Hinojosa Packaging Group is rebuilding its PM 1 paper machine at Alquería, Spain with supplier Voith, raising containerboard output about 19% to 128,000 tons per year. The shutdown and restart are scheduled for Q1 2026.

Alfa Laval has secured two contracts worth 350 million SEK to supply HVO pre-treatment units for the CBSR biofuel plant under construction in Huelva, Spain, which will produce 500,000 tonnes of SAF and renewable diesel annually.

Novapet, part of the SAMCA Group, announced the acquisition of PET packaging maker ENSO from GED Capital. The deal creates a vertically integrated group with five production plants in Spain and Portugal, with projected annual turnover above 400 million euros.

Alfa Laval secured a contract to supply two units of its renewable diesel pre-treatment technology to Spanish oil company Moeve for a HVO/SAF plant. The plant location is not specified in the text.

The European Commission approved Sonoco Products' acquisition of the Eviosys group, which includes metal packaging and closure plants in Spain, under EU competition rules.

Ball Corporation announced on October 31, 2024 that it acquired Alucan, a European extruded aluminum aerosol and bottle producer, adding plants in Llinars del Vallés (Barcelona), Spain and Lummen, Belgium.

Ondupack SAU, part of CL Grupo Industrial, launched a new corrugated board factory in Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres, Spain, with an initial capacity of 60 million m² per year and a planned 200 million m² project capacity. The 60,000 m² plant is equipped with Fosber, BOBST and Emmepi machinery.

French group PSB Industries, owner of Texen, finalized its acquisition of Spain-based Quadpack in October 2024, creating a beauty packaging group with combined sales of €360m and 12 wholly owned factories.

Cartonplus Packaging acquired a 13,000 sqm facility in Villaverde del Río, 25 km from Seville, to expand corrugated packaging capacity for agricultural and industrial markets. The site has eight loading docks.

ESPA Group, based in Banyoles, Spain, bought pump and pressure-set distributor Baico Pumps SL to expand its international reach and product range. Baico had annual sales of about EUR 4 million and exports to 18 countries.

Smurfit Kappa Navarra was awarded a public supply contract by Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama (CETARSA) for 50,000 C48 cardboard boxes for tobacco packaging, at €664,500 excluding VAT in Cáceres.

Salinas Packaging Group opened a new sustainable printing and graphic arts facility in Spain, investing close to EUR 10 million. The plant serves its three rigid box plants near Alicante and its Barcelona plant, and is expected to raise capacity by 40% in 2025.

Oshkosh Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire AUSACORP S.L., a privately held Spanish manufacturer of wheeled dumpers, rough terrain forklifts and telehandlers, which will join its Access segment. Closing is expected within 90 days. No deal value was disclosed.

Investment company Lemnos Capital acquired 100% of Cartonajes Limousin, a corrugated cardboard packaging manufacturer in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, Spain, and plans to expand its product range and regional markets.

Navantia's corporate steering committee in Cádiz, Spain, awarded Gauzon Iberica a valve supply contract worth €123,000 excluding VAT, with a single bid received. The contract runs for two years.

Spain's state postal operator Correos y Telégrafos awarded a restricted framework agreement for paper and plastic packaging supplies, with an estimated value of EUR 4.95 million over 24 months, to Intermark Packaging and Labelling and four other firms.

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies inaugurated its rebuilt carbon-neutral automotive components plant in Parets del Vallès near Barcelona, investing over EUR 11 million and raising production capacity by 15 percent.

Belgian company Teblick invested €4.3 million in a new 4,000 m² plant in El Far d'Empordà (Girona), relocating from Vilamalla in January 2024, with 15 workers and a planned gradual expansion.

Belgian packaging group deSter completed the acquisition of the production units of Spanish tableware makers Nupik International and Sky Paper from Dopla, including an automated warehouse in Barcelona, and will operate them as Nupik by deSter.

Spanish packaging group Salinas Packaging Group acquired the folding carton activity of Madrid-based Arteos Digital. The deal is part of Salinas's strategic investment plan launched in 2020.

Smurfit Kappa will invest EUR 54 million to double the capacity of its Bag-in-Box plant in Ibi, Alicante, Spain, and create 200 jobs. The investment also improves waste management and energy efficiency.

Saica has commenced construction of a new corrugated board factory in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Catalonia, with an investment of more than $107.8 million. Operations are scheduled to start in 2025 and the plant will replace two existing sites.

Ondupet, which makes rPET packaging, is investing 11 million euros to expand its plant in Almendralejo, Extremadura, and plans to grow its workforce from 65 to 110.

AMPO Poyam Valves reorganised its Idiazabal, Spain valve plant using a LEAN layout, bought seven new test benches capable of high-pressure testing and a new logistics warehouse, and invested in an oxygen-service clean room and an upstream valve test bench. The changes followed a 2019 expansion of machining and weld overlay operations.

AMPO Poyam Valves signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Clarke Valve to manufacture, distribute and service zero-emission dilating disk valves, announced 13 December 2023. The agreement was signed and closed on 1 October 2023 at AMPO's headquarters in Idiazabal, Spain.

Saica Group has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Ecovidal-Miguel Vidal e Hijos, a waste collection and paper recycling company in Torrejón de Ardoz near Madrid, Spain. Financial terms were not disclosed.

DS Smith has completed its acquisition of the corrugated packaging business of Spain's Grupo Lantero for approximately EUR 190 million, expanding its position in the Spanish market. Grupo Lantero operates seven sites.

Spain's Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre awarded Laminados de Cartón, S.L. a framework contract worth EUR 200,000 for grey cardboard lids, corrugated separators and corner protectors.

Saica Group started work on a new corrugated board plant in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, investing more than EUR 100 million. The plant will combine Saica Pack El Prat and Saica Pack Barcelona and is due to start in spring 2025.

Klingele Embalajes Canarias S.A was awarded a EUR 7,061 contract by Gestion de Medio Rural de Canarias for single-use corrugated cardboard boxes, with the award dated 2023-11-29.

Espacios V.R., S.L. was awarded a public supply contract by Imprenta de Billetes (IMBISA), a Banco de España subsidiary in Madrid, to supply white corrugated cardboard boxes for euro banknote packaging for 131,910 euros excluding VAT, with a five-year duration.

AkzoNobel announced a €32 million investment to build a metal packaging coatings factory in Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, creating 40 jobs. Operations are scheduled to begin by mid-2025, and the cornerstone has been laid.

Ringo Válvulas is investing EUR 11 million to expand its Zaragoza factory with 8,000 m2 of plant and 3,000 m2 of offices, doubling production capacity and adding 15 jobs. The new space is expected to be operational in mid-2024.

Ringo Válvulas is building a new valve factory in the Empresarium industrial estate, investing €11 million to double its production capacity. The plant is expected to be operational by mid-2024 and will add about 15 jobs.

Ampo Poyam Valves signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Clarke Valve covering manufacturing, distribution and service of zero-emissions Dilating Disk Valves. The agreement was signed on October 1, 2023 at Ampo's headquarters in Idiazabal, Spain.

Grupo Lappi acquired CPM-Penta Group, a Madrid-based maker of flexible packaging and labels, in October 2023. Terms were not disclosed.

Cartonajes Vir signed an agreement on August 31, 2023 to acquire 100% of the shares of Cartonastur, S.A. in Asturias, Spain. The combined company will have over 150 workers and revenue above 30 million, with the deal to close before the end of 2025.

Hinojosa Packaging Group invested €36 million to convert its Alquería d'Asnar paper mill in Valencia into a circular economy reference site. The Generalitat president visited the plant on 29 June 2026.

Smurfit Kappa announced the acquisition of Cartonajes Carrion, a Spanish packaging producer located in Alcolea, Cordoba, with a strong presence in high-quality retail packaging and printing. No financial details were published.

CCL Industries announced its C$38.1 million purchase of Creaprint, a mold-label producer with a facility in Alicante, Spain and a sales office in Miami. Creaprint reported C$17 million in 2022 sales.

Grupo Envases intends to acquire Domiberia, a Spanish maker of metal packaging for food and industrial products with operations in Spain and the Netherlands, from Everest Holdings/La Familia Domínguez in a cash deal. Closing is subject to competition approval and expected in Q3 2023.

Polish bag-in-box packaging maker BiBP bought a majority stake in Montibox, based in Montilla, Andalusia, Spain, financed by a several-million-euro loan from BGK insured by KUKE.

The Saica Group confirmed an investment of more than €100 million in a new Saica Pack corrugated packaging factory in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, which will consolidate its El Prat and Barcelona plants, with installation of the first machines expected by end-2024.

Hinojosa Packaging is investing about €30m to expand its Xàtiva plant in Spain, adding a 7,500 m2 warehouse in the first phase and a 15,000 m2 building in a second phase. Works are due to finish by September 2024.

The European Investment Bank signed a EUR 13 million venture debt agreement with PackBenefit to fund a second commercial-scale plant in Aldeamayor de San Martín (Valladolid, Spain), adding 180 million recyclable food trays per year.

Huhtamaki completed a €20 million expansion of its Nules, Spain packaging site in November 2022, doubling its capacity and expected to create about 130 new jobs.

KEYTER INTARCON GENAQ laid the foundation stone on 3 February 2023 for a new refrigeration and air conditioning plant in Lucena, Córdoba, with an investment of over EUR 30 million and 600 direct jobs expected by 2025.

Spanish packaging group Hinojosa Packaging has sold its Cipasi business, a cellular polypropylene producer based in Masamagrell, Valencia, to Italian group Karton. Cipasi had 2021 revenue of EUR 9 million and 38 employees, all of whom Karton will retain; the value was not disclosed.

Pedrollo Group announced it acquired a majority stake in Saci Pumps (Bombas Saci S.A.), a Barcelona-area maker of swimming pool pumps, to expand its pool pump range and Iberian presence. Saci Pumps is projected to have about EUR 27 million revenue in 2022; the deal value was not stated.

Eurocontainer's Multitank division is building 200 stainless steel tank containers for agribusiness group Kernel at its Figueruelas plant near Zaragoza, producing three units per day. The article gives no deal value.