PAC Worldwide moved operations from Pedro Escobedo into a new 83,000 square-foot flexible packaging plant in San Juan del Rio, about two hours north of Mexico City. The plant is expected to produce over 700,000 bags daily at full capacity.

Lubrizol and Grasim Industries broke ground on the first phase of a 100,000 metric-ton CPVC resin plant in Vilayat, Gujarat, as part of Lubrizol's $150 million India investment. Phase one and a Dahej line are expected to be operational by early 2025.

Paboco plans to set up a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site and development center in Denmark, with series production of recyclable paper bottles scheduled to start at the end of 2024. The company currently has 18 employees.

Colep Packaging and the Envases Group signed a joint venture agreement, based on a 50/50 shareholding, to build an aerosol packaging plant in Mexico. The total initial investment is more than $30 million over two years.

Colep Packaging and Envases Group signed a 50/50 joint venture to build an aerosol packaging plant in Mexico with a total initial investment of more than $30 million over two years. The first stage will use three aluminium aerosol lines.

Colep Packaging and Envases Group signed a joint venture agreement to build an aerosol packaging plant in Mexico, initially with three aluminium aerosol lines serving Mexico and Central America. The announcement is dated 23 October 2023.

Nantong Unika Machinery Equipment began construction on a 100 million yuan project in Qidong's high-tech zone to produce core components for roll press equipment.

Exe (Qidong) Fluid Technology received land and began construction on a 500 million yuan project in Qidong's high-tech zone to produce 200,000 intelligent control valves per year.

Parker Corporation announced an $8 million investment and 200 new jobs for a new plant in the Finsa industrial park in Aguascalientes, Mexico, starting operations in August 2024 to make air conditioner components.

Parker Corporation Mexicana announced an $8 million investment for a new plant in the FINSA industrial park in Aguascalientes, creating about 200 jobs and making air conditioner components, with operations starting in August 2024.

Minnesota-based canning company Lagersmith Can Supply Co. is investing $10 million to build a 25,000-square-foot warehouse and production facility in Bark Creek Industrial Park, Fremont, creating more than 20 jobs over three years.

Gruppo Fanti celebrated the opening of Fanti USA, its first US manufacturing facility, in a former vacant building in the Half Moon Industrial Park in Weirton. The roughly $30 million investment is the company's largest expansion project, and production begins in the coming weeks.

Oilfield equipment maker GulfTek inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, under Saudi Aramco's IKTVA program, with USD 20 million committed and a further USD 30 million planned over five years. The site adds 23,000 square metres, bringing production area to about 45,000 square metres.

German compressor maker BAUER opened its new compressor factory in Ghimbav, Brasov County, Romania, which started production in February 2023 and has 150 employees. The 2022-2032 investment plan exceeds 50 million euros and the plant will reach 28,000 compressors per year.

Green Bay Packaging announced that its new 600,000-square-foot corrugator plant in Fort Worth, Texas, is nearing completion this fall. It will replace an older facility built in 1986 and will house a new 110-inch Fosber corrugator.

Viega will build a new manufacturing facility in Shalersville, Ohio, about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, to make its ProPress and MegaPress metal pipe fittings and valves. The investment is approximately $200 million.

CPMC's subsidiary Benepack Hungary Kft has started construction of a 24,000 square metre aluminium beverage can plant in Makó, Csongrád-Csanád county, with production due in autumn 2024. The €65 million project will create 120 jobs and is designed to produce one billion cans per year.

Tecma inaugurated its 41st plant, a maquiladora of over 250,000 square feet in Ciudad Juárez with more than 200 employees, focused on manufacturing precision pneumatic valves.

The NBM group opened a plant in Veliky Novgorod through its subsidiary T-ARM LLC to produce pipeline valves for the oil, chemical and gas industries. The first stage cost 400 million rubles and plans for up to 100 new jobs.

Visy opened its A$175 million corrugated cardboard box factory in Hemmant, Queensland, capable of making up to one million boxes a day from recycled paper. The facility directly employs over 100 people.

Brooks Instrument opened a 57,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Penang, its fourth global production site, to make GF100 mass flow controllers for semiconductor customers.

SIG laid the foundation for its first aseptic carton plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with planned phased investment of about ₹880 crore, expected to add 4 billion packs per year and create about 300 jobs.

Shanghai-based MT Group signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development to build an API valve facility in ALMARKAZ, Waha Land Industrial Zone, Abu Dhabi. The first phase of 30,000 valves per year is due by end 2023, rising to 150,000 valves by 2028 with over 200 jobs.

Hong Kong-backed Benepack Hungary is building an aluminium can factory in Makó's industrial park, with a €65 million investment whose foundation stone was laid on 26 September 2023. The plant is due to open in September 2024 with 120 jobs and capacity of up to one billion cans a year.

Viega will build a 180,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant for ProPress and MegaPress fittings in Shalersville, Ohio, with about $200 million of investment, expected to be operational in early 2025 and to create more than 68 jobs.

Viessmann is building a 40,000-square-meter heat pump factory in Legnica, Poland, with an investment above EUR 200 million, with UNITY Consulting supporting planning and production start targeted for Q3 2023.

International Paper celebrated the opening of its new $100 million corrugated packaging facility in Atglen, Pennsylvania, providing more than 100 manufacturing jobs.

Pratt Industries opened a $700 million recycled paper mill and corrugated box factory in Henderson, Kentucky, employing 325 people, with a new paper machine producing 1,500 tons of paper daily.

Pratt Industries officially opened its new $500 million paper mill and box factory in Henderson, Kentucky, across two facilities, creating over 320 jobs. The project is the largest investment in the region in more than 25 years.

SAMSON AG received final approval for its new factory at the Offenbach Innovation Campus, with construction started in August 2023 and completion scheduled by 2026. Production of electronic positioners is planned from October 2024.

Jayplas will develop a plastic reprocessing facility at the former Toyoda Gosei factory in Swansea, capable of processing at least 100,000 tonnes of plastics a year. The £45 million investment will create over 100 jobs and is being developed in three phases.

TricorBraun opened its Bev-Cap injection moulding facility on Coronation Avenue, Kings Park, in Western Sydney. The project took over six months and cost over AUD 2 million, a joint effort with PB Packaging and Cormack Packaging.

Pratt Industries plans a new 496,000-square-foot corrugated box factory in Warner Robins, in Peach County, Georgia, with more than 125 jobs and over $120 million of investment. Operations are expected to begin in late 2024.

Axium Packaging is constructing an 80 million dollar manufacturing site in Brampton, Ontario, expected to open in July 2024. The facility will make plastic containers, tubes and caps, and is designed to be LEED Silver compliant.

Bulgarian flexible packaging maker Ate Plast opened a new plant in the Zagore industrial zone in Stara Zagora after a 20 million lev investment. The plant has hired 40 people and is expected to double the company's output volumes.

Alleima is investing approximately SEK 250 million in a greenfield cold-finishing facility of over 10,000 square metres at its existing Zhenjiang site. Operations start in 2025 and will serve the chemical and petrochemical segment, including hydrogen tubes.

Emerson is building a 30,000-square-metre manufacturing facility at the King Salman Energy Park (Spark) in Saudi Arabia as part of its localisation efforts. The company already operates valve plants in Jubail, Dammam and Dhahran.

SheaRock Construction Group will build a 30,000-square-foot facility in the Windsor-Essex area of Ontario to manufacture plastic sewer maintenance shafts, investing about $4.29 million and creating 20 new jobs. The plant is targeted to be fully operational by 2026, producing up to 10,000 units a month.

Zipform Packaging opened its new A$8 million manufacturing facility in Dandenong South, Victoria, doubling its production capacity with a linear forming line for composite food packs.

Treplar, a joint venture of Klarpet of Turkey and Triton International Enterprises of the USA, is setting up a food packaging facility in Berkeley County, WV with a total investment of $50 million and about 600 jobs by year three.

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN CHINA established a 7,000 sqm manufacturing facility in Taicang, Jiangsu near Shanghai to meet rising demand for its new BM medium-pressure compressor series.

Zempack, a JBS company, is finishing construction of its new metal packaging plant in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, with an investment of over R$15 million, creating about 120 jobs, with opening planned for early in the second half of 2023.

Axium Packaging is constructing a new manufacturing facility in Brampton, Ontario, investing over CAD 80 million and employing 250 people. The site is expected to open in July 2024.

BDR Thermea's Remeha opened a heat pump factory in the Netherlands with a line capacity of 140,000 Elga Ace hybrid heat pumps per year. The opening was attended by acting ministers Hugo de Jonge and Rob Jetten.

Atlas Copco has started construction of a new manufacturing plant in Talegaon, Pune, India, to make air and gas compressor systems for local and export markets. The investment is about INR 1,400 million and the plant is planned for completion by Q2 2024.

The EPCM Group launched a new cathode manufacturing and maintenance center in Ahmedabad, India, with production starting May 2023 with 20 local employees. The inaugural project is manufacturing 81,577 copper cathodes for Kutch Copper Limited, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises.

Qinhuangdao Zhongqing Metallurgical Valve Co. is finishing its Zhongqing industrial park in Lulong county, with a total investment of RMB 455 million, capacity of 40,000 tons of valves a year and expected output value of RMB 1 billion. Offices are due to be finished in late September and production lines in October 2023.

Shanghai Frethy Valve Co. completed land registration for a project in Anren Town, Longquan, to build a 10,000-ton valve casting and 500,000-unit smart control device production line, with a total investment of RMB 121 million. The project is due to start construction within the year and reach full capacity in 2025.

Max Fame Group opened its first UK base in Trafford, Greater Manchester, leasing a 21,500 sq ft logistics building at Carrington Gateway with an initial £1m capital investment expected to create 100 jobs within three years.

DrinkPak, a beverage manufacturer founded in 2020 in Los Angeles, is seeking incentives for two plants in Fort Worth, one in Denton County at 25001 Eagle Parkway and one in southeast Fort Worth's Carter Park East industrial park, with a combined $452 million investment and 1,000 jobs. The sites would be finished by January 2027 and January 2028.