Colloide won a £10 million AMP7 contract from Southern Water to supply, install and commission packaged chemical dosing units at about 78 water and wastewater sites in South East England, with an initial term of 4 years.

Aston Manor has invested a further £6 million to reconfigure its Aston, Birmingham production site and add a new flexible contract canning packaging line capable of up to 24,000 cans per hour.

THG Holdings plc acquired David Berryman Limited, a UK fruit-based ingredients specialist with canning and bottling capabilities in Luton, for an undisclosed sum.

LLW Repository Ltd awarded a four-year multi-lot framework for radioactive waste packaging and associated services, with an estimated maximum spend of GBP 17 million. The award was dated 16 July 2020 and published on 30 December 2020.

Harwood Private Equity acquired Medica Packaging Limited of Crewe, Cheshire, through a management buy-out led by Chief Executive Gerard Harford and Finance Director Mark Stokes. Medica makes printed cardboard cartons and folded leaflets for healthcare customers.

Bibby Distribution secured a three-year contract extension to transport goods from Jardin Corrugated's UK production sites in Ely and St Ives, renewed until early 2024. Bibby oversees more than 160 deliveries each week.

Valero Energy awarded Fluor the engineering, procurement and construction contract for a combined heat and power cogeneration project at its Pembroke Refinery in Wales, including a 45 MVA gas-fired turbine generator. Osprey provided heavy lift and transport support.

JBT Corp. of Chicago agreed to buy United Kingdom-based Proseal, a tray sealing technology maker, for 220 million pounds ($258.67 million), with closing expected in the second quarter of 2021 subject to regulatory approvals.

Oldham-based Ribble Packaging completed a £3.5 million investment project including a warehouse extension and new corrugator and fanfold stacker machinery, raising line speeds and capacity. The project ran from February to early September 2020.

Trans-Continental Marketing invested over 3 million pounds to increase capacity at its UK manufacturing sites, completing an 18-metre roof extension to accommodate a new extrusion line, reported on 6 November 2020.

IMI Truflo Marine, part of IMI Critical Engineering, agreed a 15-year lease on a new 57,000 sq ft manufacturing and design headquarters at Birmingham's Advanced Manufacturing Hub, developed by Barberry Industrial, with construction possibly starting before year-end and completion expected in Q3 2021.

Thailand-based SCG Packaging announced its acquisition of Go-Pak, a UK total packaging solution provider based in Yate, Bristol. Go-Pak will keep its management, operations and brand, and the deal supports SCGP's expansion in the UK, Europe and North America.

Progroup and Krystals have started operating a new £20 million packaging park in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, combining Progroup's corrugated board plant with Krystals' packaging production on one site.

VPK Group agreed to buy Encase, a manufacturer of corrugated cardboard packaging with two corrugated plants in England and one sheet plant in Scotland, for an undisclosed fee. VPK will merge Encase with its UK corrugated operations.

VPK Group agreed to buy Encase Ltd from Canadian Overseas Packaging Industries (COPI) Ltd, a corrugated packaging manufacturer with two plants in England and one in Scotland. VPK intends to merge Encase with its UK corrugated operations.

Boxes and Packaging has installed a new Dong Fang Topra AD1628 2.8m two-colour printer die-cutter at its Leicester site, replacing an older machine to add production capacity for corrugated packaging.

Progroup and Krystals have started operating a joint packaging park in Ellesmere Port near Liverpool, linking Progroup's corrugator with Krystals' packaging production. Progroup's investment in the corrugated board plant and packaging park totals more than £90 million.

Ribble Packaging completed a £3.5 million investment project, including a warehouse extension and new machinery such as the Unifold fanfold stacker, which raises its double-wall line speed from 170 to 220 metres per minute.

Wärtsilä has sold 100% of Wärtsilä Valves Ltd to an affiliate of Evergreen Capital L.P. of New York. The UK valve maker, based in Brough with about 65 employees, had 2019 revenues of about EUR 15 million.

Wipak UK, a flexible packaging maker, is investing more than £5 million in new conversion equipment at its Welshpool site, with about 50 new jobs expected. The machinery is due to be operating by summer 2021.

Biffa and Nestlé Waters UK announced a partnership to deliver 100% rPET made from British recycled plastic for Nestlé Waters products.

Nestlé Waters is investing around £31 million in its Buxton factory in the UK, including a £26 million warehouse extension of about 14,000 square metres and a £5 million pipeline from a second nearby spring. Both projects are expected to be completed in spring 2021.

East Yorkshire packaging specialist Origin Ltd has secured a 15 million unit order from the US for its Snappd single-dose sanitiser sachets, after obtaining FDA registration and US trade licences. Production is taking place at its Melton West Business Park facility.

Thames Water awarded framework agreements worth an estimated £24.4 million for supply and maintenance of valves during AMP7, with AVK UK, Gel Engineering, Glenfield Invicta, Ham Baker, HVL Solutions, Industrial Valves, MGA Controls and Saint-Gobain among the awardees.

Crediton Dairy became the first UK company to install an Elopak Pure-Pak Aseptic filling line, investing GBP 3 million in the line and GBP 4 million in a new filling hall, with products launched in summer 2020.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority cleared Sonoco Products Company's completed acquisition of French packaging maker Can Packaging SAS after a phase 1 merger inquiry, with the decision announced on 2020-12-21.

Carlton Packaging LLP was awarded a single-supplier contract worth £2,841,600 by the UK Department of Health and Social Care to supply outer packaging for test kits. The award was dated 3 September 2020, with the contract running from June to November 2020.

Soft drinks maker Clearly Drinks plans a multimillion-pound brownfield canning facility at its Sunderland headquarters, backed by private equity firm NorthEdge. The line, supplied by BW Integrated Systems, is expected to produce 160 million cans per year and operate from March.

Coveris has invested about £3.5m to add a second re-equipped factory to its Amberley Labels business, installing two new MPS label presses at its Boston, Lincolnshire site. The site will be rebranded Amberley Labels Boston in September.

UK retailer The White Company is installing Quadient's CVP Everest automated packaging system at its Northampton fulfilment centre in August 2020. The system cuts package volumes by up to 50% and cardboard use by 20%.

The White Company, a UK homeware retailer, selected Quadient's CVP Everest fit-to-size auto-boxing system for installation in August 2020 at its Northampton fulfilment centre. The system is intended to handle growing e-commerce volumes.

BioPure Technology, owned by Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, will build a 120,000 sq ft fluid-path component factory at Dunsbury Park in Portsmouth, creating 120 jobs, with work starting later in summer 2020.

Cadman Capital Group acquired specialist printing and packaging firms Norpol Packaging and its sister company Burbridge Packaging. The deal was reported on 21 July 2020 and no value was disclosed.

Netherlands-based De Jong Packaging Holding has acquired a majority shareholding in eCorrugated Ltd, a UK independent corrugated packaging manufacturer. eCorrugated will continue operating under its own name with a high level of independence.

A GE Renewable Energy Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine consortium was selected as preferred supplier of the HVDC transmission system for RWE's 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm on Dogger Bank in the North Sea. More than 50% of the components will be made in local facilities.

VPK Group increased its shareholding in corrugated board producer CorrBoard UK to 50% through new shares and the purchase of former shareholder Garthwest's stake. CorrBoard operates a plant in North Lincolnshire.

Hayward Tyler Fluid Handling, part of Avingtrans, secured a contract worth an initial £2.5 million to develop a prototype valve to replace legacy components for a UK nuclear plant operator. The contract could lead to up to 150 further units.

Coventry-based Staeger Clear Packaging has won a substantial NHS contract to supply face visors, which managing director Ian Jamie says will more than double the size of the business.

Taylor Packaging, a North East England packaging firm, has become the UK supplier of Danish manufacturer Nordic Woodfibre's packaging for heavy industrial goods. The distribution partnership was announced on 2020-06-21 with no value given.

Sharp invested £1 million to expand its Rhymney, Wales facility into commercial primary and secondary packaging, adding packaging rooms, blistering equipment and automated cartoners. Commercial blister production at the site was set to begin in June 2020.

MHI Vestas has finalised an order from Seagreen Wind Energy for 114 V164-10 MW turbines for the Seagreen offshore wind farm off Fife, Scotland, to be installed in 2021, with blades supplied from the Isle of Wight. MHI Vestas also signed a 15-year service and maintenance agreement for the project.

Progroup and Krystals Premier Packaging will invest £20m (€22m) to create a packaging park at Progroup's sheetfeeding site in Ellesmere Port, UK. Progroup will invest in site infrastructure and Krystals in a new production facility.

Bilfinger won two contracts worth £350m to design, procure, fabricate and build pipework and specialist equipment for Hinkley Point C nuclear station, creating 350 jobs at UK sites including Warrington, Humberside, Bristol and Somerset.

Progroup and Krystals are expanding their Ellesmere Port site in England to create a packaging park, with 20 million pounds invested over about 16,000 square metres. Completion is expected in the second half of 2020. The announcement is dated June 4, 2020.

CorrBoard UK will shortly install a new £1.5 million automated palletisation system and IT control system upgrades at its 320,000 sq ft North Lincolnshire plant.

Following new shareholder investment, CorrBoard UK will install a new £1.5m automated palletisation system at its North Lincolnshire plant, alongside IT control system upgrades.

VPK Group raised its shareholding in CorrBoard UK to 50% by buying the stake of former shareholder Garthwest and subscribing for new shares. McLaren Packaging also subscribed for new shares in the North Lincolnshire company.

Flexipol, a UK manufacturer of sacks, bags, liners and pouches, has invested in all three of its manufacturing sites, adding 25% capacity as it integrates with sister brands Synpac and Palagan within Synnovia.

AST Plastic Containers, based on the Wrexham industrial estate in North Wales, was awarded a contract by Yara to supply its 10 litre jerry cans for use with AdBlue.

GMI Construction Group has completed a new 118,000 sq ft purpose-built manufacturing plant in Huddersfield for Aflex Hose, a maker of PTFE-lined flexible hoses. The project is valued at GBP 18 million.