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.

Owens-Illinois signed an agreement in principle with Groupe Bellemare to produce bottles from curbside recycled glass at a new Quebec recycling facility. The deal depends on a Quebec regulation change banning glass in landfills.

Cascades, a Canadian packaging and tissue manufacturer, has become an official member of Amazon's Packaging Support and Supplier (APASS) network, offering Amazon packaging testing and certification services from its R&D Centre in Kingsey Falls, Quebec.

Atlantic Packaging Products and Canada Fibers announced a broadened strategic alliance to improve recovery of used corrugated material for Atlantic's paper mills and to develop integrated sustainable packaging programs.