Schoeller Allibert developed a Corona 20-pocket beer crate for AB InBev containing at least 20% recycled maritime plastic waste, launched in Germany. The article is dated June 27, 2022.

Auer Packaging GmbH of Amerang received its largest single order in company history, worth €7.9 million, from a Danish recycling service provider for special plastic big boxes used to recycle PET bottles and aluminium cans.

Aetna Group, through its Robopac and Ocme units, acquired Germany-based Meypack, a maker of end-of-line packaging machines for food, spirits and personal care, announced June 10, 2022.

THIMM Group plans to invest 400 million euros over five years in automation, digitalization, modernization and expansion of all its locations.

Japan United, via its German subsidiary United Europe and TRICOR Packaging & Logistics, signed a share purchase agreement to acquire THIMM Packaging Systems, a heavy-duty packaging maker in Hausen, Germany, subject to German antitrust approval.

Japan's Rengo Group agreed to acquire Thimm Packaging Systems, the industrial goods division of Germany's Thimm Group, with the price kept confidential. The takeover awaits Federal Cartel Office approval, expected within weeks.

Macfarlane Group bought PackMann in Germany in an €8.6 million acquisition to expand its distribution division.

Auer Packaging received its largest single order in company history, worth 7.9 million euros, from a Danish recycling service provider. The order covers KLK folding big boxes with lids for recycling PET bottles and aluminium cans.

Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven plant in the Airportpark FMO by about 14,000 square metres, investing around EUR 70 million and creating 200 jobs in 2021/2022. Annual corrugated board capacity at the site rises to 600 million square metres.

Huhtamaki is switching its Alf, Germany site from plastics to smooth molded fiber packaging, adding capacity of up to 3.5 billion fiber products a year. The unit plans to replace more than 2,000 tons of plastic with fiber in 2022.

Keurig Dr Pepper and Cologne-based packaging maker PAPACKS launched a partnership to develop a fully recyclable, compostable paper beverage bottle, with a prototype expected by end of 2022.

MM Group signed a EUR 65 million syndicated green loan classified as sustainable, financing the rebuild of a board machine at its Neuss site in Germany.

Zerhusen Kartonagen is building a second plant in the Niedersachsenpark industrial area in Rieste, with a 15,000 square metre production hall and about 50 jobs, with construction starting in autumn and operation planned for summer 2023.

Schumacher Packaging obtained a majority interest in the Kaierde board mill in Delligsen, Lower Saxony, raising its solid board capacity at the site from 50,000 to 75,000 tons per year. The deal is part of a 700 million euro investment programme to 2025.

Ringmetall SE agreed to acquire the business, production plants and property of Rhein-Plast GmbH through an asset deal. Rhein-Plast has about 80 employees and annual sales of around EUR 13 million, and makes polyethylene films and bags in Bad Dürkheim.

Schumacher Packaging acquired a majority stake in Kartonfabrik Kaierde in Delligsen, Lower Saxony, lifting its solid board capacity by 50% from 50,000 to 75,000 tonnes per year. The deal is part of a €700 million investment program running to 2025.

Schumacher Packaging plans its largest investment program, about EUR 700 million by 2025 with EUR 300 million in Germany, to expand corrugated board plants and paper mills and add renewable energy. The plan aims to create around 500 jobs and lift sales to EUR 1.3 billion by 2025. Reported November 25, 2021.

Schumacher Packaging plans to invest about €700 million by 2025, including €300 million in Germany, to expand corrugated board plants and paper mills. The program is expected to create around 500 new jobs.

PAPACKS has started construction of its PAPACKS GIGAFACTORY 2, a molded fiber parts plant next to GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt, Thuringia, investing over 13 million euros. Annual capacity at the site will double to over 360 million molded parts from 2022.

Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven, Germany plant to double production capacity, with about €70 million invested and 200 new jobs created by the end of June 2021.

Packaging maker DS Smith developed a 100% corrugated board e-commerce shipping solution for the Hesse start-up Blaue Helden, using inserts so no filler material is needed for its starter sets. The announcement was dated August 25, 2021.

Thimm expanded its Alzey corrugated board plant in Rhineland-Palatinate with a new corrugating roll module from BHS Corrugated, raising maximum speed to 350 metres per minute and enabling F-flute production in Germany.

Progroup is preparing construction of its PW15 corrugated sheetfeeder plant near Petersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, investing more than €90 million, with production from Q2 2023 and about 60 new jobs.

Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven corrugated board plant with more than 20,000 sqm of new production space and two BHS Corrugated lines, bringing capacity to 600 million sqm per year by 2022. The group is investing about €70 million in 2021 and 2022 and creating 200 jobs.

Wellpappe, part of the Schiettinger group, is doubling its commercial area in Lichtenau, Germany, investing about EUR 35 million in new halls and warehouses to meet demand for new packaging.

Eckes-Granini began producing its one-liter hohes C juice bottle entirely from recycled PET since mid-May 2021, with KHS providing bottle and shape design on its InnoPET FreshSafe block at Bad Fallingbostel.

Munich-based Accursia Capital acquired 100% of Müller & Bauer GmbH & Co. KG, a metal packaging producer in Metzingen, Germany, from G. Staehle GmbH & Co. KG. The company employs 100 people.

Smurfit Kappa is investing EUR 35 million to refurbish the PM2 paper machine at its Hoya mill in northwest Germany, raising output by 70 kt to 450 kt per year. The project is expected to be operational in Q1 2023.

Georg Utz in Schüttorf started series production of the GS1 Smart-Box, a reusable polypropylene transport container; the first 100,000 units were delivered in late April 2021 to pooling partner IPP.

Folding carton maker Joh. Leupold GmbH & Co. KG, majority-owned by Waterland Private Equity since August 2020, is merging with carton and corrugated packaging maker Strobel AG of Roth. The founding Strobel owners remain during a transition phase.

Closure maker Heinlein Plastik-Technik has built a new production hall in Ansbach for twenty more injection molding machines and assembly units. The project also upgraded energy supply and infrastructure, including water-cooled chillers and screw compressors.

DS Smith is investing EUR 16.7 million to expand and modernise its Arnstadt site in Thuringia, adding a new corrugator and automated conveyors. Construction began with a ground-breaking ceremony and runs about 12 months.

Altonaer Wellpappenfabrik in Tornesch near Hamburg will replace its finished goods palletizing system in spring 2021 and add a fully automated 4-color inline folding box machine in the second half of 2021. The company says it is investing over 10 million euros in quality and productivity across 2020/21.

POLIFILM EXTRUSION GmbH acquired 100% of SAXA Packaging GmbH, which operates a blown film plant in Neukirchen/Pleiße, Germany. The deal adds broad and barrier films to POLIFILM's portfolio. The purchase price was not disclosed.

PACCOR plans to invest more than 40 million euros in 2021 in capacity, automation, logistics and technology. The investment includes new injection molding capacity at its Ravensburg site in Germany for in-mold labeled PP cups and lids.

Helvetia Packaging is increasing capacity by 30% at its aluminium can manufacturing facility in Saarlouis, Germany, this year. The plant previously had a maximum capacity of around 1.2 billion cans and ends per year.

Mexico's Envases Universales Group agreed to buy the HUBER Packaging Group, a European tinplate packaging maker with about 900 employees and plants in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK and Hungary. VIRETUM CONSULT acted as sole financial advisor to the shareholders.

Wuppertal-based MIB Industriebeteiligungen acquired Verpackungstechnik Frielinghaus GmbH, a plastic hollow-body maker, in a succession arrangement. Ebner Stolz advised the buyer on financial and tax due diligence.

Envases Europe, a subsidiary of Envases Group, agreed to acquire Huber Packaging Group, a German maker of tinplate and plastic packaging with about 900 employees at six European sites. The deal, subject to competition review, is expected to close in Q1 2021.

Mauser Packaging Solutions completed a new production space in Erkelenz, Germany in summer 2020, housing an IBC wash line and an automated IBC rebottle line, and increased post-consumer resin production.

Progroup's PM3 containerboard paper factory in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Germany, started operating in August 2020 and has reached more than 2,000 tonnes a day, with full run-up expected by the end of Q2 2021 and output of up to 750,000 tonnes a year.

Mondi's Ansbach plant in Southern Germany has installed new machinery under a €30 million investment, expanding its corrugated packaging portfolio and capacity ahead of full project completion in 2021.

Smurfit Kappa is investing about EUR 50 million at its Brühl, Germany plant to raise corrugated board output above 200 million square meters a year by mid-2023 and create around 50 jobs.

PAPACKS plans to build a further production facility on its acquired Arnstadt site in 2022, doubling the area in use and raising capacity from 180 million to 360 million units per year.

PAPACKS is investing over €10 million in its GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt, Germany, creating around 20 new jobs for molded paper fiber packaging. The topping-out ceremony was held on 25 September 2020.

Liveo Research will add 20,000 tons of coating capacity for pharma blister packaging films at its Boetzingen, Germany site, with commissioning expected in Q3 2021 and total capacity above 50,000 tons.

Waterland Private Equity Investments is acquiring Joh. Leupold, a German folding carton producer, including its subsidiary Schneller, as part of a succession plan. The article is dated 5 August 2020 and no value was disclosed.

Waterland Private Equity is acquiring all shares of folding carton producer Leupold and its subsidiary Schneller, based in Schwabach, Germany, as part of a family succession plan. The deal is subject to German competition approval and terms were not disclosed.

Faller Packaging produced the complete packaging for the sippa drinking aid from Munich start-up iuvas, supporting it from planning and artwork through production.

Plastic container maker Auer Packaging is expanding its Amerang site with a third production hall, expected to go into operation in July 2020, bringing the site to three production halls and one warehouse.