NOVA Chemicals' $55 million refurbishment of the E2 furnaces at its Joffre, Alberta site is under construction, involving five of 11 furnaces to increase process yields.

POSCO completed the expansion of its electrical steel sheet production facility at its main plant in Pohang, doubling capacity to 160,000 tons annually. The expansion cost 124 billion won ($108 million).

Össur inaugurated a new area in its Tijuana plant to produce components for active prostheses for leg replacement, with an investment of over US$8 million in robotics and plastic injection molding equipment, expecting to increase employment to over 800 positions in 2017.

SK Materials will invest KRW 150.8 billion to expand its Yeongju plant by July 2018, adding 2,500 tonnes of NF3 capacity and creating 105 jobs. It will also establish a joint venture with Showa Denko to produce etching gas.

FMH Conveyors held a grand opening for a new 195,000-square-foot facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas, which will also serve as the company's new headquarters. The expansion is expected to create 110 new jobs.

Phoenix Semiconductor Philippines Corp. (PSPC) held groundbreaking for the second phase of its expansion project at Clark Freeport, with an additional investment of $170 million. The expansion is expected to double manufacturing capability and employment.

Synthomer will invest €20 million to add several new automated production lines for acrylic dispersions at its plant in Worms, Germany, adding 30,000 tonnes of capacity. The project is expected to complete by Q3 2018.

NewAge Industries is expanding and renovating 40,000 square feet at its headquarters near Philadelphia, adding clean rooms and warehouse space for its AdvantaPure product line. The company will invest $9.5 million in the project.

New assembly lines will be added in part of a large addition recently completed at the Durham Company's Houston plant.

Grupomar plans to invest about 500 million pesos to expand its can factory, frozen food and sachet packaging operations in Manzanillo, Mexico. Grupomar expects 400 to 500 jobs nationwide.

Vitro Glass Company plans to invest US$55 million to expand its recently-acquired plant in Wichita Falls, Texas. The project includes installing a new coater for commercial glass larger than 12 feet, constructing a 200,000-square-foot building, and creating 50 jobs. The new machinery is expected to be operational by April 2018.

Showa Aluminum Can Corporation will establish a second can production facility in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, and add a can end line at its existing Hanacans factory, increasing total capacity to 2 billion cans per year by October 2018 with a total investment of 5 billion yen.

West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, announced an expansion at its solid-dosage facility in Columbus, Ohio, adding new machinery, equipment, facility improvements, and 65 jobs over 2017.

Hörmann Logistik, as general contractor, realized a new high-bay warehouse for paper rolls and pallet goods at Green Bay Packaging's Labelstock Division in Wisconsin, USA. Construction began in April 2014 and productive operation commenced in stages from May 2015.

Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia S.A. will invest over $18 million to build a new concrete block and paver plant and a pretensioned joist plant at its site in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, creating 32 jobs.

Vitro Architectural Glass will invest $55 million to build a jumbo magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition glass coater at its Wichita Falls plant, expected to be the largest in North America.

Tayco Office Furnishings Inc. announced a 37,000 square foot expansion of its main manufacturing facility in Toronto, Ontario, to increase production capabilities and add employees.

Whitworth Tool Inc plans to invest $3.58 million in its headquarters in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, including building modifications and new machinery, creating 50 full-time jobs.

Billerud Korsnäs is investing SEK 5.7 billion in a new paperboard machine with 550,000 tonnes annual capacity at its Gruvön mill in Värmland, Sweden, plus rebuilding work at the pulp mill. Start-up is expected in the first quarter of 2019.

Kirschner Maschinen- und Metallbau GmbH invested approximately 2.5 million euros in a new production hall with 2,000 m² of space and 300 m² of new office space in Euerwang, Germany. The investment was made over the past two years.

GlobalFoundries is adding capacity for mainstream technologies in Singapore.

GlobalFoundries plans to expand 14nm FinFET capacity by an additional 20% at its Fab 8 facility in New York, with new production capabilities coming online in early 2018.

Pratt & Whitney will invest approximately $386 million in its Columbus, Georgia facility to increase production of parts and maintenance services, including a 200,000 sq ft GTF engine overhaul building and a new forge press facility. More than 500 new employees will be hired. The announcement was made on February 14, 2017.

Huffman Engineering, a control systems integrator based in Lincoln, Nebraska, opened a new office in Denver, Colorado, to serve clients in western Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.

Kloeckner Metals Flat Rolled Group moved into a new 106,000 sq. ft. facility in University Park, Illinois, after 19 years in Chicago. The multi-million-dollar investment includes new processing equipment and digitalization of supply chain.

Medicut Stent Technology GmbH, a subsidiary of B. Braun Melsungen, invested about EUR 5 million in a new building, expanding its total area from 1,400 to over 3,500 m², including a new 260 m² cleanroom. The cleanroom has been operational since March 2016.

Frit Ravich will invest a total of €52 million over six years, with €20 million allocated to expand production facilities at Maçanet de la Selva to double production capacity.

Multi Packaging Solutions has ordered an 18-unit Heidelberg Speedmaster XL106, the largest sheetfed press Heidelberg has ever built, for its East Kilbride plant in Scotland. The press will be installed in March and aims to be in full production by mid-2017.

Martinrea Jonesville LLC is investing $6.8 million to retrofit its Jonesville, Michigan facility to add production of stamped welded assemblies, creating 123 new jobs. The retrofit is expected to take place in summer 2017.

Prairie Farms Dairy is investing nearly $9 million to build and equip a 22,500 square-foot addition to its Fort Wayne, Indiana facility, adding a small number of jobs by 2020. Construction is expected to begin in April 2017 and be complete within 18 months.

Bardane is nearing completion of an additional melting furnace that will increase melting capacity by over 30%. The gas-fired furnace can hold almost 20,000 lbs of aluminum, with planned completion in March 2017.

Globalfoundries announced a €1.5 billion investment to expand capacity at its Dresden, Germany wafer fab for 12 nm FD-SOI technology.

Excelvision, a subsidiary of Fareva, inaugurated a 4,000 m² extension of its Annonay site, involving a €28 million investment. The new building includes two BFS (Blow, Fill, Seal) lines for aseptic eye drop production, increasing total capacity to 800 million doses and 40 million bottles, and creating about 100 jobs.

Sepro America announced an expansion of its robot facility in Pennsylvania.

Emerson's ASCO will invest USD 8 million to expand its Aiken, South Carolina plant, creating about 86 new positions as it consolidates regional cylinder, motion control and accessory product lines there.

Autoneum North America is building a 315,000-square-foot expansion in Aiken with $35.5 million of investment and 41 new jobs, with completion slated for mid to late 2017.

Sundaram-Clayton Ltd (SCL) announced a Rs 400 crore investment over three years to expand its domestic facilities in India, increasing production capacity from 60,000 MT to 70,000 MT.

Performance Fibers (Kaiping) Co. Ltd. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a capacity expansion project in Jiangmen, Guangdong, with an investment of 500 million yuan. The project will add 30,000 tons of annual capacity for industrial yarns, with partial operation in September 2017 and full operation by early 2018.

PPG Coatings (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd. plans to invest $75 million to expand its plant in Zhangjiagang, China, adding 145,000 tonnes of high-performance coatings and 5,000 tonnes of PVC sealant capacity. The project will be built in two phases.

Sepro Group plans to expand its facility in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, and begin assembling large robots there in Q4 2017. The company reported record sales of 103 million euros in 2016.

Continental celebrated completion of a major expansion at its Juárez 1 plant in the Parque Industrial Panamericano, which will add two new products, a BLDC motor and a Mass Air Flow sensor, over the next two years.

Tristone Flowtech Group is investing nearly $6.4 million in 2016 and 2017 to expand manufacturing equipment at its new Delicias, Chihuahua plant, which began production in December 2016 and doubles the size of the existing site.

ADM Tronics Unlimited launched a major expansion of its medical device design, engineering and manufacturing capabilities by acquiring and installing state-of-the-art capital equipment at its Northvale, New Jersey facility.

Aquafin has upgraded the Schilde Wastewater Treatment Plant in Flanders, Belgium, using GE Water & Process Technologies' ZeeLung MABR and ZeeWeed MBR technologies to meet new total nitrogen removal requirements. The expansion is expected to be complete in Q1 2017.

Molded Rubber and Plastic Corp. (MRPC) is expanding its resources in medical device manufacturing by adding liquid silicone rubber (LSR) equipment for precise molding.

GH Advanced Materials will invest 2 billion won in the first half of 2017 to add a new production line at its Indian subsidiary.

P Horn expanded its Tuebingen, Germany production site by moving into two new buildings for production and administration, doubling manufacturing capacity. The investment amounted to more than €70 million.

Emerson Electric is expanding its Aiken County operations with an $8 million investment that will create 86 new jobs.

Sappi will invest US$165 million to rebuild Paper Machine No. 1 at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine, to make consumer packaging products. The project adds 180,000 metric tons of capacity and is slated to come online in early 2018.

Ben & Jerry's selected PC Construction to build a 40,000-sq-ft expansion of its food processing facility in St. Albans, Vermont, including a warehouse, packing room, refrigeration room and wastewater treatment plant.