Pratt Industries announced a $400 million 100% recycled paper mill of 450,000 sq ft in Henderson, Kentucky, creating over 320 full-time jobs. A separate 700,000 sq ft corrugated box factory is planned next to the mill.

Baosteel Packaging plans to invest about 499 million yuan to build an aluminum two-piece can production base in Cambodia. The announcement was made on July 30, 2021.

Austrian packaging converter ALPLA has acquired Verigreen Packaging, a South African maker of bottles and canisters for lubricants, with a site in Durban. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Pratt Paper LLC will build a $400 million corrugated box recycling and paper mill complex in Henderson, Kentucky, expected to employ 321 people within five years. The 1 million square foot site is on a 200-acre plot along Kentucky 425.

Rondo-Pak, a folding carton and printed components supplier, has attained certified vendor status with Genentech's Hillsboro Technical Operations facility after supplying eight million cartons with no defects over nearly two years.

Toppan has acquired InterFlex Group, a flexible packaging converter with five production facilities in the US and UK, completing the deal on July 23, 2021. The purchase will establish a flexible packaging production network in North America and Europe.

Smurfit Kappa agreed to acquire the Verzuolo recycled containerboard mill in northern Italy from Burgo Group for €360 million, with 600,000 tonnes annual capacity; closing is expected in Q4 2021.

Ball Corporation will invest $383.8 million to build an 800,000 sq ft aluminum beverage can plant in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, creating 220 jobs. The plant will join Red Bull and Rauch's beverage manufacturing hub in Concord.

Al Bayader International secured medium-term financing from HSBC to build a 450,000 sq ft food packaging industrial complex in Sharjah's Al Sajaa Industrial City, expected to be completed in 2023 and quadruple capacity to over 120,000 tonnes.

Imperial Dade agreed to buy EBP Supply Company, a distributor of food service packaging and janitorial supplies headquartered in Milford, Connecticut. The deal was announced on July 26, 2021.

Tempo Plastics Ltd. is in the midst of a $14.4 million upgrade and expansion of its flexible packaging business in Innisfil, Ontario, which includes a new printing press and transformer, supported by a $2.2 million interest-free loan from the Province of Ontario announced July 23, 2021.

B2B Industrial Packaging, a GenNx360 company, announced its acquisition of Allen Packaging Company of Tustin, California, its 16th major acquisition, adding corrugated products, poly bags and stretch film.

SCG Packaging (SCGP) completed its 70% merger and partnership investment in Duy Tan Plastics Manufacturing Corporation, Vietnam's leading rigid plastic packaging producer, with total payments capped at 6,400 billion VND and consolidation from August 2021.

SIG partnered with contract packer Framptons to install a new combidome filling machine, the first of its kind in the UK, so Framptons can produce Lilk's plant-based beverages in SIG's carton bottle.

Leicester-based 3T Logistics and Technology Group was selected by PFF Group, a UK food packaging manufacturer, to provide a new transport management system for supplying packaging to UK supermarkets and food manufacturers.

Direct Pack has expanded its Rockingham, North Carolina facility by 56,000 square feet, adding flexible manufacturing lines and raising manufacturing capacity by more than 40%.

Stora Enso and Tetra Pak will add a carton repulping line and a polymer and aluminium separation line at Stora Enso's Ostrołęka mill, tripling Poland's annual recycling capacity for used beverage cartons from 25,000 to 75,000 tonnes. The total investment is EUR 29.1 million, with both lines expected to be operational in early 2023.

CANPACK Group announced on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 plans for its first U.S. facility, a 908,000-square-foot aluminum can plant and North American Center of Excellence in Olyphant Borough, Lackawanna County, with about $366 million invested and around 400 jobs, expected to be operational by year end.

Pregis announced an $80 million investment in a new 168,000 square foot blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, South Carolina. The plant is expected to create 120 jobs and become operational in September.

Contract packer Framptons became the first company in Europe to use SIG's combidome filling machine to produce plant-based milk cartons for start-up brand Lilk. The launch was reported on July 17, 2021.

Anchor Packaging LLC, a rigid food packaging maker, announced its acquisition of Panoramic Inc., based in Janesville, Wisconsin. The blog post is dated April 25, 2022, and the financial terms were not given.

Liquibox and WestRock have launched a Ships in Own Container bag-in-box solution for liquid e-commerce packaging, combining Liquibox's recyclable Liquipure flexible packaging with WestRock's Meta box designs.

Trivium Packaging is upgrading its production line and expanding its building at South Centre Township, Columbia County, with over $7 million of investment to handle receiving of steel coil shipments. The upgrades retain 76 existing jobs.

Dongwon Systems signed a merger agreement to absorb its subsidiary Techpack Solution, Korea's largest glass bottle maker, with a merger ratio of 1 to 4.44. A shareholder meeting is scheduled for September 1, 2021.

Metsä Board decided to raise annual folding boxboard capacity at its integrated Husum mill by 200,000 tonnes to 600,000 tonnes, investing about EUR 210 million. Additional capacity is expected to start up in 2024-2025.

Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven corrugated board plant with more than 20,000 sqm of new production space and two BHS Corrugated lines, bringing capacity to 600 million sqm per year by 2022. The group is investing about €70 million in 2021 and 2022 and creating 200 jobs.

TriState Container Corporation became the first print provider to acquire Xeikon's IDERA digital printing press for corrugated packaging, announced on 6 July 2021.

Mayr-Melnhof Packaging is investing around 35 million euros in Neupack Polska, adding a 14,000 sqm production hall at its Bydgoszcz plants for microflute and e-commerce packaging, to be completed by October 2021.

Smurfit Kappa will invest 24 million euros to expand and modernize its corrugated plant in Rethel, north-east France, adding an 8200 square meter machine plant, with completion expected in 2023.

Smurfit Kappa Group completed the acquisition of Cartonbox, a folding carton company based in Monterrey, north-east Mexico, announced on 5 July 2021.

Guillin, a European food packaging group, has completed the acquisition of Gault et Frémont, a maker of paper bags, cardboard boxes and baking paper with four sites in France and Belgium, from UI Investissement. Gault et Frémont reported 2020 sales of 63 million euros.

Red Bull and Rauch North America announced in early July 2021 plans for a 2 million-square-foot beverage manufacturing site in Concord, North Carolina, adding 413 jobs and investing $740 million by 2027.

Platinum Equity agreed to sell Multi-Color Corporation, a global label maker, to affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice; the deal is expected to close by end of 2021 and terms were not disclosed.

ProAmpac, backed by Pritzker Private Capital, has acquired UK-based Ultimate Packaging, a flexible packaging manufacturer. No price was disclosed.

Trioworld Group signed an agreement to acquire Flexoplast, a Dutch producer of polyethylene food, beverage and industrial packaging films, from the Clondalkin Group. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals; no price was disclosed.

Tekni-Plex signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Grupo Phoenix, a rigid custom packaging manufacturer with operations in the United States, Colombia and Mexico, to strengthen its consumer products business. The price was not disclosed.

Schur Flexibles acquired Termoplast S.r.L., a producer of 100% recyclable MDO-PE films based at Gambassi Terme near Florence, Italy, to expand its presence in the Italian market.

Italian packaging machinery makers OCME and Robopac, both family-led, have signed an agreement to pursue joint growth and internationalization, with OCME to be led by Carlotta Gatteschi, Valentina Aureli and Enrico Aureli. The article does not state the deal terms or value.

Intertape Polymer Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nuevopak Global, a Hong Kong-headquartered maker of protective packaging machines, for about $43.8 million in total cash consideration.

A group of Quebec investors led by Champlain Financial Corporation acquired Enjay Converters Ltd., a Cobourg, Ontario maker of food-contact grade packaging such as cake boards and piping bags. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Tetra Pak announced a EUR 100 million, three-year investment at its Châteaubriant plant in France to add about 30% manufacturing capacity and support the transition to tethered caps by 2024.

Berlin Packaging announced the acquisition of Cannasupplies, one of Canada's largest suppliers of cannabis packaging solutions, which will operate as a division of Consolidated Bottle Corporation. The financial terms were not disclosed.

Daelim Pracon signed an investment memorandum with Gimcheon city to build a 20 billion won PET packaging container plant with automated equipment in the Gimcheon General Industrial Complex. The plant is planned to be operating by early next year and is expected to create over 80 jobs.

French retailer Intermarché selected SIG's Signature packaging material for its new 100 percent pure juice under its Les Éleveurs brand. The cartons are made with around 75 percent renewable paperboard.

Mondi partnered with German label materials maker VPF to produce a release liner range made from recycled paper, with all components of VPF's label laminates now recycled. The article gives no specific location or value.

BASF has entered a collaboration with Pulpex and its global partners to develop proprietary food-grade barrier technologies for the Pulpex paper bottle. The company also aims to add hot-fill and carbonated product capability by end of 2022.

SIG will build a new carton packaging plant in Querétaro, Mexico, to serve North American markets, investing around 40 million euros over 2021-2023. The plant is expected to open in Q1 2023 and create about 200 jobs.

Romanian company Promateris completed a 2.5 million euro investment in a compostable packaging production line. The article text provides few further details.

Wellpappe, part of the Schiettinger group, is doubling its commercial area in Lichtenau, Germany, investing about EUR 35 million in new halls and warehouses to meet demand for new packaging.

Norske Skog's board approved the final investment decision to convert one machine at its Golbey industrial site in France from newsprint to recycled containerboard, adding 550,000 tonnes of capacity. Golbey PM1 conversion costs about EUR 250 million, with production starting in Q4 2023.