Taylor Packaging, a North East England packaging firm, has become the UK supplier of Danish manufacturer Nordic Woodfibre's packaging for heavy industrial goods. The distribution partnership was announced on 2020-06-21 with no value given.

Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia signed a Heads of Agreement with Dynapack Asia to develop a bottle-to-bottle grade PET recycling facility in Indonesia, starting with a proof of concept phase. The recycling could cut new plastic resin use by about 25,000 tonnes a year by 2022.

Chilean PET recycler Typack-Recipet is preparing a strategic alliance with Peruvian packaging company Colca, including a new packaging company for Peru's agricultural sector.

Ring Container Technologies, a plastic container maker and supplier of PET snack containers, has partnered with John B. Sanfilippo & Son on the recyclable SmartCAN PET canister as a replacement for composite snack cans.

Amcor Flexibles North America partnered with Moda vacuum packaging systems, combining Amcor shrink bag and rollstock film with Moda equipment for meat and cheese producers.

Walki Group signed a license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies to use its Earth Coating plastic reduction technology in packaging applications for the European market. The license covers seven product application verticals.

Mondi Kalenobel developed a recyclable polypropylene mono-material film replacing a multi-material laminate for Unilever's Knorr dry soup powder in Turkey. The packaging has been introduced to the Turkish market for selected Knorr designs.

Evergreen Packaging announced a partnership under which Oatly Frozen switched to its fully renewable Sentinel ice cream board, converted by Stanpac Packaging, with no change to existing converting equipment.

Sulapac, a maker of microplastic-free materials, and Quadpack, a cosmetic packaging provider, signed a preferred partnership agreement to supply sustainable cosmetic packaging worldwide. Quadpack will launch the Sulapac Nordic Collection jars in spring 2020.

Danimer Scientific will supply several million pounds of biodegradable resins over a multi-year agreement for Genpak's new GenZero food packaging line. The partnership was announced on November 25, 2019.

Dow and UPM Biofuels announced the commercialization of a packaging plastics offering made from UPM BioVerno renewable naphtha, which Dow will use to produce bio-based polyethylene at its Terneuzen plant in the Netherlands.

Premier Tech and Switzerland's Bühler formed a strategic co-operation for industrial flexible packaging solutions and plan to build a design and manufacturing centre in China by 2020.

Henkel announced a partnership with ALPLA to invest over $130 million enhancing laundry detergent production at its Bowling Green, Kentucky facility, including a new bottle production area. ALPLA will hire 60 employees once construction is complete.

Owens-Illinois signed an agreement in principle with Groupe Bellemare to produce bottles from curbside recycled glass at a new Quebec recycling facility. The deal depends on a Quebec regulation change banning glass in landfills.

Royal Unibrew and Petainer collaborated to develop a lightweight PET bottle with 50% food-grade post-consumer recycled PET for 500ml Pepsi carbonated soft drinks, reducing CO2 emissions at Royal Unibrew's Faxe, Denmark plant.

Anchor Packaging of St. Louis, Missouri, announced a partnership with private equity firm The Jordan Co. that makes The Jordan Co. an investor in the company to fund growth in consumer package solutions.

Packaging supplier Cepac partnered with UK craft brewer ShinDigger Brewing Co to create sustainable corrugated packaging for its full range of 12-pack beer cans. The new packs replaced a tray and shrinkwrap combination and appeared in shops from late spring 2019.

Cascades, a Canadian packaging and tissue manufacturer, has become an official member of Amazon's Packaging Support and Supplier (APASS) network, offering Amazon packaging testing and certification services from its R&D Centre in Kingsey Falls, Quebec.

Royal Unibrew and Petainer collaborated on a lightweight PET bottle containing 50% food-grade recycled PET for 500ml Pepsi carbonated soft drinks. The bottle is made from Petainer's preform at its Lidkoping, Sweden site, and the bottle design is used at Royal Unibrew's Faxe plant in Denmark.

Nestle and Danimer Scientific announced a collaboration to develop biodegradable water bottles based on Danimer's Nodax PHA. PepsiCo, an existing Danimer partner, may also gain access to the resins developed.

Songwon Industrial and RPC bpi nordfolien intend to manufacture 20kg polyethylene bags containing 50% recycled PE. Songwon is expected to begin the transition in the coming months.

Tetra Pak has partnered with Koenig & Bauer to implement full-colour digital on-package printing on beverage cartons, with the full-width digital printer to be deployed at Tetra Pak's Denton converting plant in Texas.

Nestlé announced a partnership with Danimer Scientific to develop biodegradable water bottles using Danimer's PHA polymer Nodax. The partnership supports Nestlé's commitment to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025.

Durst and Koenig & Bauer signed a joint development agreement for digital printing for the folding carton and cartonboard corrugated industry.

Asia Pulp & Paper unit PT Purinusa Ekapersada and Oji Holdings agreed a US$35 million joint venture, PT Oji Sinar Mas Packaging, to build a corrugated converting factory in Bekasi, West Java, expected online January 2020.

Stora Enso is collaborating with Sulapac to develop bio-composite drinking straws containing wood and natural binders, with commercial availability expected in Q2 2019.

Nestlé Nespresso signed a memorandum of understanding with Rio Tinto to source 100% sustainable aluminium for its coffee capsules by 2020, with Rio Tinto as the first company certified by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative.

Tetra Pak, in collaboration with Veolia, intends to recycle used beverage cartons across the European Union by 2025, recovering paperboard and polymer-aluminium material.

Chinese brewer Great Leap Brewing agreed to collaborate with British PET packaging provider Petainer on producing petainerKeg kegs next year at a new blow-moulding facility in Tianjin.

Spanish company TotalWinePack formed a strategic alliance with Mexican packaging firm Todo de Cartón, which will manufacture TotalWinePack wine bottle boxes in Mexico. The alliance was closed in November 2018 after three years of joint work.

Huhtamaki and Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth, UK partnered to recycle paper coffee cups using bins at the outlet centre, with cups recycled into new paper products.

Sealed Air signed a sales and marketing agreement with Cubisan to optimize its packaging operations, with Sealed Air offering automated fulfillment solutions.

United Caps installed four Trio-Technik AirMove transport systems at its Schwerin, Germany plant, which mainly serves the beverage market, to streamline manufacturing.

Amcor entered a partnership with France-based Pylote to offer an innovative stick pack laminate for liquid pharmaceuticals that avoids preservatives.

Mauser Group, BWAY, National Container Group and Industrial Container Services formed Mauser Packaging Solutions, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, to offer metal, plastic, fibre and hybrid packaging. The announcement was made on October 12, 2018.

Ink maker Siegwerk agreed to develop interactive folding boxes with Prismade Labs that respond to smartphone screens, using Prismade's printed electronic structure technology. The partners plan long-term development of digital packaging applications.

Bockatech and Borealis AG agreed to jointly develop reusable and recyclable foam injection moulding solutions for lightweight plastic packaging.

Veritiv joined Amazon's Packaging Support and Supplier Network (APASS) programme to provide certified sustainable packaging, design, testing and sourcing services to manufacturers and sellers.

PCI Pharma Services signed an exclusive collaboration with CSP Technologies for U.S. clinical trials and stability testing using Activ-Blister moisture and gas-scavenging packaging. The packaging aims to speed time to market for pharmaceutical and medical device products.

TemperPack Technologies and e-commerce firm Boxed Wholesale agreed to develop and test sustainable thermal packaging for online chocolate orders, both US-based.

United Caps and Braskem have partnered to supply GREENER bio-sourced plastic caps and closures based on I'm green polyethylene made from sugarcane ethanol. The first two closures target dairy products and still drinks.

Electronics For Imaging and Thai Containers Group, a subsidiary of SCG's packaging business, announced a digital printing partnership in which TCG purchased an EFI Nozomi C18000 inkjet corrugated packaging press. It will be the first EFI Nozomi installation in Asia.

Smurfit Kappa worked with Scania Parts Logistics to replace wood pallets and expanded polystyrene in Scania's supply chain with a single-material, paper-based Honeycomb packaging solution that halved required storage space.

Packaging maker Faerch Plast joined Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's, Tesco and waste firm Viridor in a circular-economy project to recycle black plastic into new food-grade packaging. Recycling starts in July 2018 at Viridor's Rochester facility in Kent, with an initial target of 120 tonnes per month.

Gundlach Verpackung, Gundlach Packaging DMCC and Gundlach Logo now operate jointly under the Gundlach Packaging Group brand, with a shared CRM system and expanded roll-to-roll production in Dubai.

GE Digital and SIG, a packaging systems provider for food and beverage, announced a strategic partnership in which SIG will deploy Predix Asset Performance Management and ServiceMax across more than 400 customer factories worldwide.

Beverage developer Imbibe has collaborated with Ball Corporation to use its Widget Inside aluminium can technology for nitrogen-infused beverages, with plans to extend the concept to tea, juice and protein water.

Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Berry Global and Ampacet are collaborating with Oskar Blues to produce the first printed collation shrink packaging in the US for its 24-can variety cases. The packaging was piloted in 2017 and has grown more than 300 percent through national retailers.

The international Novio Packaging Group is joining forces with Scandinavian Packaging A/S in a merger reported on 2 May 2018.

S-One Labels & Packaging and VerifyMe Inc. formed a new partnership in April 2018, combining S-One's labels with VerifyMe's patented authentication technology.