Relevant Solutions, LLC closed its purchase of 505 Industrial Supply, LLC, a hydraulic hose, fitting and valve distributor based in Albuquerque, NM, on August 1, 2021. The deal adds the business to Relevant's network, which now employs 250 associates.

Georgia-Pacific is adding a third production line at its first mailer manufacturing site in the Phoenix area, Arizona.

Georgia-Pacific is manufacturing curbside recyclable paper padded mailers at a new facility in Jonestown, Pennsylvania, to serve Northeast customers including Amazon.

Pump manufacturer Blackmer is expanding in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a $7.3 million investment supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Gen3 Defense and Aerospace is moving into a larger facility in Kent County, Michigan, with a $8.7 million capital investment expected to create up to 269 high-wage jobs. Michigan was chosen over a site in Florida.

Pratt Industries announced a $400 million 100% recycled paper mill of 450,000 sq ft in Henderson, Kentucky, creating over 320 full-time jobs. A separate 700,000 sq ft corrugated box factory is planned next to the mill.

Pratt Paper LLC will build a $400 million corrugated box recycling and paper mill complex in Henderson, Kentucky, expected to employ 321 people within five years. The 1 million square foot site is on a 200-acre plot along Kentucky 425.

Rondo-Pak, a folding carton and printed components supplier, has attained certified vendor status with Genentech's Hillsboro Technical Operations facility after supplying eight million cartons with no defects over nearly two years.

Anderson Process, a Midwest process equipment supplier, has acquired Premier Pump Inc., a distributor and service provider in Ohio, which becomes its Brooklyn Heights branch effective August 2, 2021.

Novelis is investing more than $7 million to hire 37 new employees and restart idled equipment at its Terre Haute, Indiana plant, which will produce aluminium for household foil later this year.

Ball Corporation will invest $383.8 million to build an 800,000 sq ft aluminum beverage can plant in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, creating 220 jobs. The plant will join Red Bull and Rauch's beverage manufacturing hub in Concord.

Imperial Dade agreed to buy EBP Supply Company, a distributor of food service packaging and janitorial supplies headquartered in Milford, Connecticut. The deal was announced on July 26, 2021.

B2B Industrial Packaging, a GenNx360 company, announced its acquisition of Allen Packaging Company of Tustin, California, its 16th major acquisition, adding corrugated products, poly bags and stretch film.

Direct Pack has expanded its Rockingham, North Carolina facility by 56,000 square feet, adding flexible manufacturing lines and raising manufacturing capacity by more than 40%.

CANPACK Group announced on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 plans for its first U.S. facility, a 908,000-square-foot aluminum can plant and North American Center of Excellence in Olyphant Borough, Lackawanna County, with about $366 million invested and around 400 jobs, expected to be operational by year end.

Pregis announced an $80 million investment in a new 168,000 square foot blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, South Carolina. The plant is expected to create 120 jobs and become operational in September.

Anchor Packaging LLC, a rigid food packaging maker, announced its acquisition of Panoramic Inc., based in Janesville, Wisconsin. The blog post is dated April 25, 2022, and the financial terms were not given.

ANDRITZ was selected by Domtar to supply equipment and technical services for converting a power boiler and a recovery boiler at Domtar's Kingsport paper mill in Tennessee into a packaging facility.

Health Supply US is locating its unit-dose flexible packaging division at 205 Raceway Drive in Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina, investing over $2.5 million and creating up to ten jobs.

Trivium Packaging is upgrading its production line and expanding its building at South Centre Township, Columbia County, with over $7 million of investment to handle receiving of steel coil shipments. The upgrades retain 76 existing jobs.

The US Justice Department reached a settlement allowing Danfoss to buy Eaton's hydraulics business, with orbital motor and hydraulic steering assets to be sold to Interpump Group. The deal was originally announced in January 2020 at $3.3 billion and is expected to close around August 1, 2021.

Kval Inc., a door machinery manufacturer, is partnering with Titan Development on a 52,500-square-foot build-to-suit manufacturing facility at Titan's Innovation Business Park Phase 2 in Hutto, Texas. The announcement was made on July 13, 2021.

TriMas's Rieke unit is building a new 230,000 square foot, highly automated injection molding facility in New Albany, Ohio, expected to start production in Q2 2022, mainly for beauty and personal care dispensers.

TriState Container Corporation became the first print provider to acquire Xeikon's IDERA digital printing press for corrugated packaging, announced on 6 July 2021.

Belt Power LLC opened a new location at 5146 Duff Road in Cincinnati, Ohio, for conveyor belting fabrication and services in the Midwest. The article states the location opened on July 1, 2021.

Pratt Industries is investing US$400 million in a new 100 percent recycled containerboard and corrugated board mill complex in Henderson, Kentucky. Construction is expected to begin in March 2022 with start-up scheduled for Q3 2023.

Red Bull and Rauch North America announced in early July 2021 plans for a 2 million-square-foot beverage manufacturing site in Concord, North Carolina, adding 413 jobs and investing $740 million by 2027.

Platinum Equity agreed to sell Multi-Color Corporation, a global label maker, to affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice; the deal is expected to close by end of 2021 and terms were not disclosed.

Automotive supplier Martinrea will invest $40 million to expand its existing facility at 1 Fabco Dr. in Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, adding 30,000 square feet, upgraded presses and more robots, and creating 97 jobs.

Haldor Topsoe will build a 15,000 tpy hydroprocessing catalyst plant at its existing Bayport production site in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2023.

Global Compression Services opened a new 5,000 sq ft machine shop in Washington, Pennsylvania, in the Marcellus Shale region to repair and machine natural gas compressor parts. It is part of the company's planned expansion into the Marcellus and Utica market.

PPG is expanding coatings manufacturing capacity for beverage and food can coatings at its Tiel, Netherlands plant and Cieszyn, Poland plant. Completion is expected between late 2021 and Q1 2022; financial details were not disclosed.

La-Z-Boy plans to expand its Neosho, Missouri plant and will request tax breaks for the new construction. The Neosho school board approved the tax-break vote ahead of a July 20 committee meeting.

Chicago-based Milton Industries, a pneumatic and hydraulic accessory maker, announced it is acquiring National-Spencer and the Zee Line brand of lube and fluid management products. National-Spencer has facilities in Wichita, Kansas, Spencer, Iowa, and Stockton, California.

Marotta Controls, a New Jersey aerospace and defense supplier, announced it has integrated additive manufacturing into its services and validated it with a patented selective laser sintering method for a manifold valve.

Sypris Technologies received orders for specialty high-pressure closures for the Golden Pass LNG Export project in Texas and the Cherry Point Refinery renewable diesel project in Washington state. Shipments are expected in 2021; terms were not disclosed.

Sypris Technologies received an order for Tube Turns Tool-less closures for filtration systems to upgrade the Cherry Point Refinery's renewable diesel optimization project in Washington state. Shipments are expected in 2021; terms were not disclosed.

Sypris Technologies, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, received orders for specialty Tube Turns D-bolt closures for filtration systems at three new compressor stations in the $10 billion Golden Pass LNG Export project in Sabine Pass, Texas. Shipments are expected in 2021; terms were not disclosed.

Wildpack Beverage signed a binding agreement to acquire CraftPac LLC, an aluminum can decorator in Georgia, for US$2.15 million cash, with closing expected around June 30, 2021. Announced June 18, 2021.

Triumph Group's Actuation Products & Services unit will provide hydraulic utility actuation valves engineering and material support to Lockheed Martin for F-35 sustainment at MCAS Cherry Point over five years, from its Clemmons, North Carolina facility. Announced June 17, 2021.

Supreme Integrated Technology (SIT) of Harahan, Louisiana, has acquired the assets of C.S. Controls, a Houma, Louisiana manufacturer of marine systems such as steering gears, cranes and winches. C.S. Controls joins Employee Owned Holdings.

SAMSON USA, headquartered in Baytown, Texas, has completed installation of a Flexible Manufacturing System with 2 horizontal machining centers and a 24-pallet robotic loading system built by MCM of Italy, increasing its manufacturing capacity.

Indorama Ventures completed its acquisition of CarbonLite Holdings' Dallas, Texas PET recycling facility, bought for nearly $64 million in a bankruptcy auction. The site, renamed Indorama Ventures Sustainable Recycling, has combined capacity of 92,000 tons a year of food-grade rPET pellets and supports more than 130 jobs.

IDEX Corporation completed its acquisition of Airtech Group, Inc. and US Valve Corporation from EagleTree Capital, adding vacuum pumps, blowers, compressors and valves to its Health & Science Technology segment.

Arconic signed contracts worth US$1.5 billion to supply aluminium can sheet to six canmakers, returning to the US canstock market after five years.

Mayville Engineering Company finalized plans to open a roughly 450,000 sq ft leased manufacturing facility in Hazel Park, Michigan, to serve a new strategic customer, planning to hire up to 390 employees and invest $35-45 million.

A&R Logistics was chosen by Epsilyte, a large US expandable polystyrene manufacturer, as its third-party logistics provider to manage much of its global supply chain.

Green Bay Packaging held ribbon-cutting ceremonies in June 2021 for its $500 million recycled paper mill in Wisconsin, the first new mill built in the state in over three decades. The project received $41.9 million in state tax credits and is credited with creating 177 new jobs.

Pregis plans to invest more than $14 million to open an advanced manufacturing facility in an existing 298,000-square-foot building in McDonough, Henry County, Georgia, by August 2021. The plant is expected to create 80 jobs immediately and up to 150 as it scales.

Emerson completed a multimillion-dollar expansion of its Copeland engineering facility in Sidney, Ohio, adding 110,000 square feet of lab space for compressor research and development.