Smurfit Kappa applied in July to extend its corrugated packaging plant on Mold Business Park in Flintshire by more than 14,000 square metres. The company says the expansion would secure 170 existing jobs and create around 50 new ones, making Mold its largest UK production site.

SIG Combibloc agreed to acquire Visy Cartons Pty Ltd from Pratt Consolidated Holdings' VisyPak unit for AU$70 million, subject to customary conditions. Visy Cartons produces SIG aseptic cartons under licence in Australia and New Zealand.

Schumacher Packaging Group took over packaging manufacturer Jaffabox Ltd, based in Birmingham, England, on 5 November 2019.

Canadian packaging firm GELPAC acquired WBC Extrusion Products of Haverhill, Massachusetts, a maker of single-use blown polymer films, as announced by advisor Woodbridge International. The deal strengthens GELPAC's North American position.

Sabert Corporation agreed to acquire LBP Manufacturing LLC, a Chicago-based maker of paper-based foodservice packaging with plants in the U.S., Poland and China. Sabert's annual sales will exceed $900 million after the deal.

Yeovil-based corrugated packaging maker Ablebox will open a new 72,000 sq ft factory in Henstridge after a £7 million investment, with a high-speed corrugator built in China. The plant is expected to create 50 jobs and produce over 100 million square metres of corrugated board a year.

Food tray maker Efupico will invest about 2.7 billion yen to expand processing and moulding equipment for food containers made from used PET bottles. It plans to raise capacity by 20% within fiscal 2020.

Packaging maker Box Print will expand its plant in Campo Bom, Brazil, with a new 3,200 m² building and about R$10 million investment, backed by a municipal incentive of up to R$250,000. Headcount is planned to rise from 216 to more than 257 by 2024.

SupplyOne Plastics installed a new GN800 high-speed form/cut/stack thermoformer from GN Thermoforming Equipment as part of a $1.5 million expansion plan that also included plant upgrades and 59,000 ft² of warehouse space. The new machine has generated $1-1.5 million in new business.

US private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners completed its acquisition of Clariant's healthcare packaging business, now rebranded as Airnov Healthcare Packaging, for about CHF308 million. The deal was signed in July 2019 and completed in November 2019.

Nissha's subsidiary AR Metallizing N.V. signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Eurofoil Paper Coating GmbH, a German metallized paper manufacturer, with completion expected toward the end of November 2019 subject to German cartel approval. The announcement was made on 8 November 2019.

Ilapak launched the RotaVac, the first fully integrated rotary vacuum packer for the protein industry, combining its Delta 6000 flow wrapper with a rotary vacuum chamber. The system reduces labour by 60% compared to pre-made bag solutions.

The Rockwall Economic Development Corporation announced a 346,000 square foot expansion of Pratt Industries in the Rockwall Technology Park, Texas, dated June 11, 2026 on the page.

Ardagh Group completed the merger of its Food & Speciality can business with Exal Corporation to create Trivium Packaging, jointly controlled by Ardagh and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board. The deal was completed on 31 October 2019.

Ardagh completed the combination of its Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business with Exal Corporation to form Trivium Packaging, holding about 43% and receiving $2.5 billion in cash.

Italian paper maker Fedrigoni has agreed to acquire self-adhesive products maker Ritrama for nearly 300 million euros, according to a source close to the matter.

Sca will invest SEK 7.5 billion to raise kraftliner capacity at its Obbola mill in Sweden from 275 thousand to 725 thousand tonnes a year, with a new paper machine starting in Q1 2023.

Ilim Gofra installed a Celmacch Chroma Print EVO 1700 printing machine at its Kommunar corrugated plant near St. Petersburg, part of ongoing converting capacity growth. The plant's 2018 investment in development was almost US$10 million.

ProMach acquired Jet Label & Packaging, a Edmonton-based label maker with seven offices across Western Canada, to expand its labeling and coding capabilities. The announcement was made on 30 October 2019 and no value was disclosed.

Huhtamaki opened a new egg packaging production line at its plant in Ivanteyevka, Moscow region, with an investment of EUR 7 million, creating 26 new jobs.

Hanil Can acquired 100% of the issued shares of Samkwang Can on 29 October 2019, a spin-off of Samkwang Glass's can business sold for 51 billion KRW; the Fair Trade Commission approved the deal in May 2020.

HCP Group held an official opening ceremony on October 29, 2019, for a newly completed 37,000 m2 factory at its Huai'an location in Jiangsu province. The facility adds injection molding and decoration capacity for cosmetics packaging.

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has started using M&G Packaging's BioNatur Plastics biodegradable protective sheeting and wrap in its cargo handling operations, replacing most of its conventional plastic wrap. The move was reported on 29 October 2019.

Berlin Packaging agreed to acquire Netherlands-based Novio Packaging Group, which has about 160 employees and operations across northern Europe, adding plastic and glass packaging capacity. The deal was announced on 29 October 2019 and the value was not disclosed.

Polish packaging maker BSC Drukarnia Opakowań signed a two-year contract with Havi Global Solutions Europe to produce and supply packaging, with a maximum value of PLN 64 million from March 2019 to February 2021.

Gerresheimer completed renovation of its clear-glass furnace in Essen, adding new capacity for injection and infusion bottles and securing about 400 jobs at the plant.

Egger Getränke ordered an additional glass filling line at its Unterradlberg site, adding 60 million glass bottles per year, with commissioning planned for February 2020.

BA Glass Bulgaria opened a new production line at its jar and bottle plant in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with an investment of BGN 83 million.

Bomark Pak invested 45 million kuna in a new production hall in Ludbreg, Croatia, equipped with modern machinery for stretch film production, creating 11 new jobs.

Rangel Industria e Commercio Ltda confirmed the purchase of its seventh pouch machine line from Sun Centre USA, including a SCSP600BZ-DR Dual Registration machine installed in January 2019 and a new SCSG-compact Series machine.

M&Q Packaging completed an upgrade to its wide width blown film extrusion line in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, enabling production of films up to 84 inches wide and 3 mils thick. The expansion increases capacity and reduces lead times.

Mexican packaging company Cartograf will invest $65.3 million to build its first U.S. folding and micro-corrugated package printing facility in Chesterfield County's Meadowville Technology Park, creating 63 jobs.

BEUMER Group was commissioned by EPC contractor TTCL to supply complete bagging lines for the LLDPE plants at the Long Son Petrochemicals Complex in southern Vietnam, including three FFS filling machines, three palletizers and two stretch hood packaging machines.

Veripack, a subsidiary of Ilpra Group, has signed a three-year exclusive supply agreement with Bombay Sweets & Co. Ltd., Bangladesh's largest snack producer, for thermoforming machines. A first contract worth EUR 406,000 for one machine has been signed.

Coveris is investing in a multi-million-pound expansion of its Winsford, UK facility to create a Centre of Excellence for stretch film production. The investment includes multi-layer extruders and pre-stretch assets, with the first three-layer extrusion line operational by end of November 2019 and additional lines by end of March 2020.

Box manufacturer U.S. Corrugated, owned by McKinley Paper Co., selected Lebanon, Indiana for a new state-of-the-art corrugated packaging plant scheduled to start up by the end of 2019. No capacity figure was announced.

ProMach, a packaging machinery solutions provider, acquired Grip-Pak, a turnkey provider of multipack handle solutions for beverage companies. The acquisition expands ProMach's can and bottle handle solutions portfolio.

CBS Packaging installed a new 2.5m BHS corrugator at its Birmingham plant as part of its continuing investment programme, reported October 18, 2019.

Tri-Wall Vina Pack held the grand opening of its new packaging factory in Yen My II Industrial Park, Hung Yen Province, near Hanoi, Vietnam, on October 18, 2019. The factory serves the growing Vietnamese industrial base.

During the grand opening event, UNITED CAPS launched the 127 SAFE-TE closure, a new product designed for baby food safety with tamper evidence features and a premium gold colour, targeting the Asian market.

UNITED CAPS held a formal grand opening for its new manufacturing plant in Kulim, Malaysia, as part of its 'Close to You' strategy to serve the Asian market.

Endoline will launch the new Endoline 511 Tray Erector, a vertical format tray erector that is up to 30% more compact than current models, with an output speed of up to 1,800 trays per hour.

JBT Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Proseal, a provider of tray sealing technology to the food industry, for approximately £220 million. Closing is expected in the second quarter of 2019.

Endoline Machinery has launched the 2518 Case Erector, a slimline case erector almost half the width of current systems, designed for the egg industry and integrated with Moba equipment.

Ridat delivered its Model 2420AFCS Form, Cut and Stack Machine to Cetinka Packaging Doo in Jasenovo, Serbia, to increase production capacity.

Ball Corporation will build a new aluminum cups manufacturing plant in Rome, Georgia, investing more than $200 million and creating more than 180 jobs, with completion expected in Q4 2020.

Coca-Cola European Partners plans to open a £24m canning production line at its Wakefield, UK facility, part of a £49m investment there in 2019, to produce lightweight cans from 330ml to 500ml.

Greif announced on October 15, 2019 that an uncoated recycled board machine with capacity of nearly 65,000 tons per year at its Mobile, Alabama mill will stop operating.

Europal, a Belgian corrugated cardboard packaging supplier, will invest several million euros in a new greenfield plant in Tournai, to be fully operational by summer 2020. The plant is expected to create about 40 high-tech jobs.

Thimm Packaging Systems, part of Thimm Group, is taking over ISL Group's two German sites in Viernheim and Serba, which employ about 250 people and generated €25m revenue in 2018. The deal awaits Federal Cartel Office approval, and the price was not disclosed.