Chinese industrial compressor maker ZIQI Compressor has completed its new factory in Dexing, adding production and R&D capacity. The company reported the completion in August 2025, with hundreds of jobs created locally.

Beverage Pack Company S/A plans to invest R$700 million in two new aluminum plants in Minas Gerais: a can plant in Frutal (about R$465 million) and a can-end plant in Governador Valadares (about R$235 million), creating 200 direct jobs.

Yaskawa America Inc. will construct a robotic manufacturing facility at its new campus in Franklin, Wisconsin, marking the first time its high-volume industrial robots will be manufactured in the U.S. The announcement was made on 31 July 2025.

Safran announced a new aircraft carbon brake production facility at Plaine de l'Ain Industrial Park near Lyon, France, with an investment of over €450 million. The plant is scheduled to begin operations in 2030 and will create about 100 jobs initially, doubling at full capacity.

Hybar Steel will build a new $100 million rebar manufacturing plant adjacent to its existing Osceola, Arkansas facility. Once completed, total annual capacity will reach 700,000 tonnes and over 154 jobs will be created.

Canadian plastic packaging producer E. Hofmann Plastics has broken ground on a $43 million production facility in Madisonville, Kentucky, its first US operation. The plant is expected to create 164 jobs and be completed in 2026.

Diehl Aviation officially broke ground on July 30, 2025 for a new production facility in Craiova, Romania, investing a mid-double-digit million-euro amount. The facility will produce components for commercial passenger aircraft, with production planned to commence shortly after mid-2026.

French aircraft manufacturer Aura Aero will build a 500,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Daytona Beach, Florida, for its ERA hybrid-electric aircraft, creating over 1,000 jobs with up to $200 million in funding from Space Florida.

Hyosung Heavy Industries held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new voltage-source HVDC transformer plant at its Changwon factory in South Korea. The plant will be built on 29,600 m², with completion scheduled for July 2027, and total investment of KRW 330 billion over two years.

Asahi Kasei Life Science plans to construct a new spinning plant in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki, Japan, to produce hollow-fiber cellulose membranes for Planova virus removal filters. Construction is expected to begin in July 2026, with operations starting in January 2030.

Rovanco and Brugg opened a $20 million plant in Joliet, Illinois, to produce Rhinoflex pre-insulated pipe systems.

SEGULA Technologies opened a new office in Cape Town, South Africa, as part of its international expansion. The company aims to recruit more than 100 employees by 2028.

Anderson Group produced its first SPECTRUM CNC router at its new Tijuana factory, signaling the facility's full operation and marking a strategic expansion into the American market.

Beijing OriginWater Technology Co., Ltd. has constructed China's first pilot platform for polyolefin RO/NF membranes in Beijing's Huairou District. The platform covers 8,000 m² and has an annual capacity of 5 million m².

Generac Power Systems opened a new 345,000-square-foot manufacturing and assembly facility in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to produce generator units from 48 kW to 1 MW. The plant is expected to employ up to 320 workers by end of 2025.

Poddar Plumbing announced a Rs 758 crore investment to establish a pipe production facility in Phase 2 of the Vemgal Industrial Area, Kolar, Karnataka. The plant, spread across 33 acres, is expected to commence production by August 2026 and create 3,000 direct and 9,000 indirect jobs.

Nidec affiliate Embraco announced a compressor manufacturing facility in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, with over $120 million investment, 6 million units annual capacity and 750 to 1,000 jobs, with operations starting in the second half of 2026.

Nantong Donggang Chemical Co., Ltd. signed an investment agreement with Ganquanpu Economic and Technological Development Zone in Urumqi, Xinjiang, to build an integrated fluoromaterial and downstream extension project with a total investment of approximately RMB 7 billion. Phase I (RMB 3.95 billion) will begin construction in October 2025 and start operations in April 2027.

Coherent Corp has inaugurated its new $127m manufacturing facility in Nhon Trach Industrial Park, Dong Nai province, southern Vietnam. The facility will produce precision-engineered materials and photonics components for smartphones, electric vehicles and medical devices.

UTAS-NOVA Automotive Lighting Systems has begun construction of a manufacturing plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with a US$50 million investment and creation of over 250 jobs. The facility will produce 6 million exterior lights, fog lights, and brake lights annually, plus 500,000 headlights and 500,000 taillights.

Rovanco Piping Systems and Brugg opened a $20 million joint venture plant in Joliet, Illinois, to produce Rhinoflex pre-insulated pipe systems. The plant produces PEX or HDPE carrier pipes with polyurethane foam insulation and a corrugated polyethylene jacket.

Generac has completed its sixth Wisconsin production facility, a 345,000 square-foot plant in Beaver Dam. The facility has been operational since April 2025 and will shift some generator and component production from Mexico to the US.

Sika Romania inaugurated a new concrete admixtures production unit in Corlătești, Prahova County, with an investment of 1.5 million euros. The facility features fully digitalized processes and expanded production capacity.

Lumien signed an investment agreement with Gyeongbuk Province and Gumi City to invest 520 billion won by 2030 to build a new factory in Gumi National Industrial Complex for glass substrates and glass-based test sockets. The company plans to hire 1,023 new employees.

Jiangsu Huadian Yangzhou Zhongran Energy Co., Ltd. started operating a new combined heat and power energy station in the Jiangdu Economic Development Zone, using three 30MW Siemens Energy SGT-700 gas turbines to replace coal boilers.

Virtuoso Optoelectronics Limited has started manufacturing compressors in Nashik, India, according to a Reuters report published July 28, 2025. The article provides few further details.

Priminier Machine Tools signed an agreement to build a global manufacturing center in Enping, Jiangmen, China. The project involves an investment of about 510 million yuan (approx. $71 million) on 115 mu of land, producing five-axis CNC machine tools, with an expected annual output value exceeding 1 billion yuan.

JIECANG opened its largest European production base, J-Star Motion Hungary Kft., in Kaposvár, Hungary, with a total investment of approximately €60 million. The facility covers 97,000 m², will produce lifting columns and standing desk frames, and is expected to create 200 local jobs.

Ingenium plans to build a RUB 533 million industrial refrigeration equipment plant in the Rostovskaya SEZ in Novocherkassk, with production launch in 2026 and full capacity of 500 units per year by 2028.

JCC Group's first wholly-owned overseas factory, the Jiangxi Copper (Zambia) Optoelectronics wire and cable project, officially commenced full-scale production at the Jiangxi Industrial Park in Zambia in July 2025. The first phase involved an investment of $11 million, with annual capacities of 40,000 km of wire and cable and 10,000 mt of oxygen-free copper rod.

Sangao Valve (Xi'an) is building a 350 million yuan production and R&D base in Lintong District, Xi'an, to make 20,000 sets of high-pressure smart pump valves a year. Construction is underway and the project is expected to create over 500 jobs.

The Fayhaa Cement Factory project was launched in Adra Industrial City, Damascus countryside, as the first white cement manufacturing plant in Syria, with a $20 million investment and 130 direct job opportunities.

BUA Cement announced plans to build a 3Mta greenfield cement plant in Ososo, Edo state, Nigeria, which will bring total production capacity to 20Mta by Q1 2027. The company recently expanded capacity from 11Mta to 17Mta with new lines in Edo and Sokoto states.

Hitachi Energy announced a $70 million investment to build a new 45,000 sqm transformer manufacturing facility in Dilovasi, Kocaeli, Turkey. The plant will increase transformer production capacity by 70% and is set for completion by 2026, replacing the existing Kartal plant.

Austrian company GER4TECH Robot Factory is building a new 3,000 sqm production hall in Maletići, Netretić municipality, Croatia, valued at approximately €5 million. The project is expected to create 15-30 jobs in mechatronics, electrical engineering, and automation.

Hadrian announced a $200 million investment in a new 270,000-square-foot factory in Mesa, Arizona, expected to be operational by early 2026 and create 350 skilled jobs.

Hayat Egypt, a subsidiary of Hayat Holding, has launched construction on a new hygiene products facility in Ain Sokhna, Egypt. The USD 44 million investment will increase production capacity for nonwoven hygiene products and create over 400 jobs.

EAS Aluminium has commenced construction of a new 35,000 m² extrusion facility in the Edirne Organized Industrial Zone, Turkey. The fully integrated campus will feature a Presezzi extrusion line, anodizing and powder coating systems, and will increase annual extrusion capacity to over 30,000 tons. The facility is designed for full CBAM compliance.

Gregory Strut opened a new 90,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Athens, Alabama, to produce G-STRUT metal framing and back-to-back channels. The facility broke ground in December 2022.

Eco King Solutions, a U.S. subsidiary of Chinese manufacturer Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-pack, will invest $80.5 million to open a disposable biodegradable tableware plant in a vacant 588,000 sq ft facility in Robbinsville, Graham County, North Carolina. The project will create 515 jobs and receives state incentives.

Yanmar announced an investment of BRL 280 million to build a new tractor plant in Indaiatuba, Brazil, with production capacity of up to 7,000 tractors per year. The plant is expected to be completed by 2030 and will create an unspecified number of jobs.

Algeria's Minister of Industry announced the construction of two new green cement plants in Djelfa (1.5M t/yr) and Relizane (2M t/yr), plus a new line at the existing Adrar plant (1.5M t/yr).

VVater is building a state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, to accelerate production of its Farady Reactor water treatment system.

Altair Chemical launched a new €4 million Wastewater Treatment Plant (TAS) at its Saline di Volterra site in Italy, featuring ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, and brine recovery systems.

Daikin Airconditioning Indonesia began mass distribution of its first locally manufactured residential air conditioners from its new Cikarang factory in West Java, built with an investment of Rp 3.3 trillion ($206 million). The facility aims to produce up to 1.5 million AC units annually by mid-2025 and employ 2,500 workers.

Cofimco is starting up a new manufacturing plant in Houston, Texas, to serve the North American market in digital infrastructure and renewable energy sectors.

Tetra Pak Egypt, in partnership with Zulfi (Al-Oshabi Group), is launching an integrated packaging project in Benghazi, Libya, with investments of 14 million euros. The facility will cover 140,000 square meters and begin operations in early 2026, producing milk and juice products.

Nanjing Fubiyuan Environmental Technology topped out its 57,000 m² water purification control system production facility in Nanjing's Jiangning Development Zone. The plant will produce 1.2 million units per year and is expected to start production in March 2026.

Tricor Group has started corrugated board production on a 2.8m BHS corrugator at its new factory in Goch, Germany, its 17th location after about 15 months of construction. The plant has 140,000 tonnes of annual capacity and serves France, the Netherlands and the Benelux countries.

Kazankompressormash, part of GMS Group, will build a complex in Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan to produce large-tonnage compressors for liquefied natural gas, with over 6.1 billion rubles of investment, at least 50 jobs and 12 compressors per year capacity, supported by a 727 million ruble government subsidy.