TricorBraun formed a 50-50 joint venture with Amfora Packaging, named TricorBraun South America SAS, covering Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Venezuela, headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.

Stora Enso's new board production line BM 1 at its Beihai mill in Guangxi, China, started up in 2016, with an annual capacity of 450,000 tons of liquid packaging board and folding box board.

Windmöller & Hölscher sold its 500th MIRAFLEX II CM8 flexo printing press to Packages Ltd. in Pakistan, along with a VAREX II 7-layer blown film extrusion line.

Oricon Enterprises' board approved transferring the closures business of Oriental Containers to Oricon Packaging and selling a 51% stake in Oricon Packaging to Italy's Pelliconi at an enterprise value of Rs 419.40 crore, subject to agreed conditions. The approvals were given at a meeting on 27 October 2017.

TricorBraun formed a 50-50 joint venture with Amfora Packaging, named TricorBraun South America SAS, covering Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Venezuela, headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia. The announcement was made on 27 October 2017.

Dubai-based Hotpack Packaging Industries completed a property deal in Wrexham, Wales, for its UK headquarters and manufacturing plant, and plans to create 200 to 250 jobs. The company had earlier announced a GBP 50 million investment.

Can Pack Romania will invest EUR 50 million in a second production line at its Bucharest plant, raising capacity from about 950 million to 1.5 billion cans per year. The new line is expected to start in February 2018.

Dunapack Rambox, a subsidiary of Austria's Prinzhorn group, signed an agreement for an 11.5-hectare plot to build a 22,000 sqm corrugated packaging plant in Bolintin near Bucharest. The plant will create 200 jobs and, with the Sfantu Gheorghe factory, reach 300 million sqm of annual capacity; investment was not disclosed.

Graphic Packaging will run a new paper-based packaging partnership with International Paper's Consumer Packaging business, holding 79.5% while IP keeps 20.5%. The partnership is valued at about $6bn and will assume $660m of IP debt.

Nosco, a US printed packaging company, acquired New York-based insert and outsert manufacturer Gooding Company to grow its healthcare business and East Coast presence. The deal adds a manufacturing facility and an expanded range of folded solutions.

Kruger inaugurated its converted machine number 10 at the Trois-Rivières mill, now producing 360,000 metric tonnes of packaging board for e-commerce, after a C$250 million project. About 80 local companies shared C$40 million of work.

Coster Group announced the opening of a new production facility in Cabreúva, São Paulo, Brazil, as part of its expansion in South America. The news item is dated 5 March 2025.

Crown Europe opened a 23,000 square metre logistics hub in Puurs, Belgium, developed with Gilbert de Clercq transport company to serve food, beverage and aerosol customers in the Benelux region.

Crown Europe is consolidating aerosol can production at its Hoorn, Netherlands print facility, adding 52, 57 and 65 diameter cans, with additional capacity due in early 2018 and operation expected by Q1 2018.

Graphic Packaging will own 79.5% of a new partnership combining its businesses with International Paper's North America Consumer Packaging business, with International Paper holding 20.5% valued at $1.14 billion. The deal was announced on 24 October 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.

WestRock has invested in a new Omega Hi-Line 110 folder gluer from Duran Machinery at its Yate, UK facility, the third such machine installed by the company, to increase gluing capacity and handle complex beverage carton production.

BDG & Associés and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ acquired Plastube Inc., a Granby, Quebec manufacturer of extruded and decorated plastic tubes for cosmetics, pharmaceutical, food and industrial markets. Plastube employs about 130 people.

Indorama has agreed to acquire DuPont Teijin Films, a joint venture between DowDuPont and Teijin, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition includes eight production sites in the US, Europe, and Asia, and an innovation center in the UK.

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.

Toly Group announced a new expansion project in China, south of Shanghai, with no cost stated.

Toly Group plans to build an 8,000 m2 factory in South Korea next year at a cost of EUR 13 million.

Toly Group plans a new 15,000 m2 factory in Malta for 2018 costing EUR 15 million, which will raise its Maltese production capacity by 50%.

Mexican packaging maker Grupo Gondi announced plans to invest US$300 million in a containerboard mill with 400,000 tons a year capacity in the Nexxus industrial park in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon.

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.

HBM Holdings acquired Aerofil Technologies, a contract manufacturer filling aerosol and liquid containers, in the third quarter of 2017.

Grupa Kety's supervisory board approved a PLN 110 million investment for a second BOPP film production line at Alupol Films' plant in Oswiecim, Poland, to be built 2017-2019.

Integrated Packaging Group agreed a merger with Pro-Pac Packaging in a share sale deal valued at $177.5 million, creating a flexible packaging leader across Australia and New Zealand. Shareholder vote is expected end of October with tentative completion November 6, 2017.

Jacob White Packaging won a contract to supply a date packaging machine (NS-X 5) and a fully automatic case packing machine (CP-400) to a major date producer and packager in the United Arab Emirates.

Emmepi Group has acquired Favalessa Spa, an Italian manufacturer of peripheral equipment such as pre-feeders, palletisers, and vacuum stripper stackers.

Hatsun Agro Product is establishing an automated greenfield packaging plant at Wallajabad near Chennai, with machines from Windmöller & Hölscher. The project cost is about EUR 8.5 million.

WeighPack Systems Inc. completed a move to a new state-of-the-art headquarters and production facility in Montreal, Quebec. The $8 million facility houses fabrication, 16 assembly workstations, and an R&D area, increasing production capacity.

ACTEGA DS is investing around 18 million euros to expand its Bremen research and manufacturing site, adding 8,000 square meters and growing manufacturing capacity by 50 percent. Construction is slated for spring 2018.

Tetra Pak broke ground on a $110 million, 100,000 square metre packaging material factory at Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park II-A in Binh Duong. It is expected to start commercial operations by early 2019 with capacity of 20 billion packs per year.

Belgium's VPK Packaging Group acquired a 30% stake in CorrBoard UK, the Scunthorpe corrugated sheet consortium, from Corrugated Synergies International, and also made a capital increase. The investment aims to advance sheet production volume.

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.

According to sources cited by Reuters, Edizione Holding has teamed up with Goldman Sachs's private equity arm to bid for Italian packaging company Guala Closures. The report is unconfirmed.

Lincolnshire Management has sold Fabbri Group, a provider of wrapping machines and films for fresh food packaging, to Argos Soditic. No financial terms were disclosed.

Marzek Etiketten+Packaging inaugurated a new greenfield flexible packaging plant in Békéscsaba, Hungary, with a factory space of over 8,500 sqm, representing a four-year investment of over €11 million.

Exal Group, the aluminum can maker acquired by Stonebridge Partners in 2010, combined with Ardagh Group's food and specialty metal packaging division in October 2019 to form Trivium Packaging, with Ardagh holding 43% and Ontario Teachers' and Stonebridge controlling 57%.

Tetra Pak is investing EUR 30 million to upgrade its Denton packaging material converting factory with a new laminator, moving some production from Mexico and expanding packaging capabilities for the U.S. and Canada, with full production expected by end of 2018.

Cherat Packaging commissioned a new Windmuller & Holscher universal paper sack line in October, using Mondi sack kraft paper to enter a new market with universal packaging.

Smurfit Kappa started operating a new containerboard machine PM6 at its Los Reyes paper mill in Tlalnepantla, Mexico, in October 2017, adding about 100,000 tonnes a year of capacity for $62 million.

Gruppo ASA installed a new aerosol can production line at its Liverpool, UK site in October 2017, investing about EUR 1 million and doubling the plant's aerosol capacity.

HQ Equita agreed to sell ROVEMA GmbH, a German maker of vertical form-fill-seal food packaging machinery based in Fernwald, Hesse, to Franz Haniel & Cie, subject to regulatory approvals; Alantra advised the seller.

Tekpak Automation Ltd completed the purchase of a 40,000 sq ft factory building and adjoining land in Whitemill Industrial Estate, Wexford, for over €600,000. The investment will create 20 new jobs over two years.

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.

German packaging firm Südpack has acquired Oak Creek-based Seville Flexpack for an undisclosed price, gaining two facilities totaling 156,000 square feet. All 40 employees will remain.

Windmöller & Hölscher India Pvt. Ltd. was engaged by Hatsun Agro Product Ltd to commission machines for a greenfield dairy packaging film project near Chennai, India. The project cost is estimated at Rs. 65 crores.

Saverglass has invested EUR 100 million in a new container glass facility near Guadalajara, Mexico, with a commissioning date of June 2, 2018. The plant will produce 80 million bottles per year for tequila, wine, and rum.