Belgian manufacturer Ontex Group will invest $96 million in a new 250,000-square-foot plant at South Rockingham Corporate Park in North Carolina, creating 403 jobs. The announcement was made on June 1, 2020.

Unix Packaging, a California-based beverage contract manufacturer, will invest $19 million to open its first East Coast manufacturing facility in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, creating 226 new jobs.

BioPappel announced the start of operations at its new Lebanon, Indiana plant, run through subsidiary US Corrugated Co., its sixth industrial unit in the United States.

Rage Corp., based in Hilliard, Ohio, plans to invest $34 million in a new packaging plant in Virginia, where it already operates a plant in Altavista.

Crown Cork and Seal USA, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings, has begun construction on a $147 million, 327,000-square-foot facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Once complete, 126 people will work at the site.

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry will build a new cast iron foundry on a 428-acre site in Oakboro, Stanly County, North Carolina, investing at least $325 million, with operations possibly starting in Q3 2023. The company is also evaluating options for its current Charlotte site.

Georgia-Pacific opened a new facility in Tolleson, Arizona, outside Phoenix, in May 2020 to make curbside recyclable paper padded mailers, creating about 80 jobs.

WILO USA, a subsidiary of WILO SE, announced a new 250,000 square foot headquarters and production facility in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, consolidating Wilo USA, Weil Pump, Scot Pump and Wilo Machine Co. Construction is scheduled to start in fall 2020 with an opening planned for Q1 2022.

Wilo USA LLC is planning a new 250,000 sq ft headquarters and production facility in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The development was reported on 1 May 2020.

Meiden America Switchgear, a unit of Japan-based Meidensha, will invest $8 million to build a 60,000-square-foot high-voltage vacuum circuit breaker facility in Fountain Inn, Laurens County, South Carolina, expected to create 41 jobs.

Horton is opening a 112,000-square-foot engine cooling plant in the Oconee Industry and Technology Park in Westminster, South Carolina, with an early-May 2020 opening and plans to grow staff from 10 to 125 within five years.

Contract manufacturer Anomatic will build a 250,000-square-foot facility on 22.9 acres in New Albany, Ohio, in an approximately $68 million investment creating at least 140 jobs. New Albany City Council approved a consolidated incentive agreement on April 7, 2020.

Meidensha is opening a new manufacturing facility of about 60,000 sq ft in Laurens County near Greenville, SC, in April 2020, to expand production of 72kV and 145kV vacuum circuit breakers through subsidiary Meiden America Switchgear.

Dymax Corporation will buy about 16 acres in the Gastonia Technology Park and invest up to USD 21.5 million to build an advanced manufacturing operation, creating about 59 jobs within five years.

Continental is building a new plant in New Braunfels, Texas, to produce radar sensors for driver assistance systems, with about EUR 100 million to be invested over three years. The plant is to add 130 jobs, with construction starting mid-2020 and production in 2021.

Mueller Water Products is building one of the world's largest finished goods brass foundries in Decatur, Illinois, to add production capacity for the water infrastructure industry. The facility is expected to employ 250 workers.

Italian packaging company Iriapak will invest $7 million to establish a packaging film manufacturing facility in eastern New Orleans, its first North American plant, creating 25 direct jobs.

Powell Valves agreed to sell its Cincinnati headquarters to the Port and will build a new facility on 4 acres north of the former Sara Lee/Kahn's site, after 174 years at its current location.

Niagara Bottling plans a bottling plant in Florence County, South Carolina, with investment of more than $70 million and 70 new full-time jobs. The plant is expected to operate in Q1 2021.

CROWN Cork and Seal USA celebrated the groundbreaking of a 327,000 sq ft beverage can plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, investing $147 million and creating 126 direct jobs. The plant is scheduled to be operational by Q1 2021.

AtCorr Packaging is investing $780,950 and creating 31 new jobs by relocating its corrugated sheet plant to a new 130,000 square foot facility at 1320 West Main Street in Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky.

Navien, Inc., the US subsidiary of Seoul-based KD Navien, will invest $77.5 million to establish its first US manufacturing and assembly plant in a former Lumber Liquidators facility in James City County, Virginia, creating 180 jobs.

Barber-Nichols held a groundbreaking for a new 43,000 sq ft advanced manufacturing facility in Arvada, Colorado, with completion scheduled for early 2021. The company plans to hire more than twenty new full-time employees in 2020.

Petoskey Plastics closed on $20 million in New Markets Tax Credits to finance a new rail-served recycling and manufacturing facility in McKinney, Texas, creating 154 jobs. The announcement was made on February 11, 2020.

Allpax Products, a ProMach brand, will build an 80,000 square foot headquarters and manufacturing center in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, replacing existing facilities. The $7 million investment retains 55 jobs and creates five new direct jobs.

Austin-based ePac Flexible Packaging will invest $6.5 million to establish a manufacturing facility in Henrico County, Virginia, creating 35 jobs, as announced by Governor Ralph Northam.

Big Beverages Contract Manufacturing plans a beverage co-packing facility in a 170,000 sq ft building at The Park-Huntersville, creating 60 jobs. The facility will start with one line producing 1,200 cans per minute.

Nutmeg Container, a division of Unicorr Packaging Group, has completed refurbishment of a 125,000 sq ft manufacturing and warehouse facility in Thompson, Connecticut, consolidating its wood production there.

Mueller Water Products is building a finished goods brass foundry in Decatur, Illinois, expected to employ 250 workers and increase production capacity for the water infrastructure industry.

Packaging Corporation of America has built a $26 million corrugated cardboard box plant on a 42-acre Richland site bought from the city for $1.7 million. The plant opened with an estimated 65 workers, with the workforce expected to grow to 100-150.

Ball Corporation broke ground in Rome, Georgia on a new aluminum cups manufacturing facility next to its existing can plant, a multi-year investment of about $200 million that plans to hire approximately 145 employees.

VEGA Americas acquired about 50 acres in Mason, Ohio's Research and Development Park for a new North American headquarters and advanced manufacturing facility.

Progressive Pipe Fabricators, a division of Shambaugh & Son, has broken ground on an 82,000-square-foot custom fire protection fabrication facility in Lawrence County, expected to be operational by July 1 and to employ 50.

CCI Manufacturing USA is investing $21.5 million in an advanced production facility at the Mallard Fox West Industrial Complex in Lawrence County to make brake fluid and engine coolant, creating 28 jobs.

DS Smith opened a new 550,000-square-foot corrugated box manufacturing plant in Lebanon, Indiana, on January 24, 2020, capable of producing about 30,000 boxes an hour.

ZF opened its first US plant for automatic passenger car transmissions in Gray Court, South Carolina, making the 8HP and 9HP transmissions with about 1.2 million units planned annually and a total investment of about $600 million.

ND Paper plans to invest about $49 million to open a corrugated cardboard box plant in Racine County, Wisconsin, creating 88 jobs. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp disclosed the plan.

Precise Packaging opened a new 15,000 square-foot aerosol and liquid contract manufacturing facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, near its headquarters. The site has two custom liquid filling lines and a new shrink sleever, and the company hired several new staff.

Buckeye Corrugated Inc. (BCI) opened a new 260,000-square-foot corrugated sheet plant in Houston, Texas, on December 16, 2019, with equipment transferred from its existing site and several new machines added.

Korea-based Hyosung Heavy Industries will invest $86.9 million to create 410 jobs at a new US production facility in Shelby County, Memphis, Tennessee, making power transformers. Production is planned to start by the first half of 2020.

Waterlogic USA will establish a new North American headquarters and Center of Excellence in Grapevine, Texas, moving manufacturing from China into a new facility. The project involves more than $1.6 million in capital investment and up to 164 new jobs, supported by a $524,400 Texas Enterprise Fund grant.

Nice-Pak Products announced an $80 million expansion in Mooresville, Indiana, moving to a planned 760,000 sq ft facility on 55 acres owned by the RDC, expected to create about 100 jobs. The $80 million covers $43.5 million for property and facility and $36.5 million for equipment.

INEOS Styrolution and Agilyx are advancing development of a polystyrene chemical recycling facility in Channahon, Illinois, capable of processing up to 100 tons per day of post-consumer polystyrene. The next phase covers engineering and design.

ABB is investing $16 million to open a new Product Development Center in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

Elliott Group broke ground on a $60 million cryogenic pump test facility at the former Jeannette Glass site in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, near its U.S. headquarters. The company chose the site as its main U.S. manufacturing base.

Mauser Packaging Solutions plans to invest $850,000 to build out 120,960 square feet of new space at 1740 South Interstate 45 in Hutchins, Texas, expected to be occupied around March 1, 2020.

Sulzer has opened a new Houston Service Center in Pasadena, Texas, with a large pump repair shop, lifting capacity for large machines and automated welding. The center focuses on oil and gas customers.

United Soft Plastics has opened a new 4,500-tonne thermoplastic elastomer compounding facility in Houston, Texas, complementing its Lawrenceville, Georgia plant. The site is expected to create up to 25 production jobs.

SELIT North America opened its second US production site in Commerce, Georgia, in November 2019, with two polystyrene extrusion lines and an on-site foam recycling department. Two more extrusion lines are planned for the end of 2021.

The Rockwall Economic Development Corporation announced that Xerxes Corporation will open a new manufacturing location in Rockwall, Texas, dated July 22, 2024.