Kruger Packaging's Elizabethtown team produced the first sheets of corrugated paper at its soon-to-open corrugated box plant, with construction continuing toward completion. The milestone was reported on June 27, 2022.

Schoeller Allibert developed a Corona 20-pocket beer crate for AB InBev containing at least 20% recycled maritime plastic waste, launched in Germany. The article is dated June 27, 2022.

TricorBraun has completed its acquisition of PB Packaging, a leading Australian provider of plastic and glass packaging previously owned by Pro-Pac Packaging Limited. The deal was announced on June 26, 2022.

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG agreed on June 24, 2022 to acquire ESNT Packaging & Securing Solutions Limited and Essentra Packaging US Inc from Essentra plc for £310 million, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

Valmet will deliver a new shipping carton paperboard production line, PM3, to Eren Paper's former UPM Shotton mill in Wales-UK, with about 650,000 tons annual capacity. Start-up is scheduled for Q2 2024; the order value was not disclosed.

Mayr-Melnhof Group (MM) has agreed to buy Essentra Packaging from Essentra plc for a cash and debt free consideration of GBP 312 million. Essentra Packaging has 21 plants in 10 European and North American countries, and closing is expected in Q4 2022.

Red Arts Capital has acquired Coregistics, a packaging services provider. The article reports the deal on 23 June 2022 and gives no value.

Carlsberg Group has signed a conditional offtake agreement with Avantium to secure a fixed volume of PEF polymer from Avantium's FDCA Flagship Plant, which is planned to start up in 2024. Carlsberg will use the resin in its Fibre Bottle packaging.

Keiding, Inc., a Milwaukee-based maker of molded pulp protective packaging, is opening a second factory at N90 W14507 Commerce Drive in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, creating 20 manufacturing jobs. The facility is expected to open in November 2023.

Fruit importer IG International and Mumbai-based Esquire Corrugation formed a joint venture, Esquire IG, to manufacture sustainable corrugated carton packaging for fresh produce. The JV targets 500 to 1,000 tonnes of output for domestic and global markets.

Varuförsörjningen awarded a 16 million SEK transport and waste packaging framework to Harlequin Trade AB, Remeda, San Sac, Plastsystem H. Helmetschläger and Procurator, with a planned start of November 2022.

Van De Velde Packaging Group reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of De Dozenhal, a Dutch maker and trader of corrugated cardboard boxes based in Ermelo, Netherlands. The deal was reported on June 17, 2022.

Ball Corporation announced a new aluminum can manufacturing plant in Chilca, Peru, with capacity of over 1 billion beverage cans a year. Start-up is planned for 2023 and the plant will create more than 100 direct jobs.

Morocco's Industry Minister inaugurated a new 5,000 sq m extension of Compagnie Industrielle des Fibres in Tangier, with seven machines and planned output rising from 12 to 45 tons of packaging materials per day by 2025.

DTE Group agreed to buy Dansk Eksport Emballage ApS, located in Føvling near Vejen, Denmark, which has about 40 employees and annual revenue of about DKK 50 million. It will operate as DTE Føvling under Dansk Træemballage A/S.

Dansk Træemballage A/S agreed to acquire AB Karl Hedin Emballage, a Swedish wood packaging maker with 10 production sites in Sweden and one in Estonia, about 275 employees and revenue of about DKK 410 million in 2024. The deal was to close on 9 May 2025.

Dansk Træemballage's Swedish subsidiary Aven Rabbalshede AB is acquiring Pall & Träkonstruktioner AB, with the takeover stated to take place on 21 October 2026. Aven Rabbalshede makes wooden crates, pallets and packaging for about 250 customers.

Auer Packaging GmbH of Amerang received its largest single order in company history, worth €7.9 million, from a Danish recycling service provider for special plastic big boxes used to recycle PET bottles and aluminium cans.

Aetna Group, through its Robopac and Ocme units, acquired Germany-based Meypack, a maker of end-of-line packaging machines for food, spirits and personal care, announced June 10, 2022.

Berlin Packaging acquired Andler Packaging Group, a US distributor of plastic, glass and metal containers and closures with locations in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland and Florida, announced June 10, 2022.

DS Smith is launching a 37,000 m² corrugated packaging plant in Bełchatów with annual capacity of 180 million m² at the end of June 2022. The project cost PLN 250 million and created more than 200 jobs.

Canpack marked the steel framing completion of its 862,000 sq ft aluminium beverage can plant in Monroe Township, Muncie, Indiana, with plant operations expected in Q4 2022. The $380 million facility is expected to employ about 345 people.

Irish packaging group Zeus Packaging Group acquired UK companies Swanline Group and BoxMart in a deal worth more than €25 million, with combined annual revenue of €30 million.

Packaging distributor Zeus has acquired UK packaging companies Swanline Group and its sister company BoxMart in a deal worth more than €25 million.

Ardagh Metal Packaging is investing in expanding its La Ciotat, France beverage can facility, supported by Bpifrance and Sud Attractivité, creating about 80 jobs with production expected to begin in the first half of 2023.

MMP Neupack Polska is investing 60 million euros in its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland, doubling capacity and adding an industrial digital printing line expected to start in mid-2022.

Eastside Distilling subsidiary Craft Canning + Printing bought a production facility operated by Aprch Beverage in Portland, Oregon, and was contracted to exclusively provide can printing and co-packing for Aprch's products in Washington and Oregon.

Pratt Industries, through subsidiary Pratt Corrugated Holdings, will locate a Regional Manufacturing & Innovation Center in Cedar Hill, Texas. The company will invest more than $200 million and employ 150 full-time workers.

Scholle IPN, a spouted pouch and bag-in-box packaging maker in the Americas and Asia, is merging with SIG, a European carton packaging company. The companies plan to offer a broader range of sustainable packaging solutions.

Pact Group acquired Synergy Packaging, a Tullamarine, Victoria maker of PET bottles, bottle caps and jars, as of June 4, 2022. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sinclair & Rush, Inc. completed its acquisition of Indepak Corporation, a Portland, Oregon thermoform manufacturer of custom trays, blisters and clamshell packaging. The deal adds thermoforming capacity and a west coast manufacturing footprint.

Berlin Packaging is acquiring Verrerie du Comtat, a glass packaging supplier in Sorgues, France, serving wine and olive oil producers. It is the second Berlin Packaging acquisition in EMEA in 2022, and all employees and locations will be retained.

Craft Canning became the exclusive provider of can printing and co-packing services to Aprch Beverage Co for products sold in Washington and Oregon, including its CBD water flavors. Supplies began the week before the announcement.

Eastside Distilling subsidiary Craft Canning + Printing acquired the Portland, Oregon production facility previously operated by Aprch Beverage Co. The deal was announced on June 3, 2022.

Canpack announced a new aluminum caps factory in Manaus, with construction scheduled to begin in 2023. The investment value was not stated.

Eastey, a shrink-packaging equipment maker owned by Engage Technologies, moved its sealer and tunnel manufacturing into a 50,000 sq ft building in Big Lake, Minnesota, announced June 1, 2022.

Scholle IPN will invest $31.1 million to expand its Smyth County operation by 73,000 square feet, adding new film extrusion and packaging lines and 75 jobs, plus new rail track for resin deliveries. The announcement was made on June 1, 2022.

THIMM Group plans to invest 400 million euros over five years in automation, digitalization, modernization and expansion of all its locations.

Japan United, via its German subsidiary United Europe and TRICOR Packaging & Logistics, signed a share purchase agreement to acquire THIMM Packaging Systems, a heavy-duty packaging maker in Hausen, Germany, subject to German antitrust approval.

Investment firm Peninsula Capital agreed to buy Italian premium packaging firm ISEM Bramucci, which makes luxury boxes and folding cartons, in a deal worth around 90 million euros ($97 million).

Caddick Construction completed a multimillion-pound design and build expansion of Alpla's Warrington manufacturing facility in Golborne, including a bridge link and a warehouse extension to its logistics hub, announced 31 May 2022.

Guangxi Zhenlong Color Printing Packaging published a bid candidate notice for a 2022-2025 carton kraft paper purchase. Guangxi Nanning Fengyuhuang Trading ranked first with a bid of 395,307.34 yuan, pending the objection period.

Damm is investing an additional 25 million euros to launch a new can packaging line at its El Prat de Llobregat brewery, creating 50 jobs during 2022. The line will package cans for all of the company's brands, with launch planned for May 2022.

Japan's Rengo Group agreed to acquire Thimm Packaging Systems, the industrial goods division of Germany's Thimm Group, with the price kept confidential. The takeover awaits Federal Cartel Office approval, expected within weeks.

BEWI has acquired the remaining 49 per cent of Danish paper packaging company Cellpack, becoming its sole owner. BEWI had acquired 51 per cent in April 2021, and former owner Thomas J. Bladt stays on as managing director.

Smurfit Kappa has started construction of its first corrugated packaging plant in Morocco, a 25,000 m2 facility in Rabat, with an investment of over €35 million and about 300 direct and indirect jobs. The first stone was laid on 25 May 2022.

Corrugadora Paraguaya S.A. was awarded a Paraguayan public tender for cardboard boxes worth G. 1,114,916,605, with the Cañas Paraguayas S.A. (CAPASA) institution as the contracting entity. The DNCP published the award on 24 May 2022.

Lamipak has started construction of its second Indonesian factory, an aseptic packaging plant in Cikande, Serang, Banten. The plant is designed for 18 billion packs per year in two phases, with 9 billion packs targeted by Q4 2023.

ProAmpac acquired Specialty Packaging, a Fort Worth, Texas maker of stock and custom bags, wraps and liners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Kelso & Co, a private equity firm, completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Inovar Packaging Group from AEA Investors. Inovar makes pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves and flexible packaging. Financial terms were not disclosed.