kdc/one and Clarion Group signed a joint venture agreement in Chennai to establish kdc/one Clarion Beauty Pvt Ltd, which will build a new injection-moulding and metallized beauty packaging plant in Gujarat within 12 months.

Oji India Packaging, a subsidiary of Oji Group, inaugurated its fifth Indian plant at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, producing corrugated boxes and packaging accessories with an initial workforce of 130 expanding to 300.

SRF Limited has signed a contract to buy a fourth BOBST EXPERT K5 3650mm metallizer for its factory in India, to be installed in 2026 to increase metallized BOPP capacity.

Indorama Ventures agreed to acquire a 24.9% minority stake in Essel Propack from Blackstone funds for $220 million at INR 240 per share. The deal is pending customary approvals.

SIG Combibloc's board has approved installing an extrusion line at its Ahmedabad, India site at a cost of around EUR 50 million, scheduled to come online in 2027.

Swiss packaging maker SIG Combibloc opened a new aseptic carton packaging plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, with an initial capacity of 4 million packs a year and over 300 planned jobs. The investment was EUR 90 million.

CocoPallet, a Netherlands-based company, is launching a wood-free export pallet made from coconut husks, with its first global factory in Tiptur, India, in partnership with Superpacks. The initiative targets 1 million pallets by 2028.

SIG opened its first aseptic carton pack plant in India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, an investment of 90 million euros with initial capacity of up to 4 billion packs per year and over 300 local jobs.

CANPACK Group broke ground on 28 January 2025 on a greenfield aluminum beverage can plant in Uttar Pradesh, India, with an estimated investment of $150 million (INR 13 billion) on 60 acres in an integrated manufacturing logistics cluster.

Meerut Packaging, a corrugated packaging maker with a 22-acre plant in Mussorie village near Meerut, India, plans to expand into litho-laminated and monocartons.

SIG is building its 10th global aseptic carton plant in Ahmedabad, India, with an EUR 60 million investment and an initial capacity of 4 billion packs per year, with ramp-up expected in early 2025.

TCPL Packaging plans to establish a greenfield packaging facility near Chennai in Southern India, close to major industrial manufacturing hubs. No investment value or timeline was given.

Bulk Corp International received an export order worth Rs 10.77 crore from Brazilian company Packem SA for custom circular-bag FIBCs.

India Security Press Nashik awarded corrugated box procurement contracts to Aaradhya Packaging and Raghav Packaging LLP, totaling about INR 5.26 million, with contracts dated 27 November 2024.

Milkfed (Verka) of Punjab awarded the C.Boxes for Aseptic Packaging tender to Archana Printing and Packaging, with an estimated value of INR 3 crore and a 180-day work period. The result lists a contract date of 9 August 2024.

Tetra Pak opened its aseptic packaging material plant in Chakan, Maharashtra, India, in May 2013 after construction began in February 2011. The project cost about EUR 120 million and the plant has annual capacity of more than 16 billion carton packages.

Packem Umasree, a Brazil-India joint venture, inaugurated its first Indian plant near Ahmedabad on 16 April 2024 to make 100% rPET bottle-based FIBC jumbo bags, with monthly capacity of 600 metric tons and about 700 jobs.

Manjushree Technopack has signed definitive agreements to acquire the plastics packaging business of Oricon Enterprises (Oriental Containers), a maker of plastic caps, closures and preforms. The deal is valued at INR 520 crore and adds plants in Goa and Odisha, subject to customary conditions.

Austrian machine maker STATEC BINDER completed its largest order to date, worth over EUR 10 million, delivering 16 packaging lines and related equipment for a petrochemical customer in India. The lines pack HDPE, LLDPE and PP granules into 25 kg sacks.

Mold-Tek Packaging acquired land in Mahad, Maharashtra for a 1,500-tonne manufacturing plant with an investment of INR 20 crore, to supply pails to Grasim Industries. The plant is expected to be set up by October.

Mold-Tek Packaging opened new rigid plastic manufacturing units in Panipat (Haryana), Cheyyar (Tamil Nadu) and Sultanpur (Telangana) with a total investment of more than INR 100 crore, adding 5,500 tonnes of capacity. The company announced it on January 8, 2024.

Dhunseri Ventures' subsidiary Dhunseri Poly Films has started commercial production at its Panagarh plant in West Bengal, initially making 45,000 TPA of BOPET films. Phase I is a Rs 540 crore investment that is expected to employ over 200 people.

Amcor Flexibles' Indian subsidiary is set to acquire Essel Propack's 100% owned Packaging India Pvt. Ltd, a flexible packaging maker with plants in Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand, for full cash consideration with an enterprise value of Rs 165 crores.

Uflex Ltd is investing 550 crore rupees (about $85.7 million) in its fourth factory in Sanand, Gujarat, to make aseptic packaging with capacity of 7 billion containers per year and enter a market dominated by Tetra Pak. The plant will initially employ 250 people.

Japanese paper and packaging manufacturer Rengo acquired a 30% interest in Indian corrugated packaging manufacturer Velvin Containers, which will be renamed Velvin Rengo Containers. Financial terms were not disclosed. Velvin is developing a corrugated plant near Chennai.

Velvin Group and Japan's Rengo formed a joint venture for an upcoming corrugation unit in Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu, with Rengo taking a 30% equity stake. Velvin Containers will be renamed Velvin Rengo Containers Private Limited.

JK Paper signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Manipal Utility Packaging Solutions for about Rs 90 crore, a maker of folding cartons, corrugated boxes and labels with four plants in India. Completion is expected within six weeks.

Manjushree Technopack (MTL), a rigid plastic packaging maker backed by Advent International, signed a collaboration with the bottle-to-bottle recycling division of Ganesha Ecosphere Group to co-develop and supply food and non-food packaging made from up to 100% recycled plastic in India.

SIG laid the foundation for its first aseptic carton plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with planned phased investment of about ₹880 crore, expected to add 4 billion packs per year and create about 300 jobs.

India Security Press in Nashik awarded a contract worth 2,057,000 (currency not stated, assumed INR) for corrugated boxes measuring 470 x 270 x 210 mm to Rainbow Packaging Industries and Raghav Packaging LLP, both of Nashik. The award was dated 21 August 2023.

Amcor agreed to acquire Phoenix Flexibles, which operates one flexible packaging plant in Gujarat, India, to expand its capacity in India. The deal is expected to close in the September 2023 quarter.

ExxonMobil made its first commercial sale of certified-circular Exceed PE polymers in India to UFlex, produced using its Exxtend advanced recycling technology, for use in flexible food packaging.

India Security Press Nashik, a unit of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India, awarded a contract to Raghav Packaging LLP of Nashik to supply OPP corrugated boxes of 470 x 270 x 260 mm. The contract value was INR 4,349,999.97 and the award date was 11 September 2023.

SB Packagings and Constantia Flexibles have finalised their joint venture after CCI approval, under which SB Packagings acquires C-Flex India entities (Creative Polypack, Aparna Paper, Vibgyor, Parikh Flexibles) in a share swap, with Premji Invest as shareholder.

Constantia Flexibles and SB Packagings have finalised a joint venture, SB-Constantia Flexibles, to make sustainable food and hygiene packaging in India and South Asia, with investment from Premji Invest after Competition Commission of India approval. The JV operates nine plants.

A cooperative in India issued a multi-state tender to procure packaging materials, dairy equipment, chemicals and other supplies for milk and milk products. Suppliers with in-house production are invited to register and submit bids.

SIG is making a €60 million investment in constructing an aseptic carton plant in India, expected to reach a yearly production capacity of 4 billion packs.

Miracle Coro Plast Private Limited was awarded a Rajasthan government tender by RCDF for corrugated fibre boxes packing 1 kg SMP pouches, with a contract value of INR 6.12 crore for 365 days.

SIG will build its first aseptic carton plant in India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, investing about EUR 60 million (US$63.87 million) over 2023-2025 with up to four billion packs per year capacity and around 300 jobs in phase one.

SIG will build its first aseptic carton plant in India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with about EUR 60 million invested over 2023-2025. The plant is designed for up to 4 billion packs per year and is expected to create around 300 jobs in phase one.

Constantia Flexibles signed a joint venture agreement merging its Indian business and operations with SB Packagings, which is backed by Premji Invest, to create a packaging platform in India and South Asia. The article is dated 8 February 2023.

SIG is developing its first aseptic carton plant in India at Horizons Industrial Park Bhayala, Gujarat, with an estimated investment of Rs 8.8 billion ($105 million). Announced in February 2023, construction began in September 2023 and operations are expected in 2025.

Constantia Flexibles signed a joint venture agreement with Premji Invest and S.B. Packagings to expand its packaging business in India, including hygiene packaging and its EcoLam range. The deal is expected to complete by the end of March 2023, pending regulatory approvals.

SB Packagings entered a joint venture with Constantia Flexibles, combining Constantia India's operations with SB Packagings to build a packaging platform across India and South Asia. Closure is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected by March end.

Constantia Flexibles signed a joint venture agreement with SB Packagings and its investor Premji Invest for Constantia's Indian business, creating a packaging platform with ten locations in India. Closing is expected by end of March 2023, pending regulatory approvals.

Mold-Tek Packaging has won an order from Grasim Industries' Birla Paints Division to supply packing material for a new facility at Panipat, Haryana, expected to be operational by end of 2023. The estimated value is Rs 30 crore.

JK Paper agreed to acquire 85% stakes in Horizon Packs and Securipax Packaging, India's corrugated packaging manufacturers with seven plants, for about Rs 578 crore in phases. The remaining 15% will be acquired within three years.

Brazil's Packem and India's Umasree Texplast are partnering on a new plant near Ahmedabad that will make 100% sustainable rPET FIBC/jumbo bags and is expected to create about 700 jobs.

Delhi Milk Scheme awarded Rainbow Packaging Pvt Ltd a tender to manufacture, print and supply 262 MT of three-layer co-extruded pigmented polythene film, with a contract value of ₹4.88 crore and a 365-day period of work.

IndianOil's Marketing HO awarded a tender for 3-ply cartons to pack grease at its Vashi Grease Plant in Maharashtra to Progressive Corrugated Fiberboard Pvt Ltd, with contract value of ₹93.2 lakh over 730 days.