Zhenhong bought a 30,000 square metre permanent manufacturing base in the Wenzhou Airport Industrial Zone for CNY125 million (about USD20 million). It plans to move there by May 2022 and consolidate its existing plants.

Thermo Fisher Scientific opened a Suzhou branch of its China Innovation Center, with an office and R&D environment of about 800 square metres including sample preparation, chemical analysis and air testing laboratories.

Baosteel Packaging will build a new aluminum easy open can production line in Huaiyuan Industrial Park, Bengbu, Anhui. The first phase has an annual design capacity of 1.1 billion cans and an estimated total investment of RMB 440 million.

Shijiazhuang Guanling Packaging has opened a plant about 150km southwest of Beijing to make cans for infant formula. The line will eventually produce 75 million cans a year, with RMB 510 million in plant cost.

A newly commissioned Shenyang plant of Burckhardt Compression's Chinese unit, with 86,000 m2 of production area on 153,000 m2 of land, replaces two older city-centre sites. Operations are set to begin at the end of September 2020.

FNA Compressors opened a new 36,000 sqm production plant in Haiyan, Zhejiang province, China, its fifth worldwide, employing over 600 people.

Dana Incorporated opened a new manufacturing and assembly plant of about 16,000 sq m in Yancheng, China, its 24th in China, to produce off-highway drive and motion components. The plant can produce about 160,000 units per year.

Beijing Fengdian Jinkaiwei Group signed an agreement on August 19, 2020 to set up a 300 million yuan hydrogen compressor project in the Changshu High-tech Zone, with a 25,000 sq m plant and annual sales of 500 million yuan expected at full production.

Miura Industry's Chinese subsidiary started operating a new plant in Suzhou making gas-fired industrial boilers, raising combined annual capacity to 5,000 units, about 2.5 times the previous level. The investment was about 2.6 billion yen.

Xingang Thermal Energy broke ground in Zhangzhou Development Zone on a 150 million yuan plant making large permanent-magnet screw air compressors, with 8,000 wan yuan projected annual sales.

Zhangzhou Manma Li Automation Machinery broke ground on a high-speed internal mixer manufacturing project in Zhangzhou Development Zone with about 160 million yuan investment, expected to start production in 2022.

COFCO Coca-Cola began construction on its 20th bottling factory in China in Guian New Area, Guizhou province, on July 28, 2020. The first stage has an investment of 270 million yuan and an annual capacity of 170,000 metric tons, with operations expected by end-2021.

Azbil announced it will construct a new factory building at its subsidiary Azbil Equipment (Dalian) in Dalian, Liaoning Province, to expand production capacity, with completion planned for early 2022. The article states an investment of 4600 million yuan, though its yen equivalent is inconsistent.

Neles has started operations at its new greenfield valve technology center in Jiaxing, China, announced in October 2018. The plant will produce over 100,000 standard valves per year for customers in process industries.

Gaosen Packaging is constructing its fourth beverage can plant in China at Xinzheng in Henan province, invested at RMB350 million (US$50m). It plans trial production of two-piece beverage cans by the end of the year.

Unilever laid the groundwork for a new China food production base in Taicang, Jiangsu, with a total investment of 100 million euros. The site, scheduled to start operation in early 2022, will initially produce Wall's ice cream with annual capacity of 150,000 metric tons.

Shijiazhuang Kangpusi Compressor broke ground on 2017-05-23 on a new 75-mu site in Luancheng, Hebei, for permanent magnet variable-frequency screw compressors and mobile air compressors. The project is estimated at 120 million yuan over 18 months and is expected to produce over 7,000 units a year.

Suzhou Newway Valve began building a high-performance smart valve factory in Suzhou High-tech Zone. Phase one has a total investment of CNY 350 million, 50 mu of land and planned total capacity of CNY 1 billion, expected to be completed in May 2021.

Tetra Pak will invest 700 million yuan ($98.9 million) to build a large intelligent closure facility in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, expected to be operational next year. The plant will produce DreamCap closures with an annual capacity of 10 billion caps.

WABCO Automotive Control Systems started production of a heavy-duty truck automatic transmission shift mechanism project in Qingdao West Coast New Area, as part of five projects totalling nearly 700 million yuan.

Shandong Xinghua Construction Group put into operation phase one of its Xinghua Logistics Innovation Industrial Park in Qingdao West Coast New Area, as part of five projects totalling nearly 700 million yuan.

Industrial valve maker CIRCOR has opened a new 6,000 square metre plant in China. The city was not named in the article.

Tsingtao Brewery has begun key construction projects costing 1 billion yuan (about $144 million) in Pingdu, Shibei district and the West Coast New Area in Qingdao, Shandong. The Pingdu smart industrial park will include a logistics center, custom production platforms, a package printing factory and yeast processing plants.

Suzhou Neway Valve Co. began construction in April 2020 of a smart high-performance valve factory in Suzhou High-tech Zone, with phase one investment of RMB 350 million due for completion in May 2021 and total capacity up to RMB 1 billion.

COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages signed an agreement with Guian New Area on March 27, 2020 to build a beverage factory with two soft drink production lines and a 270 million yuan investment. Completion is expected by end of 2021.

NEW ENERGY has completed its headquarters and production base in the Guangzhou Technology Development Zone, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan and annual capacity above 1 million air source heat pump sets. The article gives conflicting timing, with production scheduled for June 2019.

Linde Hydraulics opened a new production plant in Weifang, China, a 36,000m² facility for assembling high-pressure pumps, motors and valve technology, with capacity of 100,000 units per year.

A planned 40,000-unit-per-year high-end valve project in Lishui Economic and Technological Development Zone, Zhejiang, with total investment of RMB 105 million, will lease a plant from Lishui Heli Pump & Valve Manufacturing. Production is expected to start in March 2021. The report is dated January 17, 2020.

Packaging company Albéa is to open a new plant in Huai'an, China, which will manufacture metal tubes.

CIRCOR International announced a new centrifugal and displacement pump manufacturing facility in Weihai, Shandong Province, China, to open in 2020. It will support customers in Asia.

Dalian Qianyi Heavy Industry Group's Juyi Heavy Industry turbo compressor production line project broke ground in Deyang, Sichuan, with a total investment of 1.18 billion CNY on a 150,000 square metre site, built in two phases.

Gerresheimer officially opened a new plant in Changzhou, China, producing plastic primary packaging for pharmaceuticals. The facility operates in clean rooms of class 9 and 7 and has FDA registration for US-type containers.

KHS broke ground on a new plant and service center in Kunshan, China, a roughly 10,000 square metre factory with a total investment of about €10 million. The groundbreaking took place October 17, 2019.

Nantong Yikadi Industrial Technology plans a 1 billion yuan project in Tongzhou district, Nantong, to make oil-free air compressors, brushless inverter compressors and door closers on a former Caterpillar site. The project is pending government approval, with 400 jobs planned.

Webasto opened a new production facility in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, costing about EUR50 million. The plant makes sunroofs, panorama roofs, high-voltage heaters and charging solutions, with capacity for around 2 million roof systems per year.

BLZF held a foundation stone laying ceremony for its 120,000 square meter Ninghe industrial base in Ninghe Industrial Park, Tianjin, for oil equipment and high-level valve manufacturing, with an expected investment of one billion RMB and about 1,000 jobs. The article dates the ceremony to July 12, 2012.

Wenzhou Xifa Industrial is building a new factory in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, with a construction area of about 40,000 square meters and new high-speed weaving, printing and packaging machines. Completion of the building phase is expected in early November 2019.

Shimadzu's affiliate Tianjin-Shimadzu Hydraulic Equipment will build a new plant of about 17,000 square meters in the Xiqing Economic-Technological Development Area for about 2 billion yen, finishing September 2020 and targeting 300,000 hydraulic gear pumps per year by fiscal 2023.

Shimadzu's Chinese subsidiary Tianjin Shimadzu Hydraulic (TSH) will start building a new plant in November 2019 in Tianjin's Xiqing Economic-Technological Development Area to make gear pumps and control valves for forklifts, with completion planned for September 2020. TSH targets 300,000 gear pumps per year by fiscal 2023.

SIG announced a second production plant in Suzhou, China, with a total investment of EUR 180 million and a 120,000 square meter site at Suzhou Industrial Park. It is expected to be operational in early 2021.

CIRCOR signed an investment agreement to build a new facility in the Weihai Economic and Technological Development Zone, China. The announcement was dated July 5, 2019.

Sun Hydraulics, a division of Helios Technologies, opened a 38,750 sq ft plant in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China, for assembly and testing. Initial investment was $4 million, expected to grow to $10 million, with 40 employees and a target of 100.

Sun Hydraulics (Helios Group) opened its Kunshan plant in the German Industrial Park in Zhangpu Town, China, its first and only factory in Greater China. The project has a total investment of $10 million and registered capital of $8 million.

Burckhardt Compression says a new Shenyang Yuanda Compressor plant in Shenyang, China, will be operational in fall 2020, consolidating two existing plants at a larger site after the old site was converted to residential use.

Hanon Systems formally opened Chongqing Hanon Jianshe Automotive Thermal Systems, a 38,000 square meter joint venture plant in Banan district, Chongqing. It will initially supply variable swashplate compressors and heat pump systems to Changan Automobile.

Sichuan Flying Ball Group has broken ground on its valve manufacturing center in Zigong's Banchang industrial park, covering over 60 mu, with first-phase investment of 240 million yuan, aiming to become China's largest ball valve base.

PEER Bearing relocated its tapered roller bearing production from Changshan, China into a new 145,000 sqm facility built by parent SKF, with a total investment of SEK 200 million.

Shanghai Jindu Investment signed an investment agreement with Jiaxing Development Zone for Nidec Kaipu's BTS project, a China production base and Asia-Pacific R&D centre for automotive electric pumps on a 60-mu site. The total investment is $105 million, with projected annual sales of at least RMB 1.2 billion by 2025.

California-based Sprizzi Drink Co plans to invest $100 million in a beverage machine manufacturing project in the Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu. The launch ceremony was held on April 8, 2019, and the first phase costs $30 million.

Brembo opened a new aluminum brake caliper and steering knuckle production base in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, on 3 April 2019 with an investment of EUR 100 million, a planned capacity of 2 million pieces per year and about 450 employees.