ACTOM subsidiary LH Marthinusen launched an industrial fan production facility in Germiston, Gauteng, costing R32 million. The fans will support Eskom's air pre-heater infrastructure.

Busch Vacuum Solutions Africa launched its new Busch Pfeiffer Vacuum head office in Johannesburg, equipped with a service centre, Class 10,000 clean room, flow-testing and training facilities.

NETZSCH Southern Africa opened a 1,200 square metre positive displacement pump assembly centre in Durban in November 2023 to serve South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. The older Johannesburg plant will be repurposed as a sales and service centre.

Industrial valves supplier Brimis Engineering is planning a new facility in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, with a new head office and improved repair capacity, to be completed by 2023. A valve manufacturing plant in Mpumalanga is also planned long term.

KSB Pumps and Valves South Africa is constructing a new building at its KSB SupremeServ facility in Jet Park, Johannesburg, to host sales and a new valve assembly line targeting 70% local content, expected fully operational in Q4 2019.

South African packaging maker Corruseal Group has commissioned a new corrugated board plant in Cape Town, equipped with a 2.5m Fosber S/Line corrugator and converting and materials handling machinery. The article is dated 1 June 2018.

Mpact opened its new corrugated factory in Port Elizabeth on 11 April 2018, with a R100 million investment centred on a new BHS corrugator that more than doubles capacity.

Mpact officially opened its new corrugated packaging factory in Port Elizabeth on 11 April 2018. The R150 million project centers on a new corrugator supplied by German machine maker BHS and more than doubles the plant's capacity.

Nemuno Banga started operating a new cigarette filter production plant in South Africa in September 2017, initially making mono acetate and flavored filters, with capsule filters planned for early 2018.