Ball Corporation announced a new aluminum can manufacturing plant in Chilca, Peru, with capacity of over 1 billion beverage cans a year. Start-up is planned for 2023 and the plant will create more than 100 direct jobs.

EcoPacking is building a 10,000 m2 plant in Lurín, Peru, to make plastic corrugated (cartonplast) boxes for agro-exporters, with inauguration planned for July 2022.

Owens-Illinois plans to invest US$120 million to add three new lines at its Lurín plant near Lima, raising capacity by 25%. The project also moves the Bellavista factory to the southern Lima site, with first production expected from June 2023.

Smurfit Kappa completed its acquisition of Cartones del Pacifico, a paper-based packaging company located in Paramonga near Lima, Peru. The deal expands its Americas footprint to 13 countries.

Chilean PET recycler Typack-Recipet is preparing a strategic alliance with Peruvian packaging company Colca, including a new packaging company for Peru's agricultural sector.