KYOCERA SENCO Industrial Tools plans to expand its Cincinnati, Ohio, facility with new manufacturing equipment and robotic automation, creating 37 jobs.

Summit Products plans to add 30,080 square feet to its existing Altoona facility with robotics, automation, laser work center and metal panel bending equipment. The $5.73 million investment is expected to create 21 jobs, supported by $193,000 in state tax credits.

RIDGID, part of Emerson, completed a 30,000 sq ft press jaw manufacturing expansion at its Elyria, Ohio headquarters with robotic systems and milling machines. The investment doubles annual jaw set production capacity and cuts lead time by 30 days.

BBP, a Louisiana automation solutions manufacturer, is building a new facility at its Baton Rouge headquarters with a $4.2 million investment. The project will create 75 direct jobs over 10 years and retain 51 positions.

Westrock Coffee plans to invest over $300 million and create 600 new jobs over five years at its development, production, packaging and distribution facility in Conway, Arkansas, with the facility using advanced robotics.

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.

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.

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.

Autonomous military and aerospace solutions provider Gen3 Defense & Aerospace will expand into a larger facility in Kent County, Michigan, with an $8.69 million capital investment and 269 new jobs, supported by a $1 million state grant.

Emerson will invest more than $100 million in Boulder, Colorado, to expand manufacturing space by nearly 180,000 square feet and open a new innovation center for advanced flow measurement products.

SMC Corporation of America plans to break ground in summer 2018 on a 1.0 million square-foot warehouse at its North American headquarters in Noblesville, Indiana, estimated at $67.8 million. The project is projected to add 92 jobs within five years.

SMC is investing an estimated USD 67.8 million in a new warehouse adjacent to its North American headquarters in Noblesville, Indiana, increasing warehouse space by 30% and production capacity and adding 92 jobs over five years.

Festo US plans to invest about $90 million to expand its service and manufacturing center in Mason, Ohio by 350,000 sq ft, tripling production, logistics and training capacity. Construction is due in two phases through 2024 and the company plans to hire 350 workers.

Emerson will invest $15 million to expand production at its Rosemount measurement and analytical equipment facilities in Chanhassen, Minnesota, creating 80 manufacturing and support jobs over three years, supported by state grants.

Emerson will invest $15 million to renovate its Chanhassen, Minnesota manufacturing facility, converting 30,000 square feet of offices into production space for Rosemount measurement equipment and hiring 80 workers over three years.

Emerson is expanding its ASCO operations in Aiken, South Carolina, with more than $8 million of capital investment and 86 new jobs. The site will consolidate regional cylinder, motion control and accessory product lines.