Premier Packaging Corporation will move into a newly built 105,000 square-foot facility in Wiregrass Business Park, Town of Henrietta, Monroe County, New York, and buy new machinery, creating up to 37 jobs.

Sonoco has closed the sale of its U.S. Display and Packaging business, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., to Hood Container Corporation for $80 million in cash.

SupplyOne, the largest independent supplier of corrugated packaging in the U.S., has acquired Bell Container Corp., a custom corrugated manufacturer headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The acquisition was announced on April 1, 2021.

ABX Innovative Packaging Solutions is expanding its green flexible packaging manufacturing in the Town of Macedon, Wayne County, adding six bag lines and creating up to 38 jobs. The renovation is expected to launch in spring 2021 with completion targeted for summer 2022.

CANPACK is building its first US manufacturing plant, a 1.2-million square foot aluminum can facility on a former brownfield site in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, reaching its topping-out stage with over 400 jobs expected within two years.

Acme Corrugated Box has broken ground on an expansion adding 80,000 square feet and a new 110-inch corrugator, targeting a 50% capacity increase, with completion expected in Q1 2022.

Ardagh Group agreed to buy Anheuser-Busch's Longhorn Glass manufacturing facility in Houston, which supplies bottles to A-B's Houston brewery, with a long-term supply agreement and planned furnace modernisation. Parcrest Advisors acted as exclusive advisor to the seller.

Loews Corporation has agreed to sell a 47 percent stake in Altium Packaging to GIC, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund.

Loews Corporation signed a definitive agreement to sell a 47% interest in Altium Packaging, a North American rigid plastic packaging and recycled resin company, to Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, with closing expected within 30 days.

Jabil is investing $25 million in its subsidiary Ecologic's Manteca, California location to expand paper bottle and pulp molding production, adding new equipment and automation for North American and European markets.

Ares Management's Private Equity Group funds and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board completed the acquisition of a majority interest in packaging distributor TricorBraun, from former majority owner AEA Investors, which retains a significant stake.

Richmond-based folding carton maker Dominion Packaging has leased 144,606 square feet in the second phase of Becknell Industrial's Airport Logistics Center near Richmond International Airport, Virginia, in March 2021.

Green Bay Packaging CEO Will Kress described plans for a new state-of-the-art paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to replace the original 1940s mill. The project has cost over $500 million and is the largest single development project in Brown County history.

International Paper acquired the Molded Fiber division of Berkley International, Berkley MF LLC, which operates a molded fiber plant near Reno, Nevada. The purchase price was undisclosed.

Folding carton maker Malnove is spending $7.4 million to upgrade a production line and grow capacity at its Jacksonville plant, creating 10 new advanced manufacturing jobs and retaining 182.

Mill Rock Packaging Partners, backed by Mill Rock Capital, has acquired All Packaging Company, a custom paperboard packaging manufacturer with facilities in Utah and Colorado. Terms were not disclosed.

JobsOhio provided Burrows, a Novolex brand, a $400,000 grant to invest in new machinery, equipment and infrastructure at its food-packaging plants in Franklin and Mount Vernon, Ohio, where more than 300 employees work.

A rail spur built by Stevens-Leinweber Construction gives Georgia-Pacific's GP Corrugated 100,000-square-foot Tolleson, Arizona facility direct Union Pacific rail access, completing the Tolleson Rail Corridor project.

Walmart has chosen IFCO as its exclusive reusable plastic container packaging provider for select fresh fruits and vegetables in the US under a seven-year agreement. IFCO expects to create manufacturing jobs in the US.

IFCO and Walmart completed a seven-year agreement making IFCO Walmart's exclusive RPC packaging provider for select fresh fruits and vegetables in the U.S. IFCO expects to create U.S.-based manufacturing jobs for new RPC production.

Plastipak Packaging signed a long-term lease with Duke Realty for 470,590 square feet at its 3200 Kingsley Road facility in Garland, Texas, consolidating warehouse locations. The company will begin occupying the expanded space in March 2021.

Graphic Packaging International announced a $100 million investment at its Texarkana, Texas mill to add swing production across SBS and CUK substrates. Start-up of swing production is expected in Q1 2022.

Anheuser-Busch agreed to sell its Houston-based Longhorn Glass manufacturing facility, which supplies bottles to its Houston brewery, to Ardagh Group. Ardagh plans to invest in modernizing the facility, and the transaction is expected to be followed by a long-term supply agreement.

Crown Holdings will invest $145 million to build a 355,000-square-foot aluminum beverage can plant in the Commonwealth Crossing Business Centre in Henry County, Virginia, creating 126 new jobs. Virginia state grants of $4 million support the project.

Georgia-Pacific bought a third HP PageWide T1190 corrugated web press for its Hummingbird digital print business, to be installed later in 2021 at a new site opening in Arizona. The investment is described as multimillion-dollar.

Duravant's new operating company nVenia, formed by combining Arpac, Hamer-Fischbein and Ohlson, will operate from a newly built 256,000 sq ft facility in Wood Dale, Illinois, planned to open in April 2021.

Crown has activated renewable electricity at all 14 of its US and Canadian beverage can plants through a 15-year wind power virtual PPA with Longroad Energy. The move lifts its global renewable electricity share to 27.5 percent.

Jabil Inc. acquired Ecologic Brands, a provider of paper bottles and paper-based packaging, adding it to Jabil Packaging Solutions. Ecologic's operation in Manteca, California will join the division.

Pactiv LLC will invest $15 million to expand its existing Mooresville facility in Iredell County, with a county incentive of up to $270,158 over five years. Completion is anticipated by December 31, 2021.

Lebanon, Tennessee manufacturer Morrison Industries acquired Envoy Packaging of Morrison, Tennessee. Envoy will make plastic and foam packaging and dunnage to complement Morrison's steel shipping racks and cardboard packaging.

Ares Management's Private Equity Group funds and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board have agreed to acquire a majority interest in packaging distributor TricorBraun from AEA Investors, with management retaining a stake. The deal was announced January 7, 2021.

Avery Dennison acquired the business of Ohio-based ACPO Ltd., a maker of pressure-sensitive overlaminates, for $87.6 million. ACPO has about 170 employees.

Golden West Packaging Group launched a digital corrugated packaging solution using an HP PageWide C500 press at its Livermore, California site, cutting lead times to 10 working days or fewer for wine and beverage customers.

H.I.G. Capital made simultaneous growth investments in Action Point and Signature Flexible Packaging and merged them into one flexible food and consumer packaging provider. The deal was announced on 5 January 2021 with no financial terms disclosed.

An Apollo-led consortium and institutional investors will acquire a 49.9% stake in AB InBev's US-based metal container plants for approximately $3 billion. AB InBev keeps operational control and will sign a long-term supply agreement.

ABX announced its acquisition of the U.S. flexible packaging converter business of Berry Global Group. The business makes co-extruded multi-layer films, mainly for food applications.

Golden West Packaging Group has installed an industrial-scale HP PageWide C500 digital corrugated press at its Heritage site in Livermore, California, to target wine and spirits packaging demand.

Novolex has acquired the business of B&H Bag Company, a paper bag manufacturer with one plant in Brookshire, Texas, to add production capacity to its Duro Bag operations. The announcement was made on 15 December 2020.

Ardagh Group has purchased a facility in Huron, Ohio, to convert into a beverage can and end plant with three can lines and about 200 jobs. Production is due to begin in late 2021.

Private investment firm Graham Partners acquired Berry Global's North American extrusion, converting and coating business. It will combine with Graham's Advanced Barrier Extrusions (ABX) and operate under the ABX name.

Ardagh Group has bought a facility in Huron, Ohio, to convert into a plant making beverage cans and ends, with three can lines and about 200 jobs. Production is due to begin in late 2021.

ND Packaging, a subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper, is investing over $30 million to renovate and equip a 350,000-square-foot facility in Mount Pleasant, Racine County, Wisconsin, for corrugated box production. The company plans to create 88 jobs and begin production by the end of 2020.

Inland Packaging announced a new third facility near the La Crosse Regional Airport in La Crosse, Wisconsin, bringing new jobs. Full production is planned by May 2021.

Envases Group announced plans for its first aluminum can production and distribution center in Waco, Texas, with 120 jobs and over $100 million in capital investment. Opening is projected for late 2021.

Ardagh Group's North American glass business will manufacture all of Parkway Brewing Company's 12oz long-neck glass bottles in the United States under a partnership announced on November 27, 2020.

SeaTac Packaging has taken delivery of a BOBST EXPERT CI wide-web flexo press, installed at its new Tacoma, Washington facility as part of a multi-million-dollar investment that created new jobs.

American Carton Co., a folding carton maker in Texas affiliated with Harris Packaging, expanded its folding carton print capacity. The article gives no capacity figures or dates for the expansion.

Crown Holdings has activated renewable power at all 14 of its U.S. and Canadian beverage can plants through a 15-year wind power virtual power purchase agreement with Longroad Energy from a Texas wind farm, announced November 20, 2020.

Italian packaging maker Gruppo Fanti will invest $30 million to buy and reuse the former Signode building in Weirton's Half Moon Industrial Park, creating at least 40 jobs. It is the group's first U.S. plant.

Duravant has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cloud Packaging Solutions from its parent Hearthside Food Solutions. Cloud, based in Des Plaines, Illinois, makes high-speed flexible packaging equipment.