Jones Healthcare Group, an Ontario-based healthcare packaging company, acquired an operating thermoforming facility and related assets in Brampton, Ontario, previously owned by good natured Products, to add in-house production of custom-formed packaging components.

Ideal Can has commissioned a fourth production line at its Saint-Apollinaire plant in Quebec, raising annual capacity from 350 million to 470 million cans, supported by a C$1.5 million contribution from CED.

Supremex Inc. completed the acquisition of all shares of Goldrich Printpak Inc., a folding carton packaging maker with a 68,000 sq ft plant in Toronto, Ontario, for about C$34.0 million cash-free and debt-free. Goldrich had sales of approximately $30.0 million in its last fiscal year.

Invera Flexibles is committing up to $20 million to expand and modernize production capacity at its Edmonton and Laval facilities, which will exceed 150 million pounds of annual capacity upon completion.

PolyExpert and Polykar Industries completed a merger of equals to form Invera Flexibles, a North American flexible packaging maker with over $200 million in combined sales and 350 employees. The company is majority-backed by Kent Road Capital.

Cascades invested $6.9 million in its Kingsey Falls, Quebec uncoated recycled boxboard plant to raise production capacity and quality, installing new quality control equipment.

Eco Guardian received $1.5 million from the Ontario government's AMIC program to expand its Aurora, Ontario manufacturing operations for paper-based foodservice packaging, with capacity of 2 billion cups and containers annually and up to 40 new jobs.

LM Packaging acquired certain assets of Cascades Enviropac in Berthierville, Quebec, and will consolidate production at its Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud plant, creating 40 jobs. The announcement was dated February 6, 2026.

Chicago-based FirmaPak, a Shore Capital portfolio company, acquired Easy Plastic Containers Corp, a Canadian blow molder with two facilities near Toronto; financial terms were not disclosed.

Massilly North America will invest CAD 85 million in a new Brantford, Ontario facility making three-piece metal cans for food packaging, with coil cutting, creating 50 jobs. The Ontario government is providing CAD 5 million through the Ontario Together Trade Fund.

Massilly North America will invest C$85 million to establish a new metal can manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ontario, with new production lines, creating 50 new jobs and sustaining 228 existing jobs. The Ontario government is providing C$5 million in funding.

Soteria Flexibles, a US flexible packaging maker, agreed to acquire all shares of Montreal-based film and packaging manufacturer Imaflex for CAD 2.35 per share in cash, a total equity value of about CAD 123 million. Closing is expected in the first quarter of 2026.

Axium Packaging celebrated the opening of a 227,000-square-foot plastic packaging plant in Brampton, Ontario, its third Ontario location. The facility uses more than 45 packaging equipment lines and 10 plastic resin silos. The article is dated December 16, 2025.

Lee Li Holdings is investing $533 million in renovating and expanding its existing Mississauga, Ontario bottling plant and building a new 85,000 sq ft facility, expected to create 275 jobs with $90 million in provincial funding.

Amcor's former Berry Global packaging operations won a contract from Kraft Heinz Canada for 2.5 million 250ml plastic cups for its private-label condiment line, valued at $450,000. The award was announced in the week of December 12, 2025.

Lee Li Holdings will invest over C$533 million to expand its Mississauga, Ontario facility by 15,000 square feet and build a new 85,000 square foot bottling and packing facility focused on plastic bottle manufacturing. The project will create 275 jobs.

The LCBO said it will issue an RFP limited to Ontario companies to replace its more than CAD 10 million paper bag supply contract with Rosenbloom Groupe, with a new contract expected by summer 2026.

NEXE Innovations received a purchase order for 1.2 million BPI-certified compostable coffee pods from partner Bridgehead Coffee to support its planned launch at Costco in Ontario. The initial shipment is 625,000 pods.

The Angelcare Group announced a CAD 20+ million investment in a new 130,000 sq. ft. logistics and packaging centre in Milton, Ontario. It will be the company's first dedicated packaging facility for clumping cat litter and will initially create 15 full-time jobs.

Ideal Can has opened a new steel canmaking facility in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, an investment of over C$80 million that is expected to create more than 200 jobs and produce hundreds of millions of cans annually.

Polykar announced a $20 million expansion of its Edmonton, Alberta facility adding 50,000 square feet and 25 permanent jobs. Output is expected to reach 40 million pounds annually by fall 2026. Announced 9 October 2025.

Cascades agreed to sell its Flexible Packaging plant activities in Mississauga, Ontario, to Five Star Holding of Houston, Texas, for CAN$31 million, effective immediately. The 45 employees will be retained and a supply agreement covers continued film supply to Cascades.

Axium Packaging has opened a 227,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Brampton, Ontario, its third Ontario location, using more than 45 blow molding and injection molding lines.

Labelink, a North American printer with nine plants, acquired L'Empreinte of Laval, Quebec, a 110-employee printer of folding cartons, labels and marketing materials. L'Empreinte will keep its name and client portfolio.

Flair Packaging is adding a 10-color flexographic press and a solventless laminator at its Calgary, Alberta plant, and has acquired a second Calgary plant of 35,000 square feet for its converting equipment. It is the first of a series of planned Canadian expansions.

Danone Canada will invest CAD 9 million in its Boucherville, Quebec plant to begin producing individual PET yogurt cups for its Oikos brand, its first such facility in Canada.

Montreal plastics maker Les Industries Gould signed a strategic partnership with Home Depot Canada to supply contractor bags, creating, retaining and consolidating 88 jobs at its Montreal plant. The deal includes new production lines and about 3 million additional pounds of recycled plastic processed annually.

Kruger Products inaugurated its new light dry crepe tissue plant in Sherbrooke, part of a $377.5-million expansion that created 205 direct jobs and doubled the site's production capacity.

Eco Guardian is on track to open a new Ontario, Canada facility making compostable and recyclable food service products, with capacity of about 2 billion cups per year, scheduled to open in Q4 2025.

Andlauer Healthcare Group formed a 50/50 joint venture combining its Nova Pack packaging subsidiary with Toronto-based contract packager NowPac for healthcare packaging. Financial terms were not disclosed.

NEXE Innovations made a third delivery to Bridgehead Coffee under a purchase order placed in January 2025, supplying compostable coffee pods under a two-year master manufacturing agreement signed in December 2024.

Italian packaging maker Masterpack S.P.A has acquired PC Packaging, based in Anjou, Quebec, and the company will gradually be renamed Masterpack North America. Financial terms were not disclosed.

NEXE Innovations made a second delivery of its BPI-certified compostable coffee pods to Bridgehead Coffee and signed a multi-year master manufacturing agreement initially covering two years.

Atlanta-based packaging supply chain firm Coregistics, a Red Arts Capital portfolio company, acquired contract packager Belvika Trade & Packaging, which operates from Mississauga, Ontario. No financial terms were disclosed.

Nova Circular Solutions, a unit of Nova Chemicals, signed a long-term agreement to supply Winpak with post-consumer recycled polyethylene (rPE) under the Syndigo brand for flexible packaging.

Atlantic Packaging Products opened a new manufacturing plant in Hamilton, Ontario, to increase capacity for packaging customers and create local jobs. The company is hiring for the site.

Enjay Converters, a portfolio company of Champlain Financial, has acquired Toronto-based protective packaging manufacturer Corner Edge Products; financial terms were not disclosed.

Imperial Dade Canada, backed by Advent International, acquired Canpaco, a custom packaging company based in Woodbridge, Ontario. The deal value was not disclosed.

ATS Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Paxiom Group, a Montreal-headquartered maker of primary, secondary and end-of-line packaging machines with about 200 employees and roughly $67 million revenue in 2023.

Labatt Breweries of Canada invested $9 million in new machinery at its Turning Point Brewery in Delta, British Columbia, to eliminate plastic rings from can packaging and enable new can formats.

Mondi intends to invest in the Hinton mill and, subject to pre-engineering and permitting, add a new kraft paper machine capable of producing 200,000 tonnes of kraft paper annually. No investment value was given.

Mondi completed its acquisition of the Hinton Pulp mill in Hinton, Alberta, which was announced in February 2024. The company celebrated the completion with local officials and employees on March 20, 2024.

ProAmpac signed a definitive agreement on March 13, 2024 to acquire Gelpac, a producer of multiwall paper and poly-woven packaging with six facilities in the US and Canada, from an investor group led by NAMAKOR Holdings.

CKF Inc. will move rPET plastic recycling operations from Delta and a Langley facility into its foam manufacturing plant on 200th Street in Langley over 12-14 months, with about 300 staff expected there.

Novacap has acquired Alliance Labeling Inc., an Oakville, Ontario provider of ancillary packaging and warehousing solutions with engineering capabilities. The deal aims to expand Alliance's presence in Ontario, Quebec, Canada and the US.

KinsBrae Packaging, a Cambridge, Ontario packaging firm, began production on its paper bottle machine on February 15, 2024, with Georgian Bay Spirits as launch partner.

SupplyOne, the largest independent US corrugated packaging supplier, acquired Crownhill Packaging, a Toronto-headquartered North American packaging distributor with four locations in Canada and the US. It is SupplyOne's first international acquisition.

Advent-backed Imperial Dade acquired the Eugene Allard Produits d'Emballage et d'Entretien division of the Eugene Allard family of companies. Deal value and location were not disclosed in the article.

Dart Container became a strategic equity partner in Red Leaf Pulp, securing exclusive rights to its wheat straw-based alternative fibre for molded fibre packaging. Red Leaf's initial conversion facility in Regina, Saskatchewan is scheduled for completion in 2026.

Axium Packaging is constructing an 80 million dollar manufacturing site in Brampton, Ontario, expected to open in July 2024. The facility will make plastic containers, tubes and caps, and is designed to be LEED Silver compliant.