TriState Container Corporation became the first print provider to acquire Xeikon's IDERA digital printing press for corrugated packaging, announced on 6 July 2021.

Pratt Industries is investing US$400 million in a new 100 percent recycled containerboard and corrugated board mill complex in Henderson, Kentucky. Construction is expected to begin in March 2022 with start-up scheduled for Q3 2023.

Ardagh Group plans to invest US$195 million to convert warehouse space and add two high-speed can lines at its Winston-Salem plant in North Carolina. About 94 jobs will be created when the expansion completes in 2022.

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.

International Paper plans to invest up to $52.2 million to upgrade the recovery boiler, filtration, condenser and acid systems at its Bogalusa paper mill in Louisiana, retaining 492 direct jobs.

Carolina Beverage Company will invest $9 million in an expansion project in Iredell County, North Carolina, supported by an economic incentive of up to $145,811 over five years. The project is contingent on a contract being executed within 180 days.

Trillium's Pumps USA facility in Fresno, California has approved a multi-million dollar investment in solar panels, with over 2,700 panels to be installed, expected to be completed later in 2021. The approval was reported January 7, 2021.

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.

McKinley Paper will receive a $5 million state Local Economic Development Act grant to build a new boiler, water systems and wastewater treatment in McKinley County, New Mexico, retaining at least 125 jobs after its power supply closed.

Churchill Asset Management acted as administrative agent for a $48 million senior secured credit facility supporting GenNx360's acquisition of B2B Industrial and the assets of AMW Packaging Supply. The announcement was dated 2020-10-09.

Palladin Consumer Retail Partners announced an investment in Decowraps, a Miami-based floral packaging company with facilities in Colombia, the Netherlands, Ecuador, Kenya and China, to fund growth and acquisitions. No amount was disclosed.

Bryce Corporation's packaging division will invest $10 million to expand capacity and technical capabilities, creating 20 new jobs: 12 in Memphis, Tennessee and eight in Searcy, Arkansas.

Sonoco will spend $83 million to retool operations in South Carolina and Wisconsin, converting a Hartsville, S.C. machine to uncoated recycled paperboard with about 180,000 tons per year capacity. The project starts late 2020 and is slated for early 2022.

Greif announced a minority investment stake in Centurion Container LLC to expand its intermediate bulk container reconditioning network in North America, with a clear path to full ownership.

ND Paper is also investing up to $189 million in a paper mill near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, according to the same report.

New-Indy Containerboard plans to invest $240 million to convert its recently acquired Catawba, South Carolina pulp and paper mill from lightweight coated paper to containerboard grades.

Schaeffler celebrated 50 years of its Cheraw, South Carolina operations and is expanding the site to produce FRAX bearing components, with a $65 million investment and completion expected by end of 2020.

Henkel announced a partnership with ALPLA to invest over $130 million in enhancing laundry detergent production at its Bowling Green, Kentucky facility, including a new bottle production area that will bring ALPLA 60 jobs.

Milwaukee Valve in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin rebuilt two air compressors and bought two new ones with variable frequency drives, supported by a Focus on Energy incentive of nearly $62,000. The upgrades are expected to save $27,000 a year in energy costs.

Dunes Point Capital made a controlling investment in Vanguard Packaging, Advanced Logistics & Fulfillment and Great Plains Packaging, makers of corrugated displays and industrial packaging based in Kansas City, Missouri. Vanguard employs about 200 people.

Graphic Packaging's board approved a $600 million investment in a new coated recycled board machine with about 500,000 tons annual capacity, to be built in Ohio or Michigan subject to permitting and incentives. The company expects $100 million incremental annualized EBITDA upon full ramp-up in 2022.

Brose is investing $105 million over five years to expand its southeast Michigan operations, adding 300 jobs at its Auburn Hills headquarters and New Boston factory. The article also describes the New Boston factory expansion.

Anchor Packaging, a St. Louis maker of specialty food packaging, announced a partnership with private equity firm The Jordan Company to accelerate growth, with the transaction expected to close in July 2019.

Private equity sponsor Altamont Capital Partners invested in Key Container Corporation, a Pawtucket, Rhode Island corrugated packaging producer, with Monroe Capital as administrative agent on a senior credit facility, announced April 1, 2026.

Kuraray is investing approximately $15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, with the plant scheduled to be completed in September 2019 and operating in early 2020.

Novelis held a ribbon cutting in Warren, Ohio, to mark the completion of a $4.5 million upgrade to pretreatment and coating capabilities for aluminum beverage can sheet. The investment was first announced in November 2017.

Kuraray America is investing approximately US$15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, supporting Sealed Air's Plantic packaging work.

Tetra Pak will install a full-width digital printer built by Koenig & Bauer at its Denton, Texas converting plant, enabling full-colour on-package printing on carton packages. Field testing with North American customers is expected to begin in early 2020.

Berlin Packaging, a US packaging services provider, reached a recapitalisation agreement under which Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will invest $500 million alongside Oak Hill Capital Partners.

Bennett Packaging has installed a second Barberan Jetmaster digital press at its Lee's Summit, Missouri site, a 48-inch machine added to its existing 66-inch press.

Ball Corporation and One Energy Enterprises plan three additional wind turbines near Ball's Findlay, Ohio metal packaging plant, to supply about 30 percent of the plant's power needs. The project costs about $9 million, financed by One Energy.

Wisconsin folding carton maker Wausau Container will install a fully automated six-color Koenig & Bauer Rapida 105 PRO sheetfed press this fall, its first from Koenig & Bauer and its first 41-inch sheetfed press.

Midwest Paper Group is investing $30 million and creating up to 321 jobs to restart and convert the former Appleton Coated mill in Combined Locks, Wisconsin, to produce packaging-grade paper.

Cascades plans to convert the Bear Island paper machine in Virginia to produce recycled lightweight linerboard and medium, with an estimated investment of US$275 to US$300 million and production expected from 2021.

Stockwell Elastomerics announced a total investment of more than $8 million to expand its manufacturing footprint, production capabilities and technical workforce for custom silicone gaskets and elastomeric components.

DowDupont announced it will invest $45 million to buy and retrofit a plant in Newark, Delaware. The article text is truncated, so further details are unavailable.

NIBCO, the Elkhart, Indiana valve and fittings maker, is in the midst of a $100 million capital investment in its facilities over four years. Four facilities, including Blytheville, Arkansas, are undergoing expansions totaling 350,000 square feet.

Alliance Packaging purchased an EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass digital corrugated press for installation at its Seattle headquarters facility, with installation scheduled for completion in May 2018.

UB Community Development announced $8.5 million in New Market Tax Credit funding for Sterling Packaging to reuse a vacant spec building and buy new equipment in Monroeville, Alabama, for a 60,000 sq ft facility, targeting 55 new full-time jobs.

Lumi, a US packaging manufacturer for e-commerce brands, raised $9 million in a Series A round led by Spark Capital, Forerunner Ventures and Homebrew Management.

NIBCO, the Elkhart, Indiana valve and fittings maker, is midway through a $100 million capital investment in its facilities over four years, including expansions at four plants totaling 350,000 square feet.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems plans to invest $10 million in capital improvements at its assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, during 2018.

Novelis announced a $4.5 million manufacturing investment at its Warren, Ohio facility to upgrade pretreatment technology and efficiency for coated aluminum sheet used in beverage can lids.

Tetra Pak is investing 30 million euros in its Denton, Texas converting factory, including a new laminating machine, and will move part of production from Mexico to Denton. The new machine is expected in production by the end of 2018.

Packaging Corporation of America plans a $150 million investment replacing a paper machine at its Boise Paper mill in Wallula, Washington, nearly doubling output to 400,000 tons per year of linerboard.

Pratt & Whitney Autoair has invested about $96 million in facilities in the Lansing area over three years and created more than 700 jobs there. The Lansing plants make fan blades for geared turbofan engines, and a new 93,000 sq ft facility in Holt started production.

Schenck Process is investing to renovate its main Whitewater, Wisconsin plant into a dedicated stainless steel production facility, removing carbon steel manufacturing. The facility is expected to be fully operational by October 1, 2017.

International Paper invested more than $90 million to increase energy efficiency at its Pensacola, Florida mill, retaining 424 employees and adding 12. A further $20 million went to environmental controls and $68 million to a water quality project.

Anheuser-Busch InBev announced a capital expenditure program of close to $500 million in 2017 and $2 billion through 2020 for its U.S. brewing operations. Projects include brewery and distribution upgrades, packaging and sustainability improvements, and new distribution facilities in Los Angeles and Columbus.

Sonoco will invest $20 million to develop a packaging center in Atlanta supporting Duracell's new North American battery packaging operation, with full production expected in Q4 2018.