AGI glaspac, an Indian container glass maker, will invest up to ₹130 crore in technology upgrades, including NNPB lightweight bottle technology from Europe and cullet sorting systems. The investment aims to grow exports of light bottles and improve glass reuse.

Egger Getränke ordered an additional glass filling line at its Unterradlberg site, adding 60 million glass bottles per year, with commissioning planned for February 2020.

CBS Packaging installed a new 2.5m BHS corrugator at its Birmingham plant as part of its continuing investment programme, reported October 18, 2019.

Portuguese glass packaging maker BA Glass plans to invest about EUR 205 million over five years in its Bulgarian plants, building two new furnaces to double production capacity at its Sofia and Plovdiv facilities. Most of the spending is due in 2020 and 2021.

Ondulati Nordest, a corrugated sheet feeder near Venice, is investing EUR 20 million to add a second corrugator line from Fosber, after its existing Agnati line reached capacity.

Germany's Panther Packaging Group is implementing a new investment package, including new die-cutters, a jumbo inliner, intralogistics renewal and land purchases in Tornesch, to double production and storage capacity in 2020.

Saica Pack installed a multi-million pound three-in-one flexo folder gluer from Bobst at its Thatcham site to produce corrugated boxes. The machine handles high-graphics printing of up to six colours.

The Panther Packaging Group, based in Tornesch near Hamburg, launched an investment programme worth over 60 million euros covering new machinery, land purchases to double production and storage capacity, and energy-efficiency measures. Projects include new die-cutters, a new offset press and a 11,000 m² co-packing hall in Wustermark.

The Hinojosa Group, a Spanish corrugated packaging maker, bought an EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass digital printer for its Cartonajes Bernabéu plant in Almassora, with installation expected in September 2019.

Henkel announced a partnership with ALPLA to invest over $130 million in enhancing laundry detergent production at its Bowling Green, Kentucky facility, including a new bottle production area that will bring ALPLA 60 jobs.

Dunes Point Capital made a controlling investment in Vanguard Packaging, Advanced Logistics & Fulfillment and Great Plains Packaging, makers of corrugated displays and industrial packaging based in Kansas City, Missouri. Vanguard employs about 200 people.

Graphic Packaging's board approved a $600 million investment in a new coated recycled board machine with about 500,000 tons annual capacity, to be built in Ohio or Michigan subject to permitting and incentives. The company expects $100 million incremental annualized EBITDA upon full ramp-up in 2022.

Tri-Wall Europe's UK arm has secured more than £700,000 of government funding towards a £1.18m project to set worldwide standards for transporting lithium-ion batteries, with a focus on eliminating thermal runaway. The company's UK headquarters and factory are in Monmouth, Wales.

As part of the first phase at its Sfântu Gheorghe site, Dunapack Rambox installed a Bobst flatbed die cutter with five HQ colours and a six-point Masterfold multipoint gluing machine to raise the complexity and quality of its shelf ready packaging.

Anchor Packaging, a St. Louis maker of specialty food packaging, announced a partnership with private equity firm The Jordan Company to accelerate growth, with the transaction expected to close in July 2019.

Schumacher Packaging announced investment plans of €200 million over the next four years, including over €50 million in 2019, mainly for technological innovation across its plants. The group reported 2018 sales up over 6% to €627 million.

Packaging maker ALPLA invested 13 million euro in ultra-modern packaging manufacturing in Werner & Mertz's new Mainz production center, making recycled-plastic bottles on site.

UK corrugated packaging maker Durham Box has purchased an EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass LED inkjet press to improve print quality and productivity. Installation is scheduled for summer 2019.

Private equity sponsor Altamont Capital Partners invested in Key Container Corporation, a Pawtucket, Rhode Island corrugated packaging producer, with Monroe Capital as administrative agent on a senior credit facility, announced April 1, 2026.

Firopa subsidiaries Deja Link and Nortier Emballages jointly bought an HP Indigo 12000 digital press, installed at Deja Link's Stains site in Seine-Saint-Denis. It will print commercial work and flat cartons.

Smurfit Kappa Mexico plans to invest between $10 and $15 million over the next three years in its four plants in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, which make corrugated cardboard packaging.

Packaging manufacturer Duo UK received a multi-million pound funding package from HSBC UK to buy an Italian-made co-extruder for its Manchester factory, scaling up production by up to 20% and stock capacity by 30%. The company expects to create 5 new jobs over the next 12 months.

Tetra Pak will install a full-width digital printer built by Koenig & Bauer at its Denton, Texas converting plant, enabling full-colour on-package printing on carton packages. Field testing with North American customers is expected to begin in early 2020.

Canpack announced a new investment in the Czech Republic, where a can production line will be launched to supply the Plzensky Prazdroj brewery, owner of Pilsner Urquell, in 2019.

Berlin Packaging, a US packaging services provider, reached a recapitalisation agreement under which Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will invest $500 million alongside Oak Hill Capital Partners.

BO Packaging do Brasil said it expects to invest US$1 million in new machines to expand production at its Ponta Grossa plant in the Distrito Industrial, following the new domestic paper supply deal.

VPK Packaging bought land and buildings with a total size of 20,000 square metres opposite its Raamsdonksveer factory in the Netherlands to replace two external warehouses. No purchase price was given.

Bennett Packaging has installed a second Barberan Jetmaster digital press at its Lee's Summit, Missouri site, a 48-inch machine added to its existing 66-inch press.

Ball Corporation and One Energy Enterprises plan three additional wind turbines near Ball's Findlay, Ohio metal packaging plant, to supply about 30 percent of the plant's power needs. The project costs about $9 million, financed by One Energy.

Lelystad-based packaging company DaklaPack Group completed a refinancing with Deutsche Bank in October 2018, with credit facilities of about EUR 9 million to support growth and property purchase.

Weedon Corrugated Products of Audenshaw, Manchester, installed a new three-colour flexo casemaker from JC Machinery to boost shelf-ready packaging output. Group investment in the company has exceeded £1.5 million in recent months.

Cosack Druck und Verpackung in Arnsberg, Germany, commissioned a BOBST Masterfold 75 folding carton gluing machine in December 2017 and a new BOBST VISIONCUT 106 cutting machine in 2018 to raise finishing capacity. The amounts were not disclosed.

Canadian boxmaker Whitebird will install the EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass corrugated inkjet press at its Hamilton, Ontario facility, scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018. It is the first such system installed in Canada.

Carmel Frenkel, a subsidiary of Hadera Paper, is installing a complete EFI corrugated production system including a Nozomi C18000 inkjet press, Fiery NZ-1000 digital front end and workflow software. Installation at its Caesarea site is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Carmel Frenkel, a subsidiary of Hadera Paper, bought an EFI Nozomi C18000 ultra-high-speed inkjet corrugated press and a complete EFI workflow ecosystem from Electronics for Imaging. Installation at its Caesarea site is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Wisconsin folding carton maker Wausau Container will install a fully automated six-color Koenig & Bauer Rapida 105 PRO sheetfed press this fall, its first from Koenig & Bauer and its first 41-inch sheetfed press.

Midwest Paper Group is investing $30 million and creating up to 321 jobs to restart and convert the former Appleton Coated mill in Combined Locks, Wisconsin, to produce packaging-grade paper.

Brazilian paper producer Klabin is preparing a board decision by year-end on expanding its kraftliner paper capacity, integrated with a new 1 million tonnes per year pulp line. Studies are due to the board in August 2018.

Cascades plans to convert the Bear Island paper machine in Virginia to produce recycled lightweight linerboard and medium, with an estimated investment of US$275 to US$300 million and production expected from 2021.

Kruger is carrying out modernization projects at its LaSalle packaging plant and Place Turcot containerboard mill in Montreal, at a total cost of nearly $20 million, to be completed in 2018.

Rigid Containers has completed a €8 million investment at its Limerick city production facility and plans an expanded workforce.

Smurfit Kappa has installed eight HP Scitex corrugated digital presses at sites in Belgium, Denmark, France, Portugal, Poland and the UK, with more installations planned in the UK and Netherlands. The presses support short runs and digital printing for corrugated packaging.

Fusion Flexibles has invested about £300,000 in a Durr Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser at its Leicester facility to reduce VOC emissions from printing presses. The system could also help double printing capacity.

Leamington Spa corrugated sheet plant The Box Factory has announced a £4 million investment. The company employs 70 people and operates 120,000 sq ft of manufacturing and storage space.

According to Reuters sources, SIG Combibloc is preparing an autumn 2018 stock market listing in Zurich that could value it at about 4.5 billion euros, with Onex having hired Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Bank of America as global coordinators.

Alliance Packaging purchased an EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass digital corrugated press for installation at its Seattle headquarters facility, with installation scheduled for completion in May 2018.

Constantia Flexibles Group is investing in new technology at its flexible packaging subsidiary in Vietnam to expand its product portfolio. The item is dated March 20, 2018.

Lumi, a US packaging manufacturer for e-commerce brands, raised $9 million in a Series A round led by Spark Capital, Forerunner Ventures and Homebrew Management.

French private equity firm Capzanine and pre-polymer systems maker Eximium invested in Eos Corrugated, which makes technical consumables for the corrugated cardboard industry.

Oji Holdings will install a new containerboard machine with 450,000 tons per year capacity at GS Paperboard & Packaging in Malaysia, investing about JPY 35 billion for the machine and energy and water treatment equipment. Start-up is expected in April 2021.