Harmax Rollcon sold a custom-designed roll conveying system for a new Fosber corrugator being installed at Green Bay Packaging's new converting facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Bibby Distribution secured a three-year contract extension to transport goods from Jardin Corrugated's UK production sites in Ely and St Ives, renewed until early 2024. Bibby oversees more than 160 deliveries each week.

Custom packaging manufacturer Spartech has acquired Tufpak, a New Hampshire-based manufacturer of engineered plastic films for medical and biohazard applications, for an undisclosed amount.

Private investment firm Graham Partners acquired Berry Global's North American extrusion, converting and coating business. It will combine with Graham's Advanced Barrier Extrusions (ABX) and operate under the ABX name.

Envases Group announced plans for its first aluminum can production and distribution center in Waco, Texas, with 120 jobs and over $100 million in capital investment. Opening is projected for late 2021.

Mauser Packaging Solutions completed a new production space in Erkelenz, Germany in summer 2020, housing an IBC wash line and an automated IBC rebottle line, and increased post-consumer resin production.

Intertape Polymer Group announced it will expand its manufacturing operation in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, adding 30,000 sq ft and increasing production for e-retail packaging, coatings, and films.

Tri-Pack Films board approved a new BOPP film production line costing Rs9 billion, announced to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on December 2, 2020. The line is likely to start in 2023.

ACON Investments acquired Novipax, a U.S. market leader in absorbent pads for fresh meat and poultry packaging. Novipax has four manufacturing facilities in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Mississippi and California.

The Box Factory Ltd placed an order worth almost £4 million for two new converting lines, including a Latitude PP1230 flexo folder gluer and a Weipong Venus 1625 SSTKB rotary die-cutter, to expand its production capacity.

Enprom Solutions installed its eRS60 sleeve seaming machine with Smart Wheel technology at Portuguese flexible packaging company Multisac's production site in Vozuela.

Berlin Packaging has acquired Italian plastic packaging company Pentapackaging, based in Bergamo. It is the ninth Berlin Packaging acquisition in Europe since 2016.

Flexible packaging company ProAmpac, a portfolio company of Pritzker Private Capital, acquired Canadian packaging manufacturers Rosenbloom Groupe, Hymopack and Dyne-A-Pak. The deal was reported on 2 December 2020.

Shengxing Shares plans to buy 100% of Pacific Can (Shenyang) from Pacific Can (Fuzhou) for 171 million yuan in internal funds to expand its two-piece can business in northeast China; the related agreement was signed on 30 November 2020.

Cold Chain Technologies opened a new 255,000-square-foot facility in Lebanon, Tennessee, dedicated to manufacturing thermal packaging solutions for COVID-19 vaccine distribution. The facility includes Koolit refrigerant manufacturing and work cells for KoolTemp EcoFlex.

Saica Flex Enniskillen invested £1.6 million in a Bobst CL850 lamination machine to enhance lamination and cold seal capabilities, serving industries like pet food, beverages, confectionery and pharmaceutical.

Mondi will open its first South American paper bags plant in Cartagena, Colombia, in January 2021, with one production line of about 50 million bags per year, serving chemical, food and cement customers.

Progroup's PM3 containerboard paper factory in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Germany, started operating in August 2020 and has reached more than 2,000 tonnes a day, with full run-up expected by the end of Q2 2021 and output of up to 750,000 tonnes a year.

Ardagh Group's North American glass business will manufacture all of Parkway Brewing Company's 12oz long-neck glass bottles in the United States under a partnership announced on November 27, 2020.

SeaTac Packaging has taken delivery of a BOBST EXPERT CI wide-web flexo press, installed at its new Tacoma, Washington facility as part of a multi-million-dollar investment that created new jobs.

FAME S.A. of Ecuador awarded a public procurement contract for cardboard boxes worth USD 22,479 to Cajas y Empaques Industriales Clusterpack CPK S.A. The award was granted through an open electronic reverse auction.

SIG Combibloc Group has signed an agreement to acquire the 50% stake held by Obeikan Investment Group in SIG Combibloc Obeikan, giving it full ownership. The joint venture operates a manufacturing plant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and completion is subject to antitrust approvals.

Portuguese flexible packaging company Multisac has installed an eRS60 sleeve seaming machine from Enprom Solutions to increase productivity and reduce costs.

Amcor will invest over R$115 million to expand its packaging factory in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, doubling production capacity and raising direct jobs to 720 by July next year.

Atlas Ward Polska, as general contractor, has completed the first stage of a 10,000 sqm expansion of the Schumacher Packaging Polska plant in Krepice, Poland. A second-stage paper warehouse is planned, with completion expected in the second half of 2021.

American Carton Co., a folding carton maker in Texas affiliated with Harris Packaging, expanded its folding carton print capacity. The article gives no capacity figures or dates for the expansion.

Weigao's subsidiary Shandong Weigao Preuc Pharmaceutical Packaging will acquire 100% of Shandong Weigao Pharmaceutical Packaging Products from Weihai Weigao International Medical Investment Holding via a capital increase of RMB 66.11 million.

Crown Holdings has activated renewable power at all 14 of its U.S. and Canadian beverage can plants through a 15-year wind power virtual power purchase agreement with Longroad Energy from a Texas wind farm, announced November 20, 2020.

STREMA has delivered four double-head arm wrappers to PepsiCo's Veurne plant, with a fifth to be installed soon, replacing ring wrappers for packaging chips and snacks.

Coca-Cola HBC has started rolling out the KeelClip paperboard alternative to plastic wrap on can multipacks across its EU markets, after a €15 million investment in a partnership with Graphic Packaging International. The rollout is due to finish by early 2022.

Italian packaging maker Gruppo Fanti will invest $30 million to buy and reuse the former Signode building in Weirton's Half Moon Industrial Park, creating at least 40 jobs. It is the group's first U.S. plant.

Mondi and Fiorini International developed Italy's first 100% recyclable paper rice bag for Riseria Vignola Giovanni. The bag is made of Mondi Advantage Smooth White Strong 100 gsm kraft paper and is fully recyclable.

Mondi's Ansbach plant in Southern Germany has installed new machinery under a €30 million investment, expanding its corrugated packaging portfolio and capacity ahead of full project completion in 2021.

Europal Packaging, part of the D.I. Group, has started up a new 2.5m doublewall Quantum corrugator line at its new factory in Blandain/Tournai, Belgium. The line was installed by Quantum Corrugated and Fosber Group.

Duravant has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cloud Packaging Solutions from its parent Hearthside Food Solutions. Cloud, based in Des Plaines, Illinois, makes high-speed flexible packaging equipment.

Atılım Ambalaj has broken ground on a new factory in the Bolu Organized Industrial Zone to produce food stretch film. Production is targeted for 2021 at about 1,300-1,400 tonnes per year.

Klöckner Pentaplast will expand its production facility in Beaver, West Virginia by adding thermoforming capabilities for sustainable food trays. The investment, worth several million dollars, will create 21 full-time jobs.

Altium Packaging has acquired the assets of SFB Plastics, Inc., a Wichita, Kansas maker of HDPE blow-molded industrial containers. The deal was announced on November 16, 2020.

Coca-Cola European Partners began manufacturing and distributing WestRock's CanCollar cardboard can collation ring at its Barcelona plant, first in the Balearic Islands, after a 2.6 million euro plant investment this year.

KHS USA Inc. plans to purchase the assets of Scandia Packaging Machinery Co., a packaging machinery manufacturer in Fairfield, New Jersey, to expand its portfolio with compact cartoners and secondary packaging machines.

Caribbean Glass Industry announced the construction of a glass bottle factory in Pedro Brand, Santo Domingo province, with an investment of over $100 million. The plant will have an annual capacity of 500 million bottles and create 300 jobs starting February 2021.

JBT Corp. of Chicago agreed to buy United Kingdom-based Proseal, a tray sealing technology maker, for 220 million pounds ($258.67 million), with closing expected in the second quarter of 2021 subject to regulatory approvals.

EPL Limited's board approved the acquisition of Creative Stylo Packs, an Indian maker of corrugated boxes and plastic and laminated tubes. EPL will buy a 72.5% stake for cash and the remaining 27.5% through issuance of EPL shares to the founders.

Tetra Pak is acquiring the electron beam (eBeam) sterilization operations from Swiss technology company Comet to integrate the technology in-house for its packaging equipment.

Comar is relocating and expanding its West Bend, Wisconsin manufacturing site to a 160,000 sq ft facility, tripling its local footprint. The expansion includes over $7 million in capital investment in injection molding machines and automation, with production starting in December 2020.

Blackstone Group has agreed to acquire the glass unit of Piramal Enterprises for about $1 billion. The deal could be announced in the coming weeks.

Vishakha Polyfab acquired India's first Brampton Engineering AquaFrost water-quenched blown film line. The line uses water-quenching technology for improved clarity and thermoformability in packaging.

Stora Enso plans to invest about SEK 8.6 billion (EUR 800-850 million) to upgrade and expand pulp and packaging board capacity at its Skoghall mill in Värmland, Sweden. A pre-project and environmental permit application have been started, with production possibly starting in Q4 2023.

Hamilton-based packaging manufacturer HT Productions Inc. (Whitebird) will expand its facility, acquire advanced manufacturing equipment and move to a new online ordering system, backed by about $3.9 million from FedDev Ontario. The investment will create 45 skilled jobs and maintain 105 in Hamilton.

Denmark-based Faerch Group has acquired the Sirap food packaging business in Italy, Poland and Spain from Italmobiliare. The business includes three production sites, and the deal is expected to close within three months, subject to regulatory approval.