Aquapak Polymers, Maxim and N Brown announced a collaboration under which N Brown begins rolling out Hydropol-based garment bags for its own-label products. N Brown expects plastic use to fall by 44% once rollout is complete.

CARBIOS and French label maker SLEEVER signed an exclusive long-term contract to jointly develop Home Compost biodegradable shrinksleeve films, including a master supply agreement for CARBIOS Active enzyme for PLA biodegradation.

Dart Container has become a PulPac licensee and is installing the first Dry Molded Fiber production line of its kind in North America, the PulPac Scala, supported by sales agent Seismic Solutions. No location or value was given.

Amtech Software and Opus Packaging confirmed a partnership to deploy Amtech's EnCore ERP software across five Opus Packaging corrugated packaging facilities in Indiana, South Carolina, Michigan and Ohio.

Alesayi Beverage Corporation is partnering with SIG to launch bag-in-box products using a SureFill 42 aseptic filling system at its new Jeddah production facility. SIG will supply the filling line and 10-litre bags for hotel, restaurant and cafe customers.

Alesayi Beverage Corporation has partnered with SIG to install an aseptic bag-in-box filling system at its new production facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The system includes a SureFill 42 filling line and 10-litre SIG bags, marking Alesayi's entry into the bag-in-box market.

Amtech Software will deploy its EnCore ERP platform across five Opus Packaging manufacturing facilities in the US to improve efficiency and productivity. The system adds cloud-based access and automation.

DS Smith began supplying its carbon-reducing DS Smith Round Wrap multipack to Carlsberg Poland for selected product lines. The solution is expected to save up to 224 metric tons of CO2 a year for Carlsberg Poland.

Mespack and Fuji Seal signed a collaboration agreement to integrate Fuji Seal's pre-made spouted pouches with Mespack's HF Series filling machines and sell them as an all-inclusive package across European and American markets.

Refresco signed a joint development agreement with Zotefoams to develop ReZorce, a monomaterial barrier packaging substrate for beverage cartons. The partnership aims to trial the cartons at a major European retailer.

Hubergroup has formed a strategic partnership with Manroland Goss web systems to drive innovation in sustainable packaging by combining their expertise.

Refresco is trialling Zotefoams' ReZorce mono-material barrier beverage carton with an unnamed major European retailer, converting a machine for traditional cartons to run the new material. Zotefoams says the carton is fully recyclable and cuts energy and water use by half versus liquid packaging board.

Zotefoams agreed with Südpack in Ochsenhausen, Germany, for Südpack to manufacture the extruded flexible polymer material used in ReZorce cartons, adding up to 100 million cartons of annual capacity. The initial agreement runs three years.

Plastipak Packaging and Kraft Heinz agreed to convert KRAFT Real Mayo and MIRACLE WHIP containers in the United States to 100% food-grade recycled PET, eliminating about 14 million pounds of virgin plastic. The announcement was made on May 13, 2024.

PakTech announced a collaboration with Endeavour Group to expand a closed-loop recycling scheme for PakTech handles at Dan Murphy's outlets in Australia. The scheme aims to collect used handles for recycling.

Volk Packaging and its contract packaging division Volk Paxit will implement Amtech Software's EnCore ERP with Scorekeeper, TopGun and Visual Analytics for an automated solution. The announcement was made on May 6, 2024 from Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

Packaging maker LOGOPLASTE has joined the Bottle Collective as technology partner, alongside PA Consulting and PulPac, to accelerate recyclable dry molded fiber bottles. LOGOPLASTE will lead work on bottle barrier lining performance.

SIG has signed a partnership to provide carton packs and filling services to Mupy, a Brazilian soy and fruit juice drink brand, via a copacker. Mupy aims to double turnover by 2025 and reported 115 million reais in revenue for 2023.

U.S. packaging company Curtis Packaging and European packaging company H.O. Persiehl announced a strategic partnership on February 6, 2024 to combine capabilities in luxury and sustainable packaging.

VPK Group entered a joint venture with IEMME srl, an Italian corrugated cardboard company in Gambolò near Milan. The move is VPK's second growth step in Italy after its October 2023 Zetacarton stake.

VPK Group announced a joint venture with IEMME srl, a corrugated cardboard producer based in Gambolò near Milan, to expand its paper-based packaging business in Italy. IEMME's plant produced 70 million m² of cardboard in 2023.

US luxury packaging maker Curtis Packaging and German luxury packaging company H.O. Persiehl announced a strategic partnership to combine their expertise in luxury packaging on both sides of the Atlantic. No financial terms were disclosed.

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages will use WestRock's PETCollar Shield Plus paperboard carriers at its Philadelphia plant to replace plastic rings on multipack bottles, expected to be operating by summer 2024 and cutting about 200,000 pounds of plastic a year together with its existing mini-can packaging.

Barcelona-based Quadpack signed a partnership with US injection moulder Colt's Plastics in Connecticut to produce its Regula Airless Refill range locally for Americas brands. Full-scale production is planned for 2024.

Albert Heijn will use Avantium's PEF polymer for various packaging, starting with fruit juice bottles produced by Refresco once Avantium's commercial plant in Delfzijl is operational.

Kao Industrial (Thailand), SCG Chemicals and Dow Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding in Bangkok to jointly develop recyclable, lower-carbon packaging for Kao's product range in Thailand.

Tetra Pak and United Paper Mills signed a AED 2,500,000 recycling agreement to build a used beverage carton collection and recycling value chain in the UAE, with Tetra Pak funding new equipment to be ordered in December 2023 and delivered in 2H 2024.

Diageo and ecoSPIRITS agreed a global deal to distribute Diageo spirits brands in ecoSPIRITS' circular packaging in about 18 markets over three years, starting with Smirnoff, Captain Morgan and Gordon's.

eBottles announced a partnership with the GearNeed design team behind Pollen Gear to develop child-resistant cannabis packaging and offer custom design services. GearNeed will advise on proprietary packaging and on branding for existing product lines.

TricorBraun signed an agreement to be the preferred distributor of AFA Dispensing Group's rechargeable Flairosol sprayer in the US and Canada. The device is an alternative to aerosol packages.

Manjushree Technopack (MTL), a rigid plastic packaging maker backed by Advent International, signed a collaboration with the bottle-to-bottle recycling division of Ganesha Ecosphere Group to co-develop and supply food and non-food packaging made from up to 100% recycled plastic in India.

Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA signed an agreement with Ultramar Caffè - La Natura Lifestyle AG to create a new packaging line for aluminum espresso capsules at its Suffolk, Virginia facility. The line, due by the second half of 2024, will produce 100 million capsules per year.

Tetra Pak announced its first Custom Printing collaboration with Flow Beverage Corp., with five bespoke carton designs to appear at Live Nation Canada venues this fall.

Europe Technologies built a semi-automated pilot assembly line for LivingPackets' The Box packaging in Nantes, and the partnership continues with planned mass-production lines of 500,000 to 1 million units a year.

Coastal Container, a packaging company in Holland, Michigan, invested in eProductivity Software CorrTrim and CorrTrac solutions to support a new corrugator and expansion adding 65,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The system is expected to go live in mid-2023.

Flexi-Hex launched a North America partnership under which Orora Packaging Solutions will stock its full product range, with a focus on demand from the US wine and surfing industries.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) collaborated with Petainer to develop a standardized 1L 'Universal refPET Bottle' for its refillable system in the German market. The design supports fill speeds of 36,000 bottles per hour.

Nexgen Packaging will invest in infrastructure, equipment and services to support ARISE IIP's textile and apparel facilities in Togo and Benin. The partnership was announced on 26 July 2023.

UK packaging company Flexi-Hex signed an agreement with California-based Orora Packaging Solutions making Orora its exclusive North American distributor of patented hexagonal recycled fiber protective packaging. The agreement was announced in July 2023.

Tetra Pak and Axjo Group are working together on a planned recycling plant in Gislaved, Sweden, for polyAl layers from carton packaging, with up to 10,000 tonnes annual capacity. The collaborative investment is up to EUR 24 million, with operations expected from 2025.

PulPac licensed its Dry Moulded Fiber technology to Matrix Pack, a European maker of paper straws and biodegradable lids. Initial use focuses on hot and cold beverage lids in North America and Europe.

Pact Group signed a strategic partnership to supply recycled plastic packaging for ALDI Australia's own-brand products, manufactured at its New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland facilities. The deal was announced on June 29, 2023.

PakTech, maker of recycled secondary packaging, announced a partnership with Visy and a contract manufacturing facility in Victoria, Australia, with capacity for 100 million units a year.

PulPac signed a partnership making HZ Green Pulp its first licensee in Malaysia for dry molded fiber technology. HZ Green Pulp, based in Perak, plans a fast market launch of molded pulp products such as lids, food trays and cutlery.

Consumer health companies Sanofi and Haleon joined the Bottle Collective, an initiative led by PA Consulting and PulPac to industrialise dry moulded fibre bottles. They will support a feasibility study and co-development of cellulose-based packaging.

US-based EAM-Mosca, a subsidiary of Mosca GmbH, signed an exclusive sales and marketing agreement to supply Reisopack strapping systems and OEM parts in the US, Canada, Mexico and Brazil.

TricorBraun entered an exclusive agreement to supply BioBottles biodegradable plastic bottles to the nutraceutical industry in the US and Canada. The bottles use Symphony Environmental's d2w oxo-biodegradable technology, developed by Better Earth.

Packaging designer and distributor TricorBraun signed an exclusive agreement to offer BioBottles' fully biodegradable bottles to nutraceutical companies in the US and Canada.

Packaging firm Coveris and UPM Raflatac will supply a recyclable label liner to UK food producer Cranswick, replacing PET release liner on cooked meat packs. The partners say the change cuts carbon emissions by 20%.

Paperboard maker Holmen Iggesund entered a long-term agreement with dry-forming technology firm Yangi to develop renewable packaging to replace rigid plastics in beauty and cosmetics. Holmen Iggesund will supply fiber-based material while Yangi contributes its dry-forming technology.