Suez and its partners held a groundbreaking ceremony for the fourth-phase expansion of the Chongqing Tangjiatuo wastewater treatment plant on December 30, 2024. The expansion will add 200,000 cubic meters per day of capacity, bringing the total to 600,000 m³/day, and is scheduled for completion in December 2026.

Symbotic/GreenBox Systems plans to invest $144 million to build out 1,000,000 square feet of new space in Jackson, Georgia, creating 300 new jobs. The company expects to occupy the new space on or about November 1, 2025.

Chennai United Metal Industries is investing INR 36.25 crore to expand production capacity at its Gummidipoondi factory near Chennai. The billets plant capacity will increase from 23,760 to 200,000 tonnes per annum, and the re-rolled steel plant from 61,200 to 200,000 tonnes per annum, adding 20 jobs.

Climaveneta Climate Technologies, a Mitsubishi Electric group company, is expanding its manufacturing plant in Narasapura, Kolar district, with an investment of over ₹400 crore across two phases. The 2.5 lakh sq. ft. facility will become India's largest chiller manufacturing plant.

Rongtian Precision Machinery (榮田精機) is investing NT$190 million to build a new plant at its Neihu site in Kaohsiung, adding 1,300 ping of production space. The plant is expected to be completed and operational in 2026.

Hycom Engineering plans to build a third facility in Bidadi, Karnataka, with a Rs 100 crore investment, doubling production capacity from 40,000 to 80,000 units annually by FY29 and creating 250 jobs.

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products plans to invest $86 million to build out 160,000 square feet of new space in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, creating 200 new jobs. The company expects to occupy the space by January 1, 2026.

SuoShi Chemical held a topping-out ceremony for its 5,000 tons/year powder coating additives project at its production base in Yueyang, Hunan Province, with a total investment of RMB 110 million.

Xidian Changbian (Changzhou Xidian Transformer Co., Ltd.) began construction on December 24, 2024, of a second-phase expansion project for UHV transformers and reactors, with a total investment of over 300 million yuan. The project will add 100 units of ±1100kV UHV converter transformers and reactors per year.

TAMCO Middle East has substantially enhanced and expanded its Jebel Ali facility in Dubai, adding new manufacturing spaces and high-performance machinery for medium voltage switchgear.

Georg Fischer (GF) is building a new foundry hall at its Sissach, Switzerland production site, investing CHF 11 million. Two-thirds of the investment will go into a second state-of-the-art foundry unit to expand the product portfolio for sustainable drinking water solutions. Completion is expected in spring 2025.

HD Hyundai Infracore decided to invest 141.2 billion won to expand manufacturing facilities for ultra-large power engines and battery packs at its Incheon and Gunsan plants in South Korea. The investment will be carried out until the end of 2028.

BASF Polyurethane (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.'s MDI optimization and upgrade project has entered trial operation. The project adds a new 130,000 tonnes/year pure MDI distillation unit, increasing the site's total MDI capacity from 400,000 t/y to 530,000 t/y.

KZTA - Kazakhstan Pipeline Valve Plant completed a comprehensive production modernization with financing from the Industrial Development Fund JSC, aiming to raise capacity from 4,500 to 45,000 pipeline valves and create 150 new jobs.

Hitachi Ltd. announced an expansion of its high-voltage switchgear and breakers factory in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, aiming to double production capacity for high-voltage switchgear and breakers, including dead tank breakers, gas-insulated switchgear and hybrid switchgear.

STD Transformatör is investing TRY 1.3 billion in a new 24,000 sqm transformer plant in Adana Hacı Sabancı Organize Sanayi Bölgesi, expected to start production in 2026. The plant will produce transformers up to 200 MW and increase employment from 105 to 450.

John Deere invested $48 million in renovating 385,000 square feet of manufacturing space and $101 million in equipment and processes at its Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois, to produce the X9 combine.

Anhui Haoyun Machinery, a subsidiary of Anhui Heli Forklift Group, has announced the construction of a new plant for the intelligent manufacturing of 1,000 telescopic forklifts per year, with the construction general contract awarded.

Toyoda Gosei will invest $97 million over three years into its TG Missouri facility in Perryville, Missouri, installing new equipment for automation and new business. The company will maintain at least 1,600 full-time positions.

Honeywell and Lockheed Martin agreed to expand production and repair capacity for the F-35 PTMS unit at Honeywell's Hlubočky plant in the Czech Republic. The industrial partnership agreement was signed in October 2024 and formally launched on December 11, 2024.

Electro-Mechanical, through its Federal Pacific brand, is investing $16.55 million to equip a new 200,000 sq ft production facility in Bristol, Virginia. The first phase is set to go live in early April, and the company plans to hire over 100 new employees.

Deere expanded its seeding facility in Moline, Illinois, by 60,000 square feet with a $10 million investment.

Deere expanded its large sprayer assembly location in Des Moines, Iowa, by 138,000 square feet with a $40 million investment in building and infrastructure.

Deere invested $48 million into renovating 385,000 square feet of manufacturing space at its Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois, for production of the X9 combine, plus $101 million on equipment and processes.

Deere is expanding its Reman Core Center facility in Strafford, Missouri, by 120,000 square feet with a $13.5 million investment. Construction is expected to break ground in mid-2025.

Logicenters and Kitron Sweden have agreed to expand Kitron's factory in Jönköping by approximately 6000 m², bringing total area to about 14000 m² by the second half of 2025.

Ypsomed's production facility in Schwerin, Germany, has started manufacturing the UnoPen prefilled pen injector, expanding capacity to meet global demand. The facility is designed for large-scale manufacturing.

Crucianelli announced a total investment of over ARS 5,000 million (ARS 5 billion) to increase production capacity by 30% to 1,400 seeders per year and add 20% more jobs at its plant in Armstrong, Santa Fe. The investment includes ARS 3,000 million in loans from BICE and is expected to be operational in Q1 2025.

Corruempaques, a corrugated cardboard box maker, inaugurated an expansion of its plant in the Parque Industrial Querétaro, adding a 17,000 m² facility for storage and production that will generate 300 new jobs.

Ebara Corporation announced on December 19, 2024, the construction of a new production building (K3) at its Kumamoto plant in Nankan-machi, Tamana-gun, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The four-story building with a floor area of about 19,400 square meters will increase semiconductor manufacturing equipment production capacity by 1.5 times, with operations expected to start in the second quarter of fiscal 2025.

Chemplast Sanmar commenced commercial production from Phase II of the Multi-Purpose Production Block at its Custom Manufactured Chemicals Division in Berigai on December 19, 2024.

AUC Group, after acquiring WAWCON assets, now offers clarifiers exceeding 57 feet in diameter for large-scale wastewater treatment plants. In February 2025, AUC will break ground on a 1.6 MGD package plant for Freeport, Texas, featuring the larger clarifier design.

James Hardie is nearing the end of a multi-year expansion of its largest manufacturing plant in Prattville, Alabama, which will double production capabilities to 1 billion standard feet of siding annually and double the workforce.

Tetra Pak's Denton, Texas facility is undergoing an expansion project that will enable it to produce over 10 billion packages annually. The site also completed an expansion of its Technical Training Center in 2024.

Kloeckner will install a Schuler coil-fed laser blanking line in a 93,700-square-foot addition to its Queretaro, Mexico facility, with production starting in mid-2026.

Schaeffler Canada is launching a $13.1 million expansion at its automotive facility in Stratford, Ontario, adding two new assembly lines and creating 44 jobs. The project is expected to be completed by 2018.

PLANTAG Coatings GmbH installed a state-of-the-art production facility in Detmold, Germany, with a 2,500 sqm hall and stirring capacity of up to 35,000 litres per shift, for producing UV-curing and water-based coating systems.

Welspun Corp announced a $100 million investment to expand its Little Rock, Arkansas facility, doubling annual production capacity from 175,000 tonnes to 350,000 tonnes. The expansion will enable production of pipes up to 24 inches in diameter and X80 grade, and is scheduled for completion by March 2026, creating 175 new jobs.

Bulgarian engineering firm Oscar-El has begun construction of a third production hall in Bozhurishte, near Sofia, to increase its capacity for electrical panels by at least 40%. The investment is 4 million levs.

Hydro has decided to invest NOK 200 million in a new sow casting line at its Husnes primary aluminium plant in Norway. The highly automated line will have a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year, adding flexibility to produce sow ingots. Construction is expected to start in 2025, with completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2026.

Turkish steelmaker Bilecik Demir Çelik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. has applied for an environmental impact assessment for a project to increase its melt shop and rolling mill capacity in Bozüyük, Bilecik. The investment cost is TRY 95 million ($2.7 million), aiming to raise annual liquid steel capacity from 245,856 mt to 400,000 mt and rolling mill capacity from 238,038 mt to 388,000 mt.

Eiliton, a medical laboratory equipment company, launched a fourth production line for vacuum blood collection tubes at its site in the Dubna Special Economic Zone, Moscow Oblast. The investment was 60 million rubles, and the new line adds capacity of 5 million tubes per month, increasing total capacity to 12 million tubes per month.

Condensia opened a new 5,000 m² chemical plant in Polinyà, Spain, financed by an ICF Eurocrèdit loan. The plant is expected to increase production capacity from 4,000 tonnes to 12,000 tonnes within two years, and up to 20,000 tonnes after the full relocation.

Hengyang Heli Co., Ltd. is expanding its southern manufacturing base in Hengyang, Hunan, with a total investment of 665 million yuan ($93 million). The project is expected to be completed and operational by June 2025, increasing annual capacity to 60,000 units.

Generate MVR WWT Holdings, LLC received a $12.86 million USDA grant to expand equipment at its liquid manure processing facility in Casco, Wisconsin, and a site in Indiana, increasing annual output to 67,300 tons of dry fertilizer and 8.2 million gallons of liquid ammonium.

SkyWater Technology will invest $127 million to expand its semiconductor manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota, creating 70 jobs, supported by a $19 million state grant.

Almeco will begin trial operation of a new extrusion plant with an annual capacity of 20,000 tons in Sacheon, South Korea, in January 2025, completing vertical integration from casting to extrusion.

Nelson Manufacturing will undertake a multi-million dollar investment for a new 73,000 square-foot facility in Ottawa, Ohio, for grit blasting, painting and assembly. The expansion will create 18 new jobs.

Qemtex Chemical Holding plans to double the capacity of its new powder coatings plant in Umm Al Quwain, UAE, from 5,000 to 10,000 tons annually in a second phase launching in 2026.

Tytex Slovakia will receive an investment incentive of €484,085 in income tax relief to expand textile production in Humenné. The company plans to invest over €3.38 million in machinery by March 2025 and expects production to increase by 30.1%.