KITZ Corporation announced an investment in Tecofi, a French industrial valve manufacturer founded in 1985, alongside existing shareholders Bpifrance and Garibaldi Participations.

Italian can-end maker Easytech Packaging, headquartered in Fisciano, invested in four high-speed rotary liners capable of 1,200 lids per minute to enter the pet food packaging market. Henkel supplied its food-grade sealant for the can end production.

Label and packaging printer Brook + Whittle has added an HP Indigo V12 digital press, completing its fleet of 11 HP Indigo presses to speed short-run and label production.

Massilly North America will invest CAD 85 million in a new Brantford, Ontario facility making three-piece metal cans for food packaging, with coil cutting, creating 50 jobs. The Ontario government is providing CAD 5 million through the Ontario Together Trade Fund.

Massilly North America will invest C$85 million to establish a new metal can manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ontario, with new production lines, creating 50 new jobs and sustaining 228 existing jobs. The Ontario government is providing C$5 million in funding.

ePac Flexible Packaging is investing in upgrades at its facilities in Austria, France, Poland and the United Kingdom, including digital printing presses and pouch converting equipment, announced in January 2026.

PONAR Wadowice has received a support decision under the Polish Investment Zone for a strategic project worth nearly PLN 100 million, including a new 1,000 m2 production hall and modern machinery for defense and civilian hydraulics, to be carried out in 2026-2027.

Smurfit Westrock plans to invest more than R$800 million in its Brazilian mills to expand production of recyclable paper packaging and modernize its plants. The CEO of its Brazil unit, Manuel Alcalá, described the country as strategic.

Graz packaging specialist GPI Graz is investing millions of euros in new production equipment and expanded manufacturing capacity in Graz, Austria. No specific amount was disclosed in the article.

Lee Li Holdings is investing $533 million in renovating and expanding its existing Mississauga, Ontario bottling plant and building a new 85,000 sq ft facility, expected to create 275 jobs with $90 million in provincial funding.

Valpres S.r.l., part of Bonomi Group, is investing in a new machining center with vise, a welding system and a sandblasting system to expand capacity and improve processes for standard and custom industrial valves. The investment is co-funded by the Lombardy regional programme under the European Regional Development Fund.

Honeycomb paperboard pallet maker Pallite Group secured a £1.6 million export finance facility from KBC Bank, backed by UK Export Finance. The working capital will support growth in overseas markets.

Harrison Packaging commissioned a custom Koenig & Bauer Duran folder gluer at its Stockton on Tees site, able to handle both solid carton board and micro flute board. The investment brought a UK automotive packaging contract back from mainland Europe.

Growth Investment Partners (GIP) Zambia announced a US$5 million seven-year royalty funding investment in Boxpack Zambia, a corrugated carton maker, to buy a new production line and triple monthly output from 600 to 1,800 tonnes.

Growth Investment Partners Zambia made its first major investment, a USD 5 million seven-year royalty funding to Boxpack Zambia Limited in Lusaka. The funding will let the family-owned carton maker acquire a new production line and raise monthly output from 600 to 1,800 tonnes.

Hyosung Heavy Industries will build a new export-only extra-high-voltage circuit breaker plant and expand related production equipment in Changwon, South Korea, with a total investment of 100 billion won. The plant is targeted for completion in the first half of 2026 and will raise breaker capacity to about 1.5 times the existing level.

Baker Hughes announced plans to invest approximately €300 million in its existing Italian facilities over the next five years to expand manufacturing capacity, including turbine compressors, and to create new jobs.

Baker Hughes announced at Gastech in Milan a plan to invest about 300 million euros in existing Italian facilities over five years, adding jobs in production and engineering and expanding turbine and compressor capacity.

Baker Hughes plans to invest 300 million euros in its Italian manufacturing sites over five years, creating about 300 specialized jobs to expand turbine, compressor and pump production.

Pump maker Homa has invested EUR 7 million since 2024 in its Neunkirchen-Seelscheid site, including a DMG Mori machining centre that cuts machining time by 30%. The investment modernises motor and pump housing production.

Novelis, a subsidiary of Hindalco, said in its quarterly earnings release that its $4.1 billion greenfield rolling and recycling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama is progressing, with equipment being installed and operations expected in the second half of calendar 2026.

ORG Packaging is investing CNY1.1 billion (about USD150 million) in two new canmaking facilities in Thailand and Kazakhstan. The report is dated 5 August 2025.

Hood Container will invest $118.9 million to modernize its paper mill in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, upgrading the primary paper machine to add 80,000 tons per year capacity and improving the recovery boiler. The first phase is due in Q3 2026.

OJI Thailand installed and commissioned an Aopack BM3000-HD corrugated box maker at its Thailand facility in August 2025. The machine follows deployments at OJI subsidiaries in Japan.

TRICOR Packaging & Logistics AG commissioned a factory-integrated BHS Corrucleaner HE-90 dust removal system on its newest 2.8-metre corrugator in Goch, Germany. The article is dated 30 July 2025 and the commissioning took place the previous week.

Modine announced a $100 million investment over 12-18 months to expand Airedale data center cooling manufacturing at four US sites, including a new facility in the Dallas, Texas area and an expansion in Grenada, Mississippi, with possible repurposing of Performance Technologies sites in Franklin, Wisconsin and Jefferson City, Missouri.

Panther Group's RRK Wellpappenfabrik is buying a neighbouring 30,000 m² plot in Bottrop and plans a fully automated new corrugator and warehouse, with about EUR 40 million invested. Plant capacity is set to rise above 300 million m² per year, with timing dependent on 2026 economic conditions.

ACTOM plans to invest R400 million in new production capacity, aftermarket services and acquisitions, to be spent by 31 March 2026. The CEO announced the plan at the launch of a subsidiary's fan facility in Germiston.

Corrugated packaging supplier Tri-Wall has adopted Aopack BM3000-HD heavy-duty box making machines at its operations in China, Europe and the Middle East to improve small-batch production.

Green Bay Packaging will invest $1 billion to expand its kraft linerboard mill in Morrilton, Arkansas, replacing recovery and biomass boiler components, adding an electric turbine generator and buying about 300 acres of land.

Danone Canada announced a C$9 million investment in its Boucherville, Quebec plant to launch production of new individual Oikos yogurt cups made from PET resin, with up to 30% recycled content. Investissement Québec provides a C$3 million loan and RECYC-QUÉBEC a C$400,000 grant.

SCG Packaging invested VND 2,825 billion (about THB 3,727 million) to take a further 30% stake in Duy Tan JSC, raising its total shareholding to 100%.

Crown Holdings is increasing its beverage can manufacturing capacity in Brazil to meet growing demand from alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage customers. The report is dated 2 June 2025.

Balcan Innovations announced a $200 million capex plan to add co-extrusion, printing and bag-making machinery at its Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin plant, which will raise film capacity by more than 700%. Installation is planned for 2025 through 2027.

Nidec is investing more than 22 million euros over the next two years at its Fürstenfeld site in Austria, for a new inverter production line and production of its ATOM compressor family.

CANPACK is investing over PLN 440 million to expand its aluminum beverage can plant in Bydgoszcz, Poland, adding about one billion cans per year of capacity and over 100 new jobs.

Smurfit Westrock's board approved a US$150 million investment to expand and modernize its paper packaging operations in Brazil, to be executed over 18 to 22 months.

Reykjavik Creamery is investing in a new fully automatic wraparound case packer from BW Integrated Systems, capable of filling up to 35 cases per minute.

The Spadel Group announced around €40 million of investment at its Spa Monopole plant in Spa, Belgium, between 2025 and 2027, to renovate production lines, add a new line and improve energy and environmental performance.

Premium soft drinks maker Belvoir Farm invested £2 million in a canning line at its on-farm factory in Leicestershire, using a T. Freemantle end-load cartoner for multipacks.

Saica Flex, the flexible packaging division of Saica Group, invested €7.1 million in new converting and printing machinery at its Wigan site to boost modified atmosphere packaging production. Up to 20 new jobs will be created.

BENZ Packaging announced a Rs150 crore investment over five years to expand manufacturing, enhance technology and extend its presence to Vietnam and Japan.

SFT Group estimates total investment in its Adygea projects through 2030 at 30 billion rubles, including a high-tech paper machine to be launched by 2028 with capacity of 250-270 thousand tonnes of board per year and site capacity rising to 350 million sq m.

Saica Group's flexible packaging division Saica Flex unveiled a €7.1 million investment in new printing and conversion equipment at its Wigan site, aiming to create up to 20 local jobs.

Huangshi Donper Compressor, a subsidiary of Donper Group, plans to invest about 2 billion yuan in Huangshi Economic and Technological Development Zone to build a high-end variable frequency intelligent manufacturing base. The first phase, worth 581 million yuan, starts construction in March 2025 and is due for completion in December 2025.

ArcelorMittal has made a $1.2 billion investment to build an advanced non-grain-oriented electrical steel manufacturing facility in Alabama. The plant will produce up to 150,000 metric tons of NOES annually.

Packaging company Pulpex raised a £62 million Series D round led by the National Wealth Fund and the Scottish National Investment Bank. The funding will finance construction of its first commercial-scale manufacturing facility near Glasgow.

Schumacher Packaging Birmingham commissioned a Delta SPC 130 FlexLine Eco+ digital printing press from Koenig & Bauer Durst, starting commercial digital printing for corrugated packaging. The machine is part of a EUR 30 million investment in the Birmingham site.

The UK National Wealth Fund committed £43.5 million in direct equity to Pulpex, which will build a commercial-scale fibre bottle plant near Glasgow producing 50 million bottles per year. The Scottish National Investment Bank adds £10 million, bringing total funding to £62 million, and 35 jobs are expected.

Fujian Lida Group signed a 110 million yuan investment for a project to produce 4,000 air compressors a year in the Tongling Economic and Technological Development Zone. The first phase leases 600 square metres of factory space.