Orbis held a grand opening for its renovated reusable pallet, tote and bulk container plant in Greenville, Texas, with 420,000 sq ft of manufacturing space. The company expects to create 190 jobs within three years.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announced a planned £42.3m investment in a new 38-metre automated storage and retrieval system warehouse at its Wakefield site, adding 29,500 pallets of capacity. The build will take two and a half years.
Bürkert Fluid Control Systems officially commissioned a new 6,000 square metre building with an automated small-parts warehouse in Öhringen, part of a 20 million euro investment. The buildings have been ready for use since June 2024.
Plasser American will dedicate a 45,000 sq ft office building as the first phase of a $52.6 million expansion of its North American headquarters and manufacturing center in Chesapeake, Virginia, adding 98 jobs and doubling production capacity with an 82,000 sq ft plant.
Fenner Dunlop announced a $23.5 million expansion of its Kwinana, Western Australia conveyor belt plant, adding a third press line with Siempelkamp that raises capacity by a further 50%.
Interroll is investing about $11 million to build a second factory next to its existing plant in Hiram, near Atlanta, Georgia. Completion is expected by the end of 2019.
Nexen Lift Trucks announced an £8.5m investment in its Lowestoft, UK headquarters and manufacturing facility, including a 48,000 sq. ft. extension that will double output and create 40 jobs.
WERIT Kunststoffwerke started production of EURO H1 plastic hygiene pallets at its Buchholz (Westerwald) site with a fully automated line, in an investment of undisclosed millions of euros. The article is dated 28 February 2018.
Raymond announced an expansion of its Raymond Parts Division with more than 40,000 sq ft added to its distribution center on Kirkville Road in East Syracuse, New York.