Tien Wah Press Holdings agreed a three-year extension to supply packaging materials to British American Tobacco through its Indonesian subsidiary PT Bintang Pesona Jagat. The extension was disclosed in a Bursa Malaysia filing on 9 February 2023.

Larsen Packaging Products, Inc. of St. Charles, Illinois, acquired Alpha Container, a Marysville, Ohio manufacturer and distributor of corrugated products and packaging supplies. The former owner's staff will continue under the Alpha Container name, and the deal expands Larsen into Ohio and Pennsylvania. The deal value was not disclosed.

Constantia Flexibles signed a joint venture agreement merging its Indian business and operations with SB Packagings, which is backed by Premji Invest, to create a packaging platform in India and South Asia. The article is dated 8 February 2023.

Cullen Packaging has announced a £15m expansion plan that will create 120 new green jobs across its business, growing its moulded fibre and corrugate operations. The article is dated 7 February 2023.

Georgia-Pacific is investing $30 million to modernize its corrugated plant in Owosso, Michigan, with a new corrugator, converter and other equipment that adds double wall capability. Installation has begun and first production is expected by the end of February 2023.

Flexpak LLC completed its acquisition of Preferred Packaging Products Inc., a packaging distributor based in Thornton, Colorado, effective February 1, 2023. The deal extends Flexpak's regional footprint to Colorado.

Impresora del Yaque / Elopak Caribe inaugurated an expansion of its production plant in Santiago, Dominican Republic, adding new investments of US$4.5 million to increase production capacity for the agro-industrial sector and exports.

LAMACOM group inaugurated an extension of its Lamacom plant at Ain Sebaa, Casablanca, creating the Lamatech Packaging Solutions business unit for injection-moulded IML plastic packaging. The investment is 75.6 million MAD and is expected to create 105 jobs.

Ball Corporation announced a R$100 million investment to increase production capacity at its aluminum can plant in the Suape industrial complex, Pernambuco, Brazil, backed by 85% state tax incentives. The announcement was made on February 2, 2023.

German packaging maker Papier-Mettler acquired an industrial building in Moorefield, West Virginia, and plans to invest $48 million there, creating up to 100 jobs in its first US production plant.

SIG will build its first aseptic carton plant in India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with about EUR 60 million invested over 2023-2025. The plant is designed for up to 4 billion packs per year and is expected to create around 300 jobs in phase one.

Atlanta-based Graphic Packaging International announced it will invest $1 billion over three years in a new fiber-based consumer packaging facility in Waco, Texas. It is described as Waco's largest-ever capital investment.

The Robinette Company, a film and paper packaging manufacturer, will invest $10.3 million to construct a new 100,000-square-foot facility in Piney Flats, Tennessee, creating 70 new production jobs. The announcement was made with Governor Bill Lee and state economic development officials.

Sealed Air has closed its previously announced acquisition of Liquibox, a Richmond, Virginia maker of bag-in-box liquid packaging, for $1.15 billion on a cash and debt-free basis.

Trivium Packaging is finalizing a decision on two new lines at its Youngstown plant, which would add 93 jobs. Ohio approved an estimated $725,000 tax credit for the project, which competes with New York and Virginia; the company expects to decide by March 31.

Hotpack Global, a UAE-based disposable food packaging maker, launched a paper packaging plant in Doha's New Industrial Area. The first phase makes folding and corrugated cartons, with paper bags and cups planned in later phases.

Encirc, the UK subsidiary of Vidrala, completed its purchase of the 'The Park' bottling and logistics site in Bristol from Accolade Wines for GBP 30 million, on the terms agreed in November 2022. A long-term glass supply contract with Accolade accompanies the deal.

TriMas Corporation bought 100% of Aarts Packaging, a Dutch maker of injection-moulded plastic packaging for beauty, luxury and food markets, from its shareholders. The article is dated 31 January 2023 and gives no deal value.

Trivium Packaging is investing $51 million in two new aluminum monobloc production lines at its Youngstown site, adding 93 jobs to meet demand in aerosol and beverage markets.

Süper Film Ambalaj is investing €100 million, including working capital, in a new packaging plant in the Lüleburgaz OSB, Turkey. The plant will start with 60,000-tonne capacity, raising total capacity to 185,000 tonnes, and will employ 150 additional people.

Glassica LLC plans to start building a second glass container plant in the Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park in March 2023, to be completed in 14 months. Its investment is 60 million manat, and the first plant has produced about 3 million containers, with 250,000 exported to Romania and Moldova.

Smurfit Kappa has invested $23 million in a corrugated cardboard plant in the Oradel industrial park in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The facility is due to open the following week, and is expected to create direct and indirect jobs.

Berry Global is supplying The Coca-Cola Company with a lightweight tethered closure for PET bottles of carbonated soft drinks, with rollout across Coca-Cola's European plants. Over 400 million closures have been applied so far in Germany, Spain and the UK.

Verallia is building a second furnace at its Campo Bom glass container plant in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, at a total investment of €80 million. Construction is expected to start in March 2023 and take about eight months.

Stupinsky Gofrokombinat plans a new corrugated board production facility in Stupino, Moscow Oblast, with investment above 3.2 billion rubles, more than 400 jobs and planned capacity of 200 million square metres per year, with commissioning scheduled for 2026.

Colorcon entered a put agreement to purchase Airnov Healthcare Packaging, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners. The deal is subject to French works council review and regulatory approvals and could close in Q1 2023.

Constantia Flexibles signed a joint venture agreement with Premji Invest and S.B. Packagings to expand its packaging business in India, including hygiene packaging and its EcoLam range. The deal is expected to complete by the end of March 2023, pending regulatory approvals.

US industrial packaging distributor B2B Industrial Packaging has acquired custom packaging supplier Next Press of Mahwah, New Jersey. It is B2B's 27th acquisition in 13 years.

SB Packagings entered a joint venture with Constantia Flexibles, combining Constantia India's operations with SB Packagings to build a packaging platform across India and South Asia. Closure is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected by March end.

Constantia Flexibles signed a joint venture agreement with SB Packagings and its investor Premji Invest for Constantia's Indian business, creating a packaging platform with ten locations in India. Closing is expected by end of March 2023, pending regulatory approvals.

Sidel sold its 1,000th EvoBlow blow-moulder to Nigerian co-packer StrongPack for a new 86,000 bottles-per-hour high-speed PET water line, due to be installed in early 2023. The line includes a Combi SF100 filling and capping solution.

Ninh Binh Nitrogenous Fertilizer Ltd.Company ran an online tender for supply of packaging materials, valued at 7.074 billion VND, with a winning contractor selected by a decision dated 13 January 2023. The winning bidder's name is not shown in the text provided.

Canadian protective packaging maker Creopack acquired Emballages Montreal Express, a handling, packaging and storage services firm for oversized equipment, adding 35,000 sq ft of storage in Châteauguay, Quebec. The deal was announced on 16 January 2023.

Greiner Packaging UK & Ireland invested over £3,700,000 in a new PET decontamination and extrusion line at its Dungannon, Northern Ireland site to make food-contact recycled packaging. The site has also gained SSP and FSC certifications.

Graphic Packaging International is moving its Bristol, UK beverage packaging operations to a new 255,000-square-foot factory nearby, creating up to 30 new jobs. The site is expected to be fully operational in Q4 2023.

After buying the Duino mill, Mondi plans to invest around €200 million to convert a paper machine into a containerboard machine. The converted mill is expected to produce about 420,000 tonnes of recycled containerboard a year.

Packaging firm Coveris and UPM Raflatac will supply a recyclable label liner to UK food producer Cranswick, replacing PET release liner on cooked meat packs. The partners say the change cuts carbon emissions by 20%.

Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical has announced results of a public tender for product cartons, awarding lots A, B and C to Jiangxi Qili Hefeng Packaging, Nanchang Fangzheng Packaging and Jiangxi Jiacheng Packaging, with amounts not disclosed.

A procurement notice published on Find a Tender on 13 January 2023 records an award for cardboard boxes and paper bags to Banner Group Limited.

COFCO Packaging signed a framework agreement with Haoneng (Hong Kong) and Ourgold Development to form a joint venture in Hong Kong for a second aluminum two-piece can plant in Central and Eastern Europe. The JV has registered capital of EUR 22.3 million, split 40%, 30% and 30%.

Engineered Foam Packaging, a J.B. Poindexter subsidiary, plans to establish a 117,000-square-foot facility in Bishopville, Lee County, investing $15 million and creating 53 jobs. Operations are expected online by August 2023.

Imaflex Inc. has selected Bandera U.S. to supply a 2400 3-layer SmartFlex line and a 2400 5-layer Barrier Flex line to increase capacity at its Victoriaville plant. The first line is scheduled to be installed and started up in Q1 2023.

Spanish packaging group Hinojosa Packaging has sold its Cipasi business, a cellular polypropylene producer based in Masamagrell, Valencia, to Italian group Karton. Cipasi had 2021 revenue of EUR 9 million and 38 employees, all of whom Karton will retain; the value was not disclosed.

Mold-Tek Packaging has won an order from Grasim Industries' Birla Paints Division to supply packing material for a new facility at Panipat, Haryana, expected to be operational by end of 2023. The estimated value is Rs 30 crore.

Progroup has started production at its PW14 corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Stryków, Poland, which can produce up to 200,000 tonnes of corrugated sheetboard. The EUR 72 million project created 50 jobs.

Belarusian box maker VELPAK-Kobrin contracted ZIKO to supply a three-colour flexo midline (Dongfang Apstar HG2 1228 FFG) and an Eterna ECUT 1650 SAL die-cutting press for corrugated packaging production.

Polymer Packaging, Inc. acquired The William-Allen Company, a flexible packaging and container supplier with a 33,000 square foot warehouse in North Canton, Ohio. Terms were not disclosed.

Fundermax took over 100% of Hubregtse B.V., Papiboard B.V. and West Pack Emballasje AS from the Dutch Hubregtse group, effective 3 January 2023. The businesses have about 50 employees and make solid board packaging for the fish industry in the Netherlands and Norway.

Sonoco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire S.P. Holding, Skjern A/S, a Danish paperboard manufacturer, in an all-cash deal estimated at $88 million (675 million DKK).

Ardagh Metal Packaging is investing nearly EUR 80 million to add a third production line at its La Ciotat plant, launching in the first half of 2023, to make slim beverage cans previously imported from Germany.