Huesker Group is relocating the production of its subsidiary NaBento Vliesstoff GmbH from Ellefeld to Dülmen, investing nearly EUR 1.5 million. The move is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

StandardAero began work on a $33 million expansion of its MRO facility at Augusta Regional Airport in Georgia. The project will add 80,500 sq ft of hangar and engine shop space, create 90 jobs, and is expected to be completed in 2025.

Azelis completed upgrades to its CASE applications lab and an expansion of its Wisconsin facility, adding meeting space and offices to support coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers business in the US and Canada.

Shenghe New Materials Co., Ltd. plans to invest 520 million yuan to expand its functional polymer film material production at its existing plant in Jiangyin, China, adding 45,000 tonnes of annual capacity. The project runs from 2024 to 2026.

AFA Fluid Control completed the concrete pour and topping out of its phase three project, a 35 million yuan facility for 1,000 large-diameter hard-seal ball valves per year, on April 30, 2024. The project started on March 8, 2024.

Trew, LLC announced a major expansion, leasing 263,000 square feet of office and manufacturing space in West Chester, Ohio, bringing its total to nearly 500,000 square feet. The expansion will create 190 new full-time positions and is supported by a JobsOhio grant and a Job Creation Tax Credit extension.

Joby Aviation broke ground on an expansion of its Pilot Production Line in Marina, California, which will more than double its manufacturing footprint and support a target production rate of 25 aircraft per year. The expansion is funded in part by a $9.8 million California Competes grant and is expected to begin operations in 2025.

BASF's Coatings division announced the expansion of its e-coat manufacturing facility at the Mangalore site to meet growing demand from automotive OEMs in India and South Asian/ASEAN markets.

Pla, a John Deere company, inaugurated a $15 million expansion of its industrial plant in Las Rosas, Santa Fe, Argentina. The project adds a 5,500 m² building, a new paint plant, and technology for assembling sprayers and seeders, increasing production capacity by 50%.

Silex Microsystems announced it will build a new factory in Järfälla, Sweden, to produce MEMS on 300mm wafers, expanding capacity from its existing 200mm fab, as the company's Chinese ownership blocked overseas investments.

Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd announced a brownfield expansion of its speciality carbon black capacity at Singur, West Bengal, with an investment of Rs 220 crore, adding 70,000 tonnes per annum capacity, scheduled to be operational within 18 months.

Hitachi Energy announced over $100 million in modernization and upgrade of its power transformer factory in Varennes and facilities in Montreal, Quebec, including a new testing facility and engineering center, creating around 70 jobs.

John Deere inaugurated the expansion of its factory in Las Rosas, Argentina, investing $15 million to enhance seeding and spraying operations, including a new painting system.

Eakas Corp. purchased 80 acres from the Illinois Valley YMCA for $2 million to expand its automotive parts manufacturing plant in Peru, Illinois. The expansion includes larger injection molding machines, a new decorative finish line, and increased warehousing, with completion targeted for spring 2025 and production startup in July 2025.

PLA by John Deere inaugurated a new plant in Las Rosas, Santa Fe, Argentina, with a USD 15 million investment. The expansion added 5,500 m² of covered space, increasing total to 12,000 m², and boosted production capacity by 50% to 420 sprayers and 350 seeders per year.

SILOKING Mayer Maschinenbau GmbH plans to expand its factory in Tittmoning, Bavaria, increasing production space from 5,900 m² to 13,800 m² by 2025. The expansion aims to boost capacity for feed mixing machinery.

Daifuku Co., Ltd. has begun renovations at its Shiga Works in Shiga, Japan, including construction of two new factory buildings (Building G and Building M). The company will invest approximately 33 billion yen through 2028 to increase production capacity by 1.4 times and improve logistics efficiency.

German company Prettl will invest around 70 million pesos to expand its Eckerle plant in Querétaro, Mexico, which produces complex molded plastic parts. The expansion is expected to create 1,000 jobs.

A 17,000 m² production hall was handed over in Budapest as an extension to the Siemens Energy site. The investment created 400 new jobs and includes a 1.5 MW solar park.

Safran Aerosystems is investing between €10 million and €15 million to build a new 4,000 m² building at its Cognac site in Charente, France, to free up space at its Ars plant.

Yaskawa broke ground on a new European Robotics Distribution Centre and an assembly hall for robot welding systems in Kočevje, Slovenia, with a EUR 31.5 million investment. The distribution centre is expected to open in the 2025 financial year, and by FY2027 it will handle at least 80% of EMEA robot orders.

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, celebrated the grand opening of an expansion of its advanced manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The expansion adds almost 50,000 square feet, increasing the facility's footprint to approximately 227,000 square feet.

Teleflex completed an 8,200-square-foot expansion of its Medical OEM facility in Jaffrey, N.H., adding extrusion lines to increase production capacity for PTFE tubing and FEP heat shrink products used in medical devices.

HUBER Technology, the US subsidiary of HUBER SE, officially inaugurated its expanded production facility in Denver, North Carolina, on April 17, 2024. The $40 million expansion increased the site to 17,000 m² and enables 100% on-site production, including a full-bath pickling line.

Boeing, via contractors Paric and Barton Malow, started work on a $1.8 billion expansion at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The first phase includes an 880,000-square-foot production site expansion, a hangar and a test facility; a second phase includes an assembly building. Construction began in Q1 2024, with the assembly building expected to finish in 2026.

Sintavia, LLC announced a $25 million expansion of its facilities and equipment in Hollywood, Florida, including additional manufacturing space, large format printers, and testing equipment. The investment will support demand from U.S. Department of Defense programs.

Hydro Extrusions commissioned a third extrusion press line at its Rackwitz, Germany facility in late 2023, increasing annual capacity from 27,000 to 40,000 tonnes of aluminium profiles. The €11 million investment includes a 22 MN upcycled extrusion press and an energy-efficient aging oven.

A Danish company (Project Saffron) providing structural materials for wind turbine blades is considering expansion in Larimer County, Colorado, with up to 210 new jobs, and received a commitment for up to $3.37 million in tax credits from the state.

Hobas Pipe USA announced the addition of a second manufacturing line at its Houston facility, increasing output by 50% to meet demand for fiberglass pipes. The line is expected to be operational by October 1, 2024.

Lubrizol announced a $20 million investment to upgrade its manufacturing facility in Gastonia, North Carolina, enhancing production capacity of acrylic emulsion technologies for coatings.

Lasselsberger is completing its largest investment of over one billion crowns at its plant in Borovany, South Bohemia, with a new line for large-format tiles up to 120x240 cm starting trial operation in July 2024.

Saint-Gobain will increase capacity of its Ain Sokhna float plant in Egypt by constructing a second flat glass production line, increasing production volume by 85%. The foundation stone was laid in March 2024, and a solar farm was also inaugurated. The expansion was reported on April 23, 2024.

QazAlPack, Kazakhstan's first beverage can plant in Shymkent, plans to double capacity to 1 billion cans per year later in 2024, having already installed four Standun bodymakers and a Concord decorator supplied by Stolle Machinery.

Magnum Venus Products moved its machining and fabrication operations from Kent, Washington to its 125,000 sq ft East Tennessee facility near Knoxville, boosting production capacity by 25% and creating at least 30 positions this year.

Baker Hughes is investing in expanding its manufacturing site in Modon, Saudi Arabia, doubling workforce capacity to support projects including MGS3 with localized testing and packaging.

Kaishan Compressors broke ground on a 65,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing and warehouse facility in Loxley, Alabama. The multi-million-dollar project will add 35 new jobs over four years.

John Deere announced an investment of over R$700 million to expand its factory in Catalão, Goiás, Brazil, adding over 20,000 square meters to the existing 69,000 square meter plant. The expansion will create approximately 400 new jobs over 60 months and enable nationalization of the See & Spray smart spraying system. The announcement was made on April 22, 2024.

ALUPOL Packaging Kęty sp. z o.o. will invest 32 million złotych in its factory in Kęty, Poland, to increase production capacity by purchasing new flexographic printing machines and equipment. The investment is supported by Krakowski Park Technologiczny.

YIZUMI has completed the third phase of its Wujiang factory in China, adding an 18,000-square-meter workshop to produce two-platen and vertical injection molding machines. The factory has a total investment of about one billion Yuan and annual capacity of up to 3,000 units.

MC-Bauchemie Ukraine plans to invest €1.5 million to build a new production line for special building materials at its facility in Berezan, Kyiv Region. The line is expected to launch at the end of 2025.

Kaishan Compressor USA (KCA) held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 22 for a factory expansion in Loxley, Baldwin County, Alabama. The project adds 90,000 sq ft of factory space and 5,000 sq ft of R&D space, funded by KCA itself.

Kaishan Compressor USA broke ground on an $11 million expansion of its Loxley, Baldwin County, Alabama plant, planning to add 50 jobs over five years.

Intertape Polymer Group has committed approximately $10 million to expand its Capstone manufacturing facility in Karoli, India, to increase production of building and construction products. The expansion is expected to be completed by Q2 2022 and will create about 125 new jobs.

Alpla Werke Lehner inaugurated a new production and warehouse hall at its Exter site in Vlotho, Kreis Herford, after investing about EUR 30 million in the site's modernisation and new building.

Star Micronics will renovate its Kikugawa plant by building a new Kikugawa South factory for core parts (total cost ~¥10 billion, start July 2024, operation November 2025) and construct a new Makinohara plant for final assembly of advanced CNC automatic lathes (total cost ~¥5 billion, start May 2025, operation July 2026), aiming to increase production capacity to 100 units per month.

BWXT Technologies is investing CAD 80 million to expand its Cambridge, Ontario manufacturing plant, increasing its footprint by 25% and large nuclear component capacity by 50%. The project includes a CAD 50 million building expansion and CAD 30 million in advanced equipment, creating over 200 jobs.

Firestone Industrial Products, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas, announced an $8.9 million investment to expand manufacturing and distribution at its Firestone Airide facility in Dyersburg, Tennessee.

BWX Technologies announced an $80 million expansion of its Cambridge, Ontario nuclear manufacturing facility, creating 200 new jobs. Construction begins in Q3 2024 and is estimated to be completed in early 2026.

MB Aerospace is investing approximately PLN 90 million to expand its Rzeszów plant, adding new production facilities for aircraft engine components and creating 110 jobs.

Fresenius Kabi has expanded its Nanchang subsidiary five times over 22 years with total investment of nearly 600 million yuan ($82.9 million). The company decided to centralize all clinical nutrition device production in Nanchang, making it a key R&D and production base.