Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen has invested $3 million in a new production building at its Humboldt, Tennessee plant for bolt-on tap-changers, expected to operate from end of July 2024.

Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen is investing around EUR 20 million to add three production bays in Regensburg, Germany, expected in operation by mid-2025, raising capacity by 25% by 2025.

Bergamo-based Grifal will inaugurate in September 2024 an expansion of its Cologno al Serio site, with four new production lines and a total investment of EUR 15 million, doubling Italian Cartù capacity.

Copeland announced it is nearing completion of a £19 million investment to expand its Cookstown compressor manufacturing facility, adding a 3,500 square meter building with new production lines. Final touches are expected by September 2024. The announcement is dated May 14, 2024.

WIVO Valves announced a large-scale expansion of its production line in Qingdao, adding CNC machines, automated assembly lines and several thousand square meters of workshops. The company expects annual output to rise by over 30%. The announcement is dated May 13, 2024.

Tetra Pak will invest an additional EUR 97 million in its beverage carton plant in Binh Duong, Vietnam, adding a production line expected to be fully operational in the third quarter of 2025 and increasing its workforce.

Tetra Pak will invest an additional €97 million ($104.3 million) in its packaging material plant in Binh Duong, southern Vietnam, adding a production line fully operational by Q3 2025 and raising total site investment above €217 million.

Invertek Drives celebrated producing its three millionth variable frequency drive at its headquarters near Welshpool, UK. The company is undergoing a major expansion including a new 2,750sqm facility to boost production capacity.

Governor Hochul announced a $50 million modernization of the Genesee Brewery in Rochester, New York, to build a packaging facility that will supplement Canadian production of Labatt Blue, with up to 57 new jobs and more than 500 retained, supported by a $7 million state grant.

DS Smith invested €6m in its La Chevrolière facility near Nantes, France, adding 4,000 square metres and a new 2,500m² workshop for Kaypal cardboard pallets. The workshop has capacity of 250,000 units and potential for up to 1.5 million pallets per year.

Hydraulic gear pump and motor maker Geartek is expanding its existing Corinth, Mississippi facility by about 8,500 square feet with a $3.8 million investment that will create two jobs.

AFA Fluid Control completed the concrete pour and topping out of its phase three project, a 35 million yuan facility for 1,000 large-diameter hard-seal ball valves per year, on April 30, 2024. The project started on March 8, 2024.

Kaishan Compressor USA (KCA) held a groundbreaking for an expansion of its Baldwin County, Alabama plant, adding 90,000 sq ft of new factory space and a 5,000 sq ft R&D center to expand dry oil-free screw air compressor production. The $15 million cost is fully self-funded.

QazAlPack, Kazakhstan's first beverage can plant in Shymkent, plans to double capacity to 1 billion cans per year later in 2024, having already installed four Standun bodymakers and a Concord decorator supplied by Stolle Machinery.

Magnum Venus Products moved its machining and fabrication operations from Kent, Washington to its 125,000 sq ft East Tennessee facility near Knoxville, boosting production capacity by 25% and creating at least 30 positions this year.

Baker Hughes is investing in expanding its manufacturing site in Modon, Saudi Arabia, doubling workforce capacity to support projects including MGS3 with localized testing and packaging.

Kaishan Compressor USA (KCA) held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 22 for a factory expansion in Loxley, Baldwin County, Alabama. The project adds 90,000 sq ft of factory space and 5,000 sq ft of R&D space, funded by KCA itself.

Kaishan Compressor USA broke ground on an $11 million expansion of its Loxley, Baldwin County, Alabama plant, planning to add 50 jobs over five years.

Alpla Werke Lehner inaugurated a new production and warehouse hall at its Exter site in Vlotho, Kreis Herford, after investing about EUR 30 million in the site's modernisation and new building.

Amcor Flexibles North America announced its largest-ever expansion of dairy production capacity, enhancing printing and converting capabilities in Northeast Wisconsin over the next 18 months. The investment targets growing demand for flexible dairy packaging.

Metsä Board invested €230 million in its Husum mill in Sweden to modernise and expand folding boxboard machine BM1, raising annual capacity to 600,000 tonnes. The upgraded machine was inaugurated in April 2024.

Nidec Press & Automation broke ground on an expansion that will quadruple its Queretaro, Mexico service facility, adding 8,600 square meters of production space, with completion expected by end of 2024 and about 40 local hires planned.

TD Deutsche Klimakompressor (TDDK) held a topping-out ceremony for the sixth construction phase of its Bernsdorf, Saxony plant, adding 17,500 sq m of building area for electric refrigerant compressors, with the shell due to be completed by end 2024.

Aquila Września, a subsidiary of VPK Group, has started construction on a new production hall of about 13,000 square metres at its Września plant in Poland; the investment value was not disclosed.

EPL America will invest $37.4 million in building upgrades and new machinery at its 200,000-square-foot Danville, Virginia facility, adding 24 jobs and expanding into beauty and cosmetic laminated tubes.

Atlas Copco is proposing a $30 to $40 million expansion of its Voorheesville, New York facility, adding a six-story addition to make larger CO2 compressors and about 50 jobs.

Sulzer has opened new pump production lines in Easley, South Carolina, making submersible sewage and grinder pumps with US materials and labour. The CHF 10 million investment supports Build America Buy America compliance.

TDDK announced on April 8, 2024 that it will expand its Straßgräbchen plant near Kamenz into the largest electric automotive climate compressor production site in Europe. Mass production is due to start in 2025, and capacity will rise from six to eight million compressors a year. Investment size has not been disclosed.

Tetra Pak opened an expanded carton packaging plant in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, as part of a R500 million investment, with exports planned to other African countries.

BBP, a Louisiana automation solutions manufacturer, is building a new facility at its Baton Rouge headquarters with a $4.2 million investment. The project will create 75 direct jobs over 10 years and retain 51 positions.

Italian packaging maker Imbal Carton added another production line in April 2024 at its Drizzona site, aiming to broaden its product range. The company says it is backed by its German partner Progoup.

The Knoxville City Council approved Weiler's application to the Iowa Economic Development Authority High Quality Jobs Program for an expansion creating 171 full-time jobs with about $16.8 million investment.

Interpump Hydraulics Brasil is investing R$5 million in its Caxias do Sul plant to buy machining equipment and raw materials, lifting monthly winch production by 40% from 150 to 200 units. The increase was under way from January 2024 and is expected to be fully delivered by mid-2024.

Sisecam completed the cold repair of its second glassware furnace at Eskisehir with an investment of about USD 29 million. The updated furnace has an annual gross capacity of 64 thousand tons and will create 246 new jobs.

Sisecam launched a new glass packaging furnace at its Eskisehir complex, initiated with an investment of about USD 145 million. The furnace has an annual gross capacity of 198 thousand tons and will create 127 jobs.

Paper Home Co.'s board approved on March 27, 2024, an expansion of its factory making corrugated cardboard and paper and plastic labels, costing an estimated SAR 30 million and raising capacity by 150%. Commercial production is expected in Q1 2025.

Bolivian state company Envibol is expanding its glass container plant in Zudáñez, Chuquisaca, with an investment of Bs 260.6 million, adding two new production lines for demijohns and small jars from the next management period.

ITT Inc. announced an approximately $11 million investment to expand pump, motor and control systems testing at three Industrial Process sites in Obernkirchen, Germany, Vadodara, India and Dammam, Saudi Arabia, with completion expected in Q3 2024.

EcoPoly Properties Inc. will invest over $32 million to enhance its existing plastics facility in Orillia, Ontario, adding new equipment and automation. The project will create 85 jobs and receives over $3.5 million in provincial funding.

Mondi intends to invest in the Hinton mill and, subject to pre-engineering and permitting, add a new kraft paper machine capable of producing 200,000 tonnes of kraft paper annually. No investment value was given.

Taiyuan Heavy Industry's Yuci hydraulic subsidiary is adding engineering-machinery pump, valve and oil-pump production lines to existing plants in Yuci District, Jinzhong, Shanxi, with 181.25 million yuan of investment. The project targets annual output of 655,000 pump and valve units and 1 billion yuan in sales, with construction planned for 2024 Q2 to 2025 Q4.

Menasha Packaging Company plans to invest $70 million to consolidate and expand its two Richmond, Indiana locations as part of a U.S. network modernization initiative. The investment targets corrugating, printing and converting technology.

Berry Global's Flexibles division expanded recycling capacity at its facilities in Heanor (UK), Steinfeld (Germany) and Zdzieszowice (Poland), adding about 6,600 tonnes of annual Sustane recycled polymer production.

Swiss company Sulzer started up a new vertical hydraulic pump factory with a US$7.1 million investment, extending its 40-year-old plant in Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico. Output will serve power generation and hydrocarbon operations.

Viessmann Climate Solutions has started series production of the Vitocal 200-A PRO air/water heat pump for commercial use on a new production line at its Landsberg am Lech site, with capacity for four-figure annual volumes.

CKF Inc. will move rPET plastic recycling operations from Delta and a Langley facility into its foam manufacturing plant on 200th Street in Langley over 12-14 months, with about 300 staff expected there.

Valve maker Invincible Valves has developed a new machine shop and rubber lining facility in a newly acquired factory in Knights, Germiston, to make valve components previously sourced from third parties.

Dynamic Fluid Components, a fluid power distributor, plans a $4.8 million expansion including a 25,000-square-foot distribution facility at 181 Misty Drive in West Union, creating ten jobs, with operations due in Q2 2025.

Thermal management firm Modine will invest $18.1 million to expand its Rockbridge County, Virginia operation, adding 211 jobs to increase production of data center cooling equipment.

Bosch is investing around 100 million euros in its Aveiro site in Portugal by 2026 to build laboratories, two production buildings and additional heat pump lines, creating several hundred jobs over the medium term.