MFP Automation Engineering, a fluid power and automation company, is investing $824,013 in a 10,000-square-foot expansion of warehousing and office space at its existing facility in Jamestown Charter Township, Michigan. The expansion is expected to create five new jobs.

Morocco's Industry Minister inaugurated a new 5,000 sq m extension of Compagnie Industrielle des Fibres in Tangier, with seven machines and planned output rising from 12 to 45 tons of packaging materials per day by 2025.

Ampco Pumps broke ground on a 17,000 square foot addition to its Glendale, Wisconsin manufacturing facility, including a new lab for its Applied Products division and expanded pump assembly areas.

Brose will invest MXN 404 million to expand its facility in Colón, Mexico, including acquiring an 800-ton press from Servornechanich for a project with Volvo.

Abrasive Flow Solutions, a subsidiary of Invicta Holdings' Engineering Solutions Group, celebrated its first year at its Benoni, Gauteng plant. Over the past year it added a rubber lining facility with autoclaves and a pinch valve sleeve manufacturing facility, and expanded hydraulic pressing capacity.

Smurfit Kappa invested USD 23.5 million to upgrade its Nuevo Laredo sheet plant in Tamaulipas, Mexico into a fully integrated corrugated plant with a new corrugator. The machine began operating recently and doubles production capacity while cutting CO2 emissions by up to 40%.

Molson Coors began construction of a 200,000 sq ft variety pack warehouse adjacent to its Fort Worth brewery, a $65 million project designed by Hixson. Completion is expected by the end of 2022.

Huhtamaki broke ground on a almost USD 100 million expansion of its molded fiber packaging plant in Hammond, Indiana, adjacent to its existing site, covering about 23,000 square meters and adding around 100 jobs. Ramp-up is expected toward the end of 2023.

TC Transcontinental Packaging announced a 105,000 sq ft expansion of its Clinton, Missouri facility in the Gerhart Industrial Park, creating 50 new jobs and further expanding food packaging. Construction is underway and completion is expected in late 2023.

Ardagh Metal Packaging is investing in expanding its La Ciotat, France beverage can facility, supported by Bpifrance and Sud Attractivité, creating about 80 jobs with production expected to begin in the first half of 2023.

MMP Neupack Polska is investing 60 million euros in its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland, doubling capacity and adding an industrial digital printing line expected to start in mid-2022.

Valmet inaugurated a new high-volume valve production unit at its Vantaa valve factory, which started operations in June 2022 and was officially opened on June 6, 2022, to improve valve availability and delivery times.

Molson Coors broke ground on a new $65 million variety pack warehouse of about 200,000 square feet at its Fort Worth, Texas brewery to bring hard seltzer packaging and logistics in-house. The project is expected to add jobs and was slated for completion later in 2022.

Scholle IPN will invest $31.1 million to expand its Smyth County operation by 73,000 square feet, adding new film extrusion and packaging lines and 75 jobs, plus new rail track for resin deliveries. The announcement was made on June 1, 2022.

Caddick Construction completed a multimillion-pound design and build expansion of Alpla's Warrington manufacturing facility in Golborne, including a bridge link and a warehouse extension to its logistics hub, announced 31 May 2022.

Hudsonville Creamery plans a $65.7 million multi-phase expansion at its Holland, Michigan facility, adding manufacturing space, machinery and a wastewater treatment plant. The project is expected to create 76 jobs and received a $1 million state grant.

Damm is investing an additional 25 million euros to launch a new can packaging line at its El Prat de Llobregat brewery, creating 50 jobs during 2022. The line will package cans for all of the company's brands, with launch planned for May 2022.

Mitsubishi Electric will invest 1.44 billion Turkish lira (about $113 million) in a new plant at its MACT air-conditioner subsidiary in Turkey. Annual capacity will rise to 300,000 air-to-water heat pumps and 1,100,000 room air conditioners, with production starting February 2024.

NHK Spring is building a new motor core production building at its Atsugi plant in Kanagawa, investing about ¥5 billion. Capacity at the plant will roughly triple after the building opens, with construction starting November 2022 and completion in October 2023.

Automation machinery maker Mühlbauer Inc., the US subsidiary of Germany's Mühlbauer Group, will invest $9 million to upgrade its Oakland Industrial Park facility in Newport News, Virginia, adding production equipment and creating 32 jobs.

Bleistahl North America LP will expand its Battle Creek, Michigan facility by adding equipment and a fourth shift, with an $8.7 million capital investment creating 69 jobs. The project was supported by a $414,000 state grant.

Sartorius opened a new 10,000-square-meter building with about 2,400 square meters of clean rooms at its M'Hamdia site in Tunisia, after investing more than 20 million euros to increase fluid management production.

Uponor North America opened a $5.5 million, 25,000 sq ft expansion of its Hutchinson, Minnesota facility, raising PEX-a pipe extrusion capacity by more than 10%.

Gerresheimer has commissioned a new plastic container and closure plant and a new glass melting furnace at its Kosamba site in India, adding production capacity for pharmaceutical primary packaging.

Johnson County Council approved two tax abatements for a $15 million expansion of Sonoco Flexible Packaging's facility north of Edinburgh, Indiana. The announcement is dated 13 May 2022.

SCG Packaging (SCGP) will add 75,000 tons per year of corrugated carton and sheet board capacity through Thai Containers Group, its 70:30 joint venture with Rengo, at existing sites in Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon. The THB 2,450 million project is expected to start commercial production in mid-2023.

Huhtamaki North America plans to expand its Hammond, Indiana facility with nearly $100 million of capital investment to add molded fiber capacity. The project adds about 250,000 square feet and about 100 jobs, with construction starting in summer 2022.

Orora Beverage is investing $85 million to add a multi-size can line at its Revesby, New South Wales site. The line is expected to come online in 2025 and add about 10 per cent to can body capacity.

CompAir, part of Ingersoll Rand, has completed the transfer of foreign screw compressor production capacity to its Simmern site in Germany, which is being upgraded and reconfigured.

Welch Packaging, based in Elkhart, Indiana, bought a 98-inch Fosber corrugator for a new operation at 4200 Industrial Blvd in Indianapolis, expected to add at least 50 jobs.

Amcor announced a multi-million-dollar investment to add thermoforming capabilities for medical packaging at its Sligo, Ireland healthcare packaging facility, including Class 7 cleanroom manufacturing and a design studio.

Tigard-based NSI, a supplier of gas and chemical delivery systems to semiconductor makers, is moving from 15,000 sq ft of buildings to a newly built 62,000 sq ft plant in Sherwood, Oregon, in 2022, described as a multiple-million-dollar investment.

Hudsonville Creamery and Ice Cream Company plans a multi-phase expansion at its Holland, Michigan facility with a total investment of $65.7 million, supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Coastal Container Corporation plans to expand its existing Holland, Michigan facility by adding 65,000 square feet of manufacturing space and an on-site corrugator, creating 62 manufacturing jobs with $22 million in private investment. The project received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Orora announced an approximately AUD 85 million capacity expansion adding a multi-size can line at its Revesby, New South Wales site, expected to come online in 2025.

Tetra Pak is expanding its Querétaro plant with a new cutting line and laminating capacity, raising output from 11.3 to 12.8 billion packages; operations start in 2024. Reported investment is 500 million pesos (article body cites 50 million).

Visy will invest A$48 million in major upgrades to its material recovery facility on Gibson Island, Queensland, which will divert up to an additional 30,000 kt of material from landfill.

Crown Holdings will build a new high-speed aluminum can line at its Agoncillo, Spain beverage can facility, with commercial production expected in Q1 2023 to serve growing demand in Northern Spain.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to build a second facility next to its MHIAEL Nagasaki Plant, doubling its floor area from 5,400 to about 11,000 square meters. The expansion will bring outsourced combustor processes in-house and support production ramp-up for PW1100G-JM engine components.

Azbil completed a new factory building at its Azbil Equipment (Dalian) production base in Dalian, Liaoning, to expand global production, mainly for industrial valves, with full operation scheduled for January 2023.

Fluid blending equipment maker Fusion Fluid Equipment plans a $6.1 million, 42,000 sq ft expansion of its Whitehall, Michigan production facility, creating 35 jobs over three years.

Novelis is investing more than $30 million in a new continuous annealing line at its Plettenberg-Ohle, Germany plant, doubling capacity for aluminium used in coffee capsules.

Retigo completed construction of a new two-storey 6,000 m2 production hall at its headquarters in Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech Republic. The hall will be fitted with automation and new machines to raise output by the second half of 2022.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö completed its investment and started production on a new glass microfiber media line at its Turin plant, adding capacity for filtration and energy storage materials. The investment was first announced in January 2020.

Youfumi Valve Group is expanding and upgrading its Fuding, Fujian plant to produce 100,000 fluorine-lined pipe valve sets per year. Workshop one is due to be finished by the end of June with production starting in October, and the project adds automated equipment.

Metalconstruct Aluminium Structures Factory will build a new plant hall and add two casting cells to its aluminium foundry at its Sirok site in Hungary, investing about HUF 450 million. The upgrade is expected to raise foundry capacity by about 20-25% and grow staff from 35 to 50.

Memphis-based packaging company Bryce Corp is investing $80 million to expand its Searcy, Arkansas operations, including a new manufacturing facility and distribution center. The expansion is expected to create 142 jobs.

Rondo Ganahl built a new production hall at its St. Ruprecht an der Raab site in Styria, housing a Koenig & Bauer Durst Delta SPC 130 digital printer. Investment totals EUR 25 million including equipment, and production started in early April 2022.

Kwang Jo ILI is building a second factory extension at its headquarters in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, to produce ball, butterfly, check and needle valves. Operations are targeted for November 2022.

Saica plans a second phase at its Hamilton, Ohio plant, adding two converting machines including a 4-colour Bobst flexo folder-gluer and a 2-colour Bobst rotary die-cutter. Civil works are to start in coming months, with both machines running in the second half of 2023.