Jitai Valve Group held the roof-topping ceremony for its 30,000-set-per-year high-parameter valve plant in Wenzhou's Marine Economic Demonstration Zone on 11 December 2025. Full completion and production are planned for September 2026.

Smurfit Westrock has broken ground on a USD 65 million corrugated and folding carton plant in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, with operations scheduled to begin in early 2027. Construction and start-up are expected to create more than 800 direct and indirect jobs.

Eaton will open a new manufacturing campus in Henrico County, Virginia, making static transfer switches, power distribution units and remote power panels for data centers, with production expected to start in 2027.

Canned beverage maker DrinkPAK will establish its first Pennsylvania plant with a $195 million investment, leasing a 1.4 million sq ft build-to-suit facility in the Bellwether District of Philadelphia. The Commonwealth is investing $2 million and the project will create 174 jobs over three years.

Shah Brothers is constructing a new 87,220 sq ft single-use manufacturing facility in Vadodara, India, with three buildings. It will add capacity for single-use assemblies and fluid handling products for biopharma.

Viega opened a new production facility with a seminar center in Mantua, Ohio, after an investment of about $178 million on a 20,400 square meter site. It is the company's second US production site after McPherson, Kansas.

Xpert Pack inaugurated a R$100 million, 25,000 square metre flexible packaging plant in Feira de Santana, Bahia, producing big bags including the Fusion seamless big bag. The group becomes the municipality's largest individual employer.

Woodward held the grand opening of a new Heavy Frame Turbine Valve and Actuator repair and overhaul facility in Greenville, South Carolina. The site doubles its North American service capacity for heavy frame gas turbine valves and actuators.

Valve maker Tecofi is building a 16,000 m² factory on a 33,000 m² site in Corbas (Rhône), with commissioning planned for early 2027 and 60 planned hires, backed by Bpifrance and a €15 million investment.

PackBenefit launched a new state-of-the-art fibre-based food packaging plant in Aldeamayor de San Martín, Valladolid, which more than doubles its production capacity.

Valmet is constructing a new facility in Sorocaba, São Paulo, to house a valve production unit and offices for its flow control and automation businesses. The built-to-suit unit will double the size of the existing plant and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.

Hawle Valves India signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government on 26 November 2025 to invest more than INR 1 billion in a new valve manufacturing facility in Coimbatore for drinking water and wastewater networks.

Cairo Company for Packaging Materials (Cobac) plans a new factory with an investment of EGP 2.8 to 3 billion, which will raise its total BOPP film capacity to 67,000 tonnes per year and support exports to Europe and the US.

CANPACK Group plans a second aluminum beverage can plant near Barranquilla, Colombia, with about USD 140 million investment, capacity of around 1 billion can bodies a year and about 160 direct jobs. Operations are expected to start in Q1 2027.

Gaia Biomaterials established a supply hub in Los Angeles for its compostable, microplastic-free materials, created with distributor Mitsubishi International Corp to shorten lead times for US customers.

EBARA subsidiary Ebara Precision Machinery Korea is constructing a second overhaul plant for dry vacuum pumps in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, on a site of about 13,000 square meters. Construction began in October 2025, with completion scheduled for December 2026 and operations from January 2027; the investment is undisclosed.

Modine officially opened a 155,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Franklin, Wisconsin, to produce Airedale by Modine data center cooling products. It is part of a multi-year USD 100 million investment announced in July, and is expected to create more than 300 jobs by March 2026.

Organizacion Editorial Mexicana's Paper and Packaging Division opened PRONAL Corrugados, a corrugated packaging plant in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, with annual conversion capacity of 100,000 tonnes of paper.

Shri Krishana Overseas (SKL) PLC is completing a new packaging plant in Kisaju, Kajiado County, Kenya. The facility will produce 22,000 tonnes of packaging materials a year, up from 3,000 tonnes, with commercial operations expected in early 2026.

TAJCO is completing a new plant in Queretaro, Mexico, to produce stainless steel exhaust trims for North American OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. The investment exceeds US$5 million and is expected to create more than 270 jobs, with production starting in Q2 2026.

Amcor is considering building a new factory in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, to expand production of medical, pharmaceutical and food packaging, according to senior executives.

Multinova, a maker of bubble wrap and expanded polyethylene and polypropylene plastics, will move its headquarters and plant from Farroupilha to Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. Operations at the new 20,000 sq m building are projected to start in January 2027, raising processing capacity by 20% to 30%.

Burckhardt Compression opened an 11,000-square-foot service center in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, providing maintenance, repair and upgrade services for reciprocating gas compressors.

Burckhardt Compression opened a 12,916-square-foot regional service center in Sarnia, Ontario, offering sales, testing and maintenance support for compressors in Eastern Canada.

Shandong Head Group announced a $65 million investment for a new capsule manufacturing facility in Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina, creating more than 100 jobs over two years. Operations are scheduled to start in late 2026.

Fluid Controls Limited has applied to set up a new manufacturing facility on a five-acre site in Karnataka with an investment of INR 900 million. The application was made through the state's Karnataka Udyog Mitra portal.

Froxá plans to invest 32 million euros through 2028 to build a new factory in Vargas (Puente Viesgo), doubling production, with Cantabria regional government support of nearly 4 million euros. About 26 additional workers are planned by 2030.

East Asia Machinery signed a project for a Central China air compressor and core components smart manufacturing base in Helu Industrial New Town, Lujiang County, Hefei, Anhui. The planned total investment is RMB 400 million, with new workshops of over 50,000 square metres; the signing took place on 2 November 2025.

Piller Global (India), a subsidiary of Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH, opened a new manufacturing facility in Shirwal, Maharashtra, for mechanical vapour recompression equipment and process-industry systems. The plant spans 9,106.20 square metres, with a first phase of 2,855 square metres.

East Asia Machinery plans to invest about RMB 400 million to build a smart manufacturing base for air compressors and core components in HeLu Industrial New City, Lujiang County, Hefei.

Bray International announced a new office and Valve Automation Center in Guatemala to serve customers across Central America and the Caribbean. The facility is intended to increase local inventory and provide automation solutions and technical support.

Construction began on HydraSpecma A/S's new production base in the West Zone of Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, a 100 million yuan project with TEDA City Development Group. The hydraulic systems plant is scheduled to be operational by June 2026 and will become HydraSpecma's sole production and R&D base in China.

Fluidmaster officially opened its new production and office facility in Prestranek, Municipality of Postojna, Slovenia, on October 24, 2025. The site brings key production activities under one roof and increases European capacity.

The Angelcare Group announced a CAD 20+ million investment in a new 130,000 sq. ft. logistics and packaging centre in Milton, Ontario. It will be the company's first dedicated packaging facility for clumping cat litter and will initially create 15 full-time jobs.

AGI Greenpac is building a greenfield glass container plant in Madhya Pradesh adding 500 TPD, a 30% increase in total capacity, expected to be operational within 18 months.

Saica Group broke ground on its second U.S. corrugated packaging plant in Anderson, Indiana, an investment of more than $110 million that will create over 100 jobs and open in Q4 2026.

Corrugated packaging maker Reedbut Group has moved into a new 94,000 square-foot facility in Milton Keynes, UK, boosting production capacity and storage for up to 4,700 pallets.

Ideal Can has opened a new steel canmaking facility in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, an investment of over C$80 million that is expected to create more than 200 jobs and produce hundreds of millions of cans annually.

Peerless Pump Company is opening a new packaged system competency center in Waller, Texas, in November to more than double operational capacity for its Peerless Engineered Systems division and launch a new prefabricated packaged pump product line.

Virtuoso Optoelectronics, through subsidiary Virtuoso Compressors, inaugurated a reciprocating compressor manufacturing plant in Nashik, Maharashtra, with annual capacity of 2.8 million units. The plant was developed with technical support from Huayi Compressor and other partners.

Marchesini Group will officially open its new €10 million 'Neri' plant at Barberino di Mugello (Florence) on October 18, 2025, covering 4,300 square meters and expanding its La Lora industrial area to 11,500 square meters.

JBM Packaging broke ground in September 2025 on a new 52,500-square-foot building one mile from its Lebanon, Ohio headquarters, expected to be completed by the end of February 2026.

FS Compressors India announced a new 50,000 sq. meter manufacturing facility in India with an investment of 100 crore Indian rupees, set to be completed by late 2026. The announcement was made at its 15th anniversary event in Pune.

Axium Packaging is investing $45 million to open a new location in Jersey Township, Ohio, with 70 new jobs. The company plans two new production plants to make plastic containers and caps for the personal care industry.

Germany's KSB Group announced plans for a major manufacturing facility in Pakistan, described as Germany's largest direct investment there. The announcement was made in Islamabad during a meeting with Pakistan's investment minister. No amount or site was given.

Axium Packaging will invest $45 million in a nearly 300,000-square-foot facility in Jersey Township, Ohio, for expanded tube manufacturing and warehousing. The project will create 70 new jobs and retain over 1,200 existing jobs. Announced 8 October 2025.

TOPSFLO has completed relocation to and started operations at its Phase II factory of over 16,000 square meters, with WMS, pick-to-light and AGV automation. Annual output is expected to exceed 4.5 million units after a threefold capacity increase over three years.

Samson Ringo Válvulas inaugurated a new valve factory in the Empresarium industrial estate in Zaragoza, Spain, on 2 October 2025, after an investment of EUR 11 million. The plant created 15 jobs and is expected to add 30 more within five years.

Ingersoll Rand (India) inaugurated a new Rs 170-crore manufacturing facility in Sanand, Gujarat, making centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, refrigeration dryers and nitrogen generators, with initial capacity of 24,000 units per year.

Westlake Pipe & Fittings, a division of Westlake Corp., has completed a 190,000-square-foot PVCO pipe plant at its Wichita Falls, Texas site, expanding its North American PVCO pipe capacity. The completion was announced on November 2, 2026, and no investment value was given.