Armstrong International has secured a European Commission Innovation Fund grant to accelerate expansion of its Herstal, Belgium manufacturing facility for high-temperature heat pumps. The grant amount was not disclosed.

Conner Industries, a Texas-based protective packaging provider, is expanding its Guardian Packaging facility in Dallas by 53% to 100,000 square feet, partly to serve government and Department of Defense contracts.

Tyoga Container, a corrugated box manufacturer, has completed a $30 million expansion of its Tioga, Pennsylvania facility, adding five new corrugated converting lines and about 144,000 square feet of space. The state budget awarded the company $1.5 million for the project.

Rumopak plans to double aerosol can production to 288 million cans a year by building a new production complex with three technology lines in Vyazma, Smolensk region, with an investment of nearly 500 million rubles. The investor has received a construction permit and is preparing to start building, according to the governor.

Huhtamäki Oyj is expanding its fiber lid production capacity at its Lurgan site in Northern Ireland. The article provides few details beyond the headline.

Kejia Valve has started preparations for a technical renovation and expansion project in Hexian, Anhui, to build an intelligent casting line with annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes of precision valves and fittings. Total investment is 120 million yuan, with construction planned over 12 months.

Buffalo Pumps, a subsidiary of Ampco-Pittsburgh, plans a $10.6 million expansion of its 874 Oliver Road plant in North Tonawanda, New York, to double manufacturing capacity and create 20 new jobs. The company makes centrifugal pumps for U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships and commercial customers.

Graham Packaging is investing $35 million to expand and modernize its Hammond production facility in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, acquiring advanced equipment and upskilling its workforce. The company expects to retain more than 100 positions, with all enhancements completed by 2027.

Packaging group Innova Group has recently acquired new land at its Erbè (Verona) plant with the intention of expanding the existing production site. No investment amount was given.

Danfoss Turbocor completed Project Horizon, its largest expansion in Tallahassee, Florida, including a new 145,000 sq ft manufacturing facility built by Sperry Construction. The $60 million project will let Danfoss make over 14,000 compressors per year, doubling current capacity.

Mondi completed a €95 million investment at its Świecie containerboard mill in Poland, rebuilding paper machines PM2 and PM5 and adding 55,000 tonnes per annum of kraftliner capacity, with the project finished in June 2024.

Orora plans to invest $130 million to increase can production at its Rocklea site in Queensland by more than 30%, following its planned divestment of Orora Packaging Solutions.

DS Smith Hellas has completed a €17.6 million upgrade of its Korinthos corrugated packaging factory in Greece, including a new Fosber corrugator and printing equipment. The upgrade raises the plant's production capacity by 30%.

Coveris is investing £5 million in its St Neots packaging facility in Cambridgeshire, UK, to scale up recyclable food-to-go packaging production. The expansion starts in October 2024 and is due for completion in Q1 2025.

Arnest Packaging Solutions launched a new aluminium can-lid production line at its Naro-Fominsk plant in Moscow Oblast, with investment above 1.4 billion rubles. The line will let the plant produce more than 7 billion aluminium lids per year.

Coveris announced a £5 million investment to triple the production space of its St Neots, Cambridgeshire, food-to-go packaging site from 1,000 to 3,158 square metres. The project starts this month and is expected to complete in Q1 2025.

Arnest Packaging Solutions has started expanding its Ulyanovsk beverage-can plant in the Zavolzhye industrial park, with a third line due by end-2025 and a possible fourth in 2026. The investment will exceed 20 billion rubles and double capacity to 3 billion aluminum cans a year.

Johnson Controls is expanding its Holme heat pump and chiller facility near Aarhus, Denmark, adding 2,300 square meters of production capacity and a customer and test center. The investment is expected to create over 100 jobs and be completed by early 2026.

Alleima will invest about SEK 330 million to reopen and upgrade a steam generator tube plant in Sandviken, Sweden, raising capacity by about 60%. Production starts from late 2026 and about 90 jobs will be created.

Coca-Cola Consolidated has announced a $25 million expansion at its West Memphis, Arkansas production facility, adding in-house blow molding of bottles and more than 25 jobs. Output is to rise from 26 million to 29 million cases a year.

Carton Service is expanding its liquid packaging production facility in Shelby, Ohio, with over $10 million in new printing, sealing and lab equipment and plans to add 20% more staff.

Plastics specialist Auer GmbH plans a fourth production hall with an attached picking hall at its headquarters technology park in Amerang, Germany, with construction possibly starting in 2026.

German folding carton producer Faller Packaging will expand its folding carton and packaging insert production capacity and has taken over the real property of the former All4Labels plant in Gebesee near Erfurt. The article is dated September 25, 2024.

GE Vernova is expanding its existing Stafford manufacturing sites to double HVDC valve manufacturing capacity and upgrade HVDC converter transformer production, and is hiring additional engineers and skilled staff.

Copeland announced a ₹500 crore (US$60 million) investment in India to expand its Atit, Maharashtra manufacturing facility and build a new 15,000 square meter global R&D center in Pune. The Pune plant will grow by 7,350 square meters over five years, adding scroll compressor capacity.

The Pomorska Special Economic Zone approved a support decision for Flexopack Polska to expand production capacity of its flexible packaging materials at Tragamin, Malbork commune.

Carton Service CSI is investing more than $10 million to expand its liquid packaging production facility in Shelby, Ohio, adding new printing, skiving and sealing equipment and a packaging laboratory, plus 20% more staff.

Johnson Controls is expanding production at its Izmir, Türkiye plant with a three-million-dollar investment that triples capacity for commercial heat pumps serving European customers.

KSB USA/North America, a subsidiary of Germany-based KSB Group, will invest $25 million to expand its Henrico County, Virginia pump and valve facility, more than doubling its square footage and creating 32 new jobs.

Sanhua Vietnam, a subsidiary of Sanhua Holding Group, inaugurated the second phase of its air conditioning valve factory at An Duong Industrial Park in Hai Phong on September 4, 2024. The second phase received US$60 million of investment in 2023.

KSB USA/North America will invest $25 million to expand its Henrico County, Virginia facility, more than doubling its square footage with a new loading dock office and upgraded shipping and common areas. The expansion will create 32 new jobs, and the groundbreaking was announced by Governor Glenn Youngkin.

Orora intends to bring forward A$130 million of capital investment to expand its Cans capacity at Rocklea, Queensland, which it says will increase Cans capacity by more than 30%.

Hi-Tech Pipes will spend Rs 800 crore over the next two and a half years to raise production volumes to 2 million tonnes, adding about 1 million tonnes, with new value-added capacity including a facility in Sanand, Gujarat.

Norway-based Elopak announced in September 2024 an additional $25 million investment to add a second production line at its new Little Rock, Arkansas carton plant, its first U.S. production site.

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases broke ground on an expansion of its Wurzen, Saxony facility on August 29, 2024, nearly doubling its European manufacturing capacity. The site will make cryogenic pumps, heat exchangers and hydrogen fueling skids.

Tetra Pak Binh Duong Joint Stock Company held a groundbreaking ceremony for a factory expansion at VSIP IIA Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province, adding nearly 6,000 m² with capacity of up to 19.2 billion packages per year.

Tetra Pak and general contractor SOL E&C held a groundbreaking on August 28, 2024 for the capacity upgrade of Tetra Pak's Binh Duong beverage carton plant at VSIP II-A Industrial Park. The project value was not stated.

Menasha Packaging announced a commitment of over $50 million to expand its North American preprint capacity, adding an 8-color press and automation and robotics, with 25-30 new jobs in the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin.

ZF Wind Power announced production of 50 GW of wind gearbox capacity at its Coimbatore, India plant and plans to expand annual capacity from 9 to 12 GW, backed by a Rs 750 crore investment.

Northern Corrugated Cases has completed installation of a GTS Boxstar Heavy Duty 3000HD boxmaker at its Middlewich factory, allowing triplewall stock to be produced locally instead of shipped from Halifax.

ZF Wind Power has produced 50 GW of wind gearboxes at its Coimbatore plant in Tamil Nadu, India, which has received a €230 million investment and is being expanded from 9 GW to 12 GW annual capacity.

Bitzer Scroll will use a federal grant of more than $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to increase production of scroll compressors for electric heat pumps at its DeWitt, New York factory. The firm has committed nearly $6 million in matching investment and plans to create 20 jobs.

Smurfit Westrock inaugurated its new Maranguape plant in Ceará, Brazil, a $33 million expansion that diversifies its portfolio and adds production capacity, including a new corrugator and printers. The opening took place on 21 August 2024.

Reliance Packaging announced on August 14, 2024 a more than $7.4 million expansion of its Aberdeen, North Carolina plastic packaging plant, adding two multi-layer film extruders and 32 new jobs.

SupplyOne, a custom packaging distributor and manufacturer, announced on August 13, 2024 that it is growing across the U.S. and into Canada with new locations in Portland, Seattle and Toronto, and is seeking acquisition partners.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners will spend $105.5 million on a new warmfill bottling line for Powerade and Fuze Tea at its Moorabbin, Victoria plant, adding about 23% to site capacity. Krones supplies the line.

VPK subsidiary Aquila is adding a state-of-the-art corrugator with a 2.80 m Fosber line in a new 13,000 sqm hall at its Września plant. The line is scheduled to start up at the beginning of 2025.

Kaeser Compresseur Canada announced a C$20 million investment to expand its Boisbriand, Quebec operations by acquiring an adjacent property, tripling capacity and creating 45 jobs between 2024 and 2026.

The Arab Organization for Industrialization opened a production line for safe gas valves for cooking stoves at its subsidiary Arab British Dynamics (ABD) in Egypt, with capacity of 1 million valves a year. Plans call for lines to reach 5 million valves a year within three years.

ThermOmegaTech is expanding its manufacturing facility in Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, adding 23,000 square feet to the existing 37,000 square feet for manufacturing, R&D and office space. The company said the expansion will create jobs; the announcement was dated 7 August 2024.