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.

Changhong Huayi Compressor (Jingzhou) held a commissioning ceremony on July 28, 2023 for phase one of its 10 million unit capacity expansion, including a new automated compressor line. After phase one, annual output reaches 4 million units and total capacity 15 million.

Prysmian Group broke ground on a $63.8 million expansion of its Du Quoin, Illinois plant to increase renewable energy cable manufacturing. The project adds over 100,000 square feet and is expected to create 80 new jobs while retaining 225.

Montebello Packaging announced a $12 million investment in a new production line at its Lebanon plant, marking the site's 25th anniversary. The 160-foot extrusion line is expected to be fully functional by the fourth quarter of 2023.

Whakatane Mill Limited secured over NZ$70 million from its shareholders for a major upgrade that adds 50,000 tonnes of folding box board capacity, lifting output from 150,000 to 200,000 tonnes. Construction began in late June 2023 with full production expected by November.

Wabtec Corporation will invest $2.7 million to expand its Graham-White facility in Salem, Virginia, relocating pneumatic braking system manufacturing lines there. The move is expected to create 38 new jobs.

Mitsubishi Chemical UK began construction of a new production line that will double capacity for its SoarnoL EVOH packaging polymer at Saltend Chemicals Park in Hull, a multi-hundred-million-pound investment. The line is expected to be operational by mid-2025 and create at least 30 direct jobs.

Huhtamaki is investing approximately USD 30 million to expand its Paris, Texas facility, adding folding carton manufacturing capacity and consolidating an external warehouse. Production is expected to ramp up in Q1 2025, with up to 80 jobs planned.

Pernod Ricard Winemakers has started up a high-speed combination can and small-format bottle line at its Rowland Flat site in South Australia, with capacity up to 24,000 cans per hour. The line will produce RTD and small-format wine products.

Kantek (CANTEC) plans to expand its polymer packaging plant in Stavropol's Energiya industrial park with total investment estimated at 3 billion roubles, in seven production lines, with launch not earlier than 2026 and about 6,000 tonnes per year capacity by 2034.

AAON announced a $40 million expansion adding a 230,000-square-foot building to its Longview, Texas plant to increase production and coil capacity, with about 250 new full-time jobs. Groundbreaking is scheduled for July 18, 2023.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems officially opened a plant extension in Triembach au Val, Alsace, on July 13, 2023, after investing around 15 million euros in new production and logistics space for industrial sensors.

KM Hydraulic announced a Phase II factory of about 16,000 square meters in the expansion area of its existing plant, with an expected annual output value of 300 million yuan. It will produce load-sensitive proportional multi-way valves and is expected to start operating in 2024.

Cardbox Packaging Inc. cut the ribbon on an 11,000-square-foot expansion of its U.S. manufacturing headquarters in Pittston, Pennsylvania, with state officials attending.

Alpla will invest about EUR 8 million in a third extrusion line at its Radomsko recycling plant, raising food-grade rPET capacity from 30,000 to 54,000 tonnes a year and creating 12 jobs.

Westrock Coffee plans to invest over $300 million and create 600 new jobs over five years at its development, production, packaging and distribution facility in Conway, Arkansas, with the facility using advanced robotics.

Baglioni opened a new automated production line for carbon and stainless steel compressed air pressure tanks at its Casalvolone plant in the province of Novara in June 2023.

Atlantic is investing over EUR 30 million to extend its Billy-Berclau factory by 5,000 m², adding production of heat pump components previously imported from Asia.

STI Group is investing in an additional folding carton production plant at its Rumburk site in the Czech Republic, with a new printing press also going into operation in Hungary. The Rumburk site currently employs 80 people.

Mondi plans to invest more than €16 million ($17.5 million) in its Krapkowice plant in southern Poland to install a new production line for MailerBAG paper bags, doubling bag production capacity this year.

Atlas Copco's Compressor Technique business area held a groundbreaking ceremony in Wuxi, China, to expand its R&D and manufacturing base, with the facilities to be in full use by the end of 2025.

Semperit has held the groundbreaking for a hydraulic hose production expansion at its Odry plant in the Czech Republic. The investment is about EUR 110 million, adding roughly 32 million meters of annual capacity, for total capacity of almost 200 million meters, with completion planned in 2028.

Klabin has started up the PM 28 board machine supplied by Valmet as phase 2 of its Puma II project in Ortigueira, Brazil. The line, with a related fiber line and automation, targets 460,000 tons of coated board annually. The start-up occurred on May 9, 2023 and was reported on June 21, 2023.