Philip Morris International's U.S. business opened a roughly 780,000 sq ft Zyn nicotine pouch manufacturing campus in Aurora, Colorado, on 27 July 2026, with about $1 billion invested so far and $1.2 billion expected through 2028.

KZTA has started producing steel wedge valves for the oil and gas, energy and chemical industries at a new enterprise in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory. Investment was 100 million rubles and 50 jobs were created; the plant plans 500 units in 2026 and 1.5 thousand in 2027.

Baosi Co plans to inject 500 million yuan cash into its subsidiary Jiangxi Baosi Industrial Chain Service to build a smart factory in Jiangxi making 30,000 refrigerant compressors and heat pumps a year over 18 months.

SIP Manufacturing, a contract beverage co-packer, is establishing operations in an existing building in Southaven, Mississippi, with corporate investment above $100 million and 187 jobs created.

Grupo RFK has opened a new R$400 million factory in São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, developed with Krones, tripling its production capacity for cans and PET packaging, with about 300 direct jobs and a target of R$2 billion in revenue.

Detpak, the foodservice packaging arm of Adelaide's Detmold Group, opened a 175,000-square-foot factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina, initially employing more than 50 people, with full production due in August 2026.

BAOYI Group held the groundbreaking of its Huangtian Industrial Park in Yongjia County, Zhejiang, on July 18, 2026, for special control valves and intelligent control systems, with completion scheduled for August 2028.

Valvitalia Group broke ground on a new manufacturing facility of over 16,000 sqm in Wujiang, Jiangsu Province, backed by an investment of over €10 million, marking 20 years in China.

Jenson & Nicholson Packaging signed a land lease with the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority to build a new manufacturing facility at the National Special Economic Zone, an investment of about US$13.7 million.

Detpak USA, a subsidiary of Australia's Detmold Group, will open its first US manufacturing operation in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, at a 175,000 square-foot facility on New Cut Road. The multi-million-dollar investment will create over 50 jobs, with operations expected online in August 2026.

Canpac and Krishna Creation will jointly establish a new greenfield rigid paper packaging plant in Ahmedabad, Canpac's tenth Indian manufacturing unit, scheduled to start operations in September 2026.

Guangzhou AirHorse Compressor plans to invest RMB 300 million in a new production base for screw air compressors, screw air blowers and refrigerant air dryers, including a National Engineering Technology Center for gas compressor units.

Eren Holding opened its Modern Karton new production plant in Muslu, Kilimli district, Zonguldak, Turkey, in a ceremony attended by the Industry and Technology Minister. The investment is reported at $850 million.

Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam Beverage inaugurated its US$300 million Tây Ninh Plant in Hựu Thạnh Industrial Park on July 10, 2026. The automated plant has an annual capacity of 1.24 billion litres and is expected to employ around 3,000 people.

Terravanta Power Systems, a Kaishan Group geothermal company, broke ground on a $74.5 million, 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Loxley, Alabama, making screw and turbine expander systems. The project will create 63 new jobs.

HydraSpecma Group opened its new Tianjin factory in the TEDA West Zone on 8 July 2026, investing RMB 100 million to make hydraulic, lubrication and cooling systems for wind turbines, expected to generate over RMB 700 million in annual production value.

AGI Greenpac has begun construction of a greenfield aluminium beverage can plant on 34 acres in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, with an investment of ₹1,000 crore. Operations are expected in H1 2027 with initial output of 1.3 billion cans per year.

Makino Milling Machine has started operations at its new Fujiyoshida Factory in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The factory, with a site area of about 27,500 sqm, will produce 21 of the company's 101 machine models, focusing on large machining centers and 5-axis machines to meet growing demand from aerospace, defense, and data center sectors.

Packaging Corporation of America started operations at its new 550,000-square-foot corrugated box plant in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, a month ahead of schedule. The $275 million investment is the company's largest box plant to date.

Vert opened a 35,000-square-foot pouch and roll stock production site in Longmont, Colorado, built around HP Indigo digital printing, with pouch production starting in July 2026.

Ball began making beverage cans at its new Millersburg, Oregon production site in July 2026, with a single line producing standard cans and a full ramp-up targeted for 2027.

Detmold Group has opened a 19,000-square-metre fibre-based packaging manufacturing and warehousing facility in Chatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, consolidating its Indian operations at one site. It has been operational since late June 2026.

Shri Krishana Overseas PLC invested KES 132 million (US$1.0 million) in a new corrugated packaging facility on a 5-acre industrial park in Kisaju, Kajiado County, Kenya. The plant will raise annual production from 3,000 to 22,000 tonnes.

Viega Group officially opened its new production site in Kirkel, Saarland, in a former Michelin warehouse complex. The first phase cost about EUR 150 million and creates 150 jobs, with around 100 employees already in place.

Chinese-capital Kaishan Group officially opened its factory at İZBAŞ in the Izmir Free Zone, Türkiye, built on 20,000 square meters with a USD 20 million investment. It will make drilling equipment and compressors for geothermal power plants for domestic use and export.

Profile Films plans to build a new 97,000-square-foot facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, next to its existing headquarters and production site, according to MLive. A city board approved a $5.1 million incentive for the project this week.

Grundfos held a groundbreaking on June 24, 2026, for a new 143,000 sq ft building in Brookshire, Texas, serving as its US headquarters and production expansion, scheduled for completion in 2027. It also opened the Grundfos Academy Americas training hub.

A project filing shows a CNY 305 million compressor research and manufacturing base in Zhongxin town, Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, covering 65,300 sq m of buildings and a new smart compressor production line. Full-capacity output value is planned at CNY 500 million per year.

Kazankompressormash opened a new assembly and testing complex in Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, on June 18, 2026, with total investment of 10.7 billion rubles, to make compressors for LNG plants.

Catalan industrial packaging maker CADEPA received a €1.5 million ICF Eurocrèdit loan to build a 12,000 m² plant in Sant Guim de Freixenet, consolidating its Esparreguera and Logroño operations. The project is expected to raise productivity by 30% to 40% and create 30 jobs.

Polish packaging maker Grembox is investing 110 million zloty (about 26 million euros) in a new corrugated cardboard plant in the Katowice Special Economic Zone in Bytom, creating up to 70 jobs. Commissioning is scheduled for 2027.

Montreal-based valve maker Velan plans a new facility in Durham Region, east of Toronto, to manufacture reactor integral and containment isolation valves for small modular reactors. The plan was announced alongside a partnership with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy on June 17, 2026.

ISEM Packaging Group officially opened a new manufacturing and logistics platform in Trecate, in Italy's Novara area, integrating three former production facilities. The site covers more than 49,000 square metres.

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. held a grand opening and innovation showcase for its 100,000-square-foot Reno, Nevada facility, which serves as a packaging, manufacturing and distribution hub for Northern Nevada, Northern California and the western United States.

Al Bayader International signed an agreement with National Industries Park to develop a AED 180 million (about USD 50 million) integrated manufacturing and logistics hub in Dubai, able to produce up to 30,000 tonnes of packaging a year, with construction starting in 2026 and operations targeted for early 2028.

Smurfit Westrock plans a corrugated box manufacturing plant in Cajeme, Sonora, Mexico, with a $65 million investment and 300 direct jobs in its first phase. Operations are expected to start in early 2027.

Durst Group is holding a groundbreaking ceremony on 4 June 2026 for Durst Como, a digital textile printing production and innovation hub in Luisago, Como, Italy.

GROUPE ATLANTIC is investing nearly €150 million in a new 35,000 square metre heat pump factory in the Chalon region of Saône-et-Loire, expected to create 300 jobs and add 180,000 units a year by 2028.

UFP Packaging opened a new corrugated box plant in Las Vegas, Nevada during summer 2026, its first full corrugated converting manufacturer in that market, with automation and robotics. The site joins its All Boxed Up plants in Flower Mound, Texas and Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Liancheng Group broke ground in June 2026 on its Phase IV Smart Nuclear Pump Project at the Liancheng Suzhou Industrial Park in Taicang, adding about 55,000 square meters of factory space.

FläktGroup announced Project GAGAN, a new production facility in Pune, Maharashtra, with an investment of €5.7 million. Once fully ramped up, the plant will make up to 6,500 units a year, including air handling units, fan wall units, CRAH/CRAC units, coolant distribution units and coils.

EAM Mosca inaugurated a US$8 million plant in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, its first strapping production site in Mexico and Latin America. The plant makes plastic strapping consumables locally for the region's industrial and agricultural sectors.

Shlekler (Shandong) Pump & Valve Manufacturing built a 150 million yuan high-end intelligent control valve plant in Zibo High-tech Zone, Shandong, going from groundbreaking to full production in nine months. It is planned to produce 25,000 pneumatic and 10,000 electric valves per year.

Safran will invest €125 million in a new compressor components plant in Welkenraedt, Belgium, in an 18,000 m² former Copeland building, with operations scheduled to start in 2028 through subsidiary Safran Booster Components.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco, is finishing a USD 319 million, 240,000 sq ft dry vacuum pump factory at WNY STAMP in Alabama, New York. The plant is set to open in November 2026 with phase one capacity of up to 10,000 pumps per year.

Graham Packaging has proposed a manufacturing facility in about 215,000 square feet of a warehouse in Lee's Summit Commerce Center, with about $33.7 million of machinery and 82 jobs, and has requested a 75% five-year personal property tax abatement.

Franklin Electric officially opened its new production facility in Torbalı, İzmir, Türkiye, built on a 14,600 m² site through a €5 million investment. The plant is expected to increase production capacity and strengthen regional logistics.

Rosenboom Machine & Tool plans to acquire and build out a new facility in Milford, Iowa, for $19.07 million, including relocated and new machining equipment. The company expects to create 78 jobs.

IMI PLC has opened a new precision engineering facility in Lake Forest, California, for severe service control valves serving the energy sector. The campus replaces the Rancho Santa Margarita site and consolidates more than 200 employees.

International Paper broke ground on May 20, 2026 on a $225 million greenfield corrugated packaging plant of 468,000 square feet in Rankin County, Mississippi. Operations are expected in the fourth quarter of 2027.