Novtex plans to launch a production facility for technical textiles made from polyethylene fibers in the Novgorod Special Economic Zone. The first phase involves an investment of over 135 million rubles and will create about 60 jobs, with an annual capacity of 288 tonnes.

Seojin Mobility inaugurated the first phase of its electric motor components plant in General Escobedo, Nuevo León, with an investment of US$160 million and 300 direct jobs. A second phase toward 2028 will add US$140 million, bringing the total to US$300 million.

China Chemical's subsidiary Zhongchemical West New Materials is building a 50,000-ton-per-year ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene resin plant in Yulin, Shaanxi. The project costs 830 million yuan and is expected to start production in August 2025.

Karat Packaging signed a lease for a 187,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Chino, California, nearly doubling its distribution capacity there and adding about 500 paper product SKUs.

Graphic Packaging International is advancing a proposal to build a warehouse and parking lot beside its recycled paperboard mill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, consolidating four local warehouses, with completion scheduled for 2028.

Metso officially opened a Dewatering Development Hub in Irapuato, Mexico, manufacturing polymer filter plates for mining and process industries, serving the Americas and global markets.

Canadian company Rainmaker announced an investment of over 60 million pesos and 250 new jobs to build a plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, for assembling wastewater treatment and water purification systems.

ABB Installation Products opened a 90,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with over $40 million investment, creating over 150 jobs for Elastimold cable accessories.

Nordson Industrial Coatings Solutions opened a 225,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Clinton, South Carolina, to enhance production capabilities.

Gemco Rail, with technical support from CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock, is building 100 ore wagons for Rio Tinto at a new facility in Karratha and a modernized facility in Forrestfield, Western Australia. The $150 million Australian investment includes government support.

Polymatech Electronics will set up a semiconductor chips and advanced packaging unit in Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, with an investment of Rs 1,143 crore. The plant will produce Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor chips for 5G and 6G technologies.

GL E-Tech signed an investment agreement with Yangsan City to establish a new factory in Gasan General Industrial Complex for producing environmental pollution prevention facilities, with an investment of 10 billion KRW.

Shenyang Changxing Civil Large Aircraft Aviation Advanced Resin Matrix Composite Parts R&D and Industrialization Project started construction in Shenyang High-tech Zone. The project, invested by Changxing Aviation Equipment Co., Ltd., has a total planned investment of 920 million yuan and will produce composite parts for the C919 passenger aircraft.

Rongxin Ningbo 12-inch integrated circuit chip production line Phase I project officially started construction in Beilun District, Ningbo. The project has a total investment of 16 billion yuan and will produce 35,000 12-inch wafers per month.

Paragon Metal Fabricators (Muehlenkamp Properties Inc.) announced plans to establish a new manufacturing facility in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky, with a $6.1 million investment. The project will create 40 jobs and revive a facility previously closed by Hammer Strength.

JH Valve Industry held a kick-off meeting on April 10, 2025 for its third plant planning project, a intelligent high-end valve factory developed with Guangdong Seiko Intelligent System and Funing Telecom.

Morris Packaging plans to build a new $60.9 million flexible packaging production plant in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky, creating 276 full-time jobs. The more-than-100,000-square-foot facility is expected to be completed by October.

AZB Joint Stock Company held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Novita Decorative Tile Factory at Ham Kiem I Industrial Park in Binh Thuan Province on April 9, 2025. The factory will have a capacity of 4,500,000 square meters of tiles per year.

Heidelberg Materials UK has secured planning permission to build a carbon capture facility at its Padeswood cement works in Flintshire, north Wales. The facility will capture up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 per year and is expected to be operational by 2029, producing evoZero net-zero cement.

Zhongli Electric Forklift (Laohekou) Production Base, invested by Zhejiang Zhongli Machinery Co., Ltd., is located in Laohekou High-tech Industrial Park. Phase I started in February 2022 and was completed in February 2023. Phase II started in July 2024, adding casting, machining, painting and remanufacturing projects. Total investment is 1.17 billion yuan.

Aerospace Intelligent Manufacturing (Hangyu Zhizao) started construction of its Asia-Pacific's largest aircraft skin production line at Shenyang Advanced Manufacturing Industrial Park in Shenbei New District, Shenyang. The project covers 23,000 square meters, with a total investment of 300 million CNY, and will achieve a monthly production capacity of 16 aircraft skin sets.

AMG Critical Materials approved a $15 million investment to build an aluminothermic chrome metal production facility in New Castle, Pennsylvania, with an annual capacity of up to 6,500 tons. It is expected to be operational in Q1 2026.

Guangdong Zhengzhun Aviation Industry Co., Ltd. is building an aircraft equipment manufacturing plant in Gaoming, Foshan, with an investment of 150 million yuan. The plant is expected to start production in September 2025, creating 150 initial jobs.

INNIO Group is building a new 4,000 square meter production site in Hall in Tirol, Austria, to manufacture Jenbacher engine components; operations start in Q4, with completion scheduled for 2026.

French group MECACHROME inaugurated a new production building at the Parc Aéronautique El Mghira in Tunisia on April 8, 2025. The facility will support its three subsidiaries specializing in aerospace components.

US MgO plans to invest $5 million in a new 75,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Leland Innovation Park, Brunswick County, North Carolina, to produce magnesium oxide cement sheathing panels. The project is expected to create 35 jobs.

CGC Inc. is constructing a 220,000 sq ft wallboard manufacturing plant in Wheatland County, Alberta, as part of a $325 million investment. The facility is under construction and set to open in 2026, creating nearly 100 full-time jobs.

Shalag Group has opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in South Hill, Virginia, creating 52 new jobs. The facility uses 3D Hybrid technology to produce nonwoven fabrics for hygiene and HVAC applications.

Sika has opened a new production facility in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, with lines for mortar and concrete admixtures and a laboratory. It is Sika's fourth factory in Kazakhstan.

JFE Shoji Serbia officially opened a factory in Inđija, Serbia, for producing motor cores. The investment is over EUR 50 million and will create 200 jobs.

Diehl Aviation will build a new production site in Romania to manufacture products and components for passenger aircraft, breaking ground in 2025.

Bailey Manufacturing Company will invest $4.3 million in a new 50,000-square-foot production facility in Laurinburg, North Carolina, adding 35 jobs and doubling production capacity for stamped metal automotive parts.

Tata Electronics plans to build two new semiconductor fabrication facilities in Dholera, Gujarat, with the first phase investment of Rs 91,000 crore ($11 billion) in partnership with PSMC. The first fab is expected to start production by 2026.

Reyma announced a $40 million investment in a second production plant in Mérida, Yucatán, creating 300 direct and 1,200 indirect jobs. The plant will start with paper and compostable product lines.

Michelin is building an initial industrial demonstration unit for the 5-HMF molecule, a bio-sourced and non-toxic molecule, in France.

Brenntag announced the inauguration of the first global CO2-emission-free chemical distribution site.

Cariflex opened a new polyisoprene latex plant in Singapore, increasing global manufacturing capacity with future expansion enabled.

Polish family firm WOFIL will build a new plant in Krynica-Zdrój to produce complete water and wastewater treatment installations using ozonation technology. The investment is valued at 8.5 million PLN and received tax support under the Polish Investment Zone program.

Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has acquired a 740,000 sq ft land parcel in Karnataka's Vemgal Industrial Area under a lease-cum-sale agreement for INR 293.4 million, to establish a new aerospace manufacturing facility focused on aircraft assembly and MRO services.

Lingyun Industrial Corporation plans two new factories in Morocco: an $8 million plant for automotive fluid pipelines and a $13.8 million joint venture plant with Haomei New Materials for lightweight aluminum structures.

Brazilian agtech company Solinftec inaugurated a new robot factory in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, with an investment exceeding R$ 20 million. The plant has capacity to produce up to 1,000 agricultural robots per year and has already delivered its first unit.

Swiss company Weidmann Tecnología Eléctrica inaugurated a new plant in Saltillo, Coahuila, with an investment of $30 million. The facility, the largest Weidmann plant globally at 30,000 m², produces electrical transformer insulation and high-precision plastic parts for the medical sector, creating over 750 direct jobs.

MinMaxMedical inaugurated a new 2,100 m² plant in Apprieu, Isère, for producing surgical robots and sterile sensors. The investment is about €15 million, with production capacity reaching hundreds of robots per year by 2027-2028.

Graymont has acquired land and commenced constructing a new purpose-built Logistics Terminal in Laverton, Melbourne, to expand its supply network in Victoria. The facility is expected to be fully operational in the second half of 2025.

PG Electroplast will build an air conditioning compressor manufacturing plant with a capital expenditure of Rs 350 crore. Half of production will supply its in-house AC units and the rest will be sold to external customers, with production slated to begin in H2 2026.

Sika is further strengthening its presence and proximity to customers in Ecuador with the opening of a new plant in Quito, Ecuador.

Yaxin Microelectronics (Zhejiang Yaxin Microelectronics Co., Ltd.) has started construction of a semiconductor wafer manufacturing and chip packaging/testing project in Dongbao District, Jingmen, Hubei. The total investment is 40 billion yuan (approx. $5.5 billion), with Phase I (30 billion yuan) building a 6-inch wafer line and packaging/testing lines, and Phase II (10 billion yuan) adding a lead frame line.

Unipar inaugurated its first greenfield chlorine and soda plant in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil, with investments of R$ 234 million. The new unit adds about 5% to the company's production capacity and is designed for future expansions.

Silent-Aire, a Johnson Controls company, opened its 5th and largest manufacturing facility in Canada, Carina, in Nisku, Alberta. The 145,000 sq. ft. facility features 2 manufacturing lines and supports over 200 employees.

City One Development announced plans to build a glass manufacturing plant in Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region, with a capacity of 600 tons per day and an investment of €135 million. The launch is postponed to 2027 due to the war.