Saica Group inaugurated a new Saica Pack corrugated packaging plant in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, after investing more than EUR 100m. The site consolidates the former Saica Pack Barcelona and El Prat plants and has capacity of 200 million square metres.

Catalan industrial packaging maker CADEPA received a €1.5 million ICF Eurocrèdit loan to build a 12,000 m² plant in Sant Guim de Freixenet, consolidating its Esparreguera and Logroño operations. The project is expected to raise productivity by 30% to 40% and create 30 jobs.

West Packaging inaugurated its new Seville plant in the La Isla industrial estate in Dos Hermanas after investing over €20 million, with plans to grow staff from about 50 to 80 and create 120 jobs.

CMSA has opened a new 2,700 m² packaging hub in Beniaján, Murcia, after investing EUR 1.8 million in robotics, quality control and automation. The company targets EUR 28 million in turnover in 2026.

PackBenefit launched a new state-of-the-art fibre-based food packaging plant in Aldeamayor de San Martín, Valladolid, which more than doubles its production capacity.

Froxá plans to invest 32 million euros through 2028 to build a new factory in Vargas (Puente Viesgo), doubling production, with Cantabria regional government support of nearly 4 million euros. About 26 additional workers are planned by 2030.

Samson Ringo Válvulas inaugurated a new valve factory in the Empresarium industrial estate in Zaragoza, Spain, on 2 October 2025, after an investment of EUR 11 million. The plant created 15 jobs and is expected to add 30 more within five years.

PackBenefit has built a new sustainable food packaging plant in Valladolid, Spain, with an investment of more than 28 million euros that will double production capacity. The official inauguration is scheduled for October 24, 2025.

Ondupack inaugurated a corrugated cardboard plant in Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres, with an investment of 49 million euros, capacity for 200 million square meters per year and 50 direct jobs.

Ondupack SAU, part of CL Grupo Industrial, launched a new corrugated board factory in Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres, Spain, with an initial capacity of 60 million m² per year and a planned 200 million m² project capacity. The 60,000 m² plant is equipped with Fosber, BOBST and Emmepi machinery.

Cartonplus Packaging acquired a 13,000 sqm facility in Villaverde del Río, 25 km from Seville, to expand corrugated packaging capacity for agricultural and industrial markets. The site has eight loading docks.

Belgian company Teblick invested €4.3 million in a new 4,000 m² plant in El Far d'Empordà (Girona), relocating from Vilamalla in January 2024, with 15 workers and a planned gradual expansion.

Saica has commenced construction of a new corrugated board factory in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Catalonia, with an investment of more than $107.8 million. Operations are scheduled to start in 2025 and the plant will replace two existing sites.

Saica Group started work on a new corrugated board plant in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, investing more than EUR 100 million. The plant will combine Saica Pack El Prat and Saica Pack Barcelona and is due to start in spring 2025.

AkzoNobel announced a €32 million investment to build a metal packaging coatings factory in Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, creating 40 jobs. Operations are scheduled to begin by mid-2025, and the cornerstone has been laid.

Ringo Válvulas is building a new valve factory in the Empresarium industrial estate, investing €11 million to double its production capacity. The plant is expected to be operational by mid-2024 and will add about 15 jobs.

The Saica Group confirmed an investment of more than €100 million in a new Saica Pack corrugated packaging factory in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, which will consolidate its El Prat and Barcelona plants, with installation of the first machines expected by end-2024.

KEYTER INTARCON GENAQ laid the foundation stone on 3 February 2023 for a new refrigeration and air conditioning plant in Lucena, Córdoba, with an investment of over EUR 30 million and 600 direct jobs expected by 2025.

Germany's Lauda Ultracool opened a new production plant of nearly 5,000 m2 in Terrassa, Catalonia, with a €7 million investment and 30 new jobs, including an R&D centre. The plant is expected to triple the company's turnover by 2026; the project was supported by ACCIÓ.

Otis officially inaugurated its new factory in Donostia (San Sebastian), Basque Country, with a 20 million euro investment that makes elevator motors and safety systems. About 80% of output will be exported, and the plant had been operating for a couple of months.

US manufacturer Jabil will build a consumer goods manufacturing and packaging plant in l'Aldea, Baix Ebre, Catalonia, with an investment of EUR 4 million and an initial 50 jobs that could rise to about 100. The plant is expected to start up in the third quarter of 2022.

Spanish valve maker Ringo Válvulas plans to invest up to €8 million in an 8,000 m² factory in the Empresarium industrial estate to expand production capacity.

Plastipak will build a food-grade recycled PET recycling facility at its Toledo, Spain site, producing 20,000 tons of rPET pellets per year. The project will create about 14 jobs and is scheduled to start production in summer 2022.

Plastipak plans a new recycling facility at its Toledo site in Spain to convert PET flake into food-grade recycled PET pellets, producing 20,000 tonnes per year from summer 2022 and creating about 14 jobs.

As part of its 2021-2025 strategic plan, INTARCON plans to build a new production plant of 20,000 square metres of factory and office space to optimise manufacturing service.

Lauda Ultracool, which makes industrial recirculating chillers, has started building a new EUR 7 million factory at 316 Carretera de Rubí, Terrassa, to replace its current site. The plant is expected to be finished by late 2021 and operating in early 2022.

Jokey Group is building a new production facility in Murcia, Spain, for its Jokey Treplás subsidiary, investing about 12 million euros, to replace the Molina de Segura plant and double capacity, with operation expected in early 2021.

Messer is building a new air separation plant in Vila-seca, Tarragona, with a €35 million investment, producing 2,400 tonnes per day of oxygen, nitrogen and argon, with startup planned for December next year.

Italian group Dopla has invested EUR 18 million to open two 10,000 square metre plants at its Polinyà site in Barcelona, making biodegradable cups and plates, with 44 new hires. The plants are already operating, according to the Catalan government.

Grupo Industrial Ferruz will invest 15 million euros to consolidate all its sites into a new 130,000 sq m plant in the Parque Tecnológico de Reciclado in Zaragoza, doubling production capacity and creating 75 jobs. The article's text refers to 2018 timelines, so the date may be inaccurate.

Industrias Dolz built a new production plant in Almazora (Castellón, Spain) for automotive water pumps, supported by a €476,956 regional incentive grant co-financed by FEDER. The plant features robotized assembly, ovens, injectors and machining centers.

H&T Presspart inaugurated a new highly automated plant in L'Arboç, Tarragona, producing drug delivery systems and pharmaceutical components such as metered-dose inhaler parts. The plant can produce more than 300 million units a year.

Spanish cooperative Ampo inaugurated a new 12,500 square metre machining plant in Idiazabal, Gipuzkoa, built with a €22 million investment. It will machine valves in-house and add 20 jobs.

Ball Corporation has inaugurated a new beverage can production plant in Cabanillas del Campo, Guadalajara, Spain. Ball invested more than 100 million euros in the facility.

ITP Aero is building a new plant in Derio, Biscay, near its Zamudio headquarters, for Externals components, including aeronautic tubes. The plant is planned to open by late spring 2019 and will host 160 employees, including 60 new hires.

Crown Packaging is finishing its can plant in Parc Sagunt I, Sagunto, and will start production in October 2018 with 150 direct jobs, with two lines planned to produce about two billion cans a year.

Grupo Industrial Ferruz will consolidate its six production and administrative sites into the Parque Tecnologico de Reciclado in Zaragoza, investing EUR 15 million and creating 75 new jobs over about two years.

Aspla, part of Grupo Armando Álvarez, has finished its new polyethylene food-film plant in Reocín, Cantabria, after about 18 months of construction, raising its production capacity by 60% with around 20 new jobs and an investment of about EUR 20 million.

Ronal Group officially opened its new plant in Teruel, Aragón, Spain, its second site in northeastern Spain and its 13th plant overall. Construction created over 100 new jobs.

Crown Holdings announced it will build a new aluminum beverage can plant at Parc Sagunt near Valencia, Spain, with initial annual capacity of about 900 million cans, expected to be operational in Q4 2018.

Kraft Heinz's Heinz Manufacturing Spain unit plans a EUR 70 million sauce factory in Alfaro, La Rioja, creating 39 permanent jobs. La Rioja's government declared the project of regional strategic interest.

Tecnospiro Machine Tool, part of Grup Spiroide, inaugurated a 4,500 m2 production plant in the Pla dels Vinyats industrial estate in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Catalonia. The investment exceeded EUR 1 million and the site houses R&D, export and assembly of ROSCAMAT screwing arms.

Jabil inaugurated new installations in La Aldea and Tortosa (Tarragona), Spain, including a 6,000 sq m site with a technology centre and mould and die plant, expected to create 80 new jobs over the medium term.

LY Company chose MachinePoint Engineering to build its new factory in Malaga for packaging wine, water and oil in carton containers, with financing and a Tetra Pak partnership arranged through MachinePoint. The article is dated 2 May 2017.

Ball Beverage Packaging will install a new can factory in Cabanillas del Campo, Guadalajara, with an initial investment above EUR 100 million and more than 110 direct jobs. The plant will make about 1.2 billion aluminum cans a year, with a second line planned later.