Petainer Innopac Packaging is installing an additional line at its Maharashtra facility, with each new line investment reported at INR 14 crore. The report is dated 2017-02-23.

Cosmo Films installed a new 10.4-metre BOPP line at its existing Karjan facility near Vadodara, Gujarat, raising annual capacity 40 percent to 196,000 MT. The line cost about Rs 200 crore and was commissioned ahead of schedule.

Amcor Rigid Plastics will invest $40 million to double production at its Bellevue, Ohio facility, adding 126,000 sq ft of manufacturing space and 85,000 sq ft of warehouse space, with completion expected next year.

Amcor Rigid Plastics will invest $40 million to double production at its Bellevue, Ohio facility, adding about 126,000 sq ft of manufacturing space and 85,000 sq ft of warehouse space, supported by a JobsOhio grant. The expansion started in 2017 and is expected to finish in 2018.

Ergis plans to start a third nano stretch film production line in Oława in the second quarter of 2017 at a cost of PLN 30 million, raising capacity by about 40% to over 60,000 tonnes.

Hexpol AG invested $9.2 million (EUR 8.7 million) in a 135-litre rubber mixing line at its Queretaro facility, adding about 12,000 tonnes of capacity to 53,000 tonnes per year; the addition was celebrated at an open house on 16 November.

Greiner Bio-One inaugurated an expansion of its factory in Americana, São Paulo state, with R$42 million invested in construction and operations. Some equipment started in December 2016 and more is due to start operating in 2017.

Bemis Manufacturing is adding 15,200 square meters and three 1,000-1,500 ton presses to its Monterrey plant, and the building can support future presses up to 4,400 tons. The company plans to hire once the expansion is complete.

Amcor Rigid Plastics will invest $45 million to add 186,000 square feet of production and warehousing space at its Bellevue, Ohio plant, with incentives structured by Silverlode. Additional employees will be hired.

Bemis inaugurated an expansion of its packaging plant in the Suape industrial port complex in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco. The R$31 million investment adds 8,000 square meters and is expected to double rigid packaging capacity and create more than 140 jobs.

Corbion will expand its existing lactide plant in Rayong, Thailand by 25,000 tons per annum, with start-up targeted for the second half of 2018 alongside the new PLA plant.

Graboplast Zrt. added an 850 square metre warehouse to its Tatabánya floor factory, a 175 million forint investment. The group plans to add 120 staff by the end of 2017.

Altopro SA de CV plans a $50 million expansion of its Irapuato facility, including a new five-layer polypropylene oriented film line from Brückner, expected operational in early 2017 and adding about 40 million pounds of capacity.