EcoPoly Properties Inc. will invest over $32 million to enhance its existing plastics facility in Orillia, Ontario, adding new equipment and automation. The project will create 85 jobs and receives over $3.5 million in provincial funding.

Berry Global's Flexibles division expanded recycling capacity at its facilities in Heanor (UK), Steinfeld (Germany) and Zdzieszowice (Poland), adding about 6,600 tonnes of annual Sustane recycled polymer production.

CKF Inc. will move rPET plastic recycling operations from Delta and a Langley facility into its foam manufacturing plant on 200th Street in Langley over 12-14 months, with about 300 staff expected there.

Ondupet, which makes rPET packaging, is investing 11 million euros to expand its plant in Almendralejo, Extremadura, and plans to grow its workforce from 65 to 110.

Spartech will invest $4.9 million in new manufacturing equipment at its Muncie, Indiana facility, adding six full-time jobs and retaining 100, with a five-year tax abatement approved by the city.

ALPLA plans to expand its Tangier plant in Morocco by adding about 20,000 m² of operational space over the coming years.

ORBIS Corporation has expanded its Urbana, Ohio manufacturing plant, adding 30% more space for producing reusable totes and pallets and allowing more presses and tools. The expansion raises the company's overall molding capacity by 10%.

Lubrizol is doubling its CPVC compound manufacturing capacity at its Dahej, Gujarat site from 70,000 to 140,000 metric tons, with operations expected by early 2025. It also plans an R&D center at Dahej.

Custom Plastics International is investing over $1.4 million to add new production lines and automation at its Cobourg, Ontario injection moulding facility, supported by C$217,050 in Ontario funding.

TC Transcontinental Packaging will install a $60 million biaxially oriented PE (BOPE) film line supplied by Brückner at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, which expanded the site by 120,000 square feet, with commissioning planned for spring 2024.

Mitsubishi Chemical UK began construction of a new production line that will double capacity for its SoarnoL EVOH packaging polymer at Saltend Chemicals Park in Hull, a multi-hundred-million-pound investment. The line is expected to be operational by mid-2025 and create at least 30 direct jobs.

Kantek (CANTEC) plans to expand its polymer packaging plant in Stavropol's Energiya industrial park with total investment estimated at 3 billion roubles, in seven production lines, with launch not earlier than 2026 and about 6,000 tonnes per year capacity by 2034.

Alpla will invest about EUR 8 million in a third extrusion line at its Radomsko recycling plant, raising food-grade rPET capacity from 30,000 to 54,000 tonnes a year and creating 12 jobs.

Perint, a plastic packaging manufacturer, is building a new 15,000 square meter production and warehouse building on a three-hectare plot in the Sorzha-Staraya industrial zone, Vsevolozhsky district, Leningrad Region. The one billion ruble investment is expected to take about two years and will raise output from 4.5 to 6.5 million units per day.

Coral Products has completed commissioning of in-house volume manufacturing for ECODECK floor grids after a £2.1 million investment in new machinery and re-tooling, allowing it to insource £3 million per year of previously outsourced products. The announcement was made on 20 March 2025 at its Wythenshawe site.

Belgian bottle maker Resilux plans to expand its Bucharest PET preforms factory by about 30% under a EUR 3 million investment, including a new rPET pellets production line, according to sources cited by Profit.ro.

Aliaxis is investing €14 million to transform its Philmac pipe fittings plant in North Plympton, Adelaide, raising capacity by 40% with automation, with full operation expected in 2025.

Mauser has added a new plastics drum line at its Durban plant, enabling production of UN-certified tight-head drums in 210, 232 and 250 litre sizes.

Paragon Films held a groundbreaking in April 2023 for a 70,000-square-foot expansion of its stretch film plant in Taylorsville, North Carolina.

Charter Next Generation plans a 200,000-square-foot specialty film expansion in Milton, Wisconsin, as part of a broader $270 million investment in Wisconsin.

Berry Global began a 25,000 sq ft expansion of its Lewisburg, Tennessee stretch film facility, adding cast lines and 10 jobs, for completion by early 2024.

LAMACOM group inaugurated an extension of its Lamacom plant at Ain Sebaa, Casablanca, creating the Lamatech Packaging Solutions business unit for injection-moulded IML plastic packaging. The investment is 75.6 million MAD and is expected to create 105 jobs.

Imaflex Inc. has selected Bandera U.S. to supply a 2400 3-layer SmartFlex line and a 2400 5-layer Barrier Flex line to increase capacity at its Victoriaville plant. The first line is scheduled to be installed and started up in Q1 2023.

Flex Américas laid the first stone of a new BoPET film plant in Altamira, Tamaulipas, as the first stage of a $200 million expansion for construction in 2022-2023. The company says the expansion will create about 1,000 jobs.

Novolex is investing $10 million to expand plastic bag and polyethylene film recycling capacity at its North Vernon, Indiana facility, producing up to 28 million pounds of recycled content per year.

Imaflex USA, the US arm of Montréal-based Imaflex, will invest up to $15 million and add 37 jobs for a building expansion and equipment at its Thomasville plant in Davidson County, North Carolina.

Mauser Packaging Solutions has invested in a new multi-layer extrusion blow molding machine at its Littleborough, UK plant to make 220-litre drums with recycled resin. The investment expands capacity for its Infinity Series products.

Semperit will invest around EUR 110 million to add a highly automated hall at its Odry hose factory, adding 32 million metres of hydraulic hose capacity to almost 200 million metres per year, with operations planned from 2025.

Scholle IPN will invest $31.1 million to expand its Smyth County operation by 73,000 square feet, adding new film extrusion and packaging lines and 75 jobs, plus new rail track for resin deliveries. The announcement was made on June 1, 2022.

Uponor North America opened a $5.5 million, 25,000 sq ft expansion of its Hutchinson, Minnesota facility, raising PEX-a pipe extrusion capacity by more than 10%.

MGS Manufacturing announced a €7 million investment in a 20,000 sq ft extension to its Leixlip plant in Kildare, Ireland, housing cleanrooms, injection moulding machines and warehousing. The expansion is expected to create 100 new jobs.

Planeta-Centr received a preferential loan of 246.8 million rubles from the Fund for Industrial Development to expand production of printed polymer packaging film and wicket bags in the Omsk region. The total modernization budget is 550.6 million rubles.

Klöckner Pentaplast committed to a multimillion-dollar expansion at its Beaver plant in Raleigh County, West Virginia, to add post-consumer recycled PET production for North America. The plant was previously named the company's Plant of the Year.

Teqal moved into a new 4,000 sqm factory at Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal, after its 2021 expansion funded by a R50m IDC financing facility, adding energy-efficient servo-driven equipment capable of up to 40 million jars per year.

Darnel Inc. will invest about $16 million over five years to expand its Monroe, North Carolina plant, including a 60,000-square-foot warehouse and new production equipment, and create about 20 jobs. Union County and the City of Monroe approved incentive grants of up to $352,000 and $320,000.

Glenroy Inc. announced on March 8, 2022 the addition of a Tandem Adhesive Laminator at its Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin facility to increase capacity for high-barrier laminations, recyclable pouches and stand-up pouches. The machine will be ready for production in spring 2022.

Coveris has installed a five-layer coextrusion extruder at its Montfaucon plant in France to increase capacity for shrink and stretch hoods with recycled content. The equipment was recently acquired and the site was redesigned to accommodate it.

Bericap SC LLC plans to add several production lines to its Cowpens, South Carolina plant by June 2026 with a $19.7 million investment. The expansion targets North American demand in water, dairy, soft drink and sports beverage markets.

Evergreen is adding a 54,000-square-foot building to its Clyde, Ohio facility to house four food-grade rPET manufacturing lines. Completion is expected in June 2022, raising annual rPET capacity to 217 million pounds.

Kaneka Corporation has decided to significantly increase production capacity for its PHBH biodegradable polymer Green Planet in Japan, with further capacity planned in Europe and America.

Klöckner Pentaplast announced it will add an extrusion line and two thermoformers for 15,000 metric tonnes of new rPET/PET capacity in North America. The site is still to be determined and the expansion is targeted to be fully operational in Q1 2024.

Teqal, a maker of injection-moulded rigid plastic packaging, moved into a new 4,000 m² factory and warehouse in Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal, after IDC awarded it a R50m financing facility.

Graham Packaging is adding a new production line at its Altavista facility to make a new product for an existing customer. The line adds 42.6 million units per year and creates 12 jobs. It was announced November 19, 2021.

ADNOC and Borealis signed a final investment agreement worth USD 6.2 billion to build Borouge 4, a polyethylene expansion at the Ruwais complex in the UAE. It will produce 1.4 million tons of polyethylene per year, including a 1.5 million ton ethane cracker.

Direct Pack is expanding its existing Rockingham, North Carolina facility as part of its North American manufacturing growth. The expansion is linked to the integration of its vertical operations.

Turkish polyethylene film maker Bareks, part of Bakioğlu Holding, completed a new factory and an MDO blown film line in Izmir to increase production capacity and export from Menemen Free Zone.

Mauser Packaging Solutions is investing in new equipment at its Gebze facility, adding a plastic drum line due for completion in Q4 2021 and an IBC blow molding machine in early 2022.

Berry Global is expanding its Lawrence, Kansas facility with new thermoform production lines and printers in an existing warehouse, investing $61 million and creating 84 jobs to meet demand for clear drink cups and lids.

Summit Plastics is adding a 12,000 sq ft addition and three blown film extrusion lines in Summit, Mississippi, a $5.4 million investment creating 25 jobs, with completion expected by March 2022.

Tempo Plastics Ltd. is in the midst of a $14.4 million upgrade and expansion of its flexible packaging business in Innisfil, Ontario, which includes a new printing press and transformer, supported by a $2.2 million interest-free loan from the Province of Ontario announced July 23, 2021.