GOTEK-LITAR will install new equipment from Hartmann to produce 10-egg containers from molded paper pulp, with a capacity of over 6 million containers per month. The project costs 335.4 million rubles and will create 32 jobs.

Prowel plans a new manufacturing plant next to junction 10 of the M53 near Ellesmere, designed by UMC Architects, to produce up to 235,000 tonnes per year of corrugated board sheets. The article reports a £65m investment, although its headline cites £25m.

SAICA has entered negotiations to acquire Emin Leydier, a French corrugated paper packaging manufacturer with eight French sites and over 1,000 employees, which generated EUR 356 million revenue in 2016; First Eagle holds about 53% of it.

Sabert Corporation will open a new 450,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Greenville, Texas, its first North American site making 100% compostable food packaging, expected to create about 125 jobs over three years with full operation by end of 2018.

The Coesia Group announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of MGS Machine Corporation, a provider of packaging automated machinery headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 2017 revenues of USD 28 million and about 120 employees.

Tetra Pak is investing $35.6 million (EUR 30 million) in factory upgrades at its packaging material converting plant in Denton, Texas, including a new laminator. The upgrades are expected to be completed by late 2018.

Tetra Pak is investing €30 million in its packaging material converting factory in Denton, Texas, including a new state-of-the-art laminator, to support growth in the U.S. and Canada and move some production from Mexico.

Bradman Lake Ltd, a subsidiary of Langley Holdings plc, acquired Ibonhart (Norwich) Ltd, a manufacturer of bread and baked goods bagging, slicing and packaging machinery.

tna solutions acquired starch moulding equipment manufacturer NID in 2017 to become a single-source confectionery equipment supplier.

International Paper plans to invest about $300 million to convert its No. 15 paper machine at the Riverdale Mill in Selma, Alabama to whitetop linerboard and containerboard. The conversion, targeted for mid-2019, adds 450,000 tons of annual capacity.

Private equity firm J.H. Whitney Capital Partners acquired Accupac from H.I.G. Capital. Accupac provides outsourced manufacturing and packaging for pharmaceutical and OTC personal care manufacturers. The deal value was not disclosed.

Polinas, a Yildiz Holding film manufacturer, acquired Propak, a Turkish converter of flexible packaging for snacks, confectionery and nuts, with MP Corporate Finance advising the sellers. The deal's value was not disclosed.

Virospack installed two new laser machines in its glass section and plans to install six new production lines at its new production unit in Barcelona, increasing pipette production capacity to over 70 million units per year.

Klingele Group's Spanish subsidiary Klingele Embalajes is acquiring a shareholding in Trade Packaging SA, giving Klingele two corrugated plants and a folding carton plant in Cuba. The deal also raises its stake in Compacto Caribe to 51%.

Herbert Walkers has invested in a new Bobst Novacut 106 ER Autoplaten die-cutter for its West Yorkshire site, a six-figure investment to enhance capacity and productivity.

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.

Novus Holdings agreed to acquire control of ITB Manufacturing, a South African maker of flexible packaging and security bags, through its subsidiary Paarl Media. Purchase consideration is R180 million plus an EBIT-based amount, capped at R300 million in aggregate.

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), a division of Barry-Wehmiller, acquired Graphbury Machines, LLC, a manufacturer of flexible packaging machinery and engineering services provider based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

TricorBraun acquired Continental Packaging Associates, a family-owned packaging supplier serving food, industrial, pharmaceutical and cosmetic markets. The company will operate as TricorBraun and keep its management team.

Macfarlane agreed a £16.75m deal to acquire Nottingham-based packaging distributor and corrugate supplier Greenwoods Stock Boxes, which had £14m sales in the year to April 2017. Greenwoods has a small manufacturing facility in Melton Mowbray.

Prinzhorn Holding unit Hamburger Containerboard plans a 300 million euro paper factory on about 500,000 square metres in Kütahya 2nd Organized Industrial Zone, with 500 jobs and production expected in 2020.

Sealed Air agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Fagerdala Singapore, formerly Inducel Industrial Foams, for approximately 100 million dollars. Fagerdala makes polyethylene foam.

Bemis agreed to acquire the subsidiaries Evadix Labels and Evadix MPI from Belgium-based Evadix for 3.3 million euros, including about 0.84 million euros of debt repayments. Both businesses are based in Romania and make polyethylene films and flexible packaging.

Thimm Verpackung officially opened its new Holledau corrugated packaging plant in Wolnzach, Bavaria, on 15-16 September 2017 after investing 60 million euros. The plant uses rotary and flat-bed die-cutting and a high-tech corrugator.

Packaging manufacturer Pro-Pac has agreed to a $177.5 million merger with Integrated Packaging Group (IPG), Australia's largest specialist manufacturer in flexibles, film and wrap. IPG operates five manufacturing facilities across Australia and New Zealand.

Swiss family office Zobel Values AG acquired flexible packaging specialist RCP Randstadt from Dutch investor nimbus hands-on investors; RCP has about 150 employees and 2016 revenue of about EUR 30 million.

Speculation reports that Amcor could make a takeover bid for US packaging converter Bemis valued at about USD 5.3 billion; Amcor has acknowledged the speculation without confirming it.

Packaging producer P. Van De Velde Group acquired folding carton manufacturer Koninklijke Schut, which becomes part of Van De Velde Packaging; the combined group has about 270 employees and annual revenue of about EUR 65 million.

Intertape Polymer Group is investing US$7 million to add manufacturing and distribution capacity at its facility in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, adding 15 new jobs.

Cascades officially inaugurated its expanded corrugated packaging plant in Drummondville, Quebec, a CAD 26.4 million investment that added 45,000 sq ft and a new fast corrugator, now fully ramped up.

PFF Packaging Group invested £1.5m in two BMB 500-tonne eKW injection moulding machines at its Washington site to strengthen its UK food packaging position.

Zip-Pak, a provider of resealable technology for flexible packaging, will open a new Engineering and Innovation Center at its Carol Stream, IL headquarters later this year.

AROL SpA, a solution provider of capping and corking systems, has acquired UNIMAC-GHERRI, a specialist in filling and capping of glass containers with twist-off caps.

Sydney-based Pro-Pac Packaging agreed a share sale to merge with Integrated Packaging Group in a A$177.5 million deal, creating a flexible and industrial packaging business, with completion proposed for 6 November after a shareholder vote.

Oben Holding Group successfully started up a second bioriented polyester film (BOPET) line at its Opp Film Peru plant, increasing BOPET capacity to 70,000 MT/year. The new Brueckner line is 8.8 meters wide with a capacity of 35,000 MT/year.

Fareva agreed to acquire BCM Cosmétique, a cosmetics manufacturing subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance, and signed a 10-year production contract. BCM Cosmétique has operations in France, Germany and the UK, with €250 million revenue and 2,000 employees.

Dongwon Systems is investing about $10 million to expand its packaging plant in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, by 4,500 pyeong (approx. 14,876 sqm), with completion expected in Q1 2018.

Crown Holdings announced it will build a new aluminum beverage can plant at Parc Sagunt near Valencia, Spain, with initial annual capacity of about 900 million cans, expected to be operational in Q4 2018.

Peterson, acquired by VPK Packaging Group and Klingele, is investing approximately SEK 85 million in new machinery and certification at its plants in Bäckefors and Norrköping, Sweden, as part of a larger SEK 230 million investment. The plants are being modernized in autumn 2017.

Orora completed a A$42 million expansion of its glass bottle manufacturing plant in Gawler, northern Adelaide, partly government-funded, adding around 60 million bottles a year and 26 jobs.

Golden West Packaging Group acquired Heritage Solutions, Capital Corrugated, PackageOne and Packaging Innovators Corporation in Northern California. The deal created a West Coast lamination plant, and the group expects annual turnover above USD 250 million.

Saica plans to invest EUR 29 million in a fully automated warehouse at its El Burgo de Ebro paper plant in Spain, with a total investment that could reach EUR 50 million. The warehouse is planned to be operational in 2019.

Constantia Flexibles has invested around EUR 6 million in new technology to make film-based flexible packaging at its Weiden site in Germany.

Polish cosmetic packaging maker Politech has bought a plot in the Bydgoszcz Industrial and Technology Park and plans to build a plant of at least 5,000 square metres to automate production.

Menasha Corporation acquired ARI Packaging of Alsip, Illinois, a contract packaging and fulfillment provider with five facilities in three states. The business will operate within Menasha Packaging Company.

Navigator Group is acquiring Sapal S.A., a Swiss packaging machine manufacturer, from Bosch Packaging Technology. The deal secures long-term prospects for 80 employees; purchase price undisclosed.

Sirane recently opened a new manufacturing facility in Moscow, Russia, adding to its global footprint.

Packaging specialist Sirane is planning to expand its manufacturing space in Telford, UK, and open a new facility in Poland, following the recent opening of a factory in Moscow, Russia.

The Wilkins Group has invested EUR 350,000 in a new gluing machine for its factory in Romania.