Carolina Container's Hickory, North Carolina plant is undergoing Phase 2 expansion with a building addition and 15,600 sq ft loading dock, managed by TAYLOR, with completion expected in 2026.

CIRCOR plans a $16 million expansion in Columbia, Kentucky, including a 90,000 sq ft manufacturing facility and 50 new full-time jobs. The city is seeking a $1 million Community Development Block Grant to buy equipment.

Infinity Global Inc. will expand its packaging operations in Danville, Virginia, with a $34 million investment creating 150 new jobs, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced.

Aalberts is investing in new advanced production lines at its Pageland, South Carolina facility to manufacture Apollo PowerPress products in the US. The phased project runs through 2027, with first US-made products expected in early 2027.

Clow Valve, a McWane company, has broken ground on a $75 million expansion of its Oskaloosa, Iowa fire hydrant and waterworks valve plant, adding a 36,000-square-foot addition to its iron foundry. The project is expected to double production output and retain more than 400 local jobs.

Aran USA is spending $4 million to expand its Greer, South Carolina facility by about 16,000 square feet, doubling production lines and capacity and creating 18 jobs over two years. Construction has begun for the aseptic liquid packaging plant.

Swisher plans a $135 million expansion of its Jacksonville campus in Florida to increase production of nicotine and caffeine oral pouches, adding 240 jobs by 2027.

Axium Packaging, headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, is investing $45 million to expand its tube manufacturing and build a specialized warehouse in Jersey Township. Its total central Ohio investment reaches $550+ million.

GZ PrintPak will spend $7.1 million to expand production capacity at its recently opened Mount Pleasant plant for luxury paper bags. The announcement was made on 4 December 2025.

Horton, a cooling solutions manufacturer, is investing $15 million to add 100,000 square feet at its Westminster facility in Oconee County, South Carolina, doubling manufacturing area to increase production of cooling fans and fan clutches.

Kaishan Compressor USA completed an $11 million expansion of its Loxley, Alabama facility, doubling its operations there and adding production, testing, warehouse and R&D space. The company plans to create more than 50 jobs over five years.

Peli BioThermal moved into a 90,100 sq ft facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, roughly 43% larger than its former site about 10 miles away.

Averra Packaging doubled the clean room square footage at its thermoforming facility in Salt Lake City to add an inline medical thermoforming machine.

Orbis held a grand opening for its renovated reusable pallet, tote and bulk container plant in Greenville, Texas, with 420,000 sq ft of manufacturing space. The company expects to create 190 jobs within three years.

Plastipak Packaging announced a $53.8 million, 200,000-square-foot expansion of its Rapides Parish facility in Pineville, Louisiana, adding warehouse space and up to five production lines, with completion expected by Q4 2026.

Vallourec committed at least $39 million, up to $48 million, to add a VAM premium threading line at its Youngstown, Ohio facility. The project will create 40 full-time jobs, with completion expected by early 2027.

Wyda Packaging USA doubled its Charlotte manufacturing facility to 26,000 square feet and added automation and robotics. The expansion creates about 40 new jobs and raises capacity to 6,000 tons of aluminum packaging annually.

Clow Valve, part of McWane, unveiled an $80 million, 36,000 square-foot foundry expansion in Oskaloosa, Iowa, which nearly doubles its production capacity. The project broke ground in 2023.

Coca-Cola Consolidated invested $35 million in a new can line at its Twinsburg, Ohio plant, raising output to over 31 million cases in 2025 and creating 40 new jobs.

Eaton Aerospace is adding a new facility next to its North Charleston, South Carolina plant to make hydraulic pumps and motors for aerospace and defense, with $46 million investment and more than 50 jobs, expected complete in 2028.

Huhtamaki is planning an additional $10 million expansion of its Hammond, Indiana operations, which make molded fiber drink carriers and egg filler trays.

Ecopax is expanding its Bethlehem, Pennsylvania facility by more than 100,000 square feet for food service packaging production, expected to create up to 20 jobs.

VEGA Americas celebrated the grand opening of a 120,000 square-foot expansion to its U.S. headquarters in Mason, Ohio, on 3 October 2025. The project adds 31 full-time jobs and enables domestic production of electronic components.

Smurfit Westrock is investing nearly $19.3 million to expand its corrugated operations in Saltillo, Lee County, Mississippi, with new equipment that raises production capacity by 50 percent. The expansion is expected to be completed by October 2026.

Smurfit Westrock is investing nearly $19.3 million to expand its corrugated packaging operations in Saltillo, Lee County, Mississippi, adding equipment that will raise production capacity by 50 percent. The expansion is expected to be completed by October 2026.

Ring Container Technologies is investing $77 million to expand its plastic container manufacturing business into Whitestown, Indiana. The facility is expected to open next year.

Kaishan Compressor USA (KCA) held an opening ceremony on September 9, 2025 for the second phase of its plant in Loxley, Baldwin County, Alabama, an investment of over USD 11 million that doubles its operations and makes oil-free screw compressors locally.

Kaishan Compressor USA completed an $11 million expansion of its Loxley, Alabama plant, doubling the site's size to boost production, training, R&D and job creation, with more than 50 jobs planned.

German supplier MAHLE is adding e-compressor production at its Morristown, Tennessee plant, creating nearly 50 new jobs. The line will make high-voltage air conditioning compressors for the North American market, with employment rising to almost 800.

Clow Valve, part of McWane, held a ceremony opening its $80 million, 36,000-square-foot foundry expansion in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The expansion nearly doubles production capacity, retains area jobs and automates foundry control systems.

Sappi completed the $500 million replacement of its No. 2 paper machine at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine.

Cosmo Films added a 120-inch-wide slitter at its warehouse in Carol Stream, Illinois, to expand flexible packaging capabilities and meet growing demand. The company announced the investment in August 2025.

The Pump & Motor Works plans a $2.8 million expansion of its Okmulgee, Oklahoma manufacturing operations, adding storage buildings and manufacturing floor space and creating up to 18 jobs.

Schütz Container Systems will expand its St. Joseph, Missouri site with a new building and a new manufacturing line for industrial packaging, investing $31 million and creating 20 jobs. The announcement was made on 31 July 2025.

Sappi North America completed Project Elevate, a $500 million rebuild of Paper Machine No. 2 at its Somerset Mill in Maine that doubled capacity for SBS paperboard. Full volume is expected by 2026 as customer qualifications continue.

Genera completed a $340+ million expansion of its molded fiber packaging manufacturing facility in Vonore, Tennessee, creating over 200 new jobs and bringing annual capacity to over 30,000 tons. The completion was announced on July 28, 2025.

Hood Container Corporation announced a $118.9 million modernization of its paper mill in St. Francisville, Louisiana, centred on upgrading its primary paper machine to add 80,000 tons per year of capacity. The project will run in two phases over about two years and retain 295 positions.

Arglass fired up a new, larger furnace at its Valdosta, Georgia glass container plant as part of a $230 million project. The furnace is expected to produce more than 350 million glass containers per year and more than double site capacity.

American Packaging Corp plans to expand its Story City, Iowa facility to add pouch production capacity. It plans to break ground in October 2025 and complete the project by September 2026.

Cayuga Milk Ingredients, working with Tetra Pak, held the grand opening of its expanded Auburn, New York facility, part of a two-phase $270 million expansion that includes a new consumer goods dairy plant.

Atlas Copco Comptec broke ground on June 10, 2025 on a 63,000-square-foot expansion of its Voorheesville, New York manufacturing facility to make large centrifugal compressors. Completion is expected by the end of 2026.

Sonoco is investing in four US facilities in West Chicago, Illinois; Greenville, Wisconsin; Dayton, New Jersey; and Norwalk, California to add paper-bottom can lines. The investment is described as multimillion-dollar, with no exact figure given.

MAT Industries, LLC, a manufacturer of air compressors and brake tanks, will invest at least $9 million to add production lines at its Jackson facility in Madison County, Tennessee, creating 30 new jobs. The announcement was made on June 3, 2025.

Amcor announced in June 2025 that it will expand capacity for packaging with postconsumer recycled content at its existing Nicholasville, Kentucky facility. The added dedicated silos allow PCR blending up to 100%, mainly for spirits customers.

Green Bay Packaging is expanding its Morrilton, Arkansas facility with an investment of more than $1 billion, creating 35 new jobs and acquiring about 300 acres for future growth. The mill's production capacity could more than double.

Atlas Copco is moving forward again with a $40 million expansion of its School Road manufacturing facility in Voorheesville, New York, after pausing the project two months earlier. The restart was referenced at a May 2025 village board meeting.

Modine is investing more than $38 million through 2028 to upgrade its Grenada, Mississippi facility and expand data center chiller manufacturing, expected to create more than 450 jobs. Chiller production is expected to begin later this summer.

International Paper is adding 40 jobs at a container plant in McAllen, Texas, as it consolidates its manufacturing footprint along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Charter Next Generation announced a $106 million investment to expand operations in Northeast Ohio, adding 12 film packaging lines in Lexington and four extrusion lines in Ontario, with 125 new jobs.

Grundfos announced a multi-million-dollar expansion of its Brookshire, Texas facility with a new state-of-the-art production plant. The investment will increase capacity for North American customers. The amount was not specified.