SK Hynix announced a 2.2137 trillion won investment to expand its Cheongju plant by building a new clean room, with the investment period from August 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019.

Terex Ecotec expanded its facility at Farlough Road, Dungannon, Northern Ireland, adding a new production hall of 23,000 sq ft with three 20-tonne cranes. The expansion supports manufacturing of environmental equipment.

Ebtron, an air flow measuring device maker based in Loris, South Carolina, will expand its operations in Horry County with more than $2.5 million of new investment. The project is expected to create 100 jobs over five years.

Schumacher Packaging, a corrugated cardboard packaging maker, will expand its plant in Greven, near Münster, Germany. The announcement was made on 22 December 2016.

Construction has officially begun on Phase Two of the DP World London Gateway Logistics Centre.

Zapf invested €5 million in expanding its Dülmen, Germany plant, adding two new halls, an automated circulation system, and new equipment. Production capacity will increase from 2,400 to 5,000 garages per year, and 93 people are employed at the site.

ES FiberVisions announced an expansion of bicomponent manufacturing at the FiberVisions facility in Covington, Georgia, USA, with expected completion by end of 2017.

Groupe FabDelta Inc. is expanding its plant in New Richmond, Quebec with a $6.45 million investment to manufacture wind turbine hubs. The expansion includes a deal with Siemens Wind Power to build 46 hubs and is expected to create 15 jobs.

Burgergruppe started construction of a plant expansion for KBS-Spritztechnik at Fabrikberg 7 in Schonach in May 2016. The new space will be operational in spring 2017 to handle rising automotive orders.

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

Medical device manufacturer Stryker Corp. will invest $130 million to build a 435,000-square-foot R&D campus in Portage, Michigan, for its Stryker Instruments division. The project is expected to create 105 jobs over three years, with groundbreaking in late spring 2017 and completion by end of 2019.

Gardner Denver is building a 27,000-square-foot addition to its Princeton facility to add production cells and warehousing, with completion expected by the end of March 2017. It is the first new US building the company has added in 18 years.

KEI Industries announced a new production line for Extra High Voltage cables up to 400 kV at its Chopanki plant in Alwar, Rajasthan, which became operational by the end of December 2016, supported by a technical collaboration agreement with Brugg Kabel AG.

heat 11 has opened a new production facility in Kirchlengern, Germany, for manufacturing large electric heaters, heating-cooling plants, secondary loops, and final installation of thermal oil units. The facility is located 25 km north of the company headquarters in Bielefeld.

Cavanna, a packaging machinery manufacturer, has invested €2 million to expand its production facility in Prato Sesia, Italy, adding 3,000 square meters of production area and incorporating advanced robotics. The new area was inaugurated on December 18, 2016.

Rolls-Royce celebrated the beginning of construction of its Wide Chord Fan Blades Facility extension in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, part of almost £50 million investment. The expanded facility will double production capacity to 6,000 large Trent fan blades per year.

Eli Lilly acquired a manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin from Nexus Pharmaceuticals in 2024 and announced a $3 billion expansion to extend its global parenteral product manufacturing network. The expansion will add 750 jobs and bring total investment to $4 billion.

Festo invested €70 million to expand and renovate its oldest factory in Scharnhausen, Germany, creating a leading plant for valves, valve terminals and electronics. The plant was completed last autumn and produces valve technology for multiple industries.

Stanpac Inc. is investing C$45.6 million to add four production lines at its Smithville, Ontario packaging plant, increasing capacity and exports and creating up to 50 jobs. The federal government contributes C$4.5 million through FedDev Ontario.

Emefcy plans to establish its own production facility and sales office in China to provide MABR wastewater treatment systems for rural villages, as part of China's five-year plan.

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has supplied and recently commissioned Egypt's largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in the Damietta free trade zone, operated by an Egyptian company.

PT Sintra Sinarindo Elektrik plans to build a $20 million power transformer manufacturing plant with a capacity of 50 units per year (60 MVA each). The company has received a request from state-owned PLN for 14 units in 2017.

Agilent Technologies opened a $14.7 million technology center in Folsom, California, expanding chromatography consumables and hardware capabilities. The 53,000 square-foot site includes lab, order fulfillment and warehousing space, and will house 60 additional staff.

Canatal Steel USA, a subsidiary of Canatal Industries, will invest $1.5 million to expand its steel fabrication operation in Botetourt County, Virginia, creating 38 new jobs.

JNC Corporation has started operation of a new production line for thermo-plastic bicomponent fibers at ES FiberVisions (Thailand) in Rayong, with a capacity of 14,500 tons per year and an investment of $12 million.

Sleeve Seal and G.C. Evans Sales & Manufacturing completed a move to a newly upgraded, larger facility in Little Rock, Arkansas, representing a $6 million investment and creating 43 new jobs. The facility will accommodate larger projects and add two printing lines.

Dong A Plastic Group (DAG) started operations at an expanded uPVC profile plant in Ha Nam, Vietnam, adding 30 production lines and tripling capacity to 40,000 tonnes per year.

Jaylor Fabricating, a farm equipment manufacturer, announced a $2 million investment to expand its plant in East Garafraxa, Ontario. The project is expected to create 10 jobs and increase capacity for feed mixers.

Thomas Swan announced a £1.5 million investment to expand multi-purpose capacity and install a new cGMP plant at its Consett, County Durham facility. The project will increase production of industrial leather fungicides and personal care raw materials, and is expected to take 44 weeks.

Showa Aluminium Can Corporation, a subsidiary of Showa Denko Group, planned to start producing sleek aluminium beverage cans in Vietnam from December 2016. The investment volume and capacity were not disclosed.

Rolling Mix Concrete (Edmonton) Ltd. opened a $15-million ready-mix concrete plant in Edmonton's west end, more than doubling daily production capacity to at least 2,700 cubic metres. The facility features advanced environmental and efficiency technologies.

The Kaiser Aluminum plant in Sherman, Texas, recently completed a $25 million expansion, adding a 55,000-square-foot building, $17 million in new equipment, and 10 new full-time jobs.

Siemens Healthineers announced a $300 million investment over four years to expand its laboratory diagnostics manufacturing and R&D facility in Walpole, Massachusetts, adding 400 to 700 jobs.

Pharma Tech Industries has introduced a new high-speed bottling line at its Union, Missouri facility, following a 55,000 sq-ft expansion that brought the facility to 155,000 sq-ft. The line includes equipment from PneumaticScaleAngelus and is capable of filling speeds up to 300 bottles per minute.

Lenzing AG announced a $293 million investment to expand its Alabama fibers plant in Axis, Alabama, adding a second Lyocell manufacturing facility. The expansion will create 163 new jobs and more than double Tencel production capacity to 140,000 tons annually, with the new facility expected to begin production in 2019.

Arconic plans a $190 million expansion of its aluminum works in Riverdale, Iowa, including installation of a thick plate stretcher to enhance performance of thick aluminum and aluminum-lithium plate.

Arconic plans a $750 million expansion of its aluminum micromill in Elmendorf, Texas, to manufacture advanced aluminum sheet for automotive, industrial and packaging applications. The project is expected to start in summer 2017 and be complete by end of 2018.

Wacker Chemie AG will build a new production plant for its HDK brand of pyrogenic silica at its existing Charleston, Tennessee site, investing $150 million and creating 50 new jobs.

Plamako is building an extension to its premises in Anderstorp, Sweden, more than doubling its production area. The new machine hall will be used for assembly and test runs of automation solutions for the plastics industry.

Overton Industries is requesting a $210,000 tax break for a $1.6 million investment to expand its Franklin, Indiana facility by 12,000 square feet and add equipment, creating 10 jobs.

EnviroSep, a maker of modular chiller, boiler and pump packages, is expanding its existing Georgetown County operations with at least a $5.2 million investment expected to create 100 new jobs over five years.

Ergis plans to start a third nano stretch film production line in Oława in the second quarter of 2017 at a cost of PLN 30 million, raising capacity by about 40% to over 60,000 tonnes.

Gateway Extrusions is adding a new 9-inch, 2,750-ton aluminum extrusion press at its Union, Missouri facility as part of a multi-phase expansion, increasing throughput by at least 50%.

KS Huayu AluTech GmbH, a joint venture between Rheinmetall Automotive and Huayu Automotive Systems, is expanding its Neckarsulm site with a new foundry and downstream shops. The production area will grow by 5,000 square meters. Construction starts in early 2017, production start-up scheduled for July 1, 2018.

ABB plans to start construction of its second plant in the Lipetsk Special Economic Zone in spring 2017, with production expected to begin in 2018. Total investment in both plants is 1.4 billion rubles, creating 215 jobs.

KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA announced an increase in manufacturing capacity at its Spartanburg, South Carolina facility to include the SK350LC-10 excavator model. The facility already produces 20 and 35 ton class models.

Integrity Tool & Mold Inc. is investing approximately $22.8 million to add 24,000 sq. ft. of floor space, buy new tools, and hire up to 52 workers at its Oldcastle, Ontario facility. The federal government is contributing $2.4 million.

Bendix has doubled manufacturing capacity for solenoid valves and assembled manifolds at its Acuña, Mexico plant with a US$1.5 million investment adding a low-flow solenoid line and a manifold line.

BillerudKorsnäs is investing SEK 7.6 billion in a new carton machine (KM7) at its Gruvön mill in Grums, Sweden, with a capacity of 550,000 tons of carton per year. The project started in April 2017 and is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2019.

TransAqua has secured $45.2 million in combined federal and provincial funding for a $90 million upgrade to its wastewater treatment facility in Moncton, New Brunswick. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2017, with the project to meet federal regulations by 2020.