Private equity group KCE of Bilbao, Spain completed the acquisition of CTL Packaging USA Inc., the U.S. manufacturing subsidiary of Corporacion Juan Celaya located in North Carolina, via a stock deal.

Ball Corporation approved a US$90 million investment to build a new aluminum can production plant in Frutal (MG), Brazil, its eleventh plant in the country, to meet rising demand for canned beer and new beverage categories.

The government of Bashkortostan opened a new plant by Sterex Pak LLC for multi-layer aseptic packaging in Sterlitamaksky District on October 24, 2020, with investments of 1.87 billion rubles, creating 110 jobs and capacity of up to 100 million packages per month.

Noelle + von Campe GmbH & Co. KG is investing EUR 65 million in a new glass furnace at its Boffzen site, with groundbreaking in week 44 of 2020 and first glass production expected in early 2022.

Korporacja KGL signed a framework agreement with Mondelēz International Europe to supply packaging to Mondelēz production plants in Poland and Lithuania.

OAO SvetlogorskKhimvolokno is implementing an investment project to increase output of polypropylene fabric and big-bag containers at its plant in Svetlogorsk, Belarus. The project includes installation of an extrusion line from STC and 19 circular looms, with a second phase adding sewing and printing equipment.

Ball Corporation and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment launched a global partnership covering aluminum beverage packaging and recycling at venues in Denver, Los Angeles and London, including naming rights for the Denver arena.

Ball Corporation and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment established a partnership across venues in Denver, Los Angeles and London to provide aluminum beverage packaging and boost recycling. The Denver arena will be named Ball Arena.

Novolex is investing in a new water treatment system at its North Vernon, Indiana recycling plant to increase recycling capacity for store drop-off plastics by more than 227,000 kg per year.

VPK Group agreed to buy Encase Ltd from Canadian Overseas Packaging Industries (COPI) Ltd, a corrugated packaging manufacturer with two plants in England and one in Scotland. VPK intends to merge Encase with its UK corrugated operations.

Bacardi collaborated with Danimer Scientific to create a spirits bottle from Nodax PHA biopolymer made from plant seed oils, which biodegrades in 18 months. The bottle is due on shelves by 2023, starting with Bacardi rum in the US.

Boxes and Packaging has installed a new Dong Fang Topra AD1628 2.8m two-colour printer die-cutter at its Leicester site, replacing an older machine to add production capacity for corrugated packaging.

Progroup and Krystals have started operating a joint packaging park in Ellesmere Port near Liverpool, linking Progroup's corrugator with Krystals' packaging production. Progroup's investment in the corrugated board plant and packaging park totals more than £90 million.

JDE Peet's plans to invest EUR 110 million in new high-speed aluminium coffee capsule production lines, starting with Andrézieux, France, operational in H1 2021. The investment will raise its capsule capacity by 60%.

Smurfit Kappa is investing about EUR 50 million at its Brühl, Germany plant to raise corrugated board output above 200 million square meters a year by mid-2023 and create around 50 jobs.

Opus Packaging Indianapolis agreed to acquire substantially all assets of Arvco Container Corporation's Indianapolis location, and offered employment to its current employees, effective October 5, 2020.

Amutec, a portfolio company of Ambienta, acquired Mobert, a designer of machinery for biocompostable and recycled bags, to create In.Pack Machinery, a new sustainable packaging hub. The deal doubles the group's size.

Foodmach was contracted by the Australian government to engineer and build seven mask-making machines for Med-Con, with the first machine commissioned in September 2020 producing 60,000 masks per day.

British flexible packaging converter Roberts Mart & Co installed a second Comexi S1 DT slitter to increase production quality and productivity.

Atlantic Packaging Products announced construction of a new 100% recycled paper machine next to its existing Whitby, Ontario machine, producing 400,000 tons per year of containerboard. Production is scheduled for Q1 2022.

Priority Plastics says it acquired and installed injection stretch blow molding (ISBM) equipment at its Portland, Indiana facility to increase PET container capacity. The article gives no installation date.

International Paper announced on 14 October 2020 that it completed the previously disclosed sale of its Brazilian corrugated packaging business to Klabin S.A. The business has three containerboard mills and four box plants. No price is given in the article.

Ribble Packaging completed a £3.5 million investment project, including a warehouse extension and new machinery such as the Unifold fanfold stacker, which raises its double-wall line speed from 170 to 220 metres per minute.

Saica Group held a groundbreaking on a 350,000 sq ft corrugated packaging plant in Hamilton, Ohio, its first US plant, representing a $72 million investment and expected to create 64 jobs.

Wipak Group is investing more than GBP 5 million (EUR 5.5 million) in new converting equipment for flexible packaging at its UK site in Welshpool. The new machines are expected to be operating by summer 2021 and will create more than 50 local jobs.

Berlin Packaging has acquired Vinkova B.V., a Netherlands-based glass packaging supplier serving food and beverage markets, strengthening its glass offering in northern Europe. All employees and locations are being retained.

Krones Inc. launched the Krones Process Group North America, consolidating its recent acquisitions of Trans-Market, Javlyn Process Systems and W.M. Sprinkman Corp. to serve the beverage, dairy and food industries.

Tri-Wall's Mexican subsidiary TW Mexico Packaging Solutions acquired a 100% stake in Thimm Packaging Systems Mexico, a supplier of industrial packaging to the Mexican automotive market, with the transaction closing on October 9, 2020.

Nine Dragons Paper expects its 550,000-tonne-per-year packaging paper capacity in Malaysia to start production before the end of Q2 2022. The plan was disclosed on 2020-10-10.

Nine Dragons Paper said it plans to add 1.2 million tonnes of packaging paper capacity at its Hubei base by end-2022, alongside a 600,000-tonne wood pulp expansion in Shenyang. The plans were disclosed with its annual results reported on 2020-10-10.

Churchill Asset Management acted as administrative agent for a $48 million senior secured credit facility supporting GenNx360's acquisition of B2B Industrial and the assets of AMW Packaging Supply. The announcement was dated 2020-10-09.

AND&OR has acquired Madrid-based Franco Dolfini Automation, a manufacturer of automation machinery for plastic bottle manufacturing. The acquisition strengthens AND&OR's position in the blow molding industry.

Brook & Whittle has signed definitive agreements to acquire Innovative Labeling Solutions (ILS) and Wizard Labels. The acquisitions are expected to close within 30 days.

Toll Group has integrated two CMC CartonWrap 1000 automated 3D packaging machines at its Sydney logistics operations, supplied through ABBE Corrugated, the sole Australian distributor of CMC's equipment.

New York private equity firm GenNx360 Capital agreed to acquire B2B Industrial Packaging and AMW Packaging Supply, distributors of packaging supplies and equipment. Financial terms were not disclosed.

GenNx360 Capital Partners acquired industrial packaging distributor B2B Industrial and the assets of AMW Packaging Supply, both US-based suppliers of packaging supplies and equipment. The deal was announced on 2020-10-08 with no financial terms disclosed.

New-Indy JV Corp. agreed to acquire Reliable Container from Georgia-Pacific, adding facilities in Santa Fe Springs, California and Tijuana, Mexico that make custom corrugated containers and point-of-purchase displays. The transaction was expected to close in mid-October 2020.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. acquired Third Dimension Inc., a corrugated and molded foam packaging maker headquartered in Geneva, Ohio, effective October 1, 2020. Third Dimension will continue to be led by its co-founders.

SÜDPACK opened a new production site in Erolzheim, Germany, after two years of construction. The investment was approximately 40 million euros, and the site includes a fully automated logistics center, with about 100 employees.

PaperWorks will invest $25 million in new printing and finishing equipment to enhance North American production capacity at its Baldwinsville, New York converting facility, with installation running from October 2020 to Q1 2021.

Papacks is investing over €10 million in a new production facility called GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt, Germany, creating around 20 new jobs. The facility will produce molded paper fiber parts for primary packaging for food and medical/pharmaceutical industries.

PiovanGroup has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of Doteco SpA, a Modena-based maker of dosing technologies for plastic films. Doteco reported 2019 consolidated turnover of EUR 19.7 million.

Hartmann North America launched its second expansion at its Rolla, Missouri plant, which will more than double its physical footprint and more than triple its productive output. The expansion is expected to be completed next year (2021).

Advanced Barrier Extrusions, owned by Graham Partners, agreed in October 2020 to acquire Berry Global's U.S. flexible packaging converter business for $140 million. The business comprises six printing and laminating facilities and will operate under the ABX name.

Hood Container installed a new state-of-the-art 98-inch Fosber corrugator at its Chicago facility to expand its product range and speed to market.

TemperPack plans to add manufacturing equipment at its Henrico, Virginia production plant, with a $21 million investment in new machinery and additional jobs. The expansion follows a $31 million fundraising round in August.

Wipak UK, a flexible packaging maker, is investing more than £5 million in new conversion equipment at its Welshpool site, with about 50 new jobs expected. The machinery is due to be operating by summer 2021.

Packaging converter ALPLA has acquired an Amcor facility in Alandi, near Pune in Western India, that produces PET bottle preforms, and will take over all 50 employees. The site becomes ALPLA's ninth location in India.

Rusken Packaging has opened a new facility in Conyers, Georgia, consolidating its former Canton and Conyers locations under one roof. The site includes a new BOBST Discovery Flexo Folder Gluer and sits next to corrugator supplier Corrugated Supplies Company Atlanta.

Polyplex Thailand (PTL) announced plans to expand its existing operations in Decatur, Alabama, USA, by adding a second BOPET film line with 50 KTPA capacity and debottlenecking the resin plant to increase capacity from 58 to 86 KTPA. Investment commitment is USD 103 million, with construction starting in H1 2021 and production expected in about 24 months.