Rinsler Pack is investing 840 million rubles in a new plastic packaging production site at its existing facility in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad region, creating 177 jobs. Annual capacity will be 92 million unprinted bottles, 23 million printed bottles and 237 million container lids.

Russian beverage producer Bochkari completed the purchase of 100% of two Russian aluminium can companies from Tapon France and Canpack S.A., which operate can plants in Volokolamsk and Novocherkassk. The assets now sit under a new entity called Dom Pak.

Tokk Metalpak is investing RUB 1.1 billion (about USD 13 million) to modernise its Krasnodar Krai plant, installing a new varnishing line and building a 14,000 sqm warehouse in the Kurganinsky District, creating 100 jobs. The announcement was dated 9 July 2026.

LIGA-PAK will invest 385 million roubles to modernize its production in the Dinskoy district of Krasnodar Krai, raising production capacity by 30% and creating 25 jobs.

SFT Group will invest 500 million roubles to modernize its corrugated packaging production in the Timashevsk industrial park, aiming to raise output to 110 million square metres per year by 2031.

L-PAK launched the first phase of its corrugated cardboard and packaging plant in the Kashira special economic zone in Moscow Oblast on February 11, 2026, with a total investment of 7.7 billion rubles and capacity of 240 million sq m per year.

Arnest Packaging Solutions launched a third production line at its Ulyanovsk plant, a mega-line with capacity of 1 billion aluminum cans per year, lifting total output above 2.5 billion. The expansion investment was 8.4 billion rubles.

SFT Group's corrugated packaging plant in Taganrog, Russia, raised capacity by 10% to 200 million square meters per year after modernizing its main equipment with China's Fosber Group. The investment amount was not disclosed.

Russian plastic packaging maker Ai-Plast signed an agreement with the Rostov region government to expand production of plastic containers for cottage cheese at its Azov plant. Total investment exceeds 400 million rubles and about 20 new jobs are planned.

Arnest Packaging Solutions is launching a third production line and building a 26,000 m² warehouse at its Ulyanovsk aluminum can plant, with investment exceeding 5 billion rubles and the new line due in Q4 2025.

At SPIEF 2025, Tula Governor Dmitry Milyaev and Yasnopolyanskaya Packaging Factory signed an investment agreement for a plant producing industrial containers and packaging in Yasnogorsk district. The project involves about 2 billion rubles of investment and around 70 new jobs.

Anima Infinita Flex Novgorod, part of the NEOPOLIS holding, will build a new production and warehouse building at its Veliky Novgorod plant for over 1 billion rubles. The agreement was signed on 18 June, and production launch is planned for April 2026, with 60 jobs.

SFT Group opened the Kartontara-2 corrugated packaging plant in Maykop, Adygea, with an investment of 3.5 billion rubles built over two years. The plant has capacity of up to 150 million square metres of product a year and is expected to create up to 120 jobs.

Atlantis-Pak, part of Agrokom Group, plans to build a new modern plant for sausage casings in the Rostov region of Russia over four years, with a 10 billion ruble investment, raising output by 45% to 4-5 billion rubles.

SFT Group estimates total investment in its Adygea projects through 2030 at 30 billion rubles, including a high-tech paper machine to be launched by 2028 with capacity of 250-270 thousand tonnes of board per year and site capacity rising to 350 million sq m.

SFT Group plans to start new production lines at its second corrugated packaging plant Kartonstara-2 in Maikop, Adygea, in May 2025, with annual capacity of up to 150 million square meters.

SFT Group is building the Kartontara 2 corrugated board plant in Adygea, with an investment of 2.8 billion rubles and design capacity of up to 130 million square meters per year. Test launch starts March 1 and production is expected to begin in April 2025.

Russian packaging manufacturer Kappa Rus has acquired Okulovskaya Paper Mill LLC, which produces corrugated base paper and packaging in the Novgorod region.

ZTI Group is investing 2.04 billion rubles in a polyethylene container plant in the Khimprom special economic zone in Volgograd Region, with about 76 jobs and planned capacity of about 15 million units a year. The complex is due to be commissioned in 2027.

Rumopak plans to double aerosol can production to 288 million cans a year by building a new production complex with three technology lines in Vyazma, Smolensk region, with an investment of nearly 500 million rubles. The investor has received a construction permit and is preparing to start building, according to the governor.

Arnest Packaging Solutions launched a new aluminium can-lid production line at its Naro-Fominsk plant in Moscow Oblast, with investment above 1.4 billion rubles. The line will let the plant produce more than 7 billion aluminium lids per year.

Arnest Packaging Solutions has started expanding its Ulyanovsk beverage-can plant in the Zavolzhye industrial park, with a third line due by end-2025 and a possible fourth in 2026. The investment will exceed 20 billion rubles and double capacity to 3 billion aluminum cans a year.

Kartontara, 100% owned by SFT Group, will commission a second corrugated packaging plant in Maykop, Adygea, by late 2024, with total investment of about 2.8 billion rubles. The plant will have capacity up to 130 million square meters per year and create over 134 jobs.

Smolensk governor Vasily Anokhin announced an investment project at the Rudnya container plant to raise tin can production from 30 million to 50 million units per year, with investment exceeding 800 million rubles. Construction of a warehouse and production building has begun, and two new can lines will be installed.

Mondi decided to offload its Russian operations after its board considered all options, including legal separation. The company had already suspended operations and significant capital projects in Russia.

Arnest Packaging Solutions officially opened an aluminum beverage can plant in the Zavolzhye Industrial Park in Ulyanovsk with total investment above RUB 13.5 billion, including a RUB 5 billion concessional loan from the Federal Industrial Development Fund. At design capacity it will produce over 1.6 billion cans per year.

Russian group Arnest is building an aluminum beverage can plant in Ulyanovsk's Zavolzhye industrial park, with investment above 10 billion rubles, capacity up to 2,000 cans per minute, and first line launch planned for Q1 2024.

Kantek (CANTEC) plans to expand its polymer packaging plant in Stavropol's Energiya industrial park with total investment estimated at 3 billion roubles, in seven production lines, with launch not earlier than 2026 and about 6,000 tonnes per year capacity by 2034.

Perint, a plastic packaging manufacturer, is building a new 15,000 square meter production and warehouse building on a three-hectare plot in the Sorzha-Staraya industrial zone, Vsevolozhsky district, Leningrad Region. The one billion ruble investment is expected to take about two years and will raise output from 4.5 to 6.5 million units per day.

SFT Group plans a new corrugated packaging plant in an industrial park in Takhtamukaysky district, Adygea, with capacity up to 200 million m² per year and investment up to 4 billion rubles.

Five Krasnodar Krai manufacturers signed 37 contracts worth about 26.9 million rubles at the UPAKEXPO packaging exhibition in Moscow, and nine further contracts worth 10.5 million rubles are under negotiation.

Stupinsky Gofrokombinat plans a new corrugated board production facility in Stupino, Moscow Oblast, with investment above 3.2 billion rubles, more than 400 jobs and planned capacity of 200 million square metres per year, with commissioning scheduled for 2026.

Russian group Arnest, the new owner of former Ball Corporation assets, will resume building an aluminium beverage can plant in the Zavolzhye industrial zone of Ulyanovsk Oblast. Total investment will exceed 10 billion rubles, with completion planned by end of 2023 and up to 200 jobs.

L-PACK Kashira LLC plans to build a factory worth 2 billion rubles in Kashira, Moscow Region, to make corrugated cardboard and secondary corrugated packaging for milk and juices, with commissioning scheduled for 2024.

Huhtamaki is selling its four Russian production sites, which employ 724 people, to Russian buyer Espetina Ltd for 151 million euros. Huhtamaki expects a profit of about 15 million euros in the third quarter of 2022.

Ball launched a new production line at its Naro-Fominsk plant in the Moscow Region that can make more than 4,000 can lids per minute. The investment exceeds 1.5 billion rubles, creates about 40 jobs, and is expected to add 1.85 billion lids a year by the end of 2022.

Ekotar LLC is launching a corrugated cardboard and packaging factory at the Uytash investment site in Dagestan, with 220 million rubles of investor funds and 90 permanent jobs.

Segezha Group signed a letter of intent with the Tver regional government at SPIEF to build an eco-friendly paper packaging plant in the Borovlevo-3 industrial park. Investment is about 3 billion rubles, with over 100 jobs and commissioning planned for mid-2023.

NKBK is adding corrugated production lines at its Novosibirsk plant, including a second single facer and new die-cutting lines, to exceed 18 million square meters per month by the end of 2021.

Progress Agro group has launched a RUB 204 million polypropylene packaging plant in Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, on the Kuban industrial park. The plant can produce up to 8.6 million polypropylene bags and polyethylene film a year and created about 70 jobs.

Arkhbum is upgrading its Ulyanovsk corrugated plant, which makes double and triple wall packaging with monthly output of 16 million square meters. The total project cost is 2.5 billion rubles, with a new plant due to launch in March 2021.

Segezha Packaging launched a third production line at its Salsk plant in Rostov Region, with an investment of 500 million rubles and capacity of 83 million units per year. The announcement was reported on 20 April 2020.

Atlantis-Pak is installing a high-barrier packaging film line with 800 kg/hour capacity at Rostov Civil Aviation Plant No. 412 in Rostov-on-Don, as a temporary measure before a new plant in Yuzhno-Bataisk. Commissioning is planned for October 2020; total investment exceeds 3 billion rubles.

Ilim Gofra installed a Celmacch Chroma Print EVO 1700 printing machine at its Kommunar corrugated plant near St. Petersburg, part of ongoing converting capacity growth. The plant's 2018 investment in development was almost US$10 million.

SFT Group opened the first phase of corrugated board packaging production at the Aleksinskaya paper and board mill in Tula region, after investing over 3.7 billion roubles and creating 200 jobs. A second phase planned to raise capacity to 310 million square metres and add 100 jobs.

A Naberezhnye Chelny cardboard and paper mill is installing a Jumbo corrugated packaging line supplied by Engico, with delivery from June 14 and installation from July 15, 2019. The line is meant to supply large corrugated packaging to Haier, which operates nearby.

JSC Arkhbum, a Russian corrugated producer, commissioned a new Emba 175QS Ultima four-colour casemaker at its Podolsk plant near Moscow, replacing older lines. The modernisation of the factory is ongoing and expected to be completed in 2020.

Austria's Prinzhorn Group has signed an agreement to buy a 50% stake in Russian paper and corrugated packaging maker SFT Group, which will become a joint venture. The deal is subject to regulatory approval and its value was not disclosed.

Sovremennaya upakovka plans to build a corrugated cardboard plant in the Stavropol region by 2021, with an investment of about 500 million rubles and 160 new jobs. The agreement was signed at the Sochi investment forum and the plant will be located in the Nevinnomyssk industrial park.

Austria-based Constantia Flexibles has agreed to acquire a major stake in TT-print, a Russian maker of aluminium blister foil and coldform pharmaceutical packaging, for an undisclosed sum. Completion was scheduled for Q1 2019.