Hastamat, a German packaging machinery company, has started construction of a new 2,310 square meter production hall at its Lahnau site, expanding its manufacturing capacity.

Berry Global Group invested multi-million euros to expand production capacity for NorDiVent FFS polyethylene bags at its Steinfeld, Germany plant, including renovating an existing hall and installing new processing machines.

MMC RYOTEC Corporation, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, has decided to construct a new plant at OTEC (Thailand) Co., Ltd. to expand manufacturing capacity for mining and civil engineering tools (bits and rods). The new plant is scheduled to start operation in October 2025 and will double production capacity.

GPH Ispat Limited announced plans to raise Tk242 crore through a rights share issue to enhance production capacity by setting up a new expansion plant. The new plant is expected to generate Tk450 crore in annual revenue.

Arclin will expand methylamine production capacity by 35% and DMF capacity by 100% at its Belle, West Virginia facility. Asset installation begins in 2025, with all new capacities expected operational by end of 2026.

LISI Medical Remmele, Incorporated in Big Lake, Minnesota, plans to expand its medical device manufacturing facility by approximately 45,000 square feet. The $23.5 million project is expected to create 30 jobs and is supported by a $550,000 grant from the Minnesota Investment Fund.

York Guangzhou Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd. plans a 123.2 million yuan expansion at its plant in Qingyuan, Guangdong, China, adding annual capacity of 2,000 central air conditioners, 50,000 commercial AC units, and 500,000 terminal products.

Aceros ChulaVista will invest $25 million to install two ERW tube rolling mills at its plant in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico, with production expected to start at the end of 2025. The project will create 200-250 jobs.

Aquaporin opened a new polymer lab at its headquarters in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, to drive development of next-generation protein technology.

Nashville Wire Products announced plans to establish a new manufacturing site in McEwen, Tennessee, investing over $20 million and adding 102 new jobs, increasing its Tennessee workforce by 19%.

Forop New Material held the opening ceremony for its Nantong Smart Industrial Park and the commissioning of its 17th global-leading Bruckner film production line (No. 2192FAE) at the Nantong base Phase II. The park is a 30 billion CNY investment with four lines planned; two more lines are expected by 2026, bringing total capacity to 200,000 tonnes per year.

Roche Diagnostics (Suzhou) signed an investment agreement with Suzhou Industrial Park to invest an initial 3 billion yuan in a new project for reagent and instrument production and R&D. The new facility will be built on 55 mu of land and is scheduled to start production in 2028.

Cancoil Thermal Corporation is undertaking a multimillion-dollar expansion project in Kingston, Ontario, creating 50 new jobs. The investment amount is not specified.

IPG Photonics (Canada) Inc. is investing over $21 million to build a new 37,000-square-foot production facility in Kingston, Ontario, to expand production for automotive and consumer electronics clients. The project will create 20 new jobs.

Aurora Flight Sciences is investing $43.8 million to expand its aerosystems production facility in Columbus, Mississippi, adding 50,000 square feet of new manufacturing space and refurbishing 40,000 square feet. The project will create 63 new jobs.

Symrise has completed the expansion of its food and beverage powder blending facility in Jinqiao, Shanghai, including a new state-of-the-art blender that began operations in July 2024, boosting production capacity and efficiency.

Nongfu Spring is investing $69.7 million to add two aseptic beverage production lines at its Wuyishan plant in Fujian, China, with construction starting August 1, 2024 and completion expected by October 31, 2025. The Huangshan plant in Anhui has started trial production of its second line, aiming for four water and two beverage lines by end of 2024.

Smurfit Westrock inaugurated its new Maranguape plant in Ceará, Brazil, a $33 million expansion that diversifies its portfolio and adds production capacity, including a new corrugator and printers. The opening took place on 21 August 2024.

The City of Hutto held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 20, 2024, for the expansion of the South Wastewater Treatment Plant. The $180 million project will increase capacity from 2.5 MGD to 6.0 MGD.

Universal Alloy Corporation is making phase 2 investments in its factory at the Danang Hi-tech Park in Vietnam to expand production, including painting products and manufacturing composite components. The total investment for the 16.8-hectare project is VND 3,943.2 billion ($158.2 million).

Polymer Medical will invest $1.5 million and create 15 new jobs at a new facility in Orchard Park, New York, for injection molding and assembly of medical devices and disposables.

voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation will expand its Jeffersonville operations with a new production line for frame rails, involving over $77.9 million in construction and equipment, and creating over 100 new jobs.

Voestalpine announced a EUR 70 million (USD 78 million) expansion of its Jeffersonville, Indiana plant, doubling production capacity to 80,000 tons for truck structural components, creating 110 jobs, with production starting in 2026.

Voestalpine RFC announced a $78 million expansion of its Jeffersonville, Indiana plant, adding a production line for frame rails and creating 100 new jobs.

Johnson Controls expanded its heat pump and chiller plant in Nantes, France, adding two new buildings to double production capacity. The expansion includes a 1,000 m² building for assembly of extra-large heat pumps (6-20 MW) and a 500 m² building with a new paint booth and electric trolley.

Sommers Generator Systems is expanding its Rostock, Ontario facility with a $9.2 million investment, supported by $1.3 million in provincial funding. The expansion could create up to 50 jobs and will include production of hydrogen generators and relocation of natural gas generator production from Wisconsin.

Maxion Structural Components announced an investment of 1.3 billion Mexican pesos to expand its Plant 3 in Coahuila, Mexico, creating 500 new jobs. The expansion is driven by nearshoring trends.

Scheuch Group is expanding its production facility in Prievidza, Slovakia, aiming to nearly double manufacturing hours from about 160,000 to around 320,000 by 2030. The expansion was announced on 16 August 2024.

Osstem Implant signed an investment agreement with Cheonan City on August 16, 2024, to expand its investment in a production facility and R&D center in Cheonan Techno Park from KRW 140 billion to KRW 374.2 billion. The project will cover 80,911 square meters and create 205 new jobs, with completion by 2031.

Zhejiang Chenyang Nonwoven Technology Co., Ltd. added a new high-performance spunlace nonwoven production line with equipment from Trützschler, increasing monthly output by 60 tons and annual output by 1,000 tons.

Mondi is upgrading its containerboard mill in Kuopio, Finland, with a new hardwood NSSC production line and woodyard upgrade from Andritz. The project will increase production capacity by 55,000 tonnes per annum.

CASE Construction Equipment, a CNH brand, invested R$50 million in its Contagem plant in Brazil to make it the World Production Hub for compact crawler tractors. The plant will produce six models from 6 to 22 tons.

Britton Lumber Company broke ground on a combined heat and power project at its Bath, New Hampshire sawmill. The project includes a new 300 HP Hurst wood boiler and a microsteam turbine from Nline Energy, replacing aging thermal energy equipment.

Topre America Corp. plans to add 157 full-time jobs and expand its stamping and assembly facility in Springfield, Ohio by about 140,000 square feet, supported by a state tax credit. The expansion includes hot and cold stamping machines for a new electric vehicle contract.

Joyce/Dayton Corp. is expanding its Portland, Indiana plant by 26,000 square feet to increase production capabilities for screw jacks, linear motion systems and electric actuators. Construction is on track for completion by mid-2025.

Welspun will retrofit its existing distribution center in Grove City, Ohio to add manufacturing operations for home textiles, investing $12.5 million and creating 70 new jobs.

Yaskawa America Inc., Motoman Robotics Division completed a 185,000-square-foot expansion at its Miamisburg, Ohio headquarters, nearly doubling production space. The expansion is part of a planned $200 million investment in the United States.

ANDRITZ has supplied key equipment for a new hardwood NSSC production line and a woodyard upgrade at Mondi's containerboard mill in Kuopio, Finland. The project will increase production capacity by 55,000 tonnes per annum.

Ostempharma plans to invest 24 billion KRW to build a new factory on idle land at its Osong plant by 2026. The facility will produce new products for the cosmetic materials business unit.

Cemex Holdings Philippines is building a 1.5 million tonnes per annum integrated cement production line at its Solid plant in Antipolo, Rizal. The line is expected to become operational by September 2024, increasing total capacity from 5.7Mta to 7.2Mta.

Precambrian Products Inc. invested $5.6 million in its Newmarket plant, adding five extruders across four production lines, supported by $880,695 from the Ontario government. The project creates 32 new jobs.

Toyota Material Handling North America and The Raymond Corporation established a new advanced energy storage manufacturing facility in Kirkwood, New York, expanding existing operations in Greene. The facility will produce lithium-ion batteries and TPPL lead-acid batteries. A grand opening is scheduled for September 9, 2024.

Tomskneftekhim, a SIBUR subsidiary, plans to invest 15 billion rubles to expand polyethylene capacity by about 22,000 tonnes per year (8%) and polypropylene capacity by about 16,000 tonnes per year (10%). The polyethylene upgrade is planned for mid-2026, and polypropylene work by 2027.

Toray Composite Materials America Inc. has commissioned an upgraded Torayca T1100 carbon fiber production line in Decatur, Alabama, which is a key component in supporting Bell Textron's V-280 for the U.S. Army's FLRAA program. The line was celebrated in January 2024.

LS Electric plans to invest an additional 20.5 billion won ($15 million) to expand its ultra-high voltage transformer plant in Busan, South Korea, bringing total investment to 100.8 billion won. The expansion is scheduled for completion by September 2025, with annual capacity expected to grow from 200 billion won to 700 billion won by 2027.

NPO Ekosistema is expanding its water treatment equipment production facility in Solnechnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, with an investment of 81 million rubles. Construction is 95% complete, and the new building is expected to launch in Q3 2025, creating over 20 jobs.

Reliance Packaging announced on August 14, 2024 a more than $7.4 million expansion of its Aberdeen, North Carolina plastic packaging plant, adding two multi-layer film extruders and 32 new jobs.

SECO/VACUUM is investing $4.1 million to relocate its US vacuum furnace manufacturing headquarters from Poland to Meadville, Pennsylvania, creating 23 new jobs and retaining 38, with $2 million in state support.

Aptiv PLC expanded its manufacturing facility in Oragadam, Chennai, India, with a $45 million investment, adding 220,000 sq ft of production space to produce software-defined cockpit controllers. The expansion will double the workforce to approximately 230 employees.

Yuchai and Rolls-Royce Power Systems have signed an agreement for the second phase of their MTU Yuchai Power joint venture, extending production of mtu Series 4000 engines and adding Series 2000 and Yuchai VC engines. Mass production is scheduled for the second half of 2025.