Amcor signed a memorandum of understanding with NOVA Chemicals to purchase mechanically recycled polyethylene resin for flexible packaging films. The resin will come from NOVA's Connersville, Indiana recycling facility, projected to start operating as early as 2025.

Altamont Capital Partners' portfolio company Specialized Packaging Group closed its acquisition of Complete Packaging on November 7, 2023, adding about 90 employees; Complete operates in Detroit and Monroe, Michigan.

eBottles announced a partnership with the GearNeed design team behind Pollen Gear to develop child-resistant cannabis packaging and offer custom design services. GearNeed will advise on proprietary packaging and on branding for existing product lines.

Conner Industries, a provider of lumber, industrial wood crates and pallets, acquired Denver Reel & Pallet Company, a custom wooden crate and pallet business in Denver, Colorado.

CORE Industrial Partners has announced a new investment in Century Box, a Methuen, Massachusetts-based maker of folding cartons for store-brand food and consumer products.

Pratt Industries is building a 496,000-square-foot production facility in Warner Robins, Georgia, its 13th site in the state, opening in 2024. The company's total investment in Georgia will exceed $800 million.

American Packaging Corporation opened its flexible packaging Center of Excellence in Cedar City, Utah, in August 2023. The project had an estimated investment of $100m, was announced in July 2021, and is expected to create more than 135 jobs.

Minnesota-based canning company Lagersmith Can Supply Co. is investing $10 million to build a 25,000-square-foot warehouse and production facility in Bark Creek Industrial Park, Fremont, creating more than 20 jobs over three years.

Gruppo Fanti celebrated the opening of Fanti USA, its first US manufacturing facility, in a former vacant building in the Half Moon Industrial Park in Weirton. The roughly $30 million investment is the company's largest expansion project, and production begins in the coming weeks.

Georgia-Pacific completed a $175 million investment at its Dixie tableware plant in Darlington, South Carolina, expanding plate and bowl production and adding 100 full-time jobs. The expanded facility is now over 530,000 square feet.

Green Bay Packaging announced that its new 600,000-square-foot corrugator plant in Fort Worth, Texas, is nearing completion this fall. It will replace an older facility built in 1986 and will house a new 110-inch Fosber corrugator.

TricorBraun signed an agreement to be the preferred distributor of AFA Dispensing Group's rechargeable Flairosol sprayer in the US and Canada. The device is an alternative to aerosol packages.

GHK Capital Partners completed its acquisition of JohnsByrne, a Niles, Illinois maker of premium folding carton packaging and specialty print solutions. Terms were not disclosed.

Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA signed an agreement with Ultramar Caffè - La Natura Lifestyle AG to install a new packaging line for aluminum espresso capsules at its Suffolk, Virginia facility by the second half of 2024, with capacity of 100 million capsules per year.

Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA signed an agreement with Ultramar Caffè - La Natura Lifestyle AG to create a new packaging line for aluminum espresso capsules at its Suffolk, Virginia facility. The line, due by the second half of 2024, will produce 100 million capsules per year.

Pratt Industries pledged a further $500 million over 10 years in Pennsylvania for recycling, remanufacturing and clean energy infrastructure, creating hundreds of new jobs, as announced with Governor Josh Shapiro.

Pratt Industries committed to invest $500 million in Pennsylvania over the next ten years in recycling, remanufacturing and clean energy infrastructure, creating hundreds of jobs, announced with Governor Shapiro.

R.R. Donnelley installed an EFI Nozomi C18000 Plus single-pass digital inkjet printer at its Milwaukee packaging facility to expand into corrugated packaging, cutting time-to-market by 25%. The press is expected to be operational by fall 2023.

International Paper celebrated the opening of its new $100 million corrugated packaging facility in Atglen, Pennsylvania, providing more than 100 manufacturing jobs.

Pratt Industries opened a $700 million recycled paper mill and corrugated box factory in Henderson, Kentucky, employing 325 people, with a new paper machine producing 1,500 tons of paper daily.

Pratt Industries officially opened its new $500 million paper mill and box factory in Henderson, Kentucky, across two facilities, creating over 320 jobs. The project is the largest investment in the region in more than 25 years.

Pratt Industries plans a new 496,000-square-foot corrugated box factory in Warner Robins, in Peach County, Georgia, with more than 125 jobs and over $120 million of investment. Operations are expected to begin in late 2024.

Pratt Industries is building a new $120 million production facility in Peach County, Georgia, expected to be operational in late 2024 and producing corrugated boxes and containerboard.

Treplar, a joint venture of Klarpet of Turkey and Triton International Enterprises of the USA, is setting up a food packaging facility in Berkeley County, WV with a total investment of $50 million and about 600 jobs by year three.

Shore Capital-backed packaging distributor 360Pack acquired Colorado-based custom packaging solutions provider Team Packaging. No financial terms were disclosed, and founder Mike Anderson will continue to lead commercial strategy.

Coastal Container, a packaging company in Holland, Michigan, invested in eProductivity Software CorrTrim and CorrTrac solutions to support a new corrugator and expansion adding 65,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The system is expected to go live in mid-2023.

Xano Industri completed its acquisition of Integrated Packaging Solutions, a Denver-based canning-industry packaging company with about $16 million turnover, for $21 million in cash, announced August 22, 2023.

TC Transcontinental Packaging announced a US$60 million investment in a new biaxially oriented polyethylene film line and a 120,000 sq. ft building expansion at its Spartanburg, South Carolina facility, with completion expected in fiscal 2024. Brückner was selected to supply the equipment.

XANO signed an agreement, through a subsidiary, to acquire all shares in Integrated Packaging Solutions and its subsidiaries, based in Denver, Colorado. IPS supplies machine equipment and integration technology to metal can manufacturers.

Flexi-Hex launched a North America partnership under which Orora Packaging Solutions will stock its full product range, with a focus on demand from the US wine and surfing industries.

Graphic Packaging Holding has agreed to acquire Bell Incorporated, which has three packaging facilities in the Midwest consuming 95,000 tons of paperboard a year. The deal is expected to add about $200 million in sales and close in Q4 2023, subject to regulatory approvals.

Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice agreed to buy packaging firm Veritiv in a $2.3 billion deal that would take it private. CD&R will pay $170 per share in cash, a nearly 20% premium to the last close.

UK packaging firm Frugalpac agreed to sell its Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine to California-based Monterey Wine Company, which will use it to make paper wine bottles on-site. It is Frugalpac's first US sale and its second machine sold overall.

Corrugated Partners Group will invest $52.7 million to establish Keystone Sheets, creating at least 80 jobs in a 420,000-square-foot facility in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The plant will produce single, double and triple wall corrugated sheets.

TC Transcontinental Packaging will install a $60 million biaxially oriented PE (BOPE) film line supplied by Brückner at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, which expanded the site by 120,000 square feet, with commissioning planned for spring 2024.

American Packaging Corporation held the grand opening of its 275,000-square-foot Center of Excellence flexible packaging plant in Cedar City, Utah, a $100 million facility expected to create over 135 jobs.

LMI Packaging held a groundbreaking for a roughly 50,000-square-foot expansion at its Pleasant Prairie facility, mainly for internal warehouse space. The expansion is planned for completion by December 6.

Montebello Packaging announced a $12 million investment in a new production line at its Lebanon plant, marking the site's 25th anniversary. The 160-foot extrusion line is expected to be fully functional by the fourth quarter of 2023.

UK packaging company Flexi-Hex signed an agreement with California-based Orora Packaging Solutions making Orora its exclusive North American distributor of patented hexagonal recycled fiber protective packaging. The agreement was announced in July 2023.

Huhtamaki is investing approximately USD 30 million to expand its Paris, Texas facility, adding folding carton manufacturing capacity and consolidating an external warehouse. Production is expected to ramp up in Q1 2025, with up to 80 jobs planned.

SOLV Holdings LLC acquired Elkhart-based Maverick Packaging Inc., a maker of packaged liquids for the hospitality industry. The deal is expected to pair Maverick with SOLV's Bomag Group in Angola, Indiana.

Akers Packaging has moved its Chicago team into a new 280,000-square-foot facility at 425 Crossing Drive, University Park, Illinois, which houses a new Fosber corrugator and will add converting machines in the third quarter.

Cardbox Packaging Inc. cut the ribbon on an 11,000-square-foot expansion of its U.S. manufacturing headquarters in Pittston, Pennsylvania, with state officials attending.

Ireland-based Bevcraft Group acquired the mobile canning business of Tripod Canning in Mountainside, New Jersey, entering the US market; it is its third acquisition in 18 months.

PM Corporate Group acquired AMP Printing + Graphics, strengthening its high-graphic packaging manufacturing in Sacramento, Tijuana and China. The combined business will operate as PM Packaging with about 1,500 employees across six units.

Plastilene Group opened its Sustainable Food Packaging Innovation Center at the Rocktenn building in Washington Court House, Ohio, its first US facility, on Wednesday June 7, 2023. The $47 million facility is expected to create 58 new jobs.

Pratt Industries opened its $253 million advanced corrugated box factory in Cedar Hill, Texas, on June 27, 2023. At capacity the 1.1 million square foot plant will employ 375 people.

Premier Packaging, a unit of DSS, Inc., signed a three-year contract extension with an existing retail client worth a minimum of $12 million, with a fourth-year option bringing potential revenue to over $15 million.

UN1F1ED² Global Packaging, a Kraft-owned company, has a roughly 300,000-square-foot building adjacent to the Rand-Whitney plant in Boylston, which it intends to use for storage. It makes foam, air pack and wood packaging components.

Rand-Whitney Container, owned by The Kraft Group, opened a 384,000-square-foot corrugated box plant in Boylston, Massachusetts, backed by a $125 million investment. The plant can make up to 300 million boxes a year.