Binh Son Petrochemical Packaging and Trading JSC (Vietnam) opened a direct tender to buy raw materials for packaging production, valued at 4,045,635,000 VND. Bid closing was set for 11 December 2023, and the tender was published 22 December 2023.

Beverage packaging company Multipack announced a $10.4 million production facility in Caddo Parish, Shreveport, Louisiana, creating 141 direct jobs, with production expected to start in Q3 2024.

Spartech will invest $4.9 million in new manufacturing equipment at its Muncie, Indiana facility, adding six full-time jobs and retaining 100, with a five-year tax abatement approved by the city.

SIG announced an €8.4 million investment in the fifth expansion of its carton packaging plant in Campo Largo, Paraná, Brazil, raising its production capacity. The plant serves Brazil and South American countries.

Polish e-commerce company Allegro has selected Mondi as its main corrugated packaging supplier in Poland and the Czech Republic. Mondi's CEO described the partnership as a step toward more sustainable eCommerce packaging.

Wobz, a maker of personalized reusable cups, has signed a major contract with Vistaprint, according to the article; no contract value was disclosed.

Wobz is investing €6 million to expand its Oyonnax plant with a 1,800 m² extension and three new production lines by May 2024, raising capacity from 120,000 to 500,000 customized containers per day.

H.I.G. Capital portfolio company SIAT Group bought a 50% stake in US-based Combi Packaging Systems from 3M, with terms undisclosed.

Taerim Paper, an affiliate of Global Seara Group, signed a stock purchase agreement with Morgan Stanley PE to acquire Jeonju Paper and Jeonju One Power for about KRW 650 billion.

Atlas Packaging Inc. has acquired Republic Packaging of Florida in Miami, adding wood crating and expanded fulfillment services.

Allegro Group chose Mondi as main corrugated packaging supplier for Poland and Czechia and Stora Enso Poland as second supplier, following a tender announced on 14 December 2023.

BUTTING Anlagenbau received a major order from Stora Enso for the O750 Oulu project, converting a paper machine in Oulu, Finland, into a line producing about 750,000 tonnes per year of packaging board. The work includes 128 container positions and over 23 km of pipelines.

DS Smith Packaging plans to invest EUR 16 million in its Krusevac production site in Serbia, adding 25% capacity and installing a six-color flexo printer and upgraded corrugators.

Dhunseri Ventures' subsidiary Dhunseri Poly Films has started commercial production at its Panagarh plant in West Bengal, initially making 45,000 TPA of BOPET films. Phase I is a Rs 540 crore investment that is expected to employ over 200 people.

Toppan will build a 50,000 m² barrier film manufacturing facility in Most, Usti nad Labem region, Czech Republic, to produce its GL BARRIER transparent film for Europe. The ground-breaking took place in November 2023 and mass production is expected by late 2024.

India's Competition Commission approved Capripack BidCo's acquisition of sole control of flexible packaging producer Constantia Flexibles, announced 13 December 2023. Capripack is indirectly owned by funds managed by One Rock Capital Partners, and the seller is Constantia Lux, linked to Wendel Group.

NOVA Infrastructure acquired A&R Bulk-Pak, a South Carolina provider of contract packaging, transloading and warehousing for the petrochemical industry. No financial terms were disclosed.

Packaging maker Thimm is investing more than EUR 3 million in a new Mastercut 2.1 flat-bed die-cutter from Bobst at its Castrop-Rauxel site. The machine adds capacity of 25 million square metres of corrugated board per year.

Tetra Pak received an investment certificate to raise its investment in its Binh Duong, Vietnam factory to $173 million, expanding the existing aseptic carton packaging project. The certificate was granted at the Meet Singapore 2023 event.

Smurfit Kappa plans a $115 million investment to build and expand two production plants in Santa Clara Coatitla, Ecatepec. The municipality has granted the licenses needed to start construction.

Smurfit Kappa and WestRock announced a transaction to combine into Smurfit WestRock, a global sustainable packaging leader with combined adjusted revenue of about $34 billion. The combined company will be domiciled in Ireland.

Van Genechten Packaging has acquired 100% of its UK joint venture with CartonCare Group, a printed folding carton maker based in Northern Ireland with a combined turnover of EUR 30 million. The deal brings VGP to 12 sites in 9 countries.

Orora has completed its acquisition of Saverglass, the glass packaging maker, according to the article headline. Details of the transaction were not available in the text.

Aptar Closures celebrated the grand opening of Gulf Closures, a beverage closures maker in Bahrain it acquired a majority stake in during March 2023. An expansion of the site, with 10 new production lines, is expected to be completed in December 2024.

Amcor Flexibles' Indian subsidiary is set to acquire Essel Propack's 100% owned Packaging India Pvt. Ltd, a flexible packaging maker with plants in Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand, for full cash consideration with an enterprise value of Rs 165 crores.

Genera broke ground on a nearly $350 million expansion of its Sustainable Biomaterials Campus in Vonore, Tennessee, adding over 150,000 square feet and more than 230 local jobs for compostable molded fiber packaging production.

MAX Solutions, a packaging manufacturer, and Walker SCM, a transportation and logistics company, formed Unity Solutions, a joint venture offering turnkey packaging, fulfillment and logistics solutions with manufacturing and fulfillment facilities in logistics hubs.

DS Smith has completed its acquisition of the corrugated packaging business of Spain's Grupo Lantero for approximately EUR 190 million, expanding its position in the Spanish market. Grupo Lantero operates seven sites.

Uflex Ltd is investing 550 crore rupees (about $85.7 million) in its fourth factory in Sanand, Gujarat, to make aseptic packaging with capacity of 7 billion containers per year and enter a market dominated by Tetra Pak. The plant will initially employ 250 people.

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages will use WestRock's PETCollar Shield Plus paperboard carriers at its Philadelphia plant to replace plastic rings on multipack bottles, expected to be operating by summer 2024 and cutting about 200,000 pounds of plastic a year together with its existing mini-can packaging.

Spanish glass container maker Vidrala acquired the remaining 70.7% of Brazil's Vidroporto for EUR 384 million, after an earlier purchase of 29.3% for EUR 53 million, valuing the company at EUR 543 million. Vidroporto operates a plant in Porto Ferreira, São Paulo.

Ball Packaging Europe Beograd has applied to Belgrade's environmental secretariat for approval of an impact study for adding a fourth aluminium can production line at its Zemun plant, raising capacity to 3.2 billion cans per year.

Trebor Developments reached practical completion on Crown Packaging's £150 million, 632,000 sq ft beverage can plant at the former Mars Petcare site in Woodston, Peterborough, which will employ at least 280 people. Crown started production at the site as construction finished.

Elopak plans its first U.S. production plant in Little Rock, Arkansas, to make Pure-Pak gable-top cartons for dairy, juice and plant-based products. The investment is about USD 70 million and will create more than 100 permanent jobs.

Shuifa Agriculture Group announced winning bidders for lot 1 of its outer packaging supplier cooperation framework tender, with a contract value of RMB 54.942 million. Winning bidder names are masked in the notice.

Tricor Group named Philipp Kosloh, former COO of Progroup AG and general manager at Smurfit Kappa, as CEO effective 1 December 2023, succeeding Robert Wiblishauser.

Tricor Group plans to invest €170 million in a new plant near the Dutch border in the Weeze/Goch region, with start-up in Q3 2025 and capacity of up to 200 million square metres of corrugated board per year.

South Africa's Competition Tribunal approved without conditions the intermediate merger between Rebel Packaging, an indirect subsidiary of Mpact, and corrugated sheetplant Box Boyz.

Barcelona-based Quadpack signed a partnership with US injection moulder Colt's Plastics in Connecticut to produce its Regula Airless Refill range locally for Americas brands. Full-scale production is planned for 2024.

Spain's Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre awarded Laminados de Cartón, S.L. a framework contract worth EUR 200,000 for grey cardboard lids, corrugated separators and corner protectors.

Smurfit Kappa held a ribbon-cutting at its Mexicali plant for four recent equipment investments totaling $14 million, which the company says raises production capacity by over 30 percent.

Albert Heijn will use Avantium's PEF polymer for various packaging, starting with fruit juice bottles produced by Refresco once Avantium's commercial plant in Delfzijl is operational.

President Container Group acquired garment hanger pack and wardrobe box maker RHE Container Company, completing the deal in December 2023; the integration was announced in a June 2026 release.

Thailand's SCG Packaging (SCGP) agreed to acquire a 70% stake in offset folding carton producer Starprint Vietnam through its Singapore subsidiary, at an estimated value of VND676.08bn ($27.73m). The plant operates in the Long Binh Industrial Zone in Dong Nai, Vietnam.

Saica Group started work on a new corrugated board plant in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, investing more than EUR 100 million. The plant will combine Saica Pack El Prat and Saica Pack Barcelona and is due to start in spring 2025.

All4Labels Global Packaging Group is joining Uniflexo, a PSL, shrink sleeve and booklet producer based in São Paulo, Brazil, into its group; the transaction is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approval.

Kao Industrial (Thailand), SCG Chemicals and Dow Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding in Bangkok to jointly develop recyclable, lower-carbon packaging for Kao's product range in Thailand.

Tetra Pak and United Paper Mills signed a AED 2,500,000 recycling agreement to build a used beverage carton collection and recycling value chain in the UAE, with Tetra Pak funding new equipment to be ordered in December 2023 and delivered in 2H 2024.

Pact Group and Morrison & Co completed the sale of a 50 per cent stake in Pact's Crate Pooling business to Morrison, creating the 50/50 joint venture Viscount Reuse for reusable plastic packaging crates in Australia and New Zealand.

Diageo and ecoSPIRITS agreed a global deal to distribute Diageo spirits brands in ecoSPIRITS' circular packaging in about 18 markets over three years, starting with Smirnoff, Captain Morgan and Gordon's.