Amcor's Australia and New Zealand business signed a memorandum of understanding with Licella Holdings to invest in a plastic advanced recycling facility in Melbourne. Stage one is expected to process 20,000 tonnes per year of waste plastic using Licella's Cat-HTR technology, subject to final terms.

Pact Group has converted AU$420 million of existing loan facilities into a sustainability-linked loan, the first such transaction for an Australian manufacturing company. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac and HSBC were lead arrangers.

Industrial Packaging Group and Treffpack Beteiligungsgesellschaft agreed to combine their shareholdings into a new holding, PACKAGING ALLIANCE EUROPE SA, a merger of equals in primary packaging. Member companies operate in eight European countries.

Woolworths Group and Pact are developing a partnership under which Pact would supply recycled plastic packaging for Woolworths own-brand products, potentially up to 18,000 tonnes per year. The deal is described as a multi-million-dollar investment in local recycling and manufacturing capacity.

Woolworths Group and Pact Group are developing a partnership under which up to 18,000 tonnes of recycled plastic could be used in Woolworths own-brand packaging each year. The companies describe it as a multimillion-dollar investment in local recycling and manufacturing capacity.

Pact Group will manufacture and supply recycled plastic packaging for Woolworths own-brand products, using recycled PET resin from its Australian recycling facilities. The partnership was announced on 26 July 2022 and involves a multimillion-dollar investment.

Woolworths Group and Pact Group are developing a strategic partnership under which Pact would use recycled plastic for Woolworths own-brand packaging, up to 18,000 tonnes a year, as a multimillion-dollar investment in local recycling.

Dow signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Want-Want Group to supply water-based and solventless laminating adhesives. The aim is zero-solvent emissions and more recyclable flexible packaging.

Straub Brewery announced that St. Marys Box Company is manufacturing eco-friendly cases for its 16 oz. returnable glass bottles, starting a long-term collaboration. The announcement was made around Earth Day 2022.

Elopak and Nippon Paper signed a license agreement under which Nippon Paper will produce and sell Elopak's Pure-Pak liquid food packaging worldwide and introduce it to the Oceania region, particularly Australia and New Zealand.

Cargill will partner with Topeka startup StenCo, a Plug and Play Topeka accelerator graduate, to develop an oxygen-excluding biodegradable packaging barrier for Cargill products.

Keurig Dr Pepper and Cologne-based packaging maker PAPACKS launched a partnership to develop a fully recyclable, compostable paper beverage bottle, with a prototype expected by end of 2022.

Packaging company R-Pac International has entered a strategic partnership with U.S. private equity firm American Securities, with affiliates investing to support growth and global expansion; the amount was not disclosed.

Eastside Distilling's Craft Canning + Bottling has partnered with Canadian Canning Inc. to secure domestically made Crown can supply and offer end-to-end canning services to beverage producers.

Grupo Modelo, working with WestRock and Grupo Gondi, is switching from plastic ring carriers to CanCollar Eco paperboard multipack collars in Quintana Roo, Mexico, at an investment of about $4 million. The first phase is projected to eliminate more than 100 tons of plastic waste.

Mondi announced a three-year partnership with the World Food Programme worth US$1 million to improve WFP packaging quality standards while reducing environmental impact. The partnership was first announced in February 2022.

ABB Robotics agreed to collaborate with California-based Zume by integrating and installing more than 1,000 molded fiber manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.

ABB Robotics signed an agreement to collaborate with California-based Zume, supplying robotic cells to install over 1,000 molded fiber manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal was announced on November 19, 2021.

ABB Robotics will supply robotic molded fibre manufacturing cells to Zume, installing more than 1,000 cells and up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. The collaboration aims to produce compostable packaging as an alternative to single-use plastic.

Zume has signed a deal with ABB to supply robotic cells for its molded fiber packaging production worldwide. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots over five years. Financial details were not disclosed.

ABB Robotics signed a framework agreement with California-based Zume to supply robotic cells for molded fiber packaging production. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.

ALPLA, Ecohelp SRL and United Polymer Trading form a joint venture to build a PET recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania, producing 15,000 tonnes of food-grade rPET per year for about €7.5 million, creating 15 jobs.

Starflex PCL and Thai Union Graphic signed an MOU for a joint venture with registered capital of THB 250 million, with Starflex holding 51% and Thai Union Graphic 49%, initially to build a factory producing flexible packaging mainly for food.

Heinz rolled out a recyclable paperboard sleeve for its UK multipack cans, made with WestRock CarrierKote paperboard, as part of a three-year GBP 25 million investment at its Kitt Green factory near Wigan. The sleeve is available in major UK retailers from September 2021.

Golden West Packaging Group has partnered with software company Lumi to make its custom corrugated printing and folding carton products available on the Lumi Marketplace across North America.

Graphic Packaging installed its QuikFlex machine at Coca-Cola HBC's Lisburn plant in Northern Ireland to produce paperboard cartons for 10- to 24-can multipacks, replacing plastic shrink wrap.

Sonoco ThermoSafe and Korean Air announced a global partnership for leasing the Pegasus ULD temperature-controlled bulk container to pharmaceutical freight forwarders. Sonoco ThermoSafe will add ICN airport to its service network.

Liquibox and WestRock have launched a Ships in Own Container bag-in-box solution for liquid e-commerce packaging, combining Liquibox's recyclable Liquipure flexible packaging with WestRock's Meta box designs.

Italian packaging machinery makers OCME and Robopac, both family-led, have signed an agreement to pursue joint growth and internationalization, with OCME to be led by Carlotta Gatteschi, Valentina Aureli and Enrico Aureli. The article does not state the deal terms or value.

Mondi partnered with German label materials maker VPF to produce a release liner range made from recycled paper, with all components of VPF's label laminates now recycled. The article gives no specific location or value.

BASF has entered a collaboration with Pulpex and its global partners to develop proprietary food-grade barrier technologies for the Pulpex paper bottle. The company also aims to add hot-fill and carbonated product capability by end of 2022.

Koehler Paper signed an exclusive agency agreement with IPP Packaging Materials for its flexible packaging paper in the Benelux region, effective immediately.

Plastipak has teamed up with anaerobic digestion operator BioteCH4 in Hemswell, Lincolnshire, so that electricity generated by BioteCH4 is connected directly to Plastipak's Clean Tech PET recycling plant next door.

Zume and India-based Parason announced a manufacturing and professional services partnership to produce molded-fiber goods at a greenfield Parason factory using Zume's technology.

In June 2021 Ardagh partnered with France-based beverage group Ogeu to invest in a beverage can filling line, which Ogeu will use to add new can formats to its drinks range.

Stora Enso and Pulpex are partnering to industrialize production of wood-fiber pulp bottles, with a high-speed production line expected to be operational in 2022.

Winpak Ltd. and its European sister company Wipak formed the Wiicare brand to jointly sell and develop sterile barrier healthcare packaging worldwide. The alliance covers sales, R&D, product management and regulatory affairs, announced on 13 April 2021.

WestRock is partnering with Heinz UK to use its Cluster-Wing paperboard multipack, removing 550 tons of plastic packaging, backed by a three-year £25 million automation investment at Heinz's Kitt Green factory.

Mondi and Tesco Central Europe launched a partnership in which Mondi buys Tesco's warehouse corrugated waste to produce EcoVantage recycled paper for Tesco shopping bags, made at Mondi's mill in the Czech Republic.

Swedish company PulPac entered a strategic partnership with gategroup company deSter to develop and manufacture fiber-based, single-use food packaging for airline and foodservice customers, with deSter deploying a multi-million-euro investment in new machinery.

Dow has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian recycler Lucro Plastecycle to develop a closed-loop packaging solution that recycles post-consumer PE film waste using Dow virgin resins, with first shrink films expected in India later in 2021.

SCG Packaging signed a contract with Duy Tan Plastics Manufacturing Corporation, Vietnam's leading rigid plastic packaging producer, on 9 February 2021 as part of its Vietnam expansion.

Crown has activated renewable electricity at all 14 of its US and Canadian beverage can plants through a 15-year wind power virtual PPA with Longroad Energy. The move lifts its global renewable electricity share to 27.5 percent.

Guala Closures signed an exclusive agreement with Oceanworks to source 100% recycled ocean plastic polymers for its wine and spirits closures. The first products will be T-bar closures in the Blossom range.

Orkla launched chips packaging made with certified renewable polypropylene from SABIC's TRUCIRCLE portfolio, converted into BOPP film by Irplast. The partners say the solution halves the carbon footprint of their value chain compared with traditional plastics.

Ball Corporation and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment launched a global partnership covering aluminum beverage packaging and recycling at venues in Denver, Los Angeles and London, including naming rights for the Denver arena.

Ball Corporation and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment established a partnership across venues in Denver, Los Angeles and London to provide aluminum beverage packaging and boost recycling. The Denver arena will be named Ball Arena.

Bacardi collaborated with Danimer Scientific to create a spirits bottle from Nodax PHA biopolymer made from plant seed oils, which biodegrades in 18 months. The bottle is due on shelves by 2023, starting with Bacardi rum in the US.

The Weedon Group, a UK corrugated packaging manufacturer, has joined forces with Flexi-Hex to develop an Eco Bottle Packaging Kit for shipping individual bottles. The kit comes in three sizes and uses recyclable corrugated board.

Ball Corporation will supply aluminum cans and lids for Legend of Baikal's 330 ml natural water, moving the Russian brand away from plastic bottles. The cans launched earlier in 2020 in Russia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.