CorrBoard has invested £60,000 to upgrade its manufacturing facility in Scunthorpe, UK, reconfiguring the traffic layout to improve site safety and painting.
El-Sakkary Machinery announced an expansion strategy including a total investment programme of EGP 250 million through 2030, targeting annual business volume exceeding EGP 1 billion, with plans for local assembly of machinery starting in 2028 and entry into new international markets.
DS Smith set out about EUR 480 million of annualised savings, mostly at run-rate by end-2027, ahead of its separation from International Paper as DS Smith plc, with London admission targeted for early to mid December 2026.
Smurfit Westrock is investing about R$120 million to modernize its corrugated packaging site in Blumenau, Brazil, with new machinery, automated lines and a larger dispatch warehouse, from 2025 through 2027.
Mercer International has reached restructuring support agreements to cut debt via a prepackaged Chapter 11 filing, exchanging about USD 1.1 billion of senior notes for equity and securing USD 400 million in new capital. The plan is expected to be completed by end-2026.
Zempack, a JBS subsidiary and one of Brazil's largest metal packaging manufacturers, has invested over R$350 million since 2015 in modernizing its plants in Lins and Guaiçara, São Paulo, focusing on automation and efficiency. The company has doubled production in ten years and now has capacity for over 1 billion units per year.
Airmo Inc. Pressure Technologies has installed a MAZAK VC-Ez 26 CNC mill at its Minneapolis facility to expand in-house manufacturing capabilities, reduce reliance on outside suppliers, and shorten lead times.
Farsoon outlined a RMB 1.754 billion ($263 million) share placement in an October 30, 2026 filing. The funds would support an AM service platform and a global operations center, with total project investment of RMB 2.835 billion ($426 million). The placement is subject to approval.
China Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary Liaoning Yipu Precision Machine Tool Components Co., Ltd. plan to purchase 792 fixed assets from Genertec Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd. for approximately RMB 218 million. The assets include machinery, equipment, and vehicles located in Shenyang, Liaoning. The plan was approved by the board on October 28, 2026, and announced on October 30.
Stora Enso's board approved a plan to demerge its Swedish forest assets into a separate, publicly listed company named Bergslagets Skogar AB. The announcement was made on 30 October 2026.
Bright Laser Technologies approved an RMB 117.98 million ($17.7 million) capital injection into its wholly owned subsidiary Xi'an Bodian Materials on October 27, 2026. The funding will support a metal powder production project.
Allied Pinnacle has invested AUD 10 million across its Sydney manufacturing operations to increase capacity, improve production speed and deploy automation. The announcement is dated 22 October 2026.
Visy has invested AUD 30 million in a new 2.8-metre-wide corrugator at its Smithfield board factory in Western Sydney, increasing board output by 33 per cent. The announcement is dated 21 October 2026.
Cube Packaging Solutions is investing $30 million to expand U.S. manufacturing capacity at its St. Charles, Illinois facility. The investment was announced on October 13, 2026.
UK Steel Enterprises (UKSE), a Tata Steel subsidiary, made an equity investment in contract canner Cardiff Canning, which then added a second production line.
O-I Glass is modernizing its Muskogee, Oklahoma production facility with a multi-million dollar, multi-phase capital investment covering glass-melting furnaces, production equipment and control systems, supported by a $2 million state incentive award.
Tecumseh do Brasil will invest R$80 million to start production of its VR3 refrigeration compressor in São Carlos, São Paulo, with R$64 million for capacity and R$16 million for R&D and line adaptation. First deliveries are planned for the second half of 2026.
SIG's board approved a further EUR 50 million for a local extrusion line in India, expected to be operational by 2027.
Smurfit Westrock has invested R$1 billion in Brazil over the past two years for capacity expansion, automation, artificial intelligence and packaging solutions.
Uniflow Controls Private Limited has committed multi-crore capital to a new Industry 4.0 manufacturing facility in Maharashtra to double control valve output. The amount was not specified in the article.
IDB Invest approved a financing package of up to $60 million for Interpack S.A., a Grupo HZ company, to build and equip a new corrugated cardboard packaging plant in Pilar, Buenos Aires Province. The package includes a senior loan and a B loan.
Paranova Print and Packaging plans to invest £20m over five years to expand its fibre-based packaging operations, including a £6m facility and £14m on equipment and automated logistics.
Smurfit Westrock plans to invest R$128 million to expand its industrial unit in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, creating 12 direct and 50 indirect jobs. The project is at an early study stage and was approved by the municipal economic development council.
Tennants UK, a number plate manufacturer in Nottingham, installed a second VeloBlade Nexus digital cutting system in August 2026 to expand in-house production of Enviro-Plate and Acrylic Plate components. The investment value was not disclosed.
Smurfit Westrock says it has put R$1 billion into Brazil in recent years to expand production capacity, modernize industrial units, and add automation, AI and innovation. All output from its Brazilian operations currently serves the domestic market.
Voltas plans to invest around Rs 200 crore during FY27 and is assessing in-house compressor manufacturing to strengthen backward integration, according to Chairman Noel Tata at the AGM.
PALM converts its paper mill in King's Lynn, UK, from newsprint to corrugated case material after the paper machine PM 7 was affected by the decline in newsprint demand.
Sonoco is upgrading the wastewater treatment system at its large metal packaging plant in Milwaukee, adding biogas capture and combustion, with operation expected at the end of Q3; no amount was disclosed.
Investor Kartesia has announced a renewed investment in Van De Velde Packaging Group of Wetteren, Belgium, to support its long-term growth. The deal value was not disclosed and completion is subject to regulatory approvals; the announcement is dated 19 June 2026.
Nampak Zimbabwe invested US$1.3 million in expansion and replacement projects at its Megapak and CarnaudMetalbox factories to boost production capacity and efficiency, as disclosed with half-year results to March 31, 2026.
Smurfit Westrock will invest around €600 million in its French sites over the next three to five years to modernise and decarbonise plants, including a €40M expansion at Épernay and over €100M for the Facture paper mill.
Smurfit Westrock announced it intends to invest nearly €600 million in its French activities over three to five years. The plan includes a €40 million expansion of its Épernay site and €20 million for its corrugated plant in the Ardennes.
Smurfit Westrock announced plans to invest about €600 million across its French operations over three to five years to modernise, decarbonise and expand plants. Projects include a €40 million expansion at Épernay and €20 million at Vernon, plus over €100 million at its Facture paper mill.
Danfoss announced an additional €10 million investment in its Reyrieux, France production site, which makes heat pump components. The upgrade includes on-site renewable power, energy efficiency measures and refurbished workspaces, building on €61 million invested there from 2015 to 2025.
Smurfit Westrock announced a EUR 600 million investment programme over the next three to five years to modernise its industrial sites and decarbonise its activities in France.
Suzhou Neway Valve signed a project to build a high-end fluid control valve production and R&D platform in Suzhou High-tech Zone, targeting nuclear power, power and water treatment markets. The project is expected to generate annual output value of RMB 2.5 billion once in full production.
DS Smith, part of International Paper, will invest over €14 million in its Timișoara and Ghimbav packaging plants in Romania, including about €10.5 million in Timișoara by Q1 2027 for automation and a new converting line.
Rural Development Partners allocated $20 million in New Markets Tax Credit financing to start-up PackEx USA to redevelop a 256,000 sq ft former bottling plant in Marianna, Florida. Phase 1 will support two production lines and about 300 jobs.
Virginia Artesian Bottling has installed a Polypack WR-I wraparound case packer at its Hanover, Virginia plant to handle multiple bottle formats and shift private-label packaging from shrink wrap to recycled corrugated cases.
TIL Limited, an Indian heavy-equipment and defence engineering company, announced a rights issue of equity shares. The rights issue was reported in a press release dated 28 April 2026.
ASC Direct, a bespoke corrugated packaging maker in West Yorkshire, announced an investment in two new corrugated box making machines, the BM2508-Pro and BM1800-Mini, to extend its manufacturing footprint.
NEWAY plans to invest about 1.2 billion yuan in a high-performance fluid control valve project to relieve capacity bottlenecks. The project is expected to produce about 300,000 valves a year and be completed in March 2027, subject to shareholder approval.
Orange Co announced a significant capital investment in RWN Pump & Fabrication to modernize facilities, add automation and expand production lines. The amount was not disclosed.
WIKA inaugurated a new industrial plant in Boituva, São Paulo state, with an investment of R$100 million, expanding its instrumentation production capacity in Brazil.
Danfoss plans to invest ₹1,500 crore in India by 2030 to increase local production, expand capacity and roll out new technology. The focus includes local compressor production for data-center cooling.
Bidell Gas Compression invested $1.8 million to install a state-of-the-art paint and sandblast booth at its Weirton, West Virginia facility.
Cascades invested $6.9 million in its Kingsey Falls, Quebec uncoated recycled boxboard plant to raise production capacity and quality, installing new quality control equipment.
DS Smith is investing up to DKK 100 million (about EUR 13.4 million) to upgrade its corrugated packaging facility in Grenaa, Denmark, adding a Göpfert rotary die-cutting line with flexographic printing. The company expects capacity to rise by up to 15 million square metres of corrugated board per year.
Mondi has completed a three-year €1.2 billion capex programme to expand capacity at its corrugated and flexible packaging mills and converting plants, including a new paper machine at Štětí, Czech Republic.
Spanish corrugated packaging producer Grupo La Plana announced a €14 million investment in an automated high-rack storage facility at its primary manufacturing site to improve logistics and production capacity.