Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) completed its Next-Generation Finishing (NGF) facility in Michigan, representing a major investment in expanded production capacity for hyper-pure polysilicon for semiconductor and solar industries.

BEA Technologies completed new cleanroom facilities in Pero, Milan, Italy, adding 700 square meters of production space for sterile filter assemblies for pharma and biotech use, nearly doubling cleanroom capacity.

Caterpillar broke ground on a major expansion at its Lafayette, Indiana large engine facility, the largest investment since the facility opened in 1982. The multi-year capital investment will increase capacity for new engines and aftermarket parts, adding 100 new jobs.

Bitzer Scroll will use a federal grant of more than $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to increase production of scroll compressors for electric heat pumps at its DeWitt, New York factory. The firm has committed nearly $6 million in matching investment and plans to create 20 jobs.

SupplyOne, a custom packaging distributor and manufacturer, announced on August 13, 2024 that it is growing across the U.S. and into Canada with new locations in Portland, Seattle and Toronto, and is seeking acquisition partners.

Goodyear Canada plans to spend more than $575 million to expand and modernize its Napanee, Ontario plant to produce electric vehicle and all-terrain tires and improve energy efficiency. The project is supported by federal and provincial funding.

Kakhman Lift Service plans to launch a new workshop in Krymsk, Russia by the end of 2024, increasing annual elevator production capacity to 2,000 units. The company is also raising localization levels.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is investing $105.5 million to install a new Warmfill line at its Moorabbin plant in Victoria, Australia. The line will produce Powerade and Fuze Tea, with a 4,200 m² manufacturing hall and a high-speed 640 bottles per minute line, expected to be operational in Q1 2026.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is investing over $575 million CAD to expand and modernize its Napanee, Ontario plant to serve electric vehicle and all-terrain markets. The project will add 200 jobs and is expected to be completed by mid-2027.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners will spend $105.5 million on a new warmfill bottling line for Powerade and Fuze Tea at its Moorabbin, Victoria plant, adding about 23% to site capacity. Krones supplies the line.

China Resources C'estbon Beverage Co. Ltd. has installed Sidel's full line packaging solution, including the EvoBLOW XL blower, to expand its big-format water production. The new lines produce 12,000 4.5L or 6L bottles per hour.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has applied to expand its wind turbine blade factory at Alexandra Dock in Hull, UK. The expansion would create 40 new full-time jobs and add a multi-purpose manufacturing building and staff welfare building.

VPK subsidiary Aquila is adding a state-of-the-art corrugator with a 2.80 m Fosber line in a new 13,000 sqm hall at its Września plant. The line is scheduled to start up at the beginning of 2025.

Kinco Automation (步科股份) announced that Building 1 of its smart manufacturing base has been topped out, and plans to complete the commissioning of a servo motor automated production line and a new reducer production line by the end of 2024.

Suominen Corporation is investing approximately EUR 20 million in a new production line at its Alicante, Spain site to increase Card-Pulp-Card (CPC) capacity for sustainable nonwovens. The project will be completed in the second half of 2025.

Sanifoam Endüstri ve Tüketim Ürünleri signed a contract with Gün İnşaat for the construction of a 16,686 m² factory in Sakarya Hendek Organized Industrial Zone, Turkey, to increase capacity and produce its own raw materials.

Sasol is investing approximately €8 million to build three new storage tanks for long-chain alcohols at its Brunsbüttel, Germany facility. The tanks are expected to be erected in October 2024 and commissioned in May 2025.

Kaeser Compresseur Canada announced a C$20 million investment to expand its Boisbriand, Quebec operations by acquiring an adjacent property, tripling capacity and creating 45 jobs between 2024 and 2026.

M+S Hydraulic PLC signed a construction contract with Barrage Group Ltd. for a new plant in Kazanlak, Bulgaria. The investment totals BGN 45 million over three years, will increase production capacity by over 30%, and create 121 new jobs.

John Deere Power Products will invest nearly $15 million and add 25 new jobs through 2025 at its Greeneville, Tennessee facility to meet increased demand for Z300 and Z500 zero-turn mowers.

Airbus is constructing a third final assembly plant at its Mobile, Alabama facility. The plant is expected to be finished by the second quarter of 2025 and will manufacture A320-family aircraft starting in the second half of 2025.

INVISTA Nylon Chemicals (China) Co. has completed the expansion of its nylon 6,6 polymer site at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, doubling annual capacity to 400,000 tons. The total investment was 1.75 billion RMB (240 million USD).

DN Solutions has signed an MoU with the Government of Karnataka to invest over Rs. 600 crore by 2030 to build a new manufacturing facility and R&D center in Bengaluru, India, expected to be operational by 2026.

NETZSCH Pumps & Systems is expanding operations with a new 11,500 sq ft assembly, sales, and service facility in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Ciments de l'Afrique (CIMAF) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the extension of its cement plant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, which includes a calcined clay production unit and a solar power plant.

Knauf do Brasil launched the foundation stone for the expansion of its drywall plant in Camaçari, Bahia, with an investment of R$400 million. The project is expected to create 200 direct and indirect jobs and be completed by Q1 2026.

Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd. will invest approximately 700 million yen to expand the Water Atomization line for Special Alloy Powder products at its Hirota Works in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima. Completion is scheduled for end of 2025, increasing capacity by 50%.

Infineon Technologies will invest an additional €5 billion (RM30.1 billion) for the second phase of its Kulim 3 fab building in Kedah, Malaysia, to build the world's largest 200mm silicon carbide power fabrication plant. The two phases will generate 1,500 jobs.

The Arab Organization for Industrialization opened a production line for safe gas valves for cooking stoves at its subsidiary Arab British Dynamics (ABD) in Egypt, with capacity of 1 million valves a year. Plans call for lines to reach 5 million valves a year within three years.

Metallus (formerly TimkenSteel) plans to invest more than $100 million to expand its steelmaking plants in Canton, Ohio, supported by $3.5 million in grants from JobsOhio. The expansion is tied to supplying the U.S. Department of Defense's munitions programs.

Chemplast Sanmar Ltd plans to invest about ₹160 crore in capacity expansion at its Berigai site to support the custom manufactured chemicals division. The board approved the investment, which follows the recent commissioning of R&D, pilot and production blocks.

ThermOmegaTech is expanding its manufacturing facility in Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, adding 23,000 square feet to the existing 37,000 square feet for manufacturing, R&D and office space. The company said the expansion will create jobs; the announcement was dated 7 August 2024.

Trane announced a $18 million expansion of its production plant in Monterrey, Nuevo León, adding 10,000 square meters for residential HVAC products for the U.S. market, creating over 200 jobs.

Reinhausen Manufacturing Inc., a subsidiary of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen, inaugurated its expanded facilities in Humboldt, Tennessee. The $3 million expansion aims to meet rising demand for energy solutions in North America.

Zhejiang Yongchuang Machinery plans to invest 38 million yuan to add capacity for 10 sets of aseptic filling machines and supporting systems at its second plant in Linping, Hangzhou, China. The project will use existing idle workshop space.

Lassonde Industries has unveiled an expanded beverage plant in Hendersonville, North Carolina, adding a single-serve aseptic juice line and a 104,000 sq. ft. distribution center. The USD 53 million investment adds 30 full-time positions.

Continental plans to expand its automotive electronics factory in Kać near Novi Sad, Serbia, adding 6.7 hectares of production space. The expansion, part of a planned additional €150 million investment, will create 1,500 new jobs.

Bourn & Koch, a Rockford machine tool manufacturer, is integrating the Mollart gun drilling machine line from England into its facility after both were acquired by InCompass. The company expects to hire 5-10 employees to support the new operations.

IE Corp. announced a 97,000-square-foot expansion of its South Point, Ohio facility, adding manufacturing, warehouse and office space. The project will create over 30 jobs and is expected to be completed by June 2025.

Tetra Pak will invest an additional €97 million in its beverage carton plant in Binh Duong province, Vietnam, bringing total investment there since 2019 to over €217 million. A new production line is expected to be fully operational in Q3 2025.

PT Volex Indonesia, a British company owned by the Rothschild conglomerate, has inaugurated its third factory in the Sekupang Industrial Area, Batam, Indonesia, with an investment of US$40 million. The factory manufactures electronic cables and connectors, including for Tesla electric vehicle chargers.

Formosa Plastics Corp. USA is expanding its PVC plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to increase capacity and handle larger production volumes. The project is expected to create jobs, but no specific capacity or investment amount was disclosed.

Coffee Service moved its Machine Assembly and Main Warehouse Departments to a new production and warehouse hall at ul. Żwirowa 84, 05-090 Wypędy, Poland. The investment aims to increase production capacity and warehouse capacity.

INVENT Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik AG opened an additional production site in Dechsendorf, Bavaria, as part of its growth strategy. The company also launched a joint venture in India.

Ukrainian UAV manufacturer Skyeton has launched production of Raybird-3 reconnaissance systems at a new facility in Haniska, Slovakia, with $3.5 million in investments. The plant aims to employ 200 people by end of 2025 and can initially produce 25 systems per year.

Atlas Copco has received village approvals to expand its School Road facility in Voorheesville, New York, adding 65,000 square feet to manufacture larger centrifugal compressors.

Guangdong Yisanqi Technology is building a new materials expansion at its Dalingshan site in Dongguan with an investment of 50 million yuan, targeting annual output value above 1.2 billion yuan. The project was announced in August 2024 and is due to start operations by December 2025.

Shibuya Industrial has decided on a large-scale capital investment to construct four new factories, including at Kanazawa Techno Park and a new four-story factory at the Wakamiya Plant. The project aims to increase bottling system capacity by 30% and medical device production by 50%, with total investment of about 17.5 billion yen and completion scheduled for January 2027.

Hitachi Astemo held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 1, 2024, for a 42,500-square-foot addition to its Sunbury, Ohio plant. The expansion will increase plant capacity by more than 50% and is expected to be completed by late December 2024.

Mitsubishi Kakoki will demolish and rebuild its headquarters and Kawasaki plant, including a new office/research building and factory/experimental building, with completion expected in February 2027.