HI.GAO AC (Jiangsu) invested 200 million yuan to build a 30,000 square meter intelligent cold chain logistics project in Jiangsu Modern Agriculture Industrial Park, with an annual capacity of 10,000 sets of cold chain equipment, expected to be completed by end of 2025.

Esco Medical Technologies, a subsidiary of Esco Lifesciences Group, launched operations at a new €10.6 million plant in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone, Lithuania. The 7,900 sqm facility houses around 80 employees and includes R&D and product management.

FUJI held a completion ceremony on September 18, 2024 for a new plant building in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan, to produce its latest NXTR series electronic component mounting robots. The total investment is about 10 billion yen, and the new building expands the floor area to 32,500 m², increasing production capacity by 1.5 times.

Elsewedy Electric, in partnership with Siemens, is constructing a gas and steam turbine power plant in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, with investments of $800 million. The project is expected to be fully executed before the end of 2026.

Zekelman Industries is developing a $3.9 million steel tube-finishing plant in Birmingham, Alabama, to perform finishing processes on torque tubes produced at the Atlas site.

Gansu Pengfa Water Treatment Co., Ltd. held a commissioning ceremony for its environmental protection equipment manufacturing project in Jiuquan Economic Development Zone. The project involved a total investment of 80 million yuan and is expected to produce 1,000 units of water treatment and air pollution control equipment annually, creating 350 jobs.

German auto parts manufacturer Laepple Automotive will establish its new U.S. headquarters at a historic manufacturing facility in Detroit, Michigan. The project is expected to create jobs as part of a state-approved investment.

Beverage maker Niagara Bottling is investing $129.8 million to establish a 436,800 sq ft manufacturing and distribution facility in Elsmere, Kentucky, creating 60 jobs. Construction is expected to begin early next year.

Eaton and SIAEC held a groundbreaking ceremony on 23 September 2024 for their joint venture facility in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The facility will specialize in MRO services for Eaton-manufactured aircraft components and is scheduled to be fully operational within 18 months.

Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd. and Kim Long Motor Hue Joint Stock Company have signed an agreement to jointly build an engine factory in Vietnam with a total investment of $260 million. The first phase is expected to commence production in Q2 2025, with an annual capacity exceeding 12,000 engines.

Verdot has announced the construction of a new 4,200 m² production plant at Biopôle Clermont-Limagne in Saint-Beauzire, France, to manufacture low-pressure liquid chromatography equipment for biopharmaceuticals. The €10 million investment will increase production capacity by 150% and create 50-75 jobs.

Hitachi Energy announced a $70 million investment to construct a new distribution transformer factory in Reynosa, Mexico, creating 350 jobs, as part of a $155 million North America investment plan.

BCF Life Sciences has opened a new wastewater treatment plant at its industrial site in Pleucadeuc, France, with an investment of over €6 million. The plant uses reverse osmosis technology to reuse water for industrial utilities.

Integer Holdings Corporation formally opened a new $30 million, 67,000 sq. ft. European medical device innovation and manufacturing centre in Galway, Ireland, to support demand for catheters, medical textiles, and delivery systems.

Xinghuo Special Steel began construction on a project to produce 1 billion high-end solenoid valves and pump valve soft magnetic cores per year in Dainan, Xinghua, Jiangsu, on a 100-mu site with planned investment of RMB 1 billion.

Suzhou MicroPort Orthopedics (Group) Co., Ltd. completed construction of a 23-story, 99.6-meter-tall factory in Suzhou Industrial Park, with a total investment of about CNY 750 million and total floor area of 129,000 square meters. The facility includes implant and surgical tool production workshops.

Exlabesa inaugurated a new aluminium extrusion production facility in Soure, Portugal, with a €25 million investment, creating 120 jobs and an annual capacity of 16,000 tonnes. The plant has been operational since 2023.

Uno Minda's subsidiary Uno Mindarika Private Ltd established a new plant in Farrukhnagar, Gurugram, Haryana, India, with Phase 1 for automotive switch components and Phase 2 relocating existing Manesar plant, total investment Rs 120 crore, completion by Q3 FY27.

Tamagawa Seiki held a topping-out ceremony on September 8, 2024 for a new factory (Building 32) at its second business site in Iida, Nagano, Japan. The plant will consolidate press processes for automotive sensors and increase processing capacity, with production starting in January 2025.

Rusclimate plans to build a factory for ventilation equipment and central air conditioning systems in the Avangard special economic zone in Omsk, with an investment of 1.2 billion rubles (approx. $13 million).

Toyoda Gosei Minda India Pvt Ltd, through its subsidiary Toyoda Gosei South India Pvt. Ltd, will set up a new plant in Harohalli, Karnataka, to manufacture safety systems and interior/exterior parts.

Uno Minda will establish a new manufacturing facility in Indonesia through its subsidiary PT Minda Asean Automotive, expected to be operational by Q4 FY26. The investment is Rs 210 crore.

BASX held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly completed 36,000-square-foot weld shop at its headquarters in Redmond, Oregon, which will create up to 30 new welding jobs and features advanced equipment including a robotic welding cell to be installed in early 2025.

As part of the R$670 million investment, WEG will invest R$336 million to construct a new factory in Atotonilco, Mexico, for wire manufacturing to serve North American transformer and electric motor markets.

German automotive components company Dräxlmaier announced a new facility in Novation City, Sousse, Tunisia, with an investment of 100 million Tunisian dinars, creating 1,000 high-skilled jobs. The facility is under construction and expected to open in March 2025.

Norbec opened its new CAD 45 million manufacturing plant in Strathroy, Ontario, its first in Ontario, creating 70 jobs to serve Ontario and U.S. Midwest markets.

Kurtz Ersa Manufacturing México inaugurated a new 4,500 m² production facility in Ciudad Juárez on September 17, 2024. The plant will initially produce Ersa reflow soldering machines and serve as a pre-production facility for the US plant.

SFC Energy opened a new production facility in Cluj, northwestern Romania, with a target capacity of 3,000 fuel cells by end of 2024 and gradual expansion to 30,000 fuel cells annually by end of 2028.

Eurofios Group announced the construction of a new 8,000-square-meter factory in Ascurra, Brazil, to increase production of recycled textile yarns by about 25% and create hundreds of jobs.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Inc. will invest $71 million to establish a 150,000-square-foot defense assembly facility in James City County, Virginia, creating over 180 jobs. An additional $30 million will be invested in engineering and software.

Resident of SEZ Dubna, Prom Tekhnologii 4.0, is constructing a production complex for water treatment systems with an area of over 5,000 square meters. The project is over 52% complete, with completion expected in Q4 2025. Investment is about 350 million rubles, creating over 50 jobs.

Vandersanden officially opened a new Pirrouet factory in Lanklaar, Belgium, with an investment of EUR 32.5 million, producing up to 20 million CO₂-negative facing bricks annually and employing 26 people.

Serán BioScience announced a $200 million strategic growth transaction led by Bain Capital Life Sciences to build a new commercial-scale manufacturing facility in Bend, Oregon, expected to be completed in 2027.

KRN Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration Ltd is launching an IPO to raise funds for a new manufacturing facility in Neemrana, Alwar, Rajasthan, to be built by its subsidiary KRN HVAC Products.

Voronezh-PLAST, a resident of the special economic zone Tsentr, plans to build a new production complex for polyethylene pipes with an investment of 2.185 billion rubles. The plant will create 200 jobs and is expected to start production in 2025.

Koito Manufacturing announced it will construct a new plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, adjacent to its current plant, to increase production capacity for automotive lighting equipment. The expansion also includes expanding its plant in Brazil.

Cartonplus Packaging acquired a 13,000 sqm facility in Villaverde del Río, 25 km from Seville, to expand corrugated packaging capacity for agricultural and industrial markets. The site has eight loading docks.

Veetee Foods will invest $35.7 million and create 200 jobs at a new food processing plant in Selma, Johnston County, North Carolina. The plant will cook rice, pasta, noodles and other foods.

Heli, a Chinese forklift manufacturer, has opened its European headquarters in Friedberg, Germany, including a manufacturing hall and plans for a European research and development center.

Argental, a bakery and pastry equipment manufacturer, celebrated the completion of the first stage of a new 5,000 sq m manufacturing facility in the Ciudad Industria park in Funes, Santa Fe, Argentina. The plant is built on an 18,000 sq m lot.

Vartega Inc. is expanding to a new 50,000 sq ft manufacturing facility and headquarters in Denver, Colorado, increasing production capacity 10X to 2,000 metric tons per year. The expansion is supported by a $5M Series Seed II funding round led by Belle Impact Fund.

Faller Packaging signed a contract on September 16, 2024 to buy the former All4Labels property in Gebesee, Thuringia, to build a new folding carton and package leaflet plant. Production is planned to start in spring 2025.

Polymatech Electronics announced a $16.2 million investment to establish a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Hidd, Bahrain, under the brand Atri. The facility will serve as an assembly point for chips targeting West Asia and North Africa.

Intretech celebrated the opening of its new manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico, with an investment of $60 million. The facility is expected to create 2,000 jobs over five years.

ZF Rane Automotive, a joint venture between Rane Group and ZF Group, has inaugurated a new inflator manufacturing plant and sled test facility in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, with an expected annual production capacity of about 3 million units of driver and passenger airbag inflators.

Trelleborg Medical Solutions is scheduled to complete a new 107,600 sq ft manufacturing facility in the Evolution Free Zone Industrial Park in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in 2025.

Mubea Aviation has opened a new factory in Ergene, Tekirdağ, Turkey, with an investment of EUR 44 million. The plant will produce carbon fiber aircraft parts for Airbus A320, A330, and A350 models, initially creating 250 jobs.

Covestro (India) Private Limited has opened a new ultra trimer production plant in Ankleshwar, Gujarat, the first of its kind in India. The plant will manufacture Desmodur ultra trimer products for coatings and adhesives, with first production expected in Q4 2024.

Sandvik has opened a new production unit in Malaysia for underground trucks and loaders, with a focus on battery-electric vehicles. The company invested SEK 350 million in the plant, which has a capacity of about 300 machines per year.

Shalag U.S., Inc. will invest $16.6 million to open a new non-woven manufacturing and production facility in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, creating 52 new jobs.