Spain's state postal operator Correos y Telégrafos awarded a restricted framework agreement for paper and plastic packaging supplies, with an estimated value of EUR 4.95 million over 24 months, to Intermark Packaging and Labelling and four other firms.

Custom Made Inventory announced a new three-year contract to supply 36 packaging items, including custom and generic disposable packaging, to Gosh Enterprises, parent of Charleys Cheesesteaks, Lenny's Grill and Bibibop.

BERICAP is investing in a new plant in Kunshan near Shanghai that will increase its production capacity by 50%. Production is planned to start in 2027, and the investment amount was not disclosed.

UK bioplastic firm Kelpi won a contract with fresh fruit company Blue Skies, backed by Waitrose, to develop seaweed-based packaging for fresh-cut fruit, starting with a prototype and a pilot next year in an 18-month project.

Dutch waste body Cyclus NV awarded a EUR 1,350,000 contract to Dimensio Verpakkingen B.V. for drawstring bags used to collect plastic, beverage cartons and metal waste, with expected volume of 10 million bags per year.

ProAmpac signed a definitive agreement on March 13, 2024 to acquire Gelpac, a producer of multiwall paper and poly-woven packaging with six facilities in the US and Canada, from an investor group led by NAMAKOR Holdings.

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.

UK packaging company Mondi reached an agreement in principle on a potential all-share offer for rival DS Smith valued at £5.14 billion, with Mondi shareholders owning 54% of the combined group.

Earthshot Prize winner Notpla signed a contract to supply an expected 75 million seaweed-based food packaging items to caterer Levy over three years for use in more than 50 UK sports venues.

UK logistics firm Europa Warehouse signed a contract to provide 3PL storage, fulfilment and transport from its Birmingham site to packaging distributor Paramount Global's European business.

Novacap has acquired Alliance Labeling Inc., an Oakville, Ontario provider of ancillary packaging and warehousing solutions with engineering capabilities. The deal aims to expand Alliance's presence in Ontario, Quebec, Canada and the US.

Cardbox Packaging announced a €6.5 million investment in its new Czech subsidiary to buy a Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 printing press and a Bobst Visioncut 106 LER die-cutter. The investment aims to raise production efficiency and capacity.

Stora Enso's Oulu mill in Finland received an environmental permit for a new board production line, converted from an old paper machine, with production planned to start in 2025. The line is expected to raise the mill's board capacity to up to 750,000 tons a year.

IVE Group plans to invest in new die-cutting and gluing finishing equipment at its Silverwater, NSW facility to generate about AUD 30 million of packaging capacity in the short term. Implementation begins in the new financial year.

Verallia has agreed to acquire Vidrala's Italian glass container business, with its single site in Corsico near Milan, for €230 million enterprise value, financed by external debt; completion is expected in Q2 or Q3 2024.

Freight Technologies' Fr8App will transport more than 1,600 loads over 12 months for Envases Universales across 24 dedicated lanes, mainly from Mexico to the US, in a deal estimated at over $5 million.

Paboco, The Paper Bottle Company, launched its Next Gen Paper Bottle and began preparing full-scale production at a new manufacturing site in Slangerup, Denmark, aiming to deliver over 20 million bottles by end-2025. ALPLA backs the venture.

Graphic Packaging agreed to sell its Augusta, US bleached paperboard manufacturing facility to Clearwater Paper for US$700 million, based on about US$100 million Adjusted EBITDA. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and expected to close in Q2 2024.

Ablebox Ltd has acquired a 52,000 sq ft facility in Sherborne as its third site and is investing a GBP 6 million project, installing a rotary die-cutter and converting lines.

Pneumatic Scale Angelus, a BW Packaging Co company, will exhibit its CB100R full rotary canning line at APPEX 2024 in Melbourne, running at 100+ cans per minute for craft beverages.

SIG has signed a partnership to provide carton packs and filling services to Mupy, a Brazilian soy and fruit juice drink brand, via a copacker. Mupy aims to double turnover by 2025 and reported 115 million reais in revenue for 2023.

Coleus Packaging has acquired and installed a new PMC500 machine at its Alrode factory in Alberton, South Africa, spending about R40 million to raise output of metal crown closures by about 20%. Yearly output is expected to rise from six billion to seven to eight billion units.

Owens-Illinois is installing a new furnace at its Vitória de Santo Antão glass bottle plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, adding 200 million glass bottles a year with R$300 million of investment, due for completion by early 2026.

Welch Packaging acquired Innovative Packaging Solutions, a corrugated manufacturer in York, PA, expanding its footprint into the Mid-Atlantic. Terms were not disclosed.

Thimm invested EUR 10 million in its Tychy, Poland plant, adding a new Göpfert corrugated line and new halls. Annual capacity rose from 130 to 165 million square metres of corrugated cardboard.

Jamestown Container Companies agreed to acquire the packaging business of Midwest Box Company in Cleveland, Ohio, effective February 19, 2024. Terms were not disclosed, and Midwest Box will operate as a division of Jamestown Container.

Craft Beverage Warehouse is installing a second multimillion-dollar German-made digital print-to-can line at Milwaukee's Century City Business Park, expected to start operating by end of May and create six to eight jobs.

Constantia Flexibles agreed to buy about 57% of Aluflexpack AG from Montana Tech Components and Xoris, and will launch an all-cash public tender offer for the remaining shares, subject to regulatory approval.

KinsBrae Packaging, a Cambridge, Ontario packaging firm, began production on its paper bottle machine on February 15, 2024, with Georgian Bay Spirits as launch partner.

Deshbandhu Group is building a 100% export-oriented jumbo bag plant in Palash upazila, Narsingdi, with an investment of Tk300 crore and about 2,000 planned jobs, with production scheduled for June 2024.

Logson Group, headquartered in Coalville, acquired East Sussex-based corrugated packaging manufacturer Challenge Packaging Ltd, which operates from a 10,000 sq m site near Hailsham.

Tricor, part of the Rengo/Tri-wall Group, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new heavy duty corrugated packaging factory in Weeze-Goch, Germany, with production set to start in July 2025.

Packaging companies Amcor and Berry Global agreed an all-share merger valued at $8.4 billion, creating Amcor plc, with Berry shareholders receiving 7.25 Amcor shares per Berry share.

Belgian packaging group deSter completed the acquisition of the production units of Spanish tableware makers Nupik International and Sky Paper from Dopla, including an automated warehouse in Barcelona, and will operate them as Nupik by deSter.

TRICOR Group held the groundbreaking for a €170 million heavy corrugated board plant in the Weeze-Goch region of Germany, expected to employ more than 200 people.

Klabin is establishing a new cardboard box factory in Piracicaba, São Paulo, with 240,000 tonnes capacity and an investment of R$1.57 billion, with operations expected to start in Q2 2024.

Klabin's Puma II project in Ortigueira, Paraná, involved an investment of R$12.9 billion and two paper machines with total capacity of 910,000 tonnes per year producing Eukaliner kraftliner.

DS Smith has announced a second five-year agreement making it the sole corrugated cardboard packaging supplier to Mondelez International in Europe, with new sustainable fibre-based packaging solutions planned.

KGL signed an agreement with Mondelez Europe to continue supplying packaging to Mondelez plants in Poland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic until 2026, with expected annual revenue above PLN 60 million.

DS Smith agreed a second consecutive five-year contract to be the sole supplier of corrugated packaging in Europe for Mondelēz International, extending a relationship of about ten years.

DS Smith has renewed its five-year contract to be the sole supplier of corrugated packaging in Europe for Mondelēz International, announced on 6 February 2024.

U.S. packaging company Curtis Packaging and European packaging company H.O. Persiehl announced a strategic partnership on February 6, 2024 to combine capabilities in luxury and sustainable packaging.

DS Smith renewed its five-year contract to be the sole supplier of corrugated packaging in Europe for Mondelez International, with new fibre-based sustainable packaging to be implemented across European markets.

Novelis Inc. signed a new contract to supply aluminum beverage packaging sheet to Ardagh Metal Packaging USA's metal production facilities in North America. It is Novelis's third major beverage packaging contract in under seven months.

ALPLA has acquired all shares of Fortiflex, Inc., a Puerto Rico-based packaging manufacturer with plants in Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. The deal was agreed on 22 December 2023 and terms were kept confidential; all 102 employees were taken over.

Multipak, part of Xignux, began construction of a $7.4 million plant at the Centro Logistico Industrial in Durango, Mexico, expected to create about 300 jobs and start operations in late 2024.

Ball Corporation announced R$100 million of investment to increase production capacity at its existing aluminum packaging plant in the Suape industrial port complex in Pernambuco, Brazil, supported by 85% state tax incentives.

Koerber has acquired a majority stake in Rondo-Pak LLC, a New Jersey printing and pharmaceutical packaging company it previously ran as a joint venture since 2015. The acquisition took effect on 1 February 2024 and Rondo-Pak will operate under the Koerber brand.

Spanish packaging group Salinas Packaging Group acquired the folding carton activity of Madrid-based Arteos Digital. The deal is part of Salinas's strategic investment plan launched in 2020.

US thermal laminates distributor Nobelus acquired the film division of McKinleys Group, announced on 1 February 2024.