Pulpex has opened its first commercial-scale fibre bottle factory at Westway Industrial Estate in Renfrew, near Glasgow, creating about 39 jobs. The plant has an initial capacity of up to 40 million bottles a year.

Paranova is building a £6m purpose-built 98,000 sq ft manufacturing site in Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, expected to be fully operational in November with 150 staff, with a new Koenig & Bauer press arriving in September.

Cook Compression held the grand opening of its new 26,000 sq. ft. facility in Ellesmere Port, UK, on April 19, which also houses new laser cutting machinery for compressor valve internals.

CBS Packaging announced the acquisition of a new 120,000 square foot facility in Walsall, West Midlands, to support a planned plant expansion scheduled for mid-2026.

Corrugated packaging maker Reedbut Group has moved into a new 94,000 square-foot facility in Milton Keynes, UK, boosting production capacity and storage for up to 4,700 pallets.

Reedbut Group, a UK corrugated packaging maker, has moved into a 94,000 sq ft facility on Bransworth Avenue in Milton Keynes. The site adds production and storage capacity for up to 4,700 pallet spaces.

Sustainable packaging firm Pulpex leased the 88,017 sq ft Westway 90 building from Canmoor on a 20-year lease in April 2025. It will host Pulpex's first commercial-scale fibre bottle manufacturing facility.

Pioneer Pump relocated its UK operations from a 10,000 sq ft site near Stowmarket to a 66,000 sq ft facility in Hadleigh, Suffolk, with two warehouse units. The company plans further expansion over the next five years.

Saica Pack, the corrugated packaging division of Saica Group, is investing £10m in a new warehouse in Hartlepool with space for up to 9,000 pallets, with solar panels expected to supply up to 10% of energy needs. Construction is set to run through 2025 from 6 January 2025.

Roots Systems bought the 95,000 sq ft Spinnaker Works office and manufacturing facility in Gloucester, UK, to consolidate its operations from Stonehouse. The investment is said to exceed £10 million, funded from group cash resources.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council's planning committee approved Saica Pack Ltd's plan to relocate from Warrenpoint Harbour and build a corrugated fibreboard factory at Invest NI's Carnbane Industrial Estate in Newry.

Packaging supplier Invopak opened its first manufacturing plant in Hyde, Manchester, making tinplate containers such as UN-approved cans and lever lid tins. The EUR 5 million investment was made in response to post-Brexit supply chain issues.

Packaging maker Venturepak has invested £3m in a new manufacturing facility in Manchester to produce injection-moulded plastic containers for a household brand's ice cream products, previously imported.

Contract manufacturer PoppyPac acquired a new 103,000 sq ft manufacturing site near its Hastings, East Sussex facility, investing over £500,000. The site will add filling lines, warehousing and fulfilment services.

Ablebox Ltd has acquired a 52,000 sq ft facility in Sherborne as its third site and is investing a GBP 6 million project, installing a rotary die-cutter and converting lines.

Spanish packaging group Saica, through its UK subsidiary Saica Pack, lodged a full planning application for a 485,000 sq ft corrugated fibreboard factory on a 25-acre site at Invest NI's Carnbane Industrial Estate in Newry. The investment is expected to be in the tens of millions and will relocate its Warrenpoint operation.

Trebor Developments reached practical completion on Crown Packaging's £150 million, 632,000 sq ft beverage can plant at the former Mars Petcare site in Woodston, Peterborough, which will employ at least 280 people. Crown started production at the site as construction finished.

Jayplas will develop a plastic reprocessing facility at the former Toyoda Gosei factory in Swansea, capable of processing at least 100,000 tonnes of plastics a year. The £45 million investment will create over 100 jobs and is being developed in three phases.

Max Fame Group opened its first UK base in Trafford, Greater Manchester, leasing a 21,500 sq ft logistics building at Carrington Gateway with an initial £1m capital investment expected to create 100 jobs within three years.

Terinex Flexibles, part of OGM Holdings Group, signed to take 46,000 sq ft at Dove Valley Park in Foston, South Derbyshire, for a GBP 8m production, warehouse and R&D facility. The development completes its latest phase in January 2024.

Biopax Limited is set to open a £47m factory in Springvale Business Park, West Belfast, to produce certified green packaging and labels. The company plans to create 169 jobs over four years, with a second investment phase planned.

Omni-Pac opened a new 60,000 sq ft packaging site in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, after more than GBP 3 million of investment. The company plans to create 100 more jobs and double turnover over three to five years.

Compack Cartons officially opened a new GBP 13.5 million packaging operation in Livingston, Scotland, following an investment by McLaren Packaging. The investment creates 26 jobs and safeguards 59 existing jobs.

Food and drinks packaging supplier Max Fame Paper Products agreed a new 10-year lease on a 21,500 sq ft logistics building at Carrington Gateway in Greater Manchester. The site will serve as a centrally located base to nearshore services for UK clients.

Macfarlane Packaging unveiled a £1.3m packaging innovation lab at its North West Regional Distribution Centre in Heywood, Greater Manchester, built by MC Construction. The 5,000 sq ft facility includes design, digital print and testing equipment and a packaging automation showroom.

Louth-based corrugated packaging maker P.H. Mountain Corrugated opened a new 9,000 sq ft factory after pandemic-delayed construction began in summer 2022.

Ardagh Metal Packaging's planned £150 million can factory at Global Point Business Park in Newtownabbey has been delayed by at least a year, with construction now unlikely before 2024. The plant was expected to create around 160 permanent jobs.

Terinex Flexibles, part of the OGM Group, has started building a £8 million, 46,000 sq ft factory on a 3-acre site in Dove Valley Park near Derby. The OGM Holdings Group is funding the project, which will also move R&D from Oxford.

Vaillant is opening a new heat pump factory in a 129,000 sq ft unit at St Modwen Park Derby, expected to open in 2024 and creating more than 200 jobs. The site supports plans to more than double production of its aroTHERM plus air source heat pump.

Graphic Packaging International is moving its Bristol, UK beverage packaging operations to a new 255,000-square-foot factory nearby, creating up to 30 new jobs. The site is expected to be fully operational in Q4 2023.

Saica Pack opened a new flagship corrugated packaging facility in Livingston, Scotland during 2023, with a total investment of over £50 million. The project began in 2020 and was delayed by COVID.

Kensa Group officially opened the UK's largest factory dedicated to ground source heat pumps at Mount Wellington Mine in Truro, Cornwall, after investment from Legal & General Capital. The factory has capacity for 30,000 heat pumps a year.

Crown Bevcan is building a 625,000 square foot aluminium beverage can factory on the former Mars Petcare site in Woodston, Peterborough, with more than £150 million invested. The factory is expected to be operational by the end of 2023 and will create 280 vacancies.

Logson Group will build a new sheet feeding facility for Board24 at the Euro-Central business park in Motherwell, Scotland, with a new BHS Corrugated line and material handling system. Completion is expected in December 2023.

Ardagh Metal Packaging received full planning permission for a GBP 150 million drinks can factory at Global Point Business Park in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, creating 160 jobs. The 460,000 sq ft facility will supply customers across Ireland, Britain and Europe.

Trebor Developments completed the pre-sale of a 625,000 sq ft freehold turnkey site at Delta Park, Peterborough to Crown Holdings for a build-to-suit aluminium beverage can plant, with total capital value over £150 million. Main contractor ISG began work in June 2022 with completion expected in summer 2023.

JDR Cable Systems reached final agreement under the UK government's OWMIS scheme for financial support for its £130m subsea cable factory in Cambois near Blyth, Northumberland. Construction starts in summer 2022 with opening planned for 2024 and 171 jobs expected.

Sartorius is expanding its UK presence with a new 58,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Havant, Hampshire, to produce downstream processing equipment for injectable drug manufacture.

Ardagh Metal Packaging submitted a full planning application for a $200 million beverage can plant at Global Point, Newtownabbey near Belfast, expected to create about 160 direct jobs. The plant is planned to be operational in 2023.

Crown Holdings announced it will build a new beverage can facility in Peterborough, United Kingdom, with construction starting Q2 2022 and first production in Q2 2023, employing 280 people.

Ball Corporation is building a new aluminium beverage can plant of 56,000 square metres at Segro Park Kettering Gateway, UK, expected to produce about 1 billion cans in its first year and create 200 local jobs.

Transmission Dynamics, owned by JR Dynamics, announced a £4.2m expansion including a new Future Innovation Hub with office and manufacturing facilities in Cramlington, Northumberland, expected to bring 50 jobs.

Portsmouth City Council completed a 120,000 sq ft warehouse at Dunsbury Park in Havant for BioPure Technologies, a fluid-path component manufacturer in the Watson-Marlow group. The facility is expected to create more than 120 engineering and manufacturing jobs.

Stoford and Logicor let the newly completed 108,091 sq ft L108 warehouse at Liberty Park, Widnes, to an international packaging company on a ten-year lease for sustainable packaging production.

Crane ChemPharma & Energy, a business of Crane Co, broke ground on a new Saunders valves factory in Cwmbran, UK, dedicated to Saunders products, with opening planned for 2022.

AMP, part of the Ardagh Group, will build a beverage can-making plant at Global Point in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, representing an investment of about $200 million. Operations are expected to start in 2023.

Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging secured planning permission to build a second factory on its Glasgow site, scheduled for summer 2023, raising annual output to about 900 million moulded pulp and corrugated packaging pieces.

Ardagh Metal Packaging has revealed plans for a beverage can plant in the UK to add capacity, announced with its third-quarter results. No further details were given in the article.

Lontra is opening a £17 million smart factory in Doncaster to make energy-saving compressors, with South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority providing grant and loan support of over £7 million and over 300 new jobs expected.

United Caps held a grand opening for its Dinnington factory in Rotherham, England, which has produced dairy and beverage closures since 2020, including tethered closures, in a 5,000 square meter facility expandable to 20,000 square meters.