JTM Foods, a US baked goods manufacturer, has built a new $40 million production facility in Wichita, Kansas, doubling its production and logistics space, and equipped it with fully automated packaging systems from Sacmi Packaging & Chocolate.

Shinwa Controls will build a new smart factory in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture, with construction starting June 2025 and operations beginning January 2027. The investment is approximately 80 billion yen, and the factory will double production capacity.

HOERBIGER Corporation of America held a groundbreaking on April 23, 2025 for a new Florida Campus in Delray Beach, with about 200,000 sq ft of space, including 155,000 sq ft of manufacturing. The facility is slated to open in 2026.

JPackaging has begun construction of a wooden pallet and pallet collar plant in the Šeduva industrial park, Lithuania, under a construction contract worth nearly €14 million with AB Panevėžio statybos trestas. Total investment reaches €30 million and up to 150 jobs are planned.

AERZEN Rental Solutions opened a new rental location in Phoenix, Arizona, housing a comprehensive inventory of oil-free blowers, screw blowers, compressors and turbo blowers, with 24/7 emergency support.

AVNA INC. inaugurated a new 5,900 m² manufacturing center in Evolution Free Zone, Grecia, Costa Rica, with a $5.5 million investment. The plant expands production capacity by 116% and includes advanced technologies like laser cutting, injection molding, CNC machining, and automation.

Bulgarian company Fikosota Food, part of Vivid K Capital, is starting construction of a new snack production complex in Shumen worth EUR 41 million. The 15,000-square-meter factory will create about 150 jobs and double production capacity to 414 million packages annually.

Fujian Cuntan Technology Co., Ltd. invested RMB 300 million to build a modern manufacturing base in Longmen High-End Equipment Industrial Park, Quanzhou. The 50,000-square-meter factory will produce 100,000 units of drying & cooling equipment and 300,000 units of special air conditioners annually.

Mexican industrial valve maker Walworth opened a new production plant in Dubai to serve Middle East markets, expected to generate 80 to 100 direct jobs in its initial phase.

Kingfa held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $84 million plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with 150,000 square meters and annual capacity of 300,000 tons of modified plastics. The facility is slated for operation by June 2026 and will create 500 jobs.

Antewei inaugurated its digital smart factory in Changshu Economic and Technological Development Zone with a total investment of 1.68 billion yuan. The first phase started production in November 2024 and reached full capacity in April 2025. A second phase agreement was also signed.

Shiliduo Vietnam Industrial Company Limited inaugurated an automotive parts and accessories manufacturing plant at IDICO Huu Thanh Industrial Park in Long An province. The factory spans 3 hectares with a total investment of USD 14.5 million.

ATT Water (Eriti) held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 15, 2025, for a new plant in Yuhang District, Hangzhou, China. The facility will produce 50,000 smart water supply and drainage equipment units annually, with a total investment of about CNY 150 million.

Henghe (Nanjing) Materials Technology Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 150,000-ton/year advanced sanitary materials project in Nanjing Jiangbei New Materials Science and Technology Park, with a total investment of 1.01 billion yuan, scheduled for completion by December 2026.

Senior Plc opened a new 76,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Gurugram, India, replacing a smaller site. The plant produces fluid conveyance and thermal management products for the land vehicle sector.

Mapei Egypt for Construction Chemicals, a subsidiary of Mapei Group, inaugurated its new manufacturing facility in Elsewedy Industrial City, 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt. Phase one investments are approximately $25 million, with annual production capacity of 100,000 tons and about 100 direct jobs created.

TSMC announced it will start building its third and fourth fabs in Arizona later in 2025, as part of an additional $100 billion investment to build five more semiconductor plants and a research center in the U.S. The first fab started volume production in Q4 2024, and the second fab is nearing completion.

Disco announced plans to build a new precision machining tool factory in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Phase 1 construction will start in February 2026 and be completed by April 2028, with an estimated cost of 33 billion yen.

ABB Installation Products opened a new 90,000 sq ft greenfield manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to produce Elastimold cable accessories and Fisher Pierce circuit indicators. The $40 million facility will create over 150 new jobs.

Leomed held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Shapingba, Chongqing, for intelligent dental prosthesis production. The facility represents a multi-million dollar investment.

LG Electronics Indonesia is building a new air conditioner factory in Cibitung, Bekasi, with an initial investment of $22 million. The 32,000 sqm facility is expected to begin full operations by end of 2025, producing 1.8 million AC units in the first year, with plans to double capacity.

Shivtek Spechemi Industries will invest Rs 650 crore to set up two new specialty chemicals manufacturing plants in Gujarat (near Hazira port) and Rajasthan. The facilities will increase total capacity from 150,000 MTPA to 650,000 MTPA and create over 500 jobs. Construction begins in 2026, with production expected between 2028 and 2029.

Chongqing Dingdian Chemical plans to invest 1.9 billion yuan (approx. $26 million) to build a new plant in Nanchuan District, Chongqing, with an annual capacity of 15,000 tons of high-performance environmentally friendly coatings.

Krones is building the Bayreuther Brauhaus brewery near Bayreuth, Germany, with Steinecker brewhouse and cellar equipment and a complete returnable-glass bottling line of 40,000 bottles per hour. The brewery is designed for 500,000 hectolitres annual capacity.

RENOLIT broke ground on a new plant in Pune, India, to produce geomembranes for civil engineering. Production is scheduled to start in April 2026 with an annual capacity of 6,000 tons and around 30 employees.

PT Ace Medical Products Indonesia (Allmed Medical) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new medical products plant at KIT Batang, Indonesia, with an investment of Rp 1.6 trillion ($100 million). The plant is expected to employ 3,500 local workers and target annual production value of $200 million.

XNRGY Climate Systems opened a 275,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona, to produce HVAC cooling solutions for data centers. Production begins May 1, 2025, and the facility is part of a previously announced $300 million investment.

Binhua (Befar) Group has broken ground on a chlor-alkali and complementary products plant in the Sokhna industrial zone, Egypt. The $500 million project will be built in two phases with a total capacity of 100,000 tons per year and is expected to create 800 jobs.

Novelis announced the opening of the Ulsan Aluminum Recycling Center in Ulsan, South Korea, a $65 million investment with an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons of low-carbon aluminum sheet ingot. The facility is a joint venture between Novelis and Kobe Steel.

Qvantum opened a new R&D lab at its factory in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, as a step toward mass production of heat pumps. The factory will have an initial capacity of more than 300,000 heat pumps per year.

FLSmidth inaugurated a new manufacturing plant for mill liners in Casablanca, Chile, with an investment of €21 million. The 11,250 m² facility has a capacity of 6,500 t/yr and will create up to 250 jobs.

NAFCO Group launched an advanced aerospace manufacturing facility in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, with a USD 40 million investment commitment over the next decade. The initial 5.8-acre complex features 3,500 square meters of manufacturing space, with plans for a second 19,000-square-meter facility within two years.

Rusclimate, through its subsidiary Shaft-Sibir, plans to invest about 2 billion RUB to build a plant in the Avangard SEZ in Omsk, Russia, producing over 1,200 units of ventilation equipment annually and creating 150 jobs.

TMEIC Corporation Americas will construct a new uninterruptible power supplies and medium voltage drives manufacturing facility in Waller County, Texas. The project will create 62 jobs and generate over $65 million in capital investment.

Jushi Group Huai'an Co., Ltd. awarded a construction contract for the civil works, installation, and ancillary works of a 100,000-ton annual capacity electronic-grade glass fiber zero-carbon intelligent production line in Lianshui County, Jiangsu. The contract value is CNY 447 million.

Ferrotec Holdings Corporation resolved to invest $226.4 million to construct a new factory in northern Malaysia as the second factory for its subsidiary Ferrotec Manufacturing Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Operations are scheduled to start in September 2026.

Lixin Valve Group's digital smart factory in Yongjia, Zhejiang, with total investment of 318 million yuan and about 70,000 square metres, has started production, with its administrative offices to open in September.

Tenglong Pump and Valve has a new plant in Jingxian County, Xuancheng, Anhui, that is about to be put into use to expand production capacity.

Superior Polymers India Private Limited inaugurated a greenfield manufacturing unit in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, with an investment of INR 75 crore. The unit is expected to generate hundreds of employment opportunities.

Material Handling Systems (MHS Crane) has opened a 106,000 ft² overhead crane manufacturing facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania. The facility will manufacture, assemble, repair, and service industrial equipment including overhead cranes, hoists, conveyors, and winches.

CBI Ghana Ltd., producer of Supacem Cement, invested US$100 million in a new LC3 technology plant in Tema, Ghana, the world's largest LC3 plant. The plant uses local raw materials to reduce reliance on imported clinker and created over 160 direct jobs.

Pump manufacturer Strobl Pumpen broke ground on April 14, 2025 for new company buildings in Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, including a three-storey office building and a roughly 1,500 sqm hall. The planned investment totals about EUR 8 million, with the move expected to be completed by mid-2027.

Strobl Pumpen broke ground on April 14, 2025 for a new site in Hilpoltstein, Germany, with about EUR 8 million invested in an office building and a 1,500 sq m hall. The move is due to finish by mid-2027 and provides space for up to 80 employees.

XCMG-Europa held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new assembly hall in Kompin, Poland, to produce advanced horizontal directional drilling rigs. The facility will comply with EU standards and create jobs.

Fujinxiang Graphene Technology (Shandong) Co., Ltd. held the groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase of the Dezhou 140,000 t/a Graphene Light Textile Industrial Park in Lingcheng District, Dezhou, Shandong, with a total investment of 6 billion yuan.

Mawarid Turbine Company launched the first phase of a wind turbine manufacturing facility in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), Oman. The plant will have an annual production capacity of up to 1,000 MW, producing 6.25 MW and 9.6 MW turbines, with investment exceeding $200 million.

CG MedTech held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new orthopedic implant production facility in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province. The plant will triple annual production capacity of metallic orthopedic implants from 200,000 to over 600,000 units and will also produce patient-specific 3D-printed medical devices.

Chelsea Building Products broke ground on a new 228,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to increase production capacity for PVC window and door profiles and compound blending.

Material Handling Systems, Inc. (MHS Crane) announced the opening of a new 106,000 sqft manufacturing facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, to manufacture, assemble, repair, and service overhead cranes, hoists, conveyors, and winches.

Yürek Tekstil is investing $350 million to build a facility in Bursa Technology Organized Industrial Zone for the production of polymer chips and POY. The first stage will have a capacity of 360 tons/day, with production planned to start in April 2025.