Harrison Packaging commissioned a custom Koenig & Bauer Duran folder gluer at its Stockton on Tees site, able to handle both solid carton board and micro flute board. The investment brought a UK automotive packaging contract back from mainland Europe.

Sealed Air agreed to be acquired by funds affiliated with CD&R in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of $10.3 billion, at $42.15 per share. The deal was announced on November 17, 2025.

Organizacion Editorial Mexicana's Paper and Packaging Division opened PRONAL Corrugados, a corrugated packaging plant in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, with annual conversion capacity of 100,000 tonnes of paper.

TIPA Compostable Packaging, together with its European subsidiary Bio4Pack, announced the acquisition of SEALPAP, a maker of recyclable coated paper-based packaging. The deal aims to give brands both compostable and recyclable options ahead of new EU regulations. Financial terms were not disclosed.

JK Paper Limited acquired a 72% equity stake in Borkar Packaging Private Limited for INR 235 crore in a first tranche, with further tranches to reach 100% within four years. The deal, advised by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, is part of JK Paper's push into folding cartons; the article is dated 12 November 2025.

Growth Investment Partners (GIP) Zambia announced a US$5 million seven-year royalty funding investment in Boxpack Zambia, a corrugated carton maker, to buy a new production line and triple monthly output from 600 to 1,800 tonnes.

Nefab Group, through its subsidiary Nefab Packaging Netherlands B.V., has acquired Dutch companies Jase Packaging B.V., known for wood-based and HD corrugated packaging, and Heuman Verpakkingen B.V., a packing services provider. The deal strengthens Nefab's regional portfolio.

Growth Investment Partners Zambia made its first major investment, a USD 5 million seven-year royalty funding to Boxpack Zambia Limited in Lusaka. The funding will let the family-owned carton maker acquire a new production line and raise monthly output from 600 to 1,800 tonnes.

Sonoco is combining its metal packaging and rigid paper container businesses across EMEA and APAC into one Sonoco Consumer Packaging EMEA/APAC division. Seàn Cairns has been appointed its president.

SIG has equipped Austrian dairy SalzburgMilch with its DomeMini carton bottle, the first such adoption in Europe. The packaging is expected on the market by mid-2026.

Koenig & Bauer Celmacch confirmed that North Carolina-based Morrisette Packaging will be the first North American installation of a ChromaCUT High Tech 2100 8-color flexo press, bundled with an Omega Magnus 230 folder gluer. Delivery is scheduled for February 2026.

Avantium signed a capacity reservation agreement with Logoplaste for releaf PEF, a plant-based recyclable polymer. Logoplaste reserves future volumes from licensed plants using Avantium's YXY Technology.

Shri Krishana Overseas (SKL) PLC is completing a new packaging plant in Kisaju, Kajiado County, Kenya. The facility will produce 22,000 tonnes of packaging materials a year, up from 3,000 tonnes, with commercial operations expected in early 2026.

The French blood establishment (EFS) awarded a 48-month framework contract for secondary transport packaging to four suppliers, including Less France, LM Plastiques, Delema packaging ALMP and Hanova. The maximum value is EUR 1.7 million.

Amcor signed more than 400 million yuan (about $56.2 million) in business contracts with Chinese and global clients at the 8th China International Import Expo in Shanghai.

Amcor plans to invest in automation and supply chain operations at its Huizhou plant and to expand its facilities in Foshan and Dongguan, Guangdong province, to fuel growth in China.

Amcor is considering building a new factory in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, to expand production of medical, pharmaceutical and food packaging, according to senior executives.

Sterling-backed Precision Concepts International (PCI) acquired Comar, a Voorhees, New Jersey producer of consumer and healthcare rigid packaging and plastic medical products. No financial terms were disclosed.

Multinova, a maker of bubble wrap and expanded polyethylene and polypropylene plastics, will move its headquarters and plant from Farroupilha to Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. Operations at the new 20,000 sq m building are projected to start in January 2027, raising processing capacity by 20% to 30%.

Wyda Packaging USA doubled its Charlotte manufacturing facility to 26,000 square feet and added automation and robotics. The expansion creates about 40 new jobs and raises capacity to 6,000 tons of aluminum packaging annually.

NEXE Innovations received a purchase order for 1.2 million BPI-certified compostable coffee pods from partner Bridgehead Coffee to support its planned launch at Costco in Ontario. The initial shipment is 625,000 pods.

Czech Competition Authority cleared the acquisition of corrugated cardboard packaging maker Van de Velde Packaging Unipap by MAM Finance, a joint investment vehicle of BHS Private Equity Fund, Versute Investments and MAM Private Equity fund SICAV.

Hinojosa Packaging Group finalised the acquisition of ASV Packaging, a French folding carton manufacturer, adding about 200 employees in France. Hinojosa had held a 49% stake since July 2023.

TricorBraun acquired Craft Beverage Warehouse, a provider of digital printing for canned beverage companies headquartered in Milwaukee. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Canpack will invest more than 440 million Polish zlotys (over 100 million euros) to expand and modernize its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland, adding about 1 billion cans per year of capacity and more than 100 new jobs.

DS Smith developed the Lift Up, a fully recyclable corrugated cardboard handle for 1.5-litre soft drink bottle multipacks, in collaboration with Krones and Coca-Cola HBC. Krones says the method could cut packaging production energy use by 58%.

Clayton Dubilier & Rice agreed in November 2025 to buy packaging maker Sealed Air at an enterprise value of $10.3 billion. Banks led by JPMorgan and Wells Fargo are reportedly preparing about $7.9 billion of debt financing, with completion expected by mid-2026.

Tetra Pak inaugurated an expansion of its Mexicali plant with an investment of more than MX$1 billion, which it says will increase capacity by 60%.

Wales-based baking case manufacturer Chevler has secured a major new US customer and is now shipping monthly containers of crimped baking cases across the Atlantic.

Ranpak agreed a multi-year enterprise sales agreement with medical supply company Medline to provide rightsizing solutions and technology for as many as 14 distribution centers.

Binh Son Petroleum Packaging and Trading JSC published a direct-bidding tender for additives used in packaging production, with a tender value of 1,448,949,600 VND. Bid closing is listed as 6 October 2025, and the notice was published on 29 October 2025.

Rengo's joint venture Thai Containers Group agreed a conditional share purchase of 60% of PT Prokemas Adhikari Kreasi (Mypak), an Indonesian corrugated packaging maker with one factory in Bekasi Regency, Java. The deal is due to close by the end of 2025 and will take Rengo's Indonesian factories to 12.

China Resources Snow Breweries' 2025 Heineken 5L domestic iron beer barrel procurement project awarded tinplate can supply contracts to Hangzhou Huarui Xin Packaging, Shanghai Baoyi Can and Shandong Aoruijin Packaging. The results were published October 27, 2025.

Silgan Holdings and funds affiliated with American Industrial Partners agreed to acquire Trivium Packaging in an all-cash deal of about $3.4 billion. The combined aluminum and metal packaging business, Silgan Metal Containers and Closures, is valued at $7.3 billion, with Silgan holding 60%.

Cartonpack S.p.A. acquired a majority stake in Andolfi & C, an Italian extrusion and conversion company for flexible packaging, established in 1961. The deal was announced on October 24, 2025.

The Angelcare Group announced a CAD 20+ million investment in a new 130,000 sq. ft. logistics and packaging centre in Milton, Ontario. It will be the company's first dedicated packaging facility for clumping cat litter and will initially create 15 full-time jobs.

Georgia-Pacific completed its acquisition of Anchor Packaging from TJC, L.P. and other investors on October 22, 2025. Anchor makes rigid food containers and cling film at four US plants with about 1,250 employees. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Albéa Group announced an agreement to acquire Amfora Packaging, based in Bogotá with operations in Colombia and Peru, to expand its Latin American presence in beauty and personal care packaging.

AGI Greenpac is expanding its existing container glass facility from 1,850 TPD to 1,900 TPD, expected to be completed by March 2026.

AGI Greenpac is building a greenfield glass container plant in Madhya Pradesh adding 500 TPD, a 30% increase in total capacity, expected to be operational within 18 months.

Coca-Cola bottler Sibeg partnered with Sidel to install a new 18,000 bph complete aseptic PET line at its Catania, Sicily site, bringing aseptic production in-house.

Saica Group broke ground on its second U.S. corrugated packaging plant in Anderson, Indiana, an investment of more than $110 million that will create over 100 jobs and open in Q4 2026.

Gansu Tobacco Industrial Co. published winning bidders for its third-batch 2025 packaging paper procurement tender, with an annual procurement budget of RMB 361.8 million; winners include Hubei Guangcai Printing, Caidi Creative Art (Suzhou) and Zhejiang Shangfeng Packaging.

Welch Packaging Group announced on October 21, 2025 that it has joined forces with Phoenix/Packaging, a corrugated packaging company.

Guala Closures, part of Investindustrial, signed an agreement on 8 October 2025 to acquire 100% of Austrian plastic closure and dosing device maker Kunststoffwerk Kremsmünster GmbH, subject to customary closing conditions.

Corrugated packaging maker Reedbut Group has moved into a new 94,000 square-foot facility in Milton Keynes, UK, boosting production capacity and storage for up to 4,700 pallets.

CastlePierce Printing Company has acquired Quality Assured Label (QAL) of Minnesota, a specialty label maker, combining their packaging offerings.

Ideal Can has opened a new steel canmaking facility in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, an investment of over C$80 million that is expected to create more than 200 jobs and produce hundreds of millions of cans annually.

TIPA Compostable Packaging, with its subsidiary Bio4Pack, announced on October 20, 2025 the acquisition of SEALPAP, a maker of recyclable coated paper-based packaging. The deal expands TIPA's offering across compostable and recyclable paper solutions.

Amcor announced on October 17, 2025 that Stephen Scherger has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He brings more than 30 years of finance, operations and strategy experience in packaging.