Alpla Inc. held a groundbreaking for a new $6.9 million facility in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, adding 60,000 square feet of warehouse space. The groundbreaking was celebrated on April 10, 2019.

French corrugated packaging manufacturer Cartonneries de Gondardennes (CGW) signed an agreement to take over competitor Lacaux Frères, an integrated producer of corrugated board and packaging. The transaction is expected to complete in April 2019.

Eastman Kodak closed the sale of its flexographic packaging division to Montagu Private Equity, which now operates as standalone company Miraclon. Kodak receives about $320 million in proceeds; the deal was first announced in November 2018.

Russian flexible packaging producer Danaflex has opened a new 15,000 square metre production plant in the Czech Republic, representing an investment of 100 million euros. The plant has created over 180 jobs.

Sealpac has become a UK distributor for Sleegers Technique, a Dutch supplier of automated slicing, interleaving and modular production lines.

Felföldi Édességgyártó és Szolgáltató Kft. has awarded a contract to Santos, s.r.o. for the supply of DOYPACK and STICK packaging machines, valued at HUF 131,000,000. The award was made on March 20, 2019.

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.

Rovema Global Packaging Group announced the acquisition of Bossar S.L., a Spanish manufacturer of horizontal form-fill-seal machines based in Barcelona. The deal includes all Bossar operations and its manufacturing site in Barcelona.

EasyPak, LLC acquired James L. Villa, Inc., a custom thermoformed and injection molded packaging manufacturer in Oldsmar, Florida, adding a Southeastern manufacturing facility.

C&P and parent U.S. Corrugated Holdings entered a strategic alliance with Bio Pappel, giving C&P operational control of Bio Pappel's Mexicali super plant, effective April 5, 2019. Investments continue with a new Latitude Jumbo folder-gluer and a Barberan digital press.

Smith Anderson, a Kirkcaldy paper bag maker, signed three-year supply contracts with McDonald's and Burger King worth in excess of GBP 50 million, starting January 2019.

Ball Corporation has added a fourth production line at its aluminium beverage can plant in Widnau, Switzerland, further expanding its European can capacity. A company spokesperson confirmed it to EUWID.

Borden Dairy recently purchased an integrated system from Douglas Machine to increase speed and provide gentler product handling for gallon and half-gallon milk jugs.

Verallia is building a new furnace at its Burgos glass packaging plant, investing EUR 33 million. The furnace will increase production capacity by 7% and is expected to be operational by late May or early June 2019.

Berlin Packaging announced the acquisition of Verrerie Calvet, a glass and container packaging supplier in Aimargues, France. Verrerie Calvet will be integrated into Bruni Glass. Financial terms were not disclosed.

BillerudKorsnäs and ALPLA announced they will form a joint venture in Danish paper bottle company ecoXpac, with equal ownership. The transaction is expected to complete in Q3 2019, subject to regulatory approvals.

Owens-Illinois agreed to acquire Nueva Fanal, a glass container plant near Mexico City, from Grupo Modelo for about $188 million in cash. The plant produces roughly 300,000 tons of glass containers a year, and the deal is expected to close during 2019.

ALPLA and BillerudKorsnäs announced a joint venture in Danish paper bottle company ecoXpac, with equal ownership alongside a minority stake held by the founder family. The venture aims to commercialise a fully biobased, recyclable paper bottle.

BillerudKorsnäs and ALPLA announced a joint venture in Danish paper bottle company ecoXpac, with each to own equal shares alongside a minority stake held by the founder family. The venture aims to commercialise a fully biobased, recyclable paper bottle.

BAG Corp acquired Propex Foreign Holdings, a subsidiary of Propex Global, to vertically integrate and improve FIBC product quality and lead times. The acquisition includes a team in Matehaula, Mexico.

Cartonneries de Gondardennes Wardrecques Group (CGW) signed an agreement with the shareholders of Groupe Lacaux to acquire it, with completion expected in April 2019. The combined group will have turnover of about €200 million and around 660 employees.

G.D USA, a member of the Coesia Group, will invest $3.73 million to increase capacity and enhance technology at its facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia, creating up to 26 new jobs.

Bandera will deliver a 3-layer HDBFLEX line to a new Vietnamese customer in April 2019. The line is designed to produce heavy duty bags with high output and includes an in-line 4-colour flexographic printing system.

ALPLA, Inc. broke ground in April 2019 on an expansion in the Kentucky Transpark, a $6.9 million capital investment that includes 60,000 square feet of additional warehouse space.

Amcor and Berry Global filed the definitive joint proxy statement for their all-stock transaction with the SEC, with shareholder meetings set for 25 February 2025.

Visy officially opened a 36,500 sqm corrugated packaging plant in Truganina, Victoria, capable of making over 1 million cartons daily and employing 85 people.

WestRock agreed to supply at least 2.2 million tons of containerboard and paperboard grades over three years, April 2019 to March 2022, to independent buyers represented by AICC. The agreement was signed on March 31, 2019.

Solaris Paper Pty Ltd completed the acquisition of the Australian consumer tissue business of Asaleo Care Limited for AUD 180 million. The deal was agreed on December 6, 2018 and closed at the end of March 2019.

Altium Packaging Canada, a subsidiary of Consolidated Container Company, acquired Plastique Micron Inc. and affiliates IMBC Blowmolding 2014 and Action Plastic Products for an undisclosed amount. Plastique Micron has three plants in Ontario and Quebec and about 200 employees.

Schur Flexibles Group purchased 100% interest of Sweden-based flexible packaging specialist Scandiflex Pac on March 29, 2019. The deal strengthens Schur Flexibles' market position in Europe and its flexo printing capabilities in the Nordic region.

Mill Point Capital portfolio company Huntington Solutions agreed to acquire the assets of Virginia-based RADVA Corporation, a maker of packaging for medical, pharmaceutical and food industries. No financial terms were disclosed.

Cosmetic packaging group Texen took over the flexible packaging business of plastic packaging maker PRP Creation of Oyonnax, France, in February 2022.

United Pulp and Paper (UPPC), a subsidiary of SCG Thailand, plans to invest 8.5 billion Philippine pesos (about $165 million) in a new corrugated paper machine with 220,000 tons annual capacity in Calumpit, Bulacan, scheduled for production in November 2020.

Greer, S.C.-based Huntington Foam LLC will acquire the assets of Radford, Va.-based Radva Corp, a supplier of expanded polystyrene and polypropylene protective packaging and an EPS recycler.

Kuraray America Inc. is investing approximately $15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production capabilities in Houston, Texas. The resin plant is scheduled to be completed by end of September 2019 and begin operating in early 2020.

Greatview Aseptic Packaging (00468.HK) completed the acquisition of 100% equity of Qingdao Likang Food Packaging Technology Co., Ltd. on March 28, 2019, for approximately RMB 106 million.

Foxpak Flexibles Ltd. officially opened its new manufacturing plant in Collon, County Louth, Ireland, on 28 March 2019, after a recently completed EUR 3 million investment in new equipment and facilities.

Germany's Klingele Group has acquired 50% of UK sheet-feeder Onboard Corrugated Limited and Onboard Investments Limited, which will become subsidiaries of the newly formed Klingele Onboard (Holdings) Limited.

Futamura Group has begun receiving 2,500 tonnes of South American wood pulp through the Port of Silloth under a new contract with ABP, supplying its Wigton plant in Cumbria, UK.

Orwigsburg manufacturer Clearly Clean Products bought the former City Shirt Co. plant in Frackville's industrial park to make recyclable food trays. It will open with 25 employees and plans to grow to 125.

Firopa subsidiaries Deja Link and Nortier Emballages jointly bought an HP Indigo 12000 digital press, installed at Deja Link's Stains site in Seine-Saint-Denis. It will print commercial work and flat cartons.

Kuraray will invest $15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production and supporting capabilities in Houston, Texas.

Sealed Air is investing $24 million in its Simpsonville, South Carolina facility to produce plant-based food packaging using Plantic materials, with production scheduled to begin in 2020. Kuraray is investing $15 million in Houston for high barrier resin production.

Altium Packaging Canada, part of CCC, has acquired Plastique Micron, a plastic packaging business. The article gives no deal value or location.

Schott Kaisha plans a Rs 500 crore expansion between 2018 and 2020, including a new site on the Gujarat-Daman border for pre-filled syringes and cartridges and expansion of its Daman and Jambusar plants.

Belgian public buyer MRMP-S/AD awarded NEFAB Packaging Belgium NV a EUR 421,000 contract for four lots of transport and storage packaging equipment, published 26 March 2019.

Atlantis-Pak is constructing a new plant for high-barrier film in the Yuzhno-Bataysk industrial park, with investment of 3.4 billion rubles. The first phase, with capacity of 5,200 tonnes per year, is scheduled for commissioning in the second half of 2019. Total plant capacity will be 10,400 tonnes per year.

Atlantis-Pak has received its first order for a new multi-layer biaxially oriented film from Rostov sausage plant Tavr. The order is for 300 km of film, produced on a line launched in February. The line can produce about 20 product types (up to 1,700 tonnes per year).

Pskov Plant Titan-Polymer is building a large industrial complex in the Mogilino Special Economic Zone in Pskov, Russia, to produce BOPET films and PET granules. Investment is over 13 billion rubles, with capacity of up to 70,000 tonnes of BOPET film and 170,000 tonnes of PET granules per year, creating over 500 jobs.

Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH decided to install BEUMER stretch hood M high-performance packaging systems at two of its production sites to improve load safety for palletized beverage cartons.