Violeta group opened the Corspack corrugated cardboard packaging factory in Grude, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 29 October 2024. The investment is reported at over EUR 40 million, with capacity of about 60,000 tonnes per year on one shift.

Hanon Systems announced a new plant in Woodbridge, Ontario, to produce electric scroll compressors for hybrid and battery electric vehicles, with capacity of up to 900,000 units annually and about 300 planned jobs. Production is expected to start in the first half of 2025.

TCPL Packaging plans to establish a greenfield packaging facility near Chennai in Southern India, close to major industrial manufacturing hubs. No investment value or timeline was given.

Ondupack SAU, part of CL Grupo Industrial, launched a new corrugated board factory in Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres, Spain, with an initial capacity of 60 million m² per year and a planned 200 million m² project capacity. The 60,000 m² plant is equipped with Fosber, BOBST and Emmepi machinery.

Hubei Kaiyi Petrochemical Equipment Manufacturing broke ground on 18 October 2024 on a 150 million yuan Kaiyi Industrial Park in Jiangxia, Wuhan, for a specialized high-pressure valve production line, relocating its operations there.

Torgovy Dom ADL is nearly finished building a four-storey plant in Raduzhny, Kolomna, for pipeline valves, with 98% construction readiness. Investment is about 600 million rubles and 40 jobs are planned, with completion expected in October 2024.

Ningbo Aux Electric is building a 5 billion yuan air conditioner compressor plant in the Wuhu Economic-Technological Development Zone, targeting 30 million units per year. Trial production is expected by end of 2024 and full production in the first half of 2025.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems inaugurated a 50,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Talegaon MIDC, Pune, its third production unit outside Europe. The plant can produce over 30,000 valves and 500 systems annually and is expected to employ up to 32 people by year end.

Uzbekistan's Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade signed an investment agreement with JSC Arnest Packaging Solutions to build a beverage aluminum can plant in the Navoi Industrial Development Complex. The investment is about $100 million, capacity over 1.5 billion cans per year, with launch planned for autumn 2025.

TekniPlex held a grand opening for its new $17.5 million, 200,000 sq ft egg carton plant in Van Wert's Vision Industrial Park, which is expected to employ about 100 workers. Construction began in June 2023.

M+S Hydraulic plans a second plant in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, with a total investment of 45 million levs (about 22.5 million euros) over three years. It will raise hydraulic motor capacity by 30%, and a construction contract has been signed with Barrage Group.

Graphic Packaging International is building a recycled paperboard manufacturing facility in Waco, Texas, with machine installation underway. The site is on track to ramp up in late 2025.

Twellium Industrial Company has commissioned a greenfield beverage production site in Kumasi, Ghana, with two complete PET packaging lines installed by Sidel. The plant's water line produces 80,000 bottles per hour.

Atlantic Packaging Products opened a new manufacturing plant in Hamilton, Ontario, to increase capacity for packaging customers and create local jobs. The company is hiring for the site.

BOFILLEX, a contract beverage can filler in Sokolov, Czech Republic, is producing since February 2024 on a KHS line with up to 26,000 and 20,000 cans per hour; BIG SHOCK! is its first customer and investor.

EPSEA Industrial has completed the topping-out of its 50,000+ square metre Factory II, which will make gas storage tanks, separator tanks, reaction kettles and pressure vessels, with full operation expected by end-2024.

Modern Ambalaj is investing $100 million in a new corrugated cardboard factory in Sakarya, Turkey, with annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes. It will be the group's eighth plant and bring its total capacity to 1 million tonnes per year.

Turkish company Dalgakiran Kompresor opened a production and maintenance facility in Bilohorodka, Kyiv region, after investing UAH 400 million (about $10 million). The plant makes generator and compressor equipment, cooling systems and industrial pumps and created 50 jobs.

Elf Filling will invest 300 million rubles in a new production complex in Bogorodsky urban district, Moscow Oblast, to assemble valves for its technical aerosol production. The plant will create 20 jobs and is planned for commissioning in 2027.

Geis Development is constructing a 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for Viega in Shalersville, Ohio, representing about $200 million of investment. Construction began in November 2023 and completion is expected in early 2025.

Beverage maker Niagara Bottling is investing $129.8 million to establish a 436,800 sq ft manufacturing and distribution facility in Elsmere, Kentucky, creating 60 jobs. Construction is expected to begin early next year.

Xinghuo Special Steel began construction on a project to produce 1 billion high-end solenoid valves and pump valve soft magnetic cores per year in Dainan, Xinghua, Jiangsu, on a 100-mu site with planned investment of RMB 1 billion.

Norbec opened its new CAD 45 million manufacturing plant in Strathroy, Ontario, its first in Ontario, creating 70 jobs to serve Ontario and U.S. Midwest markets.

Cartonplus Packaging acquired a 13,000 sqm facility in Villaverde del Río, 25 km from Seville, to expand corrugated packaging capacity for agricultural and industrial markets. The site has eight loading docks.

Faller Packaging signed a contract on September 16, 2024 to buy the former All4Labels property in Gebesee, Thuringia, to build a new folding carton and package leaflet plant. Production is planned to start in spring 2025.

Carlsberg won the PepsiCo distribution contract for Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, effective 1 January 2026, and plans to invest about EUR 100 million ($110 million) in Kazakhstan including a production plant.

A. O. Smith is opening the third plant at its Ciudad Juárez site, Mexico, producing 39,000 tankless water heaters in the first year, with 300 new jobs planned and production starting in January 2025.

Paper and packaging distributor Lindenmeyr Munroe opened a distribution facility in the Atlanta area, Georgia, as part of its expansion into the state.

Smurfit Westrock inaugurated a corrugated packaging factory in Maranguape, Ceará, as part of its Nordeste Complex with a investment of over US$33 million. The plant is 28 km from Fortaleza and adds to the company's Pacajus facility.

SH-NOMEN Pharmaceutical Equipment (Shanghai) held a groundbreaking in Ruian, Zhejiang for a new 43,500 square meter factory with a total investment of 100 million yuan and annual output of 500,000 intelligent control systems and OEB5 aseptic valves.

Altium Packaging opened a bottle blowing facility adjacent to Milo's Tea Company's plant in Bessemer, Alabama, to produce its one-gallon containers, creating 35 jobs. The facility began operations in summer 2024 and was formally opened September 4, 2024.

Valve maker Broen is setting up a highly automated factory in Assens to produce Ballomax medium-sized valves for district heating and natural gas, with production moving back from Poland and starting from November.

Shanghai Baosteel Packaging Co. announced a total investment of about 452 million yuan to build an intelligent two-piece can production base in Tongan district, Xiamen, Fujian, with a design capacity of 1.1 billion cans per year. The project will be executed through a new subsidiary, Xiamen Baosteel Can Making Co., and takes about 16 months to build.

M+S Hydraulik will invest 45 million leva over three years in a second plant in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, expanding hydraulic motor capacity by 30% with a high degree of automation. The company says the investment prepares it for recovery in demand.

Kazankompressormash is building a 9,000 sq m complex at the former Zelenodolsk machine-building plant to assemble large compressors for natural gas liquefaction. The complex is 80% complete and is expected to start operating in 2025.

Ebara Elliott Energy opened a 4,437 sq m turbomachinery service center in Suryacipta City of Industry, Karawang, West Java, through its joint venture PT Ebara Turbomachinery Services Indonesia. It will repair turbines, compressors and pumps for Southeast Asian energy customers.

Carlsberg Group opened its 27th production base in China in Sanshui district of Foshan, Guangdong, on Wednesday after a 2.96 billion yuan investment. The brewery has two bottling lines and canning and kegging lines.

JS Proputec A/S has finished and commissioned Phase 1 of a raw material reception facility for fishmeal producer Bioceval in Cuxhaven, Germany, supplying pumps, feed augers, tanks and piping. Phase 2 installation is planned for the coming months.

Valfex will invest more than 5 billion rubles in two new plants and two warehouses near the village of Sukhodol in Vladimir region, set to open next year, according to governor Alexander Avdeev.

Graham Corporation held a groundbreaking on August 19, 2024 for a 29,000 sq ft, $17.6 million manufacturing facility in Batavia, New York, expected to add 24 jobs and begin operations in summer 2025.

Sewis Pump Valve Manufacturing (Zhejiang) started construction on a 350 million yuan project in Haiyan Economic Development Zone to produce 100,000 sets per year of ship, ultra-low-temperature and hydrogen-energy valves, expected to start production in March 2026.

BNM (Zhejiang Bosun New Materials) held a groundbreaking for a new factory in Yueqing's Shanhuan New Park with a planned investment of about 200 million yuan, expected to be completed by end-2025 and create over 300 jobs.

Johnson Controls unveiled its global manufacturing center for York M multistage centrifugal compressors at its Wuxi factory in China, announced August 15, 2024.

Colliers' Herbst|Morgan team finalized a new lease for Altium Packaging on a 28,787 square foot finished goods warehouse in Vancouver, Washington, supporting its regional expansion.

Developer Ashley Capital leased the first half of the first building at the Flint Commerce Center, the former Buick City site, to GM supplier Victory Packaging as its first new tenant, reported on August 14, 2024.

Joint Oil and Gas Group, a resident of the Titanium Valley special economic zone, received permission to build a plant making industrial gas equipment and gas and condensate processing equipment, with 3.5 billion rubles of investment and 150 jobs; construction starts in autumn 2024 and completion is planned for 2026.

Recorp is launching a new $130 million can manufacturing facility in South Auckland on 9 September, offering low minimum order quantities of 30,000 printed cans.

Progroup's new corrugated board plant PW15 in Petersberg, near Pirmasens, has been in routine production since early August 2024, with capacity of up to 200,000 tonnes per year and 60 new jobs and training positions.

M+S HydrauliC PLC signed a construction contract on 8 August 2024 for a new hydraulic motor plant in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, with BGN 45 million planned investment, 121 new jobs and a more than 30% capacity increase. Barrage Group won the main construction contract.

Edwards Vacuum has celebrated the groundbreaking of its first US dry pump factory for semiconductor equipment in Genesee County, New York. The investment is expected to exceed $300 million and create 600+ jobs.