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.

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.

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.

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.

Bibby Distribution won a new contract to transport horticultural boxes for cardboard manufacturer Jardin Corrugated using high-cube trailers and additional fleet capacity. The contract was reported on 1 March 2019.

Alupol Films, an indirect subsidiary of Grupa Kęty, signed a contract with Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaż to buy raw materials for BOPP film production, valued at about PLN 147 million and running until the end of 2019.

Snack brand Propercorn is moving its packaging supply from an Italian supplier to Amcor's Evesham site in the UK, effective from about April 2019, to avoid post-Brexit port disruption. The switch is expected to make packaging slightly more expensive.

Ceisa Packaging, a subsidiary of ExcelRise, will produce R100, a 100% recycled plastic film, at its Bernay plant in Eure, France, for Carlsberg multipacks in Sweden. The Bernay plant is to produce 1,000 tonnes of R100.

Danone SA signed a multi-year packaging supply agreement with Loop Industries to buy 100% sustainable, upcycled Loop-branded PET produced at Loop's joint venture facility with Indorama Ventures in the US.

French public body SIVU Bordeaux Mérignac awarded Nutripack SAS a EUR 1,000,000 contract for compostable, bio-based cellulose food packaging and lidding film, published 2019-02-13.

Packaging group Amcor will make a substantial investment in its Swiss plant to fulfil a new multiyear contract to make coffee pods for Nespresso. The deal supports growth in Amcor's flexible packaging division.

L'Occitane and Loop Industries signed a multi-year supply agreement for Loop branded 100 percent sustainable PET plastic. L'Occitane en Provence will start using it in product packaging from 2022.

China Resources Wufeng (China) Investment published a shortlist for its 2019 Shenzhen carton procurement tender, ranking Shenzhen Houdewei Packaging Products first and Shenzhen Hongfenghao Paper second. The public notice ran from 2019-01-30 to 2019-02-02.

RPC Group signed a three-year cooperation agreement with Norwegian dairy company TINE, covering plastic containers, pails, pots and bottles from three RPC companies. The deal aims to improve efficiency and packaging development.

Auer Packaging secured its largest single order in company history from Volkswagen, worth 5.5 million euros, now supplying the entire VW Group with all its European plants.

COFCO Packaging signed a packaging supply agreement with Chinese herbal tea maker Jia Duo Bao (JDB) under which COFCO will produce 70% of the metal cans JDB needs in 2019. The deal was signed in Beijing and reported on 15 January 2019.

CPMC Holdings, one of China's largest canmakers, signed a deal to supply a larger volume of aluminium cans to herbal tea producer Jiaduobao.

Crown Aerosols and Promotional Packaging was selected by champagne producer Nicolas Feuillatte to supply classic metal tins for its Réserve Exclusive Brut and Sélection Brut champagnes.

BHS Corrugated was contracted by Hiang Seng Fibre Containers to supply and install a 2.8m corrugating line at its Ekachai 2 plant in Thailand after a fire in April 2016; the line began commissioning in late 2016.

Packaging manufacturer Fibco received an award letter from the General Grain Establishment for a SAR 32.63 million contract to manufacture and supply 50 kg barley bags. Supply runs for nine months starting 15 March 2019.

Innovaciones Plasticas S.A. was awarded a contract by Spanish state postal operator S.E. Correos y Telegrafos for manufacture and supply of packaging products for post office sales, valued at EUR 510,410 across three lots.

Manchester-based packaging firm Law Print created refreshed bag packaging for Symply's Canagan pet food brand, handling materials, manufacturing and supply chain logistics. The article is dated 10 December 2018.

An Phat Plastic & Green Environment JSC signed a contract to supply thin film packaging worth VND 1.4 trillion (US$60 million) to an unnamed Japanese partner.

Subsidiaries of Suzhou Hycan Holdings won five-year contracts to supply plastic lubricant bottles to ExxonMobil's lube blending plants in Taicang, Jiangsu and Tianjin, China.

Wuxi Xianyou Packaging Materials won the tender for aluminium foil boxes for Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Lufthansa Catering, as announced on the airport's website on 30 November 2018.

Syndicat Mixte du Port de Dieppe awarded Schoeller Allibert a EUR 37,809 contract for 1,500 food-grade crates with lids and 160 stackable plastic pallets. The award was dated November 26, 2018 and published February 5, 2019.

Suzano began supplying paperboard to BO Packaging do Brasil for making paper cups at its Ponta Grossa plant. The partnership was celebrated at a ceremony on 7 November 2018.

Constellium supplies Czech aerosol can maker Moravia Cans with its Aeral aluminium solution for producing Unilever's Dove antiperspirant aerosols, using drawn and wall ironing technology.

DMK Group selected the Sealio composite can packaging from A&R Carton for its Strückhausen plant, which is being converted to infant milk formula production as part of a several million euro investment. A&R Carton installed the complete packaging line.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Fava Artemio was commissioned by Serioplast to design and build a new bulk conveying system and Venturi pneumatic conveyor for PET and HDPE bottles at the L'Oréal plant in Settimo Torinese, Italy.

HelloFresh is replacing its box liners with curbside-recyclable ClimaCell liners made by TemperPack, and will do the same for Green Chef. The liners are expected to divert 15,000 tons of packaging waste from landfills each year.

Hanchang Paper Co signed a 25.18 billion won contract with KT&G to supply ivory cardboard. The deal was reported on September 19, 2018.

Ball Metalpack has signed a long-term agreement to supply metal screw caps and rings to consumer and commercial products manufacturer Newell Brands. The announcement was made on September 17, 2018.

NREP Logicenters awarded Finnish contractor YIT a contract to renovate about 2,700 m² and build a new 15,000 m² building at Huhtamaki's foodservice packaging facility in Hämeenlinna, Finland, with work running to December 2019.

Property owner Lund Waterfront Packaging Districts and ÅR Carton agreed to extend the lease keeping ÅR Packaging's Å&R Carton and Flextrus in Källby, Lund, until at least 2027. The companies employ over 400 people there.

Exal, a premium aluminum packaging maker, chose Lighthouse Systems' Shopfloor-Online manufacturing execution system to be developed and implemented at its North American operations in Youngstown, Ohio.

ProMach and its Brenton brand supplied a custom robotic case erecting and end-of-line packaging system for an unnamed major PET and HDPE plastic container manufacturer, which started up quickly after factory testing.

Boustead Development Partnership, a co-investment partnership of Boustead Projects and Abu Dhabi Investment Council, secured a development contract for an integrated production and warehouse facility in Singapore to be leased long-term to Amcor Flexibles Singapore. The facility is expected to be completed by Q3 2019 and covers about 6,922 square metres GFA.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. has selected Voith to supply a full process line, including a 300-inch paper machine, for its new mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The mill is due to be operational in 2021.

Voith Paper North America won a contract from Copamex to install its BlueLine stock preparation system at the Anahuac mill in Mexico, which is being converted to containerboard and packaging production. Start-up is planned for early 2019.

Voith Paper North America will supply a BlueLine stock preparation system for Copamex's mill in Anáhuac, Chihuahua, which is being converted to containerboard. The system is due to start up in early 2019 and output 260,000 metric tons per year.

Scania Parts Logistics selected Smurfit Kappa's paper-based packaging solutions to replace some of its supply chain materials. The honeycomb solution replaces EPS and wooden pallets and cuts storage space by 50%.

Green Bay Packaging awarded Voith Paper a complete production line order for a new testliner paper machine (PM 4) at its Green Bay, Wisconsin mill, with commercial production planned for early 2021.