GoodMills Innovation is expanding production of plant-based texturates with a new production tower, Tower III, in Hamburg, Germany, a multi-million investment to increase capacity for vegetarian and vegan meat alternatives.

Taber Extrusions is expanding its facility in Russellville, Arkansas, investing over $60 million and creating 70 new jobs, introducing the largest direct extrusion press in North America.

Crown Holdings is investing in its plant in the El Agba region near Tunis, doubling its annual capacity to more than 1.2 billion beverage cans.

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC $23 million to increase annual aluminum casting production capacity by up to 300 million pounds at its Muscle Shoals, Alabama plant.

Zekelman Industries plans to invest over $6 million to expand steel tube production at its facilities in Jefferson County, Alabama, creating 91 jobs. This includes $2.3 million for upgrades at the Atlas Tube facility and $3.9 million to equip a warehouse for a new Wheatland Tube facility in Birmingham.

GKN Aerospace officially opened an 80,000-sq-ft expansion to its facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, doubling manufacturing capacity and creating over 200 new jobs.

Novem is expanding its plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a multi-million dollar investment and the creation of 180 new jobs, strengthening its capacity for premium automotive interior parts.

Airbus Helicopters signed a cooperation agreement with the State of Querétaro to expand its industrial activities in Mexico. The expansion will increase workforce to about 800 employees by the end of the decade and add new production processes including a riveting center and high-precision drilling machine for door manufacturing.

BE Semiconductor Industries is investing an additional $42 million in its microchip packaging and testing plant in Saigon High-Tech Park, Vietnam, with construction of a new factory on two hectares starting in June 2025.

Dalgakiran has completed construction of a plant for industrial power equipment in Bilohorodka, Kyiv region, investing UAH 400 million and creating 50 jobs.

SibGlass LLC signed an agreement to support an investment project to expand production and build new workshops in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, with total investment of 566 million rubles, creating 17 new jobs. The project runs from 2024 to 2029.

LG Chem is investing 124.6 billion won ($89.5 million) to build a second reverse osmosis membrane plant in Chungju, South Korea, doubling capacity to 800,000 pieces annually. Construction is to be completed by July 2025, with commercial operation expected in 2028.

Sekisui Chemical decided to add a new film line at its production base in Rayong, Thailand, for interlayer films for laminated glass. The expansion costs approximately 8 billion yen, with operations set to commence in the second half of FY2026.

The Neptronic Group acquired a 40,000 sq. ft. industrial building in Montreal for $12 million to establish a second manufacturing facility for its HVAC agent JESS and expand its current headquarters with a training center.

Sinoboom will begin producing European-spec boom and scissor lifts at its Poznan, Poland plant by early 2025, shifting North American production to a new Mexico plant. The facility has a capacity of about 10,000 units per year.

PCC Exol SA completed a new sulfonation plant at the PCC Rokita site in Brzeg Dolny, Poland, adding 30,000 metric tons per year of anionic surfactant capacity, bringing total sulfonation capacity to 40,000 metric tons per year.

Production Systems Automation Inc. plans to add two buildings to its Clark Road campus in Duryea, Pennsylvania, and hire 100 employees over 36 months. The company currently employs 92 people at that site.

Hitachi Energy announced an investment of over €80 million to expand its power transformer facility in Cordoba, Spain, adding shunt reactor production and creating up to 75 jobs. The expansion is set for completion in 2027.

Hyosung TNC plans to expand machinery and facilities at its spandex plants in India and Turkey by February 2025 to increase diaper-use spandex production by a total of 11,000 tons by 2026.

LG Innotek is investing an additional $823 million in its Hai Phong, Vietnam facility to increase camera module production capacity from 360 million to 390 million units annually, plus new production of transmission items and 3D sensor modules. The expansion will be completed in phases, with official operations starting July 2025 for phase one and February 2030 for phase two.

VBG Group has signed an agreement to acquire land in Toronto to establish a new production facility for its Mobile Thermal Solutions division. The land purchase is 53 million CAD and construction investment is 55 million CAD, with construction planned through 2025-2026.

Arnest Packaging Solutions plans to complete a modernization of its aluminum lid production in Naro-Fominsk in September 2024. The project costs more than 1.3 billion roubles and will add 1.8 billion CDL lids a year.

Arnest Packaging Solutions plans a third aluminum can line at its new Ulyanovsk plant by end-2025 and possibly a fourth in 2026. Total investment in the plant is expected to exceed 20 billion roubles, with capacity reaching about 3 billion cans a year.

Ford Motor Co. is investing approximately $3 billion to expand F-Series Super Duty production at its Kentucky Truck Plant, Ohio Assembly Plant, and Oakville Assembly Complex in Ontario, Canada, adding 100,000 vehicles per year and creating about 2,020 jobs.

Marquardt Group is transferring total production from its Cazenovia, New York plant to its Irapuato, Guanajuato facility, increasing switch production by 4.5 million units per year. The project runs from April 2024 to Q2 2025.

Godrej and Boyce is planning to set up a second manufacturing facility near Chennai, investing Rs 350-400 crore, to augment production capacity for pallets and shelves.

Feintool is investing $35 million in a 47,000 sq ft expansion at its Nashville, Tennessee facility, increasing capacity by 25% and creating up to 50 jobs. A new 1,600-ton servo transfer press is planned for Q1 2025.

CIMAF (Groupe Ciment d'Afrique) announced a project to increase production capacity at its Lamadji cement plant in Chad from 500,000 to 700,000 tonnes per year.

Siemens Energy has begun construction of a new production site in Wollsdorf, Austria, to nearly triple its production area for wind turbine transformers. The expansion is expected to create around 120 new jobs.

Collins Aerospace announced a $200 million investment to expand its carbon brake production site in Spokane, Washington, by 50% or 70,000 square feet, including up to three new buildings and additional furnaces.

INFAC has started construction of a new industrial building in Monclova, Coahuila, as part of an expansion to produce parts for electric vehicles. The company plans to hire 250 additional workers within a year, increasing its workforce to 600, and expects full operations in about one year.

Shibaura Machine India (SMI) inaugurated its Unit 2 factory in Chembarambakkam, Chennai, built with an investment of Rs. 225 crore. The expansion will increase annual manufacturing capacity from about 1,200 to 4,000 injection moulding machines.

Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) will invest approximately JPY 10 billion (over INR 500 crore) to increase manufacturing capacity of power transformers and distribution transformers by about 1.5 times over FY2024-FY2026. It will also build a new surge arrester facility.

Jiaxing Gaxi Bera Compressor plans to build two refrigerator compressor production lines at its existing Wangdian site in Jiaxing, adding 6 million units a year, under a CNY 105.65 million investment. The local environmental authority published its draft environmental approval notice on 18 July 2024.

Lennox Commercial began production of its first HVAC unit at a new facility in Saltillo (Ramos Arizpe), Mexico, expanding from residential to commercial systems. The plant was announced in October 2022 and construction began in May 2023.

Ditch Witch, a Toro Company, broke ground on a new 170,000-square-foot facility in Perry, Oklahoma, to expand its manufacturing capacity for trenchers and utility equipment.

Wheels India intends to form a subsidiary in Europe to support business development and export growth, following the incorporation of a US subsidiary.

Partron Vina Co. Ltd. will increase its investment to $269.4 million in its electronics component production facility in Khai Quang Industrial Park, Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam. The expansion will raise annual capacity from 1.21 billion to 1.57 billion items and add 34 new products.

Invt Electric Co., Ltd. started construction of Phase III of its Yangtze River Delta headquarters project in Suzhou New District, with a total investment of 1.05 billion yuan. The project will focus on industrial automation and new energy high-end equipment, and is expected to add 2.9 billion yuan in annual output.

Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Private Limited completed Phase III of its manufacturing facility in Kurkumbh, near Pune, Maharashtra, with the inauguration of a new Loctite plant. The site, launched in 2020, produces adhesives, sealants, and surface treatment products.

Smolensk governor Vasily Anokhin announced an investment project at the Rudnya container plant to raise tin can production from 30 million to 50 million units per year, with investment exceeding 800 million rubles. Construction of a warehouse and production building has begun, and two new can lines will be installed.

Novelis is investing approximately $90 million to raise used beverage can recycling capacity at its Latchford plant in the UK by 85 kilotonnes per year, more than 100%. Commissioning is expected to begin in December 2026.

Solventum (formerly 3M Health Care) opened a new production line in Wuppertal, Germany, for manufacturing 3M Liqui-Cel membrane contactors. The €40 million investment will triple production capacity by 2025.

GE Vernova announced a $22 million investment in its Schenectady, New York facility to manufacture H65 and H84 generators for HA gas turbines, expected to create over 150 jobs.

COIM USA, the North American arm of COIM Group, announced a planned $45 million investment for 2025-2026 to expand its West Deptford, New Jersey facility, adding capacity for reactive hot melt adhesives and current markets.

Reader Cement Products has completed the expansion of its production facility in Pinxton, Nottinghamshire, achieving an output of over 10,000 pallets of PostFAST® in the first month of operation. The investment was led by parent company Langley Holdings PLC.

Guangdong Blesson Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. began constructing a new plant in 2023, expected to be operational by the end of December 2024. The expansion will increase production of extrusion equipment and cast film equipment.

Toyota Material Handling (TMH) announced a nearly $100 million expansion of its North American headquarters in Columbus, Indiana, adding a 295,000 sq ft manufacturing facility for electric forklifts. The project is expected to create 85 jobs, with production starting in June 2026.

Smurfit Kappa invested USD23.5 million to upgrade its Nuevo Laredo sheet plant in Tamaulipas, Mexico, into a fully integrated corrugated plant with a new corrugator. The new machine began operating in July 2024 and doubles production capacity.

Integra LifeSciences announced plans to operationalize a new 100,000 square foot tissue manufacturing facility in Braintree, Massachusetts, in the first half of 2026, to manufacture PriMatrix and SurgiMend.