Summit Plastics is adding a 12,000 sq ft addition and three blown film extrusion lines in Summit, Mississippi, a $5.4 million investment creating 25 jobs, with completion expected by March 2022.

Anvil Cases, Inc. of Covina, California was awarded a $1,294,260 contract under the US federal Multiple Award Schedule, dated 9 September 2021.

C-P Flexible Packaging announced its acquisition of privately held Fruth Custom Packaging and affiliated Cleanroom Film and Bag, both making flexible rollstock and pouches for cleanroom use in Placentia, California. Terms were not disclosed.

Eastman and Procter & Gamble signed an agreement under which P&G will use Eastman Renew materials, made by molecular recycling of waste plastic, in select products and packaging. The companies will also collaborate on plastic recycling infrastructure.

Direct Pack has expanded its Rockingham, North Carolina facility by 56,000 square feet, adding flexible manufacturing lines and raising manufacturing capacity by more than 40%.

Pregis announced an $80 million investment in a new 168,000 square foot blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, South Carolina. The plant is expected to create 120 jobs and become operational in September.

TriMas's Rieke unit is building a new 230,000 square foot, highly automated injection molding facility in New Albany, Ohio, expected to start production in Q2 2022, mainly for beauty and personal care dispensers.

Indorama Ventures completed its acquisition of CarbonLite Holdings' Dallas, Texas PET recycling facility, bought for nearly $64 million in a bankruptcy auction. The site, renamed Indorama Ventures Sustainable Recycling, has combined capacity of 92,000 tons a year of food-grade rPET pellets and supports more than 130 jobs.

SEI Group LLC of Doraville, Georgia announced the acquisition of Tailored Foam of Florida, Inc. in Sanford, Florida. The deal value was not disclosed.

Cove signed an exclusive five-year agreement to receive 350 million pounds of RWDC Industries' PHA biopolymer for its biodegradable water bottles. The deal supports Cove's planned first product launch later in 2021.

Versa Pak is expanding its Celina, Ohio plastics plant with a 56,000-square-foot addition and four new custom manufacturing lines, bringing the plant to 30 lines by September. The $15 million investment is expected to add at least 12 jobs.

Amcor has made a strategic investment in US flexible packaging firm ePac, its first corporate venture-type investment, valued at around $10m to $15m, and is also providing financing for one or more ePac sites.

Origin Materials and Packaging Matters have agreed to jointly develop advanced packaging materials, including the polymer PEF, building on an existing 10-year supply agreement for carbon-negative PET.

The Estée Lauder Companies and Eastman signed a global memorandum of understanding under which Estée Lauder brands will incorporate Eastman Renew molecularly recycled polyester packaging to help meet its 2025 sustainable packaging goals. The announcement was made on 30 March 2021.

Danimer Scientific plans to invest $700 million to expand its Bainbridge manufacturing operations in Decatur County, Georgia, including a new 2,000,000-square-foot facility near its current campus. The investment is expected to nearly quadruple its workforce.

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.

Shintech Louisiana LLC will spend $1.49 billion to expand its Plaquemine manufacturing operations in Louisiana. The announcement was dated July 27, 2018.

Polyplex USA announced a $90.6 million expansion of its Decatur, Alabama facility to add a BOPET polyester film line, creating 100 jobs. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2021, with production by the end of 2022.

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.

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.

FiberVisions is investing $48 million to expand its polyolefin fiber manufacturing in Covington, Newton County, Georgia, adding 21 jobs with completion expected in the first half of 2021.

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.

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.

Polyethylene Containers Inc. of El Dorado, Arkansas, acquired a 246,000-square-foot former Cooper Standard automotive plant in Los Angeles and is adding a line of 5-gallon pails. The development was reported on December 8, 2020.

Plastic packaging provider Comar is developing a new manufacturing facility of about 159,000 square feet in Vineland, New Jersey, to expand capacity from its Buena site. Groundbreaking took place in November 2020 with completion expected in March 2021.

Klöckner Pentaplast will expand its production facility in Beaver, West Virginia by adding thermoforming capabilities for sustainable food trays. The investment, worth several million dollars, will create 21 full-time jobs.

Altium Packaging has acquired the assets of SFB Plastics, Inc., a Wichita, Kansas maker of HDPE blow-molded industrial containers. The deal was announced on November 16, 2020.

Flexible packaging converter Glenroy, Inc. appointed Tom Danneker as President and CEO and William Dopp as CFO; the company plans a major campus expansion to boost film and pouch production, due for completion in 2021.

Priority Plastics says it acquired and installed injection stretch blow molding (ISBM) equipment at its Portland, Indiana facility to increase PET container capacity. The article gives no installation date.

Polyplex USA announced a $100 million-plus expansion at its Decatur, Alabama facility, adding a second BOPET film line with 50 thousand tonnes capacity and resin debottlenecking. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2021 with production expected by end 2022.

Advanced Barrier Extrusions, owned by Graham Partners, agreed in October 2020 to acquire Berry Global's U.S. flexible packaging converter business for $140 million. The business comprises six printing and laminating facilities and will operate under the ABX name.

Altium Packaging plans to invest more than $3 million in new equipment at its Argos facility in Marshall County, Indiana, creating 10 jobs and retaining 48 existing jobs. The Argos Town Council approved a personal property tax abatement for the project.

Harrington Industrial Plastics completed its acquisition of Aetna Plastics, a Cleveland, Ohio distributor of plastics and process piping systems, in partnership with Aetna management. Aetna's president Gary Davis is joining Harrington.

Pretium Packaging, a North American plastic container maker, invested $5 million in PET stretch blow molding equipment and infrastructure across six of its 19 plants, adding 100 million bottles of capacity. The project is expected to be completed by October 2020.

Alpla, a plastic packaging manufacturer, will spend $21 million on a new plant of about 154,000 square feet in a NorthPoint Development warehouse next to Dayton International Airport. The plant is expected to add 50 jobs by April.

Serioplast US, the North American unit of Italy's Serioplast Group, will begin operating a rigid plastic packaging plant in Red Springs, Robeson County, North Carolina, investing $9.4 million and creating 46 jobs, as announced by Governor Roy Cooper's office.

Klöckner Pentaplast is expanding its Klöckner Barrier Film facility in central Virginia, adding 6,000 metric tonnes of capacity and new coating capabilities for pharmaceutical barrier films. The multi-million dollar investment is expected to be operational toward the end of 2021.

Canada's Transcontinental made a $1.32 billion offer to purchase Coveris Americas, which operates 21 facilities producing labels and shrink films, to become a major North American packaging company.

Accredo Packaging expanded its Sugar Land, Texas facility by 200,000 square feet, with a $50 million investment in the recent phase, completed in the first quarter of 2020.

Ring Container Technologies, a plastic container maker and supplier of PET snack containers, has partnered with John B. Sanfilippo & Son on the recyclable SmartCAN PET canister as a replacement for composite snack cans.

Silgan Plastics plans a $15 million, 204,000-square-foot warehouse addition at its Seymour facility in Indiana. A Seymour Plan Commission vote approved the development plan, and the city council was to vote on rezoning.

Uponor, Inc. is expanding its Apple Valley, Minnesota manufacturing facility with an investment of EUR 16 million ($18 million), adding about 8,175 m2 of manufacturing and office space with equipment.

Tank Holding, North America's largest rotational molder, acquired Meese Inc., a maker of bulk laundry carts and material handling bins, from parent Tingue Brown & Co. The deal includes rotational molding facilities in Madison, Indiana and Ashtabula, Ohio.

UB Community Development announced $7 million in New Markets Tax Credits within $10 million of financing for Master Extrusion LLC, an affiliate of ColorMasters, to add extruder machines at its Albertville, Alabama facility. The project is expected to create 45 jobs and retain 90.

Argand Partners, LP acquired Midwest Can Company and Container Specialties, Inc., makers of portable fuel containers and blow-molded plastic containers, based in Franklin Park, Illinois. No financial terms were disclosed.

Nautic Partners completed its acquisition of Harrington Industrial Plastics, a distributor of corrosion-resistant fluid conveyance, control and measurement products, in partnership with its management. Harrington was founded in 1959.

TriMas signed an agreement to acquire the Rapak brand, bag-in-box product lines and assets from Liqui-Box after Liqui-Box completes its purchase of DS Smith's Plastics Division, including facilities in Indianapolis, Union City and the Chicago area.