SeaTac Packaging has taken delivery of a BOBST EXPERT CI wide-web flexo press, installed at its new Tacoma, Washington facility as part of a multi-million-dollar investment that created new jobs.

FAME S.A. of Ecuador awarded a public procurement contract for cardboard boxes worth USD 22,479 to Cajas y Empaques Industriales Clusterpack CPK S.A. The award was granted through an open electronic reverse auction.

Crown Holdings has activated renewable power at all 14 of its U.S. and Canadian beverage can plants through a 15-year wind power virtual power purchase agreement with Longroad Energy from a Texas wind farm, announced November 20, 2020.

Italian public buyer ERSU SPA awarded Sumus Italia srl a triennial supply contract worth EUR 1,198,110 for paper sacks for separate waste collection, with the award dated 2020-10-30.

Wenzhou Xifa Industrial signed a new order with a Ukrainian customer for 5 kg and 10 kg PE woven fertilizer bags. The article is dated November 2020.

Aktieselskapet Vinmonopolet awarded a framework contract for plastic bags for its stores to Stenqvist AS, with an award value of NOK 45,000,000 dated 3 November 2020.

Sweden's Försvarsmakten awarded CLIP-LOK SIMPAK (Scandinavia) ApS a SEK 15,000,000 contract to supply packaging material, published 2020-11-02 via open procurement.

Ardagh Group, Glass - North America, has selected TricorBraun WinePak, a division of TricorBraun, in a strategic alliance announced October 28, 2020. The article is a short excerpt with few details.

Korporacja KGL signed a framework agreement with Mondelēz International Europe to supply packaging to Mondelēz production plants in Poland and Lithuania.

Toll Group has integrated two CMC CartonWrap 1000 automated 3D packaging machines at its Sydney logistics operations, supplied through ABBE Corrugated, the sole Australian distributor of CMC's equipment.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Sharp agreed that Sharp's Hamont-Achel site in Belgium will package all Alnylam products across European countries. Alnylam describes it as its first significant international investment in Belgium.

East Yorkshire packaging specialist Origin Ltd has secured a 15 million unit order from the US for its Snappd single-dose sanitiser sachets, after obtaining FDA registration and US trade licences. Production is taking place at its Melton West Business Park facility.

The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation awarded Farusa Emballage A/S a DKK 650,000 contract to supply packaging for protecting, storing and shipping military equipment. The award was published on 2020-09-18.

Øvre Romerike Innkjøpssamarbeid awarded Empakk AS a NOK 3,200,000 contract for packaging used to pack, boil, store and distribute food for municipalities in Ovre Romerike, Norway. The award is dated 2020-10-21.

Mazoon Dairy and SIG Combibloc Obeikan announced the launch of liquid dairy and juice products in SIG combiblocSlimline and combiblocMini carton packs in Oman. The launch was announced on 2020-09-09.

Asda renewed its X-Rite ColorCert contract for packaging quality control, with ColorCert reported to deliver a 200% improvement in print quality scores.

Carlton Packaging LLP was awarded a single-supplier contract worth £2,841,600 by the UK Department of Health and Social Care to supply outer packaging for test kits. The award was dated 3 September 2020, with the contract running from June to November 2020.

ePac will install 26 HP Indigo digital presses, with the first HP Indigo 25K installation at its new Sacramento, California site. The presses will create a 76-press global fleet by 2021.

HP Inc. agreed to supply 26 HP Indigo 25K digital presses to ePac Flexible Packaging, creating a 76-press global fleet by 2021. The first installation is a new ePac site in Sacramento, California, starting the following month.

HP Inc. agreed to supply ePac with 26 additional HP Indigo 25K digital presses, creating a 76-press fleet by 2021 as ePac expands in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The first installation is a Sacramento, California site starting in September 2020.

Wenzhou Xifa Industri announced it has signed a contract with an unnamed customer in Saudi Arabia for PP woven industrial bags, a step toward developing the Saudi market.

McLean Packaging contracted with ENGIE Resources LLC and energy advisor 5 on a five-year agreement supporting renewable electricity for its three New Jersey and Pennsylvania plants, aiming for 100% renewable power.

Germany-based KHS was awarded the contract for a new PET bottling line at Uganda's Rwenzori Bottling Company, which is part of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa. The line includes a stretch blow molder/filler with capacity of up to 25,000 500 mL bottles per hour and has been running since early 2020.

UK retailer The White Company is installing Quadient's CVP Everest automated packaging system at its Northampton fulfilment centre in August 2020. The system cuts package volumes by up to 50% and cardboard use by 20%.

The White Company, a UK homeware retailer, selected Quadient's CVP Everest fit-to-size auto-boxing system for installation in August 2020 at its Northampton fulfilment centre. The system is intended to handle growing e-commerce volumes.

HELL Energy, together with QUALITY PACK, signed a contract with Hydro on 21 July 2020 to source Hydro CIRCAL recycled aluminium with at least 75% recycled content for its beverage can body sheet.

China's JDB Group selected PPG INNOVEL non-BPA coatings for beverage cans for its Jia Duo Bao herbal tea, after testing against Chinese and international food contact standards.

Faller Packaging produced the complete packaging for the sippa drinking aid from Munich start-up iuvas, supporting it from planning and artwork through production.

Returnity, a US maker of reusable shipping bags and boxes, partnered with Swedish ingredient brand Polygiene to treat its packaging with ViralOff antimicrobial solution, with an initial order worth about $500,000 over two years.

Waberer's-Szemerey Logisztika (WSZL) signed an open-ended contract with DS Smith Packaging Hungary to handle packaging storage and transport for its Jászfényszaru plant, starting May 28, 2020. Operations run from WSZL's Pusztamonostor site across 6,000 square meters.

Document Security Systems subsidiary Premier Packaging Corp. signed a three-year contract worth over $24 million with an unnamed major retailer to supply photo envelopes, folding cartons and other printed products. The contract may be renewed for a fourth year.

TriMas's Rieke business has been awarded a contract by Ineos Hygienics in London to produce dispenser pumps for hand sanitizer in large volumes for U.S. and European markets. Rieke plans to produce the pumps at a Taplast site it acquired last year.

TriMas's Rieke business received a contract from INEOS Hygienics to produce dispenser pumps for new hand sanitizers, with production planned at a Taplast location. The announcement is dated 2020-07-13 and gives no value.

Greiner Packaging produces Pro Nature toilet-cleaner bottles for Henkel using 50 per cent recycled material. The article gives no further details on volumes or value.

Belarus's Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman purchased 1,200 tonnes of biaxially oriented polypropylene film for cigarette packs and blocks from Ukraine's Tatrafan Plastkhim-T for a total of 2.979 million euros, after winning a supplier tender.

Berry Global is collaborating with Mondelez International to supply packaging containing recycled plastic for Philadelphia cream cheese.

Coventry-based Staeger Clear Packaging has won a substantial NHS contract to supply face visors, which managing director Ian Jamie says will more than double the size of the business.

SiO2 Materials Science of Auburn, Alabama, won a $143 million federal contract to produce vials and packaging for storing COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. The company expects to hire about 200 more employees for production.

TUBES, which makes wine and spirits drinks in single-serve RPET and glass tubes, signed a letter of intent with a California company for tube supply with a minimum turnover of EUR 10 million. A cooperation agreement is expected before July 17, 2020.

The Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) awarded a packaging materials contract for 2020 to Clip-Lok Simpak (Scandinavia), Pacson Öst and Vida Packaging, with a contracted value of 15,000,000 SEK.

Parikh Flexibles, part of Constantia Flexibles, purchased a 1350 mm Bobst Expert K5 metallizer to be installed in 2021 at its new greenfield Ecoflex facility in Ahmedabad, India, for producing ultra high barrier MDO PE film.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has extended its European distribution and transport management contract with Silgan Closures by three years, effective May 1, 2020.

Bay Cities designed and manufactured the packaging for the Gratitude Box, an initiative from Dreamrbox whose proceeds go to Project N95. The box was announced on May 20, 2020.

China Post's Shanxi branch published the shortlist for a supply contract for new packaging boxes, with Guangdong Tianyuan Industrial Group as first candidate at about CNY 229,265. The announcement was made on 13 May 2020 in Taiyuan.

Grupo Opersan and Crown Embalagens signed a new contract for Opersan to install and operate for years a water reuse system at Crown's aluminium can plant in Cabreuva, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.

AST Plastic Containers, based on the Wrexham industrial estate in North Wales, was awarded a contract by Yara to supply its 10 litre jerry cans for use with AdBlue.

Corning and Pfizer announced a long-term, multiyear purchase and supply agreement for Corning Valor Glass vials for a portion of Pfizer's marketed drug products, pending regulatory approval. The release is dated 28 May 2020.

SIG was selected as preferred partner to supply 15 aseptic filling machines for Hochwald's new greenfield UHT milk plant in Mechernich, Germany, with production planned from 2022. The plant will have capacity of more than 800 million litres of milk per year.

Valmet will supply new reel and winding technology and surrounding equipment to modernize board machine KK 1 at Metsä Board's Kyro mill in Finland, with start-up scheduled for the second half of 2021. The order value was not disclosed.

Hua Xi Holdings disclosed that its subsidiary Shantou Xinda Color Printing Packaging Materials was named a preferred supplier to cigarette makers in Guangdong and Shanghai. The supply terms run through 2022 and 2021 respectively.