AMERICAN Flow Control, the valve and hydrant division of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company, plans a 30,000-square-foot research and development center in Crawfordsville, Indiana, costing $9 to $12 million. The facility is expected to employ about eight R&D staff once completed.

Comisa S.p.A. has inaugurated a new 5,300 square metre production facility in Pisogne, Brescia, housing a semi-automatic warehouse and robotic assembly islands for press fittings and ball valves.

Sichuan Flying Ball Group has broken ground on its valve manufacturing center in Zigong's Banchang industrial park, covering over 60 mu, with first-phase investment of 240 million yuan, aiming to become China's largest ball valve base.

Schoeneck Containers has secured occupancy permits and is moving into its new 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Delavan, Wisconsin, on land bought from the city. The facility is expected to create 40 jobs, with 20 more within three years.

Ecolean is constructing its second packaging production facility in Landskrona, Sweden, with an investment of approximately €30m ($36m), employing 100 people upon completion in 2020.

Berkley International broke ground in May 2019 on an 80,472 sq ft manufacturing and distribution facility in Sparks, Nevada, relocating operations from California. The project includes $5.9 million for land and $1.6 million for equipment, and will employ 28 people.

PEER Bearing relocated its tapered roller bearing production from Changshan, China into a new 145,000 sqm facility built by parent SKF, with a total investment of SEK 200 million.

Kelvion has opened an HVAC heat exchanger and cooling systems factory in the former Rocore plant at 5050 S. National Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee, after investing more than $7 million. It employs 50 people and plans to add about 60 more jobs.

Beneco Packaging and its subsidiary SoOpak have opened a second facility in Scarborough, Ontario, which will be a design, manufacturing and finishing production house once fully operational.

U.S. Corrugated Inc. plans to invest about $75 million in a corrugated packaging operation in Lebanon, Indiana, creating about 140 jobs. The Lebanon City Council approved an incentive package for the project.

HHV Pumps inaugurated a 52,000 sq ft vacuum pump manufacturing facility at T. Begur, Nelamangala Taluk, Bangalore, with an initial investment of Rs 10 crore and 65 employees.

Cascades invited media to the official inauguration of its packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey, a US$76 million investment, scheduled for April 18, 2019.

Air Products Korea signed an MOU with Chungcheongnam-do province to invest $30 million over five years in building industrial gas production and storage facilities at its Cheonan foreign investment zone plant.

Shanghai Jindu Investment signed an investment agreement with Jiaxing Development Zone for Nidec Kaipu's BTS project, a China production base and Asia-Pacific R&D centre for automotive electric pumps on a 60-mu site. The total investment is $105 million, with projected annual sales of at least RMB 1.2 billion by 2025.

CSI Compressco LP completed the relocation and expansion of its East Texas facility from Longview to a 15-acre site in Kilgore, Texas, creating a Center of Excellence for compressor repair, overhaul and aftermarket parts. The facility is staffed by 35 personnel.

Toly Group has completed a new 20,000 square metre manufacturing plant in Malta, with about €20 million invested, for beauty-industry packaging. The plant has space for 70 injection moulding machines and 25 assembly lines, and its official opening is planned for June 28, 2019.

Alpla Inc. held a groundbreaking for a new $6.9 million facility in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, adding 60,000 square feet of warehouse space. The groundbreaking was celebrated on April 10, 2019.

Italian pump maker Calpeda launched a new Innovation Centre at its headquarters in Montorso Vicentino to focus on product development, and released its first e-idos pumps with on-board control and monitoring. The move marks the company's 60th anniversary.

California-based Sprizzi Drink Co plans to invest $100 million in a beverage machine manufacturing project in the Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu. The launch ceremony was held on April 8, 2019, and the first phase costs $30 million.

Emerson announced a $49 million investment in a 140,000 sq ft global headquarters in Brookfield, Connecticut, for its Branson assembly technologies line. Groundbreaking is set for June 2019 with opening expected in late 2020.

Marlboro Development Team will develop a new 125,000 sq ft build-to-suit facility for contract manufacturer Multi-Pack Solutions in Greenville, South Carolina, consolidating its production and serving as headquarters. Delivery is scheduled for Q4 2019.

Brembo opened a new aluminum brake caliper and steering knuckle production base in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, on 3 April 2019 with an investment of EUR 100 million, a planned capacity of 2 million pieces per year and about 450 employees.

Contract packager Multi-Pack plans a $16.3 million investment to move and expand its production and sales operations into a 125,000 sq ft facility at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center in Greenville County, creating 72 jobs. Operations are expected to be fully online by Q4 2019.

Ebara subsidiary Elliott Group opened a new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India, to expand its compressor and turbine business across India and East Asia.

Visy officially opened a 36,500 sqm corrugated packaging plant in Truganina, Victoria, capable of making over 1 million cartons daily and employing 85 people.

GMI Construction Group was awarded the contract to build a 118,000 sq ft manufacturing plant for Aflex Hose at Bradley Business Park in Huddersfield. The plant will consolidate five Yorkshire sites, boost capacity by 70% and create up to 200 jobs.

German pump maker KSB opened a new 5,000 square metre pump plant in the Indigo industrial park in New Moscow, Russia, with about RUB 750 million of foreign investment and 110 jobs planned.

United Pulp and Paper (UPPC), a subsidiary of SCG Thailand, plans to invest 8.5 billion Philippine pesos (about $165 million) in a new corrugated paper machine with 220,000 tons annual capacity in Calumpit, Bulacan, scheduled for production in November 2020.

Foxpak Flexibles Ltd. officially opened its new manufacturing plant in Collon, County Louth, Ireland, on 28 March 2019, after a recently completed EUR 3 million investment in new equipment and facilities.

Orwigsburg manufacturer Clearly Clean Products bought the former City Shirt Co. plant in Frackville's industrial park to make recyclable food trays. It will open with 25 employees and plans to grow to 125.

Standard Profil Group opened a new plant in Jingzhou, China, with a EUR 6 million investment, producing two million sealing profiles per year for automakers. The company plans to hire 300 staff by the end of the year.

Firmenich opened its largest flavor manufacturing plant in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone, Jiangsu, on March 20, 2019. The first phase cost $75 million and has an annual capacity of 12,000 metric tons.

Aerzen Canada celebrated the opening of a new 26,000 square foot building with office space and a production facility at an event held March 19, 2019. The company describes itself as in a growth and expansion mode.

Paul & Co Asia, a German-Thai joint venture of the Kunert and Sachdev families, opened a new 8,800 sq m plant in Tambon Takiantia near Chonburi, Thailand, to make paper cores and corner protectors for film and packaging makers.

Pierce Manufacturing's authorized Pennsylvania dealer Glick Fire Equipment opened a service center in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, in late 2018 and expanded its mobile service fleet to 18 units.

Metso is establishing a new foundry in Vadodara, India, with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes, and is increasing mineral equipment capacity at its Metso Park in Alwar by 35%.

T/CCI Manufacturing opened a 16,000 square-foot facility in Noida, India, to manufacture and distribute 5H and 7H wobble plate compressors for heavy-duty truck, construction and bus markets. The first year target is 50,000 units, rising to 300,000 by 2021.

Gerresheimer will manufacture its Duma and Triveni plastic pharmaceutical containers at a new plant in Changzhou, China, with production starting in the second half of 2019.

Smurfit Kappa is expanding Bag-in-Box packaging capacity with a new 100,000 sq ft plant in Texas, USA, acquired recently, to be equipped with modern dosing technology and employ 70 people at full capacity.

Dynovis Inc. will invest $592,000 to renovate a 75,000-square-foot vacant facility in Rockbridge County, Virginia, establishing a new manufacturing operation and creating 44 jobs.

Hubner Manufacturing Corporation will invest $9.6 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Dunlap, Tennessee, creating 66 jobs over five years.

Enviroplast is building a new state-of-the-art plastic film recycling facility in Vaughan, Ontario, to be commissioned in Q3 2019, as part of an investment of $25,000,000 across its two facilities.

Andronaco Industries is relocating its subsidiary Conley Composites from Tulsa, Oklahoma to a building at 4544 Broadmoor Ave. in Kentwood, Michigan, investing $3.3 million and creating 64 jobs. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is supporting the project with a $320,000 grant.

Harsco Industrial IKG broke ground on a new 12,000 sq m grating production plant in the Advance Querétaro Industrial Park in El Marqués, Mexico, with an investment of about 17 million dollars and 158 initial jobs. The plant will supply industrial grating to Mexico and Latin America.

Pratt Industries will invest more than $20 million to finish and expand a shell building in Botetourt Center at Greenfield, Virginia, for manufacturing and converting corrugated boxes and displays, eventually employing 50 people.

Yantai Dunhan Bush Compressor Co. has invited tenders for construction of its intelligent compressor factory in Yantai, Shandong, with planned investment of about 100 million yuan and a 14-month schedule.

Insumos Industriales S.A., a new company, will set up a fish crate factory in the Trelew industrial park using Chinese machinery to make about 1,200 crates per day, employing ten people initially. A second machine would double output and add ten more jobs.

CPMC and Haoneng formed a joint venture in Genk, Belgium, to build a new facility producing recyclable aluminium cans and labels for beverage makers. CPMC will invest EUR 60 million and recruit about 150 staff.

OJI Group began construction of its third Cambodian corrugated container factory, OJI Packaging Cambodia, in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone, with an estimated investment of JPY 3 billion. Planned operations start in January 2020.

Zhengmao Valve Co. has completed and commissioned its new 15,000 sq m factory in the Tangtou industrial zone of Oubei town, Wenzhou, a 50 million yuan investment for a special industrial valve production line.