Newark, New York flexible packaging maker Maco PKG became the third North American licensee of Dow's PacXpert stand-up pouch technology, to manufacture, sell and co-pack it in North America.

SIG and Dai Nippon Printing signed a joint venture agreement to bring carton packaging and filling technology solutions to the Japanese food and beverage industry. The item is dated March 8, 2018.

INDEVCO Paper Containers has licensed SCA's Arcwise curved corrugated packaging technology to produce curved board packaging in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Tosca agreed to supply Hollar & Greene with pooled reusable plastic containers for shipping cabbage from farm to retail stores. The agreement was reported on 2018-01-01.

Bibo Barmaid of Annandale, New Jersey partnered with Bemis Co. to produce individually sized cocktail mix pouches for an at-home cocktail machine, using Bemis packaging film technology.

Mondi highlights its 15-year partnership with Cherat Packaging, which uses Mondi sack kraft paper exclusively to make two-ply cement bags for Pakistan's cement market.

The Dow Chemical Company and Karlville Development Group signed a collaboration agreement to promote the acceptance and adoption of Dow's flexible packaging technology.

Greenpac Mill and Diamond Packaging have partnered with Covanta's Niagara Falls, New York waste-to-energy facility, which burns their nonrecyclable waste to produce steam piped back to the Greenpac linerboard mill.

The Dow Chemical Company and Karlville Development Group signed a collaboration agreement to promote Dow's PacXpert flexible packaging technology. Karlville will supply pouch making, spout inserting and filling and capping machinery for North American users.

Owens-Illinois extended its 50-50 joint venture with Constellation Brands in Mexico by 10 years, continuing it until 2034, as reported on 1 November 2017.

Corning agreed a collaboration with Stevanato Group, a Dese, Italy-based parenteral glass packager, to supply its Corning Valor Glass for injectable drug packaging. The deal extends a relationship dating to 2011 and combines Stevanato's converting technology with Valor Glass.

Hollar & Greene has entered a partnership with Tosca to lease reusable plastic containers for delivering cabbages from farms to its retail stores. The deal covers Tosca's 6425 and 6428 RPCs.

ABC Packaging Direct's StandUpPouches division and Avery WePrint are creating a platform letting emerging consumer brands order custom-designed labels for stock packaging.

La Colombe Coffee Roasters and Crown Beverage Packaging North America agreed to collaborate on The MiniVault, a single-use recyclable can for coffee, to be sold in select US retail locations.

In July 2017, Corning and Gerresheimer, a Dusseldorf, Germany-based contract packaging company, partnered to supply Valor Glass to the pharmaceutical industry. The two companies have worked together in pharmaceutical glass packaging since 2015.

Corning and Stevanato Group announced a new collaboration to supply Corning Valor Glass, a glass container for injectable drugs, to pharmaceutical customers. The press release is dated 25 July 2017, and no value is given.

Atlantic Packaging Products and Canada Fibers announced a broadened strategic alliance to improve recovery of used corrugated material for Atlantic's paper mills and to develop integrated sustainable packaging programs.

Smith Anderson is setting up a joint venture with a major packaging supplier to open a new facility in the south of Poland, with McDonald's Europe supporting the venture. Staff will be trained in Kirkcaldy.

Merck KGaA and Swiss UV coatings firm Schmid Rhyner are partnering to bring Merck's three-dimensional-effect pearlescent pigment technology to the package printing market.

Tunisian group UTIC merged its subsidiary STEM with the Tunisian subsidiaries of Austria's Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (TEC MMP and MMP Tunisia), creating a leader in folding carton and fluting paper in Tunisia. MCF advised UTIC on the deal, announced in May 2017.

A&R Carton, a unit of AR Packaging, signed a strategic partnership with Packages to jointly manufacture, sell and distribute cardboard packaging in Pakistan and neighbouring countries. The deal does not include a joint venture or equity stake.

A&R Carton AB of Sweden and Packages Limited of Pakistan signed a strategic partnership to make, procure, sell and market paper-based packaging in Pakistan and neighboring markets. The agreement is not a joint venture or equity participation.

Graphic Packaging International will supply a QuikFlex 2100 beverage cartoning machine to City Brewing Company's Memphis, Tennessee packing site. The variety pack line adds 9.5 million cases a year to the plant's 50 million case capacity.