Thailand's Board of Investment approved a $306 million investment by Foxsemicon, a Foxconn subsidiary, to build factories producing machinery parts and equipment for the semiconductor sector. The project is expected to employ over 1,400 workers.

UNIQUE Integrated Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Foxsemicon Integrated Technology (Fiti Group), received BOI approval for a 10.5 billion baht ($306 million) investment to build a factory in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor to produce high-precision machinery parts and equipment for the semiconductor industry. The factory will employ over 1,400 workers.

Güntner opened its fifth Mexican production plant in Monterrey, Nuevo León, to make high-efficiency condensers and liquid coolers and supply the American continent. The first stage is expected to create about 350 jobs and raise production capacity by 30%.

Autoliv held an opening ceremony for its new factory in Guangzhou on December 10, 2024. The 32,311-square-meter facility, built in 11 months, produces airbags and seat belts and is now fully operational.

Chewters Chocolates plans to build a $20.5 million chocolate factory in Rockwall, Texas, with construction starting in January 2023, investing $40 million and creating 120 jobs.

Covestro completed a new production facility for water-based polyurethane dispersions at its integrated site in Shanghai, China, in Q3 2023.

Schneider Electric announced plans to establish a new Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) manufacturing facility in Karnataka, India, which is expected to add 5,000 jobs over the coming years.

Shunsin Technology (Vietnam) Company Limited, a Foxconn subsidiary, will build a factory in Vietnam with a total cost not exceeding TWD2.11 billion ($65 million). The project in Bac Giang province will produce integrated circuits, with construction starting in January 2025, trial production in June 2026, and official operation from December 2026.

Rockwell Automation has started work on a factory in Chennai, India, to be commissioned in two phases. The first phase will focus on the semiconductor sector, and production is expected to start in May 2025, employing 230 people.

Formatt Building Products Spain SAU received approval for a PIER (Proyecto de Interés Estratégico Regional) to build a €68.3 million plant for ecological plasterboard production in Calahorra, Spain. The project will create 100 permanent jobs by end of 2027 and 25 more by end of 2028.

Kitz Corporation Vietnam, a subsidiary of Japan's Kitz Group, inaugurated a $25 million stainless steel valve factory at Thang Long Industrial Park in Vinh Phuc province on December 10, 2024.

Exlabesa officially inaugurated a new aluminium extrusion plant in Soure, Portugal, with an investment of over €25 million. The plant has an annual capacity of 16,000 tonnes and created around 120 direct jobs.

FPS Food Process Solutions officially opened its Asia Pacific Headquarters in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, a 463,000 sq ft facility to service the Asia Pacific region and increase global manufacturing capabilities.

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. The facility is designed for a potential future expansion of 170,000 square feet.

PT Nesinak Manufacturing Indonesia (Japan), PT Youmi Medika Industri (China) and PT Luban Material Indonesia (China) signed land-use and factory-building agreements with the Batang integrated industrial zone operator in Central Java. Nesinak invested Rp 20 billion ($1.26 million) on 1.8 hectares to produce electronic and automotive products for export.

Lufthansa Technik announced it will set up an engine and aircraft component repair plant in Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro, Portugal, creating 700 jobs and starting production at the end of 2027.

Uno Minda Limited has commenced commercial production at its new four-wheeler lighting plant in Khed, Pune, Maharashtra, enhancing its manufacturing capacity for automotive lighting solutions.

Ever Home Plastics, a subsidiary of Vacane Home Concepts, will establish its first US-based facility in Rowan County, North Carolina, with a $3.65 million investment creating 46 jobs. Operations are expected to begin in January 2025.

Johnson Controls-Hitachi Wanbao Compressor (Guangzhou) signed an investment agreement with Conghua District to build a scroll compressor manufacturing plant with annual capacity of 1.2 million units. The project cost about CNY 480 million, with construction to start in Q2 2025 and production in Q4 2026.

Kubota announced it will build a new factory in Germany to produce mini excavators, planning for a long-term rise in demand in Europe despite a current downturn.

Cambridge Pavers, Inc. will invest $47.35 million to establish a new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Ringgold East Industrial Park, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, creating 55 jobs.

Black & Veatch and joint-venture partners completed the Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant in Bundamba, Queensland, as part of the Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme. Stage 1A delivered first water in less than 10 months; Stage 1B added 40 MLD capacity.

Hammarplast Medical has built a new production facility in Bredaryd, Sweden, with over 5,000 square meters of production space and a 1,400 square meter ISO class 8 cleanroom. Move-in started in fall 2024, with full operations expected in January 2025.

Construction has commenced on a new 5000tpd cement factory in Jabal Saraj, Afghanistan, by Al-Falah Al-Alami Co. The $220 million project will create 5000 jobs and use locally-sourced raw materials.

Arnest Packaging Solutions, a division of Russia's Arnest Group, signed an agreement with the Uzbek government to build an aluminum beverage can plant with annual capacity above 1.5 billion cans. The investment is about $100 million and should create over 200 jobs, with production expected by next fall.

LuxWall will build a 276,000-square-foot vacuum-insulating glass manufacturing facility in Detroit's Delray neighborhood, with Bedrock as developer. The facility is expected to open in 2026 and create 277 jobs.

SMW-AUTOBLOK held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new 'SMW Factory Airport' in Meckenbeuren, Germany, investing EUR 25 million. The factory is expected to start operations in the second half of 2026.

Hasen Technology (Nantong), a subsidiary of Indicor Group, opened its manufacturing facility in the Nantong National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone on 5 December 2024, with a goal of making 200,000 valves annually.

Cross River State Government signed an agreement with Cross Cement International and Infrastructure Limited to construct a 5.7 million tons per annum integrated cement plant in Cross River State, Nigeria. The plant will have a capacity of 12,000 tons per day and is scheduled to start mobilization in March 2025.

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering announced a new manufacturing facility in Baldwin, Florida, set to begin operations in January 2025. The facility will create 25+ new jobs and produce modular electrical control enclosures and relay panels.

Ahno and Sandvik have opened a new cutting tools factory in Zhuzhou, China, costing around 500 million yuan ($69 million). The facility is expected to create 400 jobs and achieve an annual output value of over 1 billion yuan.

Sunhope Packaging Machinery (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd is establishing a new UK division, Sunhope Packaging Machinery (UK) Ltd, in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland.

Mi Integration announces construction of a new plant in Saltillo, Mexico, to begin operating in March 2025. The facility will be a plastics and composites production center with 15 injection molding machines, creating about 50 jobs initially.

ZF has opened a new plant for e-mobility components in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. The plant will produce electric axle drives for electric cars, with an investment of around €130 million.

VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC) held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 4, 2024, for a $7.8 billion semiconductor plant in Tampines Wafer Park, Singapore. The plant will produce 55,000 wafers per month at full capacity by 2029 and create 1,500 jobs.

Sorg Group, along with EME and SKS, will build a greenfield glass facility for Parglass and Pavisa in Paraguay. The $75 million plant is set to open in Q1 2026 and will produce glass using 100% renewable electric energy from hydropower.

PT Petro Oxo Nusantara held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 30,000 TPA Neo Pentyl Glycol plant in Gresik, Indonesia, with an investment of IDR 856 billion. It is the first NPG plant in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Aquafin began construction of two CO₂-neutral sludge dryers in Beringen and Roeselare, Belgium, with an investment of over EUR 110 million. The facilities will be operational in 2026.

Tianjin Bohua Petrochemical is poised to commence operations at its newly constructed vinyl complex in Tianjin, China, by the second half of 2025. The CNY 6 billion project includes a 300,000 t/y caustic soda plant, 400,000 t/y VCM plant, 300,000 t/y PVC plant, and 12,000 t/y paste PVC plant.

Phillips Machine Tools, Indian subsidiary of Phillips Corporation, plans to open a new 200,000 sq ft facility in Chakan, Pune, by January 2025 to produce high-end equipment like advanced five-axis machines, EDM and grinding machines.

Munters has inaugurated its second manufacturing unit in Malur, Karnataka, to produce localized dehumidification and air handling unit solutions for India and the Asia Pacific region. The article is dated January 8, 2025 and the opening was described as recent.

Torgovy Dom ADL has finished construction of a new production building for pipeline valves in Radužny, Kolomna urban district, Moscow Region, with a 317 million ruble investment and 70 jobs once production starts. The building has passed the state construction review, and the company can now apply for commissioning.

Petainer Manufacturing USA will open a new site at 315 Joe Frank Porter Drive in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, investing $10 million and creating 35 new jobs in the Cherry Glen Industrial Park.

The management board of Nam Định Province's industrial parks approved a $90 million aluminium alloy factory to be built by Joint Wise Corporation, a subsidiary of Kim Kiều Aluminum Group from Hong Kong, in Mỹ Thuận Industrial Park. The factory will produce 183,000 tonnes of products per year.

Meitech has begun construction of a new 22,000 square meter facility in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, for manufacturing, parts storage and R&D. The project is expected to create new jobs.

California-based Multipack is establishing a $10.4 million beverage can production facility in Caddo Parish near Shreveport, Louisiana, planning 141 direct jobs and output of more than 100 million cans annually.

Sanofi will invest around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to build a new insulin production base in Beijing, its biggest single investment in China.

New Energy Glass has begun construction of a glass manufacturing plant in the TEDA Egypt industrial zone at Ain Sokhna, with investments of $300 million, on a 500,000 sqm site, producing 1,000 tonnes/day of flat glass and 800 tonnes/day of photovoltaic glass, creating 1,000 jobs.

YIZUMI held the groundbreaking ceremony for its East China Production Base in Nanxun, Zhejiang, on December 2, 2024. The new base aims to enhance production capacity and strengthen the company's strategic positioning in smart manufacturing.

ELSPES plans to invest at least $470 million to build a manufacturing facility and its world headquarters in NeoCity, Florida, focused on developing and manufacturing silicon capacitors for high-performance computing devices. The project is expected to create at least 600 jobs by the end of 2028.