Graphic Packaging International is advancing a proposal to build a warehouse and parking lot beside its recycled paperboard mill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, consolidating four local warehouses, with completion scheduled for 2028.

Morris Packaging plans to build a new $60.9 million flexible packaging production plant in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky, creating 276 full-time jobs. The more-than-100,000-square-foot facility is expected to be completed by October.

Reyma announced a $40 million investment in a second production plant in Mérida, Yucatán, creating 300 direct and 1,200 indirect jobs. The plant will start with paper and compostable product lines.

Klabin inaugurated Piracicaba II in Piracicaba, São Paulo, described as the largest and most modern corrugated packaging plant in the Americas. The $287 million facility has annual capacity of 240,000 tons.

Sustainable packaging firm Pulpex leased the 88,017 sq ft Westway 90 building from Canmoor on a 20-year lease in April 2025. It will host Pulpex's first commercial-scale fibre bottle manufacturing facility.

Chinese packaging manufacturer Sunrise Group announced plans to invest approximately USD 55.38 million in a new can manufacturing facility in Vietnam with two high-speed aluminium can production lines.

BENZ Packaging has started operations at a 90,000 sq ft facility in Jhajjar, Haryana, equipped with extrusion and printing machinery, an automated corrugation unit, and wooden box and pallet manufacturing.

Oji India Packaging, a subsidiary of Oji Group, inaugurated its fifth Indian plant at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, producing corrugated boxes and packaging accessories with an initial workforce of 130 expanding to 300.

Faller Packaging is opening a new production facility in Gebesee, Thuringia, in April 2025, producing up to 650 million folding cartons and 160 million outserts per year on a former All4Labels site.

Shengxing Co. plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Vietnam to build a two-piece can production line with total investment of about $55.38 million. It would be the company's second overseas can factory after Cambodia.

Beverage Pack Company plans to set up a packaging industrial complex in Frutal, Minas Gerais, investing R$500 to R$700 million and creating at least 100 direct jobs, with operations expected from 2027. The city council approved the purchase of a 236,000 square meter site.

UFP Packaging, a UFP Industries subsidiary, has opened a 165,000 sq ft corrugated manufacturing facility in Jeffersonville, Indiana, that began operations in late 2024 and will expand through 2025.

Tecnocap plans to invest $4.5 million to buy and renovate a facility in Bellaire, Ohio, consolidating operations for its metal closure manufacturing and creating an estimated 29 jobs.

Eco Guardian is on track to open a new Ontario, Canada facility making compostable and recyclable food service products, with capacity of about 2 billion cups per year, scheduled to open in Q4 2025.

A US$90 million aluminum can manufacturing and beverage bottling plant backed by East Can Solutions is set to launch in June 2025 in the Yangi Avlod Free Economic Zone in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It will initially produce 1.1 billion cans a year and create up to 500 jobs.

Stora Enso launched a new consumer packaging board line at its Oulu mill in March 2025, adding 750,000 tonnes of annual capacity at a previously shuttered paper mill.

Saica Group, a Spanish recycled paper and corrugated packaging manufacturer, plans a 350,000-square-foot corrugated plant in Anderson, Indiana, with an investment of more than $110 million and over 100 jobs at full ramp-up. Construction starts in May with operations expected in Q4 2026.

SFT Group is building the Kartontara 2 corrugated board plant in Adygea, with an investment of 2.8 billion rubles and design capacity of up to 130 million square meters per year. Test launch starts March 1 and production is expected to begin in April 2025.

CANPACK's 862,000-square-foot beverage can manufacturing plant in Muncie, Indiana, cost $380 million and created more than 300 jobs. The plant began producing cans in 2023, with AEP supporting the site's development.

Saica Pack, the corrugated packaging division of Saica Group, is investing £10m in a new warehouse in Hartlepool with space for up to 9,000 pallets, with solar panels expected to supply up to 10% of energy needs. Construction is set to run through 2025 from 6 January 2025.

Evertis, part of IMG Group, plans a $100 million plant in Columbia, South Carolina, to make PET multilayer packaging film. The first phase adds 30,000 tons of capacity and more than 100 jobs, with operations expected in Q2 2026, and a second phase would bring total capacity to 60,000 tons by Q2 2028.

Swiss packaging maker SIG Combibloc opened a new aseptic carton packaging plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, with an initial capacity of 4 million packs a year and over 300 planned jobs. The investment was EUR 90 million.

Chubby Gorilla has opened a new manufacturing facility in Thailand to boost production capacity and supply U.S. customers. The plant makes bottles, containers and closures.

CocoPallet, a Netherlands-based company, is launching a wood-free export pallet made from coconut husks, with its first global factory in Tiptur, India, in partnership with Superpacks. The initiative targets 1 million pallets by 2028.

Premier Packaging relocated its headquarters and production operations to an expanded facility in Memphis, Tennessee.

SIG opened its first aseptic carton pack plant in India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, an investment of 90 million euros with initial capacity of up to 4 billion packs per year and over 300 local jobs.

Ondupack inaugurated a corrugated cardboard plant in Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres, with an investment of 49 million euros, capacity for 200 million square meters per year and 50 direct jobs.

Alpla Packaging (Thailand) held a grand opening for its new factory on February 11, 2025, which will expand its production capacity. Tokura (Thailand) Co., Ltd. managed the construction project.

Serioplast, an Italian rigid plastic packaging maker, will invest $25,725,000 to occupy a 140,000 sq ft industrial facility in Shenandoah County, Virginia, creating 45 new jobs.

SCHÜTZ and National Plastic Factory Company signed a licence agreement to produce ECOBULK intermediate bulk containers for Saudi Arabia and the GCC. A new production facility will be established near Dammam, with production expected to begin in 2026.

ORBIS Corporation opened a new manufacturing plant in Greenville, Texas, repurposing an existing facility, producing reusable totes and pallets; it is expected to reach full production by spring 2025 and create more than 190 jobs.

Tri-Wall Group is investing 70 million leva in a new corrugated board and packaging plant near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, through its local unit Tri-Wall Bulgaria, with completion expected by mid-2026 and 250 to 300 jobs created.

International Paper announced a new greenfield box plant in Waterloo, Iowa, near protein-segment customers and with freight access to one of its mills. Construction is expected to begin in 2025.

CANPACK Group broke ground on 28 January 2025 on a greenfield aluminum beverage can plant in Uttar Pradesh, India, with an estimated investment of $150 million (INR 13 billion) on 60 acres in an integrated manufacturing logistics cluster.

Quality Pack Caspian, a project of an Azerbaijani investment company with Hungary's Hell Energy, will build a plant in the Alat Free Economic Zone to produce aluminum beverage cans. Annual capacity will be 700 million cans.

McKinley Packaging, a subsidiary of Bio Pappel, has opened a 500,000 sq ft corrugated box manufacturing plant in Lancaster, Texas, its seventh US packaging plant, expected to employ about 125 people at full capacity.

CorruEmpaques inaugurated a new 17,000 m² corrugated cardboard plant in Querétaro Industrial Park, Mexico, with an investment of 150 million pesos, seven flexo machines and capacity of 2,000 tonnes per shift.

The Al-Khair Corrugated Carton Factory, an eco-friendly packaging plant owned by Khair Mohammad, was inaugurated in Quetta, Balochistan, with a PKR 30 million matching grant under the EU-supported GRASP programme.

Packaging Corporation of America plans to invest $229 million in a new facility on a 78-acre site on Thornwood Drive in Newark, replacing its South 21st Street sheet plant. The company will keep all 131 employees under an enterprise zone abatement agreement.

Portuguese packaging manufacturer Intraplás announced a new production plant in Van Wert, Ohio, with a total investment of around €40 million. The plant will use extrusion, thermoforming and printing technology, is scheduled to start operations in summer 2025, and will create more than 50 local jobs.

TekniPlex Consumer Products opened a 200,000-square-foot specialty molded fiber facility in Van Wert, Ohio, representing a $40 million investment. The company plans to hire at least 100 people at the plant, its eighth specialty molded fiber plant.

Viscofan inaugurated a new production plant in Rayong, Thailand, for finishing cellulosic and collagen casings, after an investment of close to EUR 22 million. The 30,000 m² site has 8,630 m² of floor space and will also serve Southeast Asia.

Arnest Packaging Solutions, a division of Russia's Arnest Group, signed an agreement with the Uzbek government to build an aluminum beverage can plant with annual capacity above 1.5 billion cans. The investment is about $100 million and should create over 200 jobs, with production expected by next fall.

California-based Multipack is establishing a $10.4 million beverage can production facility in Caddo Parish near Shreveport, Louisiana, planning 141 direct jobs and output of more than 100 million cans annually.

Canpack signed a letter of intent to build a new beverage can plant in the Poços de Caldas industrial district, Minas Gerais, with R$710 million investment and 140 direct jobs within two years. The plant will have initial capacity of about 1.3 billion cans per year, with construction expected to start in early 2025.

Perfektüp Ambalaj launched a new aerosol can production line at its Kırklareli production base in Turkey, raising its aerosol can capacity to 240 million units annually. The base spans 75,000 m² of land and 100,000 m² of closed area.

Earthrings, a startup brand under Promac, opened operations in Elgin, Illinois, producing biodegradable cardboard beverage rings for brewery customers.

Nefab's PolyFlex unit opened a new packaging facility in León, Guanajuato, producing heavy-gauge thermoformed and injection-molded packaging for battery, e-mobility and automotive customers. Additional equipment is planned for late 2025 or early 2026.

Quang Tri province approved the investment plan for A&C International Packaging's aluminum can factory at Quan Ngang Industrial Park, Gio Linh district, with total investment just over $100 million and planned capacity of 1 billion cans per year.

Stora Enso is starting a new production unit in Skene, Västra Götaland, under a license from Gothenburg-based PulPac to make molded-pulp paper lids and biobased food packaging, with commissioning planned for late 2024.