Orkla launched chips packaging made with certified renewable polypropylene from SABIC's TRUCIRCLE portfolio, converted into BOPP film by Irplast. The partners say the solution halves the carbon footprint of their value chain compared with traditional plastics.

Flexible packaging converter Glenroy, Inc. appointed Tom Danneker as President and CEO and William Dopp as CFO; the company plans a major campus expansion to boost film and pouch production, due for completion in 2021.

Bacardi collaborated with Danimer Scientific to create a spirits bottle from Nodax PHA biopolymer made from plant seed oils, which biodegrades in 18 months. The bottle is due on shelves by 2023, starting with Bacardi rum in the US.

Priority Plastics says it acquired and installed injection stretch blow molding (ISBM) equipment at its Portland, Indiana facility to increase PET container capacity. The article gives no installation date.

Polyplex USA announced a $100 million-plus expansion at its Decatur, Alabama facility, adding a second BOPET film line with 50 thousand tonnes capacity and resin debottlenecking. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2021 with production expected by end 2022.

Lummus Novolen Technology was awarded a contract by Lukoil Burgas for a 280 kta polypropylene unit at its Bulgarian petrochemical facility, covering technology license, basic design engineering, training and catalyst supply. The announcement was made on 2020-10-08.

DBC Plastics of Durban installed a five-layer Reifenhäuser blown film extrusion line to replace an older monolayer system. The line allows thinner film and better print quality for its flexible packaging output.

PiovanGroup has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of Doteco SpA, a Modena-based maker of dosing technologies for plastic films. Doteco reported 2019 consolidated turnover of EUR 19.7 million.

Advanced Barrier Extrusions, owned by Graham Partners, agreed in October 2020 to acquire Berry Global's U.S. flexible packaging converter business for $140 million. The business comprises six printing and laminating facilities and will operate under the ABX name.

Wipak UK, a flexible packaging maker, is investing more than £5 million in new conversion equipment at its Welshpool site, with about 50 new jobs expected. The machinery is due to be operating by summer 2021.

Packaging converter ALPLA has acquired an Amcor facility in Alandi, near Pune in Western India, that produces PET bottle preforms, and will take over all 50 employees. The site becomes ALPLA's ninth location in India.

Shareholders of Montreal-based sustainable packaging provider IPL Plastics agreed to the company's sale to an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners, reported September 29, 2020.

Mauser Packaging Solutions, through its joint venture NCG-Maider, acquired Italian reconditioning firm EuroVeneta Fusti (EVF), expanding its IBC and plastic packaging services in Italy, as announced September 10, 2020.

Plast-Box Group completed an investment of nearly PLN 3.5 million at subsidiary Stark Partner in Urszulin, adding a new production department and a thermoforming machine. The company said capacity will rise by at least 50%.

NOVA Chemicals signed a long-term agreement with Merlin Plastics, Canada's largest plastics recycler, to increase supply of post-consumer recyclate for consumer packaging. NOVA is also providing financing for a multi-million dollar recycling project.

Auer Packaging added a third production hall with 3,000 square meters of manufacturing space and nine new injection molding machines at its Amerang site in Bavaria. Four of the machines are expected to start up soon.

Altium Packaging plans to invest more than $3 million in new equipment at its Argos facility in Marshall County, Indiana, creating 10 jobs and retaining 48 existing jobs. The Argos Town Council approved a personal property tax abatement for the project.

Liveo Research will add 20,000 tons of coating capacity for pharma blister packaging films at its Boetzingen, Germany site, with commissioning expected in Q3 2021 and total capacity above 50,000 tons.

BEWiSynbra Group AB acquired BEWi Drift Holding AS for NOK 400 million, paid NOK 100 million in shares and NOK 300 million in cash. The deal was announced on August 17, 2020.

Polish plastics packaging maker TW Plast leased an 8,000 m² hall at Accolade's industrial park in Mińsk Mazowiecki to produce type II surgical masks, reportedly one of Europe's largest such plants.

Altium Packaging is entering the next phase of a $10 million investment in PET capacity and capabilities, expanding its PET bottle production from 2 ounces to 5 gallons and its preform catalog. The announcement was made in Atlanta on August 5, 2020.

Moorebank-based packaging company Tacca signed a six-month supply agreement with Detmold Medical to produce meltblown polypropylene filter layer for medical masks, re-tooling its Moorebank premises for the work. The article is dated 5 August 2020 and no value was given.

Indorama Ventures agreed to acquire IMP Polowat, a PET recycling business with two sites in Bielsko-Biala and Leczyca, Poland, with combined capacity of 23,000 tonnes of rPET flakes and 4,000 tonnes of rPET pellets. Closing is expected in Q3 2020, subject to regulatory approvals.

Pact Group, Cleanaway Waste Management and Asahi Beverages formed a joint venture to build a A$45 million PET plastic recycling plant at the Nexus Precinct in Albury/Wodonga, NSW, expected to be operational by December 2021.

The Government of Canada through FedDev Ontario announced C$7.8 million to help three York Region manufacturers, including Vision Profile Extrusions in Woodbridge, scale up and create 116 skilled jobs in Ontario.

Lumson, a cosmetic packaging maker, agreed to acquire packaging company Pibiplast from private equity firm Ambienta for €350 million. The deal creates a large European packaging group.

Madison Dearborn Partners funds agreed to acquire IPL Plastics Inc. from shareholders including CDPQ for approximately CAD 550 million on 28 July 2020. CDPQ will keep a minority stake of about 24.9%.

France's Snetor Group acquired plastics distributor Gazechim Plastics, with the deal signed on 27 July 2020 and creating a group with about 300 staff and EUR 1.2 billion in consolidated revenue.

Harrington Industrial Plastics completed its acquisition of Aetna Plastics, a Cleveland, Ohio distributor of plastics and process piping systems, in partnership with Aetna management. Aetna's president Gary Davis is joining Harrington.

Pretium Packaging, a North American plastic container maker, invested $5 million in PET stretch blow molding equipment and infrastructure across six of its 19 plants, adding 100 million bottles of capacity. The project is expected to be completed by October 2020.

INOVYN has taken over and received the Venus expansion project at its PVC factory in Herøya Industrial Park, Porsgrunn, raising PVC paste resin capacity from 40,000 to 55,000 tonnes a year. Bilfinger handled project management, detailed engineering, procurement and facility management.

TriMas's Rieke business received a contract from INEOS Hygienics to produce dispenser pumps for new hand sanitizers, with production planned at a Taplast location. The announcement is dated 2020-07-13 and gives no value.

Alpla, a plastic packaging manufacturer, will spend $21 million on a new plant of about 154,000 square feet in a NorthPoint Development warehouse next to Dayton International Airport. The plant is expected to add 50 jobs by April.

Greiner Packaging produces Pro Nature toilet-cleaner bottles for Henkel using 50 per cent recycled material. The article gives no further details on volumes or value.

Korporacja KGL has signed a framework agreement under which it will be the main supplier of plastic meat trays to Danish Crown, mainly for its Polish plants. Potential revenue from the agreement, running to 1 January 2023, could reach 40 million PLN.

Berry Global agreed to supply non-woven fabric to Medicom in support of the UK government's mask manufacturing mandate.

Belarus's Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman purchased 1,200 tonnes of biaxially oriented polypropylene film for cigarette packs and blocks from Ukraine's Tatrafan Plastkhim-T for a total of 2.979 million euros, after winning a supplier tender.

Berry Global is collaborating with Mondelez International to supply packaging containing recycled plastic for Philadelphia cream cheese.

Plastic container maker Auer Packaging is expanding its Amerang site with a third production hall, expected to go into operation in July 2020, bringing the site to three production halls and one warehouse.

Serioplast US, the North American unit of Italy's Serioplast Group, will begin operating a rigid plastic packaging plant in Red Springs, Robeson County, North Carolina, investing $9.4 million and creating 46 jobs, as announced by Governor Roy Cooper's office.

Montreal-based TC Transcontinental bought the assets of Enviroplast, an insolvent LDPE film recycler with plants in Quebec and Ontario, for 16.1 million Canadian dollars. The purchase was announced June 16, 2020, and the equipment will supply recycled resin for its packaging production.

Klöckner Pentaplast is expanding its Klöckner Barrier Film facility in central Virginia, adding 6,000 metric tonnes of capacity and new coating capabilities for pharmaceutical barrier films. The multi-million dollar investment is expected to be operational toward the end of 2021.

Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia signed a Heads of Agreement with Dynapack Asia to develop a bottle-to-bottle grade PET recycling facility in Indonesia, starting with a proof of concept phase. The recycling could cut new plastic resin use by about 25,000 tonnes a year by 2022.

Parikh Flexibles, part of Constantia Flexibles, purchased a 1350 mm Bobst Expert K5 metallizer to be installed in 2021 at its new greenfield Ecoflex facility in Ahmedabad, India, for producing ultra high barrier MDO PE film.

Typack-Recipet plans to invest US$5 million in a new thermoformed plastic packaging plant in Mexico, expected to be operational within 15 months.

Chilean PET recycler Typack-Recipet is preparing a strategic alliance with Peruvian packaging company Colca, including a new packaging company for Peru's agricultural sector.

Rubix Group acquired 100% of Barlotti S.r.l., a Bologna-based company active since 1981 in thermoplastic processing and technology for food, pharmaceutical, bottling and packaging industries. SCOA advised the Barlotti family, and founder Bruno Barlotti remains as Managing Director.

Polipak signed a contract worth over 50 million zloty with general contractor W.P.I.P. on 20 May 2020 to build production, warehouse and office buildings of over 20,000 m2 in Środa Wielkopolska, doubling its production and storage space. Completion is planned for mid-2021.

Canada's Transcontinental made a $1.32 billion offer to purchase Coveris Americas, which operates 21 facilities producing labels and shrink films, to become a major North American packaging company.

Accredo Packaging expanded its Sugar Land, Texas facility by 200,000 square feet, with a $50 million investment in the recent phase, completed in the first quarter of 2020.