Aliaxis plans to invest about €28 million in Australian factories, including a new Toowoomba 2 plant near Brisbane for stormwater drainage products, with production lines starting from Q3 2024.

Spanish paper and packaging group SAICA plans to invest $800 million over the next five years to expand in the US market, via acquisition or new plant construction, while building a corrugated paper plant in Hamilton, Ohio due to open in early 2022.