Zug-based Packaging Group AG is acquiring a significant portion of shares in Vogel Kunststoffe AG in Dittingen, effective January 1, 2026, as a succession arrangement. The group will have about CHF 100 million in sales and around 200 employees.

Perlen Industrieholding AG secured exclusive rights to manufacture Pulpex's patented paper bottles in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Southern Germany, with a production decision expected after evaluation, potentially from 2027.

Perlen Industrieholding AG and its subsidiary Perlen Papier AG entered an exclusive partnership with UK packaging technology firm Pulpex, securing manufacturing rights for fibre-based paper bottles in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and southern Germany. Production may begin in 2027 pending a decision.

BVS Packaging Group AG, headquartered in Urdorf, Switzerland, entered a strategic partnership in which substantial shares were transferred to Packaging Group AG of Zug, retroactive to January 1, 2025. The locations in Switzerland, Germany and Austria remain under current management.

Constantia Flexibles has completed the acquisition of a majority of shares in Swiss flexible packaging producer Aluflexpack AG, which employs about 1,700 people in nine countries.

Swiss company Bourquin SA commissioned a new corrugated cardboard machine from BHS Corrugated at its Oensingen site on November 19, 2024, increasing production capacity by up to 30% and adding a photovoltaic system.

Swiss company Bourquin SA put a new state-of-the-art corrugated cardboard machine into operation at its Oensingen site on November 19, 2024, as part of an investment package to raise capacity and productivity.

Constantia Flexibles plans an all-cash public tender offer to acquire 57% of the shares of Swiss packaging producer Aluflexpack, at an estimated CHF 15.00 to CHF 18.75 per share. Completion is expected in the final quarter of 2024, pending regulatory approvals.

Pawi Packaging Schweiz AG invested CHF 330,000 to switch its heating from gas to district heating from Stadtwerke Winterthur. The connection was made in 2021 and is reported in January 2024.

Constantia Flexibles is taking over Aluflexpack, according to a Pack aktuell news roundup. The headline gives no date, so the article date is used.

Vetropack reported gloomy prospects for 2024 and the closure of its last Swiss production site. The headline does not give a date, so the article date is used.

Ardagh Metal Packaging acquired a majority share in Switzerland-based digital can printer NOMOQ, a start-up founded in 2021. The deal extends AMP's support for newcomers to the beverage market and gives its European customers access to digital can printing.

aXpel s+r AG and aXpel one for all AG began operating together under the aXpel one for all AG name on December 1, 2022, with a broader range of paper and PE sacks. The certified production site in Burgdorf, Switzerland will remain and be expanded.

Datwyler signed a new multi-year contract with Nespresso running until 2030 for capsule and seal production at its automated plant in Schattdorf, Switzerland, with continuous volume and revenue growth expected. Terms are confidential.

Soudronic AG has bought Can Man AG, together with its latest acquisition Frei AG, from the Umbricht family. Can Man will operate independently as an innovation and manufacturing platform focused on 3-piece metal cans.

Ball Corporation has added a fourth production line at its aluminium beverage can plant in Widnau, Switzerland, further expanding its European can capacity. A company spokesperson confirmed it to EUWID.

Packaging group Amcor will make a substantial investment in its Swiss plant to fulfil a new multiyear contract to make coffee pods for Nespresso. The deal supports growth in Amcor's flexible packaging division.

Netherlands-based packaging services provider Novio Packaging Group has acquired Flacopac / Deflaco, which makes cosmetic packaging, for an undisclosed sum. The deal expands its cosmetics portfolio and European footprint.

Amcor Flexibles will install a UV flexo printing press at its Kreuzlingen site in Switzerland to serve pharmaceutical packaging markets, as part of a European printing investment plan that also includes a digital press at Cramlington, UK.