Busch Vacuum Solutions Africa launched its new Busch Pfeiffer Vacuum head office in Johannesburg, equipped with a service centre, Class 10,000 clean room, flow-testing and training facilities.

Ivas Group inaugurated a new automated 4.0 plant for producing recycled EPS insulation materials at its San Mauro Pascoli site in Italy, with an investment of about €8 million. The facility adds 10,000 square meters of production area and is powered by a 650 kW photovoltaic system.

Kamstrup Water Metering, LLC has opened its new 150,000-square-foot North American headquarters and manufacturing facility in Forsyth County, Georgia, expanding its operations and manufacturing capacity for ultrasonic metering solutions.

Shyam Metalics and Energy announced plans to invest INR 450 crore to set up a greenfield aluminium project in Odisha, India, with an annual capacity of 60,000 metric tonnes of aluminium flat-rolled products. The project is expected to create nearly 1,000 jobs.

Kamstrup opened a new 150,000-square-foot headquarters and assembly plant in Cumming, Georgia, on March 21, 2024. The facility will enable doubling of smart water meter production to over 3 million annually within five years.

Owl's Head Alloys is locating a new aluminum processing operation in West Point, Mississippi, with a $29.245 million investment and 68 new jobs. Construction is slated to begin by May 2024 with completion within 18 months.

Schneider Electric Bulgaria held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with an investment of 107 million BGN. The facility will assemble, test, and package low-voltage electrical products, creating 110 new jobs.

Keba Industrial Automation Germany broke ground on a €7.5 million new production hall and research laboratory in Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Germany. The 2,000-square-meter facility is expected to create 50-70 new jobs and be completed by summer 2025.

Nippon Thompson has signed a land sublease agreement with Amata City Halong Industrial Park in Quang Ninh, Vietnam, to build a new plant. The company will invest ¥8 billion (US$53.16 million) in the 37,500 sq.m facility, with construction starting in January 2025 and production expected in 2026.

SPPL, exclusive brand licensee of Thomson in India, invested Rs 75 crore in a new air cooler manufacturing plant in Noida, with a capacity of over 50,000 units per month, covering 70,000 sq ft.

Shirdi Sai Electricals Ltd plans to set up an aluminium alloy conductor manufacturing unit in Kadapa with an investment of Rs 280 crore, initial capacity of 150 metric tonnes per day, creating around 500 jobs.

Schneider Electric inaugurated a new cooling factory in Bengaluru, India, with an investment of Rs 100 crore (~€10 million), covering 6.5 acres, to manufacture cooling solutions for data centers and other applications.

Schneider Electric has begun construction of a new production facility for electrical components in the Thrace Economic Zone near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with an investment of BGN 107 million, creating 115 jobs.

Grundfos opened its advanced manufacturing plant in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2024. The roughly $100 million, 35,000 square meter facility began production three months before the official launch.

Premier Tech Water and Environment has opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The 24,000-square-foot facility will produce Ecoflo septic systems and increase the company's on-site wastewater treatment capabilities.

Angst+Pfister Group inaugurated the APVN Sealing factory and office building in Hố Nai Industrial Park, Dong Nai, Vietnam, with a total investment of €11.1 million by 2028, producing O-rings and seals for automotive, industrial processing, pharmaceuticals, and other sectors.

Merck, through its Life Science business sector, is investing more than €300 million in a new Bioprocessing Production Center in Daejeon, South Korea, expected to create approximately 300 additional jobs by the end of 2028.

Elopak broke ground on its first US production site in Little Rock, Arkansas, to produce Pure-Pak cartons. The $70 million facility will create over 100 jobs and is expected to be fully operational in Q1 2025.

GFT is constructing a new production base in East Java, Indonesia, on a 198,420 square meter site. Construction began in January 2024, with trial production expected in early 2025. The plant will eventually employ up to 8,500 workers by 2029.

MULTIVAC Group has begun construction of a second production factory at its Allgäu headquarters in Germany, expected to be finished at the end of 2025.

MilliporeSigma, the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, is investing more than €300 million to build a new Bioprocessing Production Center in Daejeon, South Korea, expected to create up to 300 jobs by 2028.

Saint-Gobain laid the foundation for its third glass factory in Egypt's Al-Ain Al-Sokhna Industrial Zone, with an investment of approximately €175 million. The factory will cover 200,000 square meters and aims to export 60% of its production.

Guangzhou Nansha Jingyuan Semiconductor Technology plans to invest 1.5 billion yuan to build China's largest 8-inch silicon carbide substrate production base in Jinan, Shandong, through its subsidiary Shandong Zhongjing Xinyuan Semiconductor Technology. The facility is expected to reach full production by 2025.

TOPPAN, a group company of TOPPAN Holdings, will establish a new production base in Singapore for FC-BGA substrates used in high-density semiconductor packages. The plant has a floor area of 95,000 square meters and is scheduled to start operations at the end of 2026.

Taerim Packaging, part of Global Seah Group, held a completion ceremony for its Cheongwon Campus 2 corrugated fabric factory in Ochang 3rd Industrial Complex, Cheongju, Korea. The 62 billion won plant can produce about 190 million square meters of corrugated fabric per year and began production in December 2023.

Hanwha Advanced Materials America LLC will build a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on 38 acres near Georgetown, Texas, with an estimated $100 million capital investment, creating 180 new permanent jobs.

Wolfspeed will invest about $5 billion to build a new facility in Chatham County, North Carolina, to produce silicon carbide wafers for semiconductor chips. The plant is expected to create 1,800 jobs with an average annual salary of $77,753.

Aerotech Inc., in partnership with ANI Motion Tech, announced a new manufacturing and research facility in the Songdo Knowledge Information Industrial Complex, Korea. The facility will produce precision motion control products and automation equipment for semiconductor and display markets, with groundbreaking in March 2024.

Shanghai Unison Aluminium Products is investing over 35 million euros ($38.1 million) in a new facility near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to produce aluminium profiles for the automotive industry. Construction is expected to be completed within a year, creating 150-200 jobs.

Vista Metals plans to locate a new specialty aluminum products operation in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with a $60 million investment, creating over 50 full-time jobs. The facility will supply the aerospace industry.

Shanghai Rongrong New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for an alumina continuous fiber products project in Baise, Guangxi. The total investment is about 10.7 billion yuan (approx. $1.49 billion), with planned annual capacity of 12,500 tons of alumina fiber products and 50,000 tons of polymer aluminum sol.

Infore Environment Technology Group started construction of the Infore New Energy Equipment Project (East China Base) in Shangyu, Shaoxing, Zhejiang. The total investment is 10.2 billion yuan (approx. $1.42 billion), planned in three phases, focusing on smart motor equipment, smart emergency equipment, new energy, and fan equipment R&D and manufacturing.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse laid the foundation stone on March 19, 2024 for a new low-energy production building at its Campsas site in the Tarn-et-Garonne region. The EUR 40 million investment will produce heat transfer equipment, with handover scheduled for summer 2025 and eventually 400 employees.

Liaoning Dingjide Petrochemical Co., Ltd. began construction of a PV new materials production base in Liaoning Province. The total investment is CNY 12 billion, with phase 1 producing 200,000 MT/year POE, 300,000 MT/year α-olefins, and hydrogen; phase 2 adds 200,000 MT/year POE and 250,000 MT/year carbonate ester.

Shanghai Rongrong New Material Technology Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its alumina continuous fiber products project in Baise, Guangxi. The total investment is about CNY 10.7 billion (phase 1: CNY 4.3 billion, phase 2: CNY 6.4 billion), with planned annual capacity of 12,500 tonnes of alumina fiber products and 50,000 tonnes of polymer alumina sol.

呲铁机械有限公司's new facility for producing 300 CNC equipment units per year opened in Sankou Town, Huangshan, Anhui. The project covers about 20 mu, with a total investment of 55 million yuan, annual output value of 70 million yuan, and annual tax of about 3 million yuan.

Sewer Equipment Company of America will build a 23,000-square-foot parts distribution center in Dixon, Illinois. Site preparation begins next month with completion expected in October or November 2024.

Rosboro, North America's largest producer of glued-laminated timber (GLT), has chosen HOMAG Group members Stiles Machinery, Kallesoe, and System TM to deliver mass timber solutions for a new GLT factory in Springfield, Oregon.

Durapower's subsidiary Suzhou Durapower Technology broke ground on a new 32,500 m² battery manufacturing factory in Suzhou, China. The plant will have three production lines and an R&D center, expected to be fully operational by Q2 2025, with capacity of 2.0 GWh per annum.

Japanese company JFE Shoji held a groundbreaking ceremony for a factory producing motor cores in Inđija, Serbia. The investment exceeds EUR 51 million and will create 102 jobs, with production scheduled to start in 2025.

Danfoss Turbocor opened a new 145,000 square foot production facility in Tallahassee, Florida, for oil-free magnetic bearing compressors. The $62 million investment doubles current compressor capacity and will create local jobs.

WestRock plans to build a new corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, at an estimated cost of about $140 million, partly offset by property sales. The company intends to close its existing North Chicago plant once the new facility is complete.

ORBIS Corporation signed a lease-to-own agreement with EPM Partners for 420,000 sq ft of manufacturing space in Greenville, Texas, to produce reusable pallets, totes and bulk containers. The company expects to add more than 190 jobs, with initial operations projected by the end of 2024.

Metso's new state-of-the-art Karratha Service Centre in the Pilbara, Western Australia, which will be Metso's largest service centre globally, opens in March 2024.

RRP Electronics plans to invest ₹5,000 crore over five years to set up a semiconductor OSAT facility in Maharashtra, with a foundation stone ceremony scheduled for March 23, 2024, and a second phase of ₹5,000 crore.

Elloumi Group has launched construction of its third plant in Morocco, located in Tangier Automotive City, with an initial investment of 27 million MAD, expected to employ about 400 people at startup.

Isu Specialty Chemical signed an MOU with Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gumi City to invest 300 billion won in a new commercial lithium sulfide production plant in Gumi, with mass production targeted for 2027.

Shera is investing US$36 million to establish its first production hub in the Philippines, located in Pampanga. The plant commenced initial operations in 2023 and is expected to be fully operational by October 2024, with an initial capacity of 100,000 t/yr and creating 150 jobs.

Jowat inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Zhejiang province, China, about 70 km from Shanghai. The plant will produce approximately 9,000 tonnes of adhesives annually for the Asian market starting from Q2 2024, focusing on water-based dispersion adhesives and solutions for the consumer electronics market. It includes production, storage, and an R&D center.

A One Tex Tech Private Limited is investing ₹46 Crores in a non-woven fabrics project on 5 acres in Sira Industrial Area, Tumkuru district, Karnataka, to serve sectors like hygiene, agriculture, filtration, construction, and packaging.