Canpack signed a letter of intent to build a new beverage can plant in the Poços de Caldas industrial district, Minas Gerais, with R$710 million investment and 140 direct jobs within two years. The plant will have initial capacity of about 1.3 billion cans per year, with construction expected to start in early 2025.

Perfektüp Ambalaj launched a new aerosol can production line at its Kırklareli production base in Turkey, raising its aerosol can capacity to 240 million units annually. The base spans 75,000 m² of land and 100,000 m² of closed area.

KITZ Corporation completed construction of a new plant in Vietnam in December 2024 for stainless steel valves for industrial applications.

Liebherr-Logistics GmbH broke ground on a new logistics centre in Tupelo, Mississippi, with an initial investment of $176 million, expected to create 180 jobs. The facility will serve as the continental warehouse for the Americas.

Liebherr has broken ground on a new 1-million-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Tupelo, Mississippi. The company will invest $176 million and create 180 new jobs, with potential for expansion to 342 jobs. The facility is expected to be completed by 2026.

O'Neal Manufacturing Services (OMS) will invest $8.5 million to open a 41,000-sq.-ft. steel fabrication facility in Kingsport, Tennessee, creating more than 25 jobs. The facility will support medium- to heavy-gauge steel fabrication including plate burning, machining, shot blasting and flattening.

Earthrings, a startup brand under Promac, opened operations in Elgin, Illinois, producing biodegradable cardboard beverage rings for brewery customers.

Nefab's PolyFlex unit opened a new packaging facility in León, Guanajuato, producing heavy-gauge thermoformed and injection-molded packaging for battery, e-mobility and automotive customers. Additional equipment is planned for late 2025 or early 2026.

Joya Technology signed an agreement on 29 November 2024 to establish a 180,000-ton polymer materials production base in Sanshui, Guangdong Province, China. The facility will produce high-performance adhesives.

Noveco Surfaces is fitting out a new factory in Salisbury, Brisbane, backed by $7.5 million in debt funding from National Australia Bank and $942,000 Federal Government funding. The facility is expected to have capacity to produce 250,000 sqm of recycled-glass benchtops in 2025.

South Korean medical equipment manufacturer Dentium Co., Ltd. will invest $177 million to build its third factory, ICT VINA III, at the Danang Hi-Tech Park in central Vietnam. The project received in-principle approval on November 28, 2024.

Lennox inaugurated a new 800,000 sq ft commercial HVAC plant at Chuy María Industrial Park in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, with an investment exceeding $150 million. The plant currently employs 900 workers, with plans to expand to over 2,400.

Qili Semiconductor has officially opened its advanced packaging project (Phase 1) factory in Keqiao District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. The total planned investment for the project is 3 billion yuan.

Samruk-Kazyna and China's SANY Renewable Energy laid the foundation for a plant in Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan, to produce wind turbine components including gondolas, hubs and towers. The total cost is USD 114 million, with over 300 new jobs expected. The plant is scheduled to launch at the end of 2025.

China Glass Holdings Co., Ltd. broke ground on a 2.23-billion-yuan ($310 million) plant in the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone. The plant will have daily capacity of 1,000 tons of float glass and 800 tons of ultra-clear rolled photovoltaic glass, creating about 1,000 jobs.

Multotec completed construction of a new R100-million screening media factory in Spartan, Kempton Park, Gauteng, consolidating its injection-moulded polyurethane screening media production into a single larger facility. The factory was launched on November 28, 2024.

Atlantic Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new EUR 140 million heat pump production plant in Virey-le-Grand, France. The 39,000 m² facility will produce up to 150,000 outdoor heat pump units per year, creating 100 jobs by end 2026 and 300 by end 2027, with operations starting in January 2026.

Walid Gamal El-Din, Chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone, attended the groundbreaking for the CNG Egypt New Energy Glass Project, a subsidiary of China Glass Holding, at the TEDA industrial zone in Ain Sokhna. The $300 million facility will produce flat and photovoltaic glass for solar panels, with a daily capacity of 1,000 tons of flat glass and 800 tons of photovoltaic glass, and is expected to create 1,000 jobs.

Groupe Atlantic held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new €140 million heat pump plant in Saône-et-Loire, France. The plant will produce 150,000 heat pump units per year, create 300 jobs, and is expected to be operational in January 2026.

Egyfco, a subsidiary of Georg Fischer AG, has opened a new factory in Egypt in partnership with Gas Egypt and Green Coast Enterprise. The plant will produce HDPE and MDPE pipes for infrastructure projects.

Saint-Gobain Weber Türkiye has opened its 7th factory in Diyarbakır, Turkey. The facility covers 25,000 m² with an initial annual production capacity of 200,000 tons of construction materials.

Cementos Yura, a subsidiary of the Gloria Group, has commenced operations at a new US$4m operating centre in the Ica region, Peru. The facility includes a warehouse and manoeuvring yard to bolster cement supply.

Huohu Technology, a new company under Anhui Yingjia Group, opened a fully automatic dendrobium juice beverage production line on November 28, 2024, in Tianjin, China. The line, supplied by Istar, is worth over $10 million.

KGA held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Pyeongtaek Brain City, South Korea, with a planned investment of approximately KRW 70 billion. Construction is expected to be completed by the second half of 2025, producing battery electrode process equipment and new business equipment.

ANDRITZ inaugurated a new technical center in Montbonnot, France, with a pilot line for dry molded fiber production, based on a partnership with PulPac. The facility supports development of industrial-scale DMF production plants for packaging.

Quang Tri province approved the investment plan for A&C International Packaging's aluminum can factory at Quan Ngang Industrial Park, Gio Linh district, with total investment just over $100 million and planned capacity of 1 billion cans per year.

Forvia officially opened a new manufacturing facility in the Technopolis industrial zone in Salé, Morocco, specializing in cutting and production of automotive seat covers. The plant is expected to create up to 1,400 jobs by 2027.

Randoncorp inaugurated a new Castertech foundry and technology unit in Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo, with an initial investment of about R$130 million. The plant has a built area of 10,000 m² and capacity to produce over 22,000 tons per year and 350,000 brake drums annually.

Neuman & Esser (NEA) began operations at its new factory for low-carbon hydrogen generators in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with an investment of R$ 70 million. The plant is four times larger than the previous one, with a production capacity of up to 70 MW/year of PEM electrolyzers.

Stora Enso is starting a new production unit in Skene, Västra Götaland, under a license from Gothenburg-based PulPac to make molded-pulp paper lids and biobased food packaging, with commissioning planned for late 2024.

XCMG and Tsingshan Holding Group signed a joint venture agreement to build a new energy construction machinery manufacturing plant in Indonesia. It will be XCMG's first mainframe factory in Southeast Asia and Indonesia's first new energy products factory.

Lennox inaugurated its fourth plant in Mexico, located in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, with an investment of US$150 million. The plant currently employs 900 workers and plans to expand to over 2,400.

The first phase of Loyal Group's polystyrene project in TEDA Nangang Industrial Zone, Tianjin, has entered trial production. The project is the world's largest EPS production base, with total investment of $138 million and annual capacity of 500,000 tons.

EFAFLU / UNIVERSAL MOTORS Group announced a new industrial unit dedicated to the production of distribution transformers, focusing on energy efficiency and the international market.

Ningbo Bonve Pumps launched an intelligent new factory project on November 26, 2024, with a total investment of $36 million for a Phase II base producing rotary lobe pumps and homogenizer mixers, expected to create 300 jobs.

Japanese manufacturer Parker Corporation has started operations at its second plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, investing over 200 million pesos and creating 200 direct jobs.

Sealmatic India Ltd inaugurated a 25,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Kaman-Vasai, which became fully operational on November 26, 2024. It will add 65% of the company's production capacity alongside its Mira Road plant.

The Agricultural Growth and Processing Company, a division of Americana Holding for Food Ltd, has broken ground on a $100 million greenfield frozen French fries processing facility in Sudair Industrial and Business City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The plant is a partnership with Farm Frites.

John Deere confirmed plans to build a new plant in Nuevo León, Mexico, with an investment of up to $55 million. The plant will manufacture construction machinery and equipment, with operations expected to start in 2026.

NPO Ekosistema completed construction of a new production facility in Solnechnogorsk, Russia, for assembling water treatment and wastewater treatment equipment. The investment was 100 million rubles, and the annual production capacity is expected to be 200 units.

Opower Hydraulic Systems (Jiaxing) Co. Ltd., part of Ognibene Group, celebrated the grand opening of a new hydraulic systems manufacturing facility in Jiaxing, China on November 25, 2024. The facility was established on 35 acres of land acquired in 2021.

FANUC Canada has opened a new 73,000-square-foot headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, as part of a $262 million (US$187 million) series of North American expansions over five years. The facility will support robotics innovation and customer operations in Canada.

AB Kauno Grūdai, part of Akola Group, has opened a new instant noodles plant in Alytus, Lithuania, with an investment of EUR 32 million. The 7,400 sqm facility can produce up to 240 million units of instant products annually.

BioProekt Peresvet built a production facility in Sergiyevo-Posadsky District, Moscow region, to manufacture import-substituting equipment for wastewater treatment plants, with investments of RUB 100 million and over 20 jobs.

L G Balakrishnan & Bros is setting up a new factory in Nagpur for power transmission chains and components for automotive and industrial sectors.

Unica Textile Mills SA, a division of Unica Group, is setting up a new PU coating plant in Pretoria, Gauteng, with a monthly production capacity of 450,000 meters. The facility is expected to be completed by November 2025 and will create over 200 jobs.

中工际华重工（青岛）有限公司 has completed construction of a green smart mining equipment industrial park in Dongjiakou Economic Zone, Qingdao, with an investment of 2.5 billion yuan. The plant will produce unmanned electric mining trucks and is expected to start production by end of 2024.

Viscofan inaugurated a new production plant in Rayong, Thailand, for finishing cellulosic and collagen casings, after an investment of close to EUR 22 million. The 30,000 m² site has 8,630 m² of floor space and will also serve Southeast Asia.

TriMas launched a new 225,000 square foot, highly automated packaging facility in Haining, China, consolidating its Hangzhou and older Haining plants. The site makes dispensing and lotion pumps, caps and closures.

Canadian Gypsum Company (CGC) is constructing a $210 million manufacturing plant in Wheatland County, Alberta. The facility will produce gypsum wallboard, interior finishing materials, and suspended acoustical ceilings, creating approximately 100 full-time jobs. Construction started in May 2024, with operations expected by spring 2026.