Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco Group, opened a 250,000-square-foot facility in Genesee County to expand US production of dry vacuum pumps for the semiconductor industry, expected to employ up to 600 people.

ITT Goulds Pumps is relocating from Southaven to a 297,000-square-foot facility at 5633 Mineral Wells Road in Memphis, Tennessee, with about $30.2 million capital investment and 57 new jobs, supported by an EDGE 10-year PILOT.

ITT Inc. plans to invest $31 million to establish a Goulds Pumps manufacturing and distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee, expected to create 57 jobs. The site will increase North American pump capacity and supports the existing Southaven, Mississippi operation.

Valve maker 缔德阀门集团 held a groundbreaking ceremony on September 24, 2026 for a 158 million yuan smart manufacturing center for high-end ultra-low temperature ball valves in Lishui's Liandu district, with a planned 30,000 square meter plant and expected annual output value of 200 million yuan.

AMPO opened AMPO Kazakhstan, a valve manufacturing, repair and field-service plant in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, occupying a 2,600 sqm workshop with a training center. The facility is designed to ramp up production progressively.

Wipro Kawasaki Precision Machinery will set up a new hydraulic pump manufacturing plant at Phase V Industrial Area, Harohalli, with an investment of 1,000 crore rupees, according to Karnataka's industry minister. The plant is expected to start within a year and create 1,200 jobs.

Hangzhou Fushang Valve began construction of its high-temperature, high-pressure valve smart manufacturing headquarters and R&D base in Hangzhou. The 100 million yuan project on 14.09 mu of land will produce 100,000 valve sets a year and is scheduled to start operations in December 2027.

COMER SpA has been operating a new production and storage plant in Casarza Ligure (Genoa), Italy, since September 2026. The site covers about 5,500 m² under roof with 11 injection molding presses and automated lines.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Turbomachinery signed an MOU with Pohang city and Gyeongbuk province to invest 100 billion won through 2029 in a new plant at Yeongilman 4 industrial complex producing eco-friendly turbomachinery and SMR equipment. About 100 jobs are expected to be created.

Uniflow Controls is investing ₹50 crore (about $5 million) in a new Industry 4.0 control-valve plant at Ambernath near Mumbai. Annual capacity is to rise from 8,000 to 40,000–50,000 units.

Atlas Copco broke ground on a new Dalian factory in the Jinpu New Area, with about RMB 150 million investment on roughly 40,000 m2 of land. Completion is scheduled for late July 2027.

Grundfos opened a new factory in Székesfehérvár and a competence centre in Hungary in September 2007, increasing Hungarian production area by over 50%. The factory was to take production moved from Langå, Denmark. This is an older press release.

KZTA has started producing steel wedge valves for the oil and gas, energy and chemical industries at a new enterprise in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory. Investment was 100 million rubles and 50 jobs were created; the plant plans 500 units in 2026 and 1.5 thousand in 2027.

BAOYI Group held the groundbreaking of its Huangtian Industrial Park in Yongjia County, Zhejiang, on July 18, 2026, for special control valves and intelligent control systems, with completion scheduled for August 2028.

Valvitalia Group broke ground on a new manufacturing facility of over 16,000 sqm in Wujiang, Jiangsu Province, backed by an investment of over €10 million, marking 20 years in China.

Grundfos held a groundbreaking on June 24, 2026, for a new 143,000 sq ft building in Brookshire, Texas, serving as its US headquarters and production expansion, scheduled for completion in 2027. It also opened the Grundfos Academy Americas training hub.

Montreal-based valve maker Velan plans a new facility in Durham Region, east of Toronto, to manufacture reactor integral and containment isolation valves for small modular reactors. The plan was announced alongside a partnership with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy on June 17, 2026.

Liancheng Group broke ground in June 2026 on its Phase IV Smart Nuclear Pump Project at the Liancheng Suzhou Industrial Park in Taicang, adding about 55,000 square meters of factory space.

Shlekler (Shandong) Pump & Valve Manufacturing built a 150 million yuan high-end intelligent control valve plant in Zibo High-tech Zone, Shandong, going from groundbreaking to full production in nine months. It is planned to produce 25,000 pneumatic and 10,000 electric valves per year.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco, is finishing a USD 319 million, 240,000 sq ft dry vacuum pump factory at WNY STAMP in Alabama, New York. The plant is set to open in November 2026 with phase one capacity of up to 10,000 pumps per year.

Franklin Electric officially opened its new production facility in Torbalı, İzmir, Türkiye, built on a 14,600 m² site through a €5 million investment. The plant is expected to increase production capacity and strengthen regional logistics.

IMI PLC has opened a new precision engineering facility in Lake Forest, California, for severe service control valves serving the energy sector. The campus replaces the Rancho Santa Margarita site and consolidates more than 200 employees.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NETZSCH Pumps & Systems India inaugurated a new 45,000 square metre manufacturing facility at Verna Industrial Estate in South Goa, India, with a 12,500 square metre production floor.

Oliver Valves opened a new 45,000 square foot manufacturing facility in India that became fully operational on 2 January 2026, serving as an international manufacturing and supply chain hub; inauguration is set for 12 February 2026.

NETZSCH Pumps & Systems inaugurated a new production facility in Goa, India, at the end of February 2026, more than doubling its previous production capacity in India.

Oliver Valves India Private Limited moved into a new purpose-built 45,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in New Vellanur, Chennai, becoming fully operational on 2 January 2026. The site makes components up to three tonnes and adds in-house painting, non-destructive testing and an oxygen clean room.

KITZ and KITZ SCT held a completion ceremony on January 26, 2026 for a new plant at KITZ Corporation of Vietnam in Thang Long Industrial Park, Vinh Phuc, and production has commenced. The 4.5 billion yen facility makes ultra-high purity gas valves for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Valmet announced an investment of about US$8 million (R$40 million) in a new plant in Sorocaba, São Paulo, housing its Flow Control and Automation Solutions businesses. Completion is planned for the first half of 2026 and capacity will exceed 12,000 valve assemblies per year.

Becker India, a vacuum and pneumatic equipment maker, has opened a new assembly unit in Pune, India. Its first product from the site is the VT 4.16 vacuum pump.

Jiangsu Jiangheng Valve Co.'s third factory, phase 3 of its project, is nearing full completion, with a planned capacity of 180,000 high-end valve sets a year. The plant will add about 200 jobs and install over 400 automated devices.

Mecco Group's subsidiary Shanghai Mecco Valve Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 17, 2025 for a RMB 1 billion high-end intelligent valve factory at Lijing Industrial Park. The plant is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2026 and is expected to produce 20,000 control valves and 80,000 high-end process valves annually.

Jinzhou Beiteng Pump Manufacturing plans a new production line for 2,000 high-efficiency energy-saving pumps per year in Linghe District, Jinzhou, Liaoning, with total investment of about 37.88 million yuan. The project is at the approval stage with construction planned for Q2 to Q4 2026.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.