Mid South Extrusion is investing $12.5 million to add two polyethylene extrusion lines at its Monroe, Louisiana facility, creating 12 new jobs with operations expected in 2026.

Reyma announced a $40 million investment in a second production plant in Mérida, Yucatán, creating 300 direct and 1,200 indirect jobs. The plant will start with paper and compostable product lines.

Graphic Packaging International signed an agreement with New Jersey co-packer JJM Packaging to make its Boardio paperboard canisters available to brands and retailers in the U.S. and Canada from Q2 2025.

VPK Group's Aquila commissioned a new Fosber 2.8m S/Line corrugator at its Września plant in Poland as part of a €25 million investment. The line can produce up to 20 million square meters of corrugated board per month, and the official ribbon cutting took place in early 2025.

South Africa's Competition Tribunal unconditionally approved Mpact Operations' proposal to increase its shareholding in Seyfert Corrugated Western Cape, a Western Cape maker of corrugated boxes and packaging. The Tribunal decision was published on April 4, 2025.

Coral Products acquired Arrow Film Converters from administrators through its subsidiary Film & Foil Solutions, for a stated £502,899.

Klabin inaugurated Piracicaba II in Piracicaba, São Paulo, described as the largest and most modern corrugated packaging plant in the Americas. The $287 million facility has annual capacity of 240,000 tons.

Sustainable packaging firm Pulpex leased the 88,017 sq ft Westway 90 building from Canmoor on a 20-year lease in April 2025. It will host Pulpex's first commercial-scale fibre bottle manufacturing facility.

Mondi's newly converted paper machine in Duino, Italy started up successfully in April 2025. Once fully operational it will produce 420,000 tonnes per year of recycled containerboard.

DS Smith has renewed its packaging partnership with Jaguar Land Rover, covering manufacture, storage and delivery of packaging for JLR's products worldwide from the Mercia Park site in Leicestershire, valued at £108 million. The extension was made official at the beginning of April 2025.

Germany's Herma Group and US manufacturer Wausau Coated Products have launched a strategic partnership to open new markets, with WCP distributing Herma materials in Mexico and Herma distributing WCP wine and spirits materials in Europe, starting with the UK.

Grenadier Packaging announced the acquisition of Kentmere Packaging, a UK-based manufacturer of folding cartons, in March 2025. The deal's value was not disclosed.

Groupe Guillin, through its subsidiary WEFOLD DIFFUSION, entered exclusive negotiations to acquire the businesses of Cartonnerie Moderne, Défi Imprimerie and Alpes Emballages, which make food cardboard packaging with about EUR 13 million combined 2023 revenue and around 30 staff at three French sites.

Chinese packaging manufacturer Sunrise Group announced plans to invest approximately USD 55.38 million in a new can manufacturing facility in Vietnam with two high-speed aluminium can production lines.

Middle East Company for Manufacturing and Producing Paper signed an SPA to acquire the entire shareholding of Al-Medan Project Company for Corrugated Carton for SAR 91 million in cash plus new Mepco shares, raising its stake to 100%.

Stora Enso's new consumer packaging board line at its Oulu site in Finland has begun production ramp-up, converting an idle paper machine into a folding box board and coated unbleached kraft line. The line has an annual capacity of 750,000 tonnes and an investment of EUR 1 billion, with first deliveries expected by Q2 2025.

International Paper's Moroccan subsidiary CMCP International Paper is investing more than 100 million dirhams to expand its facility in Ait Melloul near Agadir to meet demand from the agriculture sector.

BENZ Packaging has started operations at a 90,000 sq ft facility in Jhajjar, Haryana, equipped with extrusion and printing machinery, an automated corrugation unit, and wooden box and pallet manufacturing.

BENZ Packaging announced a Rs150 crore investment over five years to expand manufacturing, enhance technology and extend its presence to Vietnam and Japan.

kdc/one and Clarion Group signed a joint venture agreement in Chennai to establish kdc/one Clarion Beauty Pvt Ltd, which will build a new injection-moulding and metallized beauty packaging plant in Gujarat within 12 months.

Graphic Packaging International signed an agreement with co-packer JJM Packaging to make its Boardio paperboard canister available to brands across the U.S. and Canada for nutrition powders, sweeteners, beverage mixes and cereals.

TOPPAN Speciality Films agreed to acquire 80% of the shares of Irplast S.p.A., an Italian maker of BOPP packaging films, labels and print tapes, with completion planned for April to June 2025.

SFT Group estimates total investment in its Adygea projects through 2030 at 30 billion rubles, including a high-tech paper machine to be launched by 2028 with capacity of 250-270 thousand tonnes of board per year and site capacity rising to 350 million sq m.

SFT Group plans to start new production lines at its second corrugated packaging plant Kartonstara-2 in Maikop, Adygea, in May 2025, with annual capacity of up to 150 million square meters.

DS Smith signed a £108 million, five-year contract to extend its fibre-based packaging supply to Jaguar Land Rover, including a just-in-time on-site service at JLR's Mercia Park plant in Appleby Magna, UK.

Oji India Packaging, a subsidiary of Oji Group, inaugurated its fifth Indian plant at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, producing corrugated boxes and packaging accessories with an initial workforce of 130 expanding to 300.

Summit Packaging Systems has added a two-story 6,500-square-meter extension to its European headquarters in Almere, Netherlands, raising the site's manufacturing footprint by 40% and adding injection molding capacity for valves and actuators.

FIFCO USA unveiled a $28 million can line at its Genesee Brewery in Rochester, New York, capable of 1,500 12oz cans per minute, lifting site capacity above 15 million cases a year.

Ball Corporation closed a 49:51 joint venture with Ayna.AI, named Oasis Venture Holdings, LLC, covering its Aluminum Cup business and plant in Rome, Georgia.

Massman Companies announced the acquisition of privately held ADCO, a cartoner machinery maker based in Sanger, California, to expand its carton-to-pallet automation offering.

Coral Products subsidiary Tatra Rotalac signed an exclusive three-year supply agreement with a UK distributor of BRC packaging containers to supply ice cream and food containers, worth up to £6m.

Rondo Ganahl invested 16.5 million euros in a new corrugator at its Frastanz headquarters, which went into operation in mid-January 2025 and increases corrugated board production capacity by 10 percent.

DS Smith extended its five-year fibre-based packaging contract with Jaguar Land Rover worth £108 million, including an on-site one-stop-shop at JLR's Mercia Park facility in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire.

Saica Group's flexible packaging division Saica Flex unveiled a €7.1 million investment in new printing and conversion equipment at its Wigan site, aiming to create up to 20 local jobs.

Graphic Packaging International signed an agreement making its Boardio paperboard canister available through New Jersey co-packer JJM Packaging to brands and retailers across the U.S. and Canada, with availability from Q2 2025.

DS Smith has extended its five-year, GBP 108 million contract to supply fibre-based packaging, warehousing and transport services to JLR's Mercia campus in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire.

Gulf Packaging Industries (GulfPack) has secured contracts to add two 10.4m-wide BOPP production lines at a new plant, lifting capacity from 183,000 to about 318,000 tonnes per year, with start-up in 2026 and 2027.

SRF Limited has signed a contract to buy a fourth BOBST EXPERT K5 3650mm metallizer for its factory in India, to be installed in 2026 to increase metallized BOPP capacity.

Spain's Mando de Apoyo Logistico awarded a public tender for packaging, labelling and pallets to Herlo Recambios and Suministros Industriales Heyser, with an awarded amount of EUR 100,826.45 excluding VAT, on 5 August 2025.

Faller Packaging is opening a new production facility in Gebesee, Thuringia, in April 2025, producing up to 650 million folding cartons and 160 million outserts per year on a former All4Labels site.

Shengxing Co. plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Vietnam to build a two-piece can production line with total investment of about $55.38 million. It would be the company's second overseas can factory after Cambodia.

Engineered Foam Packaging (EFP) is expanding its existing Bishopville facility in Lee County with a $31.5 million investment that adds 200,000 square feet and 57 new jobs. The expansion will increase production of expanded polystyrene and polypropylene packaging, with operations expected online in April 2026.

Beverage Pack Company plans to set up a packaging industrial complex in Frutal, Minas Gerais, investing R$500 to R$700 million and creating at least 100 direct jobs, with operations expected from 2027. The city council approved the purchase of a 236,000 square meter site.

Suseok, a Dong-A ST Holdings subsidiary making packaging containers, will absorb-merge its wholly owned sister company Dongcheonsu, a beverage maker, with the merger effective on the 30th of next month to improve efficiency and cost competitiveness.

ISEM Packaging Group, a Milan-based luxury packaging group, has acquired EGISA, a Barcelona-based high-end folding carton manufacturer with over 60 years of experience. The deal is backed by Peninsula Capital, and the value is not disclosed.

Zumbiel, a paperboard packaging maker, has acquired Crown Valley Co-Manufacturing in Farmington, Missouri, which will operate as ZumBev and offer beverage co-manufacturing with canning and bottling lines.

UFP Packaging, a UFP Industries subsidiary, has opened a 165,000 sq ft corrugated manufacturing facility in Jeffersonville, Indiana, that began operations in late 2024 and will expand through 2025.

Tecnocap plans to invest $4.5 million to buy and renovate a facility in Bellaire, Ohio, consolidating operations for its metal closure manufacturing and creating an estimated 29 jobs.

Eco Guardian is on track to open a new Ontario, Canada facility making compostable and recyclable food service products, with capacity of about 2 billion cups per year, scheduled to open in Q4 2025.

A US$90 million aluminum can manufacturing and beverage bottling plant backed by East Can Solutions is set to launch in June 2025 in the Yangi Avlod Free Economic Zone in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It will initially produce 1.1 billion cans a year and create up to 500 jobs.