SCA is investing SEK 196 million at its Munksund pulp and paper mill in Sweden to increase production of white-top kraftliner, lifting capacity from 150,000 to 200,000 tonnes per year.

Bibo Barmaid of Annandale, New Jersey partnered with Bemis Co. to produce individually sized cocktail mix pouches for an at-home cocktail machine, using Bemis packaging film technology.

Crown Asia Pacific has opened a new beverage can manufacturing plant in Jakarta, Indonesia, expanding its presence in Asia.

Mondi highlights its 15-year partnership with Cherat Packaging, which uses Mondi sack kraft paper exclusively to make two-ply cement bags for Pakistan's cement market.

Sealed Air will invest $10.4 million over three years and create 25 jobs as it expands and renovates its packaging manufacturing facility in Lenoir, North Carolina.

Adam Pack S.A., a Greek maker of gable-top cartons and plastic spouts in Lavrio, became part of the S.O. Holding group in October 2025. A major investment plan is aimed at more than doubling production capacity.

Japanese flexible packaging and high-performance films maker Takigawa Corp. will build a 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on a greenfield site in Bardstown, Kentucky, investing nearly $46 million and creating 180 full-time jobs.

The European Commission granted unconditional approval under the EU Merger Regulation for the combination of Amcor and Berry Global, the final regulatory clearance needed. Closing was expected on April 30, 2025.

Axium Plastics is investing $26 million to install a plant in a 50,000-square-foot building in Jefferson City, Missouri, with an additional 75,000 square feet to be built out. The company has already hired 80 employees and plans to hire 70 more.

Agral, a large European butter producer, installed IMA Benhil's new Multipack 2000 wrapping machine to increase productivity and replace old machinery.

Crown Asia Pacific, a division of Crown Holdings, opened a beverage can plant in Karawang near Jakarta, Indonesia, on 7 December 2017. The single-line plant has an initial capacity of 650 million cans a year and is expected to create over 100 jobs.

Graphic Packaging International (GPI) will invest $136 million to upgrade and modernize its paperboard mill in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia. The investment will add a curtain coater, automate processes, and upgrade water, generator, and air systems, retaining 460 manufacturing jobs.

Atlantic Packaging, part of Atlantic Corporation of Wilmington, plans a $1.65 million expansion in Youngsville, Franklin County, adding a 33,000 square foot facility off U.S. Highway 1 and at least four jobs.

Novolex, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, agreed to acquire certain assets and business operations of Shields Bag and Printing Co., a flexible packaging maker in Yakima, Washington. Terms were not disclosed and closing is expected near year end 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.

Ardagh Group and Henkel collaborated on what they claim is the world's lightest three-piece steel aerosol container, produced at Ardagh's aerosol plant in Germany for Henkel's hairspray range. The can has a 0.13mm wall thickness and saves 15 per cent in materials and water.

Karlville entered an agreement with ePac Holdings to establish a digital flexible packaging facility at Karlville's Miami headquarters. The facility will serve as a working showroom and incubation lab.

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.

Virojanglor, a French metal packaging maker, agreed to acquire Interesting Sourcing, a France-based manufacturer of multi-material packaging. Virojanglor expected consolidated revenue of about 25 million euros in 2018.

Tri-Wall Japan Co., Ltd. acquired 100% of J-Pack Co., Ltd., according to a Tri-Wall news item dated 14 October 2024. The article text is truncated so further details are unavailable.

Tri-Wall Japan acquired a 90% stake in Pronk Multiservice India Private Limited, which operates heavy-duty packaging manufacturing in Bangalore, Faridabad, Mumbai and Chennai.

Tri-Wall Europe Holding acquired a 100% stake in Pronk Multiservice ME FZE, a heavy-duty packaging manufacturer headquartered in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, with a focus on wooden packaging.

Cascades increased its holding in Greenpac Mill from 62.5% to 66.1% by acquiring an additional interest in Containerboard Partners. It also bought the Coyle family's 33% stake in Tencorr Holdings, a sheet stock maker for box producers, for a combined cost of about $21 million.

Cascades Inc. acquired four Ontario plants from the Coyle family: McLeish Corr-a-Box, Brown Packaging, Coyle Corrugated Containers and Coyle Packaging. Consideration was CAD 28 million including CAD 4 million assumed debt, completed on 4 December 2017.

CupPrint announced the expansion of its main manufacturing facility in Ennis, Ireland, to increase capacity for printed paper cups. The expansion will create 15 new manufacturing and engineering jobs.

Japan's Kyoto Seisakusho acquired PMI Cartoning, Inc. of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, to form PMI KYOTO Packaging Systems, which will keep operating from the Illinois site and offer cartoners, case packers, over-wrappers and palletizers.

German company rose plastic started operations at a new R$21 million plant in Sorocaba, São Paulo, consolidating plastic packaging lines for several industrial segments and its Brazilian headquarters, with support from the state agency Investe São Paulo.

ONCAP, the mid-market private equity platform of Onex, acquired IntraPac International, a specialty rigid packaging maker, from funds managed by CI Capital Partners on December 4, 2017. Terms were not disclosed.

A major UK manufacturer of health/protein bars placed a repeat order with Jacob White for an N S-X 6 automatic cartoner to pack bars into cartons. The order is for a machine with an overhead control/compression unit.

Praxis Packaging acquired Unette Corporation of Randolph, New Jersey, a personal care packaging company, expanding its offering to liquid, cream and paste products in tubes, bottles, jars and stick packs.

GPack Group signed an agreement with Oaktree Capital Management to acquire Alliora Coffrets in Fougères, France, with Alliora's capital increased by 7 million euros to expand its gift-box business.

Mold & Robotics Group, parent of Swiss company Müller, acquired CBW Automation, a US leader in robots and automation for thin-walled packaging, creating a global tooling and automation leader.

Rapak North America, part of DS Smith Plastics, launched its EvacuStrip beverage bags for bag-in-box packaging formats.

Ergis signed a conditional agreement with Windmöller & Hölscher to purchase components for a new multilayer stretch PE film production line for €2.8 million. The line will be installed in Oława, Poland, with startup planned for Q1 2019, adding 12,000 tonnes/year capacity. Total investment cost is estimated at 19 million zł.

Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller is set to acquire the slicing unit of VC999 to offer complete packaging lines for sliced products. The acquisition includes VC999's slicer production site in Buchenau, Germany.

Blechwarenfabrik Limburg has built a new 63,000 m² plant in Limburg, Germany, with two automated warehouses from Mecalux totaling 20,000 pallet capacity, to increase efficiency and relocate its headquarters.

The Dow Chemical Company and Karlville Development Group signed a collaboration agreement to promote the acceptance and adoption of Dow's flexible packaging technology.

Robinson Packaging is planning to expand in the UK after a funding package deal with HSBC; the amount was not disclosed.

U.S. Corrugated, Inc. expanded its corrugated box plant in Santa Fe Springs, California, with support from a Southern California economic development team and incentives.

Naturepak Beverage Packaging is investing in an additional Heidelberg Intro Web-Printing press at its Casablanca, Morocco plant to expand capacity for gable top packaging.

Tri-Wall Limited acquired a 100% stake in Scart Imballaggi S.r.l., which operates plants in Northern and Central Italy making corrugated packaging, wood packaging and pallets.

Lumson Spa signed an agreement to acquire Leoplast, a manufacturer of primary packaging for lipsticks, to expand its makeup product range and production capacity.

Duravant has acquired Ohlson Packaging of Taunton, Massachusetts, a manufacturer of weighing, counting and filling machines, which will operate as a stand-alone company in Duravant's Packaging Segment.

Primo acquired all shares in Profilex International GmbH and its subsidiary Profilex Plastic Technology in Zhuhai, China. The acquisition strengthens Primo's presence in China and adds packing tubes to its portfolio.

Sisecam announced plans to build a 410t/d furnace at its Eskisehir glass packaging factory in Turkey, increasing annual production capacity to approximately 1.2 million tons.

Excelrise completed a €400,000 investment for two robots at Semo Packaging's Vecoux site, part of a €1.5 million global robotization plan. The investment was announced on November 24, 2017.

Amcor Rigid Plastics opened an on-site bottle manufacturing operation at Campbell Soup's Paris, Texas plant, investing $7 million to repurpose 6000 sq ft. The line is expected to produce about 50 million hot-fill PET bottles per year.

BillerudKorsnäs decided to expand its Gruvön paper mill in Grums, Sweden, with a new board machine and rebuilding of the existing pulp mill. The investment is SEK 5.7 billion and the new board machine will have an annual capacity of 550,000 tonnes.

TC Transcontinental completed its acquisition of Ultra Flex Packaging Corp., a flexible packaging supplier in Brooklyn, New York with close to 300 employees, on October 1, 2015. The deal was announced September 1, 2015. Price was not disclosed.

Tetra Pak is investing 30 million euros in its Denton, Texas converting factory, including a new laminating machine, and will move part of production from Mexico to Denton. The new machine is expected in production by the end of 2018.