SÜDPACK Medica officially opened its significantly expanded plant in Coulmer, France, on 17 July 2026. The site's clean-room production areas were almost doubled to make primary packaging for pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Smurfit Westrock plans a EUR 20 million investment to further develop its corrugated board plant in Rethel, Ardennes, France.

Smurfit Westrock plans a EUR 40 million expansion and modernisation project at its Épernay site in the Marne region of France.

DS Smith invested €6m in its La Chevrolière facility near Nantes, France, adding 4,000 square metres and a new 2,500m² workshop for Kaypal cardboard pallets. The workshop has capacity of 250,000 units and potential for up to 1.5 million pallets per year.

Wobz is investing €6 million to expand its Oyonnax plant with a 1,800 m² extension and three new production lines by May 2024, raising capacity from 120,000 to 500,000 customized containers per day.

Ardagh Metal Packaging is investing nearly EUR 80 million to add a third production line at its La Ciotat plant, launching in the first half of 2023, to make slim beverage cans previously imported from Germany.

Ardagh Metal Packaging is investing in expanding its La Ciotat, France beverage can facility, supported by Bpifrance and Sud Attractivité, creating about 80 jobs with production expected to begin in the first half of 2023.

Coveris has installed a five-layer coextrusion extruder at its Montfaucon plant in France to increase capacity for shrink and stretch hoods with recycled content. The equipment was recently acquired and the site was redesigned to accommodate it.

Lacroix Emballages will invest in its La Ferté-Macé site in Normandy, enlarging the building and diversifying its activity, with state support from the France Relance industrial investment fund. The investment will also create jobs and add solar panels.

Tetra Pak announced a EUR 100 million, three-year investment at its Châteaubriant plant in France to add about 30% manufacturing capacity and support the transition to tethered caps by 2024.

Norske Skog's board approved the final investment decision to convert one machine at its Golbey industrial site in France from newsprint to recycled containerboard, adding 550,000 tonnes of capacity. Golbey PM1 conversion costs about EUR 250 million, with production starting in Q4 2023.

JDE Peet's plans to invest EUR 110 million in new high-speed aluminium coffee capsule production lines, starting with Andrézieux, France, operational in H1 2021. The investment will raise its capsule capacity by 60%.

In March 2019 Owens-Illinois announced an investment of more than $60 million to expand its plant in Gironcourt, France, to broaden its premium segment presence and increase capability.