Karat Packaging signed a lease for a 187,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Chino, California, nearly doubling its distribution capacity there and adding about 500 paper product SKUs.

Graphic Packaging International is advancing a proposal to build a warehouse and parking lot beside its recycled paperboard mill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, consolidating four local warehouses, with completion scheduled for 2028.

Forming Technologies is expanding its Muskegon, Michigan facility with an anticipated capital investment of up to $18.8 million, creating 70 new jobs in a building of at least 150,000 square feet that will also house its headquarters.

Morris Packaging plans to build a new $60.9 million flexible packaging production plant in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky, creating 276 full-time jobs. The more-than-100,000-square-foot facility is expected to be completed by October.

Amcor secured a commercial order for its HDPE AmSky Blister System, used for the new TheraBreath Invigorating Icy Mint chewing gum sold in major U.S. retailers. The announcement was made on April 9, 2025.

FCA Packaging, a Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company, acquired Viking Packing Specialist, a Tulsa-based maker of custom wood crates, cases, metal containers and dangerous goods packaging. No financial terms were disclosed.

Mid South Extrusion is investing $12.5 million to add two polyethylene extrusion lines at its Monroe, Louisiana facility, creating 12 new jobs with operations expected in 2026.

Graphic Packaging International signed an agreement with New Jersey co-packer JJM Packaging to make its Boardio paperboard canisters available to brands and retailers in the U.S. and Canada from Q2 2025.

Graphic Packaging International signed an agreement with co-packer JJM Packaging to make its Boardio paperboard canister available to brands across the U.S. and Canada for nutrition powders, sweeteners, beverage mixes and cereals.

FIFCO USA unveiled a $28 million can line at its Genesee Brewery in Rochester, New York, capable of 1,500 12oz cans per minute, lifting site capacity above 15 million cases a year.

Ball Corporation closed a 49:51 joint venture with Ayna.AI, named Oasis Venture Holdings, LLC, covering its Aluminum Cup business and plant in Rome, Georgia.

Massman Companies announced the acquisition of privately held ADCO, a cartoner machinery maker based in Sanger, California, to expand its carton-to-pallet automation offering.

Graphic Packaging International signed an agreement making its Boardio paperboard canister available through New Jersey co-packer JJM Packaging to brands and retailers across the U.S. and Canada, with availability from Q2 2025.

Engineered Foam Packaging (EFP) is expanding its existing Bishopville facility in Lee County with a $31.5 million investment that adds 200,000 square feet and 57 new jobs. The expansion will increase production of expanded polystyrene and polypropylene packaging, with operations expected online in April 2026.

Zumbiel, a paperboard packaging maker, has acquired Crown Valley Co-Manufacturing in Farmington, Missouri, which will operate as ZumBev and offer beverage co-manufacturing with canning and bottling lines.

UFP Packaging, a UFP Industries subsidiary, has opened a 165,000 sq ft corrugated manufacturing facility in Jeffersonville, Indiana, that began operations in late 2024 and will expand through 2025.

Tecnocap plans to invest $4.5 million to buy and renovate a facility in Bellaire, Ohio, consolidating operations for its metal closure manufacturing and creating an estimated 29 jobs.

Saica Group, a Spanish recycled paper and corrugated packaging manufacturer, plans a 350,000-square-foot corrugated plant in Anderson, Indiana, with an investment of more than $110 million and over 100 jobs at full ramp-up. Construction starts in May with operations expected in Q4 2026.

CANPACK's 862,000-square-foot beverage can manufacturing plant in Muncie, Indiana, cost $380 million and created more than 300 jobs. The plant began producing cans in 2023, with AEP supporting the site's development.

Shareholders of Amcor and Berry Global approved Amcor's acquisition of Berry Global, a deal valued at US$8.43 billion announced in November 2024. Completion is still subject to closing conditions, with the combination expected by mid-2025.

Evertis, part of IMG Group, plans a $100 million plant in Columbia, South Carolina, to make PET multilayer packaging film. The first phase adds 30,000 tons of capacity and more than 100 jobs, with operations expected in Q2 2026, and a second phase would bring total capacity to 60,000 tons by Q2 2028.

Berry Global Group acquired CMG Plastics, a North American producer of containers, bottles, closures and specialty packaging with about 170 employees. PMCF Investment Banking served as exclusive financial advisor to CMG.

Novolex agreed to acquire Pactiv Evergreen for $18 per share in cash, a deal valued at about $6.7 billion, creating a larger North American packaging company. Apollo Funds and CPP Investment Board will contribute about $1 billion, and closing is expected in mid-2025.

Premier Packaging relocated its headquarters and production operations to an expanded facility in Memphis, Tennessee.

Eagle Flexible Packaging plans a new 52,000 square foot, $5 million facility in Waupun, Wisconsin, expected to be largely complete by year end and to create up to 40 jobs.

Serioplast, an Italian rigid plastic packaging maker, will invest $25,725,000 to occupy a 140,000 sq ft industrial facility in Shenandoah County, Virginia, creating 45 new jobs.

ORBIS Corporation opened a new manufacturing plant in Greenville, Texas, repurposing an existing facility, producing reusable totes and pallets; it is expected to reach full production by spring 2025 and create more than 190 jobs.

International Paper announced a new greenfield box plant in Waterloo, Iowa, near protein-segment customers and with freight access to one of its mills. Construction is expected to begin in 2025.

Letica Corp., a Berry Global subsidiary, plans to expand its Fulton County, Kentucky plant with a $27.8 million investment adding 45,000 sq ft of warehouse space and creating 15 new jobs.

US-based packaging provider AE Global merged with industrial packaging supplier Acorn East to expand combined footprint across industrial packaging, custom packaging, equipment and automation. The merged entity will set up its national headquarters in a 150,000 sq ft facility at Sunshine State Park.

Greene Concepts Inc. announced a partnership with Oman-based APEX Transgulf Manufacturing to use APEX's PET preform units so it can blow its own BE WATER bottles at its Marion, North Carolina bottling plant.

Valmet will deliver a third Advantage ThruAir Drying tissue machine and complete tissue production line to Irving Consumer Products' Macon, Georgia mill, with startup planned for 2027 and 75,000 tons of added annual capacity.

Food service packaging maker Genpak LLC announced it will invest $6.69 million to expand its Scottsburg facility, expecting to add 45 jobs by 2028.

Fort Smith, Arkansas corrugated packaging maker Corrugated Specialties was acquired by its president Marcus Slavens, who takes over as chairman and CEO from Paul Henson. The sale was announced on 8 January 2025.

Southern Graphic Systems, LLC agreed to acquire Schawk, Inc. from Matthews International for total upfront consideration of $350 million, including $250 million in cash, with Matthews taking a 40% stake in the new entity. The deal is expected to close in mid-2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

McKinley Packaging, a subsidiary of Bio Pappel, has opened a 500,000 sq ft corrugated box manufacturing plant in Lancaster, Texas, its seventh US packaging plant, expected to employ about 125 people at full capacity.

Engineered Foam Packaging announced a $31.5 million project to enlarge its Browntown Road plant in Bishopville, South Carolina by 200,000 square feet. The state granted a $750,000 infrastructure grant to Lee County.

Packaging Corporation of America plans to invest $229 million in a new facility on a 78-acre site on Thornwood Drive in Newark, replacing its South 21st Street sheet plant. The company will keep all 131 employees under an enterprise zone abatement agreement.

Portuguese packaging manufacturer Intraplás announced a new production plant in Van Wert, Ohio, with a total investment of around €40 million. The plant will use extrusion, thermoforming and printing technology, is scheduled to start operations in summer 2025, and will create more than 50 local jobs.

TekniPlex Consumer Products opened a 200,000-square-foot specialty molded fiber facility in Van Wert, Ohio, representing a $40 million investment. The company plans to hire at least 100 people at the plant, its eighth specialty molded fiber plant.

Opus Packaging Florence is expanding into a 50,000 square foot property adjacent to its current facility at 1131 Edwards Circle in Florence, South Carolina, to increase corrugated products manufacturing.

TricorBraun agreed to acquire the rigid-containers business of Veritiv, strengthening its North American reach. Deal value and closing details are not stated in the article excerpt.

The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission posted an open-market solicitation for corrugated kraft boxes for a three-year contract with two optional one-year extensions. Bids are due January 7, 2025, and deliveries will go to Braintree and Canton warehouses. The source's value range is an AI estimate and is not a stated contract value.

Green Bay Packaging will make a multi-year investment to modernize its Arkansas Kraft paper mill in Morrilton, replacing the recovery and biomass boilers and installing an electric turbine generator. The project also includes buying about 300 acres of land for future expansion.

California-based Multipack is establishing a $10.4 million beverage can production facility in Caddo Parish near Shreveport, Louisiana, planning 141 direct jobs and output of more than 100 million cans annually.

Flexible packaging and pouch manufacturer Global Packaging Solutions grew by 25,000 square feet in Albemarle, North Carolina, adding 10 jobs with a state building reuse grant of $80,000.

Contract food packaging company Econo-Pak announced a 125,000-square-foot addition to its 200,000-square-foot facility in Milford, Pennsylvania, for packaging automation and expanded storage.

Earthrings, a startup brand under Promac, opened operations in Elgin, Illinois, producing biodegradable cardboard beverage rings for brewery customers.

TOPPAN Holdings signed an agreement to acquire the flexible packaging and thermoformed container business of SONOCO Products Company for about 1.8 billion US dollars, expanding its sustainable packaging operations in North and South America.

Novolex and Pactiv Evergreen agreed to combine into a food, beverage and specialty packaging manufacturer, with Pactiv shareholders receiving $18.00 per share in cash. CPP Investments will contribute about US$1 billion and become a significant minority shareholder.