Al Bayader International signed an agreement with National Industries Park to develop a AED 180 million (about USD 50 million) integrated manufacturing and logistics hub in Dubai, able to produce up to 30,000 tonnes of packaging a year, with construction starting in 2026 and operations targeted for early 2028.

United Carton Industries, through subsidiary Ras Al Khaimah Packaging Limited, plans a AED 74 million expansion of its Ras Al Khaimah plant in the UAE, expected to start in Q2 2026 and finish in Q3 2027.

United Carton Industries' board approved a plant expansion at its subsidiary Ras Al Khaimah Packaging in the UAE, estimated at AED 74 million, with commercial production targeted for Q3 2027.

Napco Investment LLC, a Dubai-based subsidiary of Napco National, completed the acquisition of Arabian Flexible Packaging from the Ghurair Group, effective 1 August 2025.

CS Interpharm General Trading signed an MOU and NDA with UAE-based Gulf Center Group, which will provide custom bottle design, filling and production for the MEDUSA product line. The announcement was made on July 1, 2025.

Borouge signed four supply agreements for polyethylene and polypropylene with Bericap, Taghleef Industries, INDEVCO Group and ALPLA, plus a collaboration with Tahzeem Packaging and Rebound for recycled-content shipping sacks, valued at over $100 million (AED 367 million), announced on 28 January 2025.

Tetra Pak signed agreements with Ektifa, the commercial arm of Sharjah's Department of Agriculture and Livestock, to install a Tetra Top filling line and provide utilities at the Meliha Dairy Factory in the UAE. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Tetra Pak signed an agreement with Sharjah's Ektifa to install a Tetra Top filling line at the Meliha Dairy Factory in the UAE, worth USD 3.5 million for packaging. A separate USD 8 million utilities deal was also signed.

Sharjah Agricultural and Livestock Production (EKTFA) awarded Tetra Pak a contract to install a Tetra Top packaging line at the Mleiha Dairy Factory in Sharjah, UAE. The agreement was signed during a visit to Tetra Pak's facility in Lund, Sweden, reported on June 25, 2024.

Tetra Pak and United Paper Mills signed a AED 2,500,000 recycling agreement to build a used beverage carton collection and recycling value chain in the UAE, with Tetra Pak funding new equipment to be ordered in December 2023 and delivered in 2H 2024.

ACG took full ownership of Technical Aluminium Foil Company, a UAE-based aluminium foil packaging maker serving pharmaceutical and food industries, marking ACG's first venture in the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia-based United Carton Industries Co (UCIC) has completed the acquisition of Gulf Paper Manufacturing Co, whose Dubai mill produces fluting, testliner and tissue paper.

UAE-based packaging maker Hotpack has signed an agreement with Maxbyte to digitise its 15 factories in the UAE and other countries. The first wave will cover three plants, with the full transformation planned over three to five years.

Universal Carton Industries is investing US$15 million (AED 55 million) to expand its corrugated box production in Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, tripling capacity to 100,000 tons per year, with completion scheduled for 2023.

Al Bayader International secured medium-term financing from HSBC to build a 450,000 sq ft food packaging industrial complex in Sharjah's Al Sajaa Industrial City, expected to be completed in 2023 and quadruple capacity to over 120,000 tonnes.

India's Forpack Industries signed an MoU with Sharjah's SAIF Zone to establish its first UAE headquarters by leasing four warehouses in the U2 area. The company plans AED 10 million in capital investment and makes packaging, stretch film and cardboard products.

Al Bayader International unveiled its expanded plant in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, doubling its food packaging capacity to 18,000 tonnes per annum. The expansion is part of an AED200 million investment, taking total capacity across its UAE and Qatar sites to 31,000 tonnes.

Shrinath Flexipack agreed to build its first Middle East factory on a greenfield site in KIZAD Polymers Park, Abu Dhabi, with an AED 55 million investment, producing 30,000 tonnes of plastics per year.

Syntegon Technology supplied oral solid dosage manufacturing equipment, including granulation, tableting, coating and capsule filling machines, to Pharmax Pharmaceuticals for its new factory in Dubai. The plant has an annual capacity of over 200 million tablet and capsule dosage forms.

ATG Investments agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Jebel Ali Container Glass Factory from Frigoglass for $12.5 million; the UAE-based plant makes glass containers.

Tri-Wall Europe Holding acquired a 100% stake in Pronk Multiservice ME FZE, a heavy-duty packaging manufacturer headquartered in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, with a focus on wooden packaging.

Can-Pack unveiled a new aluminium cans factory at Dubai Investment Park, UAE, with an investment of Dh200 million. The plant will serve markets as far as the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

Tetra Pak agreed an AED25 million deal to construct processing and packaging lines for Binghatti Holding's new food and beverage plant in Abu Dhabi, where Raubi juice output is set to rise from 10 million to 40 million cases a year. Installation is expected to start in Q1 2017.

Tetra Pak agreed to provide and construct processing and packaging lines for Binghatti Holding's new food and beverage plant in the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi, worth AED25 million (about $6.8 million), announced November 26, 2016.