Avantium and juice producer Hoogesteger signed a capacity reservation agreement under which Hoogesteger will buy renewable PEF polymer, sold as releaf, for juice bottles from future plants. Avantium is preparing its first commercial FDCA plant at Chemie Park Delfzijl.

Summit Packaging Systems has added over 40 injection molding machines at its European headquarters in Almere, Netherlands, plus a dedicated Lotus actuator assembly area and a mold repair center to meet growing actuator demand.

Navitas Capital and Dijkstra Plastics reached an agreement under which Navitas will acquire a majority stake in the Dutch maker of plastic packaging buckets. The deal was announced on 15 July 2025 from Haaksbergen/Alphen aan den Rijn.

Bliston Packaging, backed by NewPort Capital, acquired packaging peer Meulendijks Packaging, a plastic packaging maker for the catering and food industry. Both companies will continue operating under their own names.

Avantium will supply Netherlands-based juice producer Hoogesteger with its renewable PEF polymer for juice bottles. The bottles will be sold at Albert Heijn once Avantium's flagship plant is operational.

Avantium signed a conditional offtake agreement under which Hoogesteger will buy PEF polymer from Avantium's FDCA Flagship Plant for fresh juice bottles. The bottles will be sold at Albert Heijn once the plant is operational.

Albert Heijn will use Avantium's PEF polymer for various packaging, starting with fruit juice bottles produced by Refresco once Avantium's commercial plant in Delfzijl is operational.

LyondellBasell acquired a 50 percent stake in Stiphout Industries B.V., a Montfort, Netherlands plastic packaging waste processor, announced on 19 July 2023. The stake supports its QCP recycling assets in Belgium and the Netherlands.

TriMas Corporation bought 100% of Aarts Packaging, a Dutch maker of injection-moulded plastic packaging for beauty, luxury and food markets, from its shareholders. The article is dated 31 January 2023 and gives no deal value.

Avantium signed an offtake agreement under which AmBev, part of AB InBev, will buy PEF from Avantium's FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl, Netherlands, to make soft drink bottles. The agreement was announced on 2022-08-17.

New Packaging Group, backed by NewPort Capital, announced the acquisition of Novapac B.V., a thermoformed plastic packaging maker, with Novapac continuing under its own name. The announcement was dated 19 July 2022.

Carlsberg Group has signed a conditional offtake agreement with Avantium to secure a fixed volume of PEF polymer from Avantium's FDCA Flagship Plant, which is planned to start up in 2024. Carlsberg will use the resin in its Fibre Bottle packaging.

Avantium announced construction of a commercial-scale FDCA plant in Delfzijl, Netherlands, with capacity of 5 kilotonnes (5,600 tons) per year. The construction is expected to run from Q1 2022 to end-2023, with commercial production from 2024, funded by €192 million in financing.

Oerlemans Packaging Group agreed to acquire Koninklijke Verpakkingsindustrie Stempher, which makes paper bags and polyethylene bags, tube and films at two sites in Rijssen, Netherlands. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Private equity investor 3i has agreed to back Dutch food and drink container brand Mepal as it looks to grow the business across Europe. No deal value was disclosed in the article.

Trioworld Group signed an agreement to acquire Flexoplast, a Dutch producer of polyethylene food, beverage and industrial packaging films, from the Clondalkin Group. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals; no price was disclosed.

BEWiSynbra Group agreed to acquire 75 per cent of the shares in Dutch recycling company De Wijs-van Loon BV, including its subsidiary Poredo BV, which recycle expandable polystyrene in southern Netherlands. The price was not disclosed.

Trioplast Group signed an agreement on November 22, 2019 to acquire Dutch plastic film maker Apeldoorn Flexible Packaging (AFP) from JPF Netherlands BV, part of B.C. Jindal group. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

Berlin Packaging agreed to acquire Netherlands-based Novio Packaging Group, which has about 160 employees and operations across northern Europe, adding plastic and glass packaging capacity. The deal was announced on 29 October 2019 and the value was not disclosed.

Berlin Packaging has acquired Netherlands-based packaging supplier Vincap & Adolfse Packaging for an undisclosed value and is merging it with its Bruni Glass division. The deal serves customers across the Benelux region.

Dow and UPM Biofuels announced the commercialization of a packaging plastics offering made from UPM BioVerno renewable naphtha, which Dow will use to produce bio-based polyethylene at its Terneuzen plant in the Netherlands.

SABIC, with customers Unilever, Vinventions and Walki Group, announced the launch of ISCC certified circular polymers to be produced at SABIC's Geleen site in the Netherlands from TACOIL feedstock supplied by Plastic Energy. The products will be introduced to market in 2019.

SABIC signed a memorandum of understanding with UK-based PLASTIC ENERGY for feedstock supply to its European petrochemical operations. The two intend to build the first commercial plant in the Netherlands, anticipated to start production in 2021.

AST Kunststoffverarbeitung took a majority stake in EuroMouldings Packaging in Nijverdal, Netherlands, adding compact plastic bottles to its range; AST plans about 30 million euros of investments in 2018.

Schur Flexibles Group acquired packaging firms Cats-Hansel and Nimax from Clondalkin, including plants in Rotterdam, Freital and Elst.

AST Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH of Erndtebrück, Germany, has acquired a majority stake in Dutch plastic drum and canister maker Euromouldings in Nijverdal from Wadinko NV, effective retroactively from December.

Brookfield Asset Management's private equity group agreed to acquire a 75% interest in Dutch returnable plastic packaging maker Schoeller Allibert Group for about EUR 205 million (about USD 245 million), buying it from JPMorgan Chase. The Schoeller family keeps 25%.

Brookfield Business Partners and partners agreed to acquire a 75% controlling stake in Schoeller Allibert, a European returnable plastic packaging maker, for €205 million from a J.P. Morgan subsidiary.

Packaging supplier Houweling Group developed 10-litre jerrycans made from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE for Uzin Utz Nederland, cutting CO2 by up to 75% versus virgin HDPE.

Dimensio Verpakkingen B.V. won a EUR 197,268 open tender from the public body GAD Regio Gooi en Vechtstreek to supply 7.5 million PMD collection bags and distribute them to shops and the GAD organisation. The award was dated 16 October 2017.

RPC announced a proposed acquisition of Maastricht-headquartered ESE World BV for around €262.5 million. ESE will become an independent unit within RPC Promens, with completion expected in Q1 2017 subject to regulatory approval.

Corbion and Total announced a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market PLA polymers, based in the Netherlands. Operations are expected to start in Q1 2017, subject to regulatory approvals.