CorrBoard has invested £60,000 to upgrade its manufacturing facility in Scunthorpe, UK, reconfiguring the traffic layout to improve site safety and painting.

DS Smith set out about EUR 480 million of annualised savings, mostly at run-rate by end-2027, ahead of its separation from International Paper as DS Smith plc, with London admission targeted for early to mid December 2026.

UK Steel Enterprises (UKSE), a Tata Steel subsidiary, made an equity investment in contract canner Cardiff Canning, which then added a second production line.

Paranova Print and Packaging plans to invest £20m over five years to expand its fibre-based packaging operations, including a £6m facility and £14m on equipment and automated logistics.

PALM converts its paper mill in King's Lynn, UK, from newsprint to corrugated case material after the paper machine PM 7 was affected by the decline in newsprint demand.

Honeycomb paperboard pallet maker Pallite Group secured a £1.6 million export finance facility from KBC Bank, backed by UK Export Finance. The working capital will support growth in overseas markets.

Harrison Packaging commissioned a custom Koenig & Bauer Duran folder gluer at its Stockton on Tees site, able to handle both solid carton board and micro flute board. The investment brought a UK automotive packaging contract back from mainland Europe.

Saica Group's flexible packaging division Saica Flex unveiled a €7.1 million investment in new printing and conversion equipment at its Wigan site, aiming to create up to 20 local jobs.

Packaging company Pulpex raised a £62 million Series D round led by the National Wealth Fund and the Scottish National Investment Bank. The funding will finance construction of its first commercial-scale manufacturing facility near Glasgow.

Schumacher Packaging Birmingham commissioned a Delta SPC 130 FlexLine Eco+ digital printing press from Koenig & Bauer Durst, starting commercial digital printing for corrugated packaging. The machine is part of a EUR 30 million investment in the Birmingham site.

The UK National Wealth Fund committed £43.5 million in direct equity to Pulpex, which will build a commercial-scale fibre bottle plant near Glasgow producing 50 million bottles per year. The Scottish National Investment Bank adds £10 million, bringing total funding to £62 million, and 35 jobs are expected.

Schumacher Packaging Birmingham began full commercial digital production on a Koenig & Bauer Durst Delta SPC 130 single-pass press, the first six-colour FlexLine Eco+ installation in the UK. The installation is part of a €30 million investment that also upgrades its Birmingham plant and two nearby warehouses.

Soft drinks maker Belvoir Farm invested £2 million in a new canning line at its on-farm factory in Leicestershire, equipped with a cartoning machine from T. Freemantle.

UK corrugated box maker Sheard Packaging has invested £13 million in a fully automated Asahi flatbed die cutting line, Dücker pre-feeders and palletiser, and a Göpfert 5-colour HBL HQPP die cutter at its Halifax site.

Corrugated packaging specialist Twinplast invested £1.5 million (US$1.9 million) in a new extrusion line made by Omipa Extrusion Machinery in Milan, Italy, which will increase extrusion capacity three to four times while cutting energy use per ton by 40%.

Kellanova invested £86m in new technology to produce a 90% paper-based Pringles tube, sold first exclusively in Tesco and One Stop stores in the UK from January 2024 and rolling out to other supermarkets later in 2024.

Alongside the Esterpet deal, Biffa Polymers made a minority investment in its sister company Esterform, a manufacturer of PET preforms. The stake size and value were not disclosed.

Wipak has invested over £5 million in a new production line at its Welshpool site, expected to create 50 new jobs. The investment is reported in a 14 March 2023 article about a related warehouse contract.

Greiner Packaging UK & Ireland invested over £3,700,000 in a new PET decontamination and extrusion line at its Dungannon, Northern Ireland site to make food-contact recycled packaging. The site has also gained SSP and FSC certifications.

Packaging maker Caps Cases placed an order for a JS Printer 924 five-colour open and close casemaker, to boost high-quality print capacity at its Newmarket site in Scotland. The machine follows a flexo printer and digital printer installed in 2021 and 2022.

Encirc's glassworks in Elton, Cheshire, UK will begin glass production in 2027 in a hybrid hydrogen-powered furnace, aiming to produce 200 million net zero spirits bottles for Diageo brands.

Greiner Packaging UK & Ireland announced new investments totalling over £10 million at its Dungannon, Northern Ireland site for new machinery, a new manufacturing hall and warehouse expansion, celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Boxshop Ltd is investing in an HQPP converting line built around a BOBST EXPERTFLEX six-colour printer, to be installed in March 2023 to serve customers across Scotland. The article gives no monetary value.

Diageo has begun work on a GBP 24.5 million expansion of its Belfast, Northern Ireland packaging site, converting warehouses into a canning line capable of 72,000 cans per hour, expected to be fully operational in 2023.

Vidrala is investing £75 million in a national distribution hub for the UK and European beverages industry, to be used by parent subsidiary Encirc, as reported in May 2022.

Bristol printer Philtone fitted a Compact Foilers CF10000 PM cold foiling system to its five-colour Speedmaster XL106 press to produce foil-finished carton board packaging for a contract win.

Diageo will invest £40.5m to expand packaging capacity at its Belfast and Runcorn sites, including a canning line producing 72,000 cans per hour in Belfast. Construction starts immediately, with capacity expected online in 2023.

Packaging firm Coveris invested £500,000 in new hi-tech equipment at its Hartlepool plant to produce branded tamper-evident bags for Covid-19 test kits, creating 20 new jobs.

Party Decor has taken delivery of a Konica Minolta PKG-675i inkjet printer to support its new cardboard products business, which makes shipping and decorative boxes.

Pitreavie Group announced a further £1 million investment in new plant and machinery at its Cumbernauld corrugated box facility, including a Bobst folder gluer and a flat bed die cutter, adding seven jobs once the equipment arrives.

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

Hull Boxes & Packaging, an East Yorkshire packaging maker, secured a £110,000 loan jointly funded by Finance For Enterprise and the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. The funds paid for a new die cutter and gluing and stitching machines to raise capacity, and the company created three new jobs.

Smurfit Kappa announced a multi-million pound investment in its Tannochside plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, to improve print and conversion equipment for solid board and corrugated divisions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cullen, a UK corrugate packaging maker, is replacing its multi-point gluers with two Bobst Expertfold 165 folder-gluers at its Glasgow site, expected in place by Q3 2020.

Saica Group announced a £50M+ investment to build a new purpose-built corrugated packaging plant in Livingston, West Lothian, replacing its Edinburgh and Milngavie sites. The site is due for completion by the end of 2021.

Pitreavie Group plans a new £3.8m corrugated box manufacturing facility in Cumbernauld, Scotland.

Somerset-based thermoformed packaging firm Kingsmoor Packaging has started the year with fully refurbished design, pattern and tooling facilities.

Coca-Cola European Partners is opening a new £20 million Bag-in-Box production line at its Edmonton factory in North London, bringing its 2019 GB investment to £150 million.

CBS Packaging installed a new 2.5m BHS corrugator at its Birmingham plant as part of its continuing investment programme, reported October 18, 2019.

Saica Pack installed a multi-million pound three-in-one flexo folder gluer from Bobst at its Thatcham site to produce corrugated boxes. The machine handles high-graphics printing of up to six colours.

Tri-Wall Europe's UK arm has secured more than £700,000 of government funding towards a £1.18m project to set worldwide standards for transporting lithium-ion batteries, with a focus on eliminating thermal runaway. The company's UK headquarters and factory are in Monmouth, Wales.

UK corrugated packaging maker Durham Box has purchased an EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass LED inkjet press to improve print quality and productivity. Installation is scheduled for summer 2019.

Packaging manufacturer Duo UK received a multi-million pound funding package from HSBC UK to buy an Italian-made co-extruder for its Manchester factory, scaling up production by up to 20% and stock capacity by 30%. The company expects to create 5 new jobs over the next 12 months.

Weedon Corrugated Products of Audenshaw, Manchester, installed a new three-colour flexo casemaker from JC Machinery to boost shelf-ready packaging output. Group investment in the company has exceeded £1.5 million in recent months.

Fusion Flexibles has invested about £300,000 in a Durr Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser at its Leicester facility to reduce VOC emissions from printing presses. The system could also help double printing capacity.

Leamington Spa corrugated sheet plant The Box Factory has announced a £4 million investment. The company employs 70 people and operates 120,000 sq ft of manufacturing and storage space.