SIAM Cement BigBloc Construction Technologies Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between BigBloc Construction and SCG International India, started production at a new Greenfield plant in Kheda, Gujarat, with a capacity of 2.5 lakh cubic metres per year. Investment is estimated at ₹65 crore.

Construction is underway on the Komatsu Global Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Base in the Jining High-tech Zone, which will be the sole factory in China to produce hydraulic excavators from 6 to 50 metric tons.

Newlyn PX Terminal completed the last phase of its R2 billion multi-modal rail terminal in Bayhead near the Port of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, exceeding its initial pledge by R2.6 billion. President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to officially open the terminal on 4 April 2024.

South Korea-based auto parts producer Seco Seojin Mobility will invest $300 million to build its first production plant in Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico, for electric vehicle motors, with first phase production expected in February 2025.

Danfoss México opened a new heat exchanger production plant (HEX 2) in Apodaca, Nuevo León, creating 100 direct jobs and doubling production capacity.

Elaborados Naturales will invest €40 million to build a new factory in Funes, Navarre, with 12 production lines for potato tortillas, creating 400 direct jobs.

KMW, a precision manufacturer of agricultural attachments, will invest $105 million to construct a new North American headquarters and production facility in Sterling, Kansas, creating 251 new jobs.

Jindal Advanced Materials (JAM) has partnered with Italian MAE to establish a carbon fiber facility in India with an initial capacity of 3,500 MT per year, expandable to 10,000 MT by 2027. The ₹2,700 crore plant is expected to be operational within 30 months.

Shree Cement has inaugurated a new integrated cement plant in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, built with an investment of ₹2,500 crore. The plant has a cement production capacity of 3 mtpa and is expected to generate 700 direct and 1,300 indirect jobs.

DS Techno signed an MOU with Gangwon Province and Wonju City to invest KRW 70.2 billion in a new manufacturing plant in Wonju, South Korea, to be completed by June 2025. The plant will create 90 new jobs by 2026.

Xuda Filtration's new filter plate production plant in Huzhou, Zhejiang, China, was put into operation in April 2024. The 53,000-square-meter facility has a capacity of 25,000 plates per year.

Nuvo Packaging, a plastic thermoforming company, will create 100 jobs and invest in a new location in Columbus, Ohio, to serve the eastern U.S. with recyclable food packaging.

KITZ Group's Brazilian subsidiary Metalúrgica Golden Art's (MGA) celebrated completion of a new 6,189 sq m plant, within a 28,000 sq m site, to raise industrial ball valve production capacity by 30% for the Brazilian market.

The Moroccan government approved a project by Chinese BTR New Material to build a cathode material plant near Tangier for $300 million, with an annual capacity of 50,000 tons. The first phase of 25,000 tons is expected to start operations by September 2026.

Hyosung TNC received an investment registration certificate for a nearly $1 billion Bio-BDO biological product manufacturing plant in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam, with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year. The plant will produce Bio-BDO from sugarcane fermentation for bio-spandex fibers.

Noblelift Group held a groundbreaking ceremony on March 29, 2024, for its 'Noblelift Smart Logistics Equipment Future Factory' project in Changxing, Zhejiang. The project has a total planned investment of 2.36 billion yuan (fixed asset investment 2.01 billion yuan) and will produce 50,000 new energy forklifts annually, with an estimated annual output value of 3 billion yuan.

Continental AG announced that its new intelligent factory in Qufu, Shandong, operated by joint venture Road-Broad Automotive Electronics, has begun operation. The 30,000 sqm facility with over 50 production lines will manufacture sensors and wiring harnesses for vehicles, boosting Road-Broad's capacity by 150%.

Fukushima Galilei announced it will build a new factory in Konan City, Shiga Prefecture, to manufacture refrigerated and frozen display cases for retailers. The investment is approximately 10 billion yen, and the plant is expected to increase production capacity by 30% by fiscal year 2026.

Europower Enerji ve Otomasyon Teknolojileri, through its subsidiary Europower World Enerji, will build a high-voltage power transformer factory in Turkey with an investment of up to $50 million. The plant will produce transformers up to 550 kV 330 MVA and is expected to start operations in the first half of 2025.

Europower World Enerji A.Ş., a subsidiary of Girişim Elektrik, will build a high-voltage power transformer factory in Turkey with an investment of up to $50 million. The plant will produce transformers up to 550 kV 330 MVA and is expected to start operations in the first half of 2025.

Hubert Enviro Care Systems P Ltd (HECS) acquired a 2.5-acre industrial land parcel at SIPCOT Vallam Industrial Estate near Chennai to set up its second manufacturing facility for FRP Packaged Sewage Treatment Plants. The investment is over INR 20 crores, with phase one expected to complete by July 2022 and a capacity of around 600 units per year.

The U.S. Department of Energy selected Sublime Systems for an up to $87 million award to accelerate construction of a low-carbon cement manufacturing plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The first commercial facility will open in early 2026 and produce up to 30,000 tons per year.

Symmetrica is investing EUR 48 million in a new concrete pavements factory in Bolintin Vale, near Bucharest, Romania. The factory will be inaugurated in autumn 2024, have a capacity of 15,000 sqm per day, and increase total production by 30%.

JCB announced plans to build a manufacturing plant on 400 acres in San Antonio's South Side, investing at least $265.7 million and creating 1,580 jobs. Groundbreaking is planned for May 2024, with incentives worth nearly $32 million from local and state entities.

Expansa has completed construction and commissioning of a new 15,000 sq ft resin regeneration plant in Houston, Texas. Phase 1 adds up to 288,000 cubic feet of resin regeneration capacity per year.

Pragmatic Semiconductor has officially opened a cutting-edge microchip factory at Pragmatic Park in Meadowfield, Durham. The company plans to create 500 jobs at Durham and Cambridge over the next few years.

Covestro has inaugurated a new production plant for polycarbonate copolymers at its Antwerp site in Belgium. The investment is in the mid double-digit million euro range and covers a pilot and a production plant.

Erde Tuls will build a plant in Nizhny Tagil by the end of 2025 for serial production of import-substituting multi-section kelly bars and large-diameter casing tables, investing about RUB 300 million.

Bermo Válvulas e Equipamentos Industriais, a Brazilian unit of Germany's Ari-Armaturen group, announced a new factory of about 10,500 square metres in the Fidélis district of Blumenau that will triple production capacity, with start of operation planned for 2026 and at least 100 jobs.

IKD, a Chinese company specializing in aluminum parts for vehicles, will set up a plant in Guanajuato, Mexico, with an investment of 3,000 million pesos, expected to generate a thousand jobs.

A new plant to produce polymer geomembrane and drainage composite for waterproofing will be built in Vvedenskoye, Ketovsky District, Kurgan Oblast, Russia. Total investment is 402 million rubles, creating about 200 jobs.

Chengdu Jingwei Machinery, a packaging machinery manufacturer, announced that construction of its new factory in the Guanghan Industrial Concentration Development Zone has entered a new phase, with completion and operation expected within the year.

Kuraray has decided to invest in a new production plant for EVAL™ EVOH resin at its subsidiary Kuraray Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. The investment amount is US$410 million, with production capacity of 18,000 tons/year, and operations expected to start at the end of 2026.

Paboco, The Paper Bottle Company, launched its Next Gen Paper Bottle and began full-scale production at a new manufacturing site in Slangerup, Denmark. The company aims to deliver over 20 million paper bottles by the end of 2025, backed by ALPLA.

Turkish producer Koksan has started building a $710mn PET project at Yangkou Port in Nantong, Jiangsu province in March 2025. The project includes a 1mn t/yr PET resin unit, with 800,000 t/yr PET and 200,000 t/yr rPET, with two 200,000 t/yr lines in the first phase.

Japanese petrochemical producer Tosoh plans to build a 100,000 t/yr MDI splitter in Ba Ria–Vung Tau province, Vietnam, targeting commercial operations by October 2026. Construction is expected to start in November 2024 and be completed by June 2026.

Copper producer Wieland Group plans to spend $15mn to build a second heat exchanger manufacturing facility in Delaware, Ohio, adding 100 jobs. The plant will serve growing demand for data center cooling equipment.

Mexican automotive components maker Nemak produced first structural castings on a trial basis at its new $184mn mega-casting facility in Augusta, Georgia. Commercial operations are expected to start in the second half of 2026.

Eastman was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for up to $375 million in funding for its second U.S. molecular recycling facility in Longview, Texas. The plant will recycle approximately 110,000 metric tonnes of plastic waste annually and create over 200 full-time jobs.

ADM Endeavors' subsidiary Just Right Products Inc. received final building permits for a new 80,000-square-foot production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, expected to be operational by end of 2024 and increase production capacity up to five times.

Shandong Woda Heavy Industry Machine Tool Co., Ltd. began construction of a new plant in Tengzhou, Shandong, for intelligent precision servo hydraulic presses. The project covers 110 mu, with a total investment of CNY 600 million and an annual capacity of 800 intelligent servo hydraulic presses, 300 precision high-speed presses, and 300 powder metallurgy presses.

Bauer do Brasil will invest R$40 million in a new plant in São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, to raise pivot capacity by 50% and assemble reels and separators. The company committed to at least 100 jobs within four years, with completion expected by 2025.

Lake Charles Methanol has announced plans for a $3.24 billion low-carbon methanol plant in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, producing about 3.6 million tons per year, with 123 direct jobs. Commercial operations are estimated for late 2027, pending a final investment decision.

Janitza electronics has broken ground on a new 10,000 sqm factory in Lahnau-Waldgirmes, Germany, with an investment of €30 million. The facility will house production, administration, lab and technical space, and is expected to be completed by summer 2026.

PWR, a manufacturer of robotic packaging solutions, announced the launch of a new state-of-the-art facility in Ede, Netherlands. The facility will double office and assembly space and is expected to be completed by December 2024.

Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze Tunisia has started construction of its third and largest automotive cable harness plant in Jendouba, Tunisia. The plant will produce harnesses for electric vehicles for Mercedes, with an investment of TND 91 million and expected to create 1,920 jobs. Production is planned for 2025.

Neways is establishing a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The facility is expected to initiate production in Q4 2024 and will focus on advanced modules and cabinets for the semiconductor sector, with plans to employ over 200 people.

Delta Electronics (Thailand) opened a new production facility (Delta Plant 8) and R&D centre at the Bangpoo industrial estate in Thailand. The plant produces EV components including combined control units, EV charging controllers, and DCDC converters, doubling EV-related production capacity.

PepsiCo plans a renewable-powered food processing plant in northern Ha Nam province with a $90 million investment, which was reported as an additional commitment on March 22, 2024; an investment certificate for the site was granted late 2023.

PepsiCo committed to a beverage manufacturing plant powered by renewable energy in southern Long An province costing over $300 million, announced by the Vietnamese government on March 22, 2024.