Park Cam approved a new investment at its Bozüyük glass packaging facility in Turkey to commission a third furnace, raising daily production capacity from 1000 to 1500 tons per day.
Verallia will invest R$500 million to expand its glass container plant in Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, adding a new furnace that raises capacity to 1.3 million pieces per day from late 2023. The project is expected to create about 140 direct jobs.
Tetra Pak announced a R500 million investment to upgrade and increase production capability at its packaging material factory in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, with work running until August 2023 and 120 jobs added.
Metsä Board plans to invest about SEK 2.1 billion to raise folding boxboard capacity at its Husum board and pulp mill in Västernorrland by 200,000 tons per year, from 400,000 to 600,000 tons.
Turkish polyethylene film maker Bareks, part of Bakioğlu Holding, completed a new factory and an MDO blown film line in Izmir to increase production capacity and export from Menemen Free Zone.
Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven, Germany plant to double production capacity, with about €70 million invested and 200 new jobs created by the end of June 2021.
Charlotte, North Carolina corrugated packaging company CompanyBox has completed a capacity expansion by buying a second HP C500 digital press for a multi-million dollar investment.
Lacroix Emballages will invest in its La Ferté-Macé site in Normandy, enlarging the building and diversifying its activity, with state support from the France Relance industrial investment fund. The investment will also create jobs and add solar panels.
Tyoga Container broke ground on a $20 million expansion adding 70,000 sq ft of manufacturing space and 14,000 sq ft of office space, with about 40 new jobs planned.
Britvic will invest £26.9 million to install a fourth canning line at its Rugby factory, adding about 18% site capacity and creating at least 20 jobs, with the line fully running in 2022.
Mauser Packaging Solutions is investing in new equipment at its Gebze facility, adding a plastic drum line due for completion in Q4 2021 and an IBC blow molding machine in early 2022.
Tetra Pak announced an additional EUR 5 million investment in its EUR 120 million packaging material factory in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam, on September 16, 2021. The upgrade will raise annual output from 11.5 billion to 16.5 billion packages.
WestRock started up the Três Barras paper mill expansion in Paraná, Brazil, raising kraftliner capacity to 750,000 tonnes per year from 480,000. The expansion cost $350 million within a wider $1.2 billion Brazil investment cycle.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invested £28m in a new high-speed canning line at its Sidcup plant, capable of 2,000 cans per minute, creating 19 jobs. The line is set to open in June 2022.
Berry Global is expanding its Lawrence, Kansas facility with new thermoform production lines and printers in an existing warehouse, investing $61 million and creating 84 jobs to meet demand for clear drink cups and lids.
Ball Corporation announced an expansion of its aluminum can plant in Almirante Brown, Argentina, to raise annual capacity by 30% and create 46 direct jobs. The launch is planned for October 2022.
Smurfit Kappa is investing $22 million to expand its corrugated plant in Culiacan, Mexico, adding a 10,900 m2 building with a new corrugator and rotary die cutter, with completion targeted for the end of 2021. The plant's workforce is expected to grow to over 300 employees.
Thimm expanded its Alzey corrugated board plant in Rhineland-Palatinate with a new corrugating roll module from BHS Corrugated, raising maximum speed to 350 metres per minute and enabling F-flute production in Germany.
Wildpack Beverage completed installation of an additional decorating line at its existing Baltimore, Maryland facility, expected to exceed 2 million cans per month once fully ramped.
Canpack will increase its investment in its Olyphant, Pennsylvania plant by $10 million to raise final manufacturing capacity, as part of its wider US expansion.
Greif is spending $10 million to add a third jumbo flexo folder gluer at its CorrChoice Concord sheet feeder operation in North Carolina, due by spring 2022, with up to 30 new jobs.
Pratt Industries plans to add over 100,000 square feet to its recycled corrugated box plant in Albany, Georgia, with more than $18 million of investment and 30 jobs, according to the Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission announced on Aug. 3, 2021. Completion is planned for January 2022.
Georgia-Pacific is adding a third production line at its first mailer manufacturing site in the Phoenix area, Arizona.
Tempo Plastics Ltd. is in the midst of a $14.4 million upgrade and expansion of its flexible packaging business in Innisfil, Ontario, which includes a new printing press and transformer, supported by a $2.2 million interest-free loan from the Province of Ontario announced July 23, 2021.
Direct Pack has expanded its Rockingham, North Carolina facility by 56,000 square feet, adding flexible manufacturing lines and raising manufacturing capacity by more than 40%.
Stora Enso and Tetra Pak will add a carton repulping line and a polymer and aluminium separation line at Stora Enso's Ostrołęka mill, tripling Poland's annual recycling capacity for used beverage cartons from 25,000 to 75,000 tonnes. The total investment is EUR 29.1 million, with both lines expected to be operational in early 2023.
Trivium Packaging is upgrading its production line and expanding its building at South Centre Township, Columbia County, with over $7 million of investment to handle receiving of steel coil shipments. The upgrades retain 76 existing jobs.
Metsä Board decided to raise annual folding boxboard capacity at its integrated Husum mill by 200,000 tonnes to 600,000 tonnes, investing about EUR 210 million. Additional capacity is expected to start up in 2024-2025.
Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven corrugated board plant with more than 20,000 sqm of new production space and two BHS Corrugated lines, bringing capacity to 600 million sqm per year by 2022. The group is investing about €70 million in 2021 and 2022 and creating 200 jobs.
Mayr-Melnhof Packaging is investing around 35 million euros in Neupack Polska, adding a 14,000 sqm production hall at its Bydgoszcz plants for microflute and e-commerce packaging, to be completed by October 2021.
Tetra Pak announced a EUR 100 million, three-year investment at its Châteaubriant plant in France to add about 30% manufacturing capacity and support the transition to tethered caps by 2024.
Wellpappe, part of the Schiettinger group, is doubling its commercial area in Lichtenau, Germany, investing about EUR 35 million in new halls and warehouses to meet demand for new packaging.
Norske Skog's board approved the final investment decision to convert one machine at its Golbey industrial site in France from newsprint to recycled containerboard, adding 550,000 tonnes of capacity. Golbey PM1 conversion costs about EUR 250 million, with production starting in Q4 2023.
Mondi has approved a €125 million capital investment at its Kuopio semi-chemical fluting mill in Finland, adding about 55 thousand tonnes per year of capacity. Start-up is planned for Q4 2023.
Smurfit Kappa completed a €12 million investment adding a 4,300 m2 flexible material production area at its Bag-in-Box plant in Ibi, Spain, which began phased operations earlier in 2021.
The Santa Catarina state government delivered the environmental operating license for WestRock's expansion of its Três Barras paper mill. The project, begun in February 2019, cost about US$345 million and raises paper capacity to about 685,000 tonnes a year.
Ardagh Group plans to expand its Winston-Salem, North Carolina aluminum can plant with two new high-speed can lines, investing US$195 million and creating about 94 jobs by 2022.
Smurfit Kappa is investing EUR 35 million to refurbish the PM2 paper machine at its Hoya mill in northwest Germany, raising output by 70 kt to 450 kt per year. The project is expected to be operational in Q1 2023.
Smurfit Kappa plans to invest €20m to expand converting capacity at four corrugated plants in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The projects add more than 100 million boxes per year and are slated for completion by end of 2021.
Progroup is constructing its PW14 corrugated sheet feeder plant in Stryków, Poland, with a EUR 72 million investment, creating more than 50 jobs, due for commissioning in Q4 2022.
Smurfit Kappa will invest over €25 million to expand its Pruszkow factory in central Poland to 37,500 square meters, adding a new corrugator and creating 25 jobs. Construction is due to start in July 2021 and finish in 2022.
West Pharmaceutical Services has doubled its workforce at its Waterford, Ireland plant to over 900 employees to supply millions of rubber vial stoppers for Covid-19 vaccines to more than a dozen global customers.
Thimm, a packaging and display manufacturer, invested around ten million euros to expand its Všetaty plant in the Czech Republic with a new 134-metre MF-A corrugator from BHS Corrugated. The installation raised corrugated cardboard capacity at the site by up to 30%.
Mondi's PM19 paper machine at its Ružomberok mill in Slovakia has begun delivering Kraft Top White containerboard to European customers. The machine has 300,000 tonnes per year capacity as part of a EUR 370 million mill upgrade.
Canpack Group announced in late May 2021 that it will significantly expand its aluminum beverage can capacity in the United States. No investment value was given in the excerpt.
NKBK is adding corrugated production lines at its Novosibirsk plant, including a second single facer and new die-cutting lines, to exceed 18 million square meters per month by the end of 2021.
Packages Limited announced that subsidiary Bulleh Shah Packaging approved a Rs2.8 billion investment in a new corrugated packaging line with 115,000 tons per annum capacity, expected to start operations in the first half of 2023.
Empire State Development announced the groundbreaking of President Container Group's 100,000-square-foot corrugated packaging expansion in Wallkill, Orange County, New York. The $40 million project includes a second corrugator and is expected to create 50 jobs.
Versa Pak is expanding its Celina, Ohio plastics plant with a 56,000-square-foot addition and four new custom manufacturing lines, bringing the plant to 30 lines by September. The $15 million investment is expected to add at least 12 jobs.
ALLpaQ Packaging has expanded its Widnes operations by leasing unit two at Speke Approach, adding 30,000 sq ft of production and manufacturing space on a five-year lease.