Atlas Packaging has invested over GBP 1.75 million in a new Cuir Rotaflexo flexographic printing machine to enhance its packaging process.

Schur Flexibles Group will acquire a majority of shares in Dutch packaging printer Drukkerij Zwart, expanding its portfolio to 13 companies with 13 production locations. Financial terms were not disclosed and the deal is subject to cartel authority approval.

Collcap Group is set to merge with Spanish packaging manufacturer Quadpack Industries. Quadpack will retain its brand name and Collcap's office in Leek, UK.

Oji Fibre Solutions is developing a new paper-based corrugated packaging facility in Yatala, Queensland, with about A$68 million invested. The plant will initially employ 50 staff and is on track for completion by the end of 2016.

Total and Corbion are forming a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market PLA polymers. They plan to build a 75,000 t/y PLA polymerization plant at Corbion's site in Thailand. The joint venture will be based in the Netherlands and launch in Q1 2017.

Tetra Pak announced a £88.5m investment in a state-of-the-art regional manufacturing facility near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The announcement was reported on 2016-11-16.

Integrity Print has acquired Cardiff-based label maker Alliance Labels for an undisclosed fee. The deal was reported on 2016-11-16.

Sheboygan Paper Box Co. has proposed an $8.3 million, 28,000-square-foot expansion of its Sheboygan plant to add printing equipment and meet growing food packaging demand. The company expects about 30 new jobs.

Kraft Vina, an SCG subsidiary, put a new production line with capacity of 243,500 tons per annum into operation in Binh Duong province, Vietnam.

Tetra Pak has announced a £88.5 million investment in a new regional packaging material factory near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is expected to start operations in Q1 2019 with capacity of about 20 billion packs a year.

VPK has started up a new Bobst 924 flexo folder gluer at its Oudegem plant in Belgium, adding about 5 million square metres of corrugated packaging capacity. The total project, including a double-deck WIP and a second pallet inserter, is worth about 7 million euros.

Hood Container of Louisiana will invest in two phases at its St. Francisville paper mill, adding a press section on the H1 paper machine and a recycling plant for old corrugated containers. The project creates 10 direct jobs and retains 237 jobs.

As part of its Finnish corrugated consolidation, Stora Enso will invest around €19 million in new machinery and infrastructure at its Lahti site. The plan is scheduled to be finalised by the first quarter of 2018.

Stora Enso plans to shut its corrugated packaging plant in Heinola, Finland, and transfer production to its Lahti plant. A total of 47 employees will be affected.

Delta Group in India and Taizhou Fengchang from China formed a joint venture, Delta Dragon India Pvt Ltd, to manufacture PVC plastic packaging products in India.

IPL Inc. announced a $36 million investment plan to expand its production capacity in both Canada and the United States.

Burrows Paper Corp. agreed to sell its packaging division to Novolex of Charlotte, North Carolina, in a deal expected to close later in 2016. Terms were not disclosed.

IPL Inc. acquired Encore Industries Inc., a producer of rigid plastic packaging with three US facilities in Ohio, Georgia and Minnesota, for US$35 million. The deal was made with parent One51 and partners Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Fonds de solidarité FTQ.

Bemis inaugurated an expansion of its packaging plant in the Suape industrial port complex in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco. The R$31 million investment adds 8,000 square meters and is expected to double rigid packaging capacity and create more than 140 jobs.

Smurfit Kappa UK, a subsidiary of Smurfit Kappa Group, agreed to acquire Saxon Packaging, a UK company that converts board into corrugated boxes and fitments. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Berlin Packaging has completed its acquisition of Bruni Glass, an Italy-based maker of premium glass packaging with plants in Italy, France, Spain, China, Canada and the United States. The definitive agreement had been announced on October 11, 2016.

UK creative services firm Key Production acquired Brighton-based packaging specialist Modo for an undisclosed fee. The deal extends Key Production's reach into the South of England, with no redundancies expected.

Sonoco has acquired Plastic Packaging Inc., a privately held Hickory, North Carolina flexible packaging maker with about $42 million in expected 2016 sales and roughly 170 employees. The deal adds short-run flexible packaging capabilities in the southeast US.

Lintec USA Holding, Inc., a subsidiary of Lintec Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vacuum Depositing, Inc., a roll-to-roll metallizer based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Berlin Packaging opened a new integrated warehouse and assembly facility of nearly 300,000 square feet at 2300 Sweeney Drive in Clinton, Pennsylvania, tripling its Pittsburgh operations. Qorpak is already operating from the site, and Dangerous Goods is expected to move in by mid-2017.

Dominion Packaging will invest $25.1 million to expand its operation in Henrico County, Virginia, to support a new contract with Anheuser-Busch, creating 60 new jobs. Virginia competed against Pennsylvania for the project, and the announcement was made by Governor McAuliffe.

Smurfit Kappa UK announced its acquisition of Saxon Packaging, an independent converter of board into corrugated boxes based in Lowestoft, Norfolk, serving customers in Suffolk, East Anglia and the Home Counties.

ULMA Packaging supplied and installed a complete automated packing line for Border Biscuits at its Lanarkshire site, including flowrappers, case packers, and box management systems, doubling production output.

Globalpak LLC plans to build a metal and polymer packaging factory for food and cosmetics in the Feodosia industrial park in Crimea, with an investment of over 250 million rubles. A cooperation memorandum was signed with the Crimea Development Corporation.

Kruger is rebuilding Paper Machine 10 at its Trois-Rivières mill to produce 100% recycled linerboard, with about $250 million invested and completion expected in May 2017. About $135 million of the budget has been committed to date.

Swiss butter and margarine processing lines producer Egli AG and Lithuanian packaging lines producer Fasa have joined forces to offer combined processing and packaging equipment from one source.

Duravant, a global engineered equipment manufacturer, has acquired Arpac, a designer and integrator of end-of-line packaging solutions, to expand its packaging platform and systems integration capabilities.

Plastipak Packaging completed the acquisition of the business assets of Evolve Polymers Ltd. from Aurelius at its Hemswell Cliff site in the UK, which can process 6 to 9 billion PET bottles a year. The business began operating immediately under Plastipak's ownership.

American Packaging will build a new $170 million flexible packaging plant on Beaver Road in Chili, New York, instead of Altoona, Iowa. The state will invest up to $14.7 million and groundbreaking is planned for early next year.

CVC Capital Partners announced that funds it advises have agreed to acquire Anchor Glass Container Corporation, a Tampa-based US glass container producer, in partnership with BA Glass.

Massman Automation Designs, LLC acquired EDL Packaging Engineers, Inc., a manufacturer of shrink wrappers and packaging equipment. The acquisition closed on October 31, 2016.

A joint venture of CVC Capital Partners and BA Glass agreed in November 2016 to acquire Tampa, Florida-based glass container maker Anchor Glass Container from KPS Capital Partners and AlpInvest Partners for more than US$1 billion in cash.

Amcor agreed to acquire Hebei Qite Packing, a Chinese flexible packaging company, for RMB 185 million (about USD 28 million). The deal is expected to expand Amcor's flexible packaging business in Asia.

Amcor Rigid Plastics completed its acquisition of Sonoco's Global Plastics blow molding business in North America, adding seven plants in the U.S. and Canada and about 850 employees. Terms were not disclosed.

DS Smith Plc has completed the acquisition of Gopaca, a well-invested corrugated producer located near Porto, Portugal, with about 135 employees.

Public Power Solutions awarded a GBP 250,000 contract to Manuli Packaging for the supply and delivery of Bale Wrap used to package Solid Recovered Fuel and Refuse Derived Fuel at its Swindon facility.

Manuli Packaging was awarded a GBP 250,000 contract by Public Power Solutions to supply bale wrap for packaging solid recovered fuel at its Swindon facility. The award date was 2016-10-28 and it was published on 2016-11-22.

Vonco Products broke ground on a new 80,000-square-foot facility in Salem, Wisconsin, custom-designed for its expanding manufacturing and operational needs, with full occupancy expected by the end of 2017.

Vijayshri Packaging formally inaugurated its new greenfield carton and corrugated plant on the outskirts of Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on October 21, 2016, after starting operations in August.

TC Transcontinental acquired all shares of Flexstar Packaging, a Richmond, British Columbia flexible packaging converter with over 120 employees and about C$36 million in revenue. The deal was announced on October 17, 2016.

Blue Sage Capital has acquired Magnum Systems, a designer and manufacturer of equipment for handling and packaging dry bulk materials, from Gen Cap America.

3M completed the sale of its temporary protective films business, formerly known as Polymask, to Pregis LLC.

WestRock announced in October 2016 a $48 million expansion of its Sioux City, Iowa corrugated box operations, consolidating two plants into an 82,000 square foot addition at the Bridgeport Drive plant with new automated equipment.

SWA, a Dutch contracting authority in Alphen aan den Rijn, published a public tender for corrugated cardboard packaging, with an estimated value of EUR 750,000 to 1,000,000 excluding VAT for a 24-month contract with options to extend. Bannink Packaging is listed as a supplier in the procurement documents.

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus sold Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Group to Egeria; the deal closed in December 2016 and its value was undisclosed.