Neways Electronics celebrated the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Selangor, Malaysia, specializing in high-level semiconductor assemblies. ASML is the launching customer.

EKOS electric inaugurated a new transformer factory and laid the foundation for a new production facility with an investment of $50 million in the Balıkesir Organised Industrial Zone, Turkey. The new facility will cover 40,000 square meters and is planned to employ 400 people gradually.

AVL Manufacturing (AVL USA, Inc.) will establish a new production facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, to build enclosures for industrial power generators. The company will invest $56 million and create more than 325 jobs.

Stellantis will invest $388 million to build a new hub in Van Buren Township, Michigan, for its Mopar components operations, set to launch in 2027 and support about 488 union-represented jobs.

TMA Group, through its Tracan subsidiary, is investing R$70 million to build a new factory for agricultural machinery and implements in Brazil. The new facility aims to triple current production capacity.

ZeroAvia will build a major manufacturing facility for hydrogen-electric powertrains at the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland near Glasgow. The project is supported by a £9 million grant from Scottish Enterprise and will create hundreds of jobs.

Fosber has started construction of a new €50 million production plant in Monsagrati, Pescaglia near Lucca, redeveloping about 40,000 square metres of former industrial buildings. The plant aims to double production of corrugated cardboard machinery and will raise the workforce from 400 to 650.

Alliance Packing Plastic JSC (Aplas) has broken ground on a $12 million second factory in Long Hau Industrial Park, Long An province, Vietnam, with a capacity of 24,000 tons of PE film products annually. Operations are slated to begin in Q1 2026.

Conch KT Cement (Phnom Penh) Company Limited inaugurated a new cement factory in Aural District, Kampong Speu, representing a $250 million investment. The plant has a capacity of 2.2 million tonnes of cement annually and is expected to create 450 direct jobs and 1,000 indirect jobs.

The Kion Group, together with Dematic and Linde MH, invested 90 million euros in an 85% automated spare parts warehouse in Kahl am Main, Germany. The 22,000-square-meter facility holds 70,000 spare parts for 200 forklift series and can handle up to 2.8 million order items per year.

Almec held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 9,000 US ton super-large extrusion plant at its AR Aluminum subsidiary in Sacheon, South Korea, on May 20, 2025. The plant adds 20,000 tons per year of low-carbon aluminum billet capacity and completes vertical integration from casting to extrusion.

Ma'rijany Hemp Company launched a hemp processing plant in Rijany, Zhytomyr Region, Ukraine, after two years of construction and $27 million in investment. The plant has a capacity of approximately 14,000 tons of hemp stalks per year and produces fiber for textiles and industrial uses.

Knauf Insulation announced a new rock mineral insulation manufacturing plant in Shotton, North Wales, with an annual capacity over 100,000 tonnes. The circa €200 million investment will create around 140 direct jobs and use submerged arc furnace electric melting technology.

Chinese group Aeolon, through its subsidiary Ailong Technology, is finalizing construction of its first wind turbine blade manufacturing plant outside China in Nador, Morocco. The €220 million investment will have an annual capacity of 750 sets of blades and create 3,300 jobs.

AT&S celebrated the opening of its new Werk 3 in Leoben-Hinterberg, Austria, a 10,000+ m² facility for IC substrate production and R&D. It is the first and only production site for substrates in the Western world.

Shandong Junhao High Performance Polymer announced a new project to build production lines for 2,000 tons/year PEEK, 500 tons/year PEK, 3,500 tons/year DFBP, 50 tons/year hollow PI fiber, 500 tons/year PAES, and 10 tons/year PEEK sizing agent in Jining New Materials Industrial Park, with a total investment of 1.2 billion yuan. The project is divided into two phases.

Solid Group, in cooperation with Chinese Sealion Machine Tool, opened the first workshop of the Vologda Metalworking Equipment Plant (VZMO) on May 15, 2025. The plant will produce CNC lathes and milling machines, with initial annual capacity of 70 lathes and 30 milling machines, creating 30 jobs.

AVIC Aviation High-Technology plans to invest CNY918 million (USD127.2 million) in a new factory in Beijing to produce large structural components for civil aircraft. The facility will be developed by subsidiary AVIC Composite, with construction expected to begin later in 2025 and full production by 2028.

RIPPA Machinery officially launched a new smart and green manufacturing base in Jining, Shandong, China, on May 18, 2025. The factory produces mini excavators and skid steer loaders, with annual capacity covering over 40 models of mini excavators and 10 models of skid steer loaders.

Weichai LOVOL Intelligent Agriculture inaugurated its Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Base in Weifang, Shandong. The 3-billion-yuan facility, covering 776 acres, has a Phase I capacity of 100,000 units per year for 100+ HP tractors and features extensive automation.

UTI (UTI Vina Vinh Phuc) held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 17, 2025, for a new factory in Thang Long Industrial Park, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. The plant will produce cover glass for smartphones and tablets, with phase 1 investment of $59 million and annual capacity of 30 million units.

OOO NOVTEKS has been registered as a resident of the Novgorodskaya special economic zone and plans to build a plant producing nonwoven textile material from polyethylene fibers. The project involves 135 million rubles in investment and will create about 60 jobs, with production launch expected by end of 2025.

Trensor Co. Ltd. broke ground on its first international manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia, with a RM100 million investment that will create 200 jobs and begin production in 2026.

Shandong ADINO New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture between China's Lisheng and Germany's ADINO Group, opened a hot melt adhesive plant in Tancheng County, Linyi. The facility, backed by 1.3 billion RMB investment, has annual capacity of 13,000 tons of PUR and 40,000 tons of EVA adhesives.

Norilsk Nickel, through its subsidiary Norilsk-Technika, is building a plant in Sosnovoborsk for the production and capital repair of underground mining equipment, with total investment of 3.5 billion rubles. Land plots were leased in late 2024, and work is set to begin in 2025.

CG Power and Industrial Solutions, Renesas Electronics and Stars Microelectronics have formed a joint venture to set up an OSAT plant in Sanand, Gujarat, with a pilot production line expected to launch its first chip by mid-2026. The JV will invest ₹7,600 crore over five years and aims for a capacity of 15 million units per day.

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced plans to build a primary aluminium production plant in Oklahoma with a capacity of 600,000 tonnes per year. Construction is expected to begin after a feasibility study by end of 2026, with first hot metal by end of the decade. Investment is around $4 billion.

Pratt & Whitney's turbine airfoil plant in Asheville, North Carolina, which opened in 2022, is key to ramping up production of the latest GTF engine version and other programmes.

Yangzhou Jingxin Microelectronics is building a new 8-inch semiconductor chip factory in Yizheng, Yangzhou, with a planned total investment of CNY 3 billion, to produce automotive-grade products.

FloWorks International, a Houston-based valve and pipe fittings provider, broke ground on a 245,000-square-foot industrial warehouse and operations facility in Pearland, Texas.

Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI) and LS Cable & System opened a 13,800 sq m production hall in Gumi, South Korea, on May 15, 2025. The joint venture, HAI Materials Korea, invested around €46 million in a fully automated 60 MN extrusion line for aluminium components for electromobility.

GlobalWafers America opened its 300mm silicon wafer manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, on May 15, 2025. The company also announced an additional $4 billion investment to expand the site.

HCL Group and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) have received Cabinet approval to set up an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, with a capacity of 20,000 wafers per month, expected to create over 3,500 jobs.

OOO Steklo i Kamen has opened a new workshop near Voronezh to produce large-format Glassika-branded insulating glass units, with investments of 1.3 billion rubles, including a 930.7 million ruble loan from the Industrial Development Fund. Capacity will reach 800,000 sq m per year.

Oliver Healthcare Packaging officially opened a new 120,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, producing medical-grade pouches, lids and roll stock for Asia-Pacific pharmaceutical and medical device customers. The opening was reported on 15 May 2025.

Mahindra do Brasil received a preliminary environmental license for a new tractor and earthmoving machinery plant in Dois Irmãos, Brazil, with monthly capacity of up to 1,400 tractors and 120 direct jobs.

PT Daikin Industries Indonesia (DIID) inaugurated its first air conditioner factory in Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java, with a production capacity of 1.5 million units per year. Production started in November 2024, and exports to the Philippines are targeted to begin in 2027.

The Union cabinet approved a joint venture plant between Foxconn and HCL to set up a display driver chip manufacturing facility near Jewar airport in Uttar Pradesh, India, at an investment of Rs 3,700 crore. The plant is expected to start production in 2027.

Cariflex Pte. Ltd. officially opened a new polyisoprene latex plant on Jurong Island, Singapore, built with an investment of USD 355 million. The plant is the world's largest and started operations in November 2024, creating about 80 new jobs.

Resideo, part of Maxon and Honeywell, opened its second gas controller manufacturing plant in Tijuana, Baja California, with a $6 million investment. The plant will produce an estimated 13 million units annually and create 2,600 direct jobs.

Nidec ASI, a subsidiary of Nidec Corporation, decided to create a new factory in La Fouillouse, France, which will lead to 115 new hires within two years. Half of the new plant has been operational since April 2025.

Shawflex announced that production has started at its new manufacturing facility in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, as of May 1, 2025. The facility will increase manufacturing capacity and production efficiency.

Dangote announced plans to build a new cement factory in Itori, Ogun State, Nigeria, with two production lines totaling 6 million metric tons per annum capacity, at an investment of nearly $800 million. Construction is expected to be completed by late 2026.

Innova Group officially inaugurated a new 11,000 m² production center in Almassora (Castellón), Spain, in May 2025. The facility includes a 5,000 m² production plant and office/R&D areas, designed for sustainability and increased manufacturing capacity for automated packaging systems.

The Union Cabinet approved a ₹3,706 crore semiconductor plant at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, by the HCL-Foxconn joint venture. The plant will manufacture display driver chips for mobile phones, laptops, and automobiles, with a capacity of 20,000 wafers per month and 3.6 crore chips per month. Production is expected to commence in 2027, creating 2,000 jobs.

The Union Cabinet approved a ₹3,706 crore semiconductor plant at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, to be set up by the HCL-Foxconn joint venture. The plant will manufacture display driver chips for mobile phones, laptops, and automobiles.

The Union Cabinet of India approved the establishment of a semiconductor unit as a joint venture of HCL and Foxconn near Jewar airport in Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), Uttar Pradesh. The plant will manufacture display driver chips with a design output capacity of 36 million units per month and 20,000 wafers per month, attracting an investment of Rs 3,700 crore.

Mega Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. announced it will build a new production facility in Fairmuth County, South Carolina, USA, with an investment cost of approximately USD 34 million. The facility will have an annual production capacity of 24,000 tons in the first phase and is expected to employ 135 people, with production starting in the last quarter of 2025.

Atlas Copco opened its industrial compressor R&D and manufacturing China headquarters campus in Wuxi High-tech Zone on 14 May 2025, a 3 billion yuan project covering about 217,000 square meters.

Huhtamaki Egypt received a Golden License from the Egyptian Cabinet to build a molded fiber packaging plant using recycled wastepaper in Sadat City, with EGP 1.47 billion investment and over 61 direct jobs. Operations are planned to start in August 2026.