BO Packaging do Brasil said it expects to invest US$1 million in new machines to expand production at its Ponta Grossa plant in the Distrito Industrial, following the new domestic paper supply deal.

VPK Packaging bought land and buildings with a total size of 20,000 square metres opposite its Raamsdonksveer factory in the Netherlands to replace two external warehouses. No purchase price was given.

Bennett Packaging has installed a second Barberan Jetmaster digital press at its Lee's Summit, Missouri site, a 48-inch machine added to its existing 66-inch press.

Ball Corporation and One Energy Enterprises plan three additional wind turbines near Ball's Findlay, Ohio metal packaging plant, to supply about 30 percent of the plant's power needs. The project costs about $9 million, financed by One Energy.

The Canadian government's regional development agency approved a CAD 120,000 repayable contribution to SCP 89 to improve production capacity and acquire strategic equipment in Saguenay. The two projects together create 10 jobs.

The Canadian government's Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions announced a CAD 568,220 repayable contribution toward OXO Fab's CAD 2,125,217 project to launch industrial valve manufacturing in Saguenay.

Lelystad-based packaging company DaklaPack Group completed a refinancing with Deutsche Bank in October 2018, with credit facilities of about EUR 9 million to support growth and property purchase.

NIDEC GPM Hungary invested HUF 15 billion at its Bercel plant in Nógrád County, building a new logistics hall and expanding the assembly shop. The plant is set to produce 1 million oil pumps a year, with more production lines planned over 4-5 years.

A group of investors led by OGCI Climate Investments invested $5.5 million in valve maker Clarke Valve through a Series B Preferred Stock sale. The round brings Clarke's Series B total to $15.5 million.

Weedon Corrugated Products of Audenshaw, Manchester, installed a new three-colour flexo casemaker from JC Machinery to boost shelf-ready packaging output. Group investment in the company has exceeded £1.5 million in recent months.

Cosack Druck und Verpackung in Arnsberg, Germany, commissioned a BOBST Masterfold 75 folding carton gluing machine in December 2017 and a new BOBST VISIONCUT 106 cutting machine in 2018 to raise finishing capacity. The amounts were not disclosed.

Canadian boxmaker Whitebird will install the EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass corrugated inkjet press at its Hamilton, Ontario facility, scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018. It is the first such system installed in Canada.

Carmel Frenkel, a subsidiary of Hadera Paper, is installing a complete EFI corrugated production system including a Nozomi C18000 inkjet press, Fiery NZ-1000 digital front end and workflow software. Installation at its Caesarea site is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Carmel Frenkel, a subsidiary of Hadera Paper, bought an EFI Nozomi C18000 ultra-high-speed inkjet corrugated press and a complete EFI workflow ecosystem from Electronics for Imaging. Installation at its Caesarea site is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Wisconsin folding carton maker Wausau Container will install a fully automated six-color Koenig & Bauer Rapida 105 PRO sheetfed press this fall, its first from Koenig & Bauer and its first 41-inch sheetfed press.

Through an IDC-funded initiative, valve makers Ainsworth Engineering and United Valve Company will be upgraded to Level 1 B-BBEE status under new ownership, with new machines to be bought over 12 months.

Midwest Paper Group is investing $30 million and creating up to 321 jobs to restart and convert the former Appleton Coated mill in Combined Locks, Wisconsin, to produce packaging-grade paper.

Pump and valve maker KSB plans to concentrate its industrial activities at its existing Jundiaí unit in Brazil, with the plan expected to be realised by 2021. Investment details have not been disclosed.

Brazilian paper producer Klabin is preparing a board decision by year-end on expanding its kraftliner paper capacity, integrated with a new 1 million tonnes per year pulp line. Studies are due to the board in August 2018.

Sappi plans to invest R5 billion over five years in maintenance and upgrade projects at its Saiccor Mill in Umkomaas to cut production costs and reduce its environmental footprint.

Cascades plans to convert the Bear Island paper machine in Virginia to produce recycled lightweight linerboard and medium, with an estimated investment of US$275 to US$300 million and production expected from 2021.

Kruger is carrying out modernization projects at its LaSalle packaging plant and Place Turcot containerboard mill in Montreal, at a total cost of nearly $20 million, to be completed in 2018.

Argentina's government granted Tubos Trans Electric industrial promotion benefits for an investment of ARS 8,419,109 in machinery at its Córdoba plant, which makes motors, generators and transformers.

gabo Systemtechnik is expanding into the United Kingdom by founding a new subsidiary, gabocom Ltd, to serve the UK fibre broadband market.

Rigid Containers has completed a €8 million investment at its Limerick city production facility and plans an expanded workforce.

Austrian company Hawle committed to further localising production in Chaplygin, Lipetsk Oblast, and to launching new products for the Russian market. About 200 million rubles is planned for production, sales and operations in 2019.

Russia's Fund for Industrial Development approved a preferential loan of 110 million rubles to Atomspetsservis to produce spiral heat exchanger surfaces weighing 10 to 40 tonnes in Volgodonsk. The company would become the only Russian and third global producer of such equipment.

Smurfit Kappa has installed eight HP Scitex corrugated digital presses at sites in Belgium, Denmark, France, Portugal, Poland and the UK, with more installations planned in the UK and Netherlands. The presses support short runs and digital printing for corrugated packaging.

Stockwell Elastomerics announced a total investment of more than $8 million to expand its manufacturing footprint, production capabilities and technical workforce for custom silicone gaskets and elastomeric components.

St. Johns Packaging purchased a Comexi Nexus Dual laminator, installed in Ilkeston, Derbyshire in Q1 2021.

Fusion Flexibles has invested about £300,000 in a Durr Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser at its Leicester facility to reduce VOC emissions from printing presses. The system could also help double printing capacity.

Leamington Spa corrugated sheet plant The Box Factory has announced a £4 million investment. The company employs 70 people and operates 120,000 sq ft of manufacturing and storage space.

Leser spent a total of €22 million on its Leser-Kontor facility in Hamburg, Germany. The investment was made in the year before the article.

DowDupont announced it will invest $45 million to buy and retrofit a plant in Newark, Delaware. The article text is truncated, so further details are unavailable.

AST Kunststoffverarbeitung plans to invest around 30 million euros in 2018 in several projects at its Erndtebrück headquarters.

NIBCO, the Elkhart, Indiana valve and fittings maker, is in the midst of a $100 million capital investment in its facilities over four years. Four facilities, including Blytheville, Arkansas, are undergoing expansions totaling 350,000 square feet.

Austrian technology group Miba plans to invest around EUR 100 million in China over the next four years. Two new plants are being built in Suzhou near Shanghai and Qingxi near Shenzhen.

According to Reuters sources, SIG Combibloc is preparing an autumn 2018 stock market listing in Zurich that could value it at about 4.5 billion euros, with Onex having hired Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Bank of America as global coordinators.

Alliance Packaging purchased an EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass digital corrugated press for installation at its Seattle headquarters facility, with installation scheduled for completion in May 2018.

Wonik Materials decided to invest KRW 21.5 billion in building a factory and new facilities, as disclosed on 5 April 2018.

Smurfit Kappa plans to invest more than €6 million during 2018 in its Mengíbar paper mill in Jaén, Spain, mainly in a new plant to recover its waste, as announced at the mill's 50th anniversary open day.

UB Community Development announced $8.5 million in New Market Tax Credit funding for Sterling Packaging to reuse a vacant spec building and buy new equipment in Monroeville, Alabama, for a 60,000 sq ft facility, targeting 55 new full-time jobs.

Constantia Flexibles Group is investing in new technology at its flexible packaging subsidiary in Vietnam to expand its product portfolio. The item is dated March 20, 2018.

Taganrog Boiler Plant Krasny Kotelshchik, part of Silovye Mashiny, plans to invest 550 million rubles in modernizing production in 2018, almost four times the previous year.

Hengli Hydraulic announced plans to invest 500 million yuan of its own funds in phase two of its casting project in Wujin, Changzhou, to add 30,000 tons per year of hydraulic castings capacity, with a one-year build period.

Hengli Hydraulic announced plans to invest 500 million yuan of its own funds in phase two of its hydraulic casting project in Wujin, Changzhou, adding 30,000 tonnes a year of capacity. The announcement was made on 28 February 2018 and the build takes one year.

Grupa Kęty subsidiaries Alupol Packaging Kęty and Alupol Films signed a PLN 90 million loan with mBank to finance their investment programme. A separate PLN 10 million working capital loan was signed for the group companies, running until February 2029 and 36 months respectively.

BOC Australia unveiled a $15 million robot cylinder automation system at its Sydney Operations Centre, using a six-axis robot and turntables to sort and move cylinders. The site produces more than 1.3 million cylinders each year.

Lumi, a US packaging manufacturer for e-commerce brands, raised $9 million in a Series A round led by Spark Capital, Forerunner Ventures and Homebrew Management.

French private equity firm Capzanine and pre-polymer systems maker Eximium invested in Eos Corrugated, which makes technical consumables for the corrugated cardboard industry.