Zhejiang Taitian Compressor Co. plans a technical renovation project to produce 300,000 compressor units per year at an existing plant in Luqiao, Taizhou, with an investment of about 121.66 million yuan. The environmental impact assessment approval notice was published on 18 January 2022.

Smurfit Kappa announced an investment of over USD 33 million to expand its Fortaleza plant in Ceará, Brazil, adding a new corrugator, high-end printers and an innovation centre. The announcement was made on 18 January 2022.

Smurfit Kappa plans to invest 300 million dollars to expand its infrastructure and production in the State of Mexico over the coming years, creating more than 1,200 jobs. The announcement was made in January 2022 by Governor Alfredo Del Mazo Maza.

Tetra Pak is investing R500 million to upgrade and increase production capacity at its packaging material factory in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The multi-year upgrade starts in the first quarter of 2022 and will raise local packaging content to 80%.

Hydraulic cylinder maker Rosenboom Machine and Tool will invest $4 million over 36 months in new manufacturing capabilities at its Bowling Green, Ohio facility, adding a production line and about 70 jobs. The expansion aims to serve customers in the Eastern United States.

Triangle Pump Components expanded manufacturing and shipping/receiving areas at its Cleburne, Texas valve plant, with construction starting September 2021 and completed by year end. The expansion added new machines and doubled inventory capacity.

Miele is investing about €28 million in Bünde, Germany, including a new development centre on Borriesstraße and several hundred-tonne presses, which doubles capacity.

Sulzer Pumps Finland moved process pump production to a new production line completed in 2022 at its Karhula plant in Kotka, which significantly increased capacity and was paired with the adoption of LEAN management.

Zhejiang Xiangke Pump Industry Co. plans a technical renovation project to produce 30,000 pumps per year at its site in Luqiao district, Taizhou, with an investment of 2 million yuan in equipment; the environmental approval notice was published December 28, 2021.

Stora Enso will invest 23 million euros in its Varkaus packaging board mill in Finland, which will increase the mill's capacity.

Bosch Rexroth will invest $12.8 million to expand its hydraulics manufacturing campus in Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina, adding a testing facility and 60 jobs over five years, with completion expected by 2025.

Rostec's United Engine Corporation opened a new compressor production complex at ODK-Kuznetsov in Samara, investing 4.8 billion rubles. The new capacity doubles the plant's throughput, and about 500 jobs are expected across two new production lines.

Bona US held a groundbreaking for a 280,000-square-foot building at Monroe Corporate Center in Monroe, North Carolina, its second facility at the industrial park. The company plans to invest more than $20 million and create 124 jobs.

Papacks Sales GmbH is investing around EUR 13 million in a second molded fiber packaging plant next to its Arnstadt Gigafactory 1, doubling annual capacity there to 360 million units.

XNRGY Climate Systems is adding 100,000 sq ft to its Montreal manufacturing facility, doubling its North American footprint to 250,000 sq ft. The expansion includes a new R&D facility and AMCA certified laboratory.

WestRock will invest more than $47 million to expand its Claremont manufacturing facility in Catawba County, North Carolina, adding a 285,000 sq ft building and 50 new jobs, supported by a $125,000 One NC Fund grant.

Emerson carried out a USD 14.7 million capacity expansion at its Eger site in NE Hungary, adding a 10,500 square meter building and doubling manufacturing capacity for pneumatic cylinders and valves. The project is expected to create 200 new jobs in the long term. The article is dated December 8, 2021.

Tekno Valves plans to raise production from about 1.2 million valves a year to 1.5 million by December 2022 and 2 million by 2025 at its West Bengal facility. The total investment is Rs 35 crore, invested in phases.

BorgWarner Thermal Systems is expanding its Cadillac, Michigan assembly plant in a $11.2 million project expected to create 30 jobs, supported by a $225,000 state grant.

Plasser American will dedicate a 45,000 sq ft office building as the first phase of a $52.6 million expansion of its North American headquarters and manufacturing center in Chesapeake, Virginia, adding 98 jobs and doubling production capacity with an 82,000 sq ft plant.

Siemens Energy is investing over €60 million to add a 6,200 m² vacuum interrupter manufacturing facility at its Berlin switchgear plant, scheduled to start operations in 2023. The vacuum interrupters form the core of its SF6-free Blue Portfolio.

Zhejiang Mingrui Machinery moved production from three sites into a new 50-mu plant in Ruian, Wenzhou, whose construction began in October 2020 and was completed in late 2021.

Teqal, a maker of injection-moulded rigid plastic packaging, moved into a new 4,000 m² factory and warehouse in Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal, after IDC awarded it a R50m financing facility.

JC-Valves installed another Okuma CNC lathe in its machining area at its Sant Boi de Llobregat factory in Spain to increase production capacity for special valves.

Smurfit Kappa is expanding its Mold Business Park plant in Flintshire with a 14,500 sq m extension, part of a EUR 40 million investment, to become the largest integrated corrugated plant in the UK. Caddick Construction was awarded the build, due for completion in summer 2022.

Graham Packaging is adding a new production line at its Altavista facility to make a new product for an existing customer. The line adds 42.6 million units per year and creates 12 jobs. It was announced November 19, 2021.

Honeywell is expanding its Baton Rouge, Louisiana facility to double the capacity of its ultra-low global warming potential Solstice ze product. The product is used in foam insulation, propellants, refrigeration and air conditioning.

Blackmer, part of Dover's PSG, started a construction and renovation project at its Grand Rapids, Michigan headquarters adding 56,000 square feet of manufacturing, R&D and training space. The project is due for completion in June 2023 and will create more than 50 jobs.

Owens-Illinois plans to invest US$120 million to add three new lines at its Lurín plant near Lima, raising capacity by 25%. The project also moves the Bellavista factory to the southern Lima site, with first production expected from June 2023.

ADNOC and Borealis signed a final investment agreement worth USD 6.2 billion to build Borouge 4, a polyethylene expansion at the Ruwais complex in the UAE. It will produce 1.4 million tons of polyethylene per year, including a 1.5 million ton ethane cracker.

PAPACKS has started construction of its PAPACKS GIGAFACTORY 2, a molded fiber parts plant next to GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt, Thuringia, investing over 13 million euros. Annual capacity at the site will double to over 360 million molded parts from 2022.

Emerson completed a $100 million expansion and renovation of its Copeland engineering facility in Sidney, Ohio, adding 110,000 square feet of engineering lab space for compressor and HVACR technology development.

Nidec Global Appliance inaugurated a new EM compressor production line at its Joinville, Santa Catarina site on November 11, 2021. The line cost R$100 million and created 250 jobs, part of R$300 million invested in the state since 2019.

Direct Pack is expanding its existing Rockingham, North Carolina facility as part of its North American manufacturing growth. The expansion is linked to the integration of its vertical operations.

Bontaz Group inaugurated a 6,500 m² extension of its Bontaz Tunisia site in Ben Arous, including a clean room for manufacturing automotive solenoid valves. The Group invested nearly €8 million in the extension.

Laser, coding and ink technology specialist Needham Group has announced expansion plans of £30m based on revenue growth forecasts.

Schumacher Packaging has engaged Voith to expand paper machine 2 at its Myszków plant in Poland. From mid-2023 the machine will run at a doubled capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year of lightweight recycled corrugated case material.

Park Cam approved a new investment at its Bozüyük glass packaging facility in Turkey to commission a third furnace, raising daily production capacity from 1000 to 1500 tons per day.

Glass packaging maker Beatson Clark is investing £1m to expand its on-site recycling plant in South Yorkshire and install more efficient equipment.

Verallia will invest R$500 million to expand its glass container plant in Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, adding a new furnace that raises capacity to 1.3 million pieces per day from late 2023. The project is expected to create about 140 direct jobs.

Liberty Pumps has broken ground on a $13.5 million, 107,000-square-foot Materials Center expansion in Bergen, Genesee County, New York, expected to support 30 additional jobs.

Faurecia will invest $18 million to expand its Spring Hill plant at 3555 Cleburne Rd in Maury County, Tennessee, adding a 100,000 sq ft expansion for door panel assembly production and creating 171 new jobs.

Tetra Pak announced a R500 million investment to upgrade and increase production capability at its packaging material factory in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, with work running until August 2023 and 120 jobs added.

Hydro is investing NOK 390 million in a new P60 extrusion press and plant expansion at its aluminium plant in Suzhou, China, to serve the automotive and electric vehicle market, creating 75 jobs with first billet expected in mid-2023.

Turkish HVAC maker Üntes, with Italian partner Rhoss, has started building an extra 8,000 m² of production space at its chiller group factory in Ankara Saray to raise output of air-cooled chillers.

WestRock will invest more than $47 million to expand its Claremont manufacturing facility in Catawba County, North Carolina, adding a 285,000 square foot building and 50 new jobs.

Metsä Board plans to invest about SEK 2.1 billion to raise folding boxboard capacity at its Husum board and pulp mill in Västernorrland by 200,000 tons per year, from 400,000 to 600,000 tons.

Turkish polyethylene film maker Bareks, part of Bakioğlu Holding, completed a new factory and an MDO blown film line in Izmir to increase production capacity and export from Menemen Free Zone.

Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven, Germany plant to double production capacity, with about €70 million invested and 200 new jobs created by the end of June 2021.

Harmonic Drive Systems will invest about JPY6.5bn (USD70 million) at its Ariake plant in Nagano Prefecture to raise strain wave gear output from 150,000 to 220,000 units per month by August 2022.