Vishakha Polyfab's joint venture PT Flextech Packaging with Wilmar started up a flexible packaging plant in Indonesia in January 2021, with full commissioning expected by the end of February 2021. The plant has an initial capacity of 13,500 metric tons.

Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe is setting up a new Polish subsidiary and a production site of about 5,500 square meters in Poznan. The site will add 30,000 tonnes of compounded polypropylene capacity, with about 30 jobs and production scheduled from Q1 2022.

Esterpet, set up by Esterform management, secured £9m of asset finance from Shawbrook Bank to buy two Starlinger rPET production lines at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, each capable of over 13,000 tonnes a year.

Autoliv announced plans to build a new airbag inflator plant close to Chennai to serve Indian demand. No investment value or completion date was given.

Autoliv announced plans to build a new inflator manufacturing plant close to Chennai, India, to serve Indian demand and localize inflator production.

Progroup started construction of its PW14 corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Stryków, Poland, investing about €72 million. The plant will produce up to 200,000 tonnes of corrugated board sheets per year from Q4 2022 and create more than 50 jobs.

Schwing Stetter India inaugurated a new IoT-enabled global manufacturing facility at Cheyyar, near Chennai, built with an investment of ₹300 crore on a 52-acre site. The plant will employ about 130 people initially and serve as a global hub for concrete pumps, mixers and excavators.

Packaging maker Ate Plast will invest 10 million leva in a new plant in the Zagore industrial zone in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, which received Class A priority investment status. The investment will create 35 jobs and produce flexible films, with construction taking 3 years.

Jiangxi Datong Refrigeration Equipment plans a compressor project in Jiujiang Economic and Technological Development Zone with a total investment of 160 million yuan, producing 2 million units per year on two production lines in about 13,000 square metres of leased space.

Ball Corporation announced a new aluminium can factory in Frutal, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with an investment of R$500 million and about 100 direct jobs. Production is expected to start in Q4 2021 with capacity of 1.5 billion cans per year.

Coahuila Governor Miguel Riquelme announced Lennox's third plant in the region, a 375,000 sq ft building with corporate offices being built by Amistad Construction at Amistad Airport Industrial Park.

Friendship Containers has launched a new production plant on a five-acre plot in the Tatu City Special Economic Zone near Nairobi, making metal cans, closures, injection-molded containers and caps.

Crown Holdings will invest $145 million to build a 355,000-square-foot aluminum beverage can plant in the Commonwealth Crossing Business Centre in Henry County, Virginia, creating 126 new jobs. Virginia state grants of $4 million support the project.

Georgia-Pacific bought a third HP PageWide T1190 corrugated web press for its Hummingbird digital print business, to be installed later in 2021 at a new site opening in Arizona. The investment is described as multimillion-dollar.

Ball Corporation plans to begin construction in spring 2021 of a €170 million aluminum beverage can plant at Pilsen Digital Park, with operations due in October 2022 and up to 200 jobs.

Valeo North America will occupy an existing facility on Perimeter Way in Bessemer, Alabama, investing $5 million and creating 70 jobs, with full production expected by June 2021.

Fushite Hydraulic broke ground on Jan 21, 2021 on a 2.2 billion yuan project in the Shangrao Economic Development Zone to produce 50 million hydraulic parts a year and create over 500 jobs.

As part of its 2021-2025 strategic plan, INTARCON plans to build a new production plant of 20,000 square metres of factory and office space to optimise manufacturing service.

Sawafi Borets, a joint venture of Sawafi Al-Jazeera and Borets, broke ground on a 21,000m2 headquarters and submersible pump production facility at King Salman Energy Park in Saudi Arabia, with annual capacity of 500 ESPs and up to 100 staff.

Duravant's new operating company nVenia, formed by combining Arpac, Hamer-Fischbein and Ohlson, will operate from a newly built 256,000 sq ft facility in Wood Dale, Illinois, planned to open in April 2021.

BHS Corrugated acquired an 18-hectare property in Weiherhammer, Germany, for a logistics park; the first project is a €40 million automated spare parts logistics center planned to go live in early 2023.

Crown's Brazilian subsidiary CROWN Embalagens plans a two-line plant in Minas Gerais to make two-piece aluminum beverage cans. At full operation the plant will add 2.4 billion cans of annual capacity, starting production in Q2 2022.

Renqiu Liyang Compressor Manufacturing has received government filing and land approval for a new CNY 200 million plant on 52.7 mu in Renqiu Economic Development Zone, Cangzhou, Hebei. The plant is designed to produce 30,000 compressors a year.

Turkish firm ESKA has built a TRY 120 million factory on a 20,000 square metre site in Sakarya that makes gas pressure regulators and safety valves, with capacity of 3 million units and exports to over 40 countries. The company plans a third factory in 2021.

Progress Agro group has launched a RUB 204 million polypropylene packaging plant in Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, on the Kuban industrial park. The plant can produce up to 8.6 million polypropylene bags and polyethylene film a year and created about 70 jobs.

Lauda Ultracool, which makes industrial recirculating chillers, has started building a new EUR 7 million factory at 316 Carretera de Rubí, Terrassa, to replace its current site. The plant is expected to be finished by late 2021 and operating in early 2022.

Marmen, with Welcon, is part of Equinor's proposal, selected by NYSERDA, for the first US offshore wind tower factory at the Port of Albany, New York. Production is planned for late 2023 and the project could create up to 350 jobs.

Industrial Flow Solutions has moved its three Connecticut facilities under one roof in a 65,000 square-foot factory in New Haven, about 50% larger than its previous sites. The company had committed $385,000 to the New Haven site acquisition with the state Department of Economic Development.

Wilo USA, a subsidiary of Wilo SE, held a groundbreaking for a 244,000 sq ft headquarters and production facility in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, which will combine Wilo USA, Weil Pump, Scot Pump and Wilo Machine Co. operations. The facility is expected to open in Q1 2022.

Smurfit Kappa Colombia is relocating its Medellín corrugated plant to a new facility in Guarne, Antioquia, with a USD 50 million investment. Construction starts in Q1 2021 and operations are expected by late 2023 with 50% more capacity.

Segezha Group is building a paper packaging facility in Ploiesti, Romania, part of a EUR 10 million investment, adding up to 65% capacity, to about 160 million paper sacks a year, with commissioning planned for March 2022.

Turkish EV parts manufacturer TEKLAS is investing $6.5 million to open its first North American facility and headquarters in Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia, creating 120 jobs in a 200,000 sq ft building.

MasterBrand Cabinets Inc. is opening a Southeastern U.S. manufacturing and distribution facility near Jackson, Georgia, expected to add nearly 400 jobs when it opens in 2021.

Korean HVAC products supplier Dongwon Tech Corp. is investing $700,000 to open an advanced manufacturing facility and sales office in Hall County, Georgia, creating 40 jobs.

Promess, a Michigan maker of sensing and motion control equipment, bought a 45,000-square-foot facility on Lochlin Drive in Green Oak Township and plans to move its Brighton manufacturing there by end of March, with a $4-5 million investment and about 20 new jobs.

Danfoss Turbocor Compressors will add a new 65,000 to 90,000 square-foot manufacturing and R&D facility at Innovation Park in Tallahassee, Florida. The $48 million project is expected to create about 239 high-wage jobs.

Ball Corporation will build a new aluminum beverage packaging plant in Jenkins Township near Pittston, Pennsylvania, investing more than $300 million over multiple years and creating about 230 jobs. Production is scheduled to start in mid-2021.

American Fuji Seal plans a 260,000 sq ft shrink sleeve label plant in Hickory, North Carolina, investing at least $52 million and creating 101 jobs over five years.

Diversified CPC International completed Phase I of its new Beaumont, Texas plant at Iron Horse Terminals, which began commercial operation in late November 2020. The company invested $10 million in Phase I.

Machine tool maker Eltek Korea signed a 12.1 billion won investment agreement with Okcheon County to build a factory in Okcheon Techno Valley, Chungbuk, by 2025, and to relocate its headquarters and plant from Geumsan.

Emerson has opened its Emerson Integrated Manufacturing Campus in Talegaon, Pune, Maharashtra, consolidating eight manufacturing sites into one 800,000 square foot facility, with phase 1 integrating over 450,000 square feet.

Germany's Wilo Group signed an agreement with Changzhou high-tech zone officials to build a plant with a total investment of 100 million US dollars for R&D, manufacturing and distribution. The plant is expected to produce over 1 billion yuan in annual sales.

A soft drink plant with capacity above 200 million litres per year opened in Aksai district, Rostov Oblast, Russia, after investment exceeding RUB 2 billion by the Lider group, creating 130 jobs.

NETZSCH shareholders approved on 27 November 2020 the centralization of its Waldkraiburg facilities, investing EUR 50 million in a new production unit on Geretsrieder Straße that will integrate the assembly hall and offices from the current plant.

Logistics provider Albert Craiss won a contract to handle production supply and outbound logistics for a German technology group in Weiz, Austria, and is building a new logistics centre there, with completion expected in autumn 2021 and about 50 jobs.

Ardagh Group has purchased a facility in Huron, Ohio, to convert into a beverage can and end plant with three can lines and about 200 jobs. Production is due to begin in late 2021.

Enertorque is building a new factory in Dalseong-gun, Daegu, for actuators and water gate hoists, investing 5.6 billion won. Completion of main facilities is expected in the first half of 2021.

Ardagh Group has bought a facility in Huron, Ohio, to convert into a plant making beverage cans and ends, with three can lines and about 200 jobs. Production is due to begin in late 2021.

ND Packaging, a subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper, is investing over $30 million to renovate and equip a 350,000-square-foot facility in Mount Pleasant, Racine County, Wisconsin, for corrugated box production. The company plans to create 88 jobs and begin production by the end of 2020.

Polyethylene Containers Inc. of El Dorado, Arkansas, acquired a 246,000-square-foot former Cooper Standard automotive plant in Los Angeles and is adding a line of 5-gallon pails. The development was reported on December 8, 2020.