HAUG Sauer Kompressoren AG broke ground on an expansion of its St.Gallen-Winkeln production in Switzerland, adding an 800 m2 hall for oil-free piston compressors, with an investment of several million and new jobs. The article is dated 2020-07-13.
Alfa Laval will expand and automate its separator production capacity at its Eskilstuna, Sweden facility, using AFRY's Real Digital Twin technology to simulate and test the process lines before production expansion. The announcement is dated 2020-07-13.
Anup Engineering is setting up an expanded heavy engineering facility in Kheda near Ahmedabad with capex of 200 crore rupees, to be funded through internal accruals. The company sees strong demand for reactors from the petrochemicals sector.
Paul Mueller Company announced a $17.9 million, 20,000-square-foot expansion of its Components Products facility in Springfield, Missouri, increasing capacity for tank heads, cones and shells. The announcement is dated April 15, 2025.
Takeuchi Construction Machinery (Qingdao) began production of 40,000 sets a year of small hydraulic excavator and loader components in Qingdao West Coast New Area, as part of five projects totalling nearly 700 million yuan.
Qingdao Wanbao Compressor Co. put into operation a technical upgrade for producing VK-series small high-efficiency variable-frequency refrigerator compressors in Qingdao West Coast New Area.
Ruizhi (Qingdao) Precision Electromechanical Co. started production of an expansion adding 3 million compressors, bringing total annual capacity to 12 million units. The project is in Qingdao West Coast New Area and adds about 600 million yuan in output value.
AVW Equipment, a family-owned car wash equipment manufacturer, plans to build a single-story 10,000-square-foot facility next to its current Maywood plant, after zoning variances were recommended.
Nabell USA, a bellows manufacturer and subsidiary of Japan's Nabell Corporation, plans to invest about $2.9 million in its existing Albemarle, North Carolina facility and create 15 new jobs within 24 months.
Wuxi Bike Hydraulic Co. is expanding its precision hydraulic component manufacturing on 23 mu of land in Zhutang town, Jiangyin, with 16,000 sqm of new buildings and 108 sets of equipment. The total investment is CNY 120 million, agreed at a signing ceremony on April 2.
XCMG Hydraulic Parts is upgrading its hydraulic valve production line in Xuzhou's economic development zone under a total investment of 700 million yuan. The project adds capacity of 30,000 hydraulic valve sets and 30,000 high-tonnage hydraulic cylinders per year, with full production expected by June 2020.
The Nidec Press & Automation service center in Queretaro, Mexico is expanding with a new facility to add warehouse space and larger on-site press remanufacturing capability. No value or timing was given.
Nidec Press & Automation is building a 25,000 sq ft addition to its service, repair parts, machining and remanufacturing facility at its headquarters in Minster, Ohio. The expansion is part of a global push in remanufacturing capacity.
ANDRITZ received an order from MOPAK Kagit Karton to rebuild paper machine PM3 at its Dalaman mill, the first stage of a multi-stage project raising mill capacity to 500,000 t/a, with start-up scheduled for Q1 2021.
Cullen Packaging is installing two Expertfold 165 folder-gluer machines from Bobst at its Glasgow corrugated packaging plant, alongside a 20,000 sq ft extension. The machines are expected to be installed by the third quarter of 2020.
PMC Hydraulics extended its production facilities in India to 1650 square meters in February 2020, adding storage, a larger machine shop and assembly and testing areas. The company expects production capacity to rise by up to 25%.
Kramer-Werke GmbH, a Wacker Neuson subsidiary, is expanding its Pfullendorf plant with €20.5 million of investment, adding 8,800 m² of production space and raising wheel loader and telehandler capacity from 6,500 to over 8,300 units per year.
A tender listing describes a project to expand annual production to 5,000 compressor heads and build supporting facilities, including a fourth-phase plant extension, at an Atlas Copco compressor company site in Jiangsu. Most details are hidden behind a membership paywall.
Endress+Hauser India plans a ₹100-crore expansion at its Aurangabad facility focused on flow technologies and smart products, with completion likely in 2021.
Nidec Motor Corporation expanded its Monterrey, Mexico manufacturing facility by 60,000 square feet with a $2.3 million investment to increase production capacity for industrial electric motors.
Iowa Fluid Power (IFP) has begun construction on a $5.7 million expansion adding 44,000 square feet at its Cedar Rapids, Iowa site for manufacturing and distribution. The article is dated November 2019.
RegO, a maker of valves and controls for propane and LNG, is expanding its Whitsett, North Carolina manufacturing facility with new automated machining stations, adding about 50 jobs. The machines will be installed over eight months and roughly double plant capacity.
The Marchesini Group invested €7 million to double the size of CORIMA's aseptic packaging machinery plant in Pianoro, Italy, adding 6,000 square meters. The 30 new technician and engineer jobs were announced with the factory's official opening.
Gardner Denver is investing over £7 million in a new centre of excellence at its Simmern production site in Germany, adding machinery and continuous-flow production for CompAir compressors. The article states completion was due at the end of 2016, so the date may be older than the publication date.
Austrian screw manufacturer 3S has added 1,600 m² of production space with modern machinery at its headquarters in Roitham to meet rising demand for extruder screws and core parts. The company employs 100 people across Roitham and Wartberg.
Sullair broke ground on a nearly $30 million expansion of its Michigan City, Indiana air compressor plant, including a new 80,000 sq ft facility. The company plans to hire at least 33 more employees.
Carraro Group laid the foundation stone for a new production area at its Ranjangaon plant near Pune, India, to expand capacity and portal axle production. Local activities are expected to rise 50% in three years.
High Purity Systems will invest about $8.5 million to move into a new 30,000-square-foot facility in Manassas, Virginia, to increase piping fabrication capacity, creating 105 new jobs.
Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems will expand Sullair's Michigan City, USA air compressor plant with a new manufacturing building, warehouses and optimized production facilities, with an investment reported as about US$3000 million. The article also says the expansion is expected to create new jobs.
Worldwide Oilfield Machine expanded manufacturing capacity at its Canemont facility in Houston with a custom thermal welding machine and two new CNC machines. The equipment is intended to raise production rates and precision.
Vactor Manufacturing is expanding its Streator, Illinois plant by 170,000 square feet, adding up to 90 jobs and increasing production capacity, with parent Federal Signal investing up to $25 million. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2019.
Waukesha Bearings unveiled plans to add a nearly 35,000 sq ft extension to its Antigo, Wisconsin plant, bringing the facility to nearly 100,000 sq ft. Completion is scheduled for January 2020. The announcement is dated July 23, 2019.
NPK NIKA of Shakhty plans to add two production workshops in 2019 and two more in 2020 at its equipment plant, which makes compressors and components for natural gas refueling stations.
Baker Hughes, a GE company, opened its upgraded Centre of Excellence campus in Montrose, Scotland, in a GBP 31 million investment supported by a GBP 4.9 million Scottish Enterprise grant. The site handles engineering, manufacturing, testing and assembly of subsea deepwater equipment.
Global Compressor LP has added 7,300 square feet to its Houston headquarters, adding a machine shop, valve repair center and sales offices, doubling its machine count onsite.
Fluxys LNG is adding a fifth LNG storage tank and vapor recovery system at its Zeebrugge LNG plant in Belgium, raising storage capacity from 380,000 to 560,000 cubic meters. Commissioning was underway in 2019.
Trans-Foreland Pipeline Company applied to FERC to modify the Kenai LNG Plant in Kenai, Alaska, adding a 1000 hp electric-drive boil-off gas compressor, valves and pumps. The filing was made in June 2019.
Baker Hughes, a GE Company, inaugurated an expanded multimodal facility in Luanda, Angola, serving oil and gas customers across Angola and sub-Saharan Africa with manufacturing, services and repair.
Swedish manufacturer Alfa Laval is adding a new brazed heat exchanger production line at its existing Henrico County, Virginia plant, creating 15 new jobs. The expansion was announced at a celebration on June 10, 2019.
A Naberezhnye Chelny cardboard and paper mill is installing a Jumbo corrugated packaging line supplied by Engico, with delivery from June 14 and installation from July 15, 2019. The line is meant to supply large corrugated packaging to Haier, which operates nearby.
Denmark-based precision parts maker KP Components inaugurated a new factory in Sweden in June 2019, almost doubling its production space there. Four new CNC machines were installed for mobile hydraulics and transportation parts.
Emerson is expanding operations at its Micro Motion facility in Gunbarrel, Boulder, with a $100 million investment and 250 new jobs, after accepting local incentives.
BillerudKorsnäs has begun trial runs of KM7, one of the world's largest board machines, at its Gruvön mill in Sweden. The total investment was later estimated at SEK 6.84 billion, including a major mill conversion.
Weber Maschinenbau is investing a seven-figure sum in a new assembly hall of about 2,300 m² and a two-storey office building at its Breidenbach site. Completion of the assembly hall is planned for September 2019 and the office building for January 2020.
Italian gear reducer maker Rossi S.p.A. has invested EUR 30 million in manufacturing technology and is extending its Ganaceto plant in Modena by up to 27,000 square meters for a new gearmotor assembly line.
Fluid-power distributor Iowa Fluid Power plans a 45,000 sq ft expansion of its Blairs Ferry Road NE facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, valued at $5.7 million, with 12 new jobs and completion expected in August 2019.
Denyo Manufacturing opened a 63,000-square-foot sheet metal fabrication facility in Danville, Kentucky, adding 65 jobs, to make parts for its generators and air compressors using new Amada equipment.
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has commissioned a new cryogenic air separation unit built at its oxygen shop for 4.2 billion rubles, supplied by Kriogenmash; it has produced 100 million cubic meters of industrial gases.
FlexBlow is adding a new 3,500 sq m manufacturing facility to its 10,000 sq m site in Kretinga, Lithuania, to increase capacity for its FlexBlow8 hybrid stretch blow molding machines, with production expected from July 2019.
Vactor Manufacturing announced plans to expand its Streator, Illinois plant, adding up to 90 jobs and increasing production capacity. Parent Federal Signal expects to invest up to $25 million in the project, with construction targeted to finish by end of 2019.