Rohrer is building a new thermoforming facility in Tijuana, Mexico, to serve U.S. consumer goods and packaging customers who have moved manufacturing to the border region. The plant is expected to employ nearly 200 people at full production.

Spanish postal operator SE Correos y Telegrafos awarded Innovaciones Plasticas a supply contract worth EUR 404,296 for multiservice and plastic bags for its sales network, with the award dated May 14, 2019.

Novolex and Pactiv Evergreen have signed a definitive agreement to combine into a leading food, beverage and specialty packaging manufacturer. Pactiv Evergreen shareholders will receive $18.00 per share in cash.

Amcor and Berry Global filed the definitive joint proxy statement for their all-stock transaction with the SEC, with shareholder meetings set for 25 February 2025.

Noreva GmbH is constructing a new 1,100 square metre production hall at its Mönchengladbach headquarters for high-performance plastic parts, investing about €4 million, with construction starting in Q2 2024.

GRUBER Logistics agreed a 4PL logistics contract with Italian PET preform maker Garda Plast, covering raw material receipt, line supply and delivery to customers. The announcement was published on 8 May 2019.

Pregis is investing $6 million in its Grand Rapids, Michigan facility to add a third multilayer Windmoeller & Hoelscher blown film line to meet growing demand. It follows a $23 million investment in the first two lines and related equipment made between 2016 and 2018.

Schoeneck Containers has secured occupancy permits and is moving into its new 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Delavan, Wisconsin, on land bought from the city. The facility is expected to create 40 jobs, with 20 more within three years.

Italian transport firm Gruber Logistics took over the transport and logistics activities of Garda Plast, a PET preform and bottle producer, under a Fourth Party Logistics (4PL) contract. The article is dated 25 April 2019.

Epsilon Bidco, an affiliate of Blackstone funds, agreed via a share purchase agreement and mandatory open offer to acquire up to 75% of Essel Propack Limited, signed April 22, 2019 and approved by India's CCI on June 3, 2019.

Amcor entered a binding agreement to sell its Milwaukee, Ashland and part of Madison plants to Tekni-Plex for $215 million cash as part of remedies for its Bemis transaction, with completion expected on 15 May 2019.

Amcor agreed a binding deal to sell its Milwaukee, Ashland and part of Madison plants to Tekni-Plex for $215 million cash to resolve US DOJ concerns over its Bemis merger.

Kuraray is investing approximately $15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, with the plant scheduled to be completed in September 2019 and operating in early 2020.

Genstar-backed Pretium Packaging acquired Olcott Plastics of St. Charles, Illinois, a maker of injection-molded beauty and healthcare packaging. It is Pretium's sixth add-on acquisition since Genstar's 2014 investment.

Toly Group has completed a new 20,000 square metre manufacturing plant in Malta, with about €20 million invested, for beauty-industry packaging. The plant has space for 70 injection moulding machines and 25 assembly lines, and its official opening is planned for June 28, 2019.

Alpla Inc. held a groundbreaking for a new $6.9 million facility in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, adding 60,000 square feet of warehouse space. The groundbreaking was celebrated on April 10, 2019.

ALPLA, Inc. broke ground in April 2019 on an expansion in the Kentucky Transpark, a $6.9 million capital investment that includes 60,000 square feet of additional warehouse space.

Amcor and Bemis reported further progress toward completing their all-stock transaction, with shareholder documentation filed and Board appointments finalised. The combination is expected to deliver $180 million in pre-tax annual net cost synergies.

Altium Packaging Canada, a subsidiary of Consolidated Container Company, acquired Plastique Micron Inc. and affiliates IMBC Blowmolding 2014 and Action Plastic Products for an undisclosed amount. Plastique Micron has three plants in Ontario and Quebec and about 200 employees.

Cosmetic packaging group Texen took over the flexible packaging business of plastic packaging maker PRP Creation of Oyonnax, France, in February 2022.

Greer, S.C.-based Huntington Foam LLC will acquire the assets of Radford, Va.-based Radva Corp, a supplier of expanded polystyrene and polypropylene protective packaging and an EPS recycler.

Foxpak Flexibles Ltd. officially opened its new manufacturing plant in Collon, County Louth, Ireland, on 28 March 2019, after a recently completed EUR 3 million investment in new equipment and facilities.

Orwigsburg manufacturer Clearly Clean Products bought the former City Shirt Co. plant in Frackville's industrial park to make recyclable food trays. It will open with 25 employees and plans to grow to 125.

Altium Packaging Canada, part of CCC, has acquired Plastique Micron, a plastic packaging business. The article gives no deal value or location.

Berry Global has agreed to acquire UK packaging firm RPC Group for £5 billion ($6.6 billion) in cash and refinancing, with completion expected in Q3 2019.

Kuraray America is investing approximately US$15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, supporting Sealed Air's Plantic packaging work.

Kuraray is investing approximately $15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, supporting its partnership with Sealed Air. The resin plant is scheduled for completion in September 2019 and operation in early 2020.

Sealed Air is investing about $24 million to add production of plant-based food packaging using Plantic resin at its Simpsonville, S.C. facility, with production scheduled to start in Q2 2020.

Phu My Plastics Production JSC will use Honeywell UOP propane dehydrogenation technology to produce polymer-grade propylene at its plant in Vung Tau Province, Viet Nam, with expected output of 306,000 tonnes per year.

C-P Flexible Packaging, a portfolio company of First Atlantic Capital, acquired Buffalo, New York-based custom plastic manufacturing and printing firm Flexo Transparent from ORIX Mezzanine and Sidereal Capital Group. No financial terms were disclosed.

Lithuanian recycler AB Plasta acquired Swedish bag and sack producer Rullpack AB from Holtback Group AB and others, expanding its sales and production in Sweden and the Nordic region. The deal was advised by Setterwalls.

Gerresheimer will manufacture its Duma and Triveni plastic pharmaceutical containers at a new plant in Changzhou, China, with production starting in the second half of 2019.

Smurfit Kappa is expanding Bag-in-Box packaging capacity with a new 100,000 sq ft plant in Texas, USA, acquired recently, to be equipped with modern dosing technology and employ 70 people at full capacity.

Liqui-Box acquired the Plastics division of DS Smith on March 6, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Enviroplast is building a new state-of-the-art plastic film recycling facility in Vaughan, Ontario, to be commissioned in Q3 2019, as part of an investment of $25,000,000 across its two facilities.

Canada Fibers Ltd. and Enviroplast have entered an exclusive supply agreement under which CFL will supply post-consumer plastic film to Enviroplast's recycling plants for making recycled LDPE pellets.

Andronaco Industries is relocating its subsidiary Conley Composites from Tulsa, Oklahoma to a building at 4544 Broadmoor Ave. in Kentwood, Michigan, investing $3.3 million and creating 64 jobs. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is supporting the project with a $320,000 grant.

Berry Global agreed on 8 March 2019 to acquire UK packaging maker RPC Group for £3.2 billion, paying £7.93 per share in cash. The deal remained subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals when reported on 30 June 2019.

Alupol Films, an indirect subsidiary of Grupa Kęty, signed a contract with Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaż to buy raw materials for BOPP film production, valued at about PLN 147 million and running until the end of 2019.

Alupol Films, an indirect subsidiary of Grupa Kęty, signed a contract with Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaż to buy polypropylene raw materials for BOPP film through the end of 2019, estimated at about 147 million zloty.

The US Federal Trade Commission approved, with conditions, the $1.1 billion bankruptcy sale of M&G USA's unfinished plastic resin factory in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Corpus Christi Polymers LLC.

Funds advised by Triton and a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority agreed to acquire 100% of IFCO, the reusable plastic container provider, from Brambles Limited in equal shares. Regulatory approvals are pending.

Insumos Industriales S.A., a new company, will set up a fish crate factory in the Trelew industrial park using Chinese machinery to make about 1,200 crates per day, employing ten people initially. A second machine would double output and add ten more jobs.

Austin Foam Plastics, a Sealed Air subsidiary, plans a 60,000-square-foot expansion of its Pflugerville, Texas facility with a $4.7 million investment and 22 new jobs. The deal was approved by the local development corporation pending city council approval.

Interflex Group has invested £1.5 million in new equipment at its Sunderland factory, which makes flexible packaging for bakery and snack food, to increase capacity by about 20%.

Packaging manufacturer Duo UK received a multi-million pound funding package from HSBC UK to buy an Italian-made co-extruder for its Manchester factory, scaling up production by up to 20% and stock capacity by 30%. The company expects to create 5 new jobs over the next 12 months.

Ceisa Packaging, a subsidiary of ExcelRise, will produce R100, a 100% recycled plastic film, at its Bernay plant in Eure, France, for Carlsberg multipacks in Sweden. The Bernay plant is to produce 1,000 tonnes of R100.

Ortec, a biomaterial and polymer technology company, plans to invest $20 million to expand its existing Pendleton facility in Anderson County, South Carolina, creating about 18 new jobs. Hiring is projected to begin in the second quarter of 2019.

Danone SA signed a multi-year packaging supply agreement with Loop Industries to buy 100% sustainable, upcycled Loop-branded PET produced at Loop's joint venture facility with Indorama Ventures in the US.

The European Commission approved Amcor's $6.8 billion all-stock merger with US flexible packaging maker Bemis, conditional on divesting Bemis's European medical packaging business with three UK and Ireland plants. Closing is expected in the second quarter of 2019.