Sulzer Pumps Solutions, a subsidiary of Swiss Sulzer Ltd, will invest $5.3 million to expand its manufacturing operations at its Easley plant on Ahlstrom Way in Pickens County, South Carolina, to add new product lines and create 25 jobs.

Kronospan plans a new oriented strand board manufacturing plant on its 460-acre site in Oxford, Alabama, with a $350 million investment creating 125 new jobs. Oxford City Council approved tax abatements for the project, and groundbreaking is slated for later in 2023.

Domtar's Engineered Absorbent Materials facility in Jesup, Georgia completed a $90 million project adding an airlaid production line and 75 jobs, celebrated with a ribbon-cutting on May 23, 2023.

Georgia-Pacific and Dixie completed a $145 million expansion of their Darlington plant, which now makes more Dixie plates and bowls and includes a new distribution center and printer. A ribbon-cutting is planned for the end of May 2023.

Bauer Compressors is expanding its Norfolk, Virginia location and will add 47 new jobs.

Beverage and liquid packaging co-packer BEC Co-Packers will invest $2.5 million to expand in St. Tammany Parish, buying a long-vacant building on Highway 11 in Slidell for production and warehousing. The expansion could create up to 150 jobs, with a fourth production line planned to open this summer.

BorgWarner plans to invest $42 million to expand its Seneca, South Carolina facility, adding 3GWh of annual battery module capacity and about 122 jobs over three years. Expansion begins in Q2 2023 with completion expected in the first half of 2024.

Pleasant Prairie approved site and operational plans for a roughly 50,000-square-foot addition to LMI Packaging's facility. LMI plans to start construction in May 2023 and finish in November, and expects employment to rise to 200 or 300 full-time.

TPC Printing & Packaging plans a $21 million expansion in East Ridge, Tennessee, adding a 60,000 square foot building connected to its existing plant and more than 90 new jobs. The building is expected to be operational in October 2023.

Paragon Films held a groundbreaking in April 2023 for a 70,000-square-foot expansion of its stretch film plant in Taylorsville, North Carolina.

Charter Next Generation plans a 200,000-square-foot specialty film expansion in Milton, Wisconsin, as part of a broader $270 million investment in Wisconsin.

Berry Global began a 25,000 sq ft expansion of its Lewisburg, Tennessee stretch film facility, adding cast lines and 10 jobs, for completion by early 2024.

Crown Beverage Packaging is starting up a new module at its Mankato aluminum can plant that should increase end-making capacity by 65%. The plant supplies customers including Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Schell's Beer.

Lexair Inc. will expand its Lexington, Kentucky operations with an $8.5 million investment, adding 35,000 square feet and creating 14 full-time jobs. The announcement was made on March 15, 2023.

Canned beverage maker DrinkPAK is adding a third production line capable of 2,200 cans per minute at its campus on Needham Ranch Parkway in Santa Clarita Valley, California. The expansion will require up to 80 new hires by April 2023.

Danone North America will invest up to $65 million over two years at its Jacksonville facility to add a new bottle production line. The expansion will create 40 new jobs at the plant, which employs 110 people.

Clow Valve won Oskaloosa City Council approval for its application to the Iowa High Quality Jobs Program and tax exemption for a $75 million expansion at its Oskaloosa plant. The planned expansion covers 36,000 square feet.

Poclain invested $25 million in capital expenditure over two years at its Yorkville, Wisconsin plant, including a building extension and new motor and pump assembly line to meet demand.

PDM US announced a $18.5 million investment to expand its Rock Hill, South Carolina production facility, which will become its world headquarters and create 25 new jobs, with completion expected by April 2023.

Bobcat Company completed a $9.3 million investment in automated punch press technology at its Gwinner, North Dakota plant, built with AP&T North America, and added $1.2 million in building upgrades. The new line began production and is expected to more than double press capacity.

Georgia-Pacific is investing $30 million to modernize its corrugated plant in Owosso, Michigan, with a new corrugator, converter and other equipment that adds double wall capability. Installation has begun and first production is expected by the end of February 2023.

Trivium Packaging is finalizing a decision on two new lines at its Youngstown plant, which would add 93 jobs. Ohio approved an estimated $725,000 tax credit for the project, which competes with New York and Virginia; the company expects to decide by March 31.

Trivium Packaging is investing $51 million in two new aluminum monobloc production lines at its Youngstown site, adding 93 jobs to meet demand in aerosol and beverage markets.

Nestlé Health Science will invest $43 million to add two production lines at its Eau Claire, Wisconsin factory, making Boost and Carnation Breakfast Essentials ready-to-drink products. The expansion will add 60 jobs.

Helios Technologies is expanding its Daman Products plant in Mishawaka, Indiana by 50,000 square feet and adding a significant number of employees. The site will become a Center of Excellence for North American manifold operations, with relocation expected by Q3 2023.

Hollingsworth & Vose will invest $40.2 million to expand its Floyd County, Virginia facility by over 28,000 square feet for new production equipment, creating 25 new jobs. Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the project on 3 January 2023.

General Machine and Tool Company will invest $3.7 million to expand manufacturing at its headquarters in Elizabethton, Tennessee, creating 25 new jobs in Carter County. The expansion follows its acquisition by Cinco Research Corporation in February 2022.

NOVAIR USA plans to invest more than $1 million and add 12 jobs at its North Tonawanda, New York plant to expand oxygen and nitrogen generator manufacturing, including moving some production from America Energy in Miami.

Michigan Automotive Compressor (MACI), a Toyota Industries and DENSO joint venture, plans a $82 million investment to install new production processes at its Parma facility to produce electric vehicle technology products, retaining 241 jobs.

Sappi will invest about $418 million to convert the No. 2 paper machine at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine to produce solid bleached sulphate board, nearly doubling machine capacity to 470,000 tons per year by early 2025.

Rheem announced a $20 million expansion of its Fort Smith plant, adding 100 jobs and production capacity, along with a training and innovation center.

HVA expanded its factory with additional staff, a new warehouse and new machinery including a Mazak milling line, almost doubling its milling capacity. The article is undated and the date shown is the article date.

Airxcel broke ground on a 125,000-square-foot expansion of its Maxxair and Coleman-Mach facility in Wichita, Kansas, to centralize RV air conditioner production and warehousing. Phase 2 office expansion is set to begin in 2023.

ORBIS Corporation broke ground on an expansion of its Urbana, Ohio manufacturing plant, adding 30% more space and more presses and tools for reusable totes, bulk containers and pallets. The expansion targets completion in Q2 2023 and plans 40-50 additional jobs over three years.

T/CCI Manufacturing will invest over $20 million to retool its Decatur, Illinois facility for electric compressor manufacturing, creating more than 50 new jobs and retaining 103 positions, backed by Illinois REV tax incentives.

Novolex is investing $10 million to expand plastic bag and polyethylene film recycling capacity at its North Vernon, Indiana facility, producing up to 28 million pounds of recycled content per year.

Riviana Foods will invest $80.6 million to expand and renovate its processing and packaging plant in Memphis, Tennessee, adding about 80 full-time jobs and new production for ready-to-serve pouches. Construction is expected to begin in Q1 2023, with new capacity from Q1 2024.

Parker Hannifin is investing to expand its Gas Turbine Fuel Systems division plant in Mentor, Ohio, expected to create 60 full-time jobs and $4.6 million in annual payroll. The expansion also retains $14.8 million in existing payroll.

The Schenectady County Metroplex Development Authority approved a two-phase expansion of E/One's Niskayuna, New York site. Phase one is a $6 million, 27,250 sq ft manufacturing and R&D addition, and it is projected to create 30 jobs over five years.

Imaflex USA, the US arm of Montréal-based Imaflex, will invest up to $15 million and add 37 jobs for a building expansion and equipment at its Thomasville plant in Davidson County, North Carolina.

The Mount Vernon Municipal Planning Commission approved Sanoh America's plan to add a 75,000 square foot addition, a 25% increase in floor space, to its Industrial Park Drive plant. The company plans to add 32 machines from an Alabama plant and expects to hire 60-plus people.

Festo is expanding its Technology Engineering Center at the Mason, Ohio campus, with the expansion expected to be complete by the end of September 2022.

Greif will invest $13 million over five years to modernize and expand production capacity at its Taylors, Greenville County facility, which makes spiral tubes and cores from recycled paperboard, with completion expected in November.

Chemours is increasing its Opteon YF ultra-low GWP refrigerant production by 40% at its Ingleside, Texas facility through an $80 million project. The expansion is aimed at meeting growing customer demand.

Pepsi Bottling Ventures will invest $35 million to add a new bottling line at its Winston-Salem, North Carolina production facility, expected to be operational by the end of 2024. The line will serve Aquafina, Lipton Tea and Nature's Twist.

Skjodt-Barrett Contract Packaging is expanding its Lebanon, Indiana facility with a 340,000 square foot addition, adding production lines and freezer space at an estimated $58 million capital investment. The expansion is expected to create 90 jobs.

Welch Packaging reported an expansion of its Indianapolis operations with a new 98-inch Fosber corrugator. The announcement was made in July 2022.

MFP Automation Engineering, a fluid power and automation company, is investing $824,013 in a 10,000-square-foot expansion of warehousing and office space at its existing facility in Jamestown Charter Township, Michigan. The expansion is expected to create five new jobs.

Ampco Pumps broke ground on a 17,000 square foot addition to its Glendale, Wisconsin manufacturing facility, including a new lab for its Applied Products division and expanded pump assembly areas.

Molson Coors began construction of a 200,000 sq ft variety pack warehouse adjacent to its Fort Worth brewery, a $65 million project designed by Hixson. Completion is expected by the end of 2022.