Investor Kartesia has announced a renewed investment in Van De Velde Packaging Group of Wetteren, Belgium, to support its long-term growth. The deal value was not disclosed and completion is subject to regulatory approvals; the announcement is dated 19 June 2026.

Guillin Group's French subsidiary Alterecopack acquired Belgian packaging companies Gruyaert Verpakking, a maker of customized cardboard pastry boxes, and distributor Verpakkingen V de V. The two companies had combined 2024 revenue of EUR 19 million and about 40 employees.

Groupe Guillin's French subsidiary Alterecopack acquired Gruyaert Verpakking and Verpakkingen V de V in Belgium, announced on December 30, 2025. Together they had about EUR 19 million turnover in 2024 and employ around 40 people.

Ball Corporation agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Benepack's beverage can businesses, which have plants in Belgium and Hungary, for about 184 million EUR; closing is expected in Q1 2026.

Ball Corporation is reportedly in ongoing negotiations with Chinese owner Cofco to acquire Belgian can manufacturer Benepack, whose Genk site began production in 2020, with no deal yet signed.

Duravant LLC signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pattyn Group BV, a Bruges-based designer and manufacturer of packaging automation systems for bag-in-box and other packaging applications. The deal value was not disclosed.

Belgian public buyer IVAREM awarded Dimensio Verpakkingen BV a contract to supply PMD bags and waste containers worth EUR 908,850 excluding VAT, with a planned end date of 1 January 2029.

France-based Sleever, a shrink sleeve labelling and equipment maker, has taken a majority stake in Helios Packaging, a sleeve technology firm in Wommelgem, Belgium. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Belgian dairy Solarec is replacing its production lines with four SIG Midi 12 aseptic filling machines and packaging supplied by SIG. The first machine was installed in Q3 2023.

Saica Group has agreed to acquire a minority share of Pacapime, a Belgian corrugated cardboard company based in Halle with 109 employees and EUR 61 million revenue in 2022. The deal strengthens Saica's presence in the Benelux and France.

Soenen Golfkarton's new corrugated cardboard factory in Lanklaar, Limburg started production on 1 March 2023 with a building of 132,500 m2. The site is one of the most modern in Europe and is expected to at least double the company's capacity.

The SOMATER group has acquired ANL Packaging, a European thermoforming company based in Wellen, Belgium with more than 400 employees and plants in Belgium, France and Poland, effective 10 May 2022.

Soenen Golfkarton has started building a 132,500 sqm corrugated box factory on the former Bekaert site in Lanklaar, Belgium, representing an investment of more than €120 million and about 200 jobs. The plant is planned to start in 2023.

PACCOR Packaging GmbH completed its acquisition of Belgian packaging company Miko Pac NV from Miko NV on June 1, 2021. The deal was signed on March 30, 2021 for approximately 110 million euros.

PACCOR signed a purchase agreement on 30 March 2021 to acquire Miko Pac, the packaging division of Belgian firm Miko N.V. Miko Pac makes plastic packaging at sites in Belgium, Poland and Indonesia, and completion is expected in Q2 2021 pending approval.

Harro Höfliger is building a high-performance vial packaging line at its Backnang site for delivery to Pfizer's Belgian production plant. The line will carton, label and serialise vaccine vials.

Europal Packaging, part of the D.I. Group, has started up a new 2.5m doublewall Quantum corrugator line at its new factory in Blandain/Tournai, Belgium. The line was installed by Quantum Corrugated and Fosber Group.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Sharp agreed that Sharp's Hamont-Achel site in Belgium will package all Alnylam products across European countries. Alnylam describes it as its first significant international investment in Belgium.

Catalan packaging maker Alucan plans a new high-speed aluminium packaging line in Belgium with an annual capacity of 40 million units. COFIDES will provide a 3.7 million euro co-investment loan toward a total investment of 13.2 million euros.

Colombier is installing a new state-of-the-art cut-size sheet cutter at its Zeebrugge seaport site in Belgium.

Europal, a Belgian corrugated cardboard packaging supplier, will invest several million euros in a new greenfield plant in Tournai, to be fully operational by summer 2020. The plant is expected to create about 40 high-tech jobs.

Benepack Belgium, a joint venture of CPMC and Haoneng, is investing over EUR 50 million in a can production plant in Genk, Belgium, creating 150 jobs and receiving a EUR 3 million Flemish subsidy.

Belgian public buyer MRMP-S/AD awarded NEFAB Packaging Belgium NV a EUR 421,000 contract for four lots of transport and storage packaging equipment, published 26 March 2019.

Chinese company CPMC plans to invest €60 million in a new beverage can factory in Genk, Limburg, on the site of Illochroma Haoneng, with production targeted to start by January 1, 2020; the agreement is not yet fully finalised.

Crown Europe opened a 23,000 square metre logistics hub in Puurs, Belgium, developed with Gilbert de Clercq transport company to serve food, beverage and aerosol customers in the Benelux region.

VPK Packaging Group completed an upgrade of paper machine 6 at its Oudegem, Belgium mill, including new stock preparation, a faster drying section and a new winder, with a target capacity of 200,000 tonnes a year.

Beverage Can Makers Europe (BCME) and European Metal Packaging (Empac) merged into a new entity, Metal Packaging Europe, based in Brussels. The combined company will produce about 85 billion cans a year at more than 450 sites.

Bain Capital is buying Belgian PET preform specialist Resilux, alongside its acquisition of Petainer, with the businesses possibly being combined.

VPK has started up a new Bobst 924 flexo folder gluer at its Oudegem plant in Belgium, adding about 5 million square metres of corrugated packaging capacity. The total project, including a double-deck WIP and a second pallet inserter, is worth about 7 million euros.