Oben Group signed an agreement with Brückner Maschinenbau to acquire a new 12-meter BOPP film production line with about 94,000 metric tons annual capacity for the Brazilian market. The signing took place on June 7, 2026.

Multinova, a maker of bubble wrap and expanded polyethylene and polypropylene plastics, will move its headquarters and plant from Farroupilha to Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. Operations at the new 20,000 sq m building are projected to start in January 2027, raising processing capacity by 20% to 30%.

Brazil's competition authority CADE approved Tredegar's sale of its Terphane flexible packaging film business to Oben Group. The deal, agreed in September 2023 for $116 million base consideration, is expected to close on November 1, 2024.

Valgroup has acquired Mirvi Brasil, a manufacturer of plastic caps located in Cabreuva, Sao Paulo. The deal expands Valgroup's caps business and its beverage market offering.

Tredegar agreed to sell its Terphane flexible packaging films business, with about 500 employees and sites in Brazil and New York, to affiliates of Oben Group for net debt-free base consideration of $116 million. Closing is subject to competition clearance in Brazil and Colombia and is expected in 8 to 14 months.

Italian packaging group Goglio acquired Mega Embalagens, a Brazilian maker of flexible packaging for food, hygiene and pet food, in July 2023. Terms were not disclosed.

Yplastic, part of Grupo Telles, invested about R$12 million to modernize its Fortaleza plant, including a Husky HyPET preform production cell with capacity of 10 million preforms per month. The company has begun preform production.

Fibrasa signed a letter of intent with the Pernambuco government to build a new plastic bucket factory in the Polo Empresarial of Abreu e Lima, with R$70 million in private investment and about 100 jobs expected.

Norpolim Nordeste Polímeros, part of the Plasvan group, announced a plant in the Manaus Free Trade Zone industrial hub. The investment is R$17 million over three years, with about 100 direct jobs, and production is expected in the first half of 2022 pending approvals.

Italian packaging maker Gualapack, through Gualapack Brasil, agreed to acquire Brazilian flexible packaging converter Teruel Embalagens, which has two factories in Brazil. The deal adds laminate production to Gualapack's pouch business in South America. It was announced on October 4, 2021.

Dompel, a group from Caxias do Sul, is building Pump América, a plant in Linhares, Espírito Santo, to make pump and trigger plastic valves. Initial investment is R$8 million, rising to R$16 million, with about 100 jobs and production expected from August 2021.

Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of the remaining shares of its Brazilian joint venture Laminor S.A., a tube laminate maker, for approximately EUR 30 million. The business is consolidated from April 1, 2020.

Klöckner Pentaplast completed an expansion at its Cotia facility in Brazil, adding a coating line that raised its South American coating capacity by over 30%. The announcement was dated 23 March 2020.

Embaquim started full operation of a new Carnevalli coextruder at its São Bernardo do Campo plant to make multilayer barrier films. The equipment adds 50 tonnes per month and raises total film capacity by 15%.

Videolar-Innova is investing R$500 million to double its styrene monomer plant in Triunfo, Brazil, to 460,000 tonnes per year, with completion expected in 2019.

Brazil's competition authority CADE approved a merger control agreement allowing Tredegar to sell its Brazilian flexible packaging business Terphane to Oben Group. Closing is planned for November 1, 2024, for a base consideration of $116 million.

Perlen Packaging AG, the packaging division of the CPH Group, agreed to acquire a 60% majority stake in Brazilian company Sekoya Industria e Comercio Ltda., effective retroactively from 1 January 2018, with formal closing planned for end of February. The price was not disclosed.

German company rose plastic started operations at a new R$21 million plant in Sorocaba, São Paulo, consolidating plastic packaging lines for several industrial segments and its Brazilian headquarters, with support from the state agency Investe São Paulo.

Sealed Air Corporation announced on August 2, 2017 its acquisition of Deltaplam Embalagens, a family-owned Brazilian flexible packaging manufacturer headquartered in Londrina, Parana. Terms were not disclosed.

Greiner Bio-One inaugurated an expansion of its factory in Americana, São Paulo state, with R$42 million invested in construction and operations. Some equipment started in December 2016 and more is due to start operating in 2017.

Bemis inaugurated an expansion of its packaging plant in the Suape industrial port complex in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco. The R$31 million investment adds 8,000 square meters and is expected to double rigid packaging capacity and create more than 140 jobs.