Sto Corp. broke ground on a new manufacturing facility in Muncipio de Dalina, Victoria, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The facility is scheduled for completion in June 2025 and will initially serve Mexico and Southern Texas, creating about 25 jobs.

ElringKlinger selected Pickens County, South Carolina for its first operation in the state, investing $40.3 million in a 226,000-square-foot facility to manufacture electric battery cell contacting systems. The plant will create 115 jobs and operations are expected to begin in mid-2025.

ABB is investing more than $35 million in a greenfield manufacturing and R&D facility in Nottingham, UK, to produce Furse earthing and lightning protection solutions. The facility is expected to open in early 2025.

Wacker Chemie AG broke ground on a new production site for silicone specialties in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The investment is in the low triple-digit million-euro range, and up to 200 jobs will be created in the first phase.

Swedish heat pump maker Aira opened its first factory in Wrocław, Poland, with a maximum annual capacity of 500,000 units. The €300 million plant, acquired from Volvo in 2023, is expected to create up to 2,000 jobs over the next decade.

PMC Biogenix announced the construction of a new Armoslip facility in Gyeongju, South Korea, increasing production capacity by 50%. Construction will begin in late 2024 with new supply available by mid-2026.

HARMAN, a Samsung Electronics company, announced an investment of over 2.9 billion baht (approx. $80 million) to build a new 47,000 sqm manufacturing facility in Laem Chabang, Thailand, for automotive components and solutions. The plant is expected to create over 1,200 jobs.

De Jong Slovakia plans a new plant in Prešov making stainless steel water storage tanks for heat pumps, with an investment of €63.09 million, 150 jobs by end-2028 and initial capacity of 350,000 units a year. The Slovak government approved €11.42 million in corporate income tax relief, with production planned from January 2026.

Dongshin Motek will close its Nanjing, China plant and invest 180 million won to build a new automotive parts manufacturing plant in Haman County, South Gyeongsang Province. Construction is expected to be completed by 2026, creating 50 new jobs.

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) is building a new innovation facility in South Yorkshire as part of Project Compass, an £80m investment including an aerospace manufacturing R&D project. The facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

Perkins Engine Company's new factory in Wuxi, China, has officially started production of 400 series engines, with an initial capacity of 20,000 units per year, expanding to 30,000 units by end of 2009.

Armstrong International broke ground on a 29,000-square-foot industrial heat pump manufacturing wing at its Three Rivers, Michigan campus, supported by a $5 million DOE grant.

Hammond Power Solutions inaugurated its fourth manufacturing plant in Nuevo Leon, located in Guadalupe, with an investment of US$13.5 million. The facility will produce electrical transformers and is projected to create 450 new jobs.

Schneider Electric opened its 10th plant in Mexico, 'Monterrey 4', in Nuevo Leon with a US$29.4 million investment, creating 460 direct jobs and specializing in manufacturing products for critical sectors.

Genewel, a subsidiary of Dongsung Chemical, signed an MOU with Gangwon Province and Wonju City to build a new factory in Wonju Business City with an investment of 40.8 billion won by 2026, creating about 50 new jobs.

SCHUNK announced an investment of more than MXN 119.21 million for a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, focused on gripping systems and clamping technology. The plant is expected to create 250 jobs.

ACS Srl will invest EUR 4 million to open a second plant in Tortoreto, Italy, adding new production lines for automotive and aerospace sectors and hiring 50 new employees. The plant is expected to launch between end of 2024 and early 2025.

Jiangsu Jinghong New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. has started construction of a new polylactic acid production facility with a planned total investment of 2 billion yuan, covering 400 acres, to produce 55,000 tons of polylactic acid annually.

Taco Inc. opened a new manufacturing plant in Boršov, Czech Republic, producing circulators and heat interface units, with a European distribution center. The plant expands Taco's Central European capacity alongside sites in Velešín and Garbe Park.

Toth Lifecare invested R$ 5 million in a new factory in Campo Bom, Brazil, increasing production space from 200 to 1000 square meters. The company expects a 50% increase in revenue in 2024.

onsemi announced plans to establish a vertically integrated silicon carbide manufacturing facility in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic, with a multi-year investment of up to $2 billion. The site will produce intelligent power semiconductors for EVs, renewables, and AI data centers.

Drylock Technologies will build its 11th plant worldwide and third in Brazil in Capivari, São Paulo. The first phase of the 30,000 square meter manufacturing plant is scheduled to be complete in 2026.

Daikin Industries has begun construction of its second HVAC plant in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, with an investment of $121 million. The 460,000-square-foot plant will produce HVAC cooling solutions for data centers and is expected to begin production in June 2025, creating 1,150 jobs.

GC, together with Cargill and NatureWorks, will start commercial production at its new PLA bioplastics plant in the Nakhonsawan Bio Complex in Q3 2025. The plant will have a capacity of 75,000 tonnes per year.

Caterpillar announced plans to produce Perkins 400 series and medium-sized diesel engines in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, signing a non-binding letter of intent with Wuxi National High-tech Industrial Development Park.

Wosen Manufacturing (Thailand), a subsidiary of Jinfei Group, held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 18, 2024, for a new plant in Rayong, Thailand. The facility will produce 2 million new-energy vehicle aluminum alloy wheels annually, with a total investment of CNY 557 million (approx. USD 78 million).

Bobcat Co. broke ground on a $300 million manufacturing plant in Salinas Victoria, Mexico. The 700,000-square-foot facility is expected to be operational in 2026 and create 600 to 800 jobs.

Zoomlion inaugurated a new heavy machinery plant in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico, with an investment of $150 million, creating 100 new jobs.

Zeon Corporation decided to construct a new production plant for cyclo olefin polymers (COP) in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, to boost combined annual capacity to approximately 54,000 tonnes.

Condair Group AG will invest $57.2 million to establish a new 400,000-square-foot production facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia, creating 180 new jobs. Operations are slated to begin in early 2025.

Ciner Glass has secured land and permission to build a glass bottle plant in Wales, UK, with a capacity of 360,000 tons per year. The company has already invested £14 million.

Ciner Glass has begun construction of a €700 million glass bottle plant in Lommel, Belgium, with a capacity of 440,000 tons per year. The plant is expected to become operational in 2025.

GMS Group is building an assembly and test complex in Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, for super-high-capacity LNG compressors above 65 MW, with investment of up to 11.9 billion rubles. Testing is planned to start in the first quarter of next year.

HVAC equipment distributor JMP will consolidate its Greensboro operations into a new facility in Guilford County, North Carolina, investing $30 million and creating 40 jobs over five years.

Anduril Industries announced a new manufacturing facility at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, to produce its Dive-LD family of autonomous underwater vehicles. The 100,000-150,000 sq ft facility will enable production of over 200 AUVs per year and create more than 100 jobs, with opening planned for 2025.

ShibataFenderTeam Group has begun construction of a new factory in Valencia, Spain, with a total investment of €7 million. The facility will double production capacity and create 30 new jobs.

Gensco Inc. announced a $55 million facility project in Salem, Oregon, totaling 479,000 square feet and generating 50 new jobs making sheet metal. Scannell Properties broke ground on the new plant last November.

Boom Supersonic completed construction of its Overture Superfactory at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. The factory will produce the Overture supersonic airliner, with initial capacity of 33 aircraft per year, valued at over $6 billion. The project is expected to create 2,400 jobs over 20 years.

Real-Time Robotics Vietnam, a subsidiary of US-based Realtime Robotics, will begin construction of a $13.5 million factory in Ho Chi Minh City's Saigon Hi-tech Park in Q3 2024. The facility will produce 500,000 items annually for drone manufacturing and Big Data processing, with full capacity expected by 2027.

An unnamed company launched a nonwovens factory in Podolsk, Moscow region, investing 800 million rubles. The facility produces rigid coconut-fiber fillers and flexible polyurethane foam fillers for mattresses and upholstered furniture, with an annual capacity of 5,500-6,000 tonnes of fillers and 2,000 tonnes (4.5 million linear metres) of knitted fabric.

The Bauchi State government and Resident Cement Factory Limited agreed to establish a cement factory with a capacity of N10 million (likely metric tons) in Gwana district, Alkaleri LGA, targeting 10,000 jobs.

Amber Wave's greenfield wheat protein facility in Kansas, the largest wheat gluten facility in North America, was launched with help from Kice Industries. The plant produces 2.75 million pounds of flour per day.

PepsiCo plans to invest $160 million in a salty snack plant in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan to produce Lay's potato chips, creating 350 jobs, with the first phase expected by 2026.

OOO METEK Service launched the first stage of a rack equipment production facility in the Borovlyovo-2 industrial zone, Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast. The investment was 320 million rubles, and the first stage has a capacity of 15,000 tonnes per year.

Danish OEM Fenagy built, installed, and commissioned a 7MW CO₂ heat pump system for the city of Løsning, Denmark, replacing a biomass incinerator. The system was completed in nine months and uses 18 evaporators and three CO₂ heat pump racks.

Nammo Lapua signed a preliminary agreement to build a new artillery shell production plant in Jyväskylä, Finland, with a total budget of €45 million, including €22.5 million in EU ASAP support. Construction starts in summer 2024, with production expected in early summer 2026, creating 25-30 jobs.

Doosan Bobcat broke ground on a new manufacturing plant in Monterrey, Mexico, investing $300 million. The 65,000-square-meter facility will produce Bobcat M-Series compact loaders for North America, increasing capacity by 20%, and is expected to begin production in 2026, creating 600-800 jobs.

SIG Combibloc built an aseptic carton packaging plant in Queretaro, Mexico, with a €73 million investment, creating more than 200 jobs; operations began in April 2023.

Industrial Fabrics, Inc. is investing $8 million to build a new production facility in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, to manufacture geotechnical products for erosion control. Construction has begun and is expected to be complete in June 2025, creating 25 direct new jobs.

Liddell will begin construction of an industrial plant in Monclova, Coahuila, to manufacture concrete mixer hoppers and vehicle transport cradles, with an initial investment of $7-8 million and 250 jobs in the first phase.