Bidell Gas Compression has completed a $2 million renovation of a former machine shop in Weirton, West Virginia, to build gas compression equipment for customers in the tri-state area. The plant employs about 30 people and plans to reach around 200 at peak operations.

Contract manufacturer Pepin Manufacturing, Inc. broke ground on a new 18,000-square-foot facility at 400 Commerce Drive in Wabasha, Minnesota, adding 10,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The plant is expected to open in 2018.

IFA North America, part of the German IFA Group, is building a new $69 million facility in South Carolina to make prop shafts, adding about 120 employees and a new production line.

Sabert Corporation will open a new 450,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Greenville, Texas, its first North American site making 100% compostable food packaging, expected to create about 125 jobs over three years with full operation by end of 2018.

Houston-based valve and actuator distributor AIV, together with Gulf Coast Modification, plans a new 320,000-square-foot facility in northwest Houston, scheduled for completion by late 2018, with room to expand to 700,000 square feet. KDW is the design-build contractor.

Autocar will invest $120 million to open a heavy-duty cab-over-engine truck assembly plant in an existing one million-square-foot complex in Birmingham and Center Point, Alabama, creating 746 jobs.

China-based J-Star Motion will establish a new manufacturing facility in Cedar Springs, Michigan, investing $4.9 million and planning 122 jobs, supported by a $738,000 state grant.

Ball Corporation will begin construction of a new beverage packaging facility in Goodyear, Arizona, expected to start production in Q2 2018 to serve demand for specialty cans in the southwestern U.S. No investment value was given.

Nordson SEALANT EQUIPMENT moved its line of business from Plymouth to a renovated Wixom, Michigan facility adding 30,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space and new demonstration and test areas.

DynaEnergetics plans to triple quarterly DynaStage production by Q4 2017 and open a 40,000-square-foot assembly center at its Blum, Texas campus in Q2 2018. Total expansion investment is expected to be $18 million to $20 million, funded from operating cash flow.

Irving Consumer Products announced a new $400 million tissue production plant in Macon, Georgia, creating over 200 jobs and increasing its ThruAir Dry capacity by 75,000 tonnes.

Axium Plastics, a container, cap and closure maker headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is investing US$25 million in a new plant in Jefferson City, Missouri, creating at least 70 jobs. The company will occupy an existing 50,000-square-foot building and add 75,000 square feet.

Cascades Inc. announced an investment of USD 80 million to build a new containerboard packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey, creating 120 jobs. Operations are due to begin in the second quarter of 2018 with annual capacity of 2.4 billion square feet.

Spanish-owned Daumar is constructing a 113,000 sq ft production plant and 27,000 sq ft office building in Huntersville, North Carolina, a project first announced in August 2017 with a $21 million first phase and 40 planned jobs.

Sterling Packaging is investing $6 million in a new 60,000 sq ft building at Monroeville Industrial Park in Alabama, creating up to 55 jobs. The investment is backed by state, county and city incentives totaling $3.2 million.

PureCycle, licensed Procter & Gamble's polypropylene recycling technology, began a $120 million facility in Ohio on July 20, 2017, with a feedstock evaluation unit planned for January 2018 and a full-scale plant in 2020.

Uponor North America has signed an agreement to buy a 237,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Hutchinson, Minnesota, from Hutchinson Technology/TDK for $6.35 million to make PEX pipe. Operations are expected by early 2019.

ABB and Thomas & Betts announced a $20.7 million expansion that consolidates R&D functions at a new location in Memphis, Tennessee, creating 90 new jobs in Shelby County.

Lollicup USA has signed a land development deal to build a 700,000 sq ft plant in Rockwall, Texas, making paper and plastic cups and food containers. About 200 jobs are expected and completion is scheduled for October 2018.

Uponor North America held a grand opening for a 237,000-square-foot PEX tubing plant in Hutchinson, Minnesota, completed six months ahead of schedule. The $6.35 million investment was first announced in July 2017 and added more than 40 jobs.

Oak Ridge-based Protomet Corporation will invest $29.3 million to establish a new facility in Loudon County, Tennessee, rehabbing a 224,000-square-foot former Maremont building. The company will create 200 jobs over five years and expects the plant to be operational in the first half of 2018.

Germany's Winkelmann Group plans to invest $12 million to establish Winkelmann Flowform Technology, a metal forming operation in Auburn, Alabama, creating 50 jobs over five years.

Flowserve held a groundbreaking in Ridgefield for a 57,600-square-foot facility on a 3.9-acre site, moving its 24-person Vancouver pump repair team there. The announcement is dated June 16, 2017.

Mauser USA, part of Mauser Group, will invest $10 million in a 40,000 sq ft plastic container packaging and logistics facility in Geismar, Ascension Parish, creating 28 initial direct jobs.

SPX FLOW launched its first North American multibrand service center in Corpus Christi, Texas, offering rental and sales of controlled bolting, repair of pumps, mixers and valves, and OEM spare parts.

Precast manufacturer Quality Precast will build a new 25,000-square-foot production facility and corporate headquarters in Alamo Township, Kalamazoo County, investing over $1.35 million and adding 20 jobs.

Cascades Inc. announced an US$80 million investment for a new 400,000 sq. ft. containerboard packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey, creating 120 jobs. Operations are expected to begin in Q2 2018.

Pietro Fiorentini held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, June 9, 2017, for a $5.5 million facility in Weirton's Three Springs Business Park. The plant is due to open by spring 2018 and will employ up to 45 people in its first phase.

The Raymond Corporation opened the RayBuilt Center of Excellence in East Syracuse, New York, to remanufacture Raymond forklifts and components, with over 40,000 sq ft for remanufacturing.

Fukai Toyotetsu Indiana Corp held a grand opening on June 6, 2017 for its automotive parts manufacturing facility in Jamestown, Indiana.

Pratt Industries completed its 388,000 sq ft corrugated packaging plant in the Rockwall Technology Park, Texas, in June 2017 after breaking ground in October 2016, with an initial $50 million investment in recycled packaging production.

Williams International plans to move its headquarters to Pontiac, Michigan, and acquire four parcels including the vacant Motown Motion Picture Studio, with a $344.5 million investment by 2022 to build a jet manufacturing facility.

Continental Motors Group, an AVIC subsidiary, will build a new facility of nearly 225,000 square feet in Mobile, Alabama, for engine and parts manufacturing and a corporate office, replacing its 11 existing buildings. It is the first step of a three-year global investment plan.

Phenomenex opened a new 15,000-square-foot facility in El Dorado Hills, California, for manufacturing and developing its Zebron gas chromatography columns, replacing Sutter Creek production and doubling capacity.

Thielmann, a stainless steel beverage container manufacturer, opened its U.S. keg facility in Houston, Texas on May 23, 2017. The site aims to offer kegs with shorter lead times to North American customers.

Fullmer built a 296,000 sq ft concrete tilt-up warehouse for bottle maker Plastipak Packaging in Victorville, California, within the Southern California Logistics Centre. The plant blow-molds bottles for an adjacent Dr Pepper bottling facility and is Gold LEED certified.

Atlas Copco held the grand opening of its $25 million production facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina, which employs more than 300 and makes generators and portable compressors for construction.

LINDAL Group acquired 15 acres in Columbus, Indiana, to build a new 100,000-square-foot aerosol packaging production facility with a $20 million U.S. investment.

Graphic Packaging and DHL Supply Chain will make a combined $274 million investment in Northeast Louisiana, building a 1.27 million-sq-ft folding carton plant and logistics center in Monroe and creating 93 direct jobs. Graphic Packaging will also invest $120 million in its West Monroe mill.

Crown Holdings celebrated the opening of a new two-piece aluminum beverage can plant in the Tioga County Industrial Park in Nichols, New York, on May 9, 2017, expected to create more than 160 jobs by 2018.

Amcor is spending almost $10 million to open a new on-site bottling plant at Campbell's Soup's factory in Paris, Texas, to make about 50 million hot-fillable PET bottles a year for V8 juices. The announcement was reported on 1 May 2017.

TechnipFMC held the grand opening of its Odessa, Texas facility on May 11, 2017, consolidating its Surface Americas product and service lines on a 20-acre site with 48,378 square feet of space.

Graphic Packaging International and DHL Supply Chain announced a combined $274 million investment to develop a 1.27 million-square-foot folding carton plant and logistics center in Monroe, Louisiana, creating 93 direct jobs.

Flex-N-Gate broke ground on a $95 million, 600,000-square-foot automotive parts manufacturing plant on 30 acres in Detroit's east side, expected to open in Q1 2018.

Mid-States Packaging, a logistics and warehousing provider, is locating manufacturing, warehousing and distribution operations at a site in North Charleston, South Carolina, with a $5.2 million investment creating 30 jobs.

Amcor Rigid Plastics opened an in-line bottle manufacturing operation at Campbell Soup's plant in Paris, Texas, investing $7 million to repurpose 6,000 sq ft. It is expected to produce about 50 million hot-fill PET bottles a year for V8 products.

Amcor Rigid Plastics has invested $7 million to open a PET bottle manufacturing plant in Paris, Texas, for Campbell Soup Co. The plant is expected to produce about 50 million hot-fillable PET bottles a year for V8 products.

Ohio Pack LLC will build a 135,000-square-foot plant in Heath, Ohio, investing nearly $25.4 million and adding 66 jobs over five years. The facility will make blown plastic film for flexible packaging, with hiring starting in 2018.

Amcor Rigid Plastics opened an in-line operation at Campbell Soup's Paris, Texas plant to produce about 50 million hot-fill PET bottles a year for V8 products. Amcor invested $7 million to repurpose 6,000 sq ft of the facility.

Principle Construction Corp. has completed construction of a new 267,000 sq ft build-to-suit plastics manufacturing facility for Winpak Portion Packaging in Sauk Village, Illinois.