Allied Pinnacle has invested AUD 10 million across its Sydney manufacturing operations to increase capacity, improve production speed and deploy automation. The announcement is dated 22 October 2026.

Visy has invested AUD 30 million in a new 2.8-metre-wide corrugator at its Smithfield board factory in Western Sydney, increasing board output by 33 per cent. The announcement is dated 21 October 2026.

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.

IVE Group plans to invest in new die-cutting and gluing finishing equipment at its Silverwater, NSW facility to generate about AUD 30 million of packaging capacity in the short term. Implementation begins in the new financial year.

Pact Group is investing more than $76 million in new packaging manufacturing equipment across its Australian operations to produce recycled packaging. The investment is currently underway as of June 2023.

Frucor Suntory Oceania has started construction of a net-zero manufacturing and distribution facility in Swanbank, Queensland, with immediate capacity of 20 million cases per year. The article reports the investment as over $400 million, most likely Australian dollars.

Mars Wrigley announced a A$28.8 million investment in equipment and manufacturing upgrades at its Ballarat factory, building on over A$67 million invested since 2021.

Private equity group Five V Capital has agreed terms to acquire a 30% stake in Australian packaging brand BioPak, valuing the company at about $275 million.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners unveiled a $43.7 million upgrade of its Moorabbin canning facility, allowing 11 million more cases for the Victorian market. KHS supplied processing and packaging lines as project lead.

Printing group IVE plans to move into fibre-based packaging and is seeking an acquisition, with $30 million to $40 million allocated for this and other earnings-accretive opportunities. The plan follows a strategic review announced with its full-year results in August 2022.

Orora Beverage announced in May 2022 an investment of $85 million to expand can body production capacity at its Revesby plant in Sydney. It is part of about $200 million in can production investment over three to four years.

Gold Coast craft brewer Black Hops is investing $3 million in a packaging upgrade at its Biggera Waters brewery, including a Master C-Block 24/4 filler and seamer supplied by CFT Australasia. The upgrade is intended to raise can output.

BOC Australia unveiled a $15 million robot cylinder automation system at its Sydney Operations Centre, using a six-axis robot and turntables to sort and move cylinders. The site produces more than 1.3 million cylinders each year.

Visy announced a $2 billion investment program to expand manufacturing across Australia, including clean energy, recycling, paper mills, corrugated box plants and packaging, expected to create 5,000 direct manufacturing jobs over the next decade.

Visy Industries, the private cardboard box and paper recycling group of Anthony Pratt, will raise $150 million in 10-year long-term debt from AustralianSuper and IFM Investors, arranged by Westpac's Institutional Bank. The funds will refinance existing senior debt.