Bouckaert Industrial Textiles is adding a new 3.4-meter-wide airlay line from Laroche and TechnoPlants, representing an investment of over $3 million, to add 8-10 million pounds of annual capacity and 15 jobs.

Freyssinet Aero Equipment built a 3,500 sqm high-tech workshop in Couffouleux, Tarn, doubling its plant size. The expansion supports a €100 million contract with Safran for LEAP engine titanium parts.

Aptar Pharma is nearing completion of an expansion at its Congers, New York manufacturing site to better serve North American pharmaceutical customers.

Invertek is investing in a new 5,000 square metre factory adjacent to its Welshpool HQ, enabling production of over 400,000 variable frequency drives per year. The announcement was reported on 4 January 2017.

NOJA Power has invested $10 million in a new 4,300 m² manufacturing campus at its Brisbane headquarters to produce the VISI-SWITCH load break switch. The company plans to hire 50 additional employees and run two shifts per day when full production begins in 2017.

LSL Health Care plans to move from Chicago to Niles, Illinois, bringing about 120 jobs and adding 10-20 new employees.

US Fibers is expanding operations at its Trenton and Laurens, South Carolina plants with a multi-million dollar investment to enter specialty markets.

Ventura Foods is investing $12.4 million to expand its Chambersburg, PA facility, adding 157 new full-time jobs within three years, with construction, renovations, machinery and equipment upgrades.

Rockland Manufacturing, a producer of heavy construction equipment attachments, acquired the 221,000 sq. ft. former Cannondale building in Bedford Township, Pennsylvania, to expand its manufacturing and storage space.

STI, producer of Revolution performance fabric, announced a $17 million investment to expand its facility by 150,000 square feet and add 90 new positions, with completion expected in 2018.

ES FiberVisions announced an expansion of its Suzhou Co Ltd plant in Jiangsu Province, China. The expansion will double capacity to over 28,000 tonnes per year and is expected to be completed in summer 2018. A ground-breaking ceremony for a new warehouse was held in mid-December 2016.

Kaneka invested EUR 34 million to add a third MS polymer production line at its Westerlo facility, boosting output by 50%. The expansion was announced in 2017 and completed in 2018, making the site the group's largest MS polymer plant globally.

Qorvo invested $25 million to expand its Greensboro, North Carolina headquarters, including a new 150,000-square-foot R&D center and new machinery, adding 100 jobs.

Cargill installed a new automated packaging line at its animal nutrition facility in Lichfield, UK, incorporating induction heat sealing, to increase production capacity for higher volume contracts. The line began operation in early 2017.

Inibsa Group invested EUR 10 million to expand its factory in Lliçà de Vall, adding a new production line for dental anesthesia cartridges, increasing annual capacity from 150 million to 240 million cartridges.

MK Tools Service GmbH added two new production halls at its Hauzenberg, Germany site, nearly doubling production space. Production in the new halls began in January 2017.

Speedrack Products Group plans to purchase a facility in Litchfield, Michigan, investing more than $5 million and creating 38 jobs. The project received a $228,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant.

Kerkstra Precast plans to expand its facility in Trenton, Michigan, investing more than $16.2 million and creating 50 jobs. The project received a $300,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant.

In 2017 VPK Packaging invested over €20 million in machinery and logistics at its Raamsdonksveer site in the Netherlands, including a new 2.8m corrugator from MHI Europe.

Mondi began an investment at its Simet plant near Poznań, Poland, in January 2017 adding a 2.8 m containerboard machine for heavy-duty boxes, quadrupling capacity; 3- and 5-layer board is at full output and 7-layer production is due in Q1 2018.

Aluminium Norf GmbH (ALUNORF) completed a comprehensive modernization of its Hot Mill 1 in Neuss, Germany, in three steps from 2012 to 2016, including a roughing stand upgrade, new edger mill, and additional finishing mill stand, to boost output and product quality.

Cimbria extended the existing seed plant for Stepova in 2016 with Delta cleaners and bucket elevators. Stepova is planning a new seed plant in 2017.

Zoppas Industries Heating Element Technologies announced it will increase its investment in its Rio Verde, Mexico plant from $1.5 million to $4 million, tripling the size of the industrial building and increasing planned employment beyond 350 jobs.

Papierfabrik Schoellershammer在Düren的工厂投资约1亿欧元，安装PM 6纸机并启用Demag自动化仓储系统，年产能增加至25万吨。

Paul Horn GmbH completed two new buildings for production and administration in Tübingen, Germany, with a total investment of over €70 million. The company doubled its production capacity to 25,000 m².

AJK N.V. converted a warehouse into a 2,400 m² production hall and installed six Demag V-cranes, increasing production capacity by 15%. The expansion supports production of the new Solido compact press and other products.

Stahl expanded its factory in Toluca, Mexico, adding a new production unit for adhesive chemical products for the food industry. The project was completed with engineering support from Suris.

Valeo Autosystemy plans to invest at least 101.7 million zloty in expanding its Chrzanów plant with a warehouse and new production lines for car lamps, creating 100 new jobs.

Valeo Autosystemy received a permit to invest 323 million zloty in expanding and equipping its Skawina plants in the Kraków Special Economic Zone, creating at least 150 jobs.

United Technologies Corporation, through Goodrich Aerospace Poland, has completed the expansion of its plant in Tajęcina, Poland, increasing production capacity. Construction work has finished and commissioning procedures are underway.

Refrigerant supply and management company A-Gas has completed the construction of another set of separation towers at its facility in Rhome, Texas.

US manufacturer Modine has officially opened a second facility in Sremska, Serbia, to manufacture coils for commercial and residential heat pump applications.

Kaco USA Inc. will expand its production facility in Lincoln County, North Carolina, investing nearly $8.4 million and hiring 100 additional workers over three years. The company manufactures high-precision sealing solutions for the automotive industry.

Toyobo announced on December 28, 2016, a ¥5 billion investment in Thailand to double monthly production capacity of airbag base fabric to 3 million meters. A joint venture with a Thai company will be established in January 2017.

Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works (ChMK), part of Mechel, produced its 140-millionth ton of sinter at sintering factory No. 2. The factory, commissioned in 2005 with a $150 million investment, produces about 5 million tons of sinter per year.

Toyobo will spend approximately 10 billion yen ($85.1 million) over four years starting fiscal 2017 to double production capacity for airbag fabrics, responding to growing demand.

Okaloosa County, Florida, is expanding its largest wastewater treatment plant to increase capacity. The project is slated for completion in late 2017 at a cost of $13.5 million.

Spirit AeroSystems is spending $20 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas, which makes composite subassemblies for the Boeing 787.

SK Hynix plans to invest $787 million into expanding its DRAM facility in Wuxi, China, between July 2017 and April 2019.

Cogmedix, a subsidiary of Coghlin Companies, is near completion of a renovation project at its Worcester, Massachusetts facility, expanding medical device manufacturing space by several thousand square feet to accommodate new OEM opportunities and a new Engineering Lab.

Paints and Chemical Industries Company (Pachin) plans to invest 25 million Egyptian pounds in a new production line with an annual capacity of 6,000 tons, expected to start operations in March or April 2017.

Ishida Europe installed a bespoke line for handling 2.7 tonnes of frozen cocktail sausages per hour at Tulip's factory in Ruskington, Lincolnshire, as part of a preferred supplier partnership.

Engro Polymer & Chemicals announced a $9 million investment to increase annual PVC production capacity from 170,000 to 195,000 tons, a 14.7% increase. The project is expected to be completed by December 2017.

Refrion, an Italian cooler and condenser manufacturer, officially opened a new €1.5 million climatic test chamber at its headquarters in Talmassons, Udine. The chamber is one of the largest in Europe for testing liquid coolers.

Sinomach Heavy Industry (Luoyang) Co., Ltd. held a ceremony on December 22, 2016, for the first bulldozer (T160S crawler) rolling off the new assembly line at its Luoyang industrial park, marking the start of mass production.

Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc announced its new 1.5 million MTPA cement plant in Sokoto will be completed before Q3 2017, with a $300 million investment.

Ural Boeing Manufacturing, a joint venture between Boeing and VSMPO Avisma, will open a new production site in the first quarter of 2018, doubling capacity for machining titanium components for Boeing commercial programs.

GKN Driveline announced a second major expansion of its Catawba County manufacturing facility in Maiden, North Carolina, creating 143 new jobs and investing over $110 million.

IRC Limited announced that the ball mill at its K&S processing plant is operating at 75% of full capacity during trial runs, with full production expected in early 2017.

BUA Group's subsidiary CCNN expects its new 1.5-million-metric-tonnes-per-annum cement plant in Sokoto to be completed before Q3 2017. The $300 million project includes a 40-megawatt power plant fueled by coal.