Profile Films plans to build a new 97,000-square-foot facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, next to its existing headquarters and production site, according to MLive. A city board approved a $5.1 million incentive for the project this week.

Rajshree Polypack received a repeat order worth about ₹2.94 crore from a domestic packaging manufacturer majorly owned by a Finland-based packaging group. Supply of plastic rigid sheets is due to be completed by July 2026.

Avantium signed a capacity reservation agreement with juice producer Hoogesteger for releaf PEF volumes from future licensed plants, building on an earlier offtake agreement. Avantium has now secured reservations for well over 100 kilotonnes of releaf.

Al Bayader International signed an agreement with National Industries Park to develop a AED 180 million (about USD 50 million) integrated manufacturing and logistics hub in Dubai, able to produce up to 30,000 tonnes of packaging a year, with construction starting in 2026 and operations targeted for early 2028.

Oben Group signed an agreement with Brückner Maschinenbau to acquire a new 12-meter BOPP film production line with about 94,000 metric tons annual capacity for the Brazilian market. The signing took place on June 7, 2026.

Avantium and juice producer Hoogesteger signed a capacity reservation agreement under which Hoogesteger will buy renewable PEF polymer, sold as releaf, for juice bottles from future plants. Avantium is preparing its first commercial FDCA plant at Chemie Park Delfzijl.

Graham Packaging has proposed a manufacturing facility in about 215,000 square feet of a warehouse in Lee's Summit Commerce Center, with about $33.7 million of machinery and 82 jobs, and has requested a 75% five-year personal property tax abatement.

MyEco Group (ASX: MCO) won a 3-to-5-year contract to supply compostable FOGO caddy bin liners and dog waste bags to Penrith City Council, New South Wales, worth up to $6.83m over five years, starting May 15, 2026.

NatureWorks opened a fully integrated Ingeo biopolymer manufacturing facility in Thailand that will use locally sourced sugarcane as feedstock.

PolyFlex, part of Nefab Group, opened a two-building manufacturing and engineering campus in Wixom, Michigan, for returnable plastic packaging and protective solutions serving automotive and advanced manufacturing clients.

Poly Craft Industries opened a 72,000 sq ft flexible plastic packaging facility in Middletown, New York, costing $27 million, consolidating two Long Island locations and serving as corporate headquarters.

Zug-based Packaging Group AG is acquiring a significant portion of shares in Vogel Kunststoffe AG in Dittingen, effective January 1, 2026, as a succession arrangement. The group will have about CHF 100 million in sales and around 200 employees.

Azuria Water Solutions broke ground on a new $80 million, 72,000-square-foot plant in Batesville, Mississippi, to make Fusible PVC pipe. The facility is expected to create 50 jobs and be completed in early 2027.

Borouge and Al Ain Farms Group signed an MoU for Borouge to supply about 3,500 tonnes of HDPE resin annually, a 600% increase, for caps, closures and in-house blow moulding in the UAE.

Borouge agreed to increase annual HDPE resin supply to Al Ain Farms Group to 3,500 tonnes, a 600% rise, for its caps and closures business and planned in-house blow moulding, signed at Make it in the Emirates.

Invera Flexibles is committing up to $20 million to expand and modernize production capacity at its Edmonton and Laval facilities, which will exceed 150 million pounds of annual capacity upon completion.

PolyExpert and Polykar Industries completed a merger of equals to form Invera Flexibles, a North American flexible packaging maker with over $200 million in combined sales and 350 employees. The company is majority-backed by Kent Road Capital.

New Tech Plastics is investing $5 million to expand into pouch converting at a facility in Piqua, Ohio, creating an expected 30 jobs. It receives a $250,000 grant from the JobsOhio Revitalization Fund.

Alltrista Plastics, a Jadex subsidiary, is adding a 25,000 sq ft expansion at its Springfield, Missouri facility for compression blow forming. The project is scheduled for completion in September 2026 and was described as a multimillion-dollar investment.

CG Roxane is expanding its Benton, Tennessee facility to bring PET preform and HDPE cap manufacturing in-house, adding about 60,000 sq ft of infrastructure. The company announced the expansion on April 21, 2026.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer won a contract from KÖKSAN to supply a PET resin plant in Yumurtalik with 324,000 metric tons annual capacity, with start-up targeted for 2028.

Borouge and Borealis combined into Borouge International, which is acquiring NOVA Chemicals, with OMV and XRG each holding 50 percent. The new company is headquartered in Austria with regional headquarters in the UAE.

Rajshree Polypack Ltd, an Indian rigid packaging manufacturer, has won an order worth INR 47.6 million for customised sustainable packaging solutions from an unnamed client.

Indorama Ventures agreed to merge its Indian packaging unit Indovida India with EPL, a Blackstone-backed company, in a deal reported at about $2 billion. The merger follows Indorama's earlier purchase of a 24.9% EPL stake from Blackstone.

Indorama Ventures' board approved merging its Indovida India packaging unit into listed EPL Limited, with Indorama expected to hold about 51.8% of EPL after completion. The total transaction value is about INR 62,558 million, and completion is expected within 12 months.

Indian packaging company EPL agreed to merge with Indovida, the rigid packaging venture of Indorama Ventures, in a share-swap deal valuing the combined business at about $2 billion. Indorama will hold 51.8% of the combined company and Blackstone about 16.6%.

Coroplast Group opened a new production site in Schönebeck (Elbe), Germany, for high-performance acrylic adhesive tapes, with about EUR 25 million invested in the first construction phase. About 22 employees are expected by the end of 2026, with long-term potential for more than 100 jobs.

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.

Pactiv Evergreen announced it will acquire privately held Novolex Holdings for approximately $7.3 billion, paid with $4.85 billion in cash and about $2.45 billion in Pactiv stock. The Reynolds Group-backed deal would create a North American foodservice packaging leader with over $11 billion in combined revenue.

Filling & Packing Materials Mfg. Co. (FIPCO) signed a framework agreement to manufacture and supply large woven plastic jumbo bags to SABIC for three years, extendable by two, with an estimated value of SAR 86,754,129 excluding VAT. The award and signing date was 24 February 2026.

Filling & Packing Materials Manufacturing Co. (FIPCO) signed a three-year framework agreement, extendable by two years, to manufacture and supply large woven plastic bags to SABIC, with an estimated value of SAR 86,754,129 excluding VAT.

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.

Disruptive Packaging opened a new manufacturing and recycling facility in Mexicali, Mexico, on February 18, 2026, with two production lines producing up to 20 million URTHCOR boxes.

RMB Corvest and Alito Fund 2 have partnered to acquire a majority stake in Packaging World, a South African flexible plastic packaging maker based in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. Founder Dean Gianni will retain a meaningful stake.

Sellafield Limited appointed a single supplier to manufacture stainless steel and polymer SRP containers and consumables for nuclear material storage under contract C14801. The published total value range is £31.7M to £91.7M, and the award notice was published on February 6, 2026.

Shore Capital-backed FirmaPak, a Chicago-based maker of blow molded packaging, has acquired Easy Plastic Containers Corp.

Chicago-based FirmaPak, a Shore Capital portfolio company, acquired Easy Plastic Containers Corp, a Canadian blow molder with two facilities near Toronto; financial terms were not disclosed.

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.

The Hamburg-based LINDAL Group acquired a new manufacturing facility in Wismar, Germany, equipped for polymer processing, with 9,000 sqm of production space. Noerr advised LINDAL on the deal.

Avantium signed a capacity reservation agreement under which Packamama will secure future volumes of its plant-based PEF polymer releaf for wine bottles, sourced from licensed plants using its YXY Technology.

Axium Packaging celebrated the opening of a 227,000-square-foot plastic packaging plant in Brampton, Ontario, its third Ontario location. The facility uses more than 45 packaging equipment lines and 10 plastic resin silos. The article is dated December 16, 2025.

Mauser Packaging Solutions, a global rigid packaging supplier, acquired Siena Plastics LLC, a manufacturer of small high-performance containers. The deal was reported by law firm Michael Best on December 16, 2025.

Loop and Ester Industries' joint venture ELITe awarded Toyo Engineering India a detailed engineering contract for the Infinite Loop India PET resin plant, designed to produce over 70,000 tonnes of PET resin annually.

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.

Lee Li Holdings is investing $533 million in renovating and expanding its existing Mississauga, Ontario bottling plant and building a new 85,000 sq ft facility, expected to create 275 jobs with $90 million in provincial funding.

Cartonpack S.p.A., part of Carton Pack Group, has acquired a majority stake in Andolfi&C, an Italian extrusion and conversion company for mono-material polyethylene flexible packaging. The deal adds flexible film extrusion capability, announced 12 December 2025.

Axium Packaging, headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, is investing $45 million to expand its tube manufacturing and build a specialized warehouse in Jersey Township. Its total central Ohio investment reaches $550+ million.

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.

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.