Constantia Flexibles has opened Constantia Ecoflex Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, described as the first plant designed to produce sustainable, recyclable flexible packaging. The 24,500 sq m plant began test runs in September 2019 and has 50 staff.

Miba officially opened its new Miba Drivetec India production site in Pune on November 21, 2019. The space for production and administration more than doubles, from 1,000 to 2,600 square meters.

Bosch Ltd inaugurated the phase II Bidadi factory near Bengaluru, built with an investment of 31 million euros. The plant will make common rail single-cylinder pumps and high-pressure rails and accommodate almost 2,500 associates by end-2019.

Ekki Pumps is setting up a fourth Coimbatore plant, an assembly, testing and painting facility run as a 50:50 joint venture with Germany's Homa Pumps. It will make parts for Homa's production lines and waste water pumps, with production expected within six months. Investment was not disclosed.

Indian firm Ekki Pumps and Germany's Homa Pumpenfabrik are investing in a new joint venture plant in Coimbatore, India.

Ring Plus Aqua established a new plant in Sinnar near Nashik, Maharashtra, to produce flywheel ring gears, with annual capacity of 2 million units. The company announced the plant in a press release dated 31 May 2019.

HHV Pumps inaugurated a 52,000 sq ft vacuum pump manufacturing facility at T. Begur, Nelamangala Taluk, Bangalore, with an initial investment of Rs 10 crore and 65 employees.

Ebara subsidiary Elliott Group opened a new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India, to expand its compressor and turbine business across India and East Asia.

Metso is establishing a new foundry in Vadodara, India, with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes, and is increasing mineral equipment capacity at its Metso Park in Alwar by 35%.

T/CCI Manufacturing opened a 16,000 square-foot facility in Noida, India, to manufacture and distribute 5H and 7H wobble plate compressors for heavy-duty truck, construction and bus markets. The first year target is 50,000 units, rising to 300,000 by 2021.

Safran Aircraft Engines will build a new plant in Hyderabad's GMR Special Economic Zone to make parts for the CFM LEAP turbofan engine, with a €36 million investment supported by the Telangana State. Construction starts June 2019, with first parts planned for early 2020 and a workforce of 300.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries opened a new plant in Bangalore to make pumps and motors for 7-36 tonne construction machinery, doubling its Indian hydraulic capacity to 20,000 units a year. The investment is about 800 million yen and production starts in April 2019.

Essel Propack has inaugurated its first greenfield unit in Kamrup, Assam, with capacity of 275 million laminated tubes annually. Phase-I investment is ₹82 crore and it will employ about 150 people.

Danfoss Industries plans to invest Rs 70-100 crore in a new plant at Oragadam near Chennai to produce 120,000 low-voltage frequency drives, expected to start around September 2019.

Thermax opened a new manufacturing unit at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, built with an investment of INR 166 crore. Phase 1 capacity is 400 machines a year, with initial staff of 60 rising to over 300.

Danfoss Industries will invest between ₹70 and 100 crore to set up a new plant at Oragadam near Chennai producing 120,000 low-voltage frequency drives, expected to start around September. The amount shown is the lower bound of the stated range.

Yanmar announced a plant in the ORIGINS industrial park in north Chennai to make industrial diesel engines with 80,000 units annual capacity. Production is expected to start in 2020 and create up to 400 jobs.

EKKI group and German pump company Homa group signed an MoU for a joint venture to set up a pump manufacturing facility in Coimbatore, with Homa holding 50 percent. Homa plans to invest nearly Rs 150 crore, and the factory would create about 100 jobs.

Schwing Stetter India signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu Government at the Global Investors Meet 2019 to invest INR 237 crore immediately in a new plant in Cheyyar, scaling to INR 350 crore over four years, with 200 jobs planned.

Amcor has commissioned its seventh manufacturing plant in India, in Bharuch, Gujarat, to make flexible laundry packaging for Hindustan Unilever under a seven-year agreement. The plant adds about 40% to Amcor's Indian capacity and is expected to employ 180 people by December 2019.

PSA AVTEC Powertrain, a joint venture of Groupe PSA and AVTEC Group, opened a greenfield facility in Hosur to make transmissions and BS VI engines, with an investment of ₹600 crore and 800 new jobs.

Eaton broke ground at the KIADB Aerospace SEZ near Devanahalli, Bangalore, to build its first Indian aerospace manufacturing facility on 2.75 acres, investing Rs 60 crore in the first phase. The site is expected to be operational in the second half of 2019 and employ 110 people.

Eaton Aerospace plans to set up a manufacturing plant in Bengaluru, India, according to a Deccan Herald report published on 12 November 2018.

Guangdong Meizhi Compressor (GMCC), a Midea Group company, is setting up its first compressor manufacturing facility outside China at Supa Parner Technology Park in Maharashtra. Midea plans about INR 1,350 crore of investment there and expects operations to begin in 2020.

Oji Holdings is investing about 3 billion yen in a new corrugated cardboard plant at the Sanand industrial park in Gujarat, India, with monthly capacity of 6 million square meters. Operations are targeted for March 2020.

CANPACK opened its new beverage can manufacturing plant in Nuh, Haryana, India, with capacity of 950 million cans per year and about 160 jobs.

Nilpeter opened a 3,500 sqm manufacturing and development facility with a technology center in Mahindra World City, Chennai. The site houses over 70 employees and will more than double the press manufacturing capacity.

Schwing Stetter India announced a new 53-acre concrete equipment manufacturing facility in SIPCOT Industrial Area, Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of Rs 350 crore in two phases.

Marquardt India plans to set up an all-new manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Pune, aiming to start production in the run-up to CY2020. No investment value was stated.

Elgi Equipments, an air compressor maker, will commission a motor production facility on its Kinathukadavu campus near Coimbatore, probably in Q1 of the next financial year, with an investment of ₹18 crore. The motors will be for captive use in its compressors.

Crane inaugurated a new aseptic valve factory for Crane Saunders Aseptic Valves in Satara, India, featuring 5-axis CNC machining centres and new inspection equipment. The ceremony was attended by over 300 industry professionals, customers and distributors.

Crane ChemPharma & Energy celebrated the inauguration of its newest location, an aseptic diaphragm valve factory in India. The announcement was made on May 22, 2018.

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering has set up a new aerospace and defence facility in the Aerospace SEZ in Bangalore to manufacture precision hydraulic components such as actuators and valve blocks.

Crane ChemPharma & Energy, a business of Crane Co., inaugurated a new factory in Satara, India, dedicated to Saunders HC4 aseptic diaphragm valves and actuators. A customer event is planned for 10 May 2018.

Danish pump maker Grundfos has set up its third Indian facility in Ahmedabad, with annual capacity of 14,000 pumps, investing INR 12 crore; operations are to commence in June.

Aisan Industry, a Toyota group company, will set up a joint production company with Fiem Industries near New Delhi to make fuel pumps for two-wheelers, targeting 5 million units a year by the end of 2020 with an investment of several billion yen.

HSIL Ltd has commissioned a Rs 160-crore pipe manufacturing plant at Ishnapur in Medak district, Telangana, with capacity of 30,000 mt, to enter the CPVC and UPVC pipes business, using CPVC resin supplied under an alliance with Sekisui Chemical.

IMI Precision Engineering held a ground-breaking in Noida near New Delhi for a INR 200 million (about $3.1 million) facility of 67,000 sq ft that will raise production capacity for the Indian market.

Grundfos India opened a new manufacturing facility in Dantali, Central Gujarat, to supply stainless steel products, boosters and box products to western and northern India and export stainless steel components to Grundfos plants in Europe, the Americas and China. The launch was announced on November 9, 2017.

Mexican pump maker RuhRPumpen has set up a new centrifugal pump plant at Vallam Sipcot Industrial Estate in Chennai, with investment of about $25 million so far. It targets $50 million in output within five years, with about 80% of output exported.

Mexican pump maker RuhRPumpen has invested nearly INR 100 crore in a new manufacturing plant near Oragadam, Chennai, replacing a rented unit. About 80% of output will be exported to West and South-East Asia.

Chinese appliance maker Midea plans to invest Rs 800 crore in a 43-acre manufacturing facility in Pune producing refrigerators, washing machines and water appliances, employing 500 people and expected operational by end-2018.

Kanodia Technoplast, a gravure printing and flexible packaging company, plans a fifth manufacturing facility at Kundli, India by the third quarter of fiscal 2017-18.

AMPO opened a new valve manufacturing plant in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, with a ceremony on June 6, 2017. The 13 million euro investment covers a facility of about 15,000 square meters that can produce valves up to 72 inches.

Ampo Poyam Valves has completed construction of a 1,400 m2 valve manufacturing plant in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, wholly owned by Ampo.

Scholle IPN opened a 6,000 square meter flexible packaging plant in Palghar, India, which began operations on December 14, 2016. The facility makes aseptic bag-in-box packaging, drum bags and fitments for the local tropical fruit juice industry.

Grundfos Pumps India is setting up an assembly plant on leased land in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with an investment of about Rs 12 crore, to supply 12,000-14,000 pumps a year and start operations on June 1.

Alpla India is planning an end-to-end PET bottle recycling plant in Hyderabad to produce high-quality recycled polymer, with a capacity of 5,000-6,000 tonnes a year. An investment decision is expected within six to eight months, with the investment estimated at INR 20-30 crore.

Petainer Innopac Packaging plans to set up two production units, one in the South (Chennai or Bengaluru under consideration) and one in the North (location undecided). The plans were reported on 2017-02-23.

BorgWarner opened a new 8,000 square metre plant in Manesar near New Delhi on 31 January 2013, producing EGR coolers, tubes, valves and modules, replacing its Faridabad site.