR 7 million.
Stern Rubber Company completed a 10,000-square-foot building addition at its Aitkin, Minnesota plant, doubling its size and moving 14-inch to 24-inch gate valve production from its Staples facility. Hammers Construction of Perham built the addition.
Evonik began construction of a new stretching and polishing plant for PMMA sheets at its Weiterstadt site, investing a double-digit million euro amount to produce extra-large stretched aircraft materials.
Plastic Omnium has begun construction of two new manufacturing facilities in Greer, South Carolina and Tennessee, part of a $300 million investment across four US facilities that will add nearly 1,000 jobs by 2018.
Trixell, a joint venture between Thales, Philips Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions, invested over €15 million in a new automated production line at its Moirans site. The expansion increases annual detector production capacity from 4,000 to 7,000 units by end of 2007, targeting 10,000 by 2010.
ROHM-WAKO Electronics Sdn Bhd has completed a RM270 million expansion of its factory in Kelantan, adding 38,250 sq ft of space. The expansion, which began in July 2015, will create 300 additional jobs, bringing total workforce to 2,000.
Guangdong Coca-Cola Huizhou Co., Ltd. held a startup ceremony for its first high-speed packaging water line with a total investment of 80 million RMB from the Swire Beverages system. The line, with a capacity of 48,000 bph, is the fourth such line invested by CBE in the Swire Beverages system.
Jungheinrich will invest €54 million to build a small-parts and bulky-goods warehouse next to its central warehouse in Kaltenkirchen, Germany, doubling pallet spaces to 200,000.
General Electric's aviation business has spent over $5 billion to upgrade or build new factories for next-generation jet engines, including $4.3 billion in the U.S. and $1.1 billion overseas. New plants were built in Auburn and Huntsville, AL, Lafayette, IN, Ellisville, MS, and Asheville, NC, with upgrades in Hooksett, NH and West Jefferson, NC.
Laila's Fine Foods is adding 36,000 square feet of production space to its existing factory, including a new development kitchen and packing area, and recruiting 60 new staff. The expansion will increase production capacity by 100%.
voestalpine will invest EUR 13 million to expand its phs-directform facility in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, by summer 2017, creating 40 new jobs.
Premier Tech will invest $7 million to expand one of its Industrial Equipment Group plants in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, adding 2,300 m² and creating nearly 30 jobs over three years.
Wanzl will invest nearly 200 million CZK to expand its plant in Hněvotín, Czech Republic, adding a 6,500 m² hall and creating about 140 jobs. Construction has started and completion is expected in summer 2017.
BillerudKorsnäs will invest SEK 5.7bn (about £516m) in a new board machine at its Gruvön site in Sweden, with a capacity of 550,000 tonnes a year, plus rebuilds at the existing pulp mill. It is the company's largest investment ever.
Heubach is building a production facility for anticorrosive pigments at its Heucotech site near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, expanding global capacity by 4,000 tonnes. Production is set to commence at the end of 2017.
Merck's allergy business Allergopharma opened a new biopharmaceutical production facility in Reinbek, Germany, representing a €42 million investment. The 6,000 m² factory includes a 2,000 m² glass cleanroom and will support global expansion of the allergies business.
Corrugated Container Corporation announced a $3 million expansion of its Piney Flats, Tennessee box plant, adding a 64,000 square foot warehouse addition. Construction is expected to begin later in March 2017, and additional jobs could be created.
Invista is undertaking additional capacity improvements at its Terate and Terrain polyols manufacturing facility in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, scheduled for 2017, to meet growing European demand.
Divinia Water announced the expansion of its production facility in Idaho Falls, moving to a larger space by mid-April to increase output by 100 times, with new equipment and hires.
Plastic Omnium is expanding its Lozorno plant in Slovakia to supply a new Jaguar Land Rover plant. The expansion was reported on March 2, 2017.
Kalmar and Rainbow-Cargotec Industries (RCI) celebrated the opening of a new jetty in Taicang, China, to support deliveries of fully erect Kalmar yard cranes. The jetty can berth vessels up to 50,000 DWT.
IFA Powertrain completed construction of a 34,000 sqm production hall in Ujazd, Poland, and is equipping it with 400 machines. The German automotive supplier will invest over 100 million euros and is hiring workers. The plant will produce drive shafts, joints, and other components.
Ternium will invest $260 million to build new hot-dip galvanized (HDG) and pre-painted steel lines at its Pesqueria complex in Mexico. The lines will have annual capacities of 300,000 mt for HDG and 120,000 mt for pre-painted products, expected to come online by 2020.