Siemens Energy will build its first U.S. transformer production facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a $149 million investment expected to create 559 local jobs. Manufacturing is set to begin in early 2026.

Solarcycle plans a solar panel recycling and glass manufacturing facility in Cedartown, Georgia, investing an estimated $344 million and creating over 600 full-time jobs. Operations are slated for 2026.

WestRock plans to build a new corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, at an estimated cost of about $140 million, partly offset by property sales. The company intends to close its existing North Chicago plant once the new facility is complete.

ORBIS Corporation signed a lease-to-own agreement with EPM Partners for 420,000 sq ft of manufacturing space in Greenville, Texas, to produce reusable pallets, totes and bulk containers. The company expects to add more than 190 jobs, with initial operations projected by the end of 2024.

Quebec company Soleno is constructing its first plant outside Canada in Saratoga, New York, with a $22 million investment to make large-diameter HDPE pipes, expected to open at the end of the third quarter of 2024.

Taco Hydroflo Pump Solutions opened a manufacturing facility in Lubbock, Texas, adding 38 jobs and $1,875,000 of capital investment, with expanded pump test pit improvements.

Schaeffler is investing over $230 million in a greenfield manufacturing facility in Dover, Ohio, producing electric axles, with 650 jobs to be created in the state and construction starting mid-2024.

Viega will build a new manufacturing facility in Mantua, Ohio, for its ProPress and MegaPress metal pipe fittings, an investment of about $200 million, with production scheduled for early 2025 and over 68 new jobs.

Simflo has opened a 35,000-square-foot engineered products facility in Lubbock, Texas, as announced on February 8, 2024.

Saica Group is reportedly planning a $130 million corrugated box facility in Anderson, Indiana, for which it has asked the Anderson Plan Commission to use 39 acres. The plant would initially employ 60 people and would be Saica's second US facility.

A.Y. McDonald plans a $340 million project in Grant County, Wisconsin, including a new brass foundry in Dickeyville, scheduled for production in 2026, and expansion at its Kieler plant. The project is expected to create 173 jobs over five years.

Welch Packaging Group plans to open a new production facility in Wooster, Ohio, creating 50 new jobs, after the Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved tax credit assistance for the project.

Belmark Inc. will locate a new 156,000-square-foot flexible packaging plant in Allen County, Kentucky, with a nearly $99 million investment creating 159 jobs. Construction is expected to begin in June 2025 and finish in 2026.

WestRock plans a state-of-the-art corrugated box plant of over 550,000 square feet in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, for about $140 million, with construction expected in 2024 and completion in 2025.

Cascades converted the former Bear Island paper mill in Hanover County, Virginia into a recycled linerboard facility, announced in October 2020 with a $380 million investment. The first roll of containerboard was produced in May 2023.

Gradient, a startup making window-mounted heat pumps, is in line for $17.5 million in federal funding to establish a Michigan plant employing about 300 people with capacity of 100,000 units a year. The final contracts have not yet been signed.

GEA began operations at a new 86,000 square-foot fabrication, repair, logistics and training facility in Janesville, Wisconsin, representing about USD 20 million of investment. The site employs over 70 people.

Beverage packaging company Multipack announced a $10.4 million production facility in Caddo Parish, Shreveport, Louisiana, creating 141 direct jobs, with production expected to start in Q3 2024.

Elopak plans its first U.S. production plant in Little Rock, Arkansas, to make Pure-Pak gable-top cartons for dairy, juice and plant-based products. The investment is about USD 70 million and will create more than 100 permanent jobs.

York Container, part of Atlantic Packaging, started up its first greenfield corrugated box plant in Elgin, Illinois, with over 400,000 sq ft of manufacturing space producing corrugated sheets, brown shippers and graphic packaging.

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) will invest $233 million to build its first US advanced manufacturing facility in Linwood, Davidson County, North Carolina, to make lithium-ion battery pouches for EVs and create 352 jobs.

A new $80 million cardboard box plant at the former Longview Fibre pulp and paper mill site in Longview, Washington is scheduled to open within weeks, owned by WestRock.

Smurfit Kappa is establishing its first South Carolina operation in Anderson County with a $68 million investment that will create 200 jobs. The company expects to acquire a 259,000-square-foot facility at 1105 Scotts Bridge Road.

DrinkPAK, a contract beverage manufacturer, is investing more than $450 million to build two facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas totaling about 2.8 million square feet. The DP2 low-acid plant is expected to open in November 2024 and DP3 high-acid plant in January 2025, creating 1,000 jobs by 2026.

GF Central Plastics broke ground on a new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 41401 Wolverine Road in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The $30 million investment is expected to create up to 300 full-time jobs upon opening.

Korean auto interior maker Daesol Ausys Georgia is opening a $72 million facility in Harris County, Georgia, creating more than 140 jobs. The plant begins operations in late 2024 and supplies Kia, Hyundai and General Motors.

CJ Foodville, a subsidiary of CJ Group, is opening a $47 million bakery and food processing facility in Hall County, Georgia, to support its TOUS les JOURS brand. At full capacity in 2025 it will produce more than 19,000 tons of products a year.

DAS Corp, a supplier to Kia and Hyundai, is opening a $35 million facility in Metter, Georgia, to make auto seat structures. The plant will create 300 jobs and begin production in late 2024.

Pratt Industries is building a 496,000-square-foot production facility in Warner Robins, Georgia, its 13th site in the state, opening in 2024. The company's total investment in Georgia will exceed $800 million.

American Packaging Corporation opened its flexible packaging Center of Excellence in Cedar City, Utah, in August 2023. The project had an estimated investment of $100m, was announced in July 2021, and is expected to create more than 135 jobs.

Edwards plans a new dry pump factory at the STAMP park in Genesee County, New York, initially creating about 280 jobs and producing 10,000 dry pumps per year, expandable to 20,000. It is scheduled to be operational in 2025.

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry held the grand opening of a new $460 million foundry in Oakboro, North Carolina, on 700 acres in Stanly County. It replaces the company's century-old Uptown Charlotte cast iron foundry.

Minnesota-based canning company Lagersmith Can Supply Co. is investing $10 million to build a 25,000-square-foot warehouse and production facility in Bark Creek Industrial Park, Fremont, creating more than 20 jobs over three years.

Gruppo Fanti celebrated the opening of Fanti USA, its first US manufacturing facility, in a former vacant building in the Half Moon Industrial Park in Weirton. The roughly $30 million investment is the company's largest expansion project, and production begins in the coming weeks.

Green Bay Packaging announced that its new 600,000-square-foot corrugator plant in Fort Worth, Texas, is nearing completion this fall. It will replace an older facility built in 1986 and will house a new 110-inch Fosber corrugator.

Viega will build a new manufacturing facility in Shalersville, Ohio, about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, to make its ProPress and MegaPress metal pipe fittings and valves. The investment is approximately $200 million.

Viega will build a 180,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant for ProPress and MegaPress fittings in Shalersville, Ohio, with about $200 million of investment, expected to be operational in early 2025 and to create more than 68 jobs.

International Paper celebrated the opening of its new $100 million corrugated packaging facility in Atglen, Pennsylvania, providing more than 100 manufacturing jobs.

Pratt Industries opened a $700 million recycled paper mill and corrugated box factory in Henderson, Kentucky, employing 325 people, with a new paper machine producing 1,500 tons of paper daily.

Pratt Industries officially opened its new $500 million paper mill and box factory in Henderson, Kentucky, across two facilities, creating over 320 jobs. The project is the largest investment in the region in more than 25 years.

Pratt Industries plans a new 496,000-square-foot corrugated box factory in Warner Robins, in Peach County, Georgia, with more than 125 jobs and over $120 million of investment. Operations are expected to begin in late 2024.

Treplar, a joint venture of Klarpet of Turkey and Triton International Enterprises of the USA, is setting up a food packaging facility in Berkeley County, WV with a total investment of $50 million and about 600 jobs by year three.

DrinkPak, a beverage manufacturer founded in 2020 in Los Angeles, is seeking incentives for two plants in Fort Worth, one in Denton County at 25001 Eagle Parkway and one in southeast Fort Worth's Carter Park East industrial park, with a combined $452 million investment and 1,000 jobs. The sites would be finished by January 2027 and January 2028.

Siemens Industry is seeking city incentives for a new advanced manufacturing plant at 7200 Harris Legacy Drive in Fort Worth, Texas, to make low-voltage switchboards and switchgear, with $133 million in building and equipment investment and up to 715 jobs by end of 2026. The Fort Worth City Council will decide on incentives Sept. 12.

A.Y. McDonald broke ground on a new brass foundry in Dickeyville, Wisconsin, expected to employ about 150 workers at initial capacity and be fully operational by summer 2026. The cost was described as nine figures but not disclosed.

Zilmet plans to open its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Georgetown County, South Carolina, investing $32.7 million and creating 50 jobs. Phase one is expected to be completed in 2024, with production starting in 2025.

Corrugated Partners Group will invest $52.7 million to establish Keystone Sheets, creating at least 80 jobs in a 420,000-square-foot facility in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The plant will produce single, double and triple wall corrugated sheets.

American Packaging Corporation held the grand opening of its 275,000-square-foot Center of Excellence flexible packaging plant in Cedar City, Utah, a $100 million facility expected to create over 135 jobs.

Hanon Systems will invest nearly $170 million and create 600 jobs by establishing a new manufacturing facility in Huntington Park, Loudon County, Tennessee. The plant will supply thermal solutions for electrified vehicles to North American automakers.

Mersen officially opened its new manufacturing facility at 795 Santa Fe Pike in Columbia, Tennessee, its 10th US location, after investing USD 70 million. The plant will produce extruded graphite, insulation felt and isostatic graphite.