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.

Taiwei'er Valve's valve and control valve production line expansion in Zigong's high-tech industrial park began trial production in July 2023, with full operation planned for October 2023. The CNY 80 million project adds capacity of 154,000 units per year.

Samson Controls Pvt. Ltd. began construction of a substantial new unit within its existing Ranjangaon facility near Pune, India, in response to growing demand, at a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Samson AG executives.

WEBER-HYDRAULIK has opened a 6,000+ square metre new building at its Losenstein site in Upper Austria, a rescue equipment competence center. The family company invested about 12 million euros in the extension.

Viega plans to invest more than 150 million euros by the end of 2028 to modernise and expand its Großheringen, Thuringia plant, its largest manufacturing site worldwide. About 100 new jobs will be created over five years.

Packaging specialist Papacks has opened a second hall at its Arnstadt, Thuringia site after investing around 14 million euros, and is planning a third gigafactory that will include a research institute. The company makes plastic-free, biodegradable packaging.

Trane moved a residential air conditioning production line from Florida to its Apodaca plant in Nuevo León, Mexico, in an investment of $18 million. The expansion covering 10,000 square meters was finished in July 2023 and is expected to create over 200 jobs.

Custom Plastics International is investing over $1.4 million to add new production lines and automation at its Cobourg, Ontario injection moulding facility, supported by C$217,050 in Ontario funding.

PSG recently completed an $11 million expansion at its Grand Rapids plant, adding 56,000 square feet of manufacturing, office and R&D space.

Greenply Industries has successfully produced its first fibers with a new high-performance pressurized refining system supplied by ANDRITZ. The article does not give a location or capacity.

Orora Beverage invested $110 million to expand beverage can manufacturing in Victoria, establishing a new aluminium can line at Dandenong and increasing capacity at Ballarat. The project creates up to 18 jobs.

Orora invested $110 million to expand can manufacturing at its Dandenong and Ballarat plants in Victoria, partly funded by a Victorian Government grant. The expansion creates 18 new jobs.

Stora Enso built a second corrugated packaging factory with two new corrugators at its existing De Lier site, doubling capacity. The investment was about €120m and the facility opened in June 2023.

Saueressig is building a new company building at its site on Ottensteiner Straße in Vreden, Germany, investing €18 million and creating new jobs.

Clow Valve, part of McWane Inc., began construction to expand its Oskaloosa, Iowa iron foundry with a $75 million investment adding 36,000 square feet. The project replaces manufacturing equipment up to 45 years old and is expected to nearly double production output.

Suntory Food International announced a new PET bottle beverage production line and automated logistics warehouse at its Suntory Products Takasago Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, with about 250 billion yen of equipment investment and operations planned for spring 2026.

Chickasaw Container Corporation of Okolona, Mississippi is completing its third expansion, adding 22,500 square feet to its plant, and recently installed a new flexo folder gluer. The expansion is expected to be completed in coming months.

Aluflexpack is investing EUR 70 million to expand and upgrade its plant in Croatia, according to a SeeNews report dated 7 August 2023. The article text is limited to the headline and metadata.

ait-group is acquiring and converting the neighbouring Maja-Werke site in Kasendorf, Germany, doubling its heat pump production capacity by up to 150,000 units. Production start is planned for early 2024 and the company aims to take over Maja employees.

Eaton broke ground on a $100 million expansion of its Nacogdoches, Texas manufacturing facility adding 200,000 square feet and over 200 jobs, doubling capacity for voltage regulators and three-phase transformers. The project was first announced in August 2023.

TC Transcontinental Packaging will install a $60 million biaxially oriented PE (BOPE) film line supplied by Brückner at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, which expanded the site by 120,000 square feet, with commissioning planned for spring 2024.

Toyota Industries Denso Air Conditioning Compressor (Kunshan) plans an expansion of its electric compressor production by 1.28 million units in Kunshan, Jiangsu. Jiangsu authorities confirmed the project as eligible under national industrial policy.

LMI Packaging held a groundbreaking for a roughly 50,000-square-foot expansion at its Pleasant Prairie facility, mainly for internal warehouse space. The expansion is planned for completion by December 6.