APPLIED Adhesives entered an exclusive arrangement to handle US distribution of Henkel's flexible packaging adhesive and coating range, combining Henkel's portfolio with APPLIED's sales, technical support and logistics. The announcement was dated 9 July 2026.

Ranpak expanded its partnership with Medline Industries, with Medline deploying Ranpak's Cut'it EVO right-sizing machine and Form'it case erector in its high-volume outbound operations.

Welch Packaging Group announced on October 21, 2025 that it has joined forces with Phoenix/Packaging, a corrugated packaging company.

Crown Holdings partnered with San Juan Beverage Company to be the exclusive beverage packaging provider for the ready-to-drink San Juan Bammarita cocktail. West Coast Container will support the partnership.

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.

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.

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.

Amtech Software and Opus Packaging confirmed a partnership to deploy Amtech's EnCore ERP software across five Opus Packaging corrugated packaging facilities in Indiana, South Carolina, Michigan and Ohio.

Amtech Software will deploy its EnCore ERP platform across five Opus Packaging manufacturing facilities in the US to improve efficiency and productivity. The system adds cloud-based access and automation.

Plastipak Packaging and Kraft Heinz agreed to convert KRAFT Real Mayo and MIRACLE WHIP containers in the United States to 100% food-grade recycled PET, eliminating about 14 million pounds of virgin plastic. The announcement was made on May 13, 2024.

Volk Packaging and its contract packaging division Volk Paxit will implement Amtech Software's EnCore ERP with Scorekeeper, TopGun and Visual Analytics for an automated solution. The announcement was made on May 6, 2024 from Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages will use WestRock's PETCollar Shield Plus paperboard carriers at its Philadelphia plant to replace plastic rings on multipack bottles, expected to be operating by summer 2024 and cutting about 200,000 pounds of plastic a year together with its existing mini-can packaging.

Barcelona-based Quadpack signed a partnership with US injection moulder Colt's Plastics in Connecticut to produce its Regula Airless Refill range locally for Americas brands. Full-scale production is planned for 2024.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

TricorBraun entered an exclusive agreement to supply BioBottles biodegradable plastic bottles to the nutraceutical industry in the US and Canada. The bottles use Symphony Environmental's d2w oxo-biodegradable technology, developed by Better Earth.

Packaging designer and distributor TricorBraun signed an exclusive agreement to offer BioBottles' fully biodegradable bottles to nutraceutical companies in the US and Canada.

Straub Brewery announced that St. Marys Box Company is manufacturing eco-friendly cases for its 16 oz. returnable glass bottles, starting a long-term collaboration. The announcement was made around Earth Day 2022.

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.

Ball Corporation and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment launched a global partnership covering aluminum beverage packaging and recycling at venues in Denver, Los Angeles and London, including naming rights for the Denver arena.

Ball Corporation and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment established a partnership across venues in Denver, Los Angeles and London to provide aluminum beverage packaging and boost recycling. The Denver arena will be named Ball Arena.

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.

Henkel announced a partnership with ALPLA to invest over $130 million enhancing laundry detergent production at its Bowling Green, Kentucky facility, including a new bottle production area. ALPLA will hire 60 employees once construction is complete.

Anchor Packaging of St. Louis, Missouri, announced a partnership with private equity firm The Jordan Co. that makes The Jordan Co. an investor in the company to fund growth in consumer package solutions.

Tetra Pak has partnered with Koenig & Bauer to implement full-colour digital on-package printing on beverage cartons, with the full-width digital printer to be deployed at Tetra Pak's Denton converting plant in Texas.

Mauser Group, BWAY, National Container Group and Industrial Container Services formed Mauser Packaging Solutions, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, to offer metal, plastic, fibre and hybrid packaging. The announcement was made on October 12, 2018.

PCI Pharma Services signed an exclusive collaboration with CSP Technologies for U.S. clinical trials and stability testing using Activ-Blister moisture and gas-scavenging packaging. The packaging aims to speed time to market for pharmaceutical and medical device products.

Beverage developer Imbibe has collaborated with Ball Corporation to use its Widget Inside aluminium can technology for nitrogen-infused beverages, with plans to extend the concept to tea, juice and protein water.

Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Berry Global and Ampacet are collaborating with Oskar Blues to produce the first printed collation shrink packaging in the US for its 24-can variety cases. The packaging was piloted in 2017 and has grown more than 300 percent through national retailers.

Newark, New York flexible packaging maker Maco PKG became the third North American licensee of Dow's PacXpert stand-up pouch technology, to manufacture, sell and co-pack it in North America.

Greenpac Mill and Diamond Packaging have partnered with Covanta's Niagara Falls, New York waste-to-energy facility, which burns their nonrecyclable waste to produce steam piped back to the Greenpac linerboard mill.

La Colombe Coffee Roasters and Crown Beverage Packaging North America agreed to collaborate on The MiniVault, a single-use recyclable can for coffee, to be sold in select US retail locations.

Graphic Packaging International will supply a QuikFlex 2100 beverage cartoning machine to City Brewing Company's Memphis, Tennessee packing site. The variety pack line adds 9.5 million cases a year to the plant's 50 million case capacity.