GE Vernova announced plans to invest more than $160 million and hire more than 650 new employees at its Greenville, South Carolina gas turbine factory. The investment supports capacity growth, quality, industrialization and new hydrogen testing capabilities.

RTX's Pratt & Whitney plans a $285 million investment to expand its Buncombe County jet engine parts operations, expected to create 325 jobs from 2026 over five years, supported by a $4.2 million state JDIG grant.

Smurfit Westrock OnWell signed a five-year lease for about 5,200 square metres at Värjan 13 in Berga, Helsingborg, with move-in during 2025 to add production capacity.

Zhejiang Shihua Valve Co. started construction of its Future Super Smart Factory in Wenzhou Bay New District, with total investment above 1 billion yuan. The project expands its valve production, with planned annual output of 50,000 sets of high-end valves, and was reported on 21 January 2025.

Mauser Packaging Solutions added new equipment at its Haiyan, China facility to manufacture UN-certified intermediate bulk containers using recycled plastic. The expansion was announced on 21 January 2025 and no value was given.

Filling and closing machine maker groninger USA will invest $15.1 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Charlotte's Steele Creek submarket, creating 60 new jobs.

Propak received its first 2025 support decision from the Suwalki Special Economic Zone to increase production capacity at its existing paper and cardboard packaging plant in Augustow, Poland.

Irving Consumer Products announced a USD 600 million Phase 3 expansion at its Macon, Georgia tissue mill, adding 100 jobs, a third ThruAir Drying machine, converting lines and an automated warehouse.

Packaging company Envases Universales will invest $50 million to expand its plant in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, creating an estimated 150 direct and 200 indirect jobs.

Food service packaging maker Genpak LLC announced it will invest $6.69 million to expand its Scottsburg facility, expecting to add 45 jobs by 2028.

Swiss company Bourquin SA commissioned a new corrugated cardboard machine from BHS Corrugated at its Oensingen site on November 19, 2024, increasing production capacity by up to 30% and adding a photovoltaic system.

Sanden is investing €68 million in a new assembly line for electric-vehicle automotive compressors at its Tinténiac site in Brittany, with 17% financed by the French state under France 2030. The line is being installed since autumn 2024.

Suzhou Newway Valve announced plans for its subsidiary Newway Fluid Control to build a second-phase expansion with a plant of about 20,000 square meters and at least two new industrial valve production lines, with investment of at least CNY 500 million, subject to shareholder approval.

Heat pump maker Stiebel Eltron plans to invest up to EUR 72 million in its Holzminden plant to expand production of air-to-water heat pumps, receiving a grant of up to EUR 10.8 million; the grant notice was handed over on 8 January 2025.

Orora has committed roughly AUD 130 million to expand can production capacity at its Rocklea facility in Queensland, adding a new 375ml classic can line that will raise Cans capacity by more than 30% together with other projects. Installation is expected by late FY26.

SAMSON received official approval to build and operate an electroplating unit at its new site in Offenbach, Germany, adding over 30% capacity for valve surface treatment. The unit is part of the MainChange headquarters relocation from Frankfurt, a project with about EUR 400M total investment.

SharpCell Oy installed an airlaid nonwoven production line in Valkeakoski, Finland last year, doubling its airlaid capacity. The line was originally built by Anpap Oy in 2020 and acquired from Ascutec Sales UG & Co. KG.

Engineered Foam Packaging announced a $31.5 million project to enlarge its Browntown Road plant in Bishopville, South Carolina by 200,000 square feet. The state granted a $750,000 infrastructure grant to Lee County.

Meerut Packaging, a corrugated packaging maker with a 22-acre plant in Mussorie village near Meerut, India, plans to expand into litho-laminated and monocartons.

KZTA - Kazakhstan Pipeline Valve Plant completed a comprehensive production modernization with financing from the Industrial Development Fund JSC, aiming to raise capacity from 4,500 to 45,000 pipeline valves and create 150 new jobs.

Corruempaques, a corrugated cardboard box maker, inaugurated an expansion of its plant in the Parque Industrial Querétaro, adding a 17,000 m² facility for storage and production that will generate 300 new jobs.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems is expanding and modernizing its Gerabronn, Germany plant over about two and a half years. Work includes a new assembly hall for customer-specific systems, modernized solenoid valve production and more storage, with the second phase starting in March 2025.

Mondi completed a EUR 90 million modernization of its Mondi Warsaw corrugated packaging plant in Mszczonów, near Warsaw, doubling production capacity and making it the largest corrugated packaging plant in Poland. The upgrade was marked at an event hosted for Polish manufacturers.

Mitsubishi Electric will invest US$143.5 million to retrofit its Maysville, Kentucky factory to make variable-speed heat pump compressors, with production targeted for October 2027 and initial annual capacity of 1,000,000 compressors. The U.S. Department of Energy is providing a $50 million award.

Opus Packaging Florence is expanding into a 50,000 square foot property adjacent to its current facility at 1131 Edwards Circle in Florence, South Carolina, to increase corrugated products manufacturing.

Constantia Tobepal announced a €14.1 million investment in a new tandem extruder at its Burgos facility in Spain to boost pharmaceutical and food packaging capacity. The line is expected to be fully operational by mid-2026.

Newsway Valve Co., Ltd. has completed an expansion of its class 900 check valve factory, adding production capacity and quality control enhancements for oil and gas, petrochemical and power customers. No location, investment amount or job figures are given.

NUPI Americas will expand its Early Branch facility in Hampton County with a $7 million investment, doubling the site size to add fitting production and 30 jobs. Operations are expected to be online in 2028.

Green Bay Packaging confirmed a about $1 billion expansion of its Arkansas Kraft mill in Morrilton, Arkansas, with groundbreaking on June 3, 2025. The project, first announced in December 2024, is expected to add 35 jobs and could more than double mill production capacity.

Flexible packaging and pouch manufacturer Global Packaging Solutions grew by 25,000 square feet in Albemarle, North Carolina, adding 10 jobs with a state building reuse grant of $80,000.

Contract food packaging company Econo-Pak announced a 125,000-square-foot addition to its 200,000-square-foot facility in Milford, Pennsylvania, for packaging automation and expanded storage.

Bischof+Klein extended its clean room extrusion facility at Lengerich, Germany, with new blown film extrusion lines for packaging films, commissioned from December 2024 onward.

DS Smith announced a €34.4m investment at its Füzesabony, Nagykáta and Győr sites in Hungary, aiming to raise manufacturing capacity by over 40%, with completion expected by April 2026.

Neuman & Esser inaugurated an expanded plant in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, producing containerized low-carbon hydrogen generators and compressors. The new 3,500 m² factory is four times larger than the previous one, with capacity of up to 70 MW/year and about 200 jobs created.

Spanish pump and valve maker Inoxpa has invested EUR 13.5 million to expand its factory in Pune, India, which employs 340 workers and makes 70% of its catalogue.

Hinojosa Packaging Group is rebuilding its PM 1 paper machine at Alquería, Spain with supplier Voith, raising containerboard output about 19% to 128,000 tons per year. The shutdown and restart are scheduled for Q1 2026.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announced a planned £42.3m investment in a new 38-metre automated storage and retrieval system warehouse at its Wakefield site, adding 29,500 pallets of capacity. The build will take two and a half years.

LESER GmbH & Co. KG began construction of a 15,000 square metre production building in Hohenwestedt, Schleswig-Holstein, investing €41.3 million to expand its safety valve factory. Completion is planned for early 2026.

Irving Tissue plans to spend $600 million to expand its tissue paper mill in Macon, Georgia, adding 100 jobs. The company says the mill is currently selling all of its output.

Coveris is investing in its Winsford, Cheshire polyethylene extrusion site, adding a nine-layer blown EVOH barrier film line, a cast stretch film line and a 5,000-pallet warehouse. The cast line is set to start production in December 2024 and the warehouse is expected to be fully operational by the end of Q1 2025.

Irving Tissue will invest nearly $600 million in an expansion at its Macon, Georgia facility, adding a third ThruAir Dry paper machine, converting lines and an automated warehouse, and at least 100 new jobs.

Mondi started up a new extrusion line at Mondi Coating Štětí in the Czech Republic, part of a wider investment including a new production building, coating and slitting machinery, to expand FunctionalBarrier Papers output.

Swiss company Bourquin SA put a new state-of-the-art corrugated cardboard machine into operation at its Oensingen site on November 19, 2024, as part of an investment package to raise capacity and productivity.

Xinchang Youjia Machinery is carrying out a technical upgrade in Xinchang County, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, to produce 30 million valve seats a year for solenoid and expansion valves. The project has a stated investment of 28.5 million yuan and is under main construction, with completion planned for Q4 2026.

Carrier began construction on a rotor compressor project in Baoshan district, Shanghai, on November 15, 2024, with a total investment of 200 million yuan to add a production line at its existing base.

Poclain is investing 1.3 million euros to set up a pump assembly line at its Pondicherry, India plant, part of adding local hydraulic pump production in the USA, China and India. The announcement was published on 14 November 2024.

Hitachi Energy inaugurated a new 3,300 sq m factory in Smedjebacken, Sweden, to increase production of HVDC power electronic valves and power quality solutions. The factory began construction in early 2024 and was opened on 14 November 2024.

Italian packaging maker Scotton SpA has recently installed a new 1.8m Quantum corrugator at its Borso del Grappa, Treviso plant to improve board quality and output.

Bürkert laid the foundation stone on 4 November 2024 for a three-phase modernisation and expansion of its Gerabronn plant, covering assembly, solenoid valve production and storage. Work is scheduled to take about two and a half years.

Welspun Tubular LLC, a subsidiary of Welspun Corp, announced a $100 million investment to expand and upgrade its pipe portfolio at its Little Rock, Arkansas plant, adding 175 jobs with production expected from Q1 2026.