Inline Plastics is adding three thermoforming production lines and expanding its facilities in Shelton, Connecticut, Salt Lake City and McDonough, Georgia, creating 60 new jobs. The article's dates are inconsistent and may be older than the stated article date.

Placon completed the acquisition of privately held rigid plastic container maker Plastic Packaging Corp. The target has a 100,000 sq ft plant in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and 141 employees.

Germany's Schütz signed an agreement to acquire Mexican rigid industrial packaging company Envases y Laminados (ELSA) for an undisclosed sum, with completion expected in early 2018.

Versa Pak plans a 37,000-square-foot manufacturing addition to its Celina plant in the Grand Lake Industrial Park, a more than $11 million investment expected to create 22 full-time jobs. Planning commissioners approved the proposal, with construction planned for spring.

Ferriot has begun installation of a new 2,250-ton Negri Bossi BI-POWER injection molding press at its Akron, Ohio facility, which will be the largest in its fleet, to increase production capacity and accelerate delivery times.

Winpak's subsidiary has started work on an expansion adding 11,000 to 14,000 metric tonnes of annual BOPA film capacity for sale in North America, with over $40 million to be invested. The additional production is expected to be available in the second half of 2019.

OMERS and Berkshire agreed to sell Husky to Platinum Equity for $3.85 billion. Husky makes injection molding systems.

Laminacorr began a 3-year expansion including a 20,000 sq ft addition in the Cornwall Business Park, Ontario, and an upgrade of one extrusion line. Equipment investment is over $1.5 million and building investment is $1.7 million.

BASF and customer Schaumaplast launched a packaging solution made from Styropor MB, the first expandable polystyrene on the market produced with BASF's biomass balance method.

Mondi highlights its 15-year partnership with Cherat Packaging, which uses Mondi sack kraft paper exclusively to make two-ply cement bags for Pakistan's cement market.

Adam Pack S.A., a Greek maker of gable-top cartons and plastic spouts in Lavrio, became part of the S.O. Holding group in October 2025. A major investment plan is aimed at more than doubling production capacity.

Japanese flexible packaging and high-performance films maker Takigawa Corp. will build a 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on a greenfield site in Bardstown, Kentucky, investing nearly $46 million and creating 180 full-time jobs.

The European Commission granted unconditional approval under the EU Merger Regulation for the combination of Amcor and Berry Global, the final regulatory clearance needed. Closing was expected on April 30, 2025.

Grupa Azoty has opened a new polyamide manufacturing plant (Polyamide Manufacturing Plant II) in Poland, increasing annual polyamide capacity by 80,000 tons to around 170,000 tons. The investment was $88 million, and ABB supplied the Freelance distributed control system for the plant.

Lund-based Nexam Chemical agreed to buy all shares of privately owned masterbatch and additives maker Plasticolor Sweden AB in Lomma for SEK 116 million. The deal gives Nexam production capacity and new market segments.

Novolex, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, agreed to acquire certain assets and business operations of Shields Bag and Printing Co., a flexible packaging maker in Yakima, Washington. Terms were not disclosed and closing is expected near year end 2017.

Omega Tool announced an expansion of its investment in Querétaro, acquiring a 4,000-ton injection molding machine for approximately $3 million. The expansion will create 30 new jobs.

Cascades increased its holding in Greenpac Mill from 62.5% to 66.1% by acquiring an additional interest in Containerboard Partners. It also bought the Coyle family's 33% stake in Tencorr Holdings, a sheet stock maker for box producers, for a combined cost of about $21 million.

South Korean Hyosung Group is awaiting Vietnamese prime minister approval to start construction of a $1.2 billion polypropylene manufacturing complex at Cai Mep Industrial Zone in Ba Ria-Vung Tau. The first stage includes an LPG storage tank and a PP plant with 600,000 tonnes per year capacity.

Polish injection moulding firm Biazet, which added three injection moulding machines in 2017, plans to expand its factory in Białystok to meet growing demand, with opening scheduled for the third quarter of 2018.

German company rose plastic started operations at a new R$21 million plant in Sorocaba, São Paulo, consolidating plastic packaging lines for several industrial segments and its Brazilian headquarters, with support from the state agency Investe São Paulo.

Alupol Films Ltd., a subsidiary of Alupol Packaging, signed a contract with Brückner Maschinenbau for a high-performance BOPP film production line. The line will be installed in 2019 at a new plant in the Krakow Technology Park in Oswiecim, Poland.

Rapak North America, part of DS Smith Plastics, launched its EvacuStrip beverage bags for bag-in-box packaging formats.

Robinson Packaging is planning to expand in the UK after a funding package deal with HSBC; the amount was not disclosed.

Novamont forecasts doubling production capacity of its ORIGO-BI biopolyester range from 50,000 to 100,000 tonnes per year by April 2018.

Suez and LyondellBasell signed an agreement establishing a joint venture to produce high-quality circular polymers from recycled plastic.

Fort Smith's board unanimously approved tax incentive resolutions to help attract Silgan Plastic Food Containers to a planned 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility, which could create 150 jobs by its third year. The chamber said the project was not yet a done deal.

Graham Partners, a private investment firm, announced its acquisition of EasyPak LLC, a thermoformed packaging provider headquartered in Leominster, Massachusetts. Atlas Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor on the sale, and management retains a minority stake.

Italian packaging producer Sirap-Gema agreed to buy rigid plastic food packaging maker Kama Europe, trading as Pactiv, from Reynolds Group Holdings, with completion expected mid-January 2018. Kama Europe has a plant in Sedgefield employing 110.

Belgian public buyer ICDI awarded Plastic Omnium SA a contract worth EUR 272,902 to supply containers of various capacities, with the award dated 16 November 2017 and published 7 December 2017.

Berry Global Group has agreed to acquire Clopay Plastic Products Company from Griffon Corporation for $475 million in cash, adding printed breathable films and elastic films with about 1,500 employees.

Pact Group has bought two Reynolds companies in Asia, according to Plastics News. The article gives no further details on location, price or date beyond December 5, 2017.

Alpla is developing a 180,000-square-foot plant near Allentown, Pennsylvania, hiring 80 people to produce containers for food, household and cosmetic products.

Belgian food packaging and serviceware maker deSter is setting up a new production facility in Lima, Ohio, to produce service items for the foodservice and travel industry closer to its US customers.

Aspla, part of Grupo Armando Álvarez, has finished its new polyethylene food-film plant in Reocín, Cantabria, after about 18 months of construction, raising its production capacity by 60% with around 20 new jobs and an investment of about EUR 20 million.

M&M Industries, a maker of plastic buckets and containers, plans a $42 million expansion in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that will create 110 jobs. The plan includes buying a building at 1435 E. 14th Street and expanding its current facility at 316 Corporate Place.

TC Transcontinental acquired Montréal-based flexible packaging converter Les Industries Flexipak Inc., which employs 55 people, extending its packaging footprint to Eastern Canada.

Efupiko began operations at its Kanto Eco Pet plant in Yachiyo, Ibaraki, Japan, which produces about 20,000 tonnes per year of recycled PET raw material. The investment was about ¥15.7 billion, and the company announced the start on November 1, 2017.

Auer Packaging GmbH is adding injection molding capacity at its Amerang, Germany site, with a second hall running 14 machines since 2016 and a third hall planned to reach 35 machines. The company produces about 35 million plastic containers per year.

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions' subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a contract with SASA Polyester Sanayi to build a PET plant with 380,000 tpy capacity in Adana, Turkey, reported 30 November 2017.

Dow dedicated $2 billion of chemical manufacturing investments at its Plaquemine site in Louisiana, including two new polyolefin plants, added ethylene capacity, warehousing and a restarted ethylene unit. The projects were first announced in August 2013.

Greiner Packaging Slušovice s.r.o. awarded a contract worth EUR 935,000 to Kuhne GmbH for extrusion and co-extrusion technology for barrier materials used in-line with its forming technology. The contract was published on 21 October 2017.

BDG & Associés and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ acquired Plastube Inc., a Granby, Quebec manufacturer of extruded and decorated plastic tubes for cosmetics, pharmaceutical, food and industrial markets. Plastube employs about 130 people.

Dimensio Verpakkingen B.V. won a EUR 197,268 open tender from the public body GAD Regio Gooi en Vechtstreek to supply 7.5 million PMD collection bags and distribute them to shops and the GAD organisation. The award was dated 16 October 2017.

Toly Group announced a new expansion project in China, south of Shanghai, with no cost stated.

Toly Group plans to build an 8,000 m2 factory in South Korea next year at a cost of EUR 13 million.

Toly Group plans a new 15,000 m2 factory in Malta for 2018 costing EUR 15 million, which will raise its Maltese production capacity by 50%.

Grupa Kety's supervisory board approved a PLN 110 million investment for a second BOPP film production line at Alupol Films' plant in Oswiecim, Poland, to be built 2017-2019.

Integrated Packaging Group agreed a merger with Pro-Pac Packaging in a share sale deal valued at $177.5 million, creating a flexible packaging leader across Australia and New Zealand. Shareholder vote is expected end of October with tentative completion November 6, 2017.

RPC Tedeco-Gizeh extended its contract as a preferred supplier to NIVO Group, a UK buying group, to produce plastic vending cups for its members throughout the UK.