Timken is adding new equipment and machinery to its 350,000-square-foot Tyger River Plant in Union County to increase capacity. The expansion is a $2.5 million investment.
Mondi is adding manufacturing capacity and new equipment at its Jackson, MO facility to produce premium flat-bottom bags for food, pet food and personal care markets. The expansion will be fully operational by the third quarter of 2018.
Kerotest Manufacturing proposed a $4.3 million expansion of its Mansura valve plant, adding a 30,000 sq ft building and about 50 permanent jobs, with new equipment purchases of over $2.8 million.
Green Bay Packaging announced an investment of over $500 million to build a new 100 percent recycled paper mill in Green Bay and expand its shipping container division, with about 200 jobs expected statewide.
USHydrations, a Pittston beverage maker, unveiled a new $20 million manufacturing line at its 600,000 sq ft facility, able to produce over 2,000 bottles a minute and adding about 30 jobs.
Winpak Portion Packaging expanded its rigid packaging plant at the LogistiCenter in Sauk Village, Illinois, with a 348,000 sq ft addition, doubling manufacturing, office and warehouse space. Construction began in April 2016 and was completed in Q3 2017, adding more than 100 jobs.
Berry Global plans to invest nearly $16.5 million to install two blown film extrusion lines at its existing Bowling Green, Kentucky facility, creating 20 full-time jobs. The announcement was made on 4 June 2018.
Pregis is investing about US$6 million in a second multilayer blown film line from Windmoller & Holscher at its Pregis Films facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The article is dated May 31, 2018.
Provides US, a heat exchanger manufacturer, will invest $897,000 to expand its operation in Augusta County, Virginia, adding 50,000 square feet of production space and 20 jobs. The parent company is headquartered in Latina, Italy.
Atlas Copco Comptec opened a 63,000-square-foot expansion in Voorheesville, New York, to increase production of large integrally geared centrifugal compressors and turboexpanders. The site's workforce is expected to reach about 340.
Pratt & Whitney announced an investment of up to $100 million in its existing West Palm Beach, Florida facility to support defense programs, creating up to 215 new jobs by 2022. The expansion covers the campus and new manufacturing equipment.
SMC Corporation of America plans to break ground in summer 2018 on a 1.0 million square-foot warehouse at its North American headquarters in Noblesville, Indiana, estimated at $67.8 million. The project is projected to add 92 jobs within five years.
Coastal Corrugated is investing $3.25 million in new equipment and machinery at its corrugated packaging facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, to increase production efficiency. The company reported no new jobs associated with the investment.
Wolverine Packing is planning a plant to expand its Eastern Market operations, reported as $40 million in the headline and $30 million in the article text. The project is backed by $2.13 million in state brownfield incentives.
Ingersoll Rand plans to invest nearly $30 million in its Mocksville plant in Davie County, North Carolina, and create 25 jobs by the end of 2019. The plant makes rotary, centrifugal and Thermo King air compressors.
Petoskey Plastics will invest $29.6 million to add 30,000 square feet to its Morristown, Tennessee polyethylene film facility in Hamblen County, creating about 70 jobs over five years.
Aero Fluid Products will add 30,000 square feet to its facility at 313 Gillett Street in Painesville, Ohio, creating 40 full-time jobs and investing an estimated $3 million to $4 million; the lower figure is shown.
SMC is investing an estimated USD 67.8 million in a new warehouse adjacent to its North American headquarters in Noblesville, Indiana, increasing warehouse space by 30% and production capacity and adding 92 jobs over five years.
Gränges will invest $26 million to expand its Newport, Arkansas aluminum rolling operations for light-gauge foil used in food packaging. The expansion will create 100 full-time jobs over two years.
Danfoss Turbocor Compressors is expanding its Tallahassee, Florida plant, adding 120 full-time manufacturing research and development positions. Construction is expected to begin in 2018 and finish in 2019.
ISOFlex Packaging opened a third production line at its Daviess County, Indiana facility, investing more than $4 million to add 700,000 to 800,000 pounds of blown film per month. The line adds six jobs, bringing the plant total to 38.
Flomatic Corp. is investing $3.3 million to add production, research and training space at its valve manufacturing plant in Glens Falls, New York, which will add jobs and speed up production.
Festo US plans to invest about $90 million to expand its service and manufacturing center in Mason, Ohio by 350,000 sq ft, tripling production, logistics and training capacity. Construction is due in two phases through 2024 and the company plans to hire 350 workers.
DowDuPont announced about $100 million of investments over two years to expand capacity and modernize the Sabine River Works plant in Orange County, Texas, for Surlyn, Nucrel, Fusabond and Vamac specialty materials, with phased output starting in 2020.
F.M. Howell & Company is expanding at its Elmira, New York sites, installing new manufacturing and printing equipment for its Howell Packaging division and buying a thermoformer for Howell Plastics. The project, supported by an $800,000 capital grant from the Southern Tier REDC, will create 14 jobs and retain 182.
Kendall Packaging completed an expansion of its Pittsburg, Kansas manufacturing facility at an estimated cost of $10 million. The project broke ground in September 2016 and was completed by January 2018, doubling the plant size.
Venture Plastics expanded its Newton Falls, Ohio headquarters by 17,000 square feet and installed a 1,400-ton injection molding machine to win larger automotive parts. The expansion was finished in March 2018.
GE Aviation will create 15 full-time jobs over four years at its West Jefferson plant, which added a 90,000-square-foot expansion, as announced by Governor Roy Cooper's office.
DENSO is investing $190 million in its Athens, Tennessee facility to add four production lines and 320 jobs for fuel injection and fuel pump parts. The announcement was made on 28 February 2018.
Huron Inc. is building a $13 million, 40,000-square-foot expansion at its Worth Township, Michigan plant, expected to create 181 full-time jobs within three years.
Berry Global is considering a $70 million project to add four thermoforming lines and seven printers for cups and lids at its Evansville, Indiana plant, with about 150 jobs expected. The plan emerged from a tax abatement application reported on 2018-02-13.
Direct Pack, a PMC Global subsidiary, installed six silos with Superior Cranes at its Rockingham plant to receive resin by truck in bulk, lowering material costs. The silos each hold 250,000 pounds of raw and recycled material.
Wolverine Packing Co. is planning a $30 million plant to expand its Eastern Market operations in Detroit and is seeking tax incentives for the project.
Emerson will invest $15 million to expand production at its Rosemount measurement and analytical equipment facilities in Chanhassen, Minnesota, creating 80 manufacturing and support jobs over three years, supported by state grants.
Amcor Rigid Plastics is installing two new blow molding lines at its Hazelwood, Missouri plant to make plastic containers for multiple products. The expansion will require about 50 additional jobs.
TG Fluid Systems USA is adding 62,000 square feet to its Brighton, Michigan plant for $11 million, consolidating operations from Howell. The expansion, due for completion in March 2018, is expected to create 35 entry-level factory jobs.
NiSource Midstream Services completed a compressor upgrade at its Majorsville compressor station in Dallas, West Virginia, replacing four vintage compressors with four CAT 3606 engines and Ariel JGC4 compressors. The upgrade adds 1,800 horsepower and raises throughput by 70-80 million cubic feet per day.
Graham Packaging will invest $6.7 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Campbell County, Virginia, creating 8 new jobs and retraining 37 employees on new technology.
B.Braun, which recently took over the former Gambro manufacturing plant on Mason Avenue in Daytona Beach, is expanding the site with plans to add 175 jobs.
PaperWorks Industries invested $3 million in a 44,500 sq ft warehouse adjoining its Wabash, Indiana paperboard mill, able to store up to 7,000 tons of coated recycled board rolls, expected operational in Q1 2018.
Reliance Packaging invested about 4 million dollars in equipment and 1.5 million dollars in building improvements to add a new extruder and printing press at its Aberdeen, North Carolina plant, roughly doubling daily production capacity.
Inline Plastics is adding three thermoforming production lines and expanding its facilities in Shelton, Connecticut, Salt Lake City and McDonough, Georgia, creating 60 new jobs. The article's dates are inconsistent and may be older than the stated article date.
Linamar is expanding its Linamar Forgings Carolina closed-die forging operation in Wilson, NC, with a $6.8 million investment to make hollow transmission shafts and net-shape differential gears for automotive chassis parts. A $62,000 performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund supports the expansion.
Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Danfoss Turbocor Compressors will build a new facility in Tallahassee, adding 120 advanced manufacturing jobs, with construction starting early 2018 and completion in 2019.
Danfoss is building a new 44,000 sq ft facility at its Turbocor Compressor site in Tallahassee's Innovation Park for about $12 million, with construction expected to start in early 2018 and finish in 2019.
Versa Pak plans a 37,000-square-foot manufacturing addition to its Celina plant in the Grand Lake Industrial Park, a more than $11 million investment expected to create 22 full-time jobs. Planning commissioners approved the proposal, with construction planned for spring.
Rusken Packaging plans a $20 million expansion of its corrugated fiber box lines in Harrisburg, Arkansas, expected to create about 50 new jobs and double its workforce by spring 2018.
Emerson will invest $15 million to renovate its Chanhassen, Minnesota manufacturing facility, converting 30,000 square feet of offices into production space for Rosemount measurement equipment and hiring 80 workers over three years.
Sealed Air will invest $10.4 million over three years and create 25 jobs as it expands and renovates its packaging manufacturing facility in Lenoir, North Carolina.
Rand-Whitney held a beam-signing ceremony on December 7, 2017 for a 45,000 square foot addition to its Worcester headquarters. The expansion will add storage, a waste extraction system and 22 dock doors, bringing the building to 201,400 SF.