ABB Robotics agreed to collaborate with California-based Zume by integrating and installing more than 1,000 molded fiber manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.

UFP Industries, through its affiliate UFP Global Holdings, acquired 70 percent of Ficus Pax, an industrial packaging producer with 10 facilities in southern India, for about $13.5 million. The deal marks UFP's first industrial presence in India.

Liberty Diversified International has acquired Dallas Container Corporation, a corrugated packaging maker with about 100 employees in Dallas and Amarillo, Texas. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Graham Packaging is adding a new production line at its Altavista facility to make a new product for an existing customer. The line adds 42.6 million units per year and creates 12 jobs. It was announced November 19, 2021.

AMP, part of the Ardagh Group, will build a beverage can-making plant at Global Point in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, representing an investment of about $200 million. Operations are expected to start in 2023.

ABB Robotics signed an agreement to collaborate with California-based Zume, supplying robotic cells to install over 1,000 molded fiber manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal was announced on November 19, 2021.

Genstar Capital signed a definitive agreement to acquire Brook + Whittle, a North American premium prime label and sustainable labeling maker headquartered in Guilford, CT, from TruArc Partners. The deal was announced on November 18, 2021, and no value was disclosed.

ABB Robotics will supply robotic molded fibre manufacturing cells to Zume, installing more than 1,000 cells and up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. The collaboration aims to produce compostable packaging as an alternative to single-use plastic.

Zume has signed a deal with ABB to supply robotic cells for its molded fiber packaging production worldwide. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots over five years. Financial details were not disclosed.

IMEX, the industrial unit of Angola's Webcor Group, opened a new US$9.5 million woven polypropylene raffia bag processing facility. The plant has a capacity of 60 million bags a year and tripled IMEX's production capacity.

ABB Robotics signed a framework agreement with California-based Zume to supply robotic cells for molded fiber packaging production. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Ardagh Metal Packaging acquired Quebec-based Hart Print, a North American digital printing specialist for beverage cans, to serve emerging customers and smaller runs. The announcement was made on November 17, 2021.

Pacur, a Gryphon Investors portfolio company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire CAROLEX SAS, a French PETG sheet extruder, from epsotech Holding GmbH. The deal is expected to close by year end 2021 and terms were not disclosed.

Owens-Illinois plans to invest US$120 million to add three new lines at its Lurín plant near Lima, raising capacity by 25%. The project also moves the Bellavista factory to the southern Lima site, with first production expected from June 2023.

Labatt Breweries of Canada announced a C$461.5 million capital investment program for 2019-2022 covering sustainability, innovation and production upgrades at its breweries nationwide. A major part is the KeelClip packaging system at its London and Montreal breweries.

PAPACKS has started construction of its PAPACKS GIGAFACTORY 2, a molded fiber parts plant next to GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt, Thuringia, investing over 13 million euros. Annual capacity at the site will double to over 360 million molded parts from 2022.

Direct Pack is expanding its existing Rockingham, North Carolina facility as part of its North American manufacturing growth. The expansion is linked to the integration of its vertical operations.

Graham & Company and Sunbelt Paper & Packaging announced plans for a 216,000 sq ft distribution facility in Calera, Alabama, requiring about $16.5 million of investment. Sunbelt will occupy about 108,000 sq ft, with completion expected by Q3 2022.

Direct Pack Inc. opened a new 200,000-square-foot thermoforming facility in Mexicali, called Direct Pack Baja, which began producing food packaging in September 2021. The plant represents a $25M investment.

Iron Heart Canning acquired NorthStar Mobile Canning and the mobile canning operations of Lagersmith Canning Co. serving the Minneapolis and St. Paul craft beverage market, expanding its network to 26 states.

Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging secured planning permission to build a second factory on its Glasgow site, scheduled for summer 2023, raising annual output to about 900 million moulded pulp and corrugated packaging pieces.

CCL Label launched certified EcoFloat polyolefin shrink sleeves for PP dairy cups to boost recycling rates.

Schumacher Packaging has engaged Voith to expand paper machine 2 at its Myszków plant in Poland. From mid-2023 the machine will run at a doubled capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year of lightweight recycled corrugated case material.

Park Cam approved a new investment at its Bozüyük glass packaging facility in Turkey to commission a third furnace, raising daily production capacity from 1000 to 1500 tons per day.

Kentwood, Michigan-based Land and Sea Packaging agreed to be sold to a Canadian firm in a $37.3 million cash and stock deal.

Wildpack Beverage agreed to acquire KT Murray Corporation, dba Land and Sea Packaging, an aluminum can brokerage in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for US$26.1 million cash plus shares worth about US$11.2 million. The deal is expected to help Wildpack reach six facilities in 2021.

Verallia will invest R$500 million to expand its glass container plant in Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, adding a new furnace that raises capacity to 1.3 million pieces per day from late 2023. The project is expected to create about 140 direct jobs.

UBEECO Group, a subsidiary of UFP Industries, acquired the assets of Boxpack Packaging in Melbourne, Australia, on 1 November 2021. Boxpack reported trailing 12-month sales of AUD 8.2 million to June 2021.

Packaging firm Coveris invested £500,000 in new hi-tech equipment at its Hartlepool plant to produce branded tamper-evident bags for Covid-19 test kits, creating 20 new jobs.

Ardagh Metal Packaging has revealed plans for a beverage can plant in the south west United States to add capacity, announced with its third-quarter results. No further details were given in the article.

Ardagh Metal Packaging has revealed plans for a beverage can plant in the UK to add capacity, announced with its third-quarter results. No further details were given in the article.

Belgian Van De Velde Packaging Group has acquired Remmert Dekker Packaging of Wormer, Netherlands, adding about 80 employees and roughly €15 million in revenue to its folding board division.

Berlin Packaging has signed a binding commitment with O-I France SAS to acquire the Le Parfait glass jar and lid business and brands, with closing expected around year end 2021. Le Parfait glass jars are made at plants in Puy-Guillaume, France and Sevilla, Spain.

Soenen Golfkarton has started building a 132,500 sqm corrugated box factory on the former Bekaert site in Lanklaar, Belgium, representing an investment of more than €120 million and about 200 jobs. The plant is planned to start in 2023.

Schumacher Packaging commissioned Voith to rebuild its PM 2 line at the Myszków site in Poland, doubling light-weight containerboard output from 500 to 1000 tons per day, with restart scheduled for mid-2023.

Tetra Pak announced a R500 million investment to upgrade and increase production capability at its packaging material factory in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, with work running until August 2023 and 120 jobs added.

Canadian packaging maker CKF Inc. announced investments to substantially increase thermoformed moulded fibre production capacity, with a new wing at its Langley, British Columbia pulp facility slated to be operational by Q3 2022.

US packaging distributor Novvia Group has acquired Fox Valley Containers, a Crystal Lake, Illinois distributor of plastic, metal, corrugated and glass packaging, for an undisclosed sum.

Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Ltd. plans to invest nearly $11 million in its Calgary manufacturing facility to add capacity and install new packaging equipment, with expansions expected to be operational by March 2022.

Packaging Corporation of America agreed on October 22, 2021 to acquire substantially all assets of Advance Packaging Corporation, including a 500,000 sq ft corrugated products facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for $189 million in cash.

Harvest Partners has acquired Fortis Solutions Group, a specialty packaging and labeling company, from Main Post Partners. The deal was reported on 19 October 2021.

Metsä Board plans to invest about SEK 2.1 billion to raise folding boxboard capacity at its Husum board and pulp mill in Västernorrland by 200,000 tons per year, from 400,000 to 600,000 tons.

Evanesce Packaging Solutions, an investee of Billy Goat Brands, will open a new manufacturing facility in Hampton County, South Carolina on October 21, 2021, to produce millions of PLA straws per day, creating 78 jobs.

The Paper Lid Company and Metsä Board unveiled a 100% recyclable paperboard lid for takeaway beverage cups.

Graphic Packaging obtained all mandatory regulatory approvals to acquire fiber-based packaging maker AR Packaging in a US$1.45 billion cash deal first announced in May 2021.

Listed Norwegian company Bewi agreed to buy packaging manufacturer Jackon, with the last owning family accepting cash of NOK 1.55 billion and the other family receiving shares worth about NOK 780 million more.

Turkish polyethylene film maker Bareks, part of Bakioğlu Holding, completed a new factory and an MDO blown film line in Izmir to increase production capacity and export from Menemen Free Zone.

Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven, Germany plant to double production capacity, with about €70 million invested and 200 new jobs created by the end of June 2021.

Private equity firms Azulis Capital and Arkea Capital entered the capital of Nantes-based packaging distributor Fidel Fillaud, which reported €76 million in 2020 sales, while founding family keeps control.

Progroup's 12th corrugated board production facility, its third in Poland, is under construction in Stryków with planned capacity of 825 million square metres per year.