Ball Corporation's new aluminum can manufacturing facility in Millersburg, Oregon, became operational over the summer of 2026. The site is expected to reach full capacity in 2027 and alleviate capacity constraints in the region.

SPR Packaging, a member of the Armando Alvarez Group, is opening a $100 million plastic film manufacturing plant on a 103,000-square-foot site in Greenville, Texas. A separate project record lists the construction cost as $50 million, which conflicts with the reported figure.

Atlas Copco Compressors will begin US assembly of dedicated Z range oil-free air compressors at a new 200,000-square-foot facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina, also supporting distribution and remanufacturing.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco Group, opened a 250,000-square-foot facility in Genesee County to expand US production of dry vacuum pumps for the semiconductor industry, expected to employ up to 600 people.

Dominion Packaging has expanded in Henrico with a 188,000-square-foot industrial facility at 2724 Seven Hills Boulevard, a $25 million investment expected to create over 100 new jobs.

Buckeye Corrugated (BCI) has opened a dedicated contract packaging and fulfillment facility of more than 60,000 square feet near the Port of Houston, Texas. The site offers assembly, kitting, labeling and shipping preparation alongside its corrugated manufacturing.

ITT Goulds Pumps is relocating from Southaven to a 297,000-square-foot facility at 5633 Mineral Wells Road in Memphis, Tennessee, with about $30.2 million capital investment and 57 new jobs, supported by an EDGE 10-year PILOT.

ITT Inc. plans to invest $31 million to establish a Goulds Pumps manufacturing and distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee, expected to create 57 jobs. The site will increase North American pump capacity and supports the existing Southaven, Mississippi operation.

HOERBIGER announced a new North American reciprocating compressor component manufacturing plant in Coral Springs, Florida, creating 420 jobs and a $43.1 million capital investment. The company will also retain 277 employees in Broward County. The announcement was made on August 4, 2015.

Summa America relocated to a new US headquarters and a state-of-the-art Experience Center in Indianapolis during 2024.

Alpla is building a 13,000 sq m extrusion blow moulding plant in North Las Vegas, Nevada, with capex of just over $8 million and 51 new positions. Operations are due to begin in spring 2027.

JBM Packaging has opened a 52,500-square-foot facility in Lebanon, Ohio for contract packaging, kitting and filling services, with 50 new employees.

Crawford Packaging has opened a new facility in Auburndale, Florida to support its produce packaging business in Central Florida.

Pratt (4.0 Corrugating), LLC, a subsidiary of Pratt Corrugated Holdings and part of Atlanta-based Pratt Industries, will establish its first Iowa manufacturing facility in Bondurant, approved for state tax credits. Investment and job figures were not included in the article excerpt.

Atlas Copco has broken ground on a 355,000-square-foot North American Service Center in Lancaster County, South Carolina, for warehousing and distributing compressed air equipment, industrial tools and spare parts. Operations are expected to begin in June 2027.

DrinkPAK Beverage completed its Fort Worth facility, a 1.4 million sq ft plant built by ARCO for the fast-growing contract manufacturer. The completion was reported on September 11, 2026.

Novelis, a Hindalco subsidiary, is building a 600 KT greenfield aluminium rolling and recycling plant at Bay Minette, Alabama, now expected to cost around $5 billion. About two-thirds of output is to serve North American beverage packaging, under long-term customer contracts.

Acme Equipment opened a 13,104-square-foot facility in Bismarck featuring a Kubota showroom and housing Acme Rents.

Westerman will invest $45 million to establish a new nuclear manufacturing operation in Hebron, Ohio, primarily supporting the expansion of Centrus Energy's American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon. The project will create 135 jobs.

Molded fiber food packaging maker Cirkla will invest $5 million in a new manufacturing facility in the Gainesville 85 Business Park in Hall County, Georgia, expected to create around 140 jobs over three years.

DRC Industries is investing about $4 million to establish operations in an existing facility in Columbus, Mississippi, expected to create 50 jobs with state tax incentives.

Western Steel plans a processing and fabrication facility in Fernley, Nevada, as part of state-approved projects announced on 14 August 2026. Investment and job figures for this project were not included in the article excerpt.

ALPLA Inc. plans to establish a plastic bottle manufacturing facility in Clark County, Nevada, with $8.01 million in capital investment and 51 near-term jobs. Nevada's governor's office approved $818,718 in tax abatements for the project. The approvals were announced on 14 August 2026.

UFP Packaging announced a new manufacturing facility in Cherokee County, South Carolina, with a $5.31 million investment in property, machinery and equipment to expand custom crate manufacturing. The project is expected to create 136 jobs over five years.

Axjo Group, a Sweden-based recycled plastic packaging specialist, opened a new 160,600-square-foot plant in Haltom City, Texas, and has begun producing large reels for the wire and cable sector.

Axium Packaging is expanding its Midwest presence with a new 202,000-square-foot facility in the St. Louis area, its third in Missouri. It will initially launch with extrusion blow molding and later add injection stretch blow molding.

Philip Morris International's U.S. business opened a roughly 780,000 sq ft Zyn nicotine pouch manufacturing campus in Aurora, Colorado, on 27 July 2026, with about $1 billion invested so far and $1.2 billion expected through 2028.

SIP Manufacturing, a contract beverage co-packer, is establishing operations in an existing building in Southaven, Mississippi, with corporate investment above $100 million and 187 jobs created.

Detpak, the foodservice packaging arm of Adelaide's Detmold Group, opened a 175,000-square-foot factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina, initially employing more than 50 people, with full production due in August 2026.

Detpak USA, a subsidiary of Australia's Detmold Group, will open its first US manufacturing operation in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, at a 175,000 square-foot facility on New Cut Road. The multi-million-dollar investment will create over 50 jobs, with operations expected online in August 2026.

Terravanta Power Systems, a Kaishan Group geothermal company, broke ground on a $74.5 million, 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Loxley, Alabama, making screw and turbine expander systems. The project will create 63 new jobs.

Packaging Corporation of America started operations at its new 550,000-square-foot corrugated box plant in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, a month ahead of schedule. The $275 million investment is the company's largest box plant to date.

Vert opened a 35,000-square-foot pouch and roll stock production site in Longmont, Colorado, built around HP Indigo digital printing, with pouch production starting in July 2026.

Ball began making beverage cans at its new Millersburg, Oregon production site in July 2026, with a single line producing standard cans and a full ramp-up targeted for 2027.

Profile Films plans to build a new 97,000-square-foot facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, next to its existing headquarters and production site, according to MLive. A city board approved a $5.1 million incentive for the project this week.

Grundfos held a groundbreaking on June 24, 2026, for a new 143,000 sq ft building in Brookshire, Texas, serving as its US headquarters and production expansion, scheduled for completion in 2027. It also opened the Grundfos Academy Americas training hub.

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. held a grand opening and innovation showcase for its 100,000-square-foot Reno, Nevada facility, which serves as a packaging, manufacturing and distribution hub for Northern Nevada, Northern California and the western United States.

UFP Packaging opened a new corrugated box plant in Las Vegas, Nevada during summer 2026, its first full corrugated converting manufacturer in that market, with automation and robotics. The site joins its All Boxed Up plants in Flower Mound, Texas and Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco, is finishing a USD 319 million, 240,000 sq ft dry vacuum pump factory at WNY STAMP in Alabama, New York. The plant is set to open in November 2026 with phase one capacity of up to 10,000 pumps per year.

Graham Packaging has proposed a manufacturing facility in about 215,000 square feet of a warehouse in Lee's Summit Commerce Center, with about $33.7 million of machinery and 82 jobs, and has requested a 75% five-year personal property tax abatement.

Rosenboom Machine & Tool plans to acquire and build out a new facility in Milford, Iowa, for $19.07 million, including relocated and new machining equipment. The company expects to create 78 jobs.

IMI PLC has opened a new precision engineering facility in Lake Forest, California, for severe service control valves serving the energy sector. The campus replaces the Rancho Santa Margarita site and consolidates more than 200 employees.

International Paper broke ground on May 20, 2026 on a $225 million greenfield corrugated packaging plant of 468,000 square feet in Rankin County, Mississippi. Operations are expected in the fourth quarter of 2027.

PolyFlex, part of Nefab Group, opened a two-building manufacturing and engineering campus in Wixom, Michigan, for returnable plastic packaging and protective solutions serving automotive and advanced manufacturing clients.

Poly Craft Industries opened a 72,000 sq ft flexible plastic packaging facility in Middletown, New York, costing $27 million, consolidating two Long Island locations and serving as corporate headquarters.

Azuria Water Solutions broke ground on a new $80 million, 72,000-square-foot plant in Batesville, Mississippi, to make Fusible PVC pipe. The facility is expected to create 50 jobs and be completed in early 2027.

STULZ USA announced plans to construct a new facility of about 300,000 square feet adjacent to its Denton, Texas site opened in 2025, for manufacturing and testing of air-cooled and liquid-cooled cooling solutions. The facility is expected to open in Spring 2027 and create hundreds of jobs.

Nextera Packaging has opened a new headquarters in White Bear Township, Minnesota, with a 114,000 sq ft warehouse and office facility that is 116% larger than its previous HQ.

Mondi has opened a highly automated paper bag plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consolidating production from its Wellsburg, West Virginia and Oakdale, Pennsylvania sites. After ramp-up it is expected to reach 300 million paper bags a year.

Diageo North America officially opened its 360,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehousing facility in Montgomery, Alabama on 21 April 2026. The $415 million investment creates 100 full-time jobs and serves the Southern U.S. region.