Bulk Corp International received an export order worth Rs 10.77 crore from Brazilian company Packem SA for custom circular-bag FIBCs.

The Pomorska Special Economic Zone approved a support decision for Flexopack Polska to expand production capacity of its flexible packaging materials at Tragamin, Malbork commune.

Finnish conglomerate Wihuri signed a ten-year PPA with Statkraft to buy 438 GWh of Finnish renewable electricity from January 2027, covering its operations including Wipak's Nastola packaging plant.

Shandong Furuida Biotechnology awarded three lots of its cosmetic plastic packaging container procurement project (lot 2) to Guangdong Mingdun, Zhejiang Ruichang and Shanghai Chuanhe. The award notice was published on 2024-09-14.

Kelso-backed Novvia Group, a rigid container and life sciences packaging distributor, has acquired container supplier Liquid Bottles.

Soft drinks maker Belvoir Farm invested £2 million in a new canning line at its on-farm factory in Leicestershire, equipped with a cartoning machine from T. Freemantle.

Novolex agreed to acquire Pactiv Evergreen for $18.00 per share in an all-cash deal valued at $6.7 billion, combining the two into a leading food and beverage packaging manufacturer.

Norway-based packaging maker Elopak will invest an additional $25 million in its Port of Little Rock facility to expand production capacity, bringing the project total to $95 million. The first production line is already sold out.

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.

Carton Service CSI is investing more than $10 million to expand its liquid packaging production facility in Shelby, Ohio, adding new printing, skiving and sealing equipment and a packaging laboratory, plus 20% more staff.

Mondi agreed to acquire the German, Benelux and UK corrugated converting and solid board operations of Schumacher Packaging, including two mega-box plants in Germany at Ebersdorf and Greven. The enterprise value is €634 million, financed from existing facilities.

Smurfit Westrock inaugurated a corrugated packaging factory in Maranguape, Ceará, as part of its Nordeste Complex with a investment of over US$33 million. The plant is 28 km from Fortaleza and adds to the company's Pacajus facility.

JBS will invest R$70 million in its metal packaging unit Zempack, raising output at the Lins plant by 180% for food packaging and at the Guaiçara plant for aerosol cans by 25%. The investment funds new production line machinery, with Lins capacity increase due by November 2024.

Isem Packaging Group completed the industrial integration of Bartoli Packaging Srl, a Tuscan maker of rigid luxury boxes for fashion brands, through its subsidiary Industrial Pack Srl. The article does not state a deal value.

Belgian packaging manufacturer Van Genechten Packaging has acquired all shares of Polish premium folding carton maker Dot2Dot Group, which has plants in Gdansk and Warsaw. The deal is still subject to anti-monopoly approval.

Berlin Packaging has acquired Osaka-based packaging supplier Nissho Jitsugyo, expanding its presence in Asia-Pacific. All Nissho employees, management and locations will be retained; financial terms were not disclosed.

Shandong Fuchuda Pharmaceutical Group announced winners of its corrugated packaging box tender in several lots, including Xuqi (Shandong) Packaging, Shandong Yehua Paper Products Packaging and others. The award notice was published on September 5, 2024.

Altium Packaging opened a bottle blowing facility adjacent to Milo's Tea Company's plant in Bessemer, Alabama, to produce its one-gallon containers, creating 35 jobs. The facility began operations in summer 2024 and was formally opened September 4, 2024.

Orora intends to bring forward A$130 million of capital investment to expand its Cans capacity at Rocklea, Queensland, which it says will increase Cans capacity by more than 30%.

RMB Corvest and Dlondlobala Capital concluded a management buyout of Nampak Liquid Cartons, Nampak Zambia and Nampak Malawi, which will join the newly formed Diversified Liquid Packaging Group. The deal's value was not disclosed.

Blower-Dempsay Corporation acquired the Corona, California assets of US Display Group, effective August 30, 2024, adding digital printing and high-end graphics packaging capabilities. The facility will be rebranded under Pacificorr Graphics & Displays.

Veritiv, a specialty packaging distributor, entered a binding agreement with Orora (ASX: ORA) to acquire its North American packaging distribution and manufacturing business, Orora Packaging Solutions. The deal would strengthen Veritiv's specialty packaging distribution platform in North America. The value was not stated in the excerpt.

Cheshire firm Packaging One signed a contract worth about $2.5 million (£1.98 million) with a global phone and tech manufacturer to supply its MediaWrap protective cardboard packaging. The deal, signed in September 2024, led the firm to add 40 staff and take US warehouse capacity.

Shanghai Baosteel Packaging Co. announced a total investment of about 452 million yuan to build an intelligent two-piece can production base in Tongan district, Xiamen, Fujian, with a design capacity of 1.1 billion cans per year. The project will be executed through a new subsidiary, Xiamen Baosteel Can Making Co., and takes about 16 months to build.

KTP Kunststoff Palettentechnik and conTeyor International agreed to merge their businesses, creating a sustainable packaging group with expected sales of about EUR 200 million and around 1,000 employees. Completion is expected by year-end, subject to regulatory approvals.

Tetra Pak Binh Duong Joint Stock Company held a groundbreaking ceremony for a factory expansion at VSIP IIA Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province, adding nearly 6,000 m² with capacity of up to 19.2 billion packages per year.

Tetra Pak and general contractor SOL E&C held a groundbreaking on August 28, 2024 for the capacity upgrade of Tetra Pak's Binh Duong beverage carton plant at VSIP II-A Industrial Park. The project value was not stated.

Menasha Packaging announced a commitment of over $50 million to expand its North American preprint capacity, adding an 8-color press and automation and robotics, with 25-30 new jobs in the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin.

Mill Point has made an investment in Garyline, a packaging company founded in 1963. The article does not disclose deal terms or location.

Mill Rock Packaging, a Mill Rock Capital portfolio company, acquired the Woodland, California packaging and laminating assets of Everett Graphics, a folding-carton producer. No financial terms were disclosed.

Northern Corrugated Cases has completed installation of a GTS Boxstar Heavy Duty 3000HD boxmaker at its Middlewich factory, allowing triplewall stock to be produced locally instead of shipped from Halifax.

UK corrugated box maker Sheard Packaging has invested £13 million in a fully automated Asahi flatbed die cutting line, Dücker pre-feeders and palletiser, and a Göpfert 5-colour HBL HQPP die cutter at its Halifax site.

Swedish Duni Group has acquired a 70 percent stake in Slovenian tabletop products converter SETI d.o.o. of Kranj, a former airlaid tissue customer, with consolidation from 1 October 2024 and SETI net sales of about SEK 100 million.

Danish packaging group Dansk Træemballage (DTE) has completed the purchase of Glomma Pall AS, a Norwegian pallet manufacturer based in Frederikstad with about 30 employees and annual revenue just under NOK 100 million.

Smurfit Westrock inaugurated its new Maranguape plant in Ceará, Brazil, a $33 million expansion that diversifies its portfolio and adds production capacity, including a new corrugator and printers. The opening took place on 21 August 2024.

India Security Press Nashik awarded corrugated box procurement contracts to Aaradhya Packaging and Raghav Packaging LLP, totaling about INR 5.26 million, with contracts dated 27 November 2024.

Zotefoams will supply Refresco with its ReZorce monomaterial HDPE carton packaging, made by nitrogen-injected extrusion, as Refresco's first adopter. The article reports 100 million cartons.

BNM (Zhejiang Bosun New Materials) held a groundbreaking for a new factory in Yueqing's Shanhuan New Park with a planned investment of about 200 million yuan, expected to be completed by end-2025 and create over 300 jobs.

Colliers' Herbst|Morgan team finalized a new lease for Altium Packaging on a 28,787 square foot finished goods warehouse in Vancouver, Washington, supporting its regional expansion.

Colliers' Herbst|Morgan team finalized a long-term extension of Altium Packaging's lease on a 149,372 square foot production plant in Chino, California.

Smurfit Westrock chose ISN's ISNetworld contractor management software as its primary system for contractor compliance across its operations, with new implementations planned in Mexico.

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.

Developer Ashley Capital leased the first half of the first building at the Flint Commerce Center, the former Buick City site, to GM supplier Victory Packaging as its first new tenant, reported on August 14, 2024.

Reliance Packaging announced on August 14, 2024 a more than $7.4 million expansion of its Aberdeen, North Carolina plastic packaging plant, adding two multi-layer film extruders and 32 new jobs.

SupplyOne, a custom packaging distributor and manufacturer, announced on August 13, 2024 that it is growing across the U.S. and into Canada with new locations in Portland, Seattle and Toronto, and is seeking acquisition partners.

Organización Terpel signed an amendment with Alpla Colombia extending its HDPE container supply contract for three years to 31 July 2027. The price is COP 231,586 million.

Recorp is launching a new $130 million can manufacturing facility in South Auckland on 9 September, offering low minimum order quantities of 30,000 printed cans.

VPK subsidiary Aquila is adding a state-of-the-art corrugator with a 2.80 m Fosber line in a new 13,000 sqm hall at its Września plant. The line is scheduled to start up at the beginning of 2025.

Progroup's new corrugated board plant PW15 in Petersberg, near Pirmasens, has been in routine production since early August 2024, with capacity of up to 200,000 tonnes per year and 60 new jobs and training positions.

Coppice Alupack acquired Telford-based flexible packaging maker Sirane and its assets from joint administrators in a secured sale, retaining the Emerald site and 22 remaining employees. Financial terms were undisclosed.