Paper Home Co.'s board approved on March 27, 2024, an expansion of its factory making corrugated cardboard and paper and plastic labels, costing an estimated SAR 30 million and raising capacity by 150%. Commercial production is expected in Q1 2025.

Bolivian state company Envibol is expanding its glass container plant in Zudáñez, Chuquisaca, with an investment of Bs 260.6 million, adding two new production lines for demijohns and small jars from the next management period.

Mondi intends to invest in the Hinton mill and, subject to pre-engineering and permitting, add a new kraft paper machine capable of producing 200,000 tonnes of kraft paper annually. No investment value was given.

Menasha Packaging Company plans to invest $70 million to consolidate and expand its two Richmond, Indiana locations as part of a U.S. network modernization initiative. The investment targets corrugating, printing and converting technology.

CKF Inc. will move rPET plastic recycling operations from Delta and a Langley facility into its foam manufacturing plant on 200th Street in Langley over 12-14 months, with about 300 staff expected there.

Stora Enso's Oulu mill in Finland received an environmental permit for a new board production line, converted from an old paper machine, with production planned to start in 2025. The line is expected to raise the mill's board capacity to up to 750,000 tons a year.

Coleus Packaging has acquired and installed a new PMC500 machine at its Alrode factory in Alberton, South Africa, spending about R40 million to raise output of metal crown closures by about 20%. Yearly output is expected to rise from six billion to seven to eight billion units.

Owens-Illinois is installing a new furnace at its Vitória de Santo Antão glass bottle plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, adding 200 million glass bottles a year with R$300 million of investment, due for completion by early 2026.

Thimm invested EUR 10 million in its Tychy, Poland plant, adding a new Göpfert corrugated line and new halls. Annual capacity rose from 130 to 165 million square metres of corrugated cardboard.

Craft Beverage Warehouse is installing a second multimillion-dollar German-made digital print-to-can line at Milwaukee's Century City Business Park, expected to start operating by end of May and create six to eight jobs.

Klabin's Puma II project in Ortigueira, Paraná, involved an investment of R$12.9 billion and two paper machines with total capacity of 910,000 tonnes per year producing Eukaliner kraftliner.

Ball Corporation announced R$100 million of investment to increase production capacity at its existing aluminum packaging plant in the Suape industrial port complex in Pernambuco, Brazil, supported by 85% state tax incentives.

Smurfit Kappa will invest EUR 54 million to double the capacity of its Bag-in-Box plant in Ibi, Alicante, Spain, and create 200 jobs. The investment also improves waste management and energy efficiency.

Accredo Packaging completed its fourth expansion at its Sugar Land headquarters, adding 83,000 square feet of office space for a $10 million investment and creating 30 jobs.

Bayern-Fass Group subsidiary Rhein-Fass expanded its Ludwigshafen production with new halls and an IBC cleaning line commissioned in July 2023, tripling daily reconditioning capacity.

Ondupet, which makes rPET packaging, is investing 11 million euros to expand its plant in Almendralejo, Extremadura, and plans to grow its workforce from 65 to 110.

Fresh Mark, Inc. plans a new 38,000-square-foot expansion at its Lincoln Avenue plant in Salem, Ohio, adding 50 jobs and bringing the workforce to 800. Construction begins in January 2024 and the expansion is expected to be operational in July 2024.

Spartech will invest $4.9 million in new manufacturing equipment at its Muncie, Indiana facility, adding six full-time jobs and retaining 100, with a five-year tax abatement approved by the city.

SIG announced an €8.4 million investment in the fifth expansion of its carton packaging plant in Campo Largo, Paraná, Brazil, raising its production capacity. The plant serves Brazil and South American countries.

Wobz is investing €6 million to expand its Oyonnax plant with a 1,800 m² extension and three new production lines by May 2024, raising capacity from 120,000 to 500,000 customized containers per day.

Packaging maker Thimm is investing more than EUR 3 million in a new Mastercut 2.1 flat-bed die-cutter from Bobst at its Castrop-Rauxel site. The machine adds capacity of 25 million square metres of corrugated board per year.

Tetra Pak received an investment certificate to raise its investment in its Binh Duong, Vietnam factory to $173 million, expanding the existing aseptic carton packaging project. The certificate was granted at the Meet Singapore 2023 event.

Aptar Closures celebrated the grand opening of Gulf Closures, a beverage closures maker in Bahrain it acquired a majority stake in during March 2023. An expansion of the site, with 10 new production lines, is expected to be completed in December 2024.

Genera broke ground on a nearly $350 million expansion of its Sustainable Biomaterials Campus in Vonore, Tennessee, adding over 150,000 square feet and more than 230 local jobs for compostable molded fiber packaging production.

Ball Packaging Europe Beograd has applied to Belgrade's environmental secretariat for approval of an impact study for adding a fourth aluminium can production line at its Zemun plant, raising capacity to 3.2 billion cans per year.

Smurfit Kappa held a ribbon-cutting at its Mexicali plant for four recent equipment investments totaling $14 million, which the company says raises production capacity by over 30 percent.

Meat processor MAP WA invested $35 million at its Bibra Lake facility in Western Australia, including $10 million construction and $25 million robotics and equipment, doubling capacity to 400,000 kg per week and adding Multivac thermoforming packaging technology.

Metsä Board has completed the project adding 200,000 tons of annual folding boxboard capacity at its Husum mill in Sweden, raising output to 600,000 tons; full capacity is expected by end-2025.

ALPLA plans to expand its Tangier plant in Morocco by adding about 20,000 m² of operational space over the coming years.

Tetra Pak laid the foundation stone for a 750 million peso expansion and modernization of its Mexicali plant, which makes carton package caps and will increase capacity by 40%. The new phase is expected to start operating in April 2024 and create 145 direct jobs.

Miller Valentine Construction has begun a major expansion of Huhtamaki's folding carton plant in Paris, Texas, which will triple the 150,000-square-foot facility to 438,000 square feet. The project started in early November 2023.

Masterpress has added two new sleeve printing machines at its Bialystok facility in Poland, increasing output by about 16 million square meters annually and lifting capacity by nearly 40%. The expansion serves customers in France, the DACH region and the Benelux countries.

The Panther Group is building new halls and production lines at its Altonaer Wellpappenfabrik plant in Tornesch near Hamburg to expand production of folding box adhesive products. The project began in early 2023, a second folding box gluer is due in summer 2024, and the project is scheduled for completion in August.

Saica Pack signed a notarial deed with the mayor of Santa Maria Hoè to invest €33 million expanding its paper and cardboard packaging plant, with works starting within days and more jobs expected.

Georgia-Pacific completed a $175 million investment at its Dixie tableware plant in Darlington, South Carolina, expanding plate and bowl production and adding 100 full-time jobs. The expanded facility is now over 530,000 square feet.

SIG announced an €8.4 million investment in the fifth expansion of its carton packaging plant in Campo Largo, Paraná, raising capacity to 5.2 billion packs per year. The plant employs about 500 people.

Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA signed an agreement with Ultramar Caffè - La Natura Lifestyle AG to install a new packaging line for aluminum espresso capsules at its Suffolk, Virginia facility by the second half of 2024, with capacity of 100 million capsules per year.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announced a €35 million investment in a new high-speed canning line at its Wakefield site, capable of 2,000 cans per minute and due to be operational in 2024. The line will create 28 roles.

Ball Packaging officially started two additional modules producing aluminium beverage can ends at its Lublin plant, which serves customers across Europe.

Metsä Board completed a development programme at its Kemi, Finland white kraftliner mill, adding 40,000 tonnes of annual capacity to reach 465,000 tonnes and cutting energy use by 5% and water use by about 40% per tonne. The work was completed in parallel with Metsä Fibre's new bioproduct mill.

R.R. Donnelley installed an EFI Nozomi C18000 Plus single-pass digital inkjet printer at its Milwaukee packaging facility to expand into corrugated packaging, cutting time-to-market by 25%. The press is expected to be operational by fall 2023.

German luxury packaging maker Rissmann, owned by vph GmbH & Co, plans to increase capacity at its production site in Bulgaria to meet demand for made-in-Europe packaging. The Bulgarian plant has been operational since 2022.

Packaging specialist Papacks has opened a second hall at its Arnstadt, Thuringia site after investing around 14 million euros, and is planning a third gigafactory that will include a research institute. The company makes plastic-free, biodegradable packaging.

Orora Beverage invested $110 million to expand beverage can manufacturing in Victoria, establishing a new aluminium can line at Dandenong and increasing capacity at Ballarat. The project creates up to 18 jobs.

Orora invested $110 million to expand can manufacturing at its Dandenong and Ballarat plants in Victoria, partly funded by a Victorian Government grant. The expansion creates 18 new jobs.

Stora Enso built a second corrugated packaging factory with two new corrugators at its existing De Lier site, doubling capacity. The investment was about €120m and the facility opened in June 2023.

Saueressig is building a new company building at its site on Ottensteiner Straße in Vreden, Germany, investing €18 million and creating new jobs.

Aluflexpack is investing EUR 70 million to expand and upgrade its plant in Croatia, according to a SeeNews report dated 7 August 2023. The article text is limited to the headline and metadata.

TC Transcontinental Packaging will install a $60 million biaxially oriented PE (BOPE) film line supplied by Brückner at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, which expanded the site by 120,000 square feet, with commissioning planned for spring 2024.

LMI Packaging held a groundbreaking for a roughly 50,000-square-foot expansion at its Pleasant Prairie facility, mainly for internal warehouse space. The expansion is planned for completion by December 6.