Tsugami Precision Engineering inaugurated two new high-precision CNC machining factories in Tamil Nadu, India, with an investment of ₹300 crore, to expand its footprint in automotive, electronics, and engineering segments.

LS Electric completed construction of a second ultrahigh-voltage transformer plant in Gangseo-gu, Busan, on December 4, 2025. The company invested 100.8 billion won ($68.5 million) in the 18,059-square-meter facility, tripling total output capacity.

AtomVie Global Radiopharma Inc. announced a $138-million expansion of its Hamilton, Ontario facility, expected to create 70 new jobs and sustain 131 existing roles. The Ontario government is contributing up to $5 million.

Kibing Solar New Materials is expanding its solar glass factory near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Everllence will supply a new 18V51/60DF GenSet providing over 18 MW, adding to the existing 64 MW installation.

Zhejiang Sike Zhileng Co., Ltd. is building a low-carbon environmentally friendly air conditioning production base and R&D center in Dongyang, Zhejiang. The project has reached 80% completion, with total fixed asset investment of 821 million yuan, and will produce 160,000 sets of refrigeration equipment annually upon completion.

EnviroChemie commissioned a physicochemical and biological membrane wastewater treatment system with water recycling for a global cosmetics manufacturer at its Mexican site, following a production expansion.

GZ PrintPak will spend $7.1 million to expand production capacity at its recently opened Mount Pleasant plant for luxury paper bags. The announcement was made on 4 December 2025.

Canpack has significantly increased the capacity of its beverage can plant in Romania by installing an upgrade to one of its two lines. The announcement is dated 4 December 2025.

Lee Li Holdings will invest over C$533 million to expand its Mississauga, Ontario facility by 15,000 square feet and build a new 85,000 square foot bottling and packing facility focused on plastic bottle manufacturing. The project will create 275 jobs.

NETZSCH Equipamentos de Moagem inaugurated a factory expansion in Pomerode, Brazil, increasing production area from 9,000 to 17,000 square meters with an investment of R$ 57 million, enabling production capacity to double.

Continental Electronics Corporation (CEC), an OSI Systems company, announced the expansion of its U.S. manufacturing footprint with a newly constructed facility in Richardson, Texas. The company began a phased transition into the new facility in October 2025, with full operations expected during 2026.

Shearer's Foods has expanded manufacturing capacity with a new line at its $106 million plant in Moraine, Ohio, now producing tortilla chips. Corn chip production starts January 2026, potato chips in February, and the automation line for variety packs in March, with full plant operation by May 2026.

Advanced Metalworks is expanding its operations in Anderson County, South Carolina, with a $10.5 million investment to purchase a 156,000 sq ft facility in Belton, consolidating two existing sites and creating 69 new jobs. Operations expected online in Q1 2026.

Oechsler Lipova has transformed an existing area at its Romanian site into a modern production environment for medical applications, strengthening its position in the European healthcare market.

Airbus Atlantic is expanding its factory in Santo Tirso, Portugal, by 5,500 square meters (about 30% increase) to support growth in Airbus aircraft programs. The new production area is expected to be operational by the end of 2026.

Constellium announced the successful start-up of new finishing lines at its Singen plant in Germany, completing a €30 million investment with Lotte Infracell to supply aluminum foilstock for battery applications.

Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel celebrated the opening of an expansion at its Chennai, India plant, adding 20,000 square feet and new production lines for cotton and polyester interlinings.

Ahlstrom announced a strategic investment to upgrade an existing line at its Taylorville, Illinois plant to produce advanced synthetic filter materials. The upgraded line is expected to begin operations in Q4 2026.

Bernard van Lengerich Maschinenfabrik (BvL) has completed the expansion of its final assembly hall and built a new loading hall at its Emsbüren site in Germany. The project nearly doubled the assembly area for feed mixer wagons and added 3,600 square meters of storage and loading space.

Inner Mongolia Jiutai New Materials Co., Ltd. achieved successful ignition of the 4# boiler, a key supporting facility for its 1 million ton per year ethylene glycol project, marking the transition from maintenance to startup phase.

Horton, a cooling solutions manufacturer, is investing $15 million to add 100,000 square feet at its Westminster facility in Oconee County, South Carolina, doubling manufacturing area to increase production of cooling fans and fan clutches.

Xi'an YiCai announced a plan to invest approximately 12.5 billion yuan in a silicon material base project in Wuhan, China, to produce 12-inch silicon polished and epitaxial wafers for advanced semiconductor processes, with a capacity of over 500,000 wafers per month.

The town of Bradford West Gwillimbury held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 2, 2025, for a new $65 million tertiary membrane filtration facility at its Water Pollution Control Plant. The project will increase sewage treatment capacity from 19,400 to 23,300 cubic metres per day.

South Korea's Yura Corporation has begun construction of its fifth production unit in Kairouan, Tunisia, for manufacturing automotive cables and electrical harnesses. The 4-hectare site represents an investment of 50 million Tunisian dinars and will increase total employment to 6,000 people.

Munters is expanding its data centre technologies factory in Daleville, Virginia, to 52,000 m². Chiller production for the US will be operational by the end of Q1 2026.

LANXESS is expanding its Rhein Chemie production base in Qingdao, China, increasing capacity for processing aids and pre-dispersed rubber granules by 50% each, with technology upgrades. This is the company's largest global investment in five years, bringing total capacity to 30,000 tons.

Solstice Advanced Materials has broken ground on a $200 million expansion of its electronic materials facility in Spokane Valley, Washington. The project is expected to double production capacity for sputtering targets by the end of 2029 and reduce lead times by 25%.

Tekhresurs, a resident of the Dubna special economic zone, has received permission to build the second stage of an administrative and production building for components for space, aviation and marine equipment. Total investment is 300 million rubles.

Vestas will double production capacity at its onshore blade factory in Poland and hire more than 300 workers to meet increasing European demand for onshore wind turbines.

Summit Packaging Systems added a new 64-cavity mold and a customized high-speed assembly line for its Europa two-piece button actuators at its Almere facility in the Netherlands. The expansion was driven by growing customer demand from the personal care market.

Daikin Industries Ltd officially opened an expanded factory in Chipping Norton, New South Wales, Australia, in December 2025, with a USD 18 million investment that created over 60 new jobs.

JGA Space & Defense will expand its operations in Huntersville, North Carolina, investing over $25 million and creating approximately 40 new jobs, with a new 60,000-square-foot facility starting in Q1 2026.

AmeriChem Systems is adding 20,000 sq ft of production space to its existing 30,000 sq ft manufacturing building in Aurora, Illinois. The expansion will increase production capacity for engineered systems, including chemical feed systems and high-pressure process skids.

Groupe Berkem has commissioned its new B72 building in the Dordogne, a 530 m² facility designed to double production of floral waters and improve plant extraction capacities by 25%.

Thaai Casting Limited is progressing with capacity expansion at its new manufacturing plant, installing a WFL M50 Millturn machine and commissioning seven Haitian Hision Double Column VMC 1000 II machining centres. The company also raised INR 314.9 million through equity and convertible instruments to support ongoing projects.

Kaishan Compressor USA completed an $11 million expansion of its Loxley, Alabama facility, doubling its operations there and adding production, testing, warehouse and R&D space. The company plans to create more than 50 jobs over five years.

Sidtek has signed an agreement to expand its OLED microdisplay module fab in Meishan (Phase II) with a total investment of 1.6 billion Yuan ($226 million). The expansion will increase yearly capacity to 13 million OLED microdisplay modules and 3 million headsets, and includes an IC R&D centre and an OEM production line for AR/VR headsets.

Ddev Plastiks Industries is investing Rs. 50 crore in Q3 FY26 to expand its manufacturing capacity by 30,000 MTPA, including HFFR and PVC compounds, funded through internal accruals.

Southwire is launching a $176 million expansion at its Heflin, Alabama plant to enhance medium voltage cable production and modernize operations, adding 340,000 square feet and creating over 85 jobs. Construction is expected to begin in late 2025, with capacity coming online in late 2027.

SICK AG expanded its factory in Kunsziget, Hungary by adding three new halls, including an automated small parts warehouse with 52,000 storage locations and 27 autonomous mobile robots from KNAPP, to support growing order numbers.

Nidec ACIM inaugurated a new production line for Embraco FMS variable-speed compressors at its Joinville plant, with capacity of up to 5 million units per year and over 220 direct jobs.

GMS group is launching production of API 610 centrifugal and sealed pumps at the Kazancompressormash site in Kazan, Russia, with an investment of 4.35 to 4.5 billion rubles funded from its own resources. The plant plans 300 pumps per year, with first output in June 2026 and full launch by 2028.

HC Semitek (Suzhou) Co, a subsidiary of BOE Technology Group, launched an LED production facility in Zhangjiagang on November 27, 2025, with an investment of 2 billion yuan ($282.7 million). The project targets automotive and plant lighting, increasing monthly wafer capacity by over 70% to nearly 500,000 wafers.

Liebherr-Components Kirchdorf GmbH officially inaugurated a new hydraulic cylinder facility in Oberopfingen, Germany, after three years of construction and relocation. The expansion added around 46,000 square metres of production and administration areas, consolidating mechanical manufacturing operations on site.

NGK INSULATORS announced a total investment of ¥8.96 billion in its subsidiary FM INDUSTRIES, INC. to increase production capacity for semiconductor manufacturing equipment components by approximately 20%. Production at the Arizona site is scheduled to begin in January 2027.

LMT Tools India is expanding its state-of-the-art Pune manufacturing facility, adding enhanced production capacities for gear cutting tools and solid carbide round tools, a new coating facility, and a dedicated R&D center.

IV Produkt inaugurated a new production facility of over 5,000 m² in Växjö, Sweden, with a new production line that will more than double production capacity for integrated chillers and heat pumps.

Syntegon opened a new 1,200-square-meter assembly hall for its Food Horizontal business at its Remshalden site near Stuttgart, Germany. The nearly €4 million investment adds capacity and space for about 25 new employees.

Ashworth Bros., Inc. will invest $1,911,372 to expand and automate its conveyor belt manufacturing operations in Winchester, Virginia. The investment will fund new automation processes and retrain 31 existing employees.

Lisi Aerospace broke ground on a 7,500 m² extension of its Villefranche-de-Rouergue site, including 6,000 m² of workshops, for €12 million, to increase production of Titan and OptiBlind fasteners for Airbus and Ariane.