Sabert Corporation will open a new 450,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Greenville, Texas, its first North American site making 100% compostable food packaging, expected to create about 125 jobs over three years with full operation by end of 2018.

Prinzhorn Holding unit Hamburger Containerboard plans a 300 million euro paper factory on about 500,000 square metres in Kütahya 2nd Organized Industrial Zone, with 500 jobs and production expected in 2020.

Thimm Verpackung officially opened its new Holledau corrugated packaging plant in Wolnzach, Bavaria, on 15-16 September 2017 after investing 60 million euros. The plant uses rotary and flat-bed die-cutting and a high-tech corrugator.

Crown Holdings announced it will build a new aluminum beverage can plant at Parc Sagunt near Valencia, Spain, with initial annual capacity of about 900 million cans, expected to be operational in Q4 2018.

Polish cosmetic packaging maker Politech has bought a plot in the Bydgoszcz Industrial and Technology Park and plans to build a plant of at least 5,000 square metres to automate production.

WestRock announced plans to build a new corrugated box plant in Porto Feliz, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, to serve growing regional demand. Construction is expected to begin later in 2017 and finish in mid-2019.

Ball Corporation will begin construction of a new beverage packaging facility in Goodyear, Arizona, expected to start production in Q2 2018 to serve demand for specialty cans in the southwestern U.S. No investment value was given.

Crown Holdings officially opened a beverage can plant in Juarez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, with a USD 75 million investment and 1.2 billion cans a year of output. A second line costing USD 45 million over two years is planned, and about 160 jobs will be created.

Progroup subsidiary Prowell has applied for planning permission for a two-phase corrugated board plant at Lees Lane, Ellesmere Port, with first-phase investment around £120m backed by a EUR 75 million commitment.

Vichisa, a Crown subsidiary, will invest $200 million in two phases to build its ninth glass container plant in Meoqui, Chihuahua, to supply Heineken's nearby brewery. The first phase is $120 million and is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs, with construction starting in October 2017.

Vichisa, partner of Crown Brand-Building Packaging, signed an agreement with the Chihuahua state government to build a glass container factory in Meoqui supplying the Heineken plant, with a first-phase investment of $120 million and over 200 direct jobs. A second phase of $80 million is planned within three to four years.

Axium Plastics, a container, cap and closure maker headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is investing US$25 million in a new plant in Jefferson City, Missouri, creating at least 70 jobs. The company will occupy an existing 50,000-square-foot building and add 75,000 square feet.

Cascades Inc. announced an investment of USD 80 million to build a new containerboard packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey, creating 120 jobs. Operations are due to begin in the second quarter of 2018 with annual capacity of 2.4 billion square feet.

Aegg Creative Packaging is investing GBP 1 million in a new 60,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in the UK to make injection moulded food packaging. The site is planned to expand to 140,000 sq ft in a second phase, with production expected to start before the end of 2017.

Spanish-owned Daumar is constructing a 113,000 sq ft production plant and 27,000 sq ft office building in Huntersville, North Carolina, a project first announced in August 2017 with a $21 million first phase and 40 planned jobs.

Sterling Packaging is investing $6 million in a new 60,000 sq ft building at Monroeville Industrial Park in Alabama, creating up to 55 jobs. The investment is backed by state, county and city incentives totaling $3.2 million.

Corning will develop Corning Valor Glass with Merck and Pfizer, and is expected to expand its facilities and build a new glass plant with an estimated investment of $500 million. The location was not stated.

Lollicup USA has signed a land development deal to build a 700,000 sq ft plant in Rockwall, Texas, making paper and plastic cups and food containers. About 200 jobs are expected and completion is scheduled for October 2018.

Dunapack Packaging, the corrugated division of Prinzhorn Group, is investing in a second corrugated box plant for Poland in Lubliniec, with start-up planned for mid-2018.

Can-Pack unveiled a new aluminium cans factory at Dubai Investment Park, UAE, with an investment of Dh200 million. The plant will serve markets as far as the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

Avery Dennison Polska signed a lease for over 13,300 square meters in the MLP Pruszków II logistics park near Warsaw for production and warehousing, with delivery scheduled for Q2 2018.

Gualapack opened a new Group facility in Sumy, Ukraine in July 2017, producing multilayer barrier laminates and premade spouted pouches for CIS customers.

Quality Pack Zrt, part of the Hell group, opened Hungary's first aluminium beverage can factory in Szikszó after a HUF 30 billion investment. The plant has annual capacity of 1.2 billion cans and is expected to create 320 jobs by end-2019.

The Hell group opened its aluminium beverage can factory in Szikszó, Hungary, built by subsidiary Quality Pack with a HUF 30 billion investment, with 1.2 billion annual capacity and plans for 320 new jobs by end-2019.

Kanodia Technoplast, a gravure printing and flexible packaging company, plans a fifth manufacturing facility at Kundli, India by the third quarter of fiscal 2017-18.

Mauser USA, part of Mauser Group, will invest $10 million in a 40,000 sq ft plastic container packaging and logistics facility in Geismar, Ascension Parish, creating 28 initial direct jobs.

BG Container Glass, a subsidiary of Bangkok Glass, announced a Bt2 billion glass-container factory in Ratchaburi with daily capacity of 400 tonnes. The plant is due to start operations in the third quarter of 2018.

Scholle IPN opened a new flexible packaging manufacturing plant in Santiago, Chile, producing bag-in-box and spouted pouch packaging for institutional and retail markets. The building covers 2,000 m2.

Cascades Inc. announced an US$80 million investment for a new 400,000 sq. ft. containerboard packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey, creating 120 jobs. Operations are expected to begin in Q2 2018.

Visy Board New Zealand will build a second corrugated packaging plant on an 8.5 hectare site at Hamilton Airport in the Waipa District, with a NZ$100 million investment. Construction started in April 2017.

Visy Board New Zealand is building a corrugated packaging plant on an 8.5-hectare site at Hamilton Airport in the Waikato, with 75 jobs. The factory is due for completion in early 2018, and construction began in April 2017.

Pratt Industries completed its 388,000 sq ft corrugated packaging plant in the Rockwall Technology Park, Texas, in June 2017 after breaking ground in October 2016, with an initial $50 million investment in recycled packaging production.

Thielmann, a stainless steel beverage container manufacturer, opened its U.S. keg facility in Houston, Texas on May 23, 2017. The site aims to offer kegs with shorter lead times to North American customers.

Fullmer built a 296,000 sq ft concrete tilt-up warehouse for bottle maker Plastipak Packaging in Victorville, California, within the Southern California Logistics Centre. The plant blow-molds bottles for an adjacent Dr Pepper bottling facility and is Gold LEED certified.

Romcarton S.A. is building a new corrugated cardboard packaging factory in Popesti-Leordeni, Ilfov County, near Bucharest, with a total investment of EUR 27.5 million, financed partly by a EUR 23.4 million BCR credit, with completion expected by end of 2017.

Turkish packaging maker Ispak Ambalaj has opened a €70 million flexible packaging facility in Izmit. The plant raises the company's annual flexible packaging capacity to 40,000 tonnes and serves European and North American markets. It was reported on 10 May 2017.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto inaugurated Grupo Modelo's brewery in Hunucmá, Yucatán, with initial capacity of 5 million hectoliters a year and an aluminum can plant producing 1 billion cans a year, built for 8.5 billion pesos.

LINDAL Group acquired 15 acres in Columbus, Indiana, to build a new 100,000-square-foot aerosol packaging production facility with a $20 million U.S. investment.

Graphic Packaging and DHL Supply Chain will make a combined $274 million investment in Northeast Louisiana, building a 1.27 million-sq-ft folding carton plant and logistics center in Monroe and creating 93 direct jobs. Graphic Packaging will also invest $120 million in its West Monroe mill.

LY Company chose MachinePoint Engineering to build its new factory in Malaga for packaging wine, water and oil in carton containers, with financing and a Tetra Pak partnership arranged through MachinePoint. The article is dated 2 May 2017.

Amcor is spending almost $10 million to open a new on-site bottling plant at Campbell's Soup's factory in Paris, Texas, to make about 50 million hot-fillable PET bottles a year for V8 juices. The announcement was reported on 1 May 2017.

Graphic Packaging International and DHL Supply Chain announced a combined $274 million investment to develop a 1.27 million-square-foot folding carton plant and logistics center in Monroe, Louisiana, creating 93 direct jobs.

Kian Joo Can Factory is building two manufacturing plants in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone, one for cans and one for corrugated containers via subsidiary Box-Pak, requiring US$23.5 million, with commercial production targeted for Q4 2018.

Amcor Rigid Plastics opened an in-line bottle manufacturing operation at Campbell Soup's plant in Paris, Texas, investing $7 million to repurpose 6,000 sq ft. It is expected to produce about 50 million hot-fill PET bottles a year for V8 products.

Amcor Rigid Plastics has invested $7 million to open a PET bottle manufacturing plant in Paris, Texas, for Campbell Soup Co. The plant is expected to produce about 50 million hot-fillable PET bottles a year for V8 products.

Vina Kraft opened its second paper and packaging mill in Mỹ Phước 3 Industrial Park, Bình Dương, on April 24, 2017. The two Binh Duong plants now have combined capacity of 500,000 tonnes per year.

Amcor Rigid Plastics opened an in-line operation at Campbell Soup's Paris, Texas plant to produce about 50 million hot-fill PET bottles a year for V8 products. Amcor invested $7 million to repurpose 6,000 sq ft of the facility.

Progroup subsidiary Prowell plans a corrugated sheet mega plant in Ellesmere Port near Liverpool, UK, investing EUR 75 million. It will produce up to 235,000 tpy and is planned to start by Q3 2018.

Progroup subsidiary Prowell is founding Prowell S.r.l. to build a corrugated board plant in Drizzona, Northern Italy, next to Imbal Carton. The machine will have 100,000 tpy capacity, create about 40 jobs, and start up in Q1 2018.

Scholle IPN opened a 6,000 square meter flexible packaging plant in Palghar, India, which began operations on December 14, 2016. The facility makes aseptic bag-in-box packaging, drum bags and fitments for the local tropical fruit juice industry.