GROUPE ATLANTIC is investing nearly €150 million in a new 35,000 square metre heat pump factory in the Chalon region of Saône-et-Loire, expected to create 300 jobs and add 180,000 units a year by 2028.

Bauer Compresseurs inaugurated its new site in Méry, Savoie, on 24 April 2026 in the presence of regional officials and the Bauer group's second-generation owner Heinz Bauer.

Tecofi is investing €20 million in a 16,000 m² factory in Corbas, Rhône, to replace its current site from late 2027 and relocate guillotine valve production, with 80 hires planned by 2030.

Valve maker Tecofi is building a 16,000 m² factory on a 33,000 m² site in Corbas (Rhône), with commissioning planned for early 2027 and 60 planned hires, backed by Bpifrance and a €15 million investment.

Nemera has started building a new 3,000 m² production plant at Ponts-et-Marais in Seine-Maritime, with injection presses and assembly lines. The site is expected to employ 100 people by 2027, with delivery planned for April 2026.

Senior plc's French unit Senior Aerospace Ermeto opened a 1600m² production facility in Fossé, France, increasing Ermeto's manufacturing capacity by 25%. The plant makes industrial valves and high-pressure hydraulic fittings for aerospace and industrial customers.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse laid the foundation stone on March 19, 2024 for a new low-energy production building at its Campsas site in the Tarn-et-Garonne region. The EUR 40 million investment will produce heat transfer equipment, with handover scheduled for summer 2025 and eventually 400 employees.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse is constructing a 12,000 m2 building at its Campsas site in France, with an investment of almost EUR 30 million. Construction starts September 2023 with commissioning scheduled for 2025, and the site will eventually employ 400 people.

British Euro Packaging Group (EP Group) reportedly will invest nearly €47 million in a new plant at the Port of Marseille Fos, France, to produce paper bags and packaging.

Meggitt plans a €35 million, 14,500 square meter factory at the Baratonnière site in Avrillé near Angers to replace its current plant, with the move expected at the beginning of 2025.

Hébert Group became a PulPac licensee and will install the PulPac Modula Dry Molded Fiber production platform at PulPac's facilities in Orgelet, eastern France, this summer.

Axium Packaging has moved its headquarters and subsidiaries Acti Pack and Loire Plastic Industrie into a 22,000 sqm facility near Saint-Etienne, France, after a €16 million, six-month fit-out. Production capacity is reported to rise by 15%.

Haskel plans a second manufacturing facility in Rouen, northern France, set to become operational in 2022 and scale up to double manufacturing capacity as part of a global expansion.

AGCO, which includes Massey Ferguson, is acquiring 15 hectares of land in Beauvais for a €40 million investment creating 200 permanent jobs. The Beauvais 4 site will host tractor customisation, additive manufacturing, hydraulic tube production and gearbox reconditioning.

TUBES plans to open a facility in Bordeaux in the second half of 2020, and will prepare a production location in California from Q1 2021.

MR Cartonnage Numerique opened a second production site of 2,800 square metres in Saint-Ouen-L'Aumone, north-west of Paris, on January 2, 2019. The EUR 2 million site is equipped with an HP Indigo 30000 digital printer and a UV varnishing line.

Building products group F2A opened a new 3,600 m² factory for acoustic products in Dagneux, France, bringing its total to four plants and over 170 employees.

F2A is moving the acoustic activity of its ELYT3 plant from Béligneux to a renovated site in Dagneux, doubling its production area; orders for factory departure move from 20 August 2018.

SGT laid the first stone for a new 10,000 m2 factory in Chalon-sur-Saône making PET preforms, with an investment of nearly 28 million euros. The plant should be operational from spring 2019 and employ around forty people.

LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy subsidiary, has launched its offshore wind turbine blade plant in Cherbourg, France. About 100 jobs will be created by end-2018, with the site eventually employing more than 550 people and producing the 107-metre LM 88.4 P blade.

UNITED CAPS, a caps and closures manufacturer, held an open house on June 21, 2018 celebrating its extended R&D facility in Messia, France, featuring a new Nescafé Gold closure developed with Nestlé.

Refresco is building a new bottling plant at Le Quesnoy in Hauts-de-France, France, with a 27,000 sq m plant and a 10,000 sq m logistics hub to replace its current site. The facility is scheduled to come online in 2020.

French thermoforming company Vercors has decided to set up a new industrial facility that will triple its current production area.