Safran will invest €125 million in a new compressor components plant in Welkenraedt, Belgium, in an 18,000 m² former Copeland building, with operations scheduled to start in 2028 through subsidiary Safran Booster Components.

Safran Aero Boosters announced a new subsidiary, Safran Booster Components, building an aircraft engine compressor components plant in Welkenraedt, Wallonia, backed by Walloon and Belgian federal investors, operational in 2028.

Fost Plus has contracted Morssinkhof Plastics Belgium, part of Morssinkhof Rymoplast, to build a plastic packaging recycling plant in Lommel, Belgium, expected to be operational in October 2024 and recycling about 40,000 tonnes per year.

Soenen Golfkarton's new corrugated cardboard factory in Lanklaar, Limburg started production on 1 March 2023 with a building of 132,500 m2. The site is one of the most modern in Europe and is expected to at least double the company's capacity.

Safran will set up a new production plant in the Walloon region of Belgium for titanium compressor blades and vanes for LEAP engines. The 10,000-square-metre facility will feature automation and advanced digital technologies.

Safran Aero Boosters announced a new titanium compressor blades and vanes plant in Marchin, Liège province, Wallonia, as a €50 million investment in partnership with Belgian and Walloon public investment bodies. The plant is due to be operational in 2025 and employ around 100 people.

Soenen Golfkarton has started building a 132,500 sqm corrugated box factory on the former Bekaert site in Lanklaar, Belgium, representing an investment of more than €120 million and about 200 jobs. The plant is planned to start in 2023.

Paulig unveiled the first stone of its new tortilla production plant in Roeselare, Belgium, a EUR 45 million investment to strengthen its Tex Mex market position in Europe. The factory will be carbon neutral from the start.

Europal Packaging, part of the D.I. Group, has started up a new 2.5m doublewall Quantum corrugator line at its new factory in Blandain/Tournai, Belgium. The line was installed by Quantum Corrugated and Fosber Group.

Catalan packaging maker Alucan plans a new high-speed aluminium packaging line in Belgium with an annual capacity of 40 million units. COFIDES will provide a 3.7 million euro co-investment loan toward a total investment of 13.2 million euros.

Europal, a Belgian corrugated cardboard packaging supplier, will invest several million euros in a new greenfield plant in Tournai, to be fully operational by summer 2020. The plant is expected to create about 40 high-tech jobs.

Benepack Belgium, a joint venture of CPMC and Haoneng, is investing over EUR 50 million in a can production plant in Genk, Belgium, creating 150 jobs and receiving a EUR 3 million Flemish subsidy.

CPMC and Haoneng formed a joint venture in Genk, Belgium, to build a new facility producing recyclable aluminium cans and labels for beverage makers. CPMC will invest EUR 60 million and recruit about 150 staff.

Chinese company CPMC plans to invest €60 million in a new beverage can factory in Genk, Limburg, on the site of Illochroma Haoneng, with production targeted to start by January 1, 2020; the agreement is not yet fully finalised.

Egger Turo Pumps Belgium moved to a new building in Dilbeek, Belgium on 1 March 2018.

Crown Europe opened a 23,000 square metre logistics hub in Puurs, Belgium, developed with Gilbert de Clercq transport company to serve food, beverage and aerosol customers in the Benelux region.