Meat processor MAP WA invested $35 million at its Bibra Lake facility in Western Australia, including $10 million construction and $25 million robotics and equipment, doubling capacity to 400,000 kg per week and adding Multivac thermoforming packaging technology.

BorgWarner expects 2023 turbocharger production to be 18% higher than last year at its Itatiba, Sao Paulo state plant, and is studying a capacity expansion there, though nothing has been agreed with headquarters.

Embraco, a Nidec Global Appliance brand, began high-volume production of NEX and VEH compressors at its Beijing factory. The company invested US$5.7 million to set up the production line.

Metsä Board has completed the project adding 200,000 tons of annual folding boxboard capacity at its Husum mill in Sweden, raising output to 600,000 tons; full capacity is expected by end-2025.

Chaisith Containers and Paper Core commissioned a new 2.2m BHS Corrugated Steady Line, reaching 230 m/min, to meet demand for printed boxes from foreign electronics and other manufacturers in Thailand.

Copeland will receive $11,488,975 in federal funding to increase production of heat pump compressors and hydronic systems at four manufacturing locations in Ohio, Missouri and Wisconsin, plus suppliers in several states.

Bard Manufacturing will receive $9,208,605 in federal funding to expand its Madison, Georgia facility, adding fabrication capacity and a new heat pump assembly line.

Armstrong International received $5,083,719 in federal funding to add 29,000 square feet to its Three Rivers, Michigan facility for manufacturing industrial heat pumps.

ALPLA plans to expand its Tangier plant in Morocco by adding about 20,000 m² of operational space over the coming years.

Tetra Pak laid the foundation stone for a 750 million peso expansion and modernization of its Mexicali plant, which makes carton package caps and will increase capacity by 40%. The new phase is expected to start operating in April 2024 and create 145 direct jobs.

Burnside America Inc. will invest at least $4.8 million to expand its hydraulic cylinder manufacturing in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, creating 15 new jobs and retaining at least 32 existing jobs. The project includes a 30,000-square-foot expansion and two new production lines, with support from a $3.3 million PIDA loan.

Reinhausen Manufacturing Inc., a subsidiary of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen, will spend $3.3 million to expand its Humboldt, Tennessee facilities, raising production capacity by 25 percent. Groundbreaking is due by end of 2023, with completion anticipated in early 2024.

Celeros Flow Technology has committed to expand its Burlington, Ontario facility to become the first Ontario-based maker of nuclear-qualified pumps, in response to Ontario Power Generation's plans for four small modular reactors at Darlington.

Miller Valentine Construction has begun a major expansion of Huhtamaki's folding carton plant in Paris, Texas, which will triple the 150,000-square-foot facility to 438,000 square feet. The project started in early November 2023.

Masterpress has added two new sleeve printing machines at its Bialystok facility in Poland, increasing output by about 16 million square meters annually and lifting capacity by nearly 40%. The expansion serves customers in France, the DACH region and the Benelux countries.

The Panther Group is building new halls and production lines at its Altonaer Wellpappenfabrik plant in Tornesch near Hamburg to expand production of folding box adhesive products. The project began in early 2023, a second folding box gluer is due in summer 2024, and the project is scheduled for completion in August.

Mondelēz International opened a new AUD 13 million automated packaging line at its Gourmet Food facility in Dandenong, Victoria, increasing production of Olina's Bakehouse Artisan crackers by 35 per cent.

Danfoss Turbocor is opening an expanded facility in Haiyan, China, next year. The expansion supports its continued growth of compressor manufacturing.

Celeros Flow Technology will expand its existing Burlington, Ontario facility to become the first Ontario-based maker of nuclear-qualified pumps, serving Ontario Power Generation's SMR and refurbishment work. The company has also committed to finalizing a business case for a new nuclear valve plant in Ontario.

Infinity Operators, a subsidiary of Infinity Valve & Supply, is investing $1.1 million to expand its air compression division manufacturing facility in Lafayette Parish, creating 68 direct jobs.

Ringo Válvulas is investing EUR 11 million to expand its Zaragoza factory with 8,000 m2 of plant and 3,000 m2 of offices, doubling production capacity and adding 15 jobs. The new space is expected to be operational in mid-2024.

Schaeffler officially inaugurated the New Energy Phase II Factory at its Taicang manufacturing base in Jiangsu province on November 1, 2023. The plant produces electric motor stators and rotors for new energy vehicles.

ORBIS Corporation has expanded its Urbana, Ohio manufacturing plant, adding 30% more space for producing reusable totes and pallets and allowing more presses and tools. The expansion raises the company's overall molding capacity by 10%.

Fouts Bros. Inc. is expanding its fire and rescue truck manufacturing in Milledgeville, Georgia, with a $4 million project adding nearly 100 jobs in 2023 and 70 more in 2024.

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution are investing another $2 billion in their battery cell joint venture at the Metaplant in Bryan County, Georgia, raising total JV investment above $4.3 billion and creating 400 jobs.

Mendoza winery Norton announced a 1.9 billion peso investment to build a new industrial hall that will double its sparkling wine production from 2 to 4 million bottles per year. The project is supported by BICE and the Argentine CreAr credit program.

LESER plans to expand its Hohenwestedt, Schleswig-Holstein plant by 14,300 square meters for €41.2 million, with construction starting in February 2024. The expansion adds automated long-goods storage and new sawing machines.

Suzano will invest R$490 million (about US$100 million) to convert a pulp line at its Limeira mill into a flexible machine, raising annual fluff pulp capacity from 100,000 to 440,000 tons. Production is expected to start by Q4 2025.

ZXD Valve Control launched a new fully automated actuator assembly line at its headquarters in Wenzhou's Binhai zone, lifting annual pneumatic actuator capacity by 40%. The 1,200 square meter facility was inaugurated on October 26, 2023 in a multi-million-dollar investment.

Lubrizol is doubling its CPVC compound manufacturing capacity at its Dahej, Gujarat site from 70,000 to 140,000 metric tons, with operations expected by early 2025. It also plans an R&D center at Dahej.

Novgorod group Powerz is completing a 120 million ruble investment project to produce large-diameter three-eccentric valves, with a workshop due by spring 2024 and up to 40 new jobs. The news was reported on 2023-10-19.

Eaton Compressor & Fabrication broke ground on a $6 million expansion project in Dayton, Ohio, which will add nearly 10,000 square feet more than originally expected.

Saica Pack signed a notarial deed with the mayor of Santa Maria Hoè to invest €33 million expanding its paper and cardboard packaging plant, with works starting within days and more jobs expected.

Sulzer expanded its flow equipment and centrifugal pump plant in Riyadh, adding an assembly and packaging area, warehouse, and office space. The facility now covers 13,127 square metres and employs 215 people.

Georgia-Pacific completed a $175 million investment at its Dixie tableware plant in Darlington, South Carolina, expanding plate and bowl production and adding 100 full-time jobs. The expanded facility is now over 530,000 square feet.

SIG announced an €8.4 million investment in the fifth expansion of its carton packaging plant in Campo Largo, Paraná, raising capacity to 5.2 billion packs per year. The plant employs about 500 people.

Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA signed an agreement with Ultramar Caffè - La Natura Lifestyle AG to install a new packaging line for aluminum espresso capsules at its Suffolk, Virginia facility by the second half of 2024, with capacity of 100 million capsules per year.

The valve project plans a second and third phase, including reconstruction of an empty old building and tripling the floor area of the new building.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announced a €35 million investment in a new high-speed canning line at its Wakefield site, capable of 2,000 cans per minute and due to be operational in 2024. The line will create 28 roles.

ValTek LLC expanded its Odessa, Texas facility across four buildings, adding more than 16 machine tools to double parts manufacturing capacity and cut pump test turnaround times in half. The expansion was reported on October 1, 2023.

Ball Packaging officially started two additional modules producing aluminium beverage can ends at its Lublin plant, which serves customers across Europe.

Kirloskar Pneumatic opened a new manufacturing facility in Nashik with a 32-tonne forge hammer and fabrication shop, initially producing about 6,000 tonnes of forged parts a year. About 25% of capacity will serve external customers.

Metsä Board completed a development programme at its Kemi, Finland white kraftliner mill, adding 40,000 tonnes of annual capacity to reach 465,000 tonnes and cutting energy use by 5% and water use by about 40% per tonne. The work was completed in parallel with Metsä Fibre's new bioproduct mill.

Ford Meter Box announced plans to expand and modernize its existing foundry operations in Wabash, Indiana, including a new 300,000-square-foot foundry in the same city to increase production capacity.

R.R. Donnelley installed an EFI Nozomi C18000 Plus single-pass digital inkjet printer at its Milwaukee packaging facility to expand into corrugated packaging, cutting time-to-market by 25%. The press is expected to be operational by fall 2023.

Sauer Compressors USA, an affiliate of J.P. Sauer & Sohn GmbH, announced plans to expand its facilities and workforce and to pursue strategic acquisitions in North America.

German luxury packaging maker Rissmann, owned by vph GmbH & Co, plans to increase capacity at its production site in Bulgaria to meet demand for made-in-Europe packaging. The Bulgarian plant has been operational since 2022.

Robert Bosch Energy and Body Systems will spend about EUR 36 million to expand production capacity of assembly lines at its Miskolc plant by mid-2025, creating 110 new jobs through redeployment.

Robert Bosch Energy and Body Systems will spend EUR 12 million to expand development and testing of electric drives at its Miskolc site by mid-2025, creating 60 new jobs.

Hangzhou Jinshan Instrument Valve began construction of its second-phase project in the Fuchun Bay New City of Hangzhou, planned at CNY 120 million total investment. It will produce about 10,000 sets of special-condition control valves per year, with completion expected by end of next year.