Conair Group is investing $10 million to lease and equip a second 157,760-ft² facility in Franklin, Pennsylvania, for fabrication, machining and powder coating. The expansion will create 126 new jobs over three years and begin operations in early 2027.

Polysmart is investing $60 million to increase domestic bottle-to-bottle recycling capacity in Nigeria, providing manufacturers with an alternative source of recycled raw materials.

Duy Tan Plastics Manufacturing Corporation broke ground on an expansion project at Tan Do Industrial Park in Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam. The project has an estimated investment of VND 900 billion (approx. $35 million) and includes an injection molding factory with capacity of 30,000 tonnes per year.

CurTec USA, the American arm of a Dutch packaging supplier, is investing $10 million to expand its Westminster, South Carolina facility with a new blow molding line. The 27,300 sq ft expansion is expected to finish in Q2 2027 and create 10 jobs.

CuBE Packaging Solutions is investing more than $30 million to expand its U.S. manufacturing facility in St. Charles, Illinois, adding high-speed injection molding machines and end-of-line automation. The announcement was made on October 13, 2026.

CurTec is investing USD 10 million to expand warehouse and production lines at its Westminster, South Carolina plant, adding 10 jobs. The expanded capacity is expected online in summer 2027.

Amcor will invest $44.55 million in its Centerville, Iowa flexible packaging facility to add machinery and raise capacity for multilayer films, creating 24 jobs.

Amcor is expanding production capacity for multilayer packaging films at its Centerville, Iowa facility with a $44.6 million corporate investment and $2 million in state tax credits, creating 24 jobs.

Fuxing Development Group is expanding output of PP corrugated plastic boxes, fish totes and harvest bins at its Davao and Manila plants to serve North American produce and seafood buyers. The move follows the 2026 US AD/CVD case on boxes from China and Vietnam.

The Plast-Box Group will install a new machine for 5-litre IML containers at its Suwary plant in Ksawerow, Poland, in January 2027, significantly increasing capacity for this segment.

Balcan Packaging launched a five-layer wide web extrusion line at its Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin plant, enabling production of industrial sheeting up to 50 feet wide.

Invera Flexibles is committing up to $20 million to expand and modernize production capacity at its Edmonton and Laval facilities, which will exceed 150 million pounds of annual capacity upon completion.

New Tech Plastics is investing $5 million to expand into pouch converting at a facility in Piqua, Ohio, creating an expected 30 jobs. It receives a $250,000 grant from the JobsOhio Revitalization Fund.

Alltrista Plastics, a Jadex subsidiary, is adding a 25,000 sq ft expansion at its Springfield, Missouri facility for compression blow forming. The project is scheduled for completion in September 2026 and was described as a multimillion-dollar investment.

CG Roxane is expanding its Benton, Tennessee facility to bring PET preform and HDPE cap manufacturing in-house, adding about 60,000 sq ft of infrastructure. The company announced the expansion on April 21, 2026.

Amcor invested in a new production line at its Amcor Flexibles site in Lugo di Vicenza, Italy, adding nearly 7,000 square meters for high-barrier recycle-ready films. The expansion includes a quality control lab and an automated warehouse.

Southeastern Container plans to invest $31 million in facility modernization and equipment at its Enka-Candler headquarters in North Carolina, adding closure production capacity and 12 new jobs.

Summit Packaging Systems has added over 40 injection molding machines at its European headquarters in Almere, Netherlands, plus a dedicated Lotus actuator assembly area and a mold repair center to meet growing actuator demand.

Fernholz Verpackungen has commissioned another high-performance extruder at its film site in Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt, and increased silo capacity by 75%. The end-2025 start-up completes its investment programme begun in 2022.

Nexus Packaging plans a second expansion phase at its Glasgow blow moulding facility, adding 1,858 sq m of storage and four new machines, with completion expected in 2027.

Axium Packaging, headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, is investing $45 million to expand its tube manufacturing and build a specialized warehouse in Jersey Township. Its total central Ohio investment reaches $550+ million.

Lee Li Holdings will invest over C$533 million to expand its Mississauga, Ontario facility by 15,000 square feet and build a new 85,000 square foot bottling and packing facility focused on plastic bottle manufacturing. The project will create 275 jobs.

Südpack held a ground-breaking ceremony for new production space in Erolzheim for PharmaGuard recyclable blister packaging and a regranulation plant, with completion scheduled for Q3 2027 and around 50 jobs initially, up to 170 by 2030.

UFlex plans to invest over Rs 700 crore to expand its packaging film manufacturing line in Dharwad, Karnataka, adding 54,000 MTPA of capacity and lifting its global packaging film capacity to 690,160 MTPA.

Plastipak Packaging announced a $53.8 million, 200,000-square-foot expansion of its Rapides Parish facility in Pineville, Louisiana, adding warehouse space and up to five production lines, with completion expected by Q4 2026.

Polykar, a Canadian sustainable packaging maker, is investing $20 million to expand its Edmonton facility by 50,000 square feet, doubling production capacity to 40 million pounds annually by fall 2026 and creating 25 permanent jobs.

Polykar announced a $20 million expansion of its Edmonton, Alberta facility adding 50,000 square feet and 25 permanent jobs. Output is expected to reach 40 million pounds annually by fall 2026. Announced 9 October 2025.

Bulk container maker WERiT opened its expanded Irlam site after an £8m investment adding a 3,000 m2 warehouse, office complex and blow-moulding machinery. The investment created nine jobs, with more recruitment planned.

Resilux Ibérica Packaging is expanding its PET preform and packaging plant in Higuera la Real, adding capacity, storage and multilayer preform products with an investment above EUR 28 million. The works began in 2022 and completion is expected in 2025, creating 35 permanent jobs.

Schütz Container Systems will expand its St. Joseph, Missouri site with a new building and a new manufacturing line for industrial packaging, investing $31 million and creating 20 jobs. The announcement was made on 31 July 2025.

Russian plastic packaging maker Ai-Plast signed an agreement with the Rostov region government to expand production of plastic containers for cottage cheese at its Azov plant. Total investment exceeds 400 million rubles and about 20 new jobs are planned.

ZÁLESÍ a.s. is investing almost CZK 90 million in a new high-speed automated laminate tube line using Swiss SAESA 240 technology in Luhačovice, raising plant capacity by 45%. Serial production is planned for January 2026.

Anima Infinita Flex Novgorod, part of the NEOPOLIS holding, will build a new production and warehouse building at its Veliky Novgorod plant for over 1 billion rubles. The agreement was signed on 18 June, and production launch is planned for April 2026, with 60 jobs.

Cosmo First commissioned a new BOPP packaging film line with capex above Rs 400 crore at its Aurangabad, Maharashtra plant on June 1, 2025. The line has annual capacity of 81,200 MT, raising total BOPP capacity about 40% to 277,000 MT.

Charter Next Generation announced a $106 million investment to expand operations in Northeast Ohio, adding 12 film packaging lines in Lexington and four extrusion lines in Ontario, with 125 new jobs.

Grupo Empresarial Salaverry started flexographic printing and five-layer extrusion processes at its Xiloxoxtla plant in Tlaxcala, Mexico, which the state governor says will raise production capacity by 38%. The start-up was reported on 2025-04-11.

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.

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.

Gulf Packaging Industries (GulfPack) has secured contracts to add two 10.4m-wide BOPP production lines at a new plant, lifting capacity from 183,000 to about 318,000 tonnes per year, with start-up in 2026 and 2027.

Aliaxis will invest over Rs 550 crore in India to expand Ashirvad Pipes capacity by 30% through greenfield and brownfield projects, including new plants in Hyderabad and Chennai and upgrades in Cuttack and Durgapur.

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.

Mauser Packaging Solutions added new equipment at its Haiyan, China facility to manufacture UN-certified intermediate bulk containers using recycled plastic. The expansion was announced on 21 January 2025 and no value was given.

NUPI Americas will expand its Early Branch facility in Hampton County with a $7 million investment, doubling the site size to add fitting production and 30 jobs. Operations are expected to be online in 2028.

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.

Bischof+Klein extended its clean room extrusion facility at Lengerich, Germany, with new blown film extrusion lines for packaging films, commissioned from December 2024 onward.

Coveris is investing in its Winsford, Cheshire polyethylene extrusion site, adding a nine-layer blown EVOH barrier film line, a cast stretch film line and a 5,000-pallet warehouse. The cast line is set to start production in December 2024 and the warehouse is expected to be fully operational by the end of Q1 2025.

Plastics specialist Auer GmbH plans a fourth production hall with an attached picking hall at its headquarters technology park in Amerang, Germany, with construction possibly starting in 2026.

The Pomorska Special Economic Zone approved a support decision for Flexopack Polska to expand production capacity of its flexible packaging materials at Tragamin, Malbork commune.

Reliance Packaging announced on August 14, 2024 a more than $7.4 million expansion of its Aberdeen, North Carolina plastic packaging plant, adding two multi-layer film extruders and 32 new jobs.

Indopoly Swakarsa Industry allocated about US$100 million for a capacity expansion of BOPP and BOPET films. It will add two BOPP machines in Purwakarta, Indonesia and Suzhou, China, raising annual capacity from 100,000 to 165,000 tons, and two metalizing machines, targeted to be operational by end-2024.