UFlex has commissioned its first overseas woven polypropylene bags plant in Altamira, Mexico, with an investment of about USD 52 million. The 10-acre facility strengthens its manufacturing presence in the Americas.

EAM Mosca inaugurated a US$8 million plant in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, its first strapping production site in Mexico and Latin America. The plant makes plastic strapping consumables locally for the region's industrial and agricultural sectors.

Disruptive Packaging opened a new manufacturing and recycling facility in Mexicali, Mexico, on February 18, 2026, with two production lines producing up to 20 million URTHCOR boxes.

Smurfit Westrock announced a USD 65 million investment in a new packaging production plant in Sonora, Mexico, making corrugated, microflute and high-graphic folding packaging. Operations are expected to start in early 2027, with more than 800 jobs, and the first stone has been laid.

Specialty Packaging Group opened a 50,000-square-foot facility in Guadalajara, Mexico, to make crates for shipping advanced technology and data center equipment.

Organización Editorial Mexicana (OEM) inaugurated PRONAL Corrugados, a corrugated packaging plant in the capital of Nuevo León, fed by paper from PRONAL mills in San Luis Potosí. The plant has annual conversion capacity of 100 thousand tonnes of paper and up to 215 million sqm of corrugated board.

Smurfit Westrock has broken ground on a USD 65 million corrugated and folding carton plant in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, with operations scheduled to begin in early 2027. Construction and start-up are expected to create more than 800 direct and indirect jobs.

Organizacion Editorial Mexicana's Paper and Packaging Division opened PRONAL Corrugados, a corrugated packaging plant in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, with annual conversion capacity of 100,000 tonnes of paper.

Reyma announced a $40 million investment in a second production plant in Mérida, Yucatán, creating 300 direct and 1,200 indirect jobs. The plant will start with paper and compostable product lines.

CorruEmpaques inaugurated a new 17,000 m² corrugated cardboard plant in Querétaro Industrial Park, Mexico, with an investment of 150 million pesos, seven flexo machines and capacity of 2,000 tonnes per shift.

Nefab's PolyFlex unit opened a new packaging facility in León, Guanajuato, producing heavy-gauge thermoformed and injection-molded packaging for battery, e-mobility and automotive customers. Additional equipment is planned for late 2025 or early 2026.

SIG Combibloc built an aseptic carton packaging plant in Queretaro, Mexico, with a €73 million investment, creating more than 200 jobs; operations began in April 2023.

Multipak, part of Xignux, began construction of a $7.4 million plant at the Centro Logistico Industrial in Durango, Mexico, expected to create about 300 jobs and start operations in late 2024.

Smurfit Kappa plans a $115 million investment to build and expand two production plants in Santa Clara Coatitla, Ecatepec. The municipality has granted the licenses needed to start construction.

PAC Worldwide moved operations from Pedro Escobedo into a new 83,000 square-foot flexible packaging plant in San Juan del Rio, about two hours north of Mexico City. The plant is expected to produce over 700,000 bags daily at full capacity.

Colep Packaging and the Envases Group signed a joint venture agreement, based on a 50/50 shareholding, to build an aerosol packaging plant in Mexico. The total initial investment is more than $30 million over two years.

Colep Packaging and Envases Group signed a 50/50 joint venture to build an aerosol packaging plant in Mexico with a total initial investment of more than $30 million over two years. The first stage will use three aluminium aerosol lines.

Colep Packaging and Envases Group signed a joint venture agreement to build an aerosol packaging plant in Mexico, initially with three aluminium aerosol lines serving Mexico and Central America. The announcement is dated 23 October 2023.

Smurfit Kappa's Corrugados de Baja California subsidiary started operations at a new $11 million plant in Baja California, Mexico, which expanded its industrial building and added machinery to raise production capacity. The company is the main corrugated cardboard box manufacturer in the state.

SIG Combibloc inaugurated its first Mexican plant in the Aerotech industrial park in Querétaro, built with a €73 million investment. The plant will initially produce up to 500 million containers per year and create 200 jobs, rising to 1,200 million containers by 2024.

SIG has started operations at a new aseptic carton packaging plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a total investment of 73 million euros. The plant creates more than 200 jobs and will serve North American markets.

Smurfit Kappa has invested $23 million in a corrugated cardboard plant in the Oradel industrial park in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The facility is due to open the following week, and is expected to create direct and indirect jobs.

Flex Américas opened a BoPET film recycling plant at its Altamira industrial complex in Tamaulipas, Mexico, with state government officials present. The project was completed a few weeks before the November 3, 2022 ceremony.

Heineken will build a 1.8 billion peso (about $90 million) can manufacturing plant near its brewery in Mequoi, Chihuahua, Mexico, its seventh in the country. The plant is expected to employ around 120 people after opening.

Artigraf, a corrugated cardboard manufacturer, is installing a new plant in Torreón, Coahuila, investing $7.5 million (possibly up to $10 million over later stages) and creating 250 direct jobs. The 20,000 square meter complex is under construction and expected to start operating in about 10 months.

Direct Pack Inc. opened a new 200,000-square-foot thermoforming facility in Mexicali, called Direct Pack Baja, which began producing food packaging in September 2021. The plant represents a $25M investment.

SIG will build a new carton packaging plant in Querétaro, Mexico, to serve North American markets, investing around 40 million euros over 2021-2023. The plant is expected to open in Q1 2023 and create about 200 jobs.

Grupo WIC, a subsidiary of Western Industries Corporation, opened a new larger facility in Reynosa, Mexico, with new manufacturing capabilities, with an inauguration ceremony held on August 21, 2018.

SIG will build a new carton packaging production plant in Queretaro, Mexico, investing around 40 million euros over 2021-2023 to serve North American markets. The plant is expected to open in Q1 2023 and create about 200 jobs.

Typack-Recipet plans to invest US$5 million in a new thermoformed plastic packaging plant in Mexico, expected to be operational within 15 months.

San Miguel Industrias is constructing a 10,000 square metre rigid plastic packaging plant in Huejotzingo, Mexico, with a $28 million investment, 10 SACMI machines and 150 planned jobs.

Irish packaging group Smurfit Kappa will invest $34 million in two stages to build a new corrugated cardboard plant in Baja California, Mexico, creating 200 new jobs.

Rohrer is building a new thermoforming facility in Tijuana, Mexico, to serve U.S. consumer goods and packaging customers who have moved manufacturing to the border region. The plant is expected to employ nearly 200 people at full production.

Smurfit Kappa inaugurated a folding carton manufacturing plant in Tijuana, Mexico, with an investment of US$145.5 million. The plant creates 250 jobs and starts with annual production of 10 million square meters.

Smurfit Kappa inaugurated its third plant in Tijuana, Mexico, after an investment of US$14.5 million, creating 250 jobs. The folding cardboard plant has a capacity of 10 million square meters and began operations at the end of 2018.

Grupo Gondi announced plans to build a new corrugated and high-graphic packaging plant near Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, with an investment of over $44 million. The plant will create 250 permanent jobs and will supply local manufacturers including Constellation Brands' Obregón brewery.

ITASA built a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a EUR 20 million investment, 150 million m2 annual capacity and 50 employees, starting operations in October 2018 with siliconing from February 2019.

Illinois-based Transparent Container is opening a new production facility in Tijuana's La Encantada industrial park, an 87,750-square-foot plant with 11 thermoforming lines. The company has not disclosed investment or job numbers.

Mexican packaging company Empaques Nova inaugurated a new plant in Mérida, Yucatán, for making packaging paper and containers, with the Mexican Secretary of Economy attending. The ceremony was reported on 3 June 2018.

Mexican packaging maker Grupo Gondi announced plans to invest US$300 million in a containerboard mill with 400,000 tons a year capacity in the Nexxus industrial park in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon.

Crown Holdings officially opened a beverage can plant in Juarez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, with a USD 75 million investment and 1.2 billion cans a year of output. A second line costing USD 45 million over two years is planned, and about 160 jobs will be created.

Vichisa, a Crown subsidiary, will invest $200 million in two phases to build its ninth glass container plant in Meoqui, Chihuahua, to supply Heineken's nearby brewery. The first phase is $120 million and is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs, with construction starting in October 2017.

Vichisa, partner of Crown Brand-Building Packaging, signed an agreement with the Chihuahua state government to build a glass container factory in Meoqui supplying the Heineken plant, with a first-phase investment of $120 million and over 200 direct jobs. A second phase of $80 million is planned within three to four years.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto inaugurated Grupo Modelo's brewery in Hunucmá, Yucatán, with initial capacity of 5 million hectoliters a year and an aluminum can plant producing 1 billion cans a year, built for 8.5 billion pesos.

SSI Schaefer Packaging opened an 8,500 square meter reusable packaging fabrication facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on March 1, 2017, expected to create about 50 jobs.