Hood Container of Louisiana will invest in two phases at its St. Francisville paper mill, adding a press section on the H1 paper machine and a recycling plant for old corrugated containers. The project creates 10 direct jobs and retains 237 jobs.

Lennox is undergoing a multimillion-dollar expansion at its Carrollton, Texas facility, adding a new testing area to its research and development building. The up to $40 million investment could create up to 50 new jobs.

Legend Valve and Fitting has applied to build a 59,826 square foot warehouse addition at its facility at 300 N. Opdyke Road in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The total investment is estimated at $3.5 million, with construction planned from June to October 2017.

Dominion Packaging will invest $25.1 million to expand its operation in Henrico County, Virginia, to support a new contract with Anheuser-Busch, creating 60 new jobs. Virginia competed against Pennsylvania for the project, and the announcement was made by Governor McAuliffe.

WestRock announced in October 2016 a $48 million expansion of its Sioux City, Iowa corrugated box operations, consolidating two plants into an 82,000 square foot addition at the Bridgeport Drive plant with new automated equipment.

Ball Corporation's 92,440 sq ft addition to its Canton, Ohio food and household packaging plant, housing a new can printing line, was built by Campbell Construction and completed in August 2016 for $32 million.

Anheuser-Busch broke ground in March 2016 on a $175 million expansion of its Metal Container Corporation plant in Jacksonville, Florida, to make 16 oz aluminum bottles, with Haskell and Benham building it and 75 new jobs promised.