Plastic packaging provider Comar is developing a new manufacturing facility of about 159,000 square feet in Vineland, New Jersey, to expand capacity from its Buena site. Groundbreaking took place in November 2020 with completion expected in March 2021.

Unibloc Pump moved its headquarters and manufacturing to a new Kennesaw, Georgia facility at 1650 Airport Road. The site is three times larger than the previous Marietta building and adds R&D, service and warehouse space.

Italian packaging maker Gruppo Fanti will invest $30 million to buy and reuse the former Signode building in Weirton's Half Moon Industrial Park, creating at least 40 jobs. It is the group's first U.S. plant.

Entekra planned a new production facility in Modesto, California for off-site framing for residential and commercial construction, and equipped it with a compressed air system supplied by Rogers Machinery.

Japan-based CKD Corporation will establish its first U.S. production site in Austin, Texas, with a $13 million investment creating up to 70 jobs. The facility will make fluid control components for the semiconductor industry and is scheduled to start operations in Fall 2021.

Wilo USA held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 244,000 sq ft headquarters and production facility in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.

U.S. Corrugated of Delaware chose Dover, Delaware as its preferred location for a new $80 million, 457,000 sq ft box-manufacturing plant creating 159 jobs, with state grants of over $3 million under consideration.

Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies, plans to invest approximately $650 million through 2027 in a new manufacturing facility in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The operation is intended to create 800 new positions.

Emerson will open a new manufacturing facility in Ash Flat, Arkansas, investing $35 million and creating about 245 jobs within four years.

Saica Group held a groundbreaking on a 350,000 sq ft corrugated packaging plant in Hamilton, Ohio, its first US plant, representing a $72 million investment and expected to create 64 jobs.

SIG SAUER is poised to acquire a multi-building campus of up to 210,000 sq ft in Rochester, New Hampshire, to relocate its Dover operation and expand manufacturing, with about 300 new jobs expected.

Trillium Flow Technologies is moving its WSP Self-Primer pump line and other operations from Salt Lake City, Utah to a Fresno, California facility that becomes its US pump headquarters. The move is expected to generate more than 50 additional jobs over five years.

Motion Industries broke ground on a $11.1 million, 104,000-square-foot shop facility in Irondale, Alabama, housing its fluid power shop, hose and rubber shop and engineering department. The project was announced in October 2020, is expected to finish in Q3 2021 and will create 15 new jobs.

Trillium Pumps merged its Salt Lake City, Utah facility into its Fresno, California plant, making Fresno its North American headquarters for pump manufacturing. The company expects to add more than 50 jobs, with the move to be completed by late 2021.

Rusken Packaging has opened a new facility in Conyers, Georgia, consolidating its former Canton and Conyers locations under one roof. The site includes a new BOBST Discovery Flexo Folder Gluer and sits next to corrugator supplier Corrugated Supplies Company Atlanta.

U.S. Corrugated plans to buy about 40 acres south of Dover and build an approximately $80 million corrugated cardboard box manufacturing plant bringing 150 jobs to Kent County, Delaware, reported September 29, 2020.

N95 respirator maker Moldex-Metric will retrofit an existing building in Lebanon, Tennessee, for its first Tennessee manufacturing facility, with a $25 million investment and over 200 jobs over three years, announced September 29, 2020.

Goodwill of the Heartland converted a former food distribution centre in Coralville, Iowa, into a vegetable oil packaging facility after investing $8 million. The facility has nine full-time employees and began operating after remodelling completed in June 2020.

Grundfos has broken ground on a new 45,000 square foot facility in Brookshire, Texas, to house its Americas Regional Center. The expansion is expected to bring about 90 positions to the area.

Bennett Packaging plans a nearly $70 million, 524,300-square-foot corporate campus in Kansas City to move the core of its custom corrugated packaging and retail display operations. Kansas City council members voted to approve up to $48 million in Chapter 100 industrial revenue bonds.

Canadian manufacturer Modern Manufacturing selected Eudora, Kansas for a new production facility making railway crossing light systems and steel bungalows, buying a 50,000 sq ft building and about 18 acres, with about 40 new jobs.

Wilo USA is building a 250,000 sq ft headquarters and manufacturing campus on Highway 60 in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, with opening planned for early 2022.

Westfield Fluid Controls, an affiliate of Westfield Hydraulics, will invest $5.1 million to relocate a manufacturing operation from San Fernando, California to a 30,000-square-foot facility in Lafayette, Louisiana, creating 67 direct jobs.

Graphic Packaging opened a highly automated 1.2 million sq ft folding carton factory in Monroe, Louisiana, consolidating two plants and three warehouses. The 180 million US dollar investment will convert more than 1.4 billion beverage cartons a year.

Ball Corporation plans a new aluminum beverage packaging plant at the former Techneglas site in Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, creating about 230 jobs with an investment of about $360 million over multiple years.

Schulz of America, a US subsidiary of Joinville-based Schulz Compressores, opened a new facility in Acworth, near Atlanta, Georgia, after investing about US$2.5 million to expand its presence in the North American market.

Green Bay Packaging will begin construction of a new 550,000 sq ft corrugator plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, replacing its 180,000 sq ft plant there. Construction starts September 1, 2020, with start-up scheduled for October 2021.

Dover Precision Components opened a new roughly 12,000 sq ft Innovation Lab in Houston, Texas, housing test rigs for fluid film bearings and reciprocating compressor components.

Kubota will transfer part of its compact track loader production for North America to a new plant in Salina, Kansas, run by subsidiary Great Plains Manufacturing. Mass production is set to start in 2022, with an investment of about $53 million.

Packaging maker Pratt Industries signed a five-year lease for 136,600 square feet at $4.00 per square foot, less than a mile from its manufacturing facility. The case study is dated August 17, 2020.

Southern Champion Tray will invest $84.9 million in a new paperboard packaging manufacturing facility at the Centre South Riverport Industrial Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee, creating more than 120 jobs. Construction is expected to start in early 2021 and finish by early 2022.

Packaging Corporation of America may spend up to $170 million to move its Newark plant from South 21st Street to a new, larger facility on Thornwood Drive, subject to city and county approval. The proposal was reported on August 5, 2020.

Electro-Mechanical announced in November 2024 that it will invest $16.55 million to expand operations in Southwest Virginia, adding a 200,000 square foot facility in Washington County.

International Cushioning Company will invest more than $3.6 million to establish a new advanced manufacturing facility in Fremont, Ohio, creating 75 jobs in its first year.

CANPACK Group, through its parent Giorgi Global Holdings, announced a $366 million aluminum can manufacturing facility and operations center on a 102-acre site in Olyphant near Scranton, Pennsylvania. The plant is expected to be operating by Q4 2021 and employ over 400 people.

Industrial distributor Harrington plans to invest over $2.4 million in a 68,000-square-foot regional distribution center in New Haven, Indiana, retrofitting an existing building, by the end of 2024. The company intends to add up to 20 jobs.

Alpla, a plastic packaging manufacturer, will spend $21 million on a new plant of about 154,000 square feet in a NorthPoint Development warehouse next to Dayton International Airport. The plant is expected to add 50 jobs by April.

Bio Pappel, Mexico's largest paper manufacturer, is putting into operation a packaging plant in Lebanon, Indiana, with operations expected to begin in July 2020.

Spain's Saica Group will build its first North American facility, a corrugated manufacturing plant in Hamilton's Enterprise Park near Cincinnati, Ohio, investing nearly $72 million and creating 64 jobs. Construction is expected to start in September 2020 and take eighteen months.

Ball Metal Beverage Container, a division of Ball Corp, signed a lease for 165,000 square feet at the Monroe Logistics Center in Monroe, Ohio, relocating its distribution operations from Trenton. The landlord is Industrial Developments International.

Millerbernd Manufacturing is building a 110,000-square-foot modular facility in Winsted Industrial Park, Minnesota, to consolidate its ring and cylinder production and add 100 jobs. Completion is expected in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Tuthill Corporation officially opened its Lenexa, Kansas manufacturing site for Fill-Rite pumps and products. The company plans to create 68 full-time jobs over five years and pledged up to $4.55 million in capital investment.

Global Compression Services opened a new 14,000-square-foot facility in Bloomfield, New Mexico, to serve customers across the San Juan Basin and replace its Farmington site. The announcement is dated June 5, 2025.

Power Pool Plus is moving all major manufacturing and fabrication of its industrial power generation products to a new 30,000+ square foot facility at 1107 Willard Road in Greenwood, South Carolina, a multi-million dollar investment projected to create 21 jobs.

Serioplast US, the North American unit of Italy's Serioplast Group, will begin operating a rigid plastic packaging plant in Red Springs, Robeson County, North Carolina, investing $9.4 million and creating 46 jobs, as announced by Governor Roy Cooper's office.

Special Products & Mfg., a Rockwall, Texas manufacturer of electromechanical assemblies and precision metal parts, leased 28,000 square feet in Round Rock. The facility is planned to open in August 2020 and employ up to 30 people.

TopPop Packaging has opened a 30,000 sq ft FDA-registered contract manufacturing center in Marlton, New Jersey, producing shelf-stable alcohol-infused ice pops and pouch packaging with capacity above 50 million pouches per year.

Logoplaste plans a $35 million, 100,000-square-foot rigid plastic packaging facility on about 16 acres in Lima, Ohio, creating 37 jobs initially and 51 within three years.

DiversiTech Corporation is opening a concrete manufacturing plant in Leesburg, Lake County, Florida, with an investment of over $2 million and a commitment to create at least 25 jobs.

Prime Beverage Group, a new contract beverage manufacturer, will invest $68 million to open its first manufacturing facility in Kannapolis, North Carolina, creating 231 jobs in a 300,000 square foot plant.