Rengo subsidiary Triwall Corporation acquired an 80% stake in Aldez Containers, a heavy-duty corrugated packaging manufacturer headquartered in Almont, Michigan with plants in Texas, Ohio and Kentucky.

Chumak purchased a PET Technologies UPF-5 blow molder to produce 910 ml PET bottles for ketchup, which is exported to Scandinavian countries.

TricorBraun has partnered with Bona on a packaging redesign of the latter's hard floor cleaning products, featuring an anti-glug design and redesigned bottle handle.

Barem Ambalaj has purchased the Rapida 164 six-colour double-coater press from Koenig & Bauer to be installed at its new production plant in Gaziantep, Turkey, scheduled to open in November.

Etihad Airways has partnered with Packaging Automation (PA) to develop premium-looking in-flight meals for its Airbus A380 airliner, with a packaging solution featuring a spillage-free film.

LongueVue Capital has invested in Pod Pack International to support the continued expansion of the latter. Pod Pack is a manufacturer of single-serve coffee, tea, and other beverage product solutions.

Sirane acquired flexible packaging manufacturer B&G Products for an undisclosed fee as it expands into bags and pouches, reported on 3 May 2018.

German metal packaging maker Blechwarenfabrik Limburg GmbH acquired Danish packaging manufacturer Baltic Packaging A/S, effective 1 May 2018. The Copenhagen plant joins the ICE.SE packaging network.

The international Novio Packaging Group is joining forces with Scandinavian Packaging A/S in a merger reported on 2 May 2018.

Belgian folding-carton maker P. Van De Velde Group acquired Dutch packaging firm Wesly Printing & Packaging, a Maastricht company with about 60 staff serving food producers. The deal strengthens Van De Velde's position in food packaging.

Yorkshire Packaging Systems Ltd supplied and installed a side feed sleeve wrapper and shrink tunnel at EHL Finest Natural Ingredients' factory in Stockport, UK, in May 2018.

French premium glass bottle manufacturer Saverglass will open a new $120 million plant in Acatlan de Juarez, Jalisco, Mexico, its first in North America. The plant will create 380 jobs and produce 120 million bottles in the first year.

B&G Products has ordered a top-of-the-range Stand Up Pouch Machine for an undisclosed six-figure sum to increase production of its Plastic-Free Earthpouch.

South African packaging maker Corruseal Group has commissioned a new corrugated board plant in Cape Town, equipped with a 2.5m Fosber S/Line corrugator and converting and materials handling machinery. The article is dated 1 June 2018.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. announced the acquisition of Wisconsin Packaging Corp., a corrugated sheet plant in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, effective May 31, 2018.

DS Smith Plc agreed to acquire Corrugated Container Corporation, a family-owned corrugated packaging company with about 190 employees at four operations in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia. The deal follows DS Smith's purchase of Interstate Resources.

Grupo Gondi is investing US$300 million to build a containerboard mill in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, where the new PM 7 paper machine from Voith will be installed. The mill is expected to start operations in early 2020.

Voith has been commissioned by Mexico-based Grupo Gondi to supply a new paper machine with an annual production capacity of 400,000 metric tons for a new facility in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The machine, PM 7, is expected to start operating in early 2020.

Mondi agreed to acquire a privately owned industrial bags maker operating in Egypt for €23.7m (£20.9m), reported on 30 April 2018.

Filtration Group Corporation completed its acquisition of Multisorb Technologies, a Buffalo, New York maker of active packaging sorbent solutions with over 450 employees. The deal was announced as closed on 30 April 2018.

Greif announced plans to open a new CorrChoice sheet feeder facility in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, with a corrugator and litho-laminator line and about 80 jobs. The announcement was made on 27 April 2018.

DS Smith Corrugated Packaging Ltd was recorded as the award winner of a UK government packaging and soft consumables supply contract worth £9.5 million, published via Contracts Finder on 27 April 2018.

Duravant, a global engineered equipment manufacturer, has acquired Ohlson Packaging, a manufacturer of weighing, counting and filling machines. The acquisition expands Duravant's product portfolio in food processing, packaging and material handling.

Emblem Asia (Indonesia), a subsidiary of Unitika, is investing approximately JPY 6,000 million to expand biaxially oriented PA film (BOPA) production capacity from 16,500 t/y to 26,500 t/y at its site in Bekasi, Indonesia. The expansion is expected to be completed in the second half of 2020.

Shorr Packaging Corp. announced a new 125,000 square-foot distribution and warehouse facility in the Tech Park area of La Vergne, Tennessee, near Nashville, consolidating several local warehouses. The announcement was made in April 2018.

S-One Labels & Packaging and VerifyMe Inc. formed a new partnership in April 2018, combining S-One's labels with VerifyMe's patented authentication technology.

Packaging maker FIPCO won a competitive tender from SABIC to manufacture and supply plastic bags worth an estimated SAR 20.49 million. The supply contract was signed April 23, 2018.

ISOFlex Packaging opened a third production line at its Daviess County, Indiana facility, investing more than $4 million to add 700,000 to 800,000 pounds of blown film per month. The line adds six jobs, bringing the plant total to 38.

HERMA is building a new coating plant at its Filderstadt headquarters to increase production capacity for self-adhesive materials from 800 million to 1.2 billion square meters, a 50% increase.

Ima has signed an agreement to acquire 82.5% of Italian company Tissue Machinery Company (TMC), which produces automatic packaging machines for tissue and personal care products, for €58.5 million. The closing is expected in the first decade of May 2018.

Herma is building a new coating plant at its Filderstadt headquarters to double capacity for self-adhesive materials, with first test runs scheduled for summer 2019.

Weener Plastics acquired Proenfar, a Latin American packaging company with four plants in Colombia, Argentina and Mexico, under an agreement signed April 23, 2018. The price was not disclosed.

Filling and Packing Materials Manufacturing Co. (FIPCO) was awarded a SAR 20.49 million contract by SABIC to produce and supply plastic bags, under a supply agreement signed April 23, 2018. Delivery runs 19 months from May 2018 to December 2019.

Japan-based Takigawa Corporation broke ground on its first US manufacturing facility, a 148,000 sq ft greenfield plant on 18 acres in Bardstown, Kentucky, producing high-impact consumer packaging. The facility will create about 180 jobs.

Athanasios Hatzopoulos Packaging Materials Industry SA signed an EIB-backed project to expand its flexible packaging materials production in Greece, replacing old equipment and buying new production lines. The total project cost is EUR 29 million, with EUR 12 million of EIB finance.

London-based Bunzl plc reportedly acquired Monte Package Company, a 92-year-old packaging supplies manufacturer in Hagar Township, Riverside, Michigan, as disclosed in its first-quarter results. The price was not disclosed.

Polish packaging maker Can-Pack invested about R$1 billion in Brazil, mainly in aluminum can and can-lid plants in Maracanau, Ceara. The aluminum can plant was set to start operations on April 20, 2018, and the lid plant in mid-August 2018.

Takigawa Corp. America broke ground on a $46 million flexible packaging and high-performance films plant in Bardstown, Kentucky, expected to create 180 jobs. Construction is expected to finish in March 2019 with opening in April 2019.

Honduran group Polygroup invested US$17.5 million to expand its facilities and acquire new technology, raising production capacity by 35% as it targets US and Caribbean markets.

AST Kunststoffverarbeitung is building a new production site near Eppingen in Baden-Württemberg, part of a company investment of about 30 million euros in 2018, with 15 million euros for this site.

AST Kunststoffverarbeitung took a majority stake in EuroMouldings Packaging in Nijverdal, Netherlands, adding compact plastic bottles to its range; AST plans about 30 million euros of investments in 2018.

Robinson Metal, Inc. has acquired Product Handling Concepts (PHC), a custom engineering company specializing in automated solutions for tissue, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods. PHC becomes the fifth division of Robinson Metal.

MULTIVAC is completing construction of a new production complex in Bozhurishte, Bulgaria, for manufacturing parts and components for packaging machines. The first phase investment is €18.8 million, with the project expected to be completed by 2019.

The Wilkins Group has invested £150,000 on a new Heiber and Schröber tray forming machine for its Nottingham site. The machine will be capable of producing over 100 million cardboard trays a year.

Drylock Technologies is investing £200 million to double European production capacity in 2018, with a new plant in Segovia, Spain and expansion of its existing plant in Hradek, Czech Republic.

Oerlikon announced the acquisition of Germany-based AC-Automation, an engineering company specializing in large-scale plant automation for textile and packaging industries. The 60 employees will join Oerlikon's Manmade Fibers Segment.

Rand-Whitney Packaging, a Kraft Group company, and AGlobal Solutions executed an agreement to form a joint venture operating as UN1F1ED2 Global Packaging Group in protective packaging.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation approved a capacity expansion project at its Mobile, Alabama manufacturing facility to support bath tissue category growth. The estimated investment is more than $100 million over two years.

Constantia Flexibles Group invested a single-digit million euro amount in a new duplex multi-technology laminator at its subsidiary Constantia Afripack in Durban, South Africa, to increase quality, productivity and capacity. The laminator will be fully operational in Q2 2018.

One Equity Partners Europe signed an agreement to acquire Walki Group, a Finland-based technical laminate and protective packaging material producer, from Finnish private equity firm CapMan Buyout.