APHIS Headquarters awarded Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group a firm-fixed-price order for 300,000 cardboard tubes and caps for USDA rodent gas cartridges, valued at $145,722, on July 13, 2018.

Propapier awarded Voith Paper the contract for a new PM3 paper machine at a EUR 375 million greenfield containerboard plant in Sandersdorf-Brehna near Bitterfeld. The machine is due to start in the second half of 2020 with an annual capacity of 750,000 tonnes and create about 140 direct jobs.

CompanyBox has purchased an HP PageWide C500 digital press for its greenfield all-digital corrugated packaging plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. The press is scheduled for installation in fall 2018 and will be its largest digital investment.

Transcend Packaging, a packaging firm in Ebbw Vale, Wales, was one of two suppliers to win a contract from McDonald's to supply paper straws for all UK and Irish outlets. The company expects to hire 30 extra staff and begin production in August 2018.

Miron Construction is a local contractor building the new Green Bay Mill for Green Bay Packaging, which will replace a 71-year-old paper mill and require nearly 1,000 construction jobs over 2.5 years.

Swedish public buyer Varuförsörjningen awarded multiple suppliers contracts for transport and waste packaging, including collection boxes, cartons, bags and labels, with an estimated 12-month value of 15 million SEK.

Swedish packaging firm Ecolean signed an agreement to supply Pakistan-based dairy company At-Tahur with its Ecolean Air 250ml portion package for the Prema premium fresh milk brand.

RPC Superfos provided Sweden-based cheese maker Skånemejerier with a wedge-shaped, fully recyclable injection-moulded polypropylene pack with an oxygen-barrier label.

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.

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.

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.

Greek food processor Provil selected RPC Corby's 900g Euro Squeeze multi-layer polypropylene bottle for its new Sandwich Creams sauce range.

Valmet secured an order to deliver a warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, to improve performance and reduce product warp.

Packaging Corporation of America renewed leases on 82,356 sq ft at 4510 Steelway Blvd and 40,066 sq ft at 4530 Steelway Blvd in Clay, New York, used for warehousing and distribution. Lease terms were not disclosed.

Valmet will supply an automatic warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, for delivery in late spring 2018. The order value was not disclosed.

Finnish paper and packaging maker Stora Enso has become a key supplier to Apple, according to a supplier list published in documents. The report does not specify a contract value.

Contract packer Apace Packaging installed a new solid-dose bottling line with track-and-trace capabilities supplied and integrated by NJM in 2017, running at 225 bottles per minute.

Valvoline chose Aptar to supply closure and packaging technology, including its BAP technology, for a new five-liter Easy Pour motor oil bottle for DIY users.

UK packaging company DS Smith designed injection-moulded reusable plastic tote boxes for Spanish retailer Zara, suited to its automated picking system.

Établissement français du sang awarded distributor Raja a EUR 1,038,000 contract to supply isothermal packaging, transport consumables, dry ice and technical labels for Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica. The award was published on 2018-02-14.

Huhtamaki will make 19 million more compostable molded-fiber round plates a year at its Waterville, Maine factory to supply the Philadelphia and Baltimore school districts through the Urban School Food Alliance, raising its annual supply to 244 million. The deal was announced on Monday, February 12, 2018.

Auer Packaging of Amerang won a Europe-wide tender from Volkswagen worth about EUR 3 million for around one million RL-KLT plastic containers, delivered to VW suppliers across Europe.

Auer Packaging of Amerang, Germany, won a Europe-wide tender from Volkswagen for around one million RL-KLT plastic small load carriers, worth three million euros. The containers will be delivered to Volkswagen suppliers across Europe.

Public buyer SIVU Bordeaux Mérignac awarded Nutripack a contract worth EUR 1,528,000 to supply food packaging materials. The award was published on 2018-01-25.

Netto UK specified eleven semi-automatic pre-stretch pallet wrappers from Unitech Orion Packaging in a deal worth close to GBP 70,000, with eight units for Pontefract and three for Daventry. The case study does not give an exact date.

Volnogorsk Mining and Processing Works ordered packaging from Delis-Profi LLC valued at 46.94 million UAH, covering 206 thousand PP containers this year. The price is 2% below the expected cost of 48 million UAH.

Sealed Air will supply Sun Basket with its recyclable TempGuard insulated box liners for perishable meal-kit deliveries, allowing a shipping box nearly 25 percent smaller. The announcement was made on January 18, 2018.

Public Works and Government Services Canada awarded Craig Packaging Limited a contract for 150,000 paperboard boxes for Health Canada, with an amendment value of CAD 169,500. The award was dated January 17, 2018.

HOCHTIEF Polska's Krakow branch won a design and build contract from Alupol Films to erect a building of over 5,500 square metres for packaging material production in Oswiecim, due for completion in summer 2019. The contract value is confidential.

Sahi Rasa's supply chain department secured a contract to supply primary and secondary packaging components for the Awamedica pharmaceutical factory in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, later expanded to auxiliary materials and chemical inputs.

Wenzhou Xifa Industrial won a bid to supply 40 million bags to Hubei Dayukou Chemical Company, a branch of CNOOC, and will be its only bag supplier for the next three years. No monetary value was given.

Eurocrane received Stora Enso's 2016-2017 Excellent Supplier Award for supplying lifting cranes for Stora Enso's EUR 800 million Beihai, China plant, which started polyethylene coated paper production on December 19, 2017.

Beverage company Reed's signed multi-year contracts with Owens-Illinois, which will be its exclusive North American glass container supplier, and R.C. Moore, its primary logistics partner. The deals were announced on December 5, 2017.

Reed's Inc. signed a multi-year contract naming Owens-Illinois its exclusive glass container supplier. The company expects lower glass costs starting in early 2018.

Poste Italiane S.p.A. awarded a framework contract worth EUR 11,793,010 to Ondapack S.r.l. for supplying forms, labels, boxes and cardboard. The award was published on November 7, 2017.

Greiner Packaging Slušovice s.r.o. awarded a contract worth EUR 935,000 to Kuhne GmbH for extrusion and co-extrusion technology for barrier materials used in-line with its forming technology. The contract was published on 21 October 2017.

Dimensio Verpakkingen B.V. won a EUR 197,268 open tender from the public body GAD Regio Gooi en Vechtstreek to supply 7.5 million PMD collection bags and distribute them to shops and the GAD organisation. The award was dated 16 October 2017.

Pakistani packaging manufacturer Packages Limited in Lahore has bought the 500th Miraflex II CM8 flexo press from W&H and also ordered a Varex II 7-layer blown film extrusion line, the first of its type in Pakistan.

Valmet's three IQ Moisturizer systems delivered to Dunapack Mosburger's corrugated line in Strasswalchen, Austria, have been started up to improve box quality and plant performance.

Germany-based Windmoller & Holscher India won an order to commission packaging machines on a turnkey basis at Hatsun Agro Products' greenfield dairy plant at Walajabad near Chennai. The overall project cost is estimated at Rs 65 crore.

Panalpina secured an additional contract to move about 3,500 TEUs of ocean freight from Brazil to Colombia for aluminum container maker Crown Colombiana. The shipments include aluminum containers, caps and rolls for the food and beverage industry.

TekPackaging, a unit of ESCO Technologies, was awarded an exclusive production contract for Thermoscan ear thermometer probe covers for worldwide distribution. The five-year contract is worth about $40 to $50 million, with an initial order of $11.7 million; the article is undated in its year and appears to be from 2009.

Établissement français du sang awarded JRI a contract for tertiary packaging and transport supplies for biological products, valued at EUR 2,625,523.

SiO2 Medical Products agreed with Sanaria to develop, manufacture and supply cryogenic vials for Sanaria's PfSPZ malaria vaccine. The agreement was announced on 1 August 2017 from Auburn, Alabama.

Norwegian paper maker Ranheim Paper & Board has a seven-year supply agreement with Belgian packaging group VPK Peterson, as reported in July 2017. The article does not state a value.

RPC Promens Consumer Kolding won a contract to supply custom-designed injection stretch blow-moulded PET bottles for Scandic Food's dressings and sauces, in 250ml, 350ml and 400ml sizes.

China Haoran agreed to supply about 32,000 tonnes of food packaging paper products to Ningbo Chengyi Paper, worth about 38 billion won, through June 2018, with output ultimately going to McDonald's. The deal was disclosed on June 22, 2017.

CHEP and IFCO, Brambles companies, renewed their supply agreements with Finnish retailer S Group, providing reusable pallets and foldable plastic food crates. IFCO will supply up to 20 million reusable food crates over five years.

ASX-listed YPB Group signed a three-year anti-counterfeit and consumer engagement solutions contract with packaging tube maker Kim Pai Impact. No contract value was disclosed.

Kirkcaldy-based Smith Anderson has agreed a three-year extension to supply paper bags to McDonald's, worth £35 million, following a competitive tender. The deal runs to at least 2020 and extends supply into Poland and central eastern Europe.