Smurfit Kappa is expanding Bag-in-Box packaging capacity with a new 100,000 sq ft plant in Texas, USA, acquired recently, to be equipped with modern dosing technology and employ 70 people at full capacity.

Dynovis Inc. will invest $592,000 to renovate a 75,000-square-foot vacant facility in Rockbridge County, Virginia, establishing a new manufacturing operation and creating 44 jobs.

Hubner Manufacturing Corporation will invest $9.6 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Dunlap, Tennessee, creating 66 jobs over five years.

Andronaco Industries is relocating its subsidiary Conley Composites from Tulsa, Oklahoma to a building at 4544 Broadmoor Ave. in Kentwood, Michigan, investing $3.3 million and creating 64 jobs. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is supporting the project with a $320,000 grant.

Pratt Industries will invest more than $20 million to finish and expand a shell building in Botetourt Center at Greenfield, Virginia, for manufacturing and converting corrugated boxes and displays, eventually employing 50 people.

Zahroof Valves moved its reciprocating compressor valve operations into a new Houston, Texas facility with more than three times the office and production space.

Green Bay Packaging is launching a paper mill in Wisconsin that will use 100% recycled fiber and process 685,000 tons per year to make linerboard and corrugated medium. The $500 million facility is projected to create 1,000 construction jobs and 200 additional jobs by 2022.

SAPA broke ground on a 10,000 square meter production facility in Shelby Township, Michigan, with a planned investment of $40.1 million and 223 new jobs. The plant is expected to be operational in January 2020 and will house its US headquarters.

Japanese pump maker Torishima Pump moved into a former ClydeUnion Pumps facility in Fort Custer Industrial Park, Battle Creek, Michigan, investing $1.5 million and creating 11 jobs.

CorrChoice LLC plans a 350,000-square-foot corrugated packaging facility at 350 N. Lingle Ave. in Derry Township, Pennsylvania, backed by a $40 million investment. The project is expected to create 79 jobs and retain 97 jobs in Hazleton and Warminster.

Swiss packaging company Hoffmann Neopac AG is starting production at a new 37,000-square-foot US plant in North Carolina, with a high-speed tube line capable of 80 million units per year. The project received a $300,000 state grant.

DMC Power, a maker of connection systems for transmission, distribution and substation projects, will locate in the former Nissan North America facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi, with an $8 million investment creating 125 jobs over five years.

WilMarc, a US maker of PVC-free and DEHP-free fittings, tubing and filters for medical devices, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Fort Collins, Colorado, with automated tubing extrusion equipment. The press release is dated December 8, 2016.

Packaging Corporation of America is set to buy a 42-acre city-owned site in the Horn Rapids Industrial Park in Richland for an estimated $1.9 million and plans a 400,000 to 450,000 sq ft manufacturing facility creating about 150 jobs, with opening expected in early 2020.

DrinkPAK is building two new beverage production facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, at Eagle Parkway and Carter Park East. The Carter Park East site is 1.4 million square feet and is planned to create 450 jobs.

Check-Mate Industries, a West Babylon, New York metal stampings and tool and die maker, will invest more than $16 million in a new factory in Thomasville, Georgia and create 230 jobs.

Danfoss Turbocor Compressors will build a new facility in Tallahassee, Florida, expanding its footprint in Innovation Park and creating 120 new jobs, as announced by Governor Rick Scott. Construction was expected to be completed in 2019.

JBB Packaging will open a plastic film manufacturing facility in Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, investing $11 million and creating 50 jobs. The facility will recycle plastics and produce flexible packaging and garment bags.

Liberty Diversified International has begun construction on a new $45 million facility for its Omaha Box Company subsidiary in Papillion, Nebraska, to make custom corrugated cartons and displays. The plant is slated for completion in 2019.

CarbonLITE plans a new 200,000-square-foot rPET processing facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, expected to be in full production by early 2020. It is expected to produce 80 million pounds per year of food-grade rPET pellets.

DS Smith plans a 550,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Indiana, with $106 million investment and 140 jobs by December 2020, after city council approved tax abatements.

Swiss instrumentation maker Endress+Hauser will build a 100,000 square foot industrial and office facility in Pearland's Lower Kirby District, employing about 110 staff for its growing US business.

Linde Hydraulics plans to locate new production operations in Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, in a 67,200 sq ft facility, with a $13.4 million investment projected to create more than 60 jobs.

Uponor has started PEX pipe production in a 237,000-square-foot facility in Hutchinson, Minnesota, which it bought for $6.35 million in 2017, and will hold its grand opening ceremony.

SeaCa Packaging, owned by Seattle Tacoma Box Company, broke ground on a polypropylene carton plant in Surprise, Arizona, with a $17 million investment, 65 phase one jobs and completion targeted for April 2019.

Danimer Scientific will locate a fermentation facility in Winchester, Kentucky, investing $36.2 million to produce its Noda PHA biopolymer and create 37 full-time jobs. Operations are targeted to start in Q4 2019.

Green Leaf, parent of TerreMax, has completed construction of a new 45,000 sq ft warehousing and order processing facility in the American heartland for its fluid flow products.

Ring Container Technologies, a packaging manufacturer based in Oakland, Tennessee, is set to open a facility in Louisville, Kentucky later in September 2018 to serve customer Algood Food.

ComPETence Universal Dynamics, part of PiovanGroup, completed its move to a 10,000 square meter facility in Fredericksburg, Virginia in July 2018, which also serves as PiovanGroup's North American headquarters and doubles production capacity.

Daikin Applied Americas announced a $40.3 million investment in a new 300,000 sq ft manufacturing operation in Faribault, Minnesota.

Green Bay Packaging broke ground on a $500 million paper mill on North Quincy Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to replace its 71-year-old mill, with completion expected by spring 2021. Miron Construction is general contractor and Voith will supply the paper machine.

Unified Brands will open a new manufacturing facility in the Ceres Industrial Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, bringing 425 jobs. Operations in Pryor, Oklahoma and Byram, Mississippi will transition to the new site as part of a restructuring into three centers of excellence.

Tire valve maker Haltec plans a new site at the Columbiana County Port Authority's World Trade Park in Leetonia, Ohio, creating up to 75 jobs, after buying 17 acres and an office building for $2.3 million.

Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. has built a roughly 500,000-square-foot aluminum can packaging plant in Goodyear, Arizona, with $240 million capex and 130 jobs. The plant is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2018.

Kaishan Group is building a 65,000 sq ft corporate headquarters and air compressor plant in Loxley, Baldwin County, with a USD 11 million investment and about 62 jobs. A groundbreaking was held and completion is planned for the second quarter of 2019.

Uponor North America started manufacturing PEX pipe at its new 237,000-square-foot facility in Hutchinson, Minnesota, six months ahead of schedule. The $6.35 million investment was announced in July 2017 after the company bought the existing facility.

Conval moved all operations into a new 72,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing center in Enfield, Connecticut, with 40% more capacity than its former three-building Somers campus.

American Packaging Corporation's new 215,000 square-foot facility in Chili, Monroe County, is operating, after phase one of an expansion with nearly $50 million invested. The company has hired 70 people so far and plans up to 260 new full-time jobs over five years.

US packaging materials and equipment provider Shorr Packaging moved into a new facility in the Los Angeles area to meet growing regional demand. It will serve customers in the Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.

Prime Equipment Group, a poultry processing equipment maker, plans to move its Central Ohio manufacturing and offices to a new facility at 2001 Courtright Road in Columbus, investing over $6 million and creating 20 jobs.

Copper State Fluid Power opened a new Tucson, Arizona facility offering sales and repair of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment and parts, with planned e-commerce parts sales.

Uponor North America began producing PEX plastic pipe at its newly purchased 237,000-square-foot Hutchinson plant, six months ahead of the original 2019 schedule. The $6.35 million investment was announced in July 2017.

Green Bay Packaging plans to build a new paper mill in Brown County, Wisconsin, replacing its 71-year-old mill, with an investment reported as over $580 million. The project is expected to retain about 600 jobs and create up to 200 more by 2022, with the new mill running by 2021.

Corrugated Synergies International, a sheet feeding equipment maker, is opening a facility near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry in New Mexico. The company is investing nearly $40 million and expects to create about 120 manufacturing jobs.

SJE is constructing a 51,000 sq ft manufacturing facility on eight acres in the Ashland Business Park in Ashland, Ohio, designed by C.M. Architecture and built by Simonson Construction Services, with completion targeted for December 2018.

American Packaging Corporation completed the first phase of its new flexible packaging manufacturing facility in Chili, Monroe County, New York, in June 2018; the overall investment is $170 million across phases.

International Paper announced it will build a state-of-the-art corrugated packaging plant in Atglen, Pennsylvania, employing about 150 people. Construction was set to begin in Q1 2022 with full operation expected in Q1 2023.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco Group, opened a 250,000-square-foot facility in Genesee County, New York, to expand US production of dry vacuum pumps for the semiconductor industry. The site is expected to employ up to 600 people.

IRIS USA held a groundbreaking in Humboldt Industrial Park, Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, for a 500,000-square-foot facility expected to bring nearly 100 manufacturing jobs. The ceremony took place on Friday, reported on 25 May 2018.

Ambrell Corporation, a subsidiary of inTEST, opened a new 80,000 sq ft induction heating manufacturing facility in Rochester, New York, after moving from Scottsville. Tenant improvements were estimated at $2.1 million, partly offset by $1,090,000 in state and local grants.