C.R.I. Pumps inaugurated a second uPVC and CPVC pipe plant at Hosur, Tamil Nadu, to serve southern and eastern India. Together with the Gandhinagar plant, capacity is set to reach 40,000 metric tonnes per year.

Dow has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian recycler Lucro Plastecycle to develop a closed-loop packaging solution that recycles post-consumer PE film waste using Dow virgin resins, with first shrink films expected in India later in 2021.

Delhi Milk Scheme, a government milk body, awarded Rainbow Packaging Pvt Ltd a tender to manufacture and supply 372 MT of three-layer co-extruded pigmented polythene film, with contract value of INR 5.71 crore and a 365-day work period.

UFlex announced it will double production capacity at its Asepto aseptic liquid packaging plant in Sanand, Gujarat, from 3.5 billion to 7 billion packs a year within ten months.

EPL Limited's board approved the acquisition of Creative Stylo Packs, an Indian maker of corrugated boxes and plastic and laminated tubes. EPL will buy a 72.5% stake for cash and the remaining 27.5% through issuance of EPL shares to the founders.

Packaging converter ALPLA has acquired an Amcor facility in Alandi, near Pune in Western India, that produces PET bottle preforms, and will take over all 50 employees. The site becomes ALPLA's ninth location in India.

Parikh Flexibles, part of Constantia Flexibles, purchased a 1350 mm Bobst Expert K5 metallizer to be installed in 2021 at its new greenfield Ecoflex facility in Ahmedabad, India, for producing ultra high barrier MDO PE film.

Kuala Lumpur-based Creador has reportedly emerged as frontrunner to acquire about 20% of packaging maker Shriji Polymers, including Tata Capital Healthcare Fund's 13% stake, at a valuation of Rs 1,200 crore. The report, dated 13 May 2020, is based on unnamed sources and Creador has signed an exclusivity agreement.

Manjushree Technopack has launched a new greenfield rigid plastic packaging plant in Silvassa, western India, with capacity of 10,000 MTPA and an investment of INR 100+ crore.

Gerresheimer officially opened a new plant in Kosamba, India, on December 16, 2019, to manufacture plastic primary packaging for pharmaceutical products.

Constantia Flexibles has opened Constantia Ecoflex Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, described as the first plant designed to produce sustainable, recyclable flexible packaging. The 24,500 sq m plant began test runs in September 2019 and has 50 staff.

HSIL plans to double capacity of its Sangareddy pipes and fittings plant near Hyderabad to 60,000 tonnes by FY-2022 with an investment of INR 150 crore.

Epsilon Bidco, an affiliate of Blackstone funds, agreed via a share purchase agreement and mandatory open offer to acquire up to 75% of Essel Propack Limited, signed April 22, 2019 and approved by India's CCI on June 3, 2019.

McDermott's Lummus Technology was awarded a technology contract by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery for the license and basic engineering of two 490 KTA polypropylene plants in Barmer District, Rajasthan, India. The award was reflected in McDermott's third quarter 2018 backlog.

iMD Companies announced that its subsidiary LCG Plastic signed a purchase order and contract to supply about $1.78 billion of PVC pipes over two years to RWS&S Odisha, Bhubaneswar, India. Deliveries are to ramp up to 10 million pipes per month.

Amcor and Huhtamaki are reportedly in preliminary talks with the promoters of Essel Propack to acquire a controlling stake in the Indian laminated tube maker. Morgan Stanley is handling the sale, according to unconfirmed reports.

Germany's NORMA Group SE agreed to acquire Kimplas Piping Systems Ltd, a Nashik-based maker of fittings, valves and micro-irrigation equipment, for an undisclosed amount. The deal was agreed on April 6, 2018 and is expected to close by mid-2018.

Constantia Flexibles Group agreed to acquire a majority shareholding in India's film-based laminates producer Creative Polypack for an undisclosed fee, as reported on 28 March 2018.

HSIL plans to expand its security bottle caps facility in Telangana with a Rs 100 crore investment, raising capacity from 230 million to one billion units per year, with commissioning expected by September 2018.

HSIL Ltd has commissioned a Rs 160-crore pipe manufacturing plant at Ishnapur in Medak district, Telangana, with capacity of 30,000 mt, to enter the CPVC and UPVC pipes business, using CPVC resin supplied under an alliance with Sekisui Chemical.

In 2018, Advent International acquired a 77% stake in Indian rigid plastic packaging maker Manjushree Technopack from Kedaara Capital and the promoters. The deal value was not disclosed.

Kanodia Technoplast, a gravure printing and flexible packaging company, plans a fifth manufacturing facility at Kundli, India by the third quarter of fiscal 2017-18.

Noida-based Innovative Tech Pack Ltd signed a five-year agreement to supply caps for Bisleri's still water and carbonated beverage bottles, entering the carbonated beverage closure market.

Scholle IPN opened a 6,000 square meter flexible packaging plant in Palghar, India, which began operations on December 14, 2016. The facility makes aseptic bag-in-box packaging, drum bags and fitments for the local tropical fruit juice industry.

Alpla India is planning an end-to-end PET bottle recycling plant in Hyderabad to produce high-quality recycled polymer, with a capacity of 5,000-6,000 tonnes a year. An investment decision is expected within six to eight months, with the investment estimated at INR 20-30 crore.

Petainer Innopac Packaging is installing an additional line at its Maharashtra facility, with each new line investment reported at INR 14 crore. The report is dated 2017-02-23.

Petainer Innopac Packaging plans to set up two production units, one in the South (Chennai or Bengaluru under consideration) and one in the North (location undecided). The plans were reported on 2017-02-23.

Cosmo Films installed a new 10.4-metre BOPP line at its existing Karjan facility near Vadodara, Gujarat, raising annual capacity 40 percent to 196,000 MT. The line cost about Rs 200 crore and was commissioned ahead of schedule.

UFlex is building an aseptic liquid packaging manufacturing plant that it expects to be commercially operational by April 2017.

UFlex, an Indian flexible packaging company, launched its ASEPTO aseptic liquid packaging brand for juices, milk and dairy products, with an aseptic packaging plant due to be commercially operational by April 2017.

Innovative Tech Pack Ltd won a five-year contract from Dabur India to supply PET and plastic packaging for Dabur plants in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, expected to bring about Rs 400 crore of business over five years.