Bürkert Fluid Control Systems officially commissioned a new 6,000 square metre building with an automated small-parts warehouse in Öhringen, part of a 20 million euro investment. The buildings have been ready for use since June 2024.

WIVO Valves announced a large-scale expansion of its production line in Qingdao, adding CNC machines, automated assembly lines and several thousand square meters of workshops. The company expects annual output to rise by over 30%. The announcement is dated May 13, 2024.

Hydraulic gear pump and motor maker Geartek is expanding its existing Corinth, Mississippi facility by about 8,500 square feet with a $3.8 million investment that will create two jobs.

AFA Fluid Control completed the concrete pour and topping out of its phase three project, a 35 million yuan facility for 1,000 large-diameter hard-seal ball valves per year, on April 30, 2024. The project started on March 8, 2024.

Sulzer has opened new pump production lines in Easley, South Carolina, making submersible sewage and grinder pumps with US materials and labour. The CHF 10 million investment supports Build America Buy America compliance.

ITT Inc. announced an approximately $11 million investment to expand pump, motor and control systems testing at three Industrial Process sites in Obernkirchen, Germany, Vadodara, India and Dammam, Saudi Arabia, with completion expected in Q3 2024.

Taiyuan Heavy Industry's Yuci hydraulic subsidiary is adding engineering-machinery pump, valve and oil-pump production lines to existing plants in Yuci District, Jinzhong, Shanxi, with 181.25 million yuan of investment. The project targets annual output of 655,000 pump and valve units and 1 billion yuan in sales, with construction planned for 2024 Q2 to 2025 Q4.

Swiss company Sulzer started up a new vertical hydraulic pump factory with a US$7.1 million investment, extending its 40-year-old plant in Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico. Output will serve power generation and hydrocarbon operations.

Valve maker Invincible Valves has developed a new machine shop and rubber lining facility in a newly acquired factory in Knights, Germiston, to make valve components previously sourced from third parties.

Dynamic Fluid Components, a fluid power distributor, plans a $4.8 million expansion including a 25,000-square-foot distribution facility at 181 Misty Drive in West Union, creating ten jobs, with operations due in Q2 2025.

Bürkert broke ground on a new production and warehouse hall at its Öhringen, Germany plant, adding 5,800 square metres of floor space. The expansion includes an automated small-parts warehouse and increases production capacity.

Taiyuan Heavy Industry's Yuci Hydraulic Industry subsidiary re-tendered design services for a quality-upgrade capacity project, building a new hydraulic component R&D plant of about 13,000 square metres to produce 35,000 pump and valve units a year.

A.Y. McDonald plans to expand operations at its existing manufacturing facility in Kieler, Wisconsin, as part of its wider Grant County project.

PJ Valves has completed a factory expansion in Pune, India, that increases its ball and butterfly valve manufacturing capacity by over 2.5 times and adds a paint shop and QA investments.

Brazilian valve maker Bermo, owned by German ARI-Armaturen, bought a new plot in Blumenau to expand its factory, with a planned R$60 million investment and an inauguration expected in 2026. The company also takes over sales of ARI products across Latin America.

GEA Group will invest about €5.5 million by 2026 to modernize production at its GEA AWP valve plant in Prenzlau, Germany, replacing seven older machines and adding about 20 production jobs.

ADL, the Moscow Oblast government and the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade signed a special investment contract to build a fourth workshop at ADL's plant in Kolomna. The 750 million ruble project will create 80 jobs and is due by the end of 2024.

LESER is expanding its production building in Hohenwestedt, Germany, which is described as the world's largest facility of its kind for safety valves. The construction project runs until 2032.

Valve maker ANKOS plans to invest 110 million rubles from 2023 to 2026 to modernize its foundry in Krasnokamsk and machining site in Lysva, Perm Krai, and to make new products for the oil and gas sector. The project is expected to create 14 new jobs.

Hubei Xiangdewo Valve Co. is carrying out a renovation and expansion project in Laohekou, Xiangyang, Hubei, to produce 150,000 electric and pneumatic valves a year, with an investment of 96.59 million yuan. The project was listed on 13 December 2023 with a construction period from Q4 2023 to Q4 2024.

Protectoseal has invested more than $5 million in manufacturing capacity at its US, UK and Indian sites, halving lead times. The Indian unit moved to larger facilities in Mumbai adding 50,000 sq. ft. of space.

CPC Pumps International, owned by Atlas Copco, completed its first pump assembly in Pune, India, and plans to expand local manufacturing of centrifugal process pumps.

Celeros Flow Technology has committed to expand its Burlington, Ontario facility to become the first Ontario-based maker of nuclear-qualified pumps, in response to Ontario Power Generation's plans for four small modular reactors at Darlington.

Celeros Flow Technology will expand its existing Burlington, Ontario facility to become the first Ontario-based maker of nuclear-qualified pumps, serving Ontario Power Generation's SMR and refurbishment work. The company has also committed to finalizing a business case for a new nuclear valve plant in Ontario.

Ringo Válvulas is investing EUR 11 million to expand its Zaragoza factory with 8,000 m2 of plant and 3,000 m2 of offices, doubling production capacity and adding 15 jobs. The new space is expected to be operational in mid-2024.

LESER plans to expand its Hohenwestedt, Schleswig-Holstein plant by 14,300 square meters for €41.2 million, with construction starting in February 2024. The expansion adds automated long-goods storage and new sawing machines.

ZXD Valve Control launched a new fully automated actuator assembly line at its headquarters in Wenzhou's Binhai zone, lifting annual pneumatic actuator capacity by 40%. The 1,200 square meter facility was inaugurated on October 26, 2023 in a multi-million-dollar investment.

Novgorod group Powerz is completing a 120 million ruble investment project to produce large-diameter three-eccentric valves, with a workshop due by spring 2024 and up to 40 new jobs. The news was reported on 2023-10-19.

Sulzer expanded its flow equipment and centrifugal pump plant in Riyadh, adding an assembly and packaging area, warehouse, and office space. The facility now covers 13,127 square metres and employs 215 people.

The valve project plans a second and third phase, including reconstruction of an empty old building and tripling the floor area of the new building.

ValTek LLC expanded its Odessa, Texas facility across four buildings, adding more than 16 machine tools to double parts manufacturing capacity and cut pump test turnaround times in half. The expansion was reported on October 1, 2023.

Ford Meter Box announced plans to expand and modernize its existing foundry operations in Wabash, Indiana, including a new 300,000-square-foot foundry in the same city to increase production capacity.

Hangzhou Jinshan Instrument Valve began construction of its second-phase project in the Fuchun Bay New City of Hangzhou, planned at CNY 120 million total investment. It will produce about 10,000 sets of special-condition control valves per year, with completion expected by end of next year.

Taiwei'er Valve's valve and control valve production line expansion in Zigong's high-tech industrial park began trial production in July 2023, with full operation planned for October 2023. The CNY 80 million project adds capacity of 154,000 units per year.

Samson Controls Pvt. Ltd. began construction of a substantial new unit within its existing Ranjangaon facility near Pune, India, in response to growing demand, at a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Samson AG executives.

PSG recently completed an $11 million expansion at its Grand Rapids plant, adding 56,000 square feet of manufacturing, office and R&D space.

Clow Valve, part of McWane Inc., began construction to expand its Oskaloosa, Iowa iron foundry with a $75 million investment adding 36,000 square feet. The project replaces manufacturing equipment up to 45 years old and is expected to nearly double production output.

KM Hydraulic announced a Phase II factory of about 16,000 square meters in the expansion area of its existing plant, with an expected annual output value of 300 million yuan. It will produce load-sensitive proportional multi-way valves and is expected to start operating in 2024.

FirstElement Fuel will expand its hydrogen refueling station module manufacturing line and high-pressure cryogenic hydrogen pump capacity at 660 E. Dyer in Santa Ana, California, creating 38 jobs. A testing stand will also be installed in Livermore, California.

Russian refrigeration components maker Frigopoint commissioned a billet heating furnace and two 315-ton impact presses for hot forging large ball valves at its Belgorod plant, with a line output of 1000 parts per shift.

Sulzer Pump Solutions Inc. announced a $5.3 million investment to expand its Easley, South Carolina manufacturing operations at 155 Ahlstrom Way to support new product lines, creating 25 new jobs.

Sulzer Pumps Solutions, a subsidiary of Swiss Sulzer Ltd, will invest $5.3 million to expand its manufacturing operations at its Easley plant on Ahlstrom Way in Pickens County, South Carolina, to add new product lines and create 25 jobs.

Chongqing Water Pump Factory invited bids for project management and supervision of its large reciprocating diaphragm pump expansion in Shapingba, Chongqing. The total project investment is about CNY 76.8 million, including about CNY 41.7 million for new equipment.

Silgan Dispensing announced the expansion of production of its MELODIE fragrance pump to its existing Wuxi facility in China to meet rising demand in the Chinese and Asia-Pacific markets. The announcement is dated May 8, 2023.

KITZ SCT has completed a new plant building at its Nitta SC Plant, expanding production capacity of valves for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The announcement was made April 7, 2023.

Emerson started expanding its engineering center in Metepec, State of Mexico, for Fisher control valves, with about $24 million invested and about 200 staff expected, completion targeted for February 2024.

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.

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.

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.