Filling & Packing Materials Mfg. Co. (FIPCO) signed a framework agreement to manufacture and supply large woven plastic jumbo bags to SABIC for three years, extendable by two, with an estimated value of SAR 86,754,129 excluding VAT. The award and signing date was 24 February 2026.

Filling & Packing Materials Manufacturing Co. (FIPCO) signed a three-year framework agreement, extendable by two years, to manufacture and supply large woven plastic bags to SABIC, with an estimated value of SAR 86,754,129 excluding VAT.

Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff Company (SADAFCO) signed an agreement with Tetra Pak to install the E3/Speed Hyper aseptic carton filling line in Saudi Arabia, a high-volume line capable of up to 40,000 packs per hour. The agreement was announced on 26 September 2025.

Ball completed the sale of 41% of its 51% stake in United Arab Can Manufacturing to a subsidiary of Beijing-based ORG Technology for about $70 million, reducing its stake to 10%.

A joint venture is building Saudi Arabia's first tinplate mill to meet rising regional demand for metal packaging. The report is dated 23 May 2025.

Middle East Company for Manufacturing and Producing Paper signed an SPA to acquire the entire shareholding of Al-Medan Project Company for Corrugated Carton for SAR 91 million in cash plus new Mepco shares, raising its stake to 100%.

Gulf Packaging Industries (GulfPack) has secured contracts to add two 10.4m-wide BOPP production lines at a new plant, lifting capacity from 183,000 to about 318,000 tonnes per year, with start-up in 2026 and 2027.

SCHÜTZ and National Plastic Factory Company signed a licence agreement to produce ECOBULK intermediate bulk containers for Saudi Arabia and the GCC. A new production facility will be established near Dammam, with production expected to begin in 2026.

SCHÜTZ signed a licence agreement with National Plastic Factory Company (NPF) under which NPF will build a factory near Dammam, Saudi Arabia, to produce ECOBULK 1,000-litre intermediate bulk containers for Saudi Arabia and the GCC. Production is scheduled to start in 2026.

Saudi dairy company Almarai named Swiss packaging group SIG a strategic partner for its five-year expansion plan, focused on flexible packaging and sustainability. The companies also launched a campaign marking 20 years of collaboration.

Alesayi Beverage Corporation will use a SIG SureFill 42 aseptic bag-in-box filling system and 10L SIG bags at its new Jeddah production facility to launch products for the HoReCa channel. The partnership was announced on 8 August 2024; no value was disclosed.

Alesayi Beverage Corporation is partnering with SIG to launch bag-in-box products using a SureFill 42 aseptic filling system at its new Jeddah production facility. SIG will supply the filling line and 10-litre bags for hotel, restaurant and cafe customers.

Alesayi Beverage Corporation has partnered with SIG to install an aseptic bag-in-box filling system at its new production facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The system includes a SureFill 42 filling line and 10-litre SIG bags, marking Alesayi's entry into the bag-in-box market.

Riyadh-based Al-Shamrani Industry Company invested in a new BOBST VISION CI flexo press to modernize and expand production capacity at its 25,000 square metre packaging facility. The company makes polyethylene flexible packaging for the Saudi market.

Paper Home Co.'s board approved on March 27, 2024, an expansion of its factory making corrugated cardboard and paper and plastic labels, costing an estimated SAR 30 million and raising capacity by 150%. Commercial production is expected in Q1 2025.

SIG Combibloc Group has signed an agreement to acquire the 50% stake held by Obeikan Investment Group in SIG Combibloc Obeikan, giving it full ownership. The joint venture operates a manufacturing plant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and completion is subject to antitrust approvals.

Wenzhou Xifa Industri announced it has signed a contract with an unnamed customer in Saudi Arabia for PP woven industrial bags, a step toward developing the Saudi market.

Saudi packaging company United Carton Industries (UCIC) installed an Electronics For Imaging Nozomi C18000 LED inkjet printer for corrugated packaging. The digital printer will move HD flexo work at its five Saudi plants to digital and add point-of-sale display capacity.

Wenzhou Xifa Industrial signed a new contract with a Saudi Arabian customer for flat-bottom woven PP bags to be filled with fertilizer. The customer is not named.

Tetra Pak and Saudi paper maker Al Obeikan Paper Industries announced a joint venture to build a beverage carton recycling plant in Riyadh, with capacity of 8,000 tonnes per year. Tetra Pak is investing 1 million USD, and the plant is expected to run at 50% utilisation by the end of 2020. The announcement was made the week before 8 October 2019.

Almarai installed two complete Sidel PET lines, each handling 54,000 bottles per hour, at its Al Kharj central processing plant to increase single-serve orange juice capacity. The lines use Tetra Pak Processing Systems equipment. The article is dated January 2019.

Packaging manufacturer Fibco received an award letter from the General Grain Establishment for a SAR 32.63 million contract to manufacture and supply 50 kg barley bags. Supply runs for nine months starting 15 March 2019.

Packaging maker FIPCO won a competitive tender from SABIC to manufacture and supply plastic bags worth an estimated SAR 20.49 million. The supply contract was signed April 23, 2018.

Filling and Packing Materials Manufacturing Co. (FIPCO) was awarded a SAR 20.49 million contract by SABIC to produce and supply plastic bags, under a supply agreement signed April 23, 2018. Delivery runs 19 months from May 2018 to December 2019.