Bulk Corp International received an export order worth Rs 10.77 crore from Brazilian company Packem SA for custom circular-bag FIBCs.

Finnish conglomerate Wihuri signed a ten-year PPA with Statkraft to buy 438 GWh of Finnish renewable electricity from January 2027, covering its operations including Wipak's Nastola packaging plant.

Shandong Furuida Biotechnology awarded three lots of its cosmetic plastic packaging container procurement project (lot 2) to Guangdong Mingdun, Zhejiang Ruichang and Shanghai Chuanhe. The award notice was published on 2024-09-14.

Shandong Fuchuda Pharmaceutical Group announced winners of its corrugated packaging box tender in several lots, including Xuqi (Shandong) Packaging, Shandong Yehua Paper Products Packaging and others. The award notice was published on September 5, 2024.

Cheshire firm Packaging One signed a contract worth about $2.5 million (£1.98 million) with a global phone and tech manufacturer to supply its MediaWrap protective cardboard packaging. The deal, signed in September 2024, led the firm to add 40 staff and take US warehouse capacity.

India Security Press Nashik awarded corrugated box procurement contracts to Aaradhya Packaging and Raghav Packaging LLP, totaling about INR 5.26 million, with contracts dated 27 November 2024.

Zotefoams will supply Refresco with its ReZorce monomaterial HDPE carton packaging, made by nitrogen-injected extrusion, as Refresco's first adopter. The article reports 100 million cartons.

Colliers' Herbst|Morgan team finalized a long-term extension of Altium Packaging's lease on a 149,372 square foot production plant in Chino, California.

Smurfit Westrock chose ISN's ISNetworld contractor management software as its primary system for contractor compliance across its operations, with new implementations planned in Mexico.

Organización Terpel signed an amendment with Alpla Colombia extending its HDPE container supply contract for three years to 31 July 2027. The price is COP 231,586 million.

Alesayi Beverage Corporation will use a SIG SureFill 42 aseptic bag-in-box filling system and 10L SIG bags at its new Jeddah production facility to launch products for the HoReCa channel. The partnership was announced on 8 August 2024; no value was disclosed.

Adami Group has commissioned Voith to build a complete OCC BlueLine stock preparation plant with 4.0 technology for its Santa Catarina mill in Brazil. Commissioning is scheduled for October 2025.

deSter, a gategroup member, extended its supply partnership with Discover Airlines for another four years, through 2028. deSter provides design, production and supply chain services for the airline's onboard items.

US packaging maker Plastipak will supply Kraft Heinz with containers made from 100% food-grade recycled PET. The article is paywalled, so only the headline details are confirmed.

Shandong Furuida Pharmaceutical Group awarded contracts for pharmaceutical composite films (lot 1) and bags (lot 2) to several Chinese packaging suppliers, as announced on 17 July 2024 under tender number lszb202405270821.

Xi'an Jingxi Shuangding Pharmaceutical published the tender result for its carton packaging project, splitting the award 70% and 30%. Xi'an Zhentao Packaging Materials won the 30% share with a bid of about 19.13 million yuan.

Alupol Packaging Kęty signed supply contracts for two 10-colour flexo printing presses with GPS systems, two laminators and ancillary equipment. The machines are to be commissioned at its Kęty plants within several months.

Tetra Pak signed agreements with Ektifa, the commercial arm of Sharjah's Department of Agriculture and Livestock, to install a Tetra Top filling line and provide utilities at the Meliha Dairy Factory in the UAE. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Valmet will supply a Valmet IQ quality control system for a corrugator at Thai Containers Group's corrugated containers plant in Rayong, Thailand, to reduce warped board and waste. Delivery is due in Q4 2024 with start-up in Q1 2025.

Tetra Pak signed an agreement with Sharjah's Ektifa to install a Tetra Top filling line at the Meliha Dairy Factory in the UAE, worth USD 3.5 million for packaging. A separate USD 8 million utilities deal was also signed.

Houston-based analytics provider Datagration won a contract with D6, a packaging manufacturer, to use its EcoVisor ESG and Sustainability Performance Management platform. The announcement was made on June 25, 2024.

Sharjah Agricultural and Livestock Production (EKTFA) awarded Tetra Pak a contract to install a Tetra Top packaging line at the Mleiha Dairy Factory in Sharjah, UAE. The agreement was signed during a visit to Tetra Pak's facility in Lund, Sweden, reported on June 25, 2024.

DS Smith agreed a supplier deal with Swedish company Jonsac to source 100% fibre-based paper bags for e-commerce customers across its European markets. The deal extends an existing Nordics arrangement.

Milkfed (Verka) of Punjab awarded the C.Boxes for Aseptic Packaging tender to Archana Printing and Packaging, with an estimated value of INR 3 crore and a 180-day work period. The result lists a contract date of 9 August 2024.

US corrugated and folding carton maker McLean Packaging purchased a Scodix Ultra 6500 SHD digital enhancement press from Scodix, confirmed at drupa. McLean has three production facilities and over 200 employees.

On June 19, 2024 the 2M Group of Companies signed its first commercial agreement to exclusively supply Xampla's plastic-free Morro Coating to Huhtamaki for corrugate board foodservice containers, in a multi-year deal deployed at scale in on-the-go applications.

ORAB Entreprenad won a contract to deliver pipe installations for BillerudKorsnas' Gruvon mill expansion in Grums, with an order value of about 40 million, starting January 2018.

Post Office Limited awarded Kite Packaging Limited a contract to supply strapping consumables for note strapping machines and stretch wrap film for its National Distribution Centre, with a published value of £50,000.

Smurfit Kappa Navarra was awarded a public supply contract by Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama (CETARSA) for 50,000 C48 cardboard boxes for tobacco packaging, at €664,500 excluding VAT in Cáceres.

Yorkshire Packaging Systems supplied a Mimi Uniblock 1123 sleeve wrapper that doubled packing capacity at a large UK corrugated board plant, and five more machines were later bought for the group's other UK sites.

Saccheria F.lli Franceschetti won the second lot of a Poste Italiane tender to supply waterproof sacks for MPKS parcels. The 24-month framework agreement is worth about EUR 0.5 million.

Shijiazhuang Zhonghui Pharmaceutical Packaging was named winning bidder for a food-grade high-density polyethylene bottle project of Shandong Furuida Pharmaceutical Group. The tender notice was published on 5 June 2024.

Refresco is partnering with Südpack to deliver 100 million ReZorce cartons annually. Südpack will contribute its functional film to the carton concept.

Mitsubishi agreed a sales contract with Klingele Paper & Packaging Group for a four colour EVOL 100 flexo folder gluer with an MPF-M pre-feeder. The machine will be commissioned at Klingele's corrugated box plant in Werne, Germany, with delivery scheduled for summer 2025.

Zotefoams has signed a contract with German packaging manufacturer Südpack Verpackungen, which will supply up to 100 million ReZorce beverage cartons annually to scale the innovation.

Mondi partnered with Scan Sverige to supply its recyclable polypropylene mono-material WalletPack for the Pärsons brand's sliced ham, salami and plant-based products, in use since March 2024. The development was reported on 17 May 2024.

DS Smith agreed its second consecutive five-year exclusive corrugated packaging supply agreement in Europe with Mondelez International, extending an existing relationship with new projects and sustainable fibre-based packaging.

JetCo Packaging Solutions, Ponderosa Packaging and Mil-Spec Packaging of GA will share a maximum $27,555,755 indefinite-delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency for fiberboard boxes and sheet material. The five-year contracts run to May 5, 2029.

A contract was signed between Azerbaijan Investment Company and Hell Energy for a beverage can factory in Alat, announced at the 10th Azerbaijan-Hungary Intergovernmental Commission in Baku.

Valmet will supply an IQ Moisturizer system to Adara Pakkaus Oy's corrugated board mill in Valkeakoski, Finland, with delivery scheduled for Q3 2024. The order value was not disclosed.

DS Smith agreed a supplier deal with Swedish company Jonsac to supply 100% fibre-based, recyclable e-commerce paper bags to its customers across all its European markets. The deal extends an existing Nordics arrangement.

Guangxi China Tobacco Industrial awarded its 2023-2025 supply contract for Liqun (long nozzle) brand carton and box packaging paper, with the result announced April 7, 2024. Guangxi Zhenlong Color Printing Packaging was the first-ranked bidder, with Tongxiang Printing second and Changchun Jilong as reserve.

UK government agency FCDO Services awarded a single-supplier contract to The Alternative Pallet Company for recyclable cardboard pallets, crates and packaging elements. The contract is worth £250,000 and runs for 35 months from November 2023.

TAYLOR, a commercial and industrial contractor, was awarded the construction management contract for a multi-phase site improvement and facility expansion of Carolina Container in Hickory, North Carolina. Phase 2 adds a 65,000 sq ft production space, a 14,000 sq ft loading dock and 11,000 sq ft of WIP storage.

Envibol agreed to supply 100,000 glass bottles to EMVISUR for bottling Singani San Pedro, generating about Bs 330,000 in revenue for 2024.

Viglacera Thang Long Joint Stock Company ran a domestic online tender for supply of boxes with a package price of 7,333,000,000 VND, with contract award results published on March 25, 2024.

Xiamen Tongchangshun Printing & Packing has been appointed a packaging supplier for Signify, producing Signify packaging for its factories in China and worldwide after passing audit and colour management tests.

A subsidiary of Shenzhen Bai Xing Long Creative Packaging, Shanxi Jiajiazhuang Bai Xing Long Creative Packaging, was selected as a candidate supplier for packaging materials such as boxes, cartons and handbags for Shanxi Xinghuacun Fenjiu Distillery. The report was published on March 19, 2024, and no value was given.

Austrian machine maker STATEC BINDER completed its largest order to date, worth over EUR 10 million, delivering 16 packaging lines and related equipment for a petrochemical customer in India. The lines pack HDPE, LLDPE and PP granules into 25 kg sacks.

Spain's state postal operator Correos y Telégrafos awarded a restricted framework agreement for paper and plastic packaging supplies, with an estimated value of EUR 4.95 million over 24 months, to Intermark Packaging and Labelling and four other firms.