COMER SpA has been operating a new production and storage plant in Casarza Ligure (Genoa), Italy, since September 2026. The site covers about 5,500 m² under roof with 11 injection molding presses and automated lines.

Clivet S.p.A. has opened a new 14,000 square metre plant in Feltre for heat pump production, with a total investment of 24 million euros. At full capacity it will produce 8,800 units per year.

ISEM Packaging Group officially opened a new manufacturing and logistics platform in Trecate, in Italy's Novara area, integrating three former production facilities. The site covers more than 49,000 square metres.

Durst Group is holding a groundbreaking ceremony on 4 June 2026 for Durst Como, a digital textile printing production and innovation hub in Luisago, Como, Italy.

Germany's Lutz Holding GmbH set up Lutz-Jesco Italia S.r.l. near Milan, extending its European footprint for pump and fluid handling products.

Siasde Group announced an investment of 18 million euros to build a new professional compressor manufacturing plant in Seriate, Province of Bergamo, Italy. The facility is expected to start operations in mid-2026.

The SIAD Group is investing EUR 18 million (about USD 19.6 million) to build a new compressor production plant in Seriate near Bergamo, Italy, to expand capacity and digitalise production. The plant is due for completion by mid-2026 and will host piston compressor production.

Marchesini Group will officially open its new €10 million 'Neri' plant at Barberino di Mugello (Florence) on October 18, 2025, covering 4,300 square meters and expanding its La Lora industrial area to 11,500 square meters.

Fosber has started construction of a new €50 million production plant in Monsagrati, Pescaglia near Lucca, redeveloping about 40,000 square metres of former industrial buildings. The plant aims to double production of corrugated cardboard machinery and will raise the workforce from 400 to 650.

Poclain moved the historic Comer pump plant from Gaggio to a state-of-the-art facility in Spilamberto, Italy, after investing 9 million euros to optimize quality, productivity and cleanliness. The move was reported on 14 November 2024.

Poclain opened a new factory in Spilamberto, Italy, as a center of excellence for axial piston pumps. The 7,500 square metre site adds 40% more machining and assembly capacity and supplies pump sister plants in North America and China.

Progroup laid the foundation stone for a new corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Cessalto near Venice, Italy, which will create around 60 jobs and is expected to start production by mid-2025 to supply partner Ondulkart.

Imbal Carton plans a 20,000 square meter corrugated cardboard plant in Piadena Drizzona, Cremona, in collaboration with German multinational Progrup, with a EUR 15 million investment including machinery. Construction is planned to start next year, with turnkey delivery expected by 2026 and 50 initial jobs.

Interpump Hydraulics has laid the foundation stone of its new 62,000 square meter headquarters in Sala Bolognese, near Bologna, Italy, with an investment of about 30 million euros. Staff from Calderara di Reno and Bologna will move there starting in 2025.

Vetropack inaugurated its new high-tech glass container plant in Boffalora sopra Ticino, Milan province, after an investment of over CHF 400 million. The site is expected to raise production by 70%.

Swedish heat transfer firm Alfa Laval has begun construction of its second production site in San Bonifacio, Verona province, with an investment of about €100 million, to be fully operational in about a year.

Vetropack is investing over CHF 400 million in a new high-tech glass plant in Boffalora sopra Ticino near Milan, replacing its Trezzano sul Naviglio site. Production is expected to start in the second quarter of 2023 with about 70 per cent more capacity.

IMI Critical Engineering officially opened a new 16,000 m2 factory in Sardinia on 18 October 2022 to manufacture valves and hydraulic actuating systems for petrochemical applications along with IMI VIVO electrolysers; the 45,000 m2 site employs over 200 people.

Midea Group began construction of a heat pump production and R&D base at Clivet's site in Feltre, Veneto, with a €60 million investment. The base is expected to start operating in the second quarter of 2024.

German containerboard maker Progroup plans a new corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Cessalto, Italy, next to packaging maker Ondulkart, with an investment of more than 90 million euros and around 65 new jobs. Construction is planned to start in spring 2023 with production by the end of 2024.

DS Smith has started production at its new 34,000 sqm packaging plant in Castelfranco Emilia (Modena), Italy, with a corrugator and three converting machines running. The plant will eventually have 10 production lines and over 200 million sqm of annual capacity.

Florentine machinery maker PARA is building a new factory in Pistoia, Tuscany, to double its production area. The total investment is €9 million, with workshops due by mid-2023 and offices within 2024.

Progroup is reported to be probably building a corrugated board plant near Milan, Italy, with a cost of EUR 95 million and 205 jobs, expected to be operational by mid-2024.

E.ON has brought into operation a 3 MW trigeneration plant that supplies electricity, heat and cooling to Amcor Flexibles' Lugo di Vicenza packaging plant. The plant is expected to avoid over 3,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.

Marchesini Group officially opened the new Siena factory of its CORIMA division, which makes machines for sterile drug packaging, in Monteriggioni, Tuscany, on October 19, 2019.

Smurfit Kappa has opened a new paper recycling plant in Marlia near Lucca, Italy, processing about 15,000 tonnes of recycled paper, rising to 25,000 tonnes next year. Six staff currently work at the site.

Prowell, a subsidiary of Progroup AG, is opening a corrugated board factory in Drizzona, Italy, next to Imbal Carton, with a 100,000-tonne annual capacity and about 40 new jobs.

Cefla's Engineering Business Unit is general contractor for TeaPak's new 12,000 square metre plant in Imola, Italy, for Yogi Tea Group. The estimated €25 million investment will double current output, which exceeded 40 million packs in 2018.

Comisa S.p.A. has inaugurated a new 5,300 square metre production facility in Pisogne, Brescia, housing a semi-automatic warehouse and robotic assembly islands for press fittings and ball valves.

Italian pump maker Calpeda launched a new Innovation Centre at its headquarters in Montorso Vicentino to focus on product development, and released its first e-idos pumps with on-board control and monitoring. The move marks the company's 60th anniversary.

Ebara Pumps Europe moved pump production from Brendola to a larger new facility in Gambellara, near Vicenza, Italy. The article reports the facility as inaugurated.

Protek Pharma Worldwide has officially opened a new 2,300 square meter production facility in Verona, Italy, for insulated temperature-protection shipping products. A fully automated extruder with capacity of over 20 million square meters annually was commissioned in January.

Progroup started production at its new corrugated sheetboard plant in Drizzona, Italy in February 2018. The company's 2017 sales rose 9.69% to about 804 million euros.

Pro-Gest Group plans a greenfield corrugated sheet plant in Grezzago, Lombardy, at a cost of €55 million with annual capacity of 300 million square metres. Construction is expected to start in early 2018 and take about 18 months.

Progroup subsidiary Prowell is founding Prowell S.r.l. to build a corrugated board plant in Drizzona, Northern Italy, next to Imbal Carton. The machine will have 100,000 tpy capacity, create about 40 jobs, and start up in Q1 2018.