Ardagh Metal Packaging has revealed plans for a beverage can plant in the south west United States to add capacity, announced with its third-quarter results. No further details were given in the article.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to acquire Air Dimensions Inc., a Deerfield Beach, Florida maker of vacuum diaphragm pumps, for $70.5 million in cash, with closing planned for October 29, 2021.

Walbro LLC is expanding in Cass City, Michigan, with a $11.4 million capital investment supported by a $400,000 state grant, creating up to 40 advanced manufacturing jobs. Construction of the new facility has started.

Faurecia will invest $18 million to expand its Spring Hill plant at 3555 Cleburne Rd in Maury County, Tennessee, adding a 100,000 sq ft expansion for door panel assembly production and creating 171 new jobs.

US packaging distributor Novvia Group has acquired Fox Valley Containers, a Crystal Lake, Illinois distributor of plastic, metal, corrugated and glass packaging, for an undisclosed sum.

Swedish component maker Concentric AB acquired Engineered Machined Products Inc. (EMP) of Syosset, New York, a producer of electric and mechanical pumps, electric fans and thermal management systems, for approximately USD 147 million in cash.

Packaging Corporation of America agreed on October 22, 2021 to acquire substantially all assets of Advance Packaging Corporation, including a 500,000 sq ft corrugated products facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for $189 million in cash.

Folding carton maker Rondo-Pak contracted Dynamic Energy to install a solar project covering its Camden, New Jersey facility and over 90% of its parking lots, expected to supply 60% of the plant's power.

ANDRITZ received a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, to rehabilitate and upgrade all four turbines and generators at the Robert S. Kerr hydroelectric plant on the Arkansas River, with an order value close to 75 million euros. Commissioning of the first unit is expected in August 2025.

WestRock will invest more than $47 million to expand its Claremont manufacturing facility in Catawba County, North Carolina, adding a 285,000 square foot building and 50 new jobs.

Watson-Marlow will begin construction in October 2021 on a 150,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Devens, Massachusetts, with first production due in late 2022. The site will make peristaltic pumps, tubing and fluid path solutions for life sciences and process customers.

Evanesce Packaging Solutions, an investee of Billy Goat Brands, will open a new manufacturing facility in Hampton County, South Carolina on October 21, 2021, to produce millions of PLA straws per day, creating 78 jobs.

Valmet Oyj will supply a repeat order of an OptiConcept M board production line to Pratt Paper LLC, a subsidiary of Pratt Industries, for its new Henderson, Kentucky mill. The contract value was not disclosed.

Pregis began production at its new $80 million blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, South Carolina, with a ribbon cutting attended by Governor Henry McMaster. The 168,000 sq ft plant is expected to create 120 jobs.

EnPro Industries, through subsidiaries including Compressor Products Holdings Limited and Garlock GmbH, entered an agreement to sell Compressor Products International to Howden. The filing reports the agreement dated October 12, 2021.

Armstrong International completed its acquisition of Leslie Controls' control valve and steam water heater business during Q3 2021. The deal expands Armstrong's product range and global channel network.

Alphapointe signed a new four-year agreement with Express Scripts Pharmacy to double its production of FDA-approved plastic prescription bottles. The deal increases cumulative full-time positions for blind employees to 24.

Aurora, Illinois packaging distributor Shorr Packaging promoted Steve Cavin to Chief Commercial Officer and Ken Kucera to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.

Charlotte, North Carolina corrugated packaging company CompanyBox has completed a capacity expansion by buying a second HP C500 digital press for a multi-million dollar investment.

Ljungstrom will manufacture steel foundation components for the Sunrise Wind offshore project at its Wellsville plant, with at least 100 jobs expected in Western New York; the wider $86 million supply contract went to Riggs Distler.

Private equity firm Ara Partners acquired Fluitron Inc., a maker of industrial gas compression and dispensing equipment based in Ivyland, Pennsylvania, with terms undisclosed.

Danfoss broke ground on a new 167,000 sq ft Turbocor manufacturing facility in Tallahassee, Florida, which will triple the unit's current manufacturing capacity, with completion scheduled for early 2023.

Tyoga Container broke ground on a $20 million expansion adding 70,000 sq ft of manufacturing space and 14,000 sq ft of office space, with about 40 new jobs planned.

VME, a Tyler, Texas fabrication and engineering firm, acquired Cortex Process Equipment to add field service and aftermarket support for well-site equipment.

Hiru Corporation, through subsidiary AZ Custom Bottled Water, completed a new automated packaging and bottling facility. It will serve a three-year co-packing agreement with The Alkaline Water Company to produce Alkaline88 products. The announcement was made on October 6, 2021.

US retail packaging maker Rohrer has taken over Coburn Carton Solutions, a printer and converter of folding cartons for food, pharmaceutical and household goods brands. Financial terms were not disclosed. The announcement was made on October 5, 2021.

Baker Hughes Masoneilan will supply 335 control valves for the Diamond Green Diesel renewable diesel plant being built at Valero's Port Arthur refinery in Texas. Completion is scheduled for second-half 2023.

Opus Packaging Group acquired the assets of Palmetto Packaging Corporation, a corrugated products maker in Florence, South Carolina, effective October 1, 2021. The deal adds Opus's seventh manufacturing facility and extends its footprint in the southeast US.

GTCR announced on October 1, 2021 its acquisition of PPC Flexible Packaging, a Buffalo Grove, Illinois maker of flexible packaging, from seller MSCP. PPC had completed seven acquisitions under MSCP's ownership.

The State of Florida Department of Management Services awarded Noble a statewide contract for facilities maintenance, repair and operations supplies and industrial supplies through the NASPO ValuePoint program.

Hydraquip, Inc., part of Employee Owned Holdings, acquired substantially all assets of Flint Hydraulics, a Memphis-based distributor of hydraulic pumps, motors and parts, on October 1, 2021. Flint Hydraulics will keep serving clients under its own name.

Silgan Holdings acquired Unicep Packaging, a precision dosing dispensing packaging maker with two plants in Spokane, Washington and Sandpoint, Idaho, for $237 million, with projected 2021 sales of about $45 million.

Jianas Brothers Packaging was awarded a contract worth up to $47.09 million by the Defense Logistics Agency.

Spanish paper and packaging group SAICA plans to invest $800 million over the next five years to expand in the US market, via acquisition or new plant construction, while building a corrugated paper plant in Hamilton, Ohio due to open in early 2022.

PDC Machines has signed the lease on a new 148,000 square foot plant in Lower Salford, Pennsylvania to scale up production of diaphragm gas compressors for hydrogen refuelling stations, with capacity of thousands of units per year.

SOMIC America agreed to provide GOYA Foods with a proprietary retail-ready end-of-line packaging machine, the 424 T2+ case packer, announced on the opening day of PACK Expo Las Vegas.

Crown Holdings will build a two-line aluminium beverage can facility of 355,000 sq ft in Mesquite, Nevada, creating 126 jobs. Operations are scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2023.

Ball Corporation announced plans for a multi-line aluminum beverage can plant in North Las Vegas, Nevada, with a nearly $290 million investment, about 180 jobs and production starting in late 2022.

Kruger Packaging is building its first US packaging plant in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, a $114 million investment expected to create 150 jobs and produce 2.4 billion square feet of corrugated boxes per year.

PTI Technologies was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for Anti-Ice Starting Bleed Valves used on GE T700 engines in UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters. The contract runs for five years.

Curtiss-Wright received contracts valued at approximately $100 million from Bechtel Plant Machinery to supply pumps for the US Navy's Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarines and Ford-class aircraft carriers. The work is performed at its Cheswick, Pennsylvania facility.

Walbro LLC is expanding its facility in Cass City, Michigan, with a total capital investment of $11.4 million and up to 40 advanced manufacturing jobs, supported by a $400,000 state grant. Michigan was chosen over sites in Indiana, Ohio and Mexico.

Irving Place Capital has agreed to sell Alpha Packaging, a St. Louis-based blow molder of bottles and jars, to Pretium Packaging, a Clearlake Capital portfolio company. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Kelvion Inc. will expand its operations at Forks of the River Valley Industrial Park in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a $3.8 million project expected to create 74 jobs. Production of heat exchangers for refrigeration and data center markets will increase.

Atlantic Packaging Products, a Canadian corrugated packaging maker, acquired Skybox Packaging, a custom corrugated packaging manufacturer and packaging supplies distributor in Mansfield, Ohio, to expand its US footprint.

Berry Global is expanding its Lawrence, Kansas facility with new thermoform production lines and printers in an existing warehouse, investing $61 million and creating 84 jobs to meet demand for clear drink cups and lids.

Wabash National plans to invest $70 million over 10 years in its north and south plants in Lafayette, Indiana, to address capacity constraints. The plan would retain 385 jobs and create 75 new ones, and was presented at the Lafayette City Council meeting on Monday, 13 September 2021.

Atlas Copco Compressors opened a new 200,000-square-foot facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina to begin US assembly of Z range oil-free air compressors and support assembly, distribution and remanufacturing.

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 semiconductor manufacturers, expected to employ up to 600 people.

Atlas Copco Comptec opened a 63,000-square-foot expansion in Voorheesville, New York to make large integrally geared centrifugal compressors and turboexpanders, bringing the workforce to about 340.