BOFILLEX, a contract beverage can filler in Sokolov, Czech Republic, is producing since February 2024 on a KHS line with up to 26,000 and 20,000 cans per hour; BIG SHOCK! is its first customer and investor.

EPSEA Industrial has completed the topping-out of its 50,000+ square metre Factory II, which will make gas storage tanks, separator tanks, reaction kettles and pressure vessels, with full operation expected by end-2024.

Freudenberg Medical announced plans to invest more than $50 million in a new 130,000 sq. ft. production facility in Alsdorf, Aachen region, Germany, for drug and hydrophilic coatings. The facility will triple manufacturing footprint and create over 150 jobs by 2026.

CMZ has acquired a 22,000 m2 plot in the Aboro district of Berriz, Vizcaya, to build a new assembly plant for lathe production. The investment aims to increase capacity to 1,000 machines per year.

EVOLOR has inaugurated a new decorative plaster factory on the Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea industrial platform in Romania, following an investment of €3 million. The facility is expected to produce about 10,000 tons of decorative plasters in its first full year.

Orbia's Building & Infrastructure business Wavin formally opened a new production plant in Grand Batang City, Indonesia. The facility will manufacture pipe systems for water management solutions.

Aciturri Group has opened a new production facility in the Midparc industrial zone in Nouaceur, Casablanca, Morocco. The investment exceeds MAD 30 million ($3 million) and will create 100 jobs, producing aircraft engine blades.

RusKran plans to build a crane manufacturing plant in Omsk's special economic zone Avangard, producing 400-450 cranes per year with over 80 jobs.

Haas Automation broke ground on a new manufacturing plant in Henderson, Nevada. The facility is expected to hire hundreds of workers.

Two factories for medical products and prosthetic components have been built in Seversky District, Krasnodar Krai, with launch planned in 2025. The projects by companies 'Aprel' and 'ORTO-Market' represent over 2 billion RUB in total investment, creating about 170 jobs.

SteriBio Korea, a Korean subsidiary of Chinese SteriBio, signed an investment agreement to build a factory in Namwon Industrial Complex. The company will invest 12 billion KRW to construct a plant on 15,510 m² for mass production of medical sterilizers and in vitro diagnostic kits by the first half of 2025.

GQL began construction on December 1, 2023, completed it in October 2024, invested KRW 47 billion, and created 45 new jobs. The company also relocated its headquarters to Wonju.

Güntner is hiring around 120 workers for its new plant in Pocket Park Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico, which is expected to start operations at the end of October 2024. The company manufactures evaporators and condensers for cold rooms.

Manitou Group has started construction of a new 20,000 m² welding plant in Candé, France, with a €60 million investment. The plant will internalize fabrication of aerial work platforms and is expected to start production in early summer 2026.

XCMG Machinery launched XCMG Financial Australia Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia, to support financing and risk management in Oceania.

Vaess Agersol officially opened the world's largest alginate gel production facility in Stare Koźle, Poland, covering 3300 m2, to meet demand for innovative alginate products.

Brno Waterworks and Sewerage Company (BVK), a joint venture of the City of Brno and SUEZ, started construction of a new sludge treatment line at the Brno-Modřice wastewater treatment plant, costing €140 million.

KYOCERA Fineceramics Medical GmbH held a groundbreaking ceremony on 4 October 2024 for a new production facility in Waiblingen, Germany. The company is investing €30 million in the first phase, with construction completion expected by September 2025 and first deliveries in Q1 2026.

Blue Star (Group) Co., Ltd. and Toray Industries, Inc. jointly broke ground on a reverse osmosis membrane production plant in Beijing on August 24, 2009. The plant, with a total investment of approximately CNY 600 million, is scheduled to start production in October 2010, producing 6.18 million square meters of reverse osmosis membranes and 130,000 membrane elements annually.

Sona BLW Precision Forgings Limited inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Manesar, Haryana, on October 21, 2024. The plant focuses on driveline products, will increase production capacity by 30%, and is expected to create 300 jobs with an investment of INR 1,000 million over two to three years.

O'Neal Manufacturing Services (OMS) will invest $8.5 million to establish its first Tennessee facility in Kingsport, creating 29 jobs for medium- to heavy-gauge steel fabrication.

Modern Ambalaj is investing $100 million in a new corrugated cardboard factory in Sakarya, Turkey, with annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes. It will be the group's eighth plant and bring its total capacity to 1 million tonnes per year.

Makino broke ground on a new technology innovation center in Querétaro, Mexico, with an investment of 400 million pesos (US $21 million). The plant will supply production machinery to automotive, medical, and aerospace industries and is expected to start operations in 2025, creating over 200 jobs.

Confidence Cement PLC is investing Tk 815 crore to set up a new production facility on 10 acres of land in Narsingdi, Bangladesh. The new unit, named 'Confidence Cement Dhaka Ltd', will have a daily capacity of 6,000 tonnes and is expected to begin operations in the first quarter of 2025, creating about 1,000 direct jobs.

Varun Beverages announced a $50 million investment to build a Pepsi production facility at Kiswishi City Special Economic Zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The plant will be developed on 15 hectares of land and is expected to create thousands of jobs.

Zoomlion officially opened the Hoisting Machinery Park in Zoomlion Smart Industrial City, Changsha, China, on September 28, 2024. The park covers 1,000,000 square meters and includes the world's first intelligent factory for wheeled cranes.

Nippon Shokubai Indonesia (NSI) is constructing a new superabsorbent polymer (SAP) plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, with a capacity of 140,000 tons per year after expansion. The project is scheduled for completion in 2027.

Vioneo, founded by A.P. Moller Holding, aims to build a large-scale fossil-free plastics production plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will produce about 300,000 tonnes of fossil-free plastics annually, representing a €1.5 billion investment, with a final investment decision possible in 2025.

LOTTE Engineering Plastics (formerly Sambark LFT) plans to invest over 300 billion KRW to construct a compounding plant with annual capacity of 500,000 tons at Yulchon Industrial Complex in Jeollanam-do, South Korea. Operations are expected to begin in the second half of 2025.

Turkish company Dalgakiran Kompresor opened a production and maintenance facility in Bilohorodka, Kyiv region, after investing UAH 400 million (about $10 million). The plant makes generator and compressor equipment, cooling systems and industrial pumps and created 50 jobs.

Lemi National Cement factory, Ethiopia's largest cement producer, has gone operational with a production capacity of 150,000 quintals (15,000 tonnes) per day. The $600 million plant, located in North Shoa Zone, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and is a joint venture between East African Holding and West China Cement Ltd.

En-Tai Technology held a ceremony for the first phase of its high-performance water treatment membrane project in Mianzhu, Sichuan, China. The phase one investment was 1.05 billion yuan, with annual production capacity of 60 million square meters of membrane.

Jiangsu Haiyang Nylon New Material Co., Ltd. began construction of an 80,000-tonne-per-year high-performance tire cord fabric project in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China. The 1.1 billion yuan investment includes four production lines and is expected to be completed by December 2025.

İğrek Makina is building a new foundry on a 150,000 m² plot in Bursa, Turkey, with a production capacity of 190 tons of metal and the ability to cast parts up to 100 tons. The factory will serve as a main supplier for automotive mold castings.

AB Kauno Grūdai, a subsidiary of AB Akola Group, is building a new breadcrumb factory in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The total investment is EUR 6.7 million, and the factory will have a production capacity of 1,000 tons per month, creating 24 jobs.

Intago Kazakhstan LLP opened a plant for non-woven geosynthetic materials in the Atyrau Special Economic Zone, with financial support from Industrial Development Fund JSC. The project cost 1.365 billion tenge and will create about 40 jobs.

Elf Filling will invest 300 million rubles in a new production complex in Bogorodsky urban district, Moscow Oblast, to assemble valves for its technical aerosol production. The plant will create 20 jobs and is planned for commissioning in 2027.

Lianhong Huisheng (Jiangsu) New Materials Co., Ltd. started construction of a 100,000-ton-per-year POE (polyolefin elastomer) plant in Taixing Economic Development Zone. The project is the first phase of a 300,000-ton POE project, with total investment of 5.2 billion yuan.

BorgWarner PDS (Changnyeong) Inc., a South Korean subsidiary of BorgWarner, held a groundbreaking ceremony on September 26, 2024, for an additional plant in Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, to produce electrification system parts.

ILJIN, an automotive and industrial bearings manufacturer, is investing nearly $100 million in a new aluminum forging facility in Auburn, Alabama, creating about 160 jobs.

Automotive supplier Shinsung Petrochemical will invest $11.2 million in a new manufacturing facility in Toombs County, Georgia, creating over 30 jobs. Construction is expected to finish in 2025.

Soleno, a Canadian water management company, opened its first U.S. factory in Saratoga Springs, New York, investing over $22 million. The 45,000-square-foot facility manufactures KUSTOMFLO high-performance pipes and began operations in August 2024. A second phase adding 25,000 square feet is under review.

Knauf Ceiling Solutions has started construction of a new plant in Illange, Moselle, to produce insulating ceiling tiles using rock wool from the adjacent Knauf Insulation plant. The investment is €110 million, with production capacity of 19 million square meters per year. The plant is expected to start operations in Q2 2025 and create 50 jobs.

Feintool celebrated the groundbreaking for its first Indian production site in the Pune metropolitan region, with an initial investment of CHF 15 million. Production of high-precision automotive components is expected to start in summer 2025.

Soleno, a Canadian leader in water management, announced the opening of its first U.S. factory in Saratoga Springs, New York. The 45,000-square-foot facility began operations in August and will initially manufacture KUSTOMFLO pipes. Soleno is investing more than $22 million in the facility.

Hangcha Group announced it will establish a manufacturing facility in Thailand to assemble lithium batteries and manufacture forklifts and scissor lifts, with an initial investment of USD 20 million and capacity of 10,000 units.

Blue Polymers, a joint venture between Republic Services and Ravago, broke ground on its second plastics recycling facility in Buckeye, Arizona. The 162,000-square-foot plant will specialize in recycled PE and PP and is expected to open in the second half of 2025.

Cheboksary Plant of Power Units (ChZSA) is constructing a new 4,000+ m² workshop to produce domestic Silant forklifts, aiming to increase production to 1,000 units per year by 2026. Completion is expected in mid-2025.

German automotive supplier LÄPPLE AUTOMOTIVE is establishing a new production plant in Detroit, Michigan, with mid-double-digit million euro investment. The 25,000 sqm facility will initially focus on spare parts production, with production start planned for November 2024.

Geis Development is constructing a 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for Viega in Shalersville, Ohio, representing about $200 million of investment. Construction began in November 2023 and completion is expected in early 2025.