ORPU Pumpenfabrik GmbH celebrated the topping-out of its new company facility, including a production hall and office building, on May 6, 2026. The plant will make pump systems for the chemical, environmental and process engineering industries.

NatureWorks opened a fully integrated Ingeo biopolymer manufacturing facility in Thailand that will use locally sourced sugarcane as feedstock.

PolyFlex, part of Nefab Group, opened a two-building manufacturing and engineering campus in Wixom, Michigan, for returnable plastic packaging and protective solutions serving automotive and advanced manufacturing clients.

Poly Craft Industries opened a 72,000 sq ft flexible plastic packaging facility in Middletown, New York, costing $27 million, consolidating two Long Island locations and serving as corporate headquarters.

Keke Group held the groundbreaking for a precision machining plant in Longwan District, Zhejiang, with capacity of 78,000 high-temperature, high-pressure safety valves per year and a total floor area of about 58,528 square meters.

Nidec Global Appliance has entered a major construction phase for its compressor plant in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, with commercial production scheduled for the final quarter of 2026.

Azuria Water Solutions broke ground on a new $80 million, 72,000-square-foot plant in Batesville, Mississippi, to make Fusible PVC pipe. The facility is expected to create 50 jobs and be completed in early 2027.

Kruger Inc. announced a C$333 million investment to build a nonwovens production unit on Île-de-la-Potherie in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, adjacent to its Wayagamack pulp and paper mill. Operations are planned to start in 2028.

SFC Automotive Solutions inaugurated a €28 million manufacturing facility at Tanger Automotive City in Tangier, Morocco, on May 6, 2026. The plant produces automotive sealing systems and fluid-transfer components, targeting 900 direct jobs and €85 million annual revenue.

STULZ USA announced plans to construct a new facility of about 300,000 square feet adjacent to its Denton, Texas site opened in 2025, for manufacturing and testing of air-cooled and liquid-cooled cooling solutions. The facility is expected to open in Spring 2027 and create hundreds of jobs.

Bauer Compresseurs inaugurated its new site in Méry, Savoie, on 24 April 2026 in the presence of regional officials and the Bauer group's second-generation owner Heinz Bauer.

Sulzer partnered with Jawaby Services & Investments, a subsidiary of Libya's National Oil Corporation, to establish Jawaby Sulzer Services, a local rotating equipment service hub in Libya.

Crown Holdings announced plans for a two-line beverage can manufacturing facility in Northern India, expected to start operations in the second half of 2027 and produce about 2.2 billion cans annually at full capacity, supported by a partnership with United Breweries.

Algerian packaging producer Général Emballage plans a new recycled containerboard (RCCM) mill in Naâma with 350,000 tpy capacity, with start-up scheduled for Q4 2028.

XOLUTION broke ground on a new production and development center at NU Park Dachau, Germany, on 23 April 2026, consolidating administration, R&D and production from Bremen and the Czech Republic, with capacity of up to 900 million XO lids per year.

Nextera Packaging has opened a new headquarters in White Bear Township, Minnesota, with a 114,000 sq ft warehouse and office facility that is 116% larger than its previous HQ.

Mondi has opened a highly automated paper bag plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consolidating production from its Wellsburg, West Virginia and Oakdale, Pennsylvania sites. After ramp-up it is expected to reach 300 million paper bags a year.

Oliver Valves has opened a 45,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in India that became fully operational on January 2, 2026. The site makes valve components up to 3 tonnes and has a clean room for oxygen-clean valves.

Diageo North America officially opened its 360,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehousing facility in Montgomery, Alabama on 21 April 2026. The $415 million investment creates 100 full-time jobs and serves the Southern U.S. region.

Mondi Bags USA will relocate its manufacturing from Oakdale, Pennsylvania and Wellsburg, West Virginia to a 200,000-square-foot facility in Findlay Township, Allegheny County. The project creates about 170 jobs over three years, supported by a $1,036,000 Pennsylvania First grant announced on 21 April 2026.

Cook Compression held the grand opening of its new 26,000 sq. ft. facility in Ellesmere Port, UK, on April 19, which also houses new laser cutting machinery for compressor valve internals.

Newway Valve (纽威股份) announced plans to invest about CNY 1.2 billion in a high-performance fluid control valve project in Suzhou, expected to be completed around March 2027 with capacity of 300,000 valves a year and output value of about CNY 2.5 billion. The project responds to rising orders for power and water valves.

Germany's Lutz Holding GmbH set up Lutz-Jesco Italia S.r.l. near Milan, extending its European footprint for pump and fluid handling products.

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. has installed conveyor and unitizer, die cutter infrastructure, CAD table and folder gluer at its new Reno, Nevada facility ahead of a June grand opening. A 3-color die cutter is due in mid to late May and a J&L folder gluer on May 1.

CANPACK, in partnership with Bavaria, announced a new aluminum beverage can plant in Malambo, Atlantico, Colombia, with an investment of 548 billion Colombian pesos. The plant is expected to be operational by 2027 and create about 150 direct jobs.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions India announced a greenfield 50,000 sq m manufacturing, R&D and customer campus in Kaggalahalli, Bengaluru, expected to lift its production capacity by 30% upon completion in 2027.

Valmet inaugurated a new flow control service center and manufacturing unit in Sydney, Australia, offering valve and pump services, spare parts and local assembly for process industries.

AGI Greenpac is building a greenfield glass plant in Madhya Pradesh with a Rs 700 crore outlay, expected to raise production capacity by 25% and become operational by March 2027.

Tetra Pak broke ground on a new Product Development Center at its U.S. and Canada headquarters in Denton, Texas, with 12,000 sq ft for product development and 3,000 sq ft for a Customer Innovation Center. The facility is scheduled to open in Q1 2027 and create eight jobs.

Flowserve inaugurated its Global Technology and Engineering Center (GTEC) in Torreón, Coahuila, with a $40 million investment that will create about 150 specialized jobs. The center will support Flowserve operations across the Americas.

Safran Aero Boosters announced a new subsidiary, Safran Booster Components, building an aircraft engine compressor components plant in Welkenraedt, Wallonia, backed by Walloon and Belgian federal investors, operational in 2028.

Swire Coca-Cola broke ground on a 620,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Peak Innovation Park near Colorado Springs Airport. The $475 million plant is expected to create 170 jobs and produce more than 230 drinks.

WIKA invested R$100 million in a new plant in Boituva, São Paulo state, which began operations in January 2026. The unit will supply subsidiaries in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico and employs about 300 people.

Tetra Pak announced a €60 million investment to develop paper-based barrier technology for low-carbon aseptic cartons at a new facility in Lund, Sweden. The technology could cut packaging carbon footprint by up to 43%.

Yazoo Mills completed construction of a new $14 million, 107,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Hanover, Pennsylvania, and is phasing in equipment installation.

International Paper will spend $225 million on a greenfield 468,000-square-foot box plant in Brandon, Mississippi. Construction is slated to begin in June with operations expected in Q4 2027.

ePac Flexible Packaging is opening a new facility in Phoenix, Arizona, its largest plant, to serve Southwest U.S. customers. It is also adding capacity at sites in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Vancouver.

SIG's first aseptic carton plant in India, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, reached full operations in December 2025 after opening in February 2025. The Rs8.8bn ($105m) plant has a capacity of about 4 billion carton packs a year and created around 300 jobs.

Challenger Valves officially opened a new $8 million facility on Wheeler St in Shepparton, including a 3,800 square metre warehouse with capacity for 3,400 pallets. The expansion began in 2024 with the purchase of industrial land.

Coroplast Group opened a new production site in Schönebeck (Elbe), Germany, for high-performance acrylic adhesive tapes, with about EUR 25 million invested in the first construction phase. About 22 employees are expected by the end of 2026, with long-term potential for more than 100 jobs.

Tecofi is investing €20 million in a 16,000 m² factory in Corbas, Rhône, to replace its current site from late 2027 and relocate guillotine valve production, with 80 hires planned by 2030.

A new plant making technological oil pumps will be built on the premises of Kazankompressormash in Kazan, with about 4 billion rubles of investment, capacity of up to 300 pump systems a year, and first stage launch planned for June 2026, creating 200 jobs.

Perfectpac Limited plans a second manufacturing unit in Greater Noida with 42,000 MT per annum capacity and an estimated ₹125 crore investment, creating about 700 jobs, after receiving a YEIDA land Letter of Intent.

AS-Schneider India, the Indian subsidiary of Germany-based AS-Schneider, inaugurated a new production facility in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, making valves and manifolds for the process industry. The site is integrated into the group's global production network.

BASF and Schütz signed an agreement for Schütz to build a highly automated IBC production and storage facility at BASF's Ludwigshafen headquarters. Construction is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2026.

Siasde Group announced an investment of 18 million euros to build a new professional compressor manufacturing plant in Seriate, Province of Bergamo, Italy. The facility is expected to start operations in mid-2026.

The SIAD Group is investing EUR 18 million (about USD 19.6 million) to build a new compressor production plant in Seriate near Bergamo, Italy, to expand capacity and digitalise production. The plant is due for completion by mid-2026 and will host piston compressor production.

West Packaging inaugurated its new Seville plant in the La Isla industrial estate in Dos Hermanas after investing over €20 million, with plans to grow staff from about 50 to 80 and create 120 jobs.

Edible Garden AG is expanding its Zero-Waste Inspired platform with a ready-to-drink manufacturing hub at its Midwest facility of over 200,000 sq ft. It selected Tetra Pak for planning, installation and integration of proprietary processing and aseptic carton packaging, with an agreement to be executed on March 4, 2026.

Canada-based Dainty Foods will open a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Batavia Township, Ohio, in 2027, with a total investment of $150 million over five years and about 240 jobs at full buildout.