Intraplás, a Portuguese sustainable dairy packaging maker, invested more than €15 million between 2023 and 2024 in new PET and PS extrusion and IML-T packaging lines in Santo Tirso. The investment created more than 20 direct and indirect jobs.

Seven cArtù, a joint venture of the José Neves group and Italy's Grifal, announced a €4 million investment in a production unit in Guimarães, Portugal, for its cArtù corrugated board. The investment funds greener production lines and is partly supported by the Portugal 2030 program.

DS Smith has invested more than €50 million in its packaging facilities in Portugal over the last three years. Investments include new fluting machines for Oporto and Leiria, and a corrugator upgrade at Lisbon.

DS Smith has invested over €50 million in its packaging facilities in Portugal over the last three years, including corrugating machines for Porto and Leiria and solar panels at Esmoriz, Leiria and Lisbon.

Berrapack, headquartered in Aljustrel, Portugal, is investing €1 million to start producing waterproof paper packages for food use next year, initially 400,000 to 500,000 packages per day.

Alzamora Group has acquired Lisbon-based packaging company Novotipo to strengthen its position in the domestic market and expand internationally. The combined group has a turnover of around 35 million euros.

Smurfit Kappa agreed to purchase Litbag, a Portuguese maker of multi-layer EVOH barrier films and a leader in the Portuguese wine packaging market, to strengthen its position in Southern Europe. Terms were not disclosed. The announcement was made on February 14, 2017.

DS Smith Plc has completed the acquisition of Gopaca, a well-invested corrugated producer located near Porto, Portugal, with about 135 employees.