T/CCI Manufacturing will convert a 200,000-square-foot former Borg-Warner factory in Decatur, Illinois into a center making cooling devices for electric vehicles, with more than $20 million of investment and 50 added jobs. The company will also set up a climate innovation center with Richland Community College.

Delavan Ag Pumps, a division of Delavan Fluid Power, plans a manufacturing facility in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky, with a $2.3 million investment creating 30 full-time jobs. Operations are expected to start in October.

Bryce Corporation held a groundbreaking for a new manufacturing facility in Searcy, Arkansas, part of an $80 million investment that will create 142 jobs. The groundbreaking took place on August 23, 2022.

Festo U.S. announced a new Global Production Center at its 47-acre campus in Mason, Ohio, scheduled to begin production by year end 2022, its first such center in North America.

Rand-Whitney held a beam signing and topping-off ceremony for its largest corrugated packaging facility in Boylston, Massachusetts, built with PROCON as design-builder. The plant is due to open in spring 2023 with capacity of 350 million boxes annually.

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group has added a Houston, Texas facility that manufactures and delivers ambient air vaporizers, now operational with customer deliveries underway.

Premier Tech is investing $33 million in a 165,000-square-foot facility in Montgomery, Alabama, for its Systems and Automation group, serving as its US headquarters. Operations start gradually from March 2023.

Modine Manufacturing has begun full-scale production of data center chillers at its new facility in Rockbridge, Virginia, operating under the Airedale by Modine brand.

Mettler-Toledo Rainin bought a new facility in Vacaville, California for $20.25 million at the end of June 2022 and plans to open it there. The announcement was reported on July 14, 2022.

Anduril Industries will invest $60 million in a new manufacturing and research facility at 1435 Hills Place Northwest in Atlanta, Georgia, creating more than 180 jobs in Fulton County over three years. The site will house Area-I, its unmanned aircraft systems subsidiary.

O-I Glass broke ground on a glass container plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with a multiphase investment of up to $240 million creating up to 140 jobs; the project was first announced in July 2022.

German packaging maker Papier-Mettler acquired an industrial building in Moorefield, West Virginia, in May and will invest $48 million to create up to 100 jobs there, its first US production plant.

Kruger Packaging's Elizabethtown team produced the first sheets of corrugated paper at its soon-to-open corrugated box plant, with construction continuing toward completion. The milestone was reported on June 27, 2022.

Wilo SE officially opened its Wilo USA headquarters in Cedarburg with a 244,000-square-foot building that expands manufacturing and production, after a ribbon-cutting on June 21, 2022.

Keiding, Inc., a Milwaukee-based maker of molded pulp protective packaging, is opening a second factory at N90 W14507 Commerce Drive in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, creating 20 manufacturing jobs. The facility is expected to open in November 2023.

Sprinkles Donut Shop is investing $606,998 in a new 10,919-square-foot central industrial kitchen at 3453 Quincy Street in Jamestown Charter Township, Michigan. The kitchen is expected to directly create 10 new jobs and enable wholesale production.

Illinois-based Rockford Spring Company will invest $10.3 million to locate new manufacturing operations in an existing facility at 1100 Garrett Parkway in Lewisburg, Marshall County, Tennessee, creating 62 jobs. The announcement was made on June 16, 2022.

Canpack marked the steel framing completion of its 862,000 sq ft aluminium beverage can plant in Monroe Township, Muncie, Indiana, with plant operations expected in Q4 2022. The $380 million facility is expected to employ about 345 people.

Pratt Industries, through subsidiary Pratt Corrugated Holdings, will locate a Regional Manufacturing & Innovation Center in Cedar Hill, Texas. The company will invest more than $200 million and employ 150 full-time workers.

Eastey, a shrink-packaging equipment maker owned by Engage Technologies, moved its sealer and tunnel manufacturing into a 50,000 sq ft building in Big Lake, Minnesota, announced June 1, 2022.

Manna Capital Partners will build and operate an aluminum can sheet rolling mill and recycling center in Los Lunas, New Mexico, in alliance with Ball Corporation, which will sign a long-term supply agreement and take a minority equity stake in the mill.

Marotta Controls opened a 50,000 sq ft Parsippany, New Jersey office and development lab, moving executive and business functions there while keeping production in Montville.

Korean piping manufacturer COSMOIND Co. will invest more than $12.8 million to build its first North American campus, a 128,000 sq ft facility in Middlesex, Nash County, North Carolina, creating 168 jobs. The announcement was made May 10, 2022.

M&M Carnot has begun building industrial transcritical CO2 refrigeration systems in a new leased 25,000 sq ft factory in Federalsburg, Maryland, with a further 25,000 sq ft planned.

Nashville Box has started manufacturing at its 100,000-square-foot corrugated box plant in Lebanon, Tennessee, after installing converting lines, announced May 2022.

Girard Equipment has established a new all-in-one headquarters in Vero Beach, Florida, housing its expanded foundry, machine shop, assembly lines and offices. The move is presented as a way to gain efficiencies and keep prices stable amid inflation.

NETZSCH Pumps North America opened a new Houston facility to assemble and test its positive displacement pumps and downhole pumps and grinders for regional oil and gas and water treatment customers. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was scheduled for May 4, 2022.

East Jordan Plastics, a horticultural container maker, will invest over $44 million in a new 255,500 sq ft facility in Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia, creating 80 jobs.

NSI, a Tigard, Oregon supplier of gas and chemical equipment to semiconductor makers, is moving to a newly built 62,000 square foot plant in Sherwood, quadrupling its factory space this year.

Link Manufacturing opened its 50,000 square foot Plant 4 manufacturing and training facility on its Sioux Center, Iowa campus. The plant is now the manufacturing core for its air management and suspension control products and adds 50 local staff.

Rand-Whitney held a groundbreaking for a 384,000 square foot packaging facility in Boylston, Massachusetts, designed and built with PROCON. When fully operational it will be able to produce 300 million boxes annually.

Tark inc., a maker of pumps and cooling systems, held a ribbon cutting on April 14, 2022 for a new 50,735 square foot facility on Byers Road in Miamisburg, Ohio, moving from Washington Township. The site adds 20,000 square feet of production space and may create up to 3 new positions.

Saica Group started corrugated packaging production at its new 360,000 square-foot plant in Hamilton, Ohio, its first U.S. corrugated plant. The plant has capacity over 1,500 MSF/year and is part of a $800 million U.S. investment plan; about 500 jobs are expected.

Saica Pack started up its first US box plant, a 360,000 sq ft greenfield facility in Hamilton, Ohio, in April 2022. It currently runs one shift with 32 employees and targets 140m sqm of corrugated board per year by 2029.

Georgia-based Pratt Industries leased 1 million square feet in Hillwood's High Point 67 business park in Cedar Hill, Texas, for a new plant and shipping center. The company plans to create 150 jobs and invest more than $200 million.

Italian metal packaging maker Fanti USA started building renovations for its first U.S. production facility at the Half Moon Industrial Park in Weirton, West Virginia, on March 30, 2022. The $30 million project is expected to create an initial 40 full-time jobs.

Italian packaging company Gruppo Fanti held a groundbreaking for its first US production site in Weirton, Brooke County, West Virginia, investing $30 million to make metal packaging containers and creating 40 jobs.

Haskell converted a vacant warehouse in Plainfield, Illinois into the Lincolnway facility for Diageo, with two high-speed can lines capable of 25 million cases of RTD products per year.

Quality Valve is relocating its corporate headquarters and distribution warehouse to a new Mobile site at 1541 East I-65 Service Road South, a million-dollar investment giving 70 percent more space.

Niagara Bottling plans a new production facility in Opelika's Northeast Industrial Park, Alabama, with an estimated $112 million investment and 50 initial jobs, as announced by Governor Kay Ivey.

Kruger Packaging plans to invest $114.2 million in an operation in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, producing corrugated boxes for the food and beverage sector, creating 150 jobs. The deal was supported by an LG&E and KU Opportunity Kentucky grant.

Edwards announced a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona, to support North American semiconductor demand for vacuum and abatement solutions. The facility is expected to create about 200 jobs.

Diageo opened Diageo Lincolnway, a 225,000 square-foot canning plant with two high-speed can lines in Plainfield, Illinois, with an investment of about $110 million and 50 full-time jobs.

Austin-based craft beverage packaging maker American Canning signed a long-term lease for a 154,786-square-foot facility at Park 183 in Southeast Austin for a new plant and headquarters. The expansion is planned for 2022.

Delmarva Corrugated Packaging has selected Dover, Delaware for a new $91 million corrugated box plant employing 159 people, replacing its New Jersey facility. The plant will have capacity of 75 tractor trailer loads per day when fully staffed.

McKinley Packaging, a subsidiary of Bio Pappell, is building a box manufacturing plant of over half a million square feet on East Pleasant Run in Lancaster, Texas. The more than $35 million facility will add 125 jobs and is scheduled for completion at the end of 2022.

WestRock plans a new corrugated boxing plant in Longview, Cowlitz County, double the size of its current facility, to be built by the end of 2023. The company cites growing demand from regional customers in the Pacific Northwest.

Titan Steel Door will invest more than $11 million to open a new manufacturing facility of over 145,000 square feet in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia. The expansion will create 90 new jobs and add detention steel door, frame, wall and ceiling production.

XNRGY, a custom air handling manufacturer, announced a new 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Greater Phoenix area that will serve as its U.S. headquarters. The estimated $300 million investment is expected to create more than 900 jobs over time.

The BoxMaker began production at a new 62,000 sq ft plant in Lowell, Arkansas, making digitally printed custom corrugated boxes and retail displays, as part of a multimillion-dollar investment that doubles its capacity.