Infineon Technologies officially opened the first phase of a new 200-millimeter silicon carbide power semiconductor fab in Kulim, Malaysia, with an investment of €2 billion. The second phase will add up to €5 billion, creating up to 4,000 jobs overall.

Eti Alüminyum has started construction of a new aluminum rolling mill in Seydişehir, Turkey, with initial capacity of 100,000 tons per year, targeting strategic sectors like defense. The facility is expected to start production in 2025.

M+S HydrauliC PLC signed a construction contract on 8 August 2024 for a new hydraulic motor plant in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, with BGN 45 million planned investment, 121 new jobs and a more than 30% capacity increase. Barrage Group won the main construction contract.

SINOBOOM began construction of its Latin America plant in Guanajuato Puerto Interior, with an initial investment of $150 million. The plant is expected to start production in mid-2025 and create 700 jobs.

Lafarge Srbija plans to invest €110 million in the first phase of opening a cement factory in Belgrade's Obrenovac municipality. The facility will produce cement from the ashes of thermal power plants.

Changshu Ximaide's advanced drug delivery device R&D and manufacturing base opened in Changshu Economic Development Zone on August 6, 2024. The project, with a total investment of CNY 500 million, includes a 30,000-square-meter GMP factory, R&D center, and headquarters, designed to produce 50 million drug delivery devices annually.

Kuraray held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 6, 2024, for a new EVAL EVOH resin production plant at its subsidiary in Singapore. The plant will have a capacity of 18,000 tons/year and is expected to start operations by the end of 2026.

Singmed Medical Device Science and Technology opened a CNY500 million (USD70 million) inhaler production base in Changshu, Jiangsu province, with an annual capacity of 50 million nebulizers.

Quantum Filtration Medium is establishing a manufacturing facility in Collie's Light Industrial Area, supported by a $2 million investment from the Western Australian Government. Construction began in July 2023.

SER Mekatronik laid the foundation of a new 14,500 m² factory in Velimeşe Organised Industrial Zone, Çorlu, Tekirdağ. The facility will produce textile finishing machines and is expected to be operational in 2025.

Panjin Sanli Zhongke New Materials is nearing completion of its MMA/PMMA and propanol plant in Panjin, Liaoning, China. The facility, using a domestically developed C2 route, will produce 50,000 tonnes/year of MMA/PMMA and 40,000 tonnes/year of n-propanol. Trial production is scheduled for September 2024.

JAI Automotive Components Ltd., a subsidiary of Jamna Auto Industries, broke ground on a new manufacturing facility in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh. The plant will cover 56 acres with a phased investment of approximately Rs. 350 Crores ($42 million). First phase operational by April 2025.

Edwards Vacuum has celebrated the groundbreaking of its first US dry pump factory for semiconductor equipment in Genesee County, New York. The investment is expected to exceed $300 million and create 600+ jobs.

A Chinese tank container valve maker's subsidiary is building a new 36.2 mu, roughly 22,000 square meter plant in Rudong, Jiangsu for high-end stainless steel valves, with investment of 500 million yuan. Main structure was topped out on June 24, 2024, and the plant is expected to produce 60,000 pieces per year.

Nippon Shokubai announced a plan to build a 50,000 metric tons per year superabsorbent polymers plant at its Indonesian subsidiary. The investment is around $110 million, with mechanical completion expected in January 2027 and commercial operations in July 2027.

Dialum announced the construction of a $25 million, 10,000-square-meter glass processing plant in Ave Maria, Florida. The plant is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2026 and will create about 100 jobs.

BKI is constructing a production and warehouse complex for industrial and domestic water treatment systems at the Esipovo industrial park in Solnechnogorsk, Moscow region. The 14,000 sq m facility is 12% complete, with an investment of about 2 billion rubles, and is expected to create 200 jobs upon completion in Q3 2025.

Tata Group has begun construction of a ₹27,000-crore semiconductor assembly and test facility in Jagiroad, Assam. The plant will produce 48.3 million chips per day and is expected to become operational in 2025, creating 27,000 jobs.

Jinrun CNC (Jinrun Numerical Control) has signed an agreement to build its East China R&D and production headquarters in Changshu Economic and Technological Development Zone. The project involves an investment of 1 billion yuan and will produce 3,000 large CNC machine tools annually.

China Electric Equipment Group's Xidian Smart Industry Base, a 10-billion-yuan smart industrial park, has welcomed its first tenant, Xi'an Xidian High-Voltage Switch Operating Mechanism Co., which moved in equipment. The base covers nearly 1,000 mu and is expected to generate 10 billion yuan in annual output and 5,000 jobs upon full completion.

Adani Cement announced a ₹1,600 crore investment to establish a 6 MTPA cement grinding unit in Warisaliganj, Bihar. The first phase of 2.4 MTPA at ₹1,100 crore is targeted for commissioning by December 2025.

Ambuja Cements, part of the Adani Group, announced a ₹1,600 crore investment to build a 6 MTPA cement grinding unit in Warisaliganj, Bihar. The first phase of 2.4 MTPA at ₹1,100 crore is targeted for commissioning by December 2025, creating 250 direct and 1,000 indirect jobs.

Shanghai Yingjiexin Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (Yingjiexin) signed a project to build a high-precision pen injector industrialization base in Wuxi Precision Medical Industrial Park. The project involves a total investment of CNY 500 million and is expected to start production in 2025, with an annual capacity of over 50 million units.

ATG Demir Çelik Makine Sanayi will build a machining factory on 20,000 m² in Demirağ Organized Industrial Zone, Sivas, with a 180 million lira investment, creating 50 jobs. The groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for August 3, 2024.

PIX Moving and TIS Inc. announced a joint venture in Japan to build PIX Moving's first overseas robot manufacturing plant in Kanagawa Prefecture, focusing on mass production of Robo-Bus, Robo-Shop, and Robo-Go.

Cooperativa la Cruz Azul has begun construction of a new cement plant in Seybaplaya, Campeche, Mexico, with an initial investment of over US$300 million. The first stage is expected to be completed by the end of 2026, with a daily production capacity of 3,000 tonnes, creating 2,000 temporary construction jobs and 350 permanent jobs.

Cooperativa Cruz Azul announced the construction of a new cement plant in Seybaplaya, Campeche, Mexico, with an investment of over $300 million. The plant is expected to produce 3,000 tonnes per day by 2026, creating up to 2,000 temporary construction jobs and 350 permanent jobs.

BSH Home Appliance, a Bosch subsidiary, inaugurated a new refrigerator factory in Salinas Victoria, Nuevo León, Mexico. The $260 million plant will produce 300,000 refrigerators annually, with plans to double capacity by 2026, and create up to 1,500 jobs.

Sansera Engineering signed an MoU with the Karnataka government to set up a new manufacturing facility in Harohalli, Ramanagara, with an investment of Rs 2,100 crore over three to five years. The project is expected to create 3,500 jobs and increase manufacturing capacity by Rs 3,000 crore.

Constellium announced a new project to construct a state-of-the-art casting center in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to increase its ability to convert recycled scrap aluminum into rolling ingot.

Construction of KEDA's BOZUYUK factory in Turkey is in full swing, with the roof completed and concrete pouring underway. The factory is expected to be officially operational by the end of 2024.

Sysmex Corporation completed construction of a new manufacturing base in India, its largest outside Japan, capable of producing both reagents and instruments. Shipments are planned to start by the end of fiscal year 2024.

Family-owned corrugated packaging maker Welch Packaging has started up a new corrugator facility, OHCorr, in Wooster, Ohio, to produce corrugated sheets for its box plants. The site is in Wooster's Innovation Park.

Expliseat opened a new 6,000m² assembly plant in Angers, France, with a target production capacity of 26,000 units per year. The factory started low-volume production in March 2022 and is transitioning to high-volume production by the latter half of 2024.

Voltamp Transformers plans to build a new power transformer manufacturing facility near Vadodara, Gujarat, with an annual capacity of 6,000 MVA in the first phase. The capital outlay is around ₹200 crore, and completion is expected by July 2026.

Edwards Lifesciences will build its sixth global heart valve factory in Moncada, Valencia, with an initial investment of €150 million and plans to create 1,200 jobs. Construction is expected to start by end of 2024.

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH opened a new refrigeration factory in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, after 18 months of construction. The facility produces large double-door refrigerators for the North American market, with an investment of around 240 million euros and plans to create around 1,500 skilled jobs.

EndoArt, a subsidiary of BSS pharmaceutical holding, is launching a plant in St. Petersburg for cemented and cementless hip endoprostheses. The project required 1 billion rubles in investment, with capacity for up to 35,000 units annually. The plant is set to launch in August 2024.

Jonge Poerink Conveyors is building a new factory on Westermaat De Veldkamp in Borne, Netherlands, moving from its old location. The facility will be 8,100 square meters on a 12,750 square meter plot, with construction starting in November 2024 and operations beginning in early 2026.

Shandong Yurui Machinery Group is constructing a new factory spanning over 90 acres in Linyi, Shandong, China. The facility will feature advanced automation systems and environmentally friendly practices to improve product quality and production efficiency.

Efort Intelligent Equipment announced plans to invest CNY 1.9 billion (USD 263 million) to build a high-performance robot super factory and global headquarters in Wuhu, Anhui province, China. The facility will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 industrial robots, built in two phases.

Sonelgaz and General Electric signed an agreement to build an industrial complex in Ain Yagout, Batna, Algeria, to manufacture steam turbines, gas turbines, alternators and control systems. The joint venture, GEAT (General Electric Algeria Turbines), is owned 51% by Sonelgaz and 49% by a GE subsidiary. The complex is expected to create 1,000 jobs and be operational by 2017.

NTEC held a groundbreaking ceremony for a high-performance polymer monofilament plant in Chongchuan District, Nantong, with an annual output of 160,000 tons and total investment of approximately 1.2 billion yuan.

JCB has begun construction on a new $500 million factory in San Antonio, Texas, to manufacture Loadall telescopic handlers and aerial access equipment. Production is scheduled to start in 2026.

Lubrizol Corporation signed a MoU to purchase 120 acres in Aurangabad, India, for a new manufacturing facility with an initial investment of approximately $200 million. The plant will be its second-largest globally and largest in India.

SANVO Fine Chemical is constructing its seventh base, the Puyang DC Base, which will become the Northern Region Production Headquarters. The base will have an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons of aerosols, 50,000 tons of synthetic adhesives, 50,000 tons of oil-based coatings, and 70,000 tons of construction and waterproofing materials.

Etoile for Ready-Made Garments plans to invest EGP 50 million to build a new factory in the 10th of Ramadan industrial zone, increasing production capacity from 10,000 to 70,000 pieces per month.

Coroplast Tape, a division of the Coroplast Group, began construction of a state-of-the-art factory for special adhesive tapes in Schönebeck, Germany, with an investment of around 25 million euros. Production is scheduled to start in Q2 2025.

Seven cArtù, a joint venture of the José Neves group and Italy's Grifal, announced a €4 million investment in a production unit in Guimarães, Portugal, for its cArtù corrugated board. The investment funds greener production lines and is partly supported by the Portugal 2030 program.

Far East & GeoTegrity Technology Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new pulp molding factory in Thailand on July 28, 2024. The factory is expected to start production in Q1 2025.