Atlantic Packaging is investing $4.5 million to expand its existing Dorchester County operations with a 100,000-square-foot distribution and warehousing addition, creating 10 new jobs, with completion projected by fall 2019.
Auer Packaging is building a third production hall of about 3,000 m² at its Amerang headquarters, due for completion in December 2019, to house eight new injection molding machines from February 2020.
Dunapack Rambox completed the first step of its investment to expand its Sfantu Gheorghe corrugated cardboard factory in Romania, adding 4,000 square metres of warehouse space and a Bobst die cutter and Masterfold gluing machine.
Egyptian packaging maker Al Safa for Packaging is adding a EUR 2 million production line imported from Germany to raise capacity by 20 to 25 percent at its Alexandria plants. Production is expected to start early next month.
A Naberezhnye Chelny cardboard and paper mill is installing a Jumbo corrugated packaging line supplied by Engico, with delivery from June 14 and installation from July 15, 2019. The line is meant to supply large corrugated packaging to Haier, which operates nearby.
Dunapack Rambox is upgrading its Sfântu Gheorghe corrugated packaging plant in Covasna County, Romania, raising combined annual capacity with the new Bolintin-Deal plant to about 300 million square metres.
Simmons Pet Food opened its expanded flexible packaging facility in Emporia, Kansas, in June 2019. The $60 million project added a 200,000 sq ft production line and created 100 new jobs.
Mondi Corrugated Packaging is investing about €30 million at its Ansbach facility in Southern Germany, including a new corrugator due for completion in 2020, to expand Heavy Duty corrugated production.
Pregis is investing $6 million in its Grand Rapids, Michigan facility to add a third multilayer Windmoeller & Hoelscher blown film line to meet growing demand. It follows a $23 million investment in the first two lines and related equipment made between 2016 and 2018.
Mondi Corrugated Packaging announced a €30m investment at its Ansbach facility in Germany, including a high-tech corrugator due for completion in 2020 to increase capacity and broaden heavy duty corrugated products.
Mondi Corrugated Packaging will invest €30 million in its Ansbach plant in southern Germany, including a new corrugator scheduled for completion in 2020. The investment will raise the plant's annual capacity by a double-digit percentage.
Cascades Sonoco inaugurated its expanded Birmingham, Alabama facility and a new production line for water-based coated paperboard. The US$17 million investment has capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year.
Bison Bag is adding to an existing building in Lockport, NY, bringing the total plant size to approximately 140,000 sq ft when finished in 2020. The expansion is part of a larger plan that includes new packaging machinery.
JSC Arkhbum, a Russian corrugated producer, commissioned a new Emba 175QS Ultima four-colour casemaker at its Podolsk plant near Moscow, replacing older lines. The modernisation of the factory is ongoing and expected to be completed in 2020.
American Packaging Corporation announced a $50 million expansion adding 126,000 square feet to its Roto Center of Excellence in DeForest, Wisconsin, with two new rotogravure presses, an adhesive laminator and slitting equipment.
Thimm installed a new Fosber corrugator at its Sibiu, Romania plant, tripling corrugated cardboard capacity, with about EUR 10.4 million invested in the site over two years.
Klabin approved its largest-ever investment, the Puma II project, estimated at R$9.1 billion. It includes two kraftliner paper machines with integrated pulp production at its Ortigueira site in Paraná, with total capacity of 920,000 tonnes per year.
BillerudKorsnäs has begun trial runs of KM7, one of the world's largest board machines, at its Gruvön mill in Sweden. The total investment was later estimated at SEK 6.84 billion, including a major mill conversion.
Weber Maschinenbau is investing a seven-figure sum in a new assembly hall of about 2,300 m² and a two-storey office building at its Breidenbach site. Completion of the assembly hall is planned for September 2019 and the office building for January 2020.
Rottneros Packaging has started molded-fiber tray production at its new factory in Sunne, Sweden, after a move to new premises, with an investment of about SEK 45 million and planned capacity of 50 to 80 million trays per year.
Ball Corporation has added a fourth production line at its aluminium beverage can plant in Widnau, Switzerland, further expanding its European can capacity. A company spokesperson confirmed it to EUWID.
ALPLA, Inc. broke ground in April 2019 on an expansion in the Kentucky Transpark, a $6.9 million capital investment that includes 60,000 square feet of additional warehouse space.
Schott Kaisha plans a Rs 500 crore expansion between 2018 and 2020, including a new site on the Gujarat-Daman border for pre-filled syringes and cartridges and expansion of its Daman and Jambusar plants.
Sealed Air is investing about $24 million to add production of plant-based food packaging using Plantic resin at its Simpsonville, S.C. facility, with production scheduled to start in Q2 2020.
NCI Packaging has installed and opened a new fully integrated aerosol can making line at its Preston operation in Victoria, Australia, investing almost $7 million.
Ball Corporation is investing EUR 45 million in a new production line at its Belgrade beverage can plant in Serbia, increasing capacity toward more than two billion cans a year.
In March 2019 Owens-Illinois announced an investment of more than $60 million to expand its plant in Gironcourt, France, to broaden its premium segment presence and increase capability.
CorrChoice, a US maker of corrugated paper and industrial packaging, will invest $40 million to increase capacity at its Pennsylvania plant, creating 79 new jobs and enlarging the facility to 32,550 square meters.
Norton Packaging plans a $2.5 million expansion of its pail plant in Hamlet, Starke County, Indiana, adding 42,000 square feet and 20 jobs. It would be the third expansion of the county operation.
Austin Foam Plastics, a Sealed Air subsidiary, plans a 60,000-square-foot expansion of its Pflugerville, Texas facility with a $4.7 million investment and 22 new jobs. The deal was approved by the local development corporation pending city council approval.
Interflex Group has invested £1.5 million in new equipment at its Sunderland factory, which makes flexible packaging for bakery and snack food, to increase capacity by about 20%.
Waterloo Container is seeking $207,050 in tax exemptions from the Seneca County IDA for a $2.28 million, 37,000-square-foot addition to its Seneca Falls facility, adding warehouse space and a bottle packing conveyor line and 22 new jobs.
Toray Plastics (America) is investing in a new 8.7-meter polypropylene film line at its North Kingstown, Rhode Island plant, with start-up anticipated in 2020. The project includes a new building to house the equipment.
Smurfit Kappa is investing a total of 60 million Danish kroner in its Vamdrup packaging plant, including new printing machines and a 2,500 square metre extension, with 10-15 new employees to be hired when the expansion finishes around 1 April.
Évolupak, a maker of recyclable thermoformed food packaging, will build a 40,000 sq ft building costing 10 million dollars to double its floor space in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. About 20 jobs will be created, with completion targeted for June 2019.
Auer Packaging is constructing a new warehouse adding 6,300 m2 of usable storage space at its Amerang site, at an investment of about 7 million euros.
Almarai installed two complete Sidel PET lines, each handling 54,000 bottles per hour, at its Al Kharj central processing plant to increase single-serve orange juice capacity. The lines use Tetra Pak Processing Systems equipment. The article is dated January 2019.
Mondi announced an expansion of its Ansbach corrugated cardboard plant, with an investment of EUR 30 million, making it Europe's largest comprehensive corrugated cardboard facility. Completion is expected in 2021.
Virospack, a maker of cosmetic droppers, recently started up a new production unit of 14,000 square meters in Badalona near Barcelona, with latest-generation machinery and automated production lines.
Phoenix Packaging Operations is undertaking an approximately $50 million expansion of its Dublin, Virginia plant, adding a 250,000-square-foot building and creating 145 jobs. TD Community Development Corporation allocated $15 million in New Markets Tax Credits to support the project.
Packaging manufacturer Duo UK is investing £1.5m in new machinery for its Manchester factory, including an Italian-made co-extruder, to raise productivity and boost stock capacity by 30%. The investment is expected to create five new jobs.
CANPACK topped out a new hall at its Helmond, Netherlands can factory that will house a third production line. The expansion raises production capacity by 50 percent and will create 120 new jobs.
Wintipak held a groundbreaking on 17 November 2025 for a new production hall at its Star Park site in Halle (Saale), Germany. The roughly €35 million investment adds 11,800 m² of production space and is expected to lift site capacity by about 30 percent by June 2026.
H. Großekämper Kunststoffe plans to build an automated high-bay warehouse with about 10,260 pallet spaces and a loading hall at its plastic bucket plant in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, at a gross cost of €10.5 million, with construction in 2018–2020.
International Paper is developing a 159,486 square foot expansion of its Waxahachie plant to make finished corrugated boxes for the local market, according to a letter to the city.
Stora Enso will invest EUR 22 million (SEK 232 million) to expand the water treatment plant at its Skoghall Mill in Sweden, adding capacity and new technology to reduce environmental impact.
American Containers in Plymouth, Indiana, announced its third expansion in four years, investing nearly $1.2 million in new equipment and an automated assembly process for corrugated honeycomb products. The expansion is backed by a seven-year property tax abatement approved by the Plymouth Common Council.
Smurfit Kappa invested R$24 million in its Uberaba plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil, boosting production by 30% through upgraded conversion equipment. The company plans a more aggressive investment programme in 2019.
Gruppo ASA held a foundation-stone ceremony in San Marino for a new structure that will house its KBA Metal Star 3 nine-colour lithographic printing line, due to be operational by summer 2019.
Mondi plans a €30 million upgrade of its Bupak corrugated packaging facility in the Czech Republic, including a new state-of-the-art corrugator and a customer experience centre. Completion is scheduled for 2020, and the plant's production capacity will double.