Vertiv is expanding chiller manufacturing and adding a large-scale testing laboratory at its Tognana campus near Padua, Italy, expecting to double regional chiller capacity by end-2026 and finish the lab in early 2027.
Smurfit Westrock has inaugurated a new Bobst Mastercut 2.1 die-cutting line at its Anzio plant near Rome, a €11 million investment adding over 20 million square metres of capacity and raising hourly productivity by over 20%.
Amorim Cork Italia completed a EUR 6.5 million expansion of its Conegliano plant in Veneto, adding about 4,000 square metres and raising daily cork stopper capacity from 1.2 to 1.8 million pieces. The project added ten jobs.
Amcor invested in a new production line at its Amcor Flexibles site in Lugo di Vicenza, Italy, adding nearly 7,000 square meters for high-barrier recycle-ready films. The expansion includes a quality control lab and an automated warehouse.
Coca-Cola bottler Sibeg partnered with Sidel to install a new 18,000 bph complete aseptic PET line at its Catania, Sicily site, bringing aseptic production in-house.
Italian special valve maker FG Valvole expanded its Zanica plant to about 14,000 m2 with a total investment of 10 million euros started in 2023, adding testing areas and a hyperbaric chamber.
Mondi's newly converted paper machine in Duino, Italy started up successfully in April 2025. Once fully operational it will produce 420,000 tonnes per year of recycled containerboard.
Italian packaging maker Scotton SpA has recently installed a new 1.8m Quantum corrugator at its Borso del Grappa, Treviso plant to improve board quality and output.
Packaging group Innova Group has recently acquired new land at its Erbè (Verona) plant with the intention of expanding the existing production site. No investment amount was given.
Mondi held a groundbreaking in Duino, Italy, on 23 May 2024 for a €200 million investment converting an existing paper machine into a recycled containerboard machine with about 420,000 tonnes annual capacity. Start-up is expected in 2025.
Bergamo-based Grifal will inaugurate in September 2024 an expansion of its Cologno al Serio site, with four new production lines and a total investment of EUR 15 million, doubling Italian Cartù capacity.
Italian packaging maker Imbal Carton added another production line in April 2024 at its Drizzona site, aiming to broaden its product range. The company says it is backed by its German partner Progoup.
Baker Hughes inaugurated an expanded production line for centrifugal compressors at its Talamona plant in the Valtellina area of Italy. The investment will add four specialized jobs, taking the site above 300 employees.
ATAM has replaced most of its overmoulding presses at its Agrate Brianza, Italy plant, adding six new machines of different tonnages to raise production capacity for encapsulated coils.
Saica Pack signed a notarial deed with the mayor of Santa Maria Hoè to invest €33 million expanding its paper and cardboard packaging plant, with works starting within days and more jobs expected.
Baglioni opened a new automated production line for carbon and stainless steel compressed air pressure tanks at its Casalvolone plant in the province of Novara in June 2023.
La Doria has added a third SIG Safe 12 Food Retort filling line at its Sarno plant in Italy to fill canned food products in SIG SafeBloc carton packs. The article gives no investment amount.
After buying the Duino mill, Mondi plans to invest around €200 million to convert a paper machine into a containerboard machine. The converted mill is expected to produce about 420,000 tonnes of recycled containerboard a year.
Mondi plans to convert the paper machine at its planned Duino mill to produce about 420,000 tonnes per year of recycled containerboard, at an estimated investment of around €200 million. The plan supports its Corrugated Solutions plants in Central Europe and Turkey.
Crown Holdings will build a second high-speed aluminum beverage can line at its Parma, Italy facility, adding over one billion cans annually and 80 jobs. Commercial production is expected in Q1 2023.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö completed its investment and started production on a new glass microfiber media line at its Turin plant, adding capacity for filtration and energy storage materials. The investment was first announced in January 2020.
FCA began producing solenoid valves at its Cento (Ferrara) engine plant for use in Siare ventilators, cutting Siare's production times by at least 30-50%. The article is dated April 3, 2020.
Italian box maker Toppazzini SpA is adding corrugated packaging capacity with a new corrugator at its San Daniele site, northeast of Venice. The article gives no specific investment value or date for the new line.
LVF S.p.A. is expanding its production site in Via Mazzini, San Paolo d'Argon, Italy, adding 4,805 square metres of covered area for a total of 11,245 square metres. Fibedil Srl was awarded the construction works.
The Marchesini Group invested €7 million to double the size of CORIMA's aseptic packaging machinery plant in Pianoro, Italy, adding 6,000 square meters. The 30 new technician and engineer jobs were announced with the factory's official opening.
Solvay will increase production capacity of its Tecnoflon FKM peroxide curable fluoroelastomer by nearly a third at its Spinetta Marengo plant in Italy, with the extra capacity due by May 2021. The expansion serves demand from automotive, oil and gas, and semiconductor industries.
Italian gear reducer maker Rossi S.p.A. has invested EUR 30 million in manufacturing technology and is extending its Ganaceto plant in Modena by up to 27,000 square meters for a new gearmotor assembly line.
Caviro inaugurated two new packaging lines at its Forlì plant, one for glass bottles and one for Tetra Pak cartons, for about 6.4 million euros. The lines add about 50 million bottles and over 24 million cartons of annual capacity.
Sanpellegrino installed two Sidel Matrix Combi blow/fill/cap systems for PET bottles at its Ruspino plant in Italy to increase production capacity.
B. Braun Avitum Italy is adding a new production line for catheters and special drug containers, plus a usability lab, at its Mirandola plant, supported by Emilia-Romagna regional financing. The filling machine is being supplied by IMA of Ozzano dell'Emilia.
Nuovo Pignone inaugurated a new production line for gas seal panels for centrifugal compressors at its Massa plant in Tuscany. The investment of about EUR 12 million also renovated the site.