Macfarlane Group bought PackMann in Germany in an €8.6 million acquisition to expand its distribution division.

EcoPacking is building a 10,000 m2 plant in Lurín, Peru, to make plastic corrugated (cartonplast) boxes for agro-exporters, with inauguration planned for July 2022.

Gerresheimer has commissioned a new plastic container and closure plant and a new glass melting furnace at its Kosamba site in India, adding production capacity for pharmaceutical primary packaging.

Kenya's Competition Authority unconditionally approved Ramco Plexus's acquisition of sole control of flexible packaging maker Platinum Packaging, which it will buy from Carton Manufacturers for about KES500m ($4.27m).

Johnson County Council approved two tax abatements for a $15 million expansion of Sonoco Flexible Packaging's facility north of Edinburgh, Indiana. The announcement is dated 13 May 2022.

SCG Packaging (SCGP) will add 75,000 tons per year of corrugated carton and sheet board capacity through Thai Containers Group, its 70:30 joint venture with Rengo, at existing sites in Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon. The THB 2,450 million project is expected to start commercial production in mid-2023.

Ball Corporation has started construction of a new aluminium beverage can plant in Pilsen, Czech Republic, investing €170 million (CZK 4.5 billion) and creating up to 200 jobs. The plant is scheduled to start operating in early 2023.

HB Returnable Transport Solutions acquired CC European Retail, a Charlottenlund, Denmark maker of reusable packaging materials for retail stores, on 13 May 2022. Terms were not disclosed.

Huhtamaki North America plans to expand its Hammond, Indiana facility with nearly $100 million of capital investment to add molded fiber capacity. The project adds about 250,000 square feet and about 100 jobs, with construction starting in summer 2022.

Auer Packaging received its largest single order in company history, worth 7.9 million euros, from a Danish recycling service provider. The order covers KLK folding big boxes with lids for recycling PET bottles and aluminium cans.

Orora Beverage is investing $85 million to add a multi-size can line at its Revesby, New South Wales site. The line is expected to come online in 2025 and add about 10 per cent to can body capacity.

Carlyle Group is reportedly set to buy Chinese packaging firm HCP for about $1 billion from owner Baring Private Equity Asia. The deal is reported to be expected to complete in the coming months.

A&M Capital Europe acquired a majority stake in Carton Pack, an Italian and Spanish food packaging maker with about 400 employees and three production sites. Current owners will stay on in their management roles.

Worcestershire contract filler Project 7 won a contract from parent company FUCHS to fill and package a Silkolene one-litre motorcycle engine oil in flexible pouches. The product is set to reach retail shelves in 2022.

Brook + Whittle has acquired Diamond Flexible Packaging, a family-owned flexible packaging and converting company in Northbrook, Illinois, adding five pouch lines and bag-making capabilities.

The SOMATER group has acquired ANL Packaging, a European thermoforming company based in Wellen, Belgium with more than 400 employees and plants in Belgium, France and Poland, effective 10 May 2022.

TricorBraun has acquired UK glass packaging providers Continental Bottle Company and its affiliate DiBro for an undisclosed fee, strengthening its European presence.

Shengxing Co. (002752.SZ) announced that it will establish subsidiary Shengxing (Ya'an) Packaging in the Ya'an economic development zone, Sichuan, to build an aluminum beverage can production project. The total estimated investment is about 180 million yuan, announced May 10, 2022.

St. Johns Packaging completed its acquisition of Plasticos Uribe, a vertically integrated flexible packaging manufacturer based in Tlaquepaque near Guadalajara, Mexico, announced May 9, 2022. The deal adds Mexican manufacturing capacity alongside a new greenfield plant in Leon, Guanajuato.

Vidrala is investing £75 million in a national distribution hub for the UK and European beverages industry, to be used by parent subsidiary Encirc, as reported in May 2022.

Encirc, part of Vidrala, extended its partnership with Britvic to manufacture and fill Robinsons 500ml glass cordial bottles at its Elton, Cheshire site for at least three years, announced May 2022.

Welch Packaging, based in Elkhart, Indiana, bought a 98-inch Fosber corrugator for a new operation at 4200 Industrial Blvd in Indianapolis, expected to add at least 50 jobs.

Nashville Box has started manufacturing at its 100,000-square-foot corrugated box plant in Lebanon, Tennessee, after installing converting lines, announced May 2022.

Amcor announced a multi-million-dollar investment to add thermoforming capabilities for medical packaging at its Sligo, Ireland healthcare packaging facility, including Class 7 cleanroom manufacturing and a design studio.

SÜDPACK officially opened its new printing and finishing plant in Kłobuck, Poland, on May 5 and 6, 2022, on a site of over 14,000 m2 that was previously Bahpol.

good natured Products Inc. entered a definitive agreement to acquire the business and operating assets of FormTex Plastics Corporation, a Houston custom plastic packaging manufacturer, for $4.8 million USD cash, subject to closing adjustments.

Unilever's Lipton Ice Tea is switching to SIG aseptic carton packs using Signature Full Barrier material in the Netherlands, starting May 2022. The switch aims to reduce the product's carbon footprint, with around 20 million packs sold yearly.

Orora Beverage announced in May 2022 an investment of $85 million to expand can body production capacity at its Revesby plant in Sydney. It is part of about $200 million in can production investment over three to four years.

Aquatic Paper Products Limited was awarded a contract worth HK$14,006,030 to supply recycled-paper carton boxes to Hongkong Post, with the award dated 29 April 2022.

Orora announced an approximately AUD 85 million capacity expansion adding a multi-size can line at its Revesby, New South Wales site, expected to come online in 2025.

Tetra Pak is expanding its Querétaro plant with a new cutting line and laminating capacity, raising output from 11.3 to 12.8 billion packages; operations start in 2024. Reported investment is 500 million pesos (article body cites 50 million).

Elopak and GLS launched GLS Elopak, a 50/50 joint venture headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, to make fresh and aseptic carton packaging at a manufacturing hub in Rewari, Haryana, India.

Visy announced a new A$150 million corrugated box factory at Hemmant, Queensland, to serve the state's agricultural sector. The projects together are expected to create over 900 construction jobs and 300 remanufacturing jobs.

Visy announced a A$500 million glass food and beverage container recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland, relocating its glass remanufacturing from South Brisbane, expected in 2025. The plant will produce about 1 billion glass containers a year.

Amcor Rigid Packaging and Danone launched a 100% recyclable, label-less PET bottle for the Villavicencio water brand in Argentina, with a 21% lower carbon footprint than the previous bottle. The bottle is made from 100% recycled content.

Novvia Group acquired Southern Container, a Dalton, Georgia distributor of intermediate bulk containers, plastic and steel pails and drums, and other rigid packaging. The terms were not disclosed. The deal closed on April 25, 2022.

Straub Brewery announced that St. Marys Box Company is manufacturing eco-friendly cases for its 16 oz. returnable glass bottles, starting a long-term collaboration. The announcement was made around Earth Day 2022.

Anchor Packaging LLC announced the acquisition of Panoramic Inc., a rigid food packaging company located in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Indorama Ventures completed its acquisition of Ngoc Nghia Industry Service Trading JSC, a Vietnamese PET preforms, bottles and closures producer with four plants and 76,000 tons annual PET conversion capacity.

Crown Holdings will build a new high-speed aluminum can line at its Agoncillo, Spain beverage can facility, with commercial production expected in Q1 2023 to serve growing demand in Northern Spain.

Daio Paper's subsidiary Daio Package resolved to acquire all shares of Yoshizawa Industry, a corrugated cardboard sheet and container box maker in Niigata Prefecture, to secure base paper supply in Japan.

Van Genechten Packaging (VGP) opened a second plant in Komárom, Hungary, with a 10,000 m2 production building, creating more than 100 local jobs. Production was starting in April 2022, about 14 months after the decision.

Sonoco acquired the remaining one-third interest in Sonoco do Brasil Participacoes from private investors, taking full ownership of the flexible packaging joint venture near Curitiba, Brazil. The joint venture had about $34 million in 2021 sales.

Bristol printer Philtone fitted a Compact Foilers CF10000 PM cold foiling system to its five-colour Speedmaster XL106 press to produce foil-finished carton board packaging for a contract win.

Rand-Whitney held a groundbreaking for a 384,000 square foot packaging facility in Boylston, Massachusetts, designed and built with PROCON. When fully operational it will be able to produce 300 million boxes annually.

APRIL Group is investing IDR33.4 trillion in a sustainable paperboard packaging facility at its Pangkalan Kerinci operations in Riau province, Sumatra. The mill will produce 1.2 million tons of folding box board annually; construction was marked with a ceremony in April 2022.

Saica plans a second phase at its Hamilton, Ohio plant, adding two converting machines including a 4-colour Bobst flexo folder-gluer and a 2-colour Bobst rotary die-cutter. Civil works are to start in coming months, with both machines running in the second half of 2023.

Saica Group started corrugated packaging production at its new 360,000 square-foot plant in Hamilton, Ohio, its first U.S. corrugated plant. The plant has capacity over 1,500 MSF/year and is part of a $800 million U.S. investment plan; about 500 jobs are expected.

TricorBraun agreed to acquire PB Packaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX-listed Pro-Pac Packaging, expanding its presence in Australia. PB has 140 team members and the deal is expected to close in Q2 2022, subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval.

Summit Packaging Systems broke ground on a 77,000-square-foot facility expansion in Racine, Wisconsin, a $20 million project expected to create about 145 jobs and to be completed within 12 months.