Mitsui Chemicals plans to build a new plant for its MR high-refractive-index ophthalmic lens material at its Omuta Works in Fukuoka, Japan, to meet growing global demand. Commercial operations are slated to begin in the first half of 2028.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced additional investments in its U.S. manufacturing network, including over $10 million in 2024 to install new needle and syringe production lines at plants in Connecticut and Nebraska, adding hundreds of millions of units annually and hiring more than 215 employees. The company also plans over $30 million in 2025 investments to expand IV line capacity at its Utah plant.

Filling and closing machine maker groninger USA will invest $15.1 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Charlotte's Steele Creek submarket, creating 60 new jobs.

Packaging company Envases Universales will invest $50 million to expand its plant in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, creating an estimated 150 direct and 200 indirect jobs.

Panduit is investing to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Monterrey, Mexico, with a new 90,000 square-foot facility producing electrical connectivity products including wire termination-power connectors, terminals, and grounding solutions.

Storefast Solutions Ltd installed a new Enterprise Tondelli canning line at its Northfleet facility, increasing contract canning capacity by over 400% to 90 million cans per annum.

Siemens Energy expanded its manufacturing plant in Dammam 2nd Industrial City, increasing its size by 35% to 20,000 square meters, to support localisation of gas-insulated switchgear and HL-Class gas turbines for the Taiba-2 and Qassim-2 CCGT projects.

Kolon Industries announced it will invest approximately 30 billion Korean won to add tire cord heat treatment equipment at its Vietnam plant, using idle equipment from its closed Nanjing, China factory. The expansion will increase annual tire cord production capacity from 36,000 tons to 57,000 tons. The new production line is expected to start operations in January 2027.

Qingyuan Huihe New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Phase II expansion project in Qingyuan华侨工业园, Yingde, Guangdong. The CNY 420 million project will add 130,000 tonnes per year of environmentally friendly coatings and resin capacity, including 50,000 tonnes of waterborne coatings and 30,000 tonnes of solvent-based coatings.

Bayer confirmed the start of expansion of its production plant in Lerma, State of Mexico, with an investment of 1.1 billion Mexican pesos (announced in August 2024). The expansion will strengthen production capacity for Latin American and North American markets, create 350 temporary construction jobs and 100 additional direct jobs by 2030.

Amkor Technology Portugal is investing €150 million to build a new semiconductor assembly and test facility in Vila do Conde, Portugal. The project will create 350 new jobs, doubling the building area and increasing total workforce to 1,200. Completion is expected by May 2025.

Morelli, a manufacturer of food service equipment, is constructing an 8,000-square-meter plant in the Ciudad Industria park in Funes, Argentina. The first phase of 5,000 m² will finish in 2025, with a second phase of 3,000 m² planned for 2026.

Van Robaeys commissioned two new Andritz teXline bast fiber refining and cottonizing lines in France, increasing production of textile fibers from flax, with capacity up to 800 kg/h each.

Andritz has supplied and commissioned two new teXline bast fibre refining and cottonising lines for Van Robaeys in France, increasing production of textile fibres from flax. The lines are the seventh and eighth Andritz cottonising lines for Van Robaeys.

Food service packaging maker Genpak LLC announced it will invest $6.69 million to expand its Scottsburg facility, expecting to add 45 jobs by 2028.

Swiss company Bourquin SA commissioned a new corrugated cardboard machine from BHS Corrugated at its Oensingen site on November 19, 2024, increasing production capacity by up to 30% and adding a photovoltaic system.

Kromberg Schubert, a German automotive cable manufacturer, is expanding its Béja plant on an 8-hectare site, with 4,200 m² for construction. The expansion will add over 4,000 jobs, increasing total workforce to over 8,000 by 2026.

Ameeri Industries is expanding its factory in Hidd, Bahrain, to increase production capacity and meet growing market demands, as highlighted during a visit by the Minister of Industry and Commerce.

Iberfoil Aragón, part of the Alibérico group, received environmental authorization to invest €45 million in expanding its plant in Sabiñánigo, Huesca, to produce green aluminum coils. The project will create 40 jobs initially, with a total of 115 jobs expected by 2028.

Wilkie will become the majority shareholder of Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) in Dundee, UK, and move its manufacturing operations from Kirriemuir and Forfar to the site. The move involves an estimated £50 million investment and could create up to 600 jobs.

Gree HVAC Refrigeration Equipment (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. plans to invest 50 million yuan to upgrade its home air conditioner production lines in Caidian District, Wuhan, adding 4 smart production lines and increasing annual capacity to 1 million units.

Ferrovial and Construcciones Rubau have broken ground on the expansion and upgrade of the Ter drinking water treatment plant in Catalonia, the largest such facility in the region. The project has a budget of €102 million and a 48-month completion timeline.

Sanden is investing €68 million in a new assembly line for electric-vehicle automotive compressors at its Tinténiac site in Brittany, with 17% financed by the French state under France 2030. The line is being installed since autumn 2024.

Liebherr Aerospace Brasil announced a R$300 million investment to expand its existing plant in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, adding 12,000 m² and creating 300 new jobs. The expansion will increase the aerospace division workforce from 450 to over 700.

Liebherr Aerospace announced a R$500 million investment to expand its factory in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, adding a 12,000 m² building and creating 300 new jobs.

Saint-Gobain HPM Polska, ADFORS Polska division, is investing over PLN 46 million to expand production capacity for coated glass veil at its existing plant in Gorlice, Poland. The investment includes a new production line, machinery, and storage facilities.

Hangzhou Nobang Nonwoven Co., Ltd. plans to build a 10,000-ton digital spunlace nonwoven production line through a plant renovation project at its site in Linping, Hangzhou, China. The project design was publicly announced on January 9, 2025.

Suzhou Newway Valve announced plans for its subsidiary Newway Fluid Control to build a second-phase expansion with a plant of about 20,000 square meters and at least two new industrial valve production lines, with investment of at least CNY 500 million, subject to shareholder approval.

Covestro is investing a low triple-digit million euro amount to construct multiple new production lines and infrastructure at its Hebron, Ohio site to manufacture customized polycarbonate compounds and blends, significantly expanding capacity for the American market.

PolyPeptide Group announced a planned doubling of solid-phase peptide synthesis capacity at its Malmö, Sweden site, with an investment of around EUR 100 million and creation of approximately 100 new permanent jobs. Construction is already underway.

Orora has committed roughly AUD 130 million to expand can production capacity at its Rocklea facility in Queensland, adding a new 375ml classic can line that will raise Cans capacity by more than 30% together with other projects. Installation is expected by late FY26.

Gabriel-Chemie invested around €7 million to expand its rack warehouse at its headquarters in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, adding 5,000 pallet spaces to increase storage capacity.

Heat pump maker Stiebel Eltron plans to invest up to EUR 72 million in its Holzminden plant to expand production of air-to-water heat pumps, receiving a grant of up to EUR 10.8 million; the grant notice was handed over on 8 January 2025.

Sailun Group announced a $93.5 million (€90 million) investment to expand production capacity at its tire manufacturing site in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia, adding 1.65 million units per year of all-steel truck and bus radial tires.

SAMSON received official approval to build and operate an electroplating unit at its new site in Offenbach, Germany, adding over 30% capacity for valve surface treatment. The unit is part of the MainChange headquarters relocation from Frankfurt, a project with about EUR 400M total investment.

Caterpillar Inc. plans to significantly increase manufacturing capabilities and capacity for hydraulic excavators at a facility under construction in Victoria, Texas.

Grupa Maspex announced an investment exceeding PLN 200 million to build a new production and warehouse hall with technical infrastructure at its plant in Wadowice, Poland. The project will also modernize existing machinery and purchase new production lines. Construction is to start in the first half of 2025.

Shandong Longhua New Materials' subsidiary Longhua High Materials began trial production of the first phase of its 108,000-tonne-per-year PA66 project in Zibo, Shandong. The first phase has a capacity of 160,000 tonnes per year.

Boeing announced plans to expand its two existing campuses in North Charleston, South Carolina, with $1 billion in infrastructure updates, creating 500 jobs over five years. Operations are expected online in early 2027.

Kaka Industries Limited fully commissioned its advanced manufacturing facility in Village Lasundra, Tehsil Kathlal, District Kheda, Gujarat, India. The facility spans 800,000 sq ft and has a production capacity of 40,000 metric tons per annum, a 120% increase from current utilization.

SANY India inaugurated a state-of-the-art factory expansion at its 90-acre manufacturing facility in Pune, India, increasing annual production capacity to over 14,000 units and fabrication capacity over 100,000 metric tons per year.

Prolec GE Waukesha is expanding its Goldsboro, North Carolina facility with a $140 million investment, creating 330 jobs. The expansion will nearly double annual production capacity of medium power transformers from 220 to 420 units.

A Square Forklift moved to a new 12,000 m² facility in S&J Industrial Estate, Germiston, Gauteng, with about 9,000 m² under roof. The company officially occupied the premises at the beginning of 2025.

In early 2025, ArcelorMittal commissioned a new state-of-the-art electric arc furnace at its Calvert, Alabama facility, capable of producing 1.5 million metric tons of low-CO₂ steel annually.

SharpCell Oy installed an airlaid nonwoven production line in Valkeakoski, Finland last year, doubling its airlaid capacity. The line was originally built by Anpap Oy in 2020 and acquired from Ascutec Sales UG & Co. KG.

Engineered Foam Packaging announced a $31.5 million project to enlarge its Browntown Road plant in Bishopville, South Carolina by 200,000 square feet. The state granted a $750,000 infrastructure grant to Lee County.

GE Vernova announced plans to invest more than $160 million and hire more than 650 new employees at its Greenville, South Carolina gas turbine factory. The investment supports capacity growth, quality, industrialization and new hydrogen testing capabilities.

Meerut Packaging, a corrugated packaging maker with a 22-acre plant in Mussorie village near Meerut, India, plans to expand into litho-laminated and monocartons.

AAON is investing $238.5 million to repurpose a 787,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Memphis, Tennessee, expanding production capacity for HVAC and data-center cooling equipment. The expansion is projected to create more than 800 new jobs.

Rostselmash invested 7 billion rubles in production development in 2024, including the launch of three new plants: a tractor plant, a transmission plant, and an agricultural machinery plant. The transmission plant in Rostov-on-Don cost over 10 billion rubles and opened in February 2024; the Taganrog plant for trailed and mounted equipment cost 2.5 billion rubles and opened in February 2024; the tractor and road-building machinery plant in Rostov opened in March 2024.