Dongguan Hsinpu Paper Co installed a 2.8m Fosber Asia Pro/Line corrugator at its Dongguan plant, replacing two older 1.8m machines; the machine was commissioned on 30 June 2019.

Kalmar municipality in Sweden awarded Duni AB a contract to supply packaging material for food distribution, with a contracted value of 2,800,000 SEK. The award was published on 2020-03-25.

Subsidiary Max Ease International agreed on 17 March 2020 to extend its printed carton supply agreement with British American Tobacco for Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam for five years to 31 December 2024. A formal contract is expected by end of Q2 2020.

Printpack signed a two-year contract with Collegiate Clean Energy to supply renewable power to two Virginia plants, generated from captured landfill methane. The deal removes reported Scope 2 emissions from its Rigid Business Unit plants.

Poste Italiane awarded ETA-RO Lavorazione Carta in Rotoli a framework contract worth EUR 24,720,364 to supply labels, packaging, forms, kraft envelopes and cardboard boxes.

CM Downton, part of EV Cargo, won a three-year contract to transport packaging products from two Smurfit Kappa manufacturing sites in the south-west of England. The announcement was made on 9 March 2020.

Costa Rica's Consejo Nacional de Producción, through its Fábrica Nacional de Licores, awarded lines 2 and 3 of a cardboard box tender to Corrugados del Guarco S.A. for US$249,504 including VAT. Line 1 was declared void.

Tosca will ship Wegmans Food Markets' case-ready meat in reusable plastic containers (RPCs), replacing corrugated packaging. The change is intended to meet Wegmans' sustainability goals.

Butterball selected Amcor to provide flexible packaging for its new snacking product line, including an easy-open EZ Peel lid with matte film and anti-fog properties. The article is dated February 14, 2020.

IndianOil's Marketing Contract Cell awarded a tender for 5-ply cartons for its WR Lube Plants to Progressive Fibre Containerz Pvt Ltd, with a contract value of INR 1.21 crore and a 180-day work period.

Auer Packaging GmbH of Amerang, Germany received its first order from Rolls-Royce for Eurobehälter 'Made in Amerang' plastic containers and closed-lid large boxes to support Rolls-Royce's engine intralogistics. The order was placed in December 2019.

Berry BPI Packaging Solutions' Hereford site renewed its contract with Bibby Distribution after nine years of on-time-in-full deliveries of shrink-wrap.

Syntegon Technology supplied oral solid dosage manufacturing equipment, including granulation, tableting, coating and capsule filling machines, to Pharmax Pharmaceuticals for its new factory in Dubai. The plant has an annual capacity of over 200 million tablet and capsule dosage forms.

German plastic container maker Auer Packaging received its first order from Rolls-Royce, for Euro containers with hinged lids and closed big boxes used in engine production logistics. The order was received in December 2019 and reported on January 16, 2020.

Manchester-based Weedon Corrugating Products ordered RMM Dasong B flute corrugating rolls from Jarshire to replace existing equipment, with delivery due in February or March 2020.

i2i Europe, part of the Weedon Group, was appointed for an initial two years to update the Co-op's own-brand corrugated store delivery packaging and retail ready packaging. The work includes reducing packaging and replacing single-trip plastic with paper-based materials.

ÜNAL Sentetik Dokuma won TRY 7,190,400 of a tender by Türkiye Kömür İşletmeleri for 15 million laminated polypropylene coal sacks, with Abdioğulları Plastik taking the remainder. The award was reported on December 22, 2019.

Trivium Packaging and Ausnutria have signed a 10-year contract for Trivium to produce different can sizes with its peel-off lid, supplying Ausnutria's factories in Heerenveen and Leeuwarden.

Two Rivers Packaging won a contract to supply printing and packaging materials to ZF's Qingdao factory, packaging ZF brake pads for worldwide delivery.

Cameroon's cotton company SODECOTON awarded PLASTICAM a national open tender for 600,000 Diamaor packaging cartons worth 350,595,000 FCFA. Deliveries are staggered in 200,000-carton batches over 30, 45 and 75 days.

Greif won a five-year contract to supply lightweight jerrycans to a leading beverage manufacturer, with product going to bottling companies across Africa. The customer is not named.

Wenzhou Xifa Industrial signed a new contract with a Saudi Arabian customer for flat-bottom woven PP bags to be filled with fertilizer. The customer is not named.

Ringtons automated coffee production at its Newcastle-upon-Tyne factory with PFM Packaging Machinery, boosting output. The reported date is December 2, 2019.

Halifax County commissioners awarded STX Corporation the contract to build a rail spur serving JBB Packaging's plastics packaging plant in Weldon, North Carolina, at $529,220, with North Carolina Railroad and DOT funding the project. Completion is expected within 60 days.

Duni AB was awarded a public tender by Sotenäs municipality for food distribution packaging materials for the VästUpp group of municipalities, with a contracted value of SEK 7 million.

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.

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.

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.

WIELAND has been awarded the construction management contract for Graphic Packaging International's new mill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which includes a coated recycled board machine. Groundbreaking occurred in late September 2019, with completion expected in October 2021.

North Coast Brewing Company selected Sacramento-based Capital Corrugated and Carton as its new sustainable packaging provider for its 4-pack and 6-pack cartons. The announcement was made on 8 October 2019.

Hongta Liaoning Tobacco Co awarded a carton procurement project to two winning bidders, with a winning value of about 75.99 million yuan. The tender notice was published on 8 October 2019. Winning bidder names are masked in the source.

Elmkind has chosen Vetroplas to supply aluminium bottles, replacing single-use plastic spray bottles, for products such as perfumes and skincare. The value was not disclosed.

Shenzhen Chenguang Dairy published three shortlisted bidders for a tender to supply about 217.9 million standard roof-type beverage filling cartons. The shortlisted firms are Jinan Quanhua, Weilü Packaging Shanghai and Gulin Paper Converting Shanghai.

Genera awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract for its first manufacturing facility in Vonore, Tennessee to WG Yates & Sons Construction. The project is backed by a $118 million investment for silver-based food-grade packaging fibre products.

The US Defense Logistics Agency awarded Global Direct Marketing dba Paramount Packaging a contract for collapsible reusable bulk packing systems, with a two-year estimate of about $3.43 million. Place of performance is the Defense Distribution Supply Center Susquehanna in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Iron Heart Canning purchased its 50th canning line from Wild Goose Filling Systems to expand its mobile beverage canning services. Iron Heart operates from 23 warehouses serving 22 US states.

The Absolut Company signed a 10-year supply agreement with Ardagh Glass Limmared AB for Absolut Vodka bottles, valued at more than SEK 5 billion and running to 2029. Ardagh Glass Limmared is the largest supplier of the bottle.

Print-Leeds won a £2m contract to become the sole wet glue label supplier for all of Marston's Beer Company's bottled beer labels, following a competitive tender. The win follows a £5m investment programme over the past two years.

KUKA supplied and configured six KR QUANTEC robots for Tricor Packaging & Logistics' corrugated board production in Bad Wörishofen, Germany, after KUKA Customer Service stepped in to complete a stalled robot system.

Print-Leeds, a label printer in Leeds, UK, won sole supplier status for wet-glue labels for Marston's Beer Company after a competitive tender. The three-year contract is worth approximately $2.5m per year.

Govind Enterprises was awarded a Rajasthan dairy federation (RCDF) tender to supply single wall corrugated fibre board boxes for 1-litre lined cartons for ghee packing, at a contract value of ₹1.06 Cr.

Swindon firm Emagination Store has won a £15 million global contract from Mondelez to supply personalised Heroes chocolate tins. Roses, Green & Blacks and Toblerone lines are planned later.

Polish corrugated packaging maker Werner Kenkel has acquired a Rapida 164-6+L offset press from Koenig & Bauer for its Krzycko Wielkie plant to raise production capacity. The report was published on 7 June 2019.

Danish waste authority SMOKA I/S awarded Scandrums A/S a supply contract worth DKK 14,673,766 for packaging materials used to transport hazardous waste. The publication date is 7 June 2019.

Carlsberg has begun using ExcelRise's R100 100% recycled plastic film for beer multipacks in Sweden, as part of its Together Towards ZERO sustainability program. The film contains at least 30% recycled content from Carlsberg's European breweries.

Spanish postal operator SE Correos y Telegrafos awarded Innovaciones Plasticas a supply contract worth EUR 404,296 for multiservice and plastic bags for its sales network, with the award dated May 14, 2019.

Koios Beverage Corp. is working with Ball Corporation to produce 1,000,000 printed KOIOS cans as production ramps up to meet current demand.

Romania's National Administration of State Reserves and Special Problems awarded Raficon Trade a framework contract worth RON 7,800,000 to supply 200,000 polypropylene flexible containers.

Wenzhou XIFA Industrial, a Chinese maker of woven bags, signed a contract with a long-standing client in Singapore for 10,000 big bags. The article does not name the customer.

Packaging printer BSC Drukarnia Opakowań was selected by Havi Global Solutions Europe to produce and supply packaging for a two-year contract starting 1 March 2019, with annual turnover of about PLN 28 million.