B.C. Jindal Group, a specialty packaging film maker, acquired Treofan Europe, a manufacturer of biaxially oriented polypropylene films. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Robopac has acquired a majority stake in Sotemapack, an Italian packaging machinery manufacturer. The partnership aims to strengthen Robopac's product range and position in the packaging industry.

Smurfit Kappa held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new recovery boiler at its Nettingsdorf Paper Mill in Austria, part of a €134 million Future Energy Plant project. The boiler will cut CO2 emissions by 40,000 tonnes and improve energy efficiency.

Hangzhou Youngsun Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Foshan Chuangzhaobao Intelligent Packaging Equipment Co., Ltd. from Zhuhai Hengqin Honglin Investment Partnership for CNY 97.6 million.

Shandong Freda Bioengineering Co., Ltd. awarded a contract for a multi-row packaging machine project to Shantou Dachuan Machinery Co., Ltd. through a public tender.

Jamestown Container Companies agreed to acquire the packaging business of General Packaging Products in Medina, Ohio, effective November 5, 2018, with terms undisclosed. Jamestown may hire additional operations staff at its Macedonia, Ohio plant.

Plastipak Packaging will invest $10 million in its Garland, Texas production facility, a roughly 400,000 square foot plant operating since 1996, expected to create six new jobs.

Sealed Air signed a sales and marketing agreement with Cubisan to optimize its packaging operations, with Sealed Air offering automated fulfillment solutions.

SIG expanded its long-term global partnership with Nestle by supplying a filling machine for 500, 750 and 1,000 ml combiblocMidi carton packs for Nestle Brazil's Molico and Ninho UHT milks.

United Caps installed four Trio-Technik AirMove transport systems at its Schwerin, Germany plant, which mainly serves the beverage market, to streamline manufacturing.

ePac Flexible Packaging is purchasing 20 HP Indigo 20000 digital presses from HP Inc., the largest deal ever for HP's packaging business, estimated at over $100 million. The presses will be installed at sites throughout the US by 2020.

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.

Sidel Group completed its acquisition of PET Engineering, a San Vendemiano, Italy packaging firm with 40 employees that makes plastic containers for water, soft drinks, dairy and beer.

Packaging company Visy is building a $99 million corrugated cardboard plant in Truganina, Melbourne's West, that will make cardboard from recycled paper for the local food and beverage market. The Victorian government says the investment will create 85 new jobs.

Hearthside Food Solutions has entered a definitive agreement to buy Greencore Group's entire US frozen contract packaging business for $1.075 billion on a cash and debt-free basis.

Bonset America Corporation announced it will increase its PETG film production capacity by 30% at its Browns Summit, North Carolina facility, starting from early 2020.

Berry Global acquired Laddawn, a blown polyethylene bags and films business, in Q3 2018 for $145 million.

Grupo Gondi announced plans to build a new corrugated and high-graphic packaging plant near Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, with an investment of over $44 million. The plant will create 250 permanent jobs and will supply local manufacturers including Constellation Brands' Obregón brewery.

Duni acquired 75% of BioPak Pty Ltd, a supplier of sustainable disposable food service packaging in Australia and New Zealand, for approximately SEK 410 million. A further 20% stake is subject to put and call options after five years.

Harpak-ULMA announced it has joined the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork program as an OEM Machine Builder to develop smart, connected packaging solutions. Its ULMA Thermoformer lines will now include Rockwell Automation's Integrated Architecture system.

Duravant acquired Key Technology, Ohlson Packaging and QC Industries to expand its capabilities in food processing automation, weighing and filling machines, and material handling conveyors. Key Technology becomes a wholly owned subsidiary.

HMPS was awarded a contract by Electrolux to design and supply an EPS Packaging Automation Cell for its Dudley Park plant in Adelaide, Australia. The solution runs 17 hours per day, 230 days per year.

Greif opened a new steel drum production plant in Vorsino Industrial Park, Kaluga, Russia.

AO Proletary invested RUB 1.5 billion (about $23 million) to build a new 15,000 sqm workshop in Bryansk, Russia, featuring a BHS 2800 corrugator with capacity of 1 million sqm of corrugated board per day. The plant was commissioned on September 26, 2018, creating 50 new jobs.

Sanming Jingming Paper was the top-ranked bidder for a tender by Guangxi Yiling Tobacco Redrying for 18,000 sets of cigarette packaging cartons, at a bid value of CNY 2,253,600.

Amcor entered a partnership with France-based Pylote to offer an innovative stick pack laminate for liquid pharmaceuticals that avoids preservatives.

PepsiCo signed a multi-year supply agreement to buy sustainable packaging from a joint venture facility established by Loop Industries, and will incorporate Loop PET recycled material into its packaging by 2020.

Mauser Group, BWAY, National Container Group and Industrial Container Services formed Mauser Packaging Solutions, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, to offer metal, plastic, fibre and hybrid packaging. The announcement was made on October 12, 2018.

Glenroy Inc. of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, was selected as the exclusive converter of the new premade STANDCAP Pouch, which it produces using VOLPAK converting technology. The pouch was shown at PACK EXPO International 2018.

Sealed Air Corporation acquired AFP, Inc., a privately held fabricator of foam, corrugated, molded pulp and wood packaging based in Pflugerville, Texas. The sale closed August 1, 2018, and AFP had 2017 net sales of $125 million.

Sonoco has become the exclusive supplier of rigid paper containers to German muesli maker mymuesli, produced on a new Sonoco production line in Hockenheim, Germany.

Belgian carton packaging maker P. Van De Velde Group has acquired Bergische Kartonagenfabrik, a folding carton producer based in Velbert, Germany, with around 100 employees, as part of its buy-and-build strategy.

BWAY, MAUSER Group, National Container Group and Industrial Container Services have combined into one packaging company, Mauser Packaging Solutions, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, with over 11,000 employees and consolidated revenue of $4 billion.

Crown Holdings will invest R$343 million over 12 months to build its first plant in Brazil's Center-West in Goiás, expected to employ 600 people and start operating at the end of 2019. The municipality is to be announced.

The Middleby Corp., an Illinois-based food processing equipment company, acquired M-TEK Corp., a manufacturer of modified atmosphere packaging systems.

Industrial Growth Partners V, L.P., in partnership with management and certain outside investors, acquired BMG, a provider of turnkey thermoforming and packaging systems for the food & beverage market, on October 4, 2018.

Evanesce Packaging Solutions will locate its first large-scale production facility in Walterboro, South Carolina, to manufacture compostable food service trays. The $70 million investment is expected to create 368 jobs over five years, with production starting in early 2019.

Thailand-based plastic bag maker TPBI entered the paper packaging market through acquisitions of firms in the UK and Australia. The deal values were not given.

Corrugated Carton Products was awarded a contract by Australia's Department of Defence to supply box shipping fibreboard, valued at AUD 37,479.31 and awarded on 3 October 2018.

Ink maker Siegwerk agreed to develop interactive folding boxes with Prismade Labs that respond to smartphone screens, using Prismade's printed electronic structure technology. The partners plan long-term development of digital packaging applications.

Ville de Ris-Orangis awarded Technifroid a EUR 330,000 public contract to supply trays, films and consumables, plus lease-to-own of an automatic tray-sealing machine. The award was published on October 2, 2018.

Dhanlakshmi Group has started up a new factory under Dhanlakshmi Packaging Industries Private Ltd, operational from October 2018. The plant includes an EMBA FFG 245 QS Ultima with DualBox, the first of its kind in India and Asia.

ITASA built a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a EUR 20 million investment, 150 million m2 annual capacity and 50 employees, starting operations in October 2018 with siliconing from February 2019.

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.

Netherlands-based PortionPack acquired CustomPack, a Telford food packaging company, for an undisclosed fee.

Middleby Packaging Solutions, a unit of Middleby Corporation, completed the purchase of the assets of M-TEK, a developer of modified atmosphere packaging systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Rohrer Corporation, a ShoreView portfolio company, acquired Transparent Container, a Addison, Illinois maker of retail packaging with more than 400 employees and six locations. The deal adds thermoforming capacity to Rohrer's packaging business. It was announced on October 1, 2018.

Newell Brands awarded Ball Metalpack a long-term manufacturing contract. No value or location was disclosed.

SeaCa Packaging, owned by Seattle Tacoma Box Company, broke ground on a polypropylene carton plant in Surprise, Arizona, with a $17 million investment, 65 phase one jobs and completion targeted for April 2019.

Edelmann Group acquired 100% of Elanders Beijing Printing Co., Ltd from Elanders AB, adding a folding carton and rigid box site in Beijing that expands its network to 21 sites.