Tetra Pak announced a €60 million investment to develop paper-based barrier technology for low-carbon aseptic cartons at a new facility in Lund, Sweden. The technology could cut packaging carbon footprint by up to 43%.

Tetra Pak is investing 60 million euros in a new paper-based barrier pilot plant at its Lund, Sweden facility to develop an aseptic packaging material that replaces the aluminium foil layer. The plant will also serve customers for trials across the manufacturing journey.

Stora Enso is starting a new production unit in Skene, Västra Götaland, under a license from Gothenburg-based PulPac to make molded-pulp paper lids and biobased food packaging, with commissioning planned for late 2024.

BillerudKorsnäs inaugurated its KM7 board machine at the Gruvön mill in Sweden on 3 October 2019, its biggest investment to date. The machine has a capacity of 550,000 tonnes per year.

Ecolean is constructing its second packaging production facility in Landskrona, Sweden, with an investment of approximately €30m ($36m), employing 100 people upon completion in 2020.

Ecolean, a lightweight liquid food packaging producer, acquired a 30,000 square meter site in Landskrona, Sweden, for a new production facility worth US$29 million (25 million euros), expected to be running in 2020 with about 100 new jobs.