Clivet S.p.A. has opened a new 14,000 square metre plant in Feltre for heat pump production, with a total investment of 24 million euros. At full capacity it will produce 8,800 units per year.

Hanon Systems secured C$10 million in government support from Canada for its electric compressor plant and R&D center in Vaughan, Ontario, within a total project valued at C$198.75 million. The plant targets up to 1.5 million compressors a year by 2034.

Ningbo BaoSi Energy Equipment's subsidiary acquired land use rights for a 157,604.54 sqm site in Jiangxi for RMB 18.4397 million for a new refrigerant compressor and heat pump production base, funded by a RMB 500 million capital injection.

Baosi Co plans to inject 500 million yuan cash into its subsidiary Jiangxi Baosi Industrial Chain Service to build a smart factory in Jiangxi making 30,000 refrigerant compressors and heat pumps a year over 18 months.

GROUPE ATLANTIC is investing nearly €150 million in a new 35,000 square metre heat pump factory in the Chalon region of Saône-et-Loire, expected to create 300 jobs and add 180,000 units a year by 2028.

FläktGroup announced Project GAGAN, a new production facility in Pune, Maharashtra, with an investment of €5.7 million. Once fully ramped up, the plant will make up to 6,500 units a year, including air handling units, fan wall units, CRAH/CRAC units, coolant distribution units and coils.

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.

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.

Rechi India, a joint venture of Daikin Air-conditioning India and Taiwan's Rechi Precision, has started construction of a rotary compressor plant in Sri City, India, on 33.10 acres. Phase I involves an investment of Rs 547 crore, with capacity rising from 2 million to 9 million units in the final phase.

Ariston Group opened a factory in Niš, Serbia, employing 175 people, with serial production of cylinders and heat pump parts expected to start in April 2026. Headcount is planned to reach 300 at full capacity.

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.

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.

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.

Danfoss inaugurated a new plant in Sofia, Bulgaria, with about 6,000 m2 of production and warehouse space, moving its operations from an older site where it has manufactured since 2000. The opening was reported on 30 September 2025.

Daikin plans to open its third plant in San Luis Potosí in October 2025, investing 7 billion Mexican pesos and creating 3,500 jobs in the first phase. A second phase aims for 6,000 new jobs within two years.

Danfoss inaugurated its Haiyan Second Campus in China, its largest global production facility at 126,000 sqm. The campus manufactures drives, compressors, pumps, motors, valves and heat exchangers.

HVAC company ACS Klima announced that its new manufacturing facility has officially started operations, increasing production capacity. The announcement is dated August 29, 2025; location and investment were not disclosed.

Hoval inaugurated its ePlant in Istebné, Orava region, Slovakia, its largest production site, designed for up to 32,000 heat pumps per year. The total investment exceeds 53 million euros.

Nidec affiliate Embraco announced a compressor manufacturing facility in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, with over $120 million investment, 6 million units annual capacity and 750 to 1,000 jobs, with operations starting in the second half of 2026.

Embraco, part of Nidec Global Appliance, announced a new compressor factory in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, with 6 million units annual capacity and total investment above $120 million. Operations are set to start in the second half of 2026 and create 750 to 1,000 direct jobs.

Embraco, part of Nidec Global Appliance, announced a 120 million INR (about $12 crore) investment to build a 55,000 square metre compressor and inverter plant in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India, expected to be operational by late 2026.

Nidec will invest $120 million in a new 55,000 square metre factory in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, to make Embraco refrigeration compressors and inverters. Operations are planned to start in the second half of 2026 and create 750 to 1,000 direct jobs.

PG Electroplast is setting up an air conditioning compressor manufacturing plant in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, with estimated value of Rs 350 crore and production scheduled to begin in the second half of 2026. Half of output will serve its own AC units.

Wessels Company broke ground on a 57,000+ sq ft factory in Tiffin, Ohio, leased by National Machinery Group to Wessels East for pressure vessel manufacturing. Completion and manufacturing start are projected for November 2025 and about a dozen jobs are planned, rising to nearly 30 more.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Conghua, Guangzhou, for a 480 million yuan scroll compressor manufacturing project by Johnson Controls-Hitachi and Guangzhou Industrial Investment Group. The project aims to make the company China's top scroll compressor supplier within five years.

Johnson Controls-Hitachi Wanbao Compressor (Guangzhou) held a groundbreaking on April 25, 2025 for a scroll compressor manufacturing project in Conghua's Guangzhou economic development zone, with a total investment of about 480 million yuan.

PG Electroplast will build an air conditioning compressor manufacturing plant with a capital expenditure of Rs 350 crore. Half of production will supply its in-house AC units and the rest will be sold to external customers, with production slated to begin in H2 2026.

Tecumseh do Brasil announced plans to build a compressor plant in the Manaus Free Trade Zone, with operations expected in the second half of 2027. The plant is planned to produce about one million compressors at full capacity and create 200 to 300 local jobs.

Zavod Gradient will start construction in 2025 of a plant in the Rostov special economic zone in Novocherkassk to make industrial refrigeration units, targeting 500 units per year at full capacity.

Jiangsu Nuoyan New Energy Vehicle Air Conditioning launched construction of a 534 million yuan compressor manufacturing base with annual capacity of 1 million compressors, scheduled to start operations in December 2025.

Tecumseh filed a project for a compressor factory in the Manaus Industrial Hub with planned investment of R$56 million and about 200 jobs over three years, able to produce up to 1 million compressors a year. The plan was first announced in March 2025.

German firm Neuman & Esser is investing R$70 million in a new 3,500 m² factory in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to produce low-carbon hydrogen generators and compressor packaging, creating about 200 direct and indirect jobs.

Copeland opened a new compressor plant in Arteaga, Coahuila, Mexico, with an investment of US$22 million and expected to generate 900 to 1,000 direct jobs.

Munters has inaugurated its second manufacturing unit in Malur, Karnataka, to produce localized dehumidification and air handling unit solutions for India and the Asia Pacific region. The article is dated January 8, 2025 and the opening was described as recent.

The Eberspaecher Group has opened a new plant in Przylesie, Poland, producing thermal management systems for electric city buses and coaches, with capacity of up to 20,000 systems a year. Production of the AC138 EVO heat pump starts in January 2025.

A filing shows a Hitachi scroll compressor new business platform manufacturing project in Conghua District, Guangzhou, with total investment of 345.85 million yuan and about 68,500 m² of floor space, with construction from June 2025 to December 2026.

Mitsubishi Electric established MELCO HVAC US, Inc. under its US holding company to convert a Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America plant in Maysville, Kentucky into a compressor factory. The investment is about $143.5 million, with production planned to start in October 2027 at a capacity of 1 million units per year.

Güntner opened its fifth Mexican production plant in Monterrey, Nuevo León, to make high-efficiency condensers and liquid coolers and supply the American continent. The first stage is expected to create about 350 jobs and raise production capacity by 30%.

Johnson Controls-Hitachi Wanbao Compressor (Guangzhou) signed an investment agreement with Conghua District to build a scroll compressor manufacturing plant with annual capacity of 1.2 million units. The project cost about CNY 480 million, with construction to start in Q2 2025 and production in Q4 2026.

Hasen Technology (Nantong), a subsidiary of Indicor Group, opened its manufacturing facility in the Nantong National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone on 5 December 2024, with a goal of making 200,000 valves annually.

Japanese manufacturer Parker Corporation has started operations at its second plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, investing over 200 million pesos and creating 200 direct jobs.

Trane Technologies has put a new Thermo King plant into operation in Suzhou, Jiangsu, with an investment of 300 million yuan ($41.48 million), to produce transport refrigeration products for China and Asia-Pacific markets.

HVAC maker AAON will occupy the former American Snuff facility in Memphis, Tennessee, to produce data center thermal management equipment, investing $238 million and creating 828 jobs over five years.

Ningbo Aux Electric is building a 5 billion yuan air conditioner compressor plant in the Wuhu Economic-Technological Development Zone, targeting 30 million units per year. Trial production is expected by end of 2024 and full production in the first half of 2025.

Norbec opened its new CAD 45 million manufacturing plant in Strathroy, Ontario, its first in Ontario, creating 70 jobs to serve Ontario and U.S. Midwest markets.

A. O. Smith is opening the third plant at its Ciudad Juárez site, Mexico, producing 39,000 tankless water heaters in the first year, with 300 new jobs planned and production starting in January 2025.

Valfex will invest more than 5 billion rubles in two new plants and two warehouses near the village of Sukhodol in Vladimir region, set to open next year, according to governor Alexander Avdeev.

Johnson Controls unveiled its global manufacturing center for York M multistage centrifugal compressors at its Wuxi factory in China, announced August 15, 2024.

De Jong Slovakia plans a new plant in Prešov making stainless steel water storage tanks for heat pumps, with an investment of €63.09 million, 150 jobs by end-2028 and initial capacity of 350,000 units a year. The Slovak government approved €11.42 million in corporate income tax relief, with production planned from January 2026.

Taco Europe built a new facility in Boršov, Czech Republic, producing high-performance circulators and heat interface units for heating, cooling and solar systems, plus a European distribution center. The plant expands capacity to meet growing demand.