US equipment maker Caterpillar plans to invest $1bn to expand its manufacturing plant in Sanford, North Carolina with a new facility producing compact track loaders and telehandlers to meet increased…

German consultant Drees & Sommer will project manage the building of a factory making satellite components and telescopes in Berlin-Charlottenburg for German-American space company Planet Labs. The development will contain…

India’s government has allocated US$3.6bn (₹33,660 crore) to build 100 “plug-and-play” industrial parks across the country on pre-approved land connected to local roads to attract private investors. Plots range from…

Boeing has kicked off construction on a major expansion of its South Carolina operations that will ramp up 787 Dreamliner production to 10 jets per month by 2026. The company…

American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly plans to build a $3bn manufacturing facility at the Leiden Bio Science Park in Katwijk, the Netherlands. It will have advanced technologies for making oral…

Caterpillar, the world’s biggest construction equipment maker, says it will spend $100m on training over the next five years in the US. Its “workforce pledge” starts with $5m for training…

Ground has broken on a 2.3-million-sq-ft production, manufacturing and distribution facility for drinks makers Red Bull and Rauch, and can maker Ball Corporation, in Concord, North Carolina. The site will…

US food company Mars, the company behind Snickers, M&Ms, Royal Canin and Sheba, says it will spend $2bn building factories in the US by 2026. This May, it opened the…

Aerospace company Boeing has chosen US engineer Jacobs to design the 1.1 sq ft expansion of its campus in St Louis, Missouri. The expansion, which Boeing says will cost “multi-billions”,…

Swedish automotive giant Volvo will raise its investment in a new truck factory in Mexico from $700m to $1bn, despite President Trump’s 25% tariffs on vehicle imports from its southern…

iPhone-maker Foxconn is expanding its manufacturing base in India as it gears up to double the number of the Apple gadgets it makes in the country. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer…