Gadoya Holdings inaugurated a AED 60 million, 120,000 sq ft facility in Sharjah Industrial Area, increasing production and storage capacity to AED 300 million+. The facility serves Gama Electrical Trading, Gama Engineering, and Sabin Plastics.

Yara has completed the expansion of its Uusikaupunki NPK2 plant in Finland, adding about 250,000 tonnes of production capacity. The expansion is now in commissioning, bringing total capacity to about 1.3 million tonnes.

Talaya is expanding its Tarshish water plant in Lebanon by installing additional production lines for 15-liter glass gallons. The company invested around $5 million to increase the plant to 3,000 square meters.

Klimaoprema plans to build three new production halls in the Industrial Park of Nova Gradiška, Croatia. The building permit is expected by mid-December 2016, with construction starting in early 2017.

The Chelyabinsk Heavy Machinery Plant (in Miass) announced plans to expand production with new assembly shops, investing 500 million rubles. The project is expected to create 500 jobs within three to four years.

Kerry announced a $28.6 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Rochester, Minnesota. The first phase includes a $18.1 million, 5,300-square-foot addition with a new spray dryer and tanks, retaining 96 jobs.

Lennox is undergoing a multimillion-dollar expansion at its Carrollton, Texas facility, adding a new testing area to its research and development building. The up to $40 million investment could create up to 50 new jobs.

Legend Valve and Fitting has applied to build a 59,826 square foot warehouse addition at its facility at 300 N. Opdyke Road in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The total investment is estimated at $3.5 million, with construction planned from June to October 2017.

Federal Cartridge Co. announced a $33.9 million expansion of its ammunition manufacturing facility in Anoka, Minnesota, including machinery upgrades and plant renovations. The project is expected to create 50 jobs.

Firestone Building Products announced it will construct a new polyiso foam insulation manufacturing facility in Heinsberg, Germany, to expand its European presence. The facility is expected to be fully operational in 2018.

Lamb Weston / Meijer opened a new production line and completely renovated its existing line at its plant in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, with an investment of EUR120 million. The expansion created more than 60 new jobs.

Nexperia, the spinout from NXP, is upgrading its Hazel Grove fab in Manchester, UK, as part of a capacity expansion for power devices, alongside an ongoing upgrade at its Hamburg plant.

Murray Plastics, Inc. added six new jobs, two injection molding machines and auxiliary equipment at its Gainesville, Georgia facility in 2016.

Von Roll USA unveiled a new production line at its Rotterdam plant, the first part of a $24 million expansion project. The project includes a new mica insulation line and is receiving a $900,000 credit from Empire State Development.

Caframo is investing in a significant facility expansion that will ultimately double the size of its manufacturing, warehousing and product testing space in Wiarton, Ontario. The expansion is scheduled to begin next year.

Werres Corporation will immediately increase its rental fleet with an estimated two million dollar investment, with expected delivery in late November and early December 2016.

Henan Mine is constructing a European-type double beam line workshop at its north campus, with an estimated investment of 150 million yuan. The 25,000 m² workshop will feature a crane assembly line designed by Beijing Hoisting Machinery Equipment Research Institute.

Bemis inaugurated an expansion of its packaging plant in the Suape industrial port complex in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco. The R$31 million investment adds 8,000 square meters and is expected to double rigid packaging capacity and create more than 140 jobs.

Abigo Medical invested SEK 30 million to expand its factory in Askersund, Sweden, increasing the facility to 5,000 square meters. The expansion is expected to boost production by 30% annually and create new jobs.

GlaxoSmithKline announced plans to spend more than £90 million on a new aseptic manufacturing facility at its Barnard Castle site in County Durham, UK, to produce injectable liquids for HIV, respiratory and autoimmune diseases. Planning permission is still required, with construction expected to begin in 2020.

Steel and Alloy Processing received planning approval for a £25 million factory on the site of a former high school in Oldbury, UK, creating up to 150 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational by the end of 2016.

Huali Microelectronics (Hua Hong Group) launched the second phase 12-inch integrated circuit production line in Zhangjiang, Shanghai. The project involves a total investment of 38.7 billion yuan and will have a monthly capacity of 40,000 wafers.

KUKA Industries, an affiliate of KUKA AG, will start construction of a new 17,750 m² production hall in Kunshan, China in November 2016. The expansion will create up to 200 jobs and is scheduled for completion in January 2018.

The first batch of cranes rolled off the production line at Beiqi Foton Motor's relocated crane project in Xuanhua, Zhangjiakou. The project, part of a larger industrial relocation from Beijing, has an investment of 300 million yuan and an annual capacity of 1,000 cranes.

Corbion will expand its existing lactide plant in Rayong, Thailand by 25,000 tons per annum, with start-up targeted for the second half of 2018 alongside the new PLA plant.

D-M Tool and Fabrication is investing USD $1.8 million to add 22,000 square feet to its Sterling Heights, Michigan facility. The expansion will create 30 new jobs and take 8-10 months to complete.

5N Plus Inc. is advancing gallium arsenide (GaAs) production and facility expansion plans at St. George, Utah, to support growing demand across defence, space solar, medical imaging and industrial sensing applications.

Service Center Metals (SCM) is expanding its operations to include melting and shaping 6000-series billets at its Prince George, Virginia facility, to compete with imported billets. The company already operates two extrusion presses with a combined capacity of 100 million pounds.

Whitmore Manufacturing Company began a $20 million, 120,000-square-foot expansion of its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Rockwall, Texas, and chose Rockwell Automation to automate the lubricant-making process.

Dominion Packaging will invest $25.1 million to expand its operation in Henrico County, Virginia, to support a new contract with Anheuser-Busch, creating 60 new jobs. Virginia competed against Pennsylvania for the project, and the announcement was made by Governor McAuliffe.

ELSA LLC announced a $111 million multi-phase expansion of its automotive parts production in Elwood, Indiana, to support growth at the Subaru of Indiana Automotive plant in Lafayette.

My Home Group proposed to set up another cement plant with a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

Barry Callebaut announced a $20 million expansion at its American Canyon, California factory to add liquid chocolate and compound production capacity, tank capacity and molding infrastructure. The project is expected to be completed by mid-2017 and will create additional jobs.

LG Chem will invest $100 million to double ABS production capacity at its joint venture plant in Guangdong, China, from 150,000 to 300,000 tonnes per year by 2018.

Freudenberg Texbond announced a more than $25 million investment to renovate its Macon facility and add a new manufacturing line for roofing products made from recycled plastic bottles.

Alcomet, a Bulgarian aluminum products manufacturer, will increase capacity by over one third within two years through a €36 million investment program covering all three workshops and a new building. The company expects turnover to rise by nearly 50% and headcount to reach 1,000.

Grup Relats plans investments of €12.7 million in 2016-2017, including a new plant in Tangier, Morocco (opening February 2017) and a 3,000 m² expansion of its headquarters in Caldes de Montbui, Spain. The company targets €100 million in sales by 2020.

North American Stainless is undertaking a second expansion of its steel making and rolling mill in Ghent, Kentucky. JASO Industrial Cranes is supplying 5 special cranes and 9 hoists for the project.

Wacker Chemie is expanding a hydrophobic silica specialties plant at its Burghausen, Germany site, raising capacity for HDK pyrogenic silica by 40%.

A joint venture between Civmec and Black & Veatch was selected as preferred proponent for the $196 million expansion of the Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Perth. The project will increase capacity from 140 to 180 million litres per day.

Graboplast Zrt. added an 850 square metre warehouse to its Tatabánya floor factory, a 175 million forint investment. The group plans to add 120 staff by the end of 2017.

Fluid Chillers, Inc. will invest $1.4 million in a vacant building in Lansing to expand its offices, engineering and assembling departments. The expansion will create 15 jobs.

Eaton will expand operations in two of its three plants in Juarez, Chihuahua, during late 2016 and early 2017, to produce fuses and transformers. A new line of fuse products for electric vehicles will be introduced, and the transformer building will start manufacturing electric panels.

Lotus Bakeries announced plans to expand with a $50 million facility in the Triad region of North Carolina. The facility will be built by Samet Corp.

Autoneum has brought into operation the world's third production line for manufacturing Ultra-Silent semi-finished material at its German location in Gundernhausen, Hesse. The new line increases production capacity by over 50% to more than 8 million underbody components per year in Europe, with serial production starting in early 2017.

Rittal is building a new production plant for compact enclosures in Haiger, Germany, with a total capital expenditure of €250 million, scheduled for completion in 2018. The 24,000 m² facility will manufacture 9,000 enclosures per day from 300 standard types.

Saint-Gobain Building Glass Romania announced plans to inaugurate a new production line for special windshield glass at its Calarasi platform in 2018, with an annual capacity of 500,000 windshields and creating 130 jobs.

Saint-Gobain invested CZK 1.2bn to expand its glass-fiber production lines in Litomyšl, Czech Republic, increasing capacity by 35% and creating 220 new jobs. The new facility is expected to start operating in November 2016.

Kimberly-Clark invested approximately €15 million in a hand towel tissue converting line at its Villey-Saint-Etienne facility in France. The line reached full capacity of 15,000 tpy in September 2016, creating 28 permanent jobs.

Saint-Gobain Adfors is starting operations in a new production hall in Litomyšl, Czech Republic, in November 2016. The company invested CZK 1.2 billion over two years, increasing production by 35% and creating 220 new jobs.