Tiandingfeng Middle East Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Oriental Yuhong, has started civil construction of a factory in Dammam Third Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. The plant will have four production lines with an annual capacity of 25,000 tons and is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2025.

Sauer Compressors USA is establishing a satellite facility in Cache Valley, Utah to expand operations, focusing on rentals and serving Western US customers. Operations are planned to begin within the next few months.

Qingdao Weilong Valve (WIVO) has broken ground on a Smart Energy-Saving Valve Manufacturing Facility in the Qingdao High-Tech Zone, with a total investment of 285 million yuan and expected annual revenue above 800 million yuan.

Chubby Gorilla has opened a new manufacturing facility in Thailand to boost production capacity and supply U.S. customers. The plant makes bottles, containers and closures.

Egyptian company Tatweer Medical Industries and Chinese firm Mindray signed a cooperation protocol to set up Egypt's first ultrasound device manufacturing plant, expected to produce 2,500 devices annually, with first devices to be launched in April.

Shunsin Technology (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony on February 19, 2025 for a 4-floor, 89,000 m² factory in Quang Chau Industrial Park, Bac Giang Province, Vietnam, for manufacturing high-end electronic components.

Stryker Puerto Rico inaugurated a new medical device manufacturing plant in Humacao, Puerto Rico, with a total investment of approximately $16.55 million in public and private funds. The facility will boost the manufacture of medical prostheses.

Bonree Medical Co signed a contract to purchase an 8-story factory building in Cuicheng No.4 park, Cuiheng New District, Zhongshan, with over 16,000 square meters, investing over 500 million yuan.

BASF is investing a mid-double-digit million-euro amount in a new alcoholates plant at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. The plant will produce sodium methylate and potassium methylate and is expected to start up in the second half of 2027.

Silvalea plans to open a new Centre of Excellence in the coming months, including product testing labs, training suite, retail space, and improved warehouse and production capacity.

Transformers and Rectifiers India is setting up a new plant to manufacture 150 transformers per month for solar and green hydrogen projects, with a rating of around 12.5 MVA, bringing total capacity to about 15,000 MVA.

Baboosi Intelligent Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. started construction of a high-end CNC machine tool R&D and manufacturing project in Dongbeitang, Xishan District, Wuxi, China. The total investment is CNY 1.2 billion (approx. USD 165 million), with Phase I costing CNY 750 million on 76 mu of land. The project will produce 2,000 sets of high-end CNC machining centers annually when fully operational.

Novelis is constructing a $4.1 billion aluminum manufacturing plant on a 3,000-acre site near Bay Minette, Alabama. The plant, the largest single investment in state history, is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026.

Precision Refrigeration, a UK-based foodservice refrigeration manufacturer, opened a new 250,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Huizhou, China, equipped with advanced automation to serve Chinese and Southeast Asian markets.

Harwin announced the commencement of construction on a new £30 million, 7,459 m² manufacturing facility in Portsmouth, UK, set for completion in 2026, doubling manufacturing capacity.

A Kia car manufacturing plant with an annual capacity of 70,000 vehicles is expected to be commissioned in the Kostanay region by the end of 2025, creating 1,500 jobs.

Dangote Cement announced plans to establish a new greenfield cement grinding unit in Ethiopia with a capacity of 3Mta.

Sumika Polymer Compounds, a Sumitomo Chemical subsidiary, is investing EUR 15 million to build a 5,000 m² recycling plant in Saint-Martin-de-Crau, France, to transform 10,000 tonnes per year of plastic waste into recycled polypropylene granules, creating 30 jobs. Groundbreaking is on March 6, 2025.

CocoPallet, a Netherlands-based company, is launching a wood-free export pallet made from coconut husks, with its first global factory in Tiptur, India, in partnership with Superpacks. The initiative targets 1 million pallets by 2028.

Lingyun Industrial announced plans to build a vehicle pipes factory and a body structural parts joint venture with Haomei New Materials in Morocco, targeting European and North African markets. The auto pipes project has registered capital of EUR 7.6 million, and the body structural parts project has registered capital of CNY 100 million.

Shandong Jingdao Microelectronics Co., Ltd. has started construction of a power semiconductor (IDM) base in Neijiang, Sichuan, China, with a total investment of CNY 5.2 billion. The first phase, costing CNY 650 million, will produce 42 billion power diodes and 20 billion power rectifiers annually.

Roshn Group and Aluminum Products Company (Alupco) have partnered to establish a fully automated aluminum windows and doors manufacturing facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with an investment exceeding SAR1 billion ($266.6 million). The facility will create jobs and supply Roshn's developments.

Engro Polymer & Chemicals has commissioned a Rs 11.7 billion hydrogen peroxide plant in Pakistan with 28,000 tons annual capacity, using Chematur technology.

Sewon Cellontech is building a third plant in Indonesia for fillers and artificial bone, with construction starting in Q2 2025 and completion in August 2027.

Benchmark Electronics held a groundbreaking ceremony for its PT4 facility in Batu Kawan Industrial Park, Penang. The $25 million, 215,000 sq ft facility is expected to be completed by June 2026 and will create over 500 jobs.

Allied Heat Exchange AG (A-HEAT) will build a 37,000 m² heat exchanger production facility for its subsidiary Güntner in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, to serve the GCC, India, China, Africa and Asia.

Wenjian Ping'an Medical Technology (Hunan) Co., Ltd. is building a smart manufacturing industrial park for medical devices in Li County, Hunan, with a total investment of 1.35 billion yuan. The facility, which started construction in August 2023, is scheduled to begin production in July 2025.

GAC Giken (Guangzhou Giken) started construction of a digital new factory in Panyu Economic and Technological Development Zone, with a total investment of about 1.31 billion yuan, to produce subframes, battery housings, and other auto parts.

GAC Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for its GAOG Digital New Factory in Panyu, Guangzhou, with a total investment exceeding 1.2 billion yuan. The first phase is set to start production in January 2026, producing battery housings, subframes, and body components.

Vandersanden officially opened its first Pirrouet factory in Lanklaar, Belgium, with an investment of €32.5 million. The 8,000 m² plant has an annual capacity of 20 million CO₂-negative facing bricks and employs 26 people.

Fujikura Kasei announced plans to build a new plant for industrial adhesives and electronic materials at its Sano Works site in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The total investment is 9.8 billion yen, with construction starting after October 2025 and production beginning from September 2027.

Farmasintez Group (via Farmasintez-Medtech) will build a plant in Kaluga, Russia, to produce medical equipment and consumables for dialysis (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis), including dialyzers, arteriovenous lines, monitors, and drainage bags. The investment exceeds RUB 2 billion, and the project is expected to create 367 jobs.

UBE Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony on February 13, 2025, for a dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) plant in Louisiana, USA. The plant will produce 100,000 tons of DMC and 40,000 tons of EMC per year for lithium-ion battery electrolytes.

UBE C1 Chemicals America, Inc. (UCCA) has broken ground on a $500 million manufacturing facility at Cornerstone Energy Park in Waggaman, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The plant will produce dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) for lithium-ion batteries and semiconductors. Construction begins in 2025, with operations expected in 2027, creating 50-60 permanent jobs.

DMG MORI will invest approximately ¥10 billion to build a new factory in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The plant will serve as a manufacturing base for two wholly owned subsidiaries, Taiyo Koki and DMG MORI Precision Boring, and is expected to employ about 600 people by 2030. Construction starts in March 2025, with operations beginning in 2027.

Fujikura Chemical announced on February 13, 2025, that it will invest 98 billion yen to build a new factory at its Sano Plant in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture. Construction is scheduled to begin in October 2025, with production starting sequentially from September 2027.

M.A.i GmbH & Co. KG, a German automation specialist, has officially opened a new production and sales location in Penang, Malaysia. The facility will serve as a regional hub for automation innovation and manufacturing.

NeoCem will start its first production line for activated clays at a new low-carbon cement plant in Saint-Maximin, Oise, France, in Q2 2025. The facility will have an annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes and create about 40 jobs.

Zavod Metallokonstruktsiy Apollo will build a metal structures plant in the Novosibirsk Industrial and Logistics Park with an investment of 500 million rubles. The plant is expected to launch in 2026 and reach full capacity in 2028, creating 50 jobs.

Super Bond Adhesives is setting up South Asia's largest hot melt adhesive manufacturing unit in Wada near Mumbai, with a capacity of 300 metric tons per month. The plant is expected to be operational by June-July 2025.

AeroVironment announced the establishment of FreedomWerx, a 200,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, to expand production of loitering munitions systems. The company anticipates creating more than 500 high-paying jobs.

Daiki-Axis India signed an MoU to set up its third manufacturing facility in Karnataka's Japanese Industrial Township, with an investment of over ₹100 crore. The facility will produce decentralized packaged sewage treatment plants using Johkasou technology.

Roots Systems bought the 95,000 sq ft Spinnaker Works office and manufacturing facility in Gloucester, UK, to consolidate its operations from Stonehouse. The investment is said to exceed £10 million, funded from group cash resources.

Premier Packaging relocated its headquarters and production operations to an expanded facility in Memphis, Tennessee.

SIG opened its first aseptic carton pack plant in India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, an investment of 90 million euros with initial capacity of up to 4 billion packs per year and over 300 local jobs.

A new investor will build a €25 million facility in North Macedonia to produce heating systems for white goods for Beko, creating over 200 jobs. The cornerstone is expected at the end of February or beginning of March 2025.

Saint-Gobain Ceramics, through its subsidiary Saint-Gobain NorPro, is building a nearly 125,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Wheatfield, New York, for catalyst carriers. The $40 million project will create 30 jobs, with construction starting in 2025 and completion by 2028.

Alpla expanded its packaging capabilities with a new plant in Thailand.

Isuzu North America Corporation announced it will establish a new production base in Greenville County, South Carolina, with a $280 million investment creating over 700 jobs. The facility will produce N-Series Gas, N-Series Electric, and F-Series Diesel trucks, with an annual capacity of 50,000 units, and operations expected to begin in 2027.

REDstack, a Blue Energy company, is starting large-scale production of electrodialysis stacks at a new facility in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The factory will feature an automated production line, increasing output from one stack per week to ten.