Eviosys launched a three-piece rectangular can manufacturing line for luncheon meat packaging in Karacabey, Türkiye, backed by an investment of EUR 1.5 million.

Smurfit Kappa officially opened its expanded Pruszków plant in Poland on March 16, 2023, after a EUR 40 million investment that doubled production capacity and added a 12,000-pallet warehouse.

Britvic is investing £13 million in a fifth canning line at its Rugby factory in England, expected to create up to 20 jobs and raise production by 14%. The announcement was made on 16 March 2023.

Voss is expanding its drum coating system for its in-house Voss coat zinc-nickel corrosion protection in Wipperfürth, Germany, increasing plant volume by nearly 50%. The company has invested EUR 2.5 million in galvanizing since 2018.

Lexair Inc. will expand its Lexington, Kentucky operations with an $8.5 million investment, adding 35,000 square feet and creating 14 full-time jobs. The announcement was made on March 15, 2023.

Hendor has started building an expansion of its head office and production facility in Bladel, Netherlands, tripling production space and adding automation and robotisation. Completion is expected by the end of 2026.

DS Smith is investing €34 million to modernise and expand its corrugated board plant in Arenshausen, Thuringia, with groundbreaking held for the works. The investment is part of about €120 million spent across three German sites and is expected to create new jobs.

Canpack is starting up new final production lines at its Brzesko plant in Poland, which will lift can capacity to over 12 billion a year, with full operation expected by end of November.

Klabin concluded the first stage of a 188-million-Reais ($35.7 million) investment at its Horizonte packaging unit in Ceará state, Brazil, installing a new corrugator that raises capacity to 100,000 tonnes of corrugated board per year from 20,000 tonnes.

Alleima inaugurated a new hydraulic and instrumentation tubing factory at its Mehsana Mill in Gujarat, India, on 15 March 2023. The plant adds seamless stainless steel tube capacity for the chemical, petrochemical and energy segments.

Canned beverage maker DrinkPAK is adding a third production line capable of 2,200 cans per minute at its campus on Needham Ranch Parkway in Santa Clarita Valley, California. The expansion will require up to 80 new hires by April 2023.

DS Smith will invest almost EUR 120 million in expanding and modernising its plants in Nördlingen, Arenshausen and Arnstadt, including a new corrugator at Nördlingen, creating about 100 new jobs.

Danone North America will invest up to $65 million over two years at its Jacksonville facility to add a new bottle production line. The expansion will create 40 new jobs at the plant, which employs 110 people.

Clow Valve won Oskaloosa City Council approval for its application to the Iowa High Quality Jobs Program and tax exemption for a $75 million expansion at its Oskaloosa plant. The planned expansion covers 36,000 square feet.

Huhtamaki completed a €20 million expansion of its Nules, Spain packaging site in November 2022, doubling its capacity and expected to create about 130 new jobs.

Tetra Pak announced an expansion of its plant in Corregidora, Querétaro, with an investment of 500 million Mexican pesos.

Poclain invested $25 million in capital expenditure over two years at its Yorkville, Wisconsin plant, including a building extension and new motor and pump assembly line to meet demand.

VMI, part of TKH, opened three new production assembly halls at its Leszno, Poland site, bringing production floorspace to almost 30,000 square meters. The expansion supports its tire and pharmaceutical machinery business.

French firm Bleyer Holding signed an investment project for high-end industrial valves at the Rudong Economic Development Zone on 17 February 2023. The project totals $30 million and will have capacity of 40,000 valve sets per year once running.

Austrian heat pump maker iDM is investing about 35 million euros in a new 10,500 square meter production hall in Matrei, targeting 40,000 heat pumps per year, with completion and commissioning planned for July 2023.

Baumüller Dravinja, the Slovenian subsidiary of Baumüller, is completing a new hall in Slovenske Konjice for about five million euros, doubling electrical production capacity and adding sheet metal and logistics space, with occupancy planned for March 2023.

DeLaval plans to raise production capacity of its VMS automatic milking systems by 50% to meet rising demand, with a new VMS factory targeted for setup in 2024 at its Tumba site in Sweden.

PDM US announced a $18.5 million investment to expand its Rock Hill, South Carolina production facility, which will become its world headquarters and create 25 new jobs, with completion expected by April 2023.

Bobcat Company completed a $9.3 million investment in automated punch press technology at its Gwinner, North Dakota plant, built with AP&T North America, and added $1.2 million in building upgrades. The new line began production and is expected to more than double press capacity.

Cullen Packaging has announced a £15m expansion plan that will create 120 new green jobs across its business, growing its moulded fibre and corrugate operations. The article is dated 7 February 2023.

Shanghai Valve Factory has started the renovation and expansion of its second-phase plant at 111 Zhongbai Road in Anting town, Jiading, Shanghai, with a total investment of 18 million yuan. Production is expected to start in early 2024, adding about 300 million yuan in annual output.

Georgia-Pacific is investing $30 million to modernize its corrugated plant in Owosso, Michigan, with a new corrugator, converter and other equipment that adds double wall capability. Installation has begun and first production is expected by the end of February 2023.

The Bologovskiy Armature Plant (BAZ Industrial Group) started producing 15 to 50 mm ball valves for taps that it previously bought from other suppliers. It plans to make 600,000 units in 2023.

Impresora del Yaque / Elopak Caribe inaugurated an expansion of its production plant in Santiago, Dominican Republic, adding new investments of US$4.5 million to increase production capacity for the agro-industrial sector and exports.

LAMACOM group inaugurated an extension of its Lamacom plant at Ain Sebaa, Casablanca, creating the Lamatech Packaging Solutions business unit for injection-moulded IML plastic packaging. The investment is 75.6 million MAD and is expected to create 105 jobs.

Ball Corporation announced a R$100 million investment to increase production capacity at its aluminum can plant in the Suape industrial complex, Pernambuco, Brazil, backed by 85% state tax incentives. The announcement was made on February 2, 2023.

Trivium Packaging is finalizing a decision on two new lines at its Youngstown plant, which would add 93 jobs. Ohio approved an estimated $725,000 tax credit for the project, which competes with New York and Virginia; the company expects to decide by March 31.

Trivium Packaging is investing $51 million in two new aluminum monobloc production lines at its Youngstown site, adding 93 jobs to meet demand in aerosol and beverage markets.

Verallia is building a second furnace at its Campo Bom glass container plant in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, at a total investment of €80 million. Construction is expected to start in March 2023 and take about eight months.

Carraro Group inaugurated a new 1,440 square meter production area at its gear plant in Ranjangaon, Pune, adding gear hobbing and grinding machines. Monthly gear capacity will rise from 150,000 to over 175,000.

Nestlé Health Science will invest $43 million to add two production lines at its Eau Claire, Wisconsin factory, making Boost and Carnation Breakfast Essentials ready-to-drink products. The expansion will add 60 jobs.

Helios Technologies is expanding its Daman Products plant in Mishawaka, Indiana by 50,000 square feet and adding a significant number of employees. The site will become a Center of Excellence for North American manifold operations, with relocation expected by Q3 2023.

After buying the Duino mill, Mondi plans to invest around €200 million to convert a paper machine into a containerboard machine. The converted mill is expected to produce about 420,000 tonnes of recycled containerboard a year.

Zigong Taiwell Valve Manufacturing is expanding its valve and control valve production line in Zigong's Gaoxin high-tech zone, with a total investment of 80 million yuan and annual capacity of 154,000 units, with trial production planned for April 2023.

Autojia says its 1-million-unit-per-year electric compressor project in Chuzhou, Anhui, has partly been completed and formed some capacity, with full production expected by mid-2023.

The Bologovsky brass pipeline valve plant in Tver Oblast bought new machinery in 2022 and is preparing a new galvanic shop with capacity up to 5 million units per year. It plans to reach nearly 8 million units annually and set up three logistics hubs in 2023.

Imaflex Inc. has selected Bandera U.S. to supply a 2400 3-layer SmartFlex line and a 2400 5-layer Barrier Flex line to increase capacity at its Victoriaville plant. The first line is scheduled to be installed and started up in Q1 2023.

Soucy Techno will increase its rubber production capacity by 50% and automate systems in Sherbrooke with $12 million from the governments of Canada and Quebec and Investissement Québec. The project will create 15 jobs by 2027 and keep 220 existing jobs.

The Xindi Peier valve R&D center and intelligent retrofit project in Zigong's Gaoxin district has a total investment of 100 million yuan. It is due to start trial production in June 2023 and reach full output in August, adding 100 million yuan of annual output value.

Perfetti Van Melle plans to invest €40 million to more than double the capacity of its Toluca plant in Estado de México, Mexico, by 2024. The project is expected to create 300 jobs, as announced by the state governor on 9 January 2023.

Ardagh Metal Packaging is investing nearly EUR 80 million to add a third production line at its La Ciotat plant, launching in the first half of 2023, to make slim beverage cans previously imported from Germany.

Baker Hughes expanded the clean room at its Suzhou, China valve plant to about 158 square meters, more than double its previous size, to increase production capacity for air separation and hydrogen projects.

Hollingsworth & Vose will invest $40.2 million to expand its Floyd County, Virginia facility by over 28,000 square feet for new production equipment, creating 25 new jobs. Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the project on 3 January 2023.

Mondi installed a 3.35m BHS Corrugated Width Line at its Mszczonów plant near Warsaw, following a factory extension, lifting planned output to over 320m sqm per year. The extension and new corrugator were implemented in 2023.

Balluff plans to expand its Veszprem, Hungary site with additional production areas and a new development centre during 2023. The Veszprem plant is part of its existing production network.