A Chinese tank container valve maker's subsidiary is building a new 36.2 mu, roughly 22,000 square meter plant in Rudong, Jiangsu for high-end stainless steel valves, with investment of 500 million yuan. Main structure was topped out on June 24, 2024, and the plant is expected to produce 60,000 pieces per year.

Family-owned corrugated packaging maker Welch Packaging has started up a new corrugator facility, OHCorr, in Wooster, Ohio, to produce corrugated sheets for its box plants. The site is in Wooster's Innovation Park.

Seven cArtù, a joint venture of the José Neves group and Italy's Grifal, announced a €4 million investment in a production unit in Guimarães, Portugal, for its cArtù corrugated board. The investment funds greener production lines and is partly supported by the Portugal 2030 program.

Packaging Corporation of America is replacing its existing corrugated products plant in Phoenix with a new greenfield facility expected to be operational in spring 2025. The new plant will more than double the site's capacity to over 2 billion square feet of production per year.

Rizhao Yulan New Material is opening a new tinplate mill close to the port of Qingdao, with an investment of RMB 3.3 billion (US$454 million).

Turkish Dalgakıran Kompresör has completed a new plant for industrial energy equipment in Belogorodka, Kyiv region, investing UAH 400 million (about $10 million). The investment is expected to create 50 new jobs.

Axium Packaging has opened a $36 million, 130,000-square-foot plastic packaging plant in Archdale, North Carolina, its first in the Carolinas. The plant is about 15 miles southwest of Greensboro and will bring new jobs, though no number is given.

Kartontara, 100% owned by SFT Group, will commission a second corrugated packaging plant in Maykop, Adygea, by late 2024, with total investment of about 2.8 billion rubles. The plant will have capacity up to 130 million square meters per year and create over 134 jobs.

Baosteel Packaging plans an aluminium two-piece can production facility in Long An province, Vietnam, with an investment of about CNY 525 million. The plant is slated to produce 800 million cans per year.

Chaoda Valve is building an 8,000-tonne-per-year high-end smart pump and valve plant in Oubei, Yongjia, Wenzhou, with total investment of CNY 560 million. Civil construction had passed 60% by July 2024 and is expected to finish by year end.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council's planning committee approved Saica Pack Ltd's plan to relocate from Warrenpoint Harbour and build a corrugated fibreboard factory at Invest NI's Carnbane Industrial Estate in Newry.

Green Bay Packaging broke ground on July 9, 2024 on a new 270,000 square foot facility for its Great Lakes Packaging Division in Germantown, Wisconsin, with operations expected in fall 2025 and 20 additional jobs planned.

De Jong Slovakia plans a new plant in Prešov making stainless steel water storage tanks for heat pumps, with an investment of €63.09 million, 150 jobs by end-2028 and initial capacity of 350,000 units a year. The Slovak government approved €11.42 million in corporate income tax relief, with production planned from January 2026.

Taco Europe built a new facility in Boršov, Czech Republic, producing high-performance circulators and heat interface units for heating, cooling and solar systems, plus a European distribution center. The plant expands capacity to meet growing demand.

Dalgakiran Compressor Ukraine opened an energy equipment manufacturing plant in the Kyiv region in July 2024, focused on gas-fired cogeneration units and generators. UAH 400 million was invested in completing construction.

Rexa Inc, a maker of electronic components and industrial valves, plans a $33 million project including a 110,000 sq ft building on West Grove Street in Middleboro, relocating from West Bridgewater and creating 25 new jobs. The plan was presented to the select board on 1 July 2024.

Dawn Group held a groundbreaking on July 1, 2024 for a high-end stainless steel pump and valve intelligent manufacturing project in Longkou, run by its joint venture Dawn Precision Intelligent Company. The planned investment is CNY 522 million and the project is due to reach full capacity by January 2026.

Daowen Group and Yantai Longgang Pump held a groundbreaking ceremony on 1 July 2024 for a stainless steel pump and valve intelligent manufacturing project in Longkou. The project has a planned investment of CNY 522 million and is expected to produce 27,000 tons of stainless steel castings a year.

Viega is building a $200 million, 180,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Shalersville, Ohio, about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, expected to be operational in early 2025. The plant will expand its North American production.

WestRock broke ground on a highly automated corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, a $140 million project with more than 580,000 square feet, expected to open in April 2025. The plant is one of WestRock's superplants and will lead to the closure of a North Chicago, Illinois facility.

NETZSCH Pumps & Systems is expanding in Western Canada with a new 11,500 sq ft assembly, sales and service facility in Calgary, Alberta. The site is meant to serve the energy sector and other industries closer to customers.

Swedish heat pump maker Aira opened its first factory in Wrocław, Poland, with a maximum annual capacity of 500,000 units. The €300 million plant, acquired from Volvo in 2023, is expected to create up to 2,000 jobs over the next decade.

Taco Inc. opened a new manufacturing plant in Boršov, Czech Republic, producing circulators and heat interface units, with a European distribution center. The plant expands Taco's Central European capacity alongside sites in Velešín and Garbe Park.

GMS Group is building an assembly and test complex in Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, for super-high-capacity LNG compressors above 65 MW, with investment of up to 11.9 billion rubles. Testing is planned to start in the first quarter of next year.

HVAC equipment distributor JMP will consolidate its Greensboro operations into a new facility in Guilford County, North Carolina, investing $30 million and creating 40 jobs over five years.

PepsiCo plans to invest $160 million in a salty snack plant in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan to produce Lay's potato chips, creating 350 jobs, with the first phase expected by 2026.

SIG Combibloc built an aseptic carton packaging plant in Queretaro, Mexico, with a €73 million investment, creating more than 200 jobs; operations began in April 2023.

Changzhou Power Station Auxiliary Equipment Co. broke ground on a 50,000-set-per-year high-end valve control system plant on a 79-mu site in the Wujin National High-tech Zone, Changzhou, at a ceremony on June 13, 2024.

BorgWarner inaugurated its third plant in Coahuila, Mexico, with an investment of US$46.4 million and 350 new jobs. The plant makes starter coils, thermostats and chillers.

Tetra Pak opened its aseptic packaging material plant in Chakan, Maharashtra, India, in May 2013 after construction began in February 2011. The project cost about EUR 120 million and the plant has annual capacity of more than 16 billion carton packages.

Packaging supplier Invopak opened its first manufacturing plant in Hyde, Manchester, making tinplate containers such as UN-approved cans and lever lid tins. The EUR 5 million investment was made in response to post-Brexit supply chain issues.

MT Group inaugurated its first overseas manufacturing center, a valve factory covering 6,000 square meters in Abu Dhabi's AL MARKAZ industrial zone, to localize production and serve Middle East and North Africa customers.

Senior plc's French unit Senior Aerospace Ermeto opened a 1600m² production facility in Fossé, France, increasing Ermeto's manufacturing capacity by 25%. The plant makes industrial valves and high-pressure hydraulic fittings for aerospace and industrial customers.

Danfoss Turbocor opened a new 145,000 square foot production facility in Tallahassee, Florida, for oil-free magnetic bearing compressors. The $62 million investment doubles current compressor capacity and will create local jobs.

JSC GMS Livgidromash plans to invest RUB 8 billion in a new production complex in the Oryol Region to make medium-capacity pumps for refining, petrochemical, oil and gas, and energy industries. The investment agreement was signed ahead of the St. Petersburg forum, with full capacity expected in 2026.

Clearly Clean Products, LLC will build a new manufacturing facility in Greensboro, North Carolina, with a $24.9 million capital investment and at least 80 new jobs. The plant will nearly double its production capacity for recyclable plastic food trays.

Delmarva Corrugated Packaging held the grand opening of its 465,000-square-foot plant in Dover, Delaware, a $91 million investment that created 160 jobs. The plant has been operating since 2021 and is served by the Delmarva Central Railroad.

Greif is nearing completion of a new bulk corrugated manufacturing facility in Dallas, Texas, making triple wall sheets and jumbo boxes, expected to be operational in spring 2024.

EFP, LLC held a grand opening for its sixth location, a protective packaging and cold chain plant in the Lee County Industrial Park in Bishopville, South Carolina. The $15 million investment is expected to create over 30 jobs.

Danfoss Turbocor opened a 145,000 sq ft production facility in Tallahassee, Florida, built with a $62 million investment. The plant makes TTS/TG/TH Turbocor compressors and doubles the company's current capacity.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions opened its North American headquarters and first US manufacturing facility in Devens, Massachusetts, a 150,000 square foot site expected to create about 150 jobs.

Intervalve Poonawalla Ltd launched a new valve plant in Hadapsar, Pune, with installed capacity of about 10,000 valves per month, producing large ball valves, gate, globe and check valves, and scotch yoke actuators.

Crescento Packaging, a maker of disposable cups, plates and cardboard boxes for the HORECA sector, has invested over €7.6 million in a new 4,000 sq m factory in the Miroslava Industrial Park near Iași, which was inaugurated in 2023.

Littelfuse held a ribbon-cutting on 22 May 2024 for a new 106,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, which doubles its local manufacturing capacity for circuit protection products.

A plant producing large-tonnage LNG compressor units, costing about 10bn rubles, is planned in Zelenodolsk district, Tatarstan, for Kazankompressormash. Construction is planned to finish by end-2024 and create over 50 jobs in the first stage.

Visy announced a US$500m investment to build a glass container manufacturing plant and recycling facility in Yatala, Queensland, with annual capacity of about 1bn glass containers. It expects to relocate its South Brisbane glass remanufacturing operations there by 2025.

Swire Coca-Cola started building a CNY1.3 billion (USD180 million) smart, green bottling factory in Guangzhou with 11 beverage production lines, expected to raise its Greater Bay Area capacity by about 66%.

Larsen & Toubro's subsidiary L&T Valves established a new manufacturing unit in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, to boost local production of on-off valves and serve the Middle East and Africa. The announcement was made on Thursday, 16 May 2024.

The Ziegenfelder Company broke ground on a $46 million manufacturing facility in Lockhart, Texas, expected to create more than 100 jobs and increase production capacity for frozen treats such as Twin Pops.

Sichuan Flyger's valve plant in Ziyang High-Tech Zone has topped out, with completion expected by end of May 2024 and full handover in June; initial investment is 60 million yuan and output is expected to reach 80 million yuan this year.