Hungarian bakery Csipet Land installed an Ishida weighing, packing and quality control line to increase annual production of salted sticks by 4-5 million packs. The line was installed in Spring 2021.

Akzo Nobel is investing $3.6 million at its coil and extrusion coatings manufacturing facility in Garcia, Mexico, to increase production capacity by roughly 35% by the third quarter of 2024. The first phase, including new tanks, has been finalized.

Festo Production is completing an investment of over 80 million levs (40 million euro) to expand and re-equip a workshop at its Sofia factory for manufacturing new industrial automation products. The first lines are operational, and full equipping is expected by end of 2024.

Dangote Cement announced plans to double its investment in Zambia to US$900 million by building a second cement plant. The existing Masaita plant, built at a cost of US$450 million with a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year, is scheduled to reach full capacity by end of 2024. The new plant is expected to be commissioned soon.

Steelbird Hi-Tech India will invest INR 105 crore to increase capacity at its Baddi plant to 50,000 helmets per day, expected to start production in September 2024.

Jiangsu NKK (Wuxi) Water Treatment Technology Co., Ltd. plans a 100 million yuan expansion to add annual capacity of 10,000 FC humidifier membrane modules and 1.7 million water purifier membrane modules.

Aica Kogyo will invest 700 million yen to add one production line each at its factories in China and Thailand by 2025, doubling capacity for hot-melt adhesives used in automotive headlamps.

Daikin Airconditioning India plans to expand its compressor manufacturing capacity in India, aiming to produce 5 million air conditioning units by 2030, including 4 million for domestic sales and 1 million for exports. The company has already started its third manufacturing unit in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh.

ProMach expanded Zalkin's capping and cap handling equipment manufacturing facility in Montreuil L'Argillé, France, adding 100,000 square feet to the existing 160,000-square-foot facility. The expansion was dedicated on June 21, 2024.

BMW Manufacturing opened a 219,000-square-foot press shop at its Greer, South Carolina plant, its first in North America, with a $200 million investment creating 200 jobs.

Alani, a cellulose products manufacturer, has acquired a 30,000 m² municipal plot in Llíria's Carrasses industrial park for €3.6 million to double production capacity and expand logistics warehouses.

Toyota Texas is investing $531 million to build a 500,000-square-foot drivetrain parts facility at its San Antonio plant, creating over 400 jobs.

Lyndon Steel announced a new 17,000-square-foot facility for detailed material processing at its location in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The facility includes new equipment such as two 15-ton overhead cranes, a plasma cutting system, a press brake, a metal shear, and a deburring machine.

Sioen Technical Felts will add a complete needlepunch line at its production plant in Liège, Belgium. The Andritz-supplied line will enable production of heavy fabrics over 3500 gsm in a single step, with start-up scheduled for Q1 2025.

Continental announced a EUR 45 million investment in a new production unit at its factory in Sibiu, Romania. The module will produce intelligent autonomous driving systems and connectivity systems, with completion planned for end of 2025 and production start in spring 2026, creating 500 jobs.

Sandvik Coromant, part of Sandvik, is investing $29.4 million to expand its Westminster production facility in Oconee County, South Carolina. The investment will provide updated machinery and automation processes, phased in over four years.

Ternium International USA, a subsidiary of Techint Group, is preparing for a $120 million expansion of its steel-coil cold rolling and finishing mill in Shreveport, Louisiana. The project includes a second coil-coating line.

LMI Packaging announced a 50,000-square-foot addition to its Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin building, bringing its manufacturing footprint to just over 120,000 square feet to support warehousing, manufacturing and machine capacity.

HUBER SE put the new 5,500 m² assembly and logistics hall P4 into operation at its headquarters in Berching, Germany, housing assembly, logistics and dispatch of disc filters, pile cloth media filters and belt dryers. The production area grew from approx. 31,000 m² to approx. 44,000 m².

The Ritedose Corporation is expanding its sterile Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) production capabilities at its Columbia, SC facility, adding 180-million-unit dose capacity for ophthalmic and respiratory medications. The new equipment is expected to begin production in August 2024.

YIT secured a contract valued at approximately €35 million to expand four existing buildings and construct a new material warehouse at Prysmian Group's submarine cable production site in Kirkkonummi, Finland.

Haitung Group Limited announced an expansion of its Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) factory in China to meet growing demand. The project involves investment in new equipment, technology upgrades, and infrastructure enhancements.

Continental has celebrated the grand opening of the fourth expansion phase of its tire plant in Hefei, China, boosting annual production capacity to 18 million tires by 2027 and creating 400 additional jobs. Total investments stand at close to 1 billion Euro.

Fetra – Fechtel Transportgeräte GmbH has begun construction to expand production and logistic areas, including a 9,252 m² production hall, an automatic pallet warehouse, and a dispatch hall, with completion expected by April 2025.

Federal-Mogul Systems Protection announced an expansion project in Tanger Free Zone, Morocco, to establish a new manufacturing plant for electrical insulators, sheaths, and automotive products. The project includes 10,000 m² of workshops, 145 new jobs, and an investment of 140 million MAD.

Naturel company is constructing the second stage of a plant for non-woven fabric production in the Kaluga region, Russia. It has already invested 3.5 billion rubles and plans to invest another 1 billion rubles to begin full-cycle production.

Henan Lindu Packaging, a subsidiary of Dushi Group, launched an Ultra-Width 3.3m Intelligent Double Wall Corrugator for its second-phase production line, supplied by J.S. Machine. The line achieves daily output exceeding 400,000 m² per shift.

Stryker Poland Manufacturing plans to invest PLN 265 million to expand its plant in Skawina, Poland, increasing production capacity and introducing advanced manufacturing processes. The investment will maintain 2,350 jobs.

Samvardhana Motherson (Motherson) will invest €33.3 million by 2025 to expand four plants in Hungary, including new production hall, logistics center, and additional injection molding machines and automation equipment, to supply BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

On June 19, 2024 Mondi announced completion of its EUR 125 million investment in the Kuopio containerboard mill in Finland, upgrading the wood yard, fibre line, evaporation plant and paper machine to add 55,000 tonnes per year of ProVantage Powerflute fluting capacity.

SANVO held the groundbreaking ceremony for the third phase of the Minhe Base in Zhongshan, China, with a total investment of approximately 500 million yuan. The base focuses on aerosol production.

Algoma Steel completed the Plate Mill Modernization Project, boosting annual shipped plate capacity from 450,000 to 650,000 tons. The project cost $135 million and was overseen by Danieli Group.

Versatex is constructing a new $40 million, 96,500-square-foot facility at the Aliquippa Industrial Park in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, doubling its manufacturing footprint and creating 80 new jobs.

Hitachi Energy announced a $26 million investment in its transformer factory in South Boston, Virginia, adding about 100 new jobs to meet growing demand from data centers and other industries.

Swafford-Kientzy Machine & Fabrication will expand in Troy, Missouri, investing over $250,000 and creating 4 new jobs. The expansion includes new equipment to meet increased demand.

Elite Tool will expand at a new location in Moscow Mills, Missouri, investing $30 million and creating 32 new jobs. The new 120,000-square-foot facility will increase efficiency.

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) completed construction of a new plant at the Aso Kumamoto Site in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, investing ¥13 billion. The facility will produce high-purity chemicals for semiconductors and commence operations in the first half of 2025.

EPACK Prefab has commenced operations at a new factory in Mumbattu, Andhra Pradesh, with an investment of INR 198 crore. The plant increases annual production capacity from 100,000 to 187,000 metric tonnes.

BillerudKorsnas is expanding its Gruvon paper mill in Grums with a new board machine of 550,000 tonnes annual capacity and rebuilding of the existing pulp mill, in its largest investment ever at SEK 5.7 billion.

Crown Equipment is expanding its operations in Kinston, North Carolina, by renovating a 255,000-square-foot vacant building. The project represents a $13.2 million investment and is expected to create more than 130 jobs.

Dilo Temafa sold a line extension to Eco-Technilin to expand an existing flax fiber preparation plant in France, enabling higher fiber quality and increased production capacity.

Pontacol AG is investing 1.8 million Swiss francs to expand its production facilities in Schmitten, Freiburg, Switzerland. The project includes upgrading a blow extrusion line and adding a unit for slitting adhesive films.

Fortex & Co launched production of nonwoven fillers for mattresses and furniture at its factory in Podolsk, Moscow region, with investments of 800 million rubles, including a 400 million ruble loan from the Federal Industrial Development Fund. The line adds 5,500-6,000 tonnes of annual capacity and 120 jobs.

Recover added a second production line at its Banyeres de Mariola, Spain plant, increasing capacity to 16,000 tonnes of recycled cotton fiber per year, and is building a new plant in Bangladesh with capacity of 65,000 tonnes per year, expected to be completed in 2024.

Packaging equipment maker Formost Fuji Corp. celebrated the opening of its new expanded facility in Everett, Washington, purchased in January 2023 and transitioned in August 2023, with potential to double manufacturing area.

Natyurel will invest 1 billion rubles in the second phase of its nonwoven fabric plant in the Kaluga SEZ, adding 250 jobs. The first phase cost 3.4 billion rubles and has been operating since October 2022.

Alfa Laval India installed a new wastewater treatment plant at its Pune facility, with capacity to treat 90 m³ of wastewater per day, achieving zero liquid discharge and 100% water recycling. The plant was commissioned in 2021.

SW Group also plans to expand its facility in Mexico, citing a motivated and well-educated workforce as a strong foundation for expansion.

German machine tool maker SW Group has unveiled plans to expand its facilities in Hungary and Mexico, following Chinese clients setting up production bases in those regions. The expansion is driven by Chinese customers' international investment strategy.

Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing plans a multiyear investment of over $22 million to expand its Van Buren, Indiana campus with new packaging, food processing technology and production lines, creating 45 jobs.