Cullen Sustainable Packaging has invested £5m in expanding its Glasgow manufacturing operations, including a new in-house Moulded Fibre Machine 8000 and creating new jobs, aiming to double output.

SIG announced a two-phase expansion of its Querétaro, Mexico plant to double production from 1.5 to 3 billion packs per year by 2028, creating about 40 direct jobs.

SIG plans a two-phase expansion of its Querétaro plant to double capacity from 1.5 to 3 billion packages per year by 2028. The project is expected to create about 40 direct jobs and relocate some production from Europe.

Orora Cans plans a third can line at its Rocklea site in Australia to meet rising demand from customers expanding in Queensland. The project is part of about $364 million invested across Australia and New Zealand.

AGI Greenpac announced a Rs 470 million investment to modernize and revamp its existing glass manufacturing facilities to raise capacity, with the work targeted for completion by March 2026.

Tetra Pak broke ground on a $22 million innovation facility at its U.S. and Canada campus in Denton, Texas, adjacent to its product development center. The space will roughly double the campus's innovation capacity and is expected to open in Q1 2027, adding eight jobs.

TUBEX Mátra Ltd. is implementing a EUR 43.6 million investment at its Sirok site to expand aluminium aerosol can and tube production, creating 56 jobs, with about 15% state subsidy.

Coleus Packaging invested about R200 million upgrading its Alrode facility and equipment, including new SACMI punching and lining machines, a new coater and printer, and expanded factory footprint. The upgrade was officially launched on March 20, 2026.

Mondi has completed a three-year €1.2 billion investment programme across corrugated and flexible packaging in Europe. Key assets include a kraft paper machine adding about 210,000 tonnes a year at Štětí, Czech Republic, and box-plant upgrades in Poland.

Van Genechten Packaging invested €10 million in its subsidiary VG Kvadra Pak JSC to expand its folding carton plant in Riga, Latvia, which was officially inaugurated on March 10, 2026.

DS Smith plans upgrades at its Bredasten packaging facility in Värnamo, Sweden, including a 3,000 square metre expansion. Warehouse activities currently in Malmö will move to the expanded site.

Amcor invested in a new production line at its Amcor Flexibles site in Lugo di Vicenza, Italy, adding nearly 7,000 square meters for high-barrier recycle-ready films. The expansion includes a quality control lab and an automated warehouse.

DS Smith is investing up to €13.4 million to upgrade its corrugated packaging facility in Grenaa, Denmark, adding a flexographic rotary die-cutting line to expand capacity for automation-ready packaging.

Eco Guardian received $1.5 million from the Ontario government's AMIC program to expand its Aurora, Ontario manufacturing operations for paper-based foodservice packaging, with capacity of 2 billion cups and containers annually and up to 40 new jobs.

Ametsa Packaging, LLC is adding a $2 million bottling line at its Paris, Texas facility for non-alcoholic and flavored beverages, creating up to 50 jobs. The line is scheduled to launch in Q2 2026.

Southeastern Container plans to invest $31 million in facility modernization and equipment at its Enka-Candler headquarters in North Carolina, adding closure production capacity and 12 new jobs.

Printpack completed upgrades at its Bloomington, Indiana facility, adding bag-making machines and slitting capability to focus on large-format pet food bags and other bags.

UCanPack announced an expansion of its U.S.-made corrugated cardboard box line, adding faster custom sizing, low-minimum printing and sustainable options. The announcement was made on February 5, 2026. No capacity figures or investment value were given.

Tetra Pak will invest €60 million in a new pilot plant at its Lund facility to accelerate development of paper-based barriers for aseptic cartons, with production expected to start in Q1 2027.

United Carton Industries, through subsidiary Ras Al Khaimah Packaging Limited, plans a AED 74 million expansion of its Ras Al Khaimah plant in the UAE, expected to start in Q2 2026 and finish in Q3 2027.

United Carton Industries' board approved a plant expansion at its subsidiary Ras Al Khaimah Packaging in the UAE, estimated at AED 74 million, with commercial production targeted for Q3 2027.

Carolina Container's Hickory, North Carolina plant is undergoing Phase 2 expansion with a building addition and 15,600 sq ft loading dock, managed by TAYLOR, with completion expected in 2026.

Summit Packaging Systems has added over 40 injection molding machines at its European headquarters in Almere, Netherlands, plus a dedicated Lotus actuator assembly area and a mold repair center to meet growing actuator demand.

Fernholz Verpackungen has commissioned another high-performance extruder at its film site in Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt, and increased silo capacity by 75%. The end-2025 start-up completes its investment programme begun in 2022.

Tetra Pak opened its expanded packaging material plant in Binh Duong, Vietnam, adding a production line that raised capacity from 12 billion to 30 billion packages per year. The project cost €97 million and was built from August 2024.

Austrian-owned Marzek Kner Packaging inaugurated an expansion at its Békéscsaba site in southeast Hungary. The company completed expansions worth HUF 5.5 billion in recent years, securing 480 jobs with HUF 1.5 billion in government support.

Infinity Global Inc. will expand its packaging operations in Danville, Virginia, with a $34 million investment creating 150 new jobs, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced.

ALSTAL Grupa Budowlana held the topping-out ceremony for CANPACK's new production and warehouse hall in Bydgoszcz, Poland, a design-and-build project within a PLN 440 million investment. The hall is being prepared for an aluminium can production line.

Nexus Packaging plans a second expansion phase at its Glasgow blow moulding facility, adding 1,858 sq m of storage and four new machines, with completion expected in 2027.

Aran USA is spending $4 million to expand its Greer, South Carolina facility by about 16,000 square feet, doubling production lines and capacity and creating 18 jobs over two years. Construction has begun for the aseptic liquid packaging plant.

Smurfit Westrock is investing over R$205 million in its Pirapetinga (R$80 million) and Uberaba (R$127 million) plants in Minas Gerais to install new printing machines. The equipment is expected to raise conversion capacity by 18% and begin operating during 2026.

Arnest Packaging Solutions launched a third production line at its Ulyanovsk plant, a mega-line with capacity of 1 billion aluminum cans per year, lifting total output above 2.5 billion. The expansion investment was 8.4 billion rubles.

GZ PrintPak will spend $7.1 million to expand production capacity at its recently opened Mount Pleasant plant for luxury paper bags. The announcement was made on 4 December 2025.

Canpack has significantly increased the capacity of its beverage can plant in Romania by installing an upgrade to one of its two lines. The announcement is dated 4 December 2025.

Lee Li Holdings will invest over C$533 million to expand its Mississauga, Ontario facility by 15,000 square feet and build a new 85,000 square foot bottling and packing facility focused on plastic bottle manufacturing. The project will create 275 jobs.

Summit Packaging Systems added a new 64-cavity mold and a customized high-speed assembly line for its Europa two-piece button actuators at its Almere facility in the Netherlands. The expansion was driven by growing customer demand from the personal care market.

Südpack held a ground-breaking ceremony for new production space in Erolzheim for PharmaGuard recyclable blister packaging and a regranulation plant, with completion scheduled for Q3 2027 and around 50 jobs initially, up to 170 by 2030.

Peli BioThermal moved into a 90,100 sq ft facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, roughly 43% larger than its former site about 10 miles away.

Averra Packaging doubled the clean room square footage at its thermoforming facility in Salt Lake City to add an inline medical thermoforming machine.

Orbis held a grand opening for its renovated reusable pallet, tote and bulk container plant in Greenville, Texas, with 420,000 sq ft of manufacturing space. The company expects to create 190 jobs within three years.

Plastipak Packaging announced a $53.8 million, 200,000-square-foot expansion of its Rapides Parish facility in Pineville, Louisiana, adding warehouse space and up to five production lines, with completion expected by Q4 2026.

Wintipak broke ground on a new 11,800 square metre production hall at Star Park Halle (Saale), with Goldbeck as general contractor, raising capacity by around 30 percent. Completion is scheduled for June 2026.

Amcor plans to invest in automation and supply chain operations at its Huizhou plant and to expand its facilities in Foshan and Dongguan, Guangdong province, to fuel growth in China.

Wyda Packaging USA doubled its Charlotte manufacturing facility to 26,000 square feet and added automation and robotics. The expansion creates about 40 new jobs and raises capacity to 6,000 tons of aluminum packaging annually.

Canpack will invest more than 440 million Polish zlotys (over 100 million euros) to expand and modernize its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland, adding about 1 billion cans per year of capacity and more than 100 new jobs.

Tetra Pak inaugurated an expansion of its Mexicali plant with an investment of more than MX$1 billion, which it says will increase capacity by 60%.

AGI Greenpac is expanding its existing container glass facility from 1,850 TPD to 1,900 TPD, expected to be completed by March 2026.

Coca-Cola bottler Sibeg partnered with Sidel to install a new 18,000 bph complete aseptic PET line at its Catania, Sicily site, bringing aseptic production in-house.

Jamestrong Packaging opened a new A$8 million aluminium casting line at its Taree, New South Wales plant, allowing it to produce aluminium slugs onshore for aerosol cans.

Huhtamaki is planning an additional $10 million expansion of its Hammond, Indiana operations, which make molded fiber drink carriers and egg filler trays.