The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, part of the US Treasury, awarded Cadillac Products Packaging Company a contract for currency packaging film with a total value of $7,483,269.75. The award was published on 13 April 2026.

Medline International Italy SRL was awarded a tender for heavy-duty nonwoven wrapping sheets (TNT) in the Pesaro e Urbino area, with a contract value of EUR 102,960. The award dates from 12 February 2026 and the notice was published on 10 April 2026.

An affiliate of CD&R completed its acquisition of Sealed Air, which is now privately held and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The deal has an enterprise value of $10.3 billion, with about $6.3 billion paid to shareholders.

Kingswood Capital Management completed the acquisition of Coveris' paper business unit, which will now operate as Paranova Print and Packaging in the United Kingdom.

Shandong Furuida Biotech published results of its 2026-2028 tender for binary bag-valve packaging containers, naming Shanghai Haipeng Packaging Materials as a winning supplier.

Cold Corr of Monterey, a new corrugated sheet producer linked to Cumberland Container, ordered Interpac's patented cold corrugator, the first such order in the United States and third worldwide.

Midland acquired Wetoska Packaging Distributors to expand its end-to-end packaging and supply chain solutions, strengthening its food sector capabilities through combined distribution footprints.

East India Drums and Barrels Manufacturing received a Letter of Acceptance worth ₹18.2 million from Indian Oil Corporation to supply drums and barrels for its storage and transportation needs.

AGI Greenpac is building a greenfield glass plant in Madhya Pradesh with a Rs 700 crore outlay, expected to raise production capacity by 25% and become operational by March 2027.

AGI Greenpac announced a Rs 470 million investment to modernize and revamp its existing glass manufacturing facilities to raise capacity, with the work targeted for completion by March 2026.

Rajshree Polypack Ltd, an Indian rigid packaging manufacturer, has won an order worth INR 47.6 million for customised sustainable packaging solutions from an unnamed client.

Antalis announced the acquisition of Hein Verpackungen, a Lauterhofen, Germany maker of corrugated cardboard packaging and POS displays with around EUR 8 million turnover in 2025, to expand its European packaging portfolio.

Perlen Industrieholding AG secured exclusive rights to manufacture Pulpex's patented paper bottles in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Southern Germany, with a production decision expected after evaluation, potentially from 2027.

Tetra Pak broke ground on a $22 million innovation facility at its U.S. and Canada campus in Denton, Texas, adjacent to its product development center. The space will roughly double the campus's innovation capacity and is expected to open in Q1 2027, adding eight jobs.

Tetra Pak broke ground on a new Product Development Center at its U.S. and Canada headquarters in Denton, Texas, with 12,000 sq ft for product development and 3,000 sq ft for a Customer Innovation Center. The facility is scheduled to open in Q1 2027 and create eight jobs.

Tat Seng Packaging Group completed the transfer of the business, assets and liabilities of United Packaging Industries for a total consideration of S$7,928,396, subject to balance sheet adjustments. UPI becomes inactive and Tat Seng continues its operations.

Leidos Supply, the UK MoD logistics delivery partner, recorded three awards for the Packaging and Soft Consumables supply contract, including £13.2m to DS Smith Packaging, £7.4m to MaxPack Group and £2.4m to Joseph Gleave & Son. The notice was published on 30 March 2026.

Indian packaging company EPL agreed to merge with Indovida, the rigid packaging venture of Indorama Ventures, in a share-swap deal valuing the combined business at about $2 billion. Indorama will hold 51.8% of the combined company and Blackstone about 16.6%.

TUBEX Mátra Ltd. is implementing a EUR 43.6 million investment at its Sirok site to expand aluminium aerosol can and tube production, creating 56 jobs, with about 15% state subsidy.

Italian corrugated box maker Scatolificio Cartotecnica Schiassi ordered a third OneDrive flexo folder-gluer line from Sipack, strengthening their long-standing partnership.

Ronneby kommun awarded a contract for food distribution packaging materials and packaging machine service to TreForm Packaging AB and TechPack in Scandinavia AB, with a contract value of 2,500,000 SEK.

Siegwerk announced the acquisition of Hi-Tech Inks, adding production capabilities and product range in India for packaging converters and brand owners.

Tetra Pak announced a €60 million investment to develop paper-based barrier technology for low-carbon aseptic cartons at a new facility in Lund, Sweden. The technology could cut packaging carbon footprint by up to 43%.

Yazoo Mills completed construction of a new $14 million, 107,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Hanover, Pennsylvania, and is phasing in equipment installation.

International Paper will spend $225 million on a greenfield 468,000-square-foot box plant in Brandon, Mississippi. Construction is slated to begin in June with operations expected in Q4 2027.

ePac Flexible Packaging is opening a new facility in Phoenix, Arizona, its largest plant, to serve Southwest U.S. customers. It is also adding capacity at sites in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Vancouver.

Cascades invested $6.9 million in its Kingsey Falls, Quebec uncoated recycled boxboard plant to raise production capacity and quality, installing new quality control equipment.

Progroup AG selected Akarton GmbH as a new partner to operate the packaging park at its PW05 corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Schüttorf, Germany.

Coleus Packaging invested about R200 million upgrading its Alrode facility and equipment, including new SACMI punching and lining machines, a new coater and printer, and expanded factory footprint. The upgrade was officially launched on March 20, 2026.

SIG's first aseptic carton plant in India, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, reached full operations in December 2025 after opening in February 2025. The Rs8.8bn ($105m) plant has a capacity of about 4 billion carton packs a year and created around 300 jobs.

Perlen Industrieholding AG and its subsidiary Perlen Papier AG entered an exclusive partnership with UK packaging technology firm Pulpex, securing manufacturing rights for fibre-based paper bottles in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and southern Germany. Production may begin in 2027 pending a decision.

Gravis announced the acquisition of Procon Pacific, a bulk packaging solutions supplier and global sourcing manager headquartered in Lombard, Illinois.

Perfectpac Limited plans a second manufacturing unit in Greater Noida with 42,000 MT per annum capacity and an estimated ₹125 crore investment, creating about 700 jobs, after receiving a YEIDA land Letter of Intent.

ProMach acquired Lako Tool & Manufacturing, strengthening its flexible packaging capabilities in the consumer-packaged goods sector.

CCL Industries signed a binding option agreement to acquire France-based shrink-sleeve label producer Sleever, which has 11 plants and about $213 million in 2025 sales. The deal, valued at about $151 million, is expected to close by mid-2026.

SupplyOne, Inc. acquired Specialty Packaging, LLC, a packaging distributor based in East Hartford, Connecticut, founded in 2012. It is SupplyOne's 47th acquisition and strengthens its New England presence.

BASF and Schütz signed an agreement for Schütz to build a highly automated IBC production and storage facility at BASF's Ludwigshafen headquarters. Construction is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2026.

Astara Capital Partners led a continuation vehicle for Garlock Flexibles and the simultaneous merger of C-P Flexible Packaging, combined in October 2025 into a North American flexible packaging maker with 10 plants in the US and Canada. The combined company is headquartered in York, Pennsylvania.

Mondi has completed a three-year €1.2 billion investment programme across corrugated and flexible packaging in Europe. Key assets include a kraft paper machine adding about 210,000 tonnes a year at Štětí, Czech Republic, and box-plant upgrades in Poland.

Van Genechten Packaging invested €10 million in its subsidiary VG Kvadra Pak JSC to expand its folding carton plant in Riga, Latvia, which was officially inaugurated on March 10, 2026.

DS Smith plans upgrades at its Bredasten packaging facility in Värnamo, Sweden, including a 3,000 square metre expansion. Warehouse activities currently in Malmö will move to the expanded site.

DS Smith is investing up to DKK 100 million (about EUR 13.4 million) to upgrade its corrugated packaging facility in Grenaa, Denmark, adding a Göpfert rotary die-cutting line with flexographic printing. The company expects capacity to rise by up to 15 million square metres of corrugated board per year.

Amcor invested in a new production line at its Amcor Flexibles site in Lugo di Vicenza, Italy, adding nearly 7,000 square meters for high-barrier recycle-ready films. The expansion includes a quality control lab and an automated warehouse.

Mondi is expanding its long-term collaboration to supply ProVantage SmartKraft Brown containerboard to Pacapime Hungary, which runs a 42,000 m² corrugated box facility in Mórahalom, Hungary.

Ringmetall SE agreed to acquire Makplast Makine Plastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., an Istanbul-based maker of liners for industrial food and beverage packaging, via a share deal. The purchase price was not disclosed and the company has about 45 employees.

Aggarwal Packers was named winner of an annual rate contract for supply of corrugated boxes to the Vita Milk Plant Ambala of Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation, with a 365-day period of work. The tender was published by the Haryana Board Corporation portal on March 5, 2026.

Pactiv Evergreen announced it will acquire privately held Novolex Holdings for approximately $7.3 billion, paid with $4.85 billion in cash and about $2.45 billion in Pactiv stock. The Reynolds Group-backed deal would create a North American foodservice packaging leader with over $11 billion in combined revenue.

2PointZero Group completed its acquisition of a 60.8% majority stake in ISEM Packaging Group, a European packaging group serving beauty, fashion, luxury and nutraceuticals, for AED 704 million (about EUR 164.7 million). Peninsula Capital and minority investors retain 39.2%.

Edible Garden AG is expanding its Zero-Waste Inspired platform with a ready-to-drink manufacturing hub at its Midwest facility of over 200,000 sq ft. It selected Tetra Pak for planning, installation and integration of proprietary processing and aseptic carton packaging, with an agreement to be executed on March 4, 2026.

DS Smith is investing up to €13.4 million to upgrade its corrugated packaging facility in Grenaa, Denmark, adding a flexographic rotary die-cutting line to expand capacity for automation-ready packaging.