Tosoh Corp. announced plans to invest approximately 4.2 billion yen ($37.05 million) to expand polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production capacity at its affiliate Philippine Resins Industries Inc. from 100,000 to 210,000 tons per year.

Velodyne is expanding a megafactory in San Jose, California, to ramp up production to 1 million lidar units annually by 2018. The company is also building a new R&D facility in Alameda, California.

Yaskawa Electric announced its subsidiary Yaskawa Electric (Shenyang) will build a third factory in Shenyang, China, to increase production capacity for servo motors and servo amplifiers. The factory is scheduled to begin operation in spring 2018.

Nova Chemicals Corporation has started up a new world-scale linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) gas phase reactor at its site in Joffre, Alberta, and is now shipping butene LLDPE to customers. The $1-billion investment increases LLDPE production capacity by close to one billion pounds.

Viracon expanded its flagship manufacturing facility in Owatonna, Minnesota, adding over 360,000 square feet to the existing 1.2 million square foot facility. The expansion was completed in January 2017.

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

GE Water & Process Technologies will supply advanced wastewater treatment technology to upgrade the Luo Fang Wastewater Treatment Plant in Shenzhen, China, adding 150,000 m3/d of capacity to reach 400,000 m3/d, making it China's largest membrane bioreactor facility.

James T Blakeman & Co, a UK sausage and meat products manufacturer, upgraded its processing line with a fourth Helix spiral freezer from Starfrost at its facility in Staffordshire, UK.

Royal Ceramics Plc will invest Rs978 million to replace a kiln and upgrade machinery at its Eheliyagoda plant to produce larger tiles and increase capacity, with completion expected by June 2017.

Fluor is providing engineering, procurement and construction management services for two Ingevity facilities in China: adding a production line and relocating another in Suzhou, and building a new laboratory in Zhuhai. Both produce activated carbon.

AkzoNobel has completed a €22 million expansion at its Los Reyes production plant in Mexico to produce Laurox brand organic peroxides, essential ingredients for plastics and rubber production.

German packaging company Schumacher Packaging has completed a further extension of its factory in Krępice, Poland, reported on 14 January 2017.

Yocean Group Limited plans to invest $2 million to expand its transformer manufacturing base in Nairobi, Kenya, by buying 5 acres of land and new equipment. Production of insulators and circuit breakers is expected to begin in May 2017.

Gensa announced a $280 million investment to build a fifth unit at its Termopaipa power plant in Paipa, Boyacá, Colombia. The 150 MW unit will use new combustion technology and is expected to begin operation in 2021.

Inteplast Group's AmTopp division is adding one cast extrusion line each in Charlotte, NC and Phoenix, AZ, creating nearly 40 jobs and adding 65 million pounds of stretch film capacity, with completion in Q1 2017.

Eastman Chemical is expanding production capacity for Avra Performance Fibers at the Unifi Manufacturing plant in Yadkinville, NC. Construction is complete and startup of new lines is planned for January 2017.

NFT announced plans to move its corporate headquarters and Colorado manufacturing operations to a new 54,000-square-foot facility in Golden, Colorado, more than doubling its current space. The move is expected to be complete by late March 2017.

Severstal's Cherepovets Steel Mill (CherMK) commissioned a new transformer S1T, increasing its capacity from 40 MVA to 63 MVA. The investment cost was about 70 million rubles, and the transformer was manufactured by Silovye Mashiny - Toshiba. The upgrade improves power supply reliability and allows increased electricity output to the mill's grid.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to double research employees at its U.S. forklift division to about 100 by October 2017 and is ready to add capacity at its turbocharger factory in Franklin, Indiana, which produced 1.2 million units in 2016.

Packsize International will expand its Utah operations, adding up to 354 jobs over seven years and an expected $9.2 million in capital investment, with the company positioning Utah as its global base.

Samsung Display is considering a $2.5 billion investment to expand its display module assembly line in northern Vietnam to meet growing demand for smartphone display panels. Talks with the Vietnamese government are ongoing, with details expected in Q1 2017.

Saab plans to relocate its North American headquarters to its DeWitt site and invest $55 million in an expansion, creating nearly 260 new high-tech jobs and retaining over 450 existing employees.

Saab Defense and Security USA will move its headquarters from Ashburn, Virginia to East Syracuse, New York, creating 260 high-tech jobs. The company will invest $55 million, supported by $30 million in state incentives.

PacMoore has commissioned and started production on a new full-scale Coperion 120mm twin screw extruder at its Mooresville, Indiana facility. The line can produce up to 3,000 pounds of finished products per hour.

Tenowo has acquired a 14,000 m² plot in Erlau near Mittweida, Germany, for a multi-million euro expansion over five years, creating at least 20 jobs. Separately, it will invest about EUR 4 million in a new tech center and administration building at its existing site.

Créaline is expanding its food processing plant in Lessay, France, adding 5,300 m² to double production capacity and workforce. The new unit is expected to open in autumn 2017.

Kemira is making a multi-million euro investment to expand its ASA (sizing agent) production line at its Nanjing, China site. The new capacity is expected to be available from December 2017.

Acton Optics & Coatings redesigned a portion of its suburban Boston manufacturing facility to enhance and expand production of Metachrome and Unichrome UV-conversion coatings, including a new automated system and a processing chamber with 4x capacity increase.

Midland Aerospace, part of Calder Group, doubled its manufacturing floor space by investing in a new plant at its Castlewood Business Park base in Nottingham. The company also commissioned new 5-axis machine tools and hired additional staff to support growth from £9 million to £16 million in sales by 2020.

LEWA GmbH put a newly designed process pump test room into operation at the start of 2017, replacing its outdated, fully refurbished test facility.

Amcor Rigid Plastics will invest $40 million to double production at its Bellevue, Ohio facility, adding about 126,000 sq ft of manufacturing space and 85,000 sq ft of warehouse space, supported by a JobsOhio grant. The expansion started in 2017 and is expected to finish in 2018.

MultiSeal Inc. plans to invest $700,000 in an expansion including new warehousing facilities and process lines in Evansville, Indiana, adding 25 jobs over five years.

Bridgestone Americas announced an additional $180 million investment in its Wilson, North Carolina passenger tire plant, bringing total investment to $344 million. The expansion includes a new rubber mixer, 16 jobs, and will increase daily capacity by 3,000 tires to 35,000 by 2018.

Aluminium Konin Impexmetal in Poland celebrated the completion of its investment program, including a new cut-to-length line from Georg for processing thin aluminum coils, along with other equipment to increase production capacity.

Air Products announced a second phase of capacity expansion to increase nitrogen production for a semiconductor fab in Pyeongtaek City, South Korea. A second nitrogen plant will be built as part of a multi-phase project.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced it will invest $1 billion in two U.S. factories and create 2,000 new jobs to add three new Jeep models including a pickup truck. The Warren, Michigan plant will be modernized to build the new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, and the Toledo, Ohio plant will get new equipment to make a new Jeep pickup.

Arkema is investing USD 90 million to replace two 45 kt/year acrylic acid reactors with a single 90 kt/year reactor at its Clear Lake, Texas site, expected to come on stream by mid-2019.

Vencorex announced completion of industrial projects including expansion of monomer capacity in France, a new derivatives unit in Thailand, and a new waterborne derivatives production chain in Texas.

Alchem Medical is investing NIS 50 million to expand its existing plant in Dalton Industrial Park by 8,500 square meters, adding approximately 100 new jobs to reach 250 employees.

Egyptian Chemical Industries (KIMA) said it paid EGP 1.3bn to Tecnomont by end-2016 for its Aswan fertiliser expansion, including two ammonia units of 1,200 tonnes per day. Works began in January 2017 and are due to finish by November 2018.

Air Temp de México started operations at its second plant in Mérida, Yucatán, with a $10 million investment in machinery. The plant will produce 69,000 air conditioners for vehicles and heat exchangers, creating 120 jobs.

Embutidos Pajariel began expanding its facilities in San Román de Bembibre (León) in 2016, with a €3.5 million investment to add 1,500 square meters, increasing the packaging plant to 12,000 square meters with new drying rooms and machinery.

Semen Indonesia has allocated IDR6 trillion (US$449.1m) for capital expenditure in 2017 to finance an expansion programme including four new cement plants, two packaging plants and a waste heat power plant. The Rembang and Indarung VI plants are in final stages, while Aceh and Kupang plants are slated for completion in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

Caterpillar will produce higher capacity off-highway trucks at its Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu facility, including the Cat 777E with 97.98-tonne capacity, according to industry sources.

German nuts specialist Hewi G. Winker is building a 57-meter-long, 25-meter-high automated silo warehouse with 9,888 pallet locations in Spaichingen, to be operational by autumn 2017, with Jungheinrich providing automation and six AGVs.

Tata Steel inaugurated the second phase of its Cold Rolling Mill Complex BARA at Jamshedpur on January 5, 2017, adding a 0.3 MnTPA hot rolled skin passing mill and increasing pickling line capacity to 0.68 MnTPA.

GKN Driveline will invest almost $179 million to expand manufacturing facilities in Alamance, Catawba, Lee and Person counties, North Carolina, creating 302 jobs to support growing All-Wheel-Drive and eDrive business.

Daikin plans to set up its third manufacturing plant in India, with an investment of over Rs 600 crore on about 40 acres. The company is in talks with Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana governments, but a decision is expected after March 2018.

Abu Dhabi Terminals announced the arrival of three of the largest ship-to-shore quay cranes in the world at Khalifa Port Container Terminal, commissioned from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry.

Micromet plans to establish a mass production plant in Adelaide for its Generation 3 water treatment machine, aiming to produce 50 six-module machines per month within a year.