Pusterla 1880 officially inaugurated a new luxury packaging plant in Sousse, Tunisia, with about 260 employees and an initial investment of EUR 4 million, plus EUR 3 million planned for later phases.

Crown Holdings is investing in its plant in the El Agba region near Tunis, doubling its annual capacity to more than 1.2 billion beverage cans.

Sartorius opened a new 10,000-square-meter building with about 2,400 square meters of clean rooms at its M'Hamdia site in Tunisia, after investing more than 20 million euros to increase fluid management production.

Bontaz Group inaugurated a 6,500 m² extension of its Bontaz Tunisia site in Ben Arous, including a clean room for manufacturing automotive solenoid valves. The Group invested nearly €8 million in the extension.

Tunisian group UTIC merged its subsidiary STEM with the Tunisian subsidiaries of Austria's Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (TEC MMP and MMP Tunisia), creating a leader in folding carton and fluting paper in Tunisia. MCF advised UTIC on the deal, announced in May 2017.