Borealis announced two major investments to expand cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) production at its Stenungsund site in Sweden, adding capacity for medium-, high- and extra-high voltage power cable insulation materials. The first project is a new production unit for MV XLPE with commercial availability expected in Q1 2027.

Polykar announced a $20 million expansion of its Edmonton, Alberta facility adding 50,000 square feet and 25 permanent jobs. Output is expected to reach 40 million pounds annually by fall 2026. Announced 9 October 2025.

Gonvarri Material Handling is investing €20 million to expand and modernise its Laubach, Germany production facility, adding capacity for pallet racking systems.

Phoenix Silicon International Corp plans to double capacity at its existing Taichung plant (FAB3A) to 600,000 12-inch wafers per month next year, up from 300,000 wafers currently.

Eaton completed a $100 million expansion at its Nacogdoches, Texas facility, more than doubling U.S. production capacity of voltage regulators and three-phase transformers. Oncor received the first shipment from the new lines.

Carlsberg Britvic is investing £20 million in a new soft drinks canning line and building extension at its Rugby factory, creating 34 new jobs. The line lifts the site's output from 560,000 to 610,000 cans an hour. Announced 8 October 2025.

Atlas Concorde is doubling porcelain stoneware slab production capacity at its Finale Emilia plant by end of 2025, and building a new logistics warehouse there in 2026. In Fiorano Modenese, a new logistics hub for slabs will be built. Total investment in slab sector reaches €100 million.

Polykemi plans to increase production capacity at its US factory by adding a third extruder line, likely beginning in 2026, to meet growing demand for customized plastic compounds in North America.

Nidec Minster has installed two Pama Vertiram 3000 TT bridge mills at its Ohio headquarters as part of a $30 million expansion, enabling contract manufacturing of large precision components.

BASF has started up a new production line for dispersions at its Dilovası, Türkiye facility, increasing capacity for the architectural coatings and construction industries. The line produces low-VOC and low-CO₂ dispersions.

Jindal (India) Limited has begun commissioning a 0.6 million MT downstream steel capacity expansion at its facilities in Howrah, West Bengal, increasing total capacity by 60% to 1.6 million MT per annum. The Rs 1,500 crore investment adds new lines for coated flat products, crash barriers, and pipe products.

Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd. completed a new building at its Kitakami plant in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, to increase production capacity for Miyano brand CNC automatic lathes by 20%. Full operation is scheduled for April 2026.

Dubai Investments announced it will double float glass manufacturing capacity at its subsidiary Emirates Float Glass (EFG) by adding a second line, increasing production from 600 to 1,200 tonnes per day. The line is expected to be operational by late 2027 to early 2028.

Nylon Corporation of America (NYCOA) announced the start-up of a third reactor for specialty nylons at its Manchester, NH facility. The new polymerization line is expected to double capacity for long-chain nylons and copolymers.

Elos Medtech signed an agreement amendment with a global healthcare customer to provide an additional CNY 90 million in annual production output by end of 2025. The company will invest approximately CNY 50 million in production equipment over two years at its Tianjin site.

Borealis announced that its subsidiary Integra Plastics AD will upgrade its facility in Bulgaria to produce recycled polypropylene (rPP) using Borcycle M technology, starting in October 2025. The upgrade will shift production from rLDPE to rPP and boost capacity beyond the current 20,000 tons per year.

Jama Mining Machines has opened a 1,000-square-meter factory expansion in Skelleftehamn, Sweden, relocating its warehouse to free up space for assembly of mining machines. The company aims to double turnover and is hiring six additional employees.

IV Produkt completed a major expansion of its headquarters in Växjö, Sweden, adding over 5,000 m² of new production facilities, including a new production line for AHU-integrated cooling machines and reversible heat pumps. The company has invested over SEK 400 million (€36 million) over five years.

Toyotetsu America Inc. (TTAI) broke ground on a $15 million expansion of its plant in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, adding 55,000 square feet and creating 20 new jobs. The expansion will support new equipment for future vehicle model launches.

Herrenknecht AG India acquired 12.4 acres in North Chennai for over ₹50 crore to set up a new manufacturing plant for tunnel boring machines, expanding its existing Chennai operations. The land acquisition was advised by JLL.

Beta Shim is adding a 12,000-square-foot space in Shelton, Connecticut, to support increased demand from Lockheed Martin Sikorsky's $11 billion CH-53K helicopter contract.

Jyoti CNC Automation is expanding its capacity by 10,000 units to 16,000 units at a capex of ₹450 crore, to be funded by debt and internal accruals. This follows a capacity addition of 1,600 units in September 2024 that increased capacity to 6,000 units.

PONAR Wadowice received a decision on support from Kraków Technology Park to invest in a new production hall of nearly 1000 m² and modern machining centers in Wadowice, Poland, for serial production of defense and dual-use components. The investment is planned for 2026–2027.

Toyobo MC will invest 1 billion yen to install new equipment at its Iwakuni plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture, tripling production capacity of reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination. The expansion also prepares for future production of membranes for lithium recovery.

VEGA Americas celebrated the grand opening of a 120,000 square-foot expansion to its U.S. headquarters in Mason, Ohio, on 3 October 2025. The project adds 31 full-time jobs and enables domestic production of electronic components.

Gorilla Mill purchased a 21,600-square-foot building at W227 N678 Westmound Drive in Pewaukee, Wisconsin for $2.45 million to expand its manufacturing capacity for solid carbide cutting tools. The facility is located behind its existing building.

ROCKWOOL has started a EUR 150 million investment to double production at its factory in Ariceştii Rahtivani, Prahova County, Romania, using an electric furnace.

Envoy Textiles signed a $30 million sustainability-linked loan with ADB to finance a new automated spinning unit at its Jamirdia plant, adding 4,550 tons of annual yarn capacity. The loan also supports 3.5 MW rooftop solar installation.

Hensoldt is leasing and converting an industrial hall near Ulm for series production of radars for air defence and drone defence, investing a mid-double-digit million euro amount. From 2027, around 1,000 radars are to be produced per year.

Zhejiang UN Forklift opened a new forklift mast and carriage welding robot production line in Zhejiang, China, to improve process optimization and intelligent manufacturing.

Smurfit Westrock is investing nearly $19.3 million to expand its corrugated packaging operations in Saltillo, Lee County, Mississippi, adding equipment that will raise production capacity by 50 percent. The expansion is expected to be completed by October 2026.

Wanhua Chemical (Fujian) Isocyanate Co., Ltd. received approval from the Fuzhou Ecological Environment Bureau to expand its MDI production capacity from 800,000 tons/year to 1.5 million tons/year at its existing plant in Fuzhou, China. The project is planned to be operational in Q2 2026.

Glen Raven added a third shift at its specialty yarn plant in Burlington, North Carolina, expanding operations to 24 hours a day, five days a week, and creating new jobs. This is part of a $250 million multi-year capacity initiative started in 2020.

Veneta Prefabbricati (Grigolin Group) is building a new production plant at its Rosolina site with an investment of around EUR 3 million to increase production capacity from five to seven lines.

Clariant has completed its CHF 100 million investment at the Daya Bay facility in China, with the second production line fully operational in November 2025. The expansion increases capacity for Exolit OP flame retardants.

Gerresheimer has broken ground on a new 4,000 m² production hall at its Wertheim site in Germany for ready-to-fill vials on the EZ-fill Smart platform, with a total investment of about EUR 30 million. Production is expected by mid-2027 and the expansion should create around 50 jobs.

ZF Chassis Systems Duncan is investing $55.4 million to expand its operations in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, with a new 477,360-square-foot facility creating 30 jobs. Operations are expected to start in September 2027.

Eaton announced a $46 million expansion of its aerospace manufacturing operations in North Charleston, South Carolina. The company will construct a new facility adjacent to its existing site to add additive manufacturing, machining, assembly and testing capabilities, creating over 50 new jobs.

InfraLeuna GmbH received a building permit for the second construction phase of the expansion of the central wastewater treatment plant at the Leuna chemical site. The €24.35 million project includes a third aerobic treatment line and is scheduled for completion by December 2027.

Ypsomed is expanding its production facility in Schwerin, Germany, with an investment of over €500 million. The expansion will double the workforce to 1,000 and increase annual pen production capacity to 400-500 million units by the end of the decade.

WaterFurnace International opened a major expansion of its Fort Wayne headquarters, nearly tripling the facility to 173,000 square feet. The $14 million project supports increased production capacity for geothermal and water source HVAC systems.

COIM Group opened a second production facility at its Synres site in Hoek van Holland, Netherlands, dedicated to esterification products, expanding alkyd and acrylic resin production capacity. The plant officially opened on September 30, 2025.

Wirtgen (China) Machinery Co., Ltd. completed the Phase 3 expansion of its Langfang factory, which started production on August 6, 2025, with an annual capacity of 1,000 sets of cold milling machine core components and a total investment of 62 million yuan.

WEG announced a R$1.1 billion investment plan through 2028, including R$900 million for a new factory for large equipment and R$160 million for expansion of existing operations in Jaraguá do Sul, creating about 1,000 direct jobs.

Ondupack, part of CL Grupo Industrial, will invest €9 million to add a production line at its Navalmoral de la Mata plant in Cáceres, raising annual capacity from 50 million to 90 million m2, with start-up planned for April 2026.

PFNonwovens is investing $40 million to expand its production facility in Cape Town, South Africa, creating up to 40 new jobs. The facility was originally built in 2017 with a $90 million investment.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö's factory in Malmedy, Belgium, is on track to increase manufacturing capacity with a €10 million expansion announced in January 2020, which will more than quadruple capacity and add filtering materials output, creating 40 jobs.

The Government of Canada invested $40 million to expand Hitachi Energy Canada's transformer manufacturing facility in Varennes, Quebec, build a test laboratory, and establish an HVDC simulation centre, creating over 500 jobs.

Loftis Steel & Aluminum, a Nashville-based steel fabrication company, announced a $6.5 million investment to open a new high-tech operation in Decatur, Alabama, creating 20 jobs. The facility will feature advanced fiber lasers and precision cutting systems.

Walki Westpak is expanding production capacity by installing a Comexi F2 Origin flexographic printing press and adding a new post-processing hall to meet demand for recyclable flexible packaging.