ProAmpac, a flexible packaging supplier, acquired APC Paper Group, a producer of recycled paper packaging for food service and retail.

Pactiv Evergreen agreed to acquire Fabri-Kal, a Kalamazoo, Michigan maker of foodservice and consumer packaging, in a transaction valued at about $380 million, expected to close in late Q3 or early Q4 2021.

The HAVI Group acquired Pacific Market International (PMI Worldwide), a manufacturer of sustainable food and beverage containers, on September 1, 2021. The deal value was not disclosed.

Dhunseri Poly Films, a subsidiary of Dhunseri Ventures, announced a Rs 1,250 crore flexible packaging film factory at Panagarh Industrial Park in West Bengal. The first phase will make BOPET film with 45,000 TPA capacity, with commercial operations expected by March 2023.

H.I.G. Capital, through an affiliate, completed its acquisition of Jackson Paper Manufacturing and Sustainable Corrugated, a recycled corrugated packaging maker headquartered in Sylva, North Carolina, on September 1, 2021. H.I.G. is partnering with the current management team.

Fedrigoni acquired a 70% stake in a NewCo that will make thermoformed, biodegradable cellulose inner trays and boxes for luxury goods. The deal was reported on 31 August 2021.

Waddington Europe, a Novolex division, agreed with Irish recycler Shabra to purchase food-grade recycled PET for making new packaging at its Arklow production site, announced August 31, 2021.

Crown Holdings completed the sale of its European Tinplate business, with 44 facilities in 17 countries, to KPS Capital Partners, retaining a 20% ownership stake.

Party Decor signed a contract with a major distributor of Chinese products to exclusively produce flower boxes at its UK headquarters, previously imported from China, worth at least £750,000 a year for a minimum of two years.

Party Decor has taken delivery of a Konica Minolta PKG-675i inkjet printer to support its new cardboard products business, which makes shipping and decorative boxes.

Jamestown Container Companies agreed to acquire Cattaraugus Container, Inc., a converted paper product manufacturer in Franklinville, NY, effective immediately on August 30, 2021. Terms were not disclosed and the workforce will be retained.

Klingele Paper & Packaging Group is building a corrugated sheet plant in the Diamniadio industrial estate near Dakar, Senegal, with production expected in summer 2022 and about 45 jobs. The EUR 7.5 million investment is partly financed by DEG.

Packaging maker DS Smith developed a 100% corrugated board e-commerce shipping solution for the Hesse start-up Blaue Helden, using inserts so no filler material is needed for its starter sets. The announcement was dated August 25, 2021.

Smurfit Kappa is investing $22 million to expand its corrugated plant in Culiacan, Mexico, adding a 10,900 m2 building with a new corrugator and rotary die cutter, with completion targeted for the end of 2021. The plant's workforce is expected to grow to over 300 employees.

C-P Flexible Packaging announced its acquisition of privately held Fruth Custom Packaging and affiliated Cleanroom Film and Bag, both making flexible rollstock and pouches for cleanroom use in Placentia, California. Terms were not disclosed.

Apollo-controlled funds agreed to buy about 67% of Reno De Medici from its two largest shareholders, Cascades and Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, at EUR 1.45 per share. The deal cost about EUR 315.3 million and was expected to close by Q3 2021, followed by a mandatory takeover bid.

Thimm expanded its Alzey corrugated board plant in Rhineland-Palatinate with a new corrugating roll module from BHS Corrugated, raising maximum speed to 350 metres per minute and enabling F-flute production in Germany.

Plastic packaging maker and recycler Alpla Group acquired Austria-based Wolf Plastics Group to strengthen its European growth. The deal was reported on 23 August 2021.

A management buy-out of Medica Packaging Ltd, a UK folding carton maker, was completed from Sullivan Street Partners, supported by Harwood Private Equity.

Wildpack Beverage completed installation of an additional decorating line at its existing Baltimore, Maryland facility, expected to exceed 2 million cans per month once fully ramped.

Graphic Packaging installed its QuikFlex machine at Coca-Cola HBC's Lisburn plant in Northern Ireland to produce paperboard cartons for 10- to 24-can multipacks, replacing plastic shrink wrap.

Sonoco ThermoSafe and Korean Air announced a global partnership for leasing the Pegasus ULD temperature-controlled bulk container to pharmaceutical freight forwarders. Sonoco ThermoSafe will add ICN airport to its service network.

Bensalem, Pennsylvania corrugated packaging maker TriState Container Corporation has become the first print provider to acquire Xeikon's IDERA digital printing press for corrugated packaging.

Switzerland-based SIG has finished building its second production plant in China, a site near its Suzhou Industrial Park plant. By 2024 it is expected to produce eight billion carton packs a year.

Delmarva Corrugated Packaging is nearing completion of its $80 million paper corrugating plant in Dover, Delaware, with an October opening planned and about 160 jobs projected.

Huhtamaki is acquiring Elif, a Turkey and Egypt based supplier of sustainable flexible packaging, for GBP 350 million, expanding its flexible packaging footprint into Turkey.

Progroup is reported to be probably building a corrugated board plant near Milan, Italy, with a cost of EUR 95 million and 205 jobs, expected to be operational by mid-2024.

Price Container, a division of TricorBraun, signed a lease for a 30,000 sq ft facility in the Port of Centralia's Park I development in Washington to open a new metal and plastic packaging operation.

SCG Packaging completed the 75% share acquisition of Intan Group, an Indonesian corrugated container producer, on August 13, 2021, for 822 billion rupiah upfront through a joint venture with Rengo.

Premji Invest bought a major, undisclosed stake in SB Packagings, an Indian flexible packaging maker for the hygiene segment, with proceeds partly used for capacity expansion and acquisitions.

Ekotar LLC is launching a corrugated cardboard and packaging factory at the Uytash investment site in Dagestan, with 220 million rubles of investor funds and 90 permanent jobs.

Spanish printing equipment maker Comexi sold an Offset CI8 printing press and an ML1 MC laminator to Thai flexible packaging manufacturer Prepack Thailand.

Italian infrastructure fund manager F2i Sgr agreed to acquire a 70% majority stake in ReLife, a Genoa-based recycler of paper and plastic packaging, with the founders keeping 30%. ReLife has about 580 employees and 35 plants in northern and central Italy, with expected 2021 revenue of about EUR 250 million.

Canpack will increase its investment in its Olyphant, Pennsylvania plant by $10 million to raise final manufacturing capacity, as part of its wider US expansion.

Italian plastic packaging maker PuntoPack acquired MAV Srl, a wide-mouth packaging company serving cosmetics and food. The combined group is expected to have over EUR 25 million turnover. No deal value was disclosed.

US packaging firm Novolex has acquired Vegware, an Edinburgh-based maker of compostable foodservice packaging, for an undisclosed sum. Vegware will keep its brand within Novolex's Eco-Products portfolio.

Wildpack Beverage has signed a binding agreement to buy Vertical Distilling, LLC, a Colorado aluminum can filling business, for US$4.5 million cash, subject to holdbacks. The target is the leading can filler in Colorado and surrounding states.

Family office Treis has acquired full ownership of Singapore packaging company Greenpac, merging it with sister companies Salpac and Sal Packaging to form one international group. The deal is reportedly worth about S$100 million.

Huarun Shuanghe Limin Pharmaceutical (Jinan) has issued a public tender for nine lots of cartons, boxes and drug instruction leaflets, with bid opening on 23 August 2021. The total value is not stated.

Berlin Packaging has acquired the Juvasa Group, a Seville-based supplier of glass, plastic and metal packaging with locations in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands. Terms were not disclosed.

Greif is spending $10 million to add a third jumbo flexo folder gluer at its CorrChoice Concord sheet feeder operation in North Carolina, due by spring 2022, with up to 30 new jobs.

Ardagh Metal Packaging, the metal packaging business of Ardagh Group, completed its $8.5 billion business combination with the special purpose acquisition company Gores Holdings V on August 4, 2021, becoming an independent public company.

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A., a beverage can producer, completed its business combination with special purpose acquisition company Gores Holdings V on 4 August 2021. The combined company begins trading on the NYSE as AMBP on 5 August 2021.

Pratt Industries plans to add over 100,000 square feet to its recycled corrugated box plant in Albany, Georgia, with more than $18 million of investment and 30 jobs, according to the Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission announced on Aug. 3, 2021. Completion is planned for January 2022.

Atlantic Packaging wants to build a 488,450-square-foot corrugated box factory at 2601 Mason Road in Elgin, in a development of about $30 million. The city planning commission recommended approval, and the full city council still has to vote.

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG completed its acquisition of Finnish cartonboard and saturating kraft paper maker Kotkamills on 2 August 2021, after regulatory approvals. The deal strengthens MM's virgin-fiber cartonboard position and adds cupstock.

Progroup is preparing construction of its PW15 corrugated sheetfeeder plant near Petersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, investing more than €90 million, with production from Q2 2023 and about 60 new jobs.

Georgia-Pacific is adding a third production line at its first mailer manufacturing site in the Phoenix area, Arizona.

Georgia-Pacific is manufacturing curbside recyclable paper padded mailers at a new facility in Jonestown, Pennsylvania, to serve Northeast customers including Amazon.

Yangzhou Runyang Packaging Products was selected as the winning bidder for a packaging carton procurement tender run by Yangzhou Yezhi Food Production and Distribution. The contract price is 1,627,607.93 yuan per year including 13% tax.