Sunderland-based Pakway, which turns waste plastic bottles into packaging sheet, plans to double its capacity, with a second production line arriving in April 2018 and full capacity expected by end-2018.

Reliance Packaging invested about 4 million dollars in equipment and 1.5 million dollars in building improvements to add a new extruder and printing press at its Aberdeen, North Carolina plant, roughly doubling daily production capacity.

BillerudKorsnas is investing 5.7 billion SEK in a new board machine KM7 at its Grums mill in Varmland, Sweden, with 550,000 tonnes annual capacity expected to start in early 2019.

Inline Plastics is adding three thermoforming production lines and expanding its facilities in Shelton, Connecticut, Salt Lake City and McDonough, Georgia, creating 60 new jobs. The article's dates are inconsistent and may be older than the stated article date.

Oji Holdings plans to spend about 35 billion yen ($308 million) to more than double production of corrugated-cardboard materials in Malaysia.

Versa Pak plans a 37,000-square-foot manufacturing addition to its Celina plant in the Grand Lake Industrial Park, a more than $11 million investment expected to create 22 full-time jobs. Planning commissioners approved the proposal, with construction planned for spring.

Rusken Packaging plans a $20 million expansion of its corrugated fiber box lines in Harrisburg, Arkansas, expected to create about 50 new jobs and double its workforce by spring 2018.

Winpak's subsidiary has started work on an expansion adding 11,000 to 14,000 metric tonnes of annual BOPA film capacity for sale in North America, with over $40 million to be invested. The additional production is expected to be available in the second half of 2019.

Laminacorr began a 3-year expansion including a 20,000 sq ft addition in the Cornwall Business Park, Ontario, and an upgrade of one extrusion line. Equipment investment is over $1.5 million and building investment is $1.7 million.

SCA is investing SEK 196 million at its Munksund pulp and paper mill in Sweden to increase production of white-top kraftliner, lifting capacity from 150,000 to 200,000 tonnes per year.

Sealed Air will invest $10.4 million over three years and create 25 jobs as it expands and renovates its packaging manufacturing facility in Lenoir, North Carolina.

Atlantic Packaging, part of Atlantic Corporation of Wilmington, plans a $1.65 million expansion in Youngsville, Franklin County, adding a 33,000 square foot facility off U.S. Highway 1 and at least four jobs.

U.S. Corrugated, Inc. expanded its corrugated box plant in Santa Fe Springs, California, with support from a Southern California economic development team and incentives.

Skybox Packaging plans an 88,000 square-foot expansion of its Mansfield facility at 1275 Pollock Pkwy with a $3.3 million building investment, plus $2 million for machinery and $1 million for inventory. The project is expected to create 28 jobs, announced November 21, 2017.

Auer Packaging GmbH is adding injection molding capacity at its Amerang, Germany site, with a second hall running 14 machines since 2016 and a third hall planned to reach 35 machines. The company produces about 35 million plastic containers per year.

Owens-Illinois will build a fifth glass furnace at its Nava plant in northeastern Mexico to supply beer bottles to Constellation's adjacent brewery, an expansion estimated at about $140 million, financed equally by both partners.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Morris Packaging ordered a Hudson-Sharp 750SGBS pouch machine and a B&B-MAF side gusseted bag machine for its converting facility in Jefferson City, Missouri, following a 30,000 sq. ft. expansion. About 15-20 additional jobs are expected by Q4 2017.

Amcor Rigid Plastics expanded extrusion blow molded PP and HDPE bottle capacity at plants in Batavia, Illinois, Fort Worth, Texas, and Brampton, Ontario, creating 30 jobs in a multi-million-dollar expansion.

Packaging Corporation of America will convert its No. 3 paper machine at the Wallula, Washington mill into a 400,000 ton-per-year virgin kraft linerboard machine, starting in the second quarter of 2018.

Dart Container Corporation plans a $40 million expansion that enlarges its Mason, Michigan manufacturing facility from 215,000 to 330,000 square feet and adds a new 250,000 square foot technical and innovation center in Alaiedon Township.

VPK Packaging Group completed an upgrade of paper machine 6 at its Oudegem, Belgium mill, including new stock preparation, a faster drying section and a new winder, with a target capacity of 200,000 tonnes a year.

Rand-Whitney Container cut the ribbon on a 65,000 sq ft expansion at its Pawtucket, Rhode Island facility on July 27, 2017. The addition, designed and built by PROCON, adds space to store surplus packaging materials.

ORBIS Corporation plans to expand its Bardstown, Kentucky facility to increase production and warehouse space, including new equipment. The total investment is $30 million, with 55 jobs to be hired.

Cepac is investing £2m to expand its corrugated packaging factory at Rawcliffe Bridge, East Yorkshire, with a new 45,000 sq ft production and warehousing facility under construction. The article is dated July 11, 2017.

Plastipak Packaging announced a $15 million capital investment to add up to seven production lines at its Pineville, Louisiana facility, creating 10 direct jobs and retaining 263 existing jobs.

Maxco Supply Inc. is planning to expand its operations from its Parlier base to a box factory in nearby Fowler, California.

Board24, part of the Logson Group, is investing a further £5m to extend its Preston sheet feeder operation by 4,000sqm, raising loading and storage capacity by 30% and adding a fourth material handling line.

Package Concepts and Materials is adding a 30,000-square-foot, $3 million expansion to its meat and poultry processing plant in Greenville, South Carolina, to enhance production.

Green Bay Packaging has broken ground on a 107,000-square-foot expansion in Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo County, investing $10.8 million to add a corrugating line and three jobs.

Sealed Air opened a production line for Korrvu retention packaging at its Qingpu facility in Shanghai, with an investment of more than US$1 million, bringing the site to nine lines.

Anheuser-Busch and its Metal Container Corporation unit held a ribbon cutting for a new aluminum bottle line at the Jacksonville plant. The $175 million expansion created 75 new jobs.

SC Johnson has broken ground on a multi-million dollar expansion of its Bay City plant in Bangor Township, Michigan, adding a roughly 50,000 square foot building with new production lines. The project is expected to create 25 full-time jobs within two years.

Crown Đà Nẵng is installing a second production line at its Da Nang aluminum can plant, with total investment of USD 70 million and operations expected from September 2017, raising capacity to 1.6 billion cans per year.

Aphena Pharma Solutions will expand its Browns Mill Road facility in Cookeville, Tennessee, with a $7 million capital investment that will create 150 new jobs over five years.

Grupo Phoenix will invest $48.7 million to expand its Phoenix Packaging Operations plant in Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, creating 145 new jobs. It is the company's third expansion there.

SouthCorr, a corrugated packaging manufacturer owned by Interstate Resources, plans to invest $6.7 million to expand its plant in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, creating 22 new jobs.