Smurfit Westrock signed a five-year contract to supply all corrugated packaging for Reykjavik Creamery, estimated at about $10 million over its lifespan, with packaging made in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Samyang Foods announced it will absorb-merge its subsidiary Samyang Square Pack, a cardboard box maker, through a no-capital-increase merger, after acquiring an additional 5% stake to reach 100% ownership.

STM Group increased PINTA's beer canning capacity and automated its can line with a cartoner, supplying depalletiser, rinser, Microcan CL10 filler, labeller, case packer and integration with the glass-bottle line.

Constantia Flexibles is expanding its rolling mill to increase aluminum foil production by 30%. The location and investment were not given in the excerpt.

SIG InnoVentures and Optima agreed to join PulPac as new shareholders. The stake sizes and deal value were not disclosed in the article.

Crown Holdings partnered with San Juan Beverage Company to be the exclusive beverage packaging provider for the ready-to-drink San Juan Bammarita cocktail. West Coast Container will support the partnership.

Polish packaging group CANPACK started construction on a R$710 million aluminium can factory in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, with capacity of 1.3 billion cans per year and 140 direct jobs, due for completion by 2026.

Brand agencies SGS & Co and SGK finalized their merger into the Propelis family of brands, with packaging-graphics and print operations combined under SGX. The combined group has about 10,000 employees and nearly $1 billion in annual sales.

Kirk Kapital-owned Dansk Træemballage has acquired AB Karl Hedin Emballage, the packaging division of AB Karl Hedin, with 10 production sites in Sweden and one in Estonia. The packaging division had SEK 600m revenue in 2023; the deal value was not disclosed.

Cameroon's state cotton company SODECOTON awarded Pack Industry S.A. a framework contract to supply 5,000,000 packaging cartons for Diamaor, worth 2,325,375,000 FCFA incl. tax, with a 36-month execution period. The decision is dated 6 May 2025.

Elkhart, Indiana-based Welch Packaging acquired corrugated packaging maker JaMar Packaging of West Chicago, Illinois. It is Welch's 40th acquisition and expands its presence in the Chicagoland region.

UAE-based Hotpack announced a $100 million manufacturing and distribution facility in Edison, New Jersey, its first North American production base. The 70,000 sq ft plant is planned to create up to 200 jobs and begin operations in June 2025.

Asahi Beverages has unveiled a new $60 million canning line at its Yatala brewery in Queensland, able to produce up to 400 million cans a year and adding 27 net full-time jobs.

International Paper announced the groundbreaking of a new packaging box plant in the United States. The location and investment were not given in the excerpt.

MPE invested in and merged Central Coated and Sun America to form a new food packaging platform. Both companies will keep operating from their current manufacturing facilities.

St. Louis, Missouri-based Novvia, a rigid container and life sciences packaging distributor backed by Kelso, has acquired packaging firm Garrett Hewitt International.

IPL and Schoeller Allibert have agreed a merger creating a global reusable plastic packaging company with 27 sites in North America, the UK and Europe and over $1.4bn pro-forma revenue; completion is targeted for Q3 2025.

UK Research and Innovation awarded a below-threshold contract to Protective Packaging Ltd to supply foil packaging, worth £19,781.34 excluding VAT, with delivery from 1 to 16 May 2025.

Complete Design & Packaging, a corrugated packaging manufacturer, has opened a new 65,000-square-foot warehouse in Concord, N.C., to serve as the primary shipping hub and add overflow capacity.

IPL announced a merger with Schoeller Allibert to form a reusable plastic packaging company with manufacturing in 27 locations and combined 2024 revenue above US$1.4 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025.

Changzhou Max Metal Package signed a contract with a Brazilian partner for easy-open tin can lids worth about $20 million, following the FI South America food processing exhibition.

Jamaica Packaging Industries commissioned a new 74,000 sq ft factory at 693 Spanish Town Road, Kingston, consolidating its operations on one site and expected to nearly triple output. A US$8 million Scotiabank Jamaica loan financed new machinery, and the property investment was about US$5 million.

Norwegian packaging manufacturer Elopak has opened its $100 million all-electric carton plant at the Port of Little Rock, Arkansas, its first in North America, creating about 100 jobs.

Jamaica Packaging Industries opened a new state-of-the-art factory at 693 Spanish Town Road, St Andrew, consolidating its operations at a single location for US$12.75 million. The launch took place on April 29, 2025, during the company's 70th anniversary.

Canpack Group plans to add a line producing about 1 billion beverage cans at its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland, with commissioning targeted for Q2 2026. The project was first announced in 2022 and postponed in 2023.

Ofa Iks Kristiansand awarded Empakk AS a framework agreement for food packaging supplies, with a lot value of about NOK 16 million (EUR 1.4 million). The award notice was published on 29 April 2025.

Massoud Steel signed an agreement to establish a metal packaging factory in the Sokhna Industrial Zone, Egypt, with a total investment of USD 19 million. Operations are expected to start in Q1 2026 and create about 130 direct jobs.

Holden's Bottling agreed to acquire the small-pack packaging operations of South East Bottling (SEB), taking over its contract packaging volume. The deal was announced on April 28, 2025.

Mondi has finalized its ProVantage containerboard paper portfolio, offering brown and white grades for corrugated packaging, honeycomb structures and fiber drums. The range targets e-commerce packaging needs.

DS Smith partnered with TPV Automotive to develop a fiber-based corrugated packaging system for BMW car wheel carriers shipped to BMW's Asian assembly facility. The solution replaces Styrofoam, PS or wood packaging.

Stater Bros. Markets expanded its multi-year partnership with IFCO to use reusable packaging containers for a wider range of fresh produce. The switch replaces single-use packaging for items such as carrots, corn and tomatoes.

Belgium-based VPK Group is acquiring Open Imballaggi, a family-owned corrugated packaging producer in Calcinate near Bergamo, Italy. The target runs one sheet plant with capacity of 40 million m² of corrugated packaging.

Switzerland's Amcor and Indiana's Berry Global will combine in an all-stock transaction, creating a global leader in consumer and healthcare packaging solutions. The deal was reported on 2025-04-24.

Atlantis-Pak, part of Agrokom Group, plans to build a new modern plant for sausage casings in the Rostov region of Russia over four years, with a 10 billion ruble investment, raising output by 45% to 4-5 billion rubles.

Huhtamaki acquired Zellwin Farms, a privately owned molded fiber producer of egg cartons and egg flats in Zellwood, Florida, in a transaction with a USD 18 million enterprise value.

Luxlait has moved several dairy classics into Elopak Pure-Pak cartons after installing a new Shikoku S-PSF70UCe filling machine supplied by Elopak at its Roost plant in Luxembourg.

PerfoTec BV signed a strategic partnership with Egypt-based GoodSeal Packaging Company, including a global PerfoTec licensing agreement and a significant order for PerfoTec equipment, to expand into North Africa and the Middle East.

Rajshree Polypack Limited won international orders worth ₹6.54 crore from two US food packaging distributors, for thermoformed packaging and injection-moulded products.

Target ordered 256,000 Collective Good wine bottles in Frugalpac's paper Frugal Bottle for sale in nearly 1,200 US stores, with the wines sourced by Latitude Wines.

SIG announced a €6.7 million investment to expand its Vinhedo, São Paulo production site, including new machinery, with the work planned for 2025.

Smurfit Kappa Navarra was awarded a public tender to supply 70,000 C48 AC ND cardboard boxes for tobacco packaging to CETARSA in Cáceres, for 950,600 euros excluding VAT.

L&M Corrugated Container Corp. unveiled a German-made Göpfert five-color rotary machine with dual die cutter at its Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin plant, part of an $8 million machinery expansion. The unveiling took place on Friday, 2025-04-11.

Grupo Empresarial Salaverry started flexographic printing and five-layer extrusion processes at its Xiloxoxtla plant in Tlaxcala, Mexico, which the state governor says will raise production capacity by 38%. The start-up was reported on 2025-04-11.

Karat Packaging signed a lease for a 187,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Chino, California, nearly doubling its distribution capacity there and adding about 500 paper product SKUs.

Graphic Packaging International is advancing a proposal to build a warehouse and parking lot beside its recycled paperboard mill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, consolidating four local warehouses, with completion scheduled for 2028.

Forming Technologies is expanding its Muskegon, Michigan facility with an anticipated capital investment of up to $18.8 million, creating 70 new jobs in a building of at least 150,000 square feet that will also house its headquarters.

Morris Packaging plans to build a new $60.9 million flexible packaging production plant in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky, creating 276 full-time jobs. The more-than-100,000-square-foot facility is expected to be completed by October.

Amcor secured a commercial order for its HDPE AmSky Blister System, used for the new TheraBreath Invigorating Icy Mint chewing gum sold in major U.S. retailers. The announcement was made on April 9, 2025.

FCA Packaging, a Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company, acquired Viking Packing Specialist, a Tulsa-based maker of custom wood crates, cases, metal containers and dangerous goods packaging. No financial terms were disclosed.

Engelmann & Buckham was selected to supply packaging lines, including filling and labeling systems, for Yara International's new production facility in Yorkshire, UK. The plant is slated to begin operations in early 2026.