SCG Packaging invested VND 2,825 billion (about THB 3,727 million) to take a further 30% stake in Duy Tan JSC, raising its total shareholding to 100%.

Bliston Packaging, backed by NewPort Capital, acquired packaging peer Meulendijks Packaging, a plastic packaging maker for the catering and food industry. Both companies will continue operating under their own names.

Avantium will supply Netherlands-based juice producer Hoogesteger with its renewable PEF polymer for juice bottles. The bottles will be sold at Albert Heijn once Avantium's flagship plant is operational.

Zeus Group has acquired Rio Tinto Plasticos, a Spanish distributor and manufacturer of packaging products. The announcement was made on 5 June 2025.

Japan's Toppan completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Irplast SpA, a polypropylene film and label producer based in Empoli, Italy, through its Indian subsidiary Toppan Specialty Films, with the remaining 20% kept by management.

Dublin-based IPL and Schoeller Allibert announced a merger combining rigid plastic manufacturing and reusable transport packaging, creating a group with 27 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and the UK and combined 2024 revenue of $1.4 billion.

Avantium signed a conditional offtake agreement under which Hoogesteger will buy PEF polymer from Avantium's FDCA Flagship Plant for fresh juice bottles. The bottles will be sold at Albert Heijn once the plant is operational.

Balcan Innovations announced a $200 million capex plan to add co-extrusion, printing and bag-making machinery at its Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin plant, which will raise film capacity by more than 700%. Installation is planned for 2025 through 2027.

Cosmo First commissioned a new BOPP packaging film line with capex above Rs 400 crore at its Aurangabad, Maharashtra plant on June 1, 2025. The line has annual capacity of 81,200 MT, raising total BOPP capacity about 40% to 277,000 MT.

Carbios has signed its first multi-year offtake contracts with L'Oréal and L'Occitane en Provence for biorecycled r-PET from its Longlaville plant under construction in France. The article is dated 28 May 2025 and the announcement itself is dated 27 May 2025, with production expected from 2027.

Carbios has signed two multi-year offtake contracts with L'Oréal and L'Occitane en Provence for biorecycled r-PET from its future Longlaville plant in France. The announcement is dated 27 May 2025 and gives no contract value.

Italian packaging company Carton Pack, backed by A&M Capital Europe, completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Italian flexible plastic packaging producer Andolfi&C. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Amsterdam-based Avantium has joined the Bottle Collective to integrate its plant-based PEF polymer into dry molded fiber bottle manufacturing. Prototypes are being validated, with PA Consulting overseeing the move to commercial production.

Charter Next Generation announced a $106 million investment to expand operations in Northeast Ohio, adding 12 film packaging lines in Lexington and four extrusion lines in Ontario, with 125 new jobs.

UAE-based Hotpack announced a $100 million manufacturing and distribution facility in Edison, New Jersey, its first North American production base. The 70,000 sq ft plant is planned to create up to 200 jobs and begin operations in June 2025.

IPL and Schoeller Allibert have agreed a merger creating a global reusable plastic packaging company with 27 sites in North America, the UK and Europe and over $1.4bn pro-forma revenue; completion is targeted for Q3 2025.

IPL announced a merger with Schoeller Allibert to form a reusable plastic packaging company with manufacturing in 27 locations and combined 2024 revenue above US$1.4 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025.

Atlantis-Pak, part of Agrokom Group, plans to build a new modern plant for sausage casings in the Rostov region of Russia over four years, with a 10 billion ruble investment, raising output by 45% to 4-5 billion rubles.

Rajshree Polypack Limited won international orders worth ₹6.54 crore from two US food packaging distributors, for thermoformed packaging and injection-moulded products.

Grupo Empresarial Salaverry started flexographic printing and five-layer extrusion processes at its Xiloxoxtla plant in Tlaxcala, Mexico, which the state governor says will raise production capacity by 38%. The start-up was reported on 2025-04-11.

Forming Technologies is expanding its Muskegon, Michigan facility with an anticipated capital investment of up to $18.8 million, creating 70 new jobs in a building of at least 150,000 square feet that will also house its headquarters.

Amcor secured a commercial order for its HDPE AmSky Blister System, used for the new TheraBreath Invigorating Icy Mint chewing gum sold in major U.S. retailers. The announcement was made on April 9, 2025.

Mid South Extrusion is investing $12.5 million to add two polyethylene extrusion lines at its Monroe, Louisiana facility, creating 12 new jobs with operations expected in 2026.

Dalian Roy Pump won the contract for the high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit of Inner Mongolia Rongxin Chemical's 800,000 t/y olefins project in China, as announced on 2025-04-08.

Coral Products acquired Arrow Film Converters from administrators through its subsidiary Film & Foil Solutions, for a stated £502,899.

Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering signed a cooperation agreement with Turkish PET producer Köksan Group for Continuous Polycondensation technology with 400,000 tons per year capacity. The deal's value was not disclosed.

Nemera has started building a new 3,000 m² production plant at Ponts-et-Marais in Seine-Maritime, with injection presses and assembly lines. The site is expected to employ 100 people by 2027, with delivery planned for April 2026.

kdc/one and Clarion Group signed a joint venture agreement in Chennai to establish kdc/one Clarion Beauty Pvt Ltd, which will build a new injection-moulding and metallized beauty packaging plant in Gujarat within 12 months.

TOPPAN Speciality Films agreed to acquire 80% of the shares of Irplast S.p.A., an Italian maker of BOPP packaging films, labels and print tapes, with completion planned for April to June 2025.

Coral Products subsidiary Tatra Rotalac signed an exclusive three-year supply agreement with a UK distributor of BRC packaging containers to supply ice cream and food containers, worth up to £6m.

Gulf Packaging Industries (GulfPack) has secured contracts to add two 10.4m-wide BOPP production lines at a new plant, lifting capacity from 183,000 to about 318,000 tonnes per year, with start-up in 2026 and 2027.

SRF Limited has signed a contract to buy a fourth BOBST EXPERT K5 3650mm metallizer for its factory in India, to be installed in 2026 to increase metallized BOPP capacity.

Köksan Group signed a cooperation agreement with Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering for continuous polycondensation technology with 400,000 tons per year capacity at a new plant in Rudong County, Nantong. Production is scheduled to start in mid-2026.

Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering signed a cooperation agreement with Türkiye's Köksan Group for a continuous polycondensation line with 400,000 tons per year capacity. The plant in Rudong County, Nantong, China will produce green polyester for packaging, with production scheduled for mid-2026.

Aliaxis will invest over Rs 550 crore in India to expand Ashirvad Pipes capacity by 30% through greenfield and brownfield projects, including new plants in Hyderabad and Chennai and upgrades in Cuttack and Durgapur.

Constantia Flexibles has completed the acquisition of a majority of shares in Swiss flexible packaging producer Aluflexpack AG, which employs about 1,700 people in nine countries.

Evertis, part of IMG Group, plans a $100 million plant in Columbia, South Carolina, to make PET multilayer packaging film. The first phase adds 30,000 tons of capacity and more than 100 jobs, with operations expected in Q2 2026, and a second phase would bring total capacity to 60,000 tons by Q2 2028.

Berry Global Group acquired CMG Plastics, a North American producer of containers, bottles, closures and specialty packaging with about 170 employees. PMCF Investment Banking served as exclusive financial advisor to CMG.

Green India Polymers signed a three-year agreement to export 40,000 metric tons of recycled PET flakes worth USD 40 million to Canada's Meridian Polycorp, which will act as exclusive global distributor.

Dutch firm Avantium signed a joint venture agreement with Amcor Rigid Packaging USA to explore using its plant-based PEF polymer Releaf in rigid containers. Amcor has committed to a multi-year capacity reservation for Releaf.

Rajshree Polypack Limited has secured an order worth USD 0.28 million to supply customised injection-moulded food containers to a US-based distributor, to be delivered by March 2025.

Novolex agreed to acquire Pactiv Evergreen for $18 per share in cash, a deal valued at about $6.7 billion, creating a larger North American packaging company. Apollo Funds and CPP Investment Board will contribute about $1 billion, and closing is expected in mid-2025.

Dunstable-based Twinplast won a contract to design and manufacture custom corrugated polypropylene shipping containers for a UK Buckfast bee supplier and breeder. The containers are designed for safe transport of live bees.

Serioplast, an Italian rigid plastic packaging maker, will invest $25,725,000 to occupy a 140,000 sq ft industrial facility in Shenandoah County, Virginia, creating 45 new jobs.

Morocco's Competition Council approved Amcor Plc's $8.4 billion acquisition of Berry Global Group at its session on 5 February 2025. The deal still awaits approval in the United States, Canada, China and Turkey.

Borouge announced a series of supply agreements and collaborations valued at over $100 million to supply advanced polyethylene and polypropylene to Bericap, Taghleef Industries, INDEVCO Group and ALPLA, plus a shipping sack project with Tahzeem Packaging and Rebound.

SCHÜTZ and National Plastic Factory Company signed a licence agreement to produce ECOBULK intermediate bulk containers for Saudi Arabia and the GCC. A new production facility will be established near Dammam, with production expected to begin in 2026.

Resonac Holdings transferred all shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary Resonac Packaging, which makes secondary battery and food packaging materials, to Dai Nippon Printing effective February 3, 2025. Resonac says the impact on its performance will be insignificant.

Letica Corp., a Berry Global subsidiary, plans to expand its Fulton County, Kentucky plant with a $27.8 million investment adding 45,000 sq ft of warehouse space and creating 15 new jobs.

Amcor and Berry Global filed a definitive joint proxy statement for their proposed $13 billion all-scrip merger, with shareholder votes scheduled for 25 February 2025; the combined company would have about 400 plants and 75,000 staff.