Montebello Packaging announced a $12 million investment in a new production line at its Lebanon plant, marking the site's 25th anniversary. The 160-foot extrusion line is expected to be fully functional by the fourth quarter of 2023.

Mitsubishi Chemical UK began construction of a new production line that will double capacity for its SoarnoL EVOH packaging polymer at Saltend Chemicals Park in Hull, a multi-hundred-million-pound investment. The line is expected to be operational by mid-2025 and create at least 30 direct jobs.

Huhtamaki is investing approximately USD 30 million to expand its Paris, Texas facility, adding folding carton manufacturing capacity and consolidating an external warehouse. Production is expected to ramp up in Q1 2025, with up to 80 jobs planned.

Pernod Ricard Winemakers has started up a high-speed combination can and small-format bottle line at its Rowland Flat site in South Australia, with capacity up to 24,000 cans per hour. The line will produce RTD and small-format wine products.

Kantek (CANTEC) plans to expand its polymer packaging plant in Stavropol's Energiya industrial park with total investment estimated at 3 billion roubles, in seven production lines, with launch not earlier than 2026 and about 6,000 tonnes per year capacity by 2034.

Cardbox Packaging Inc. cut the ribbon on an 11,000-square-foot expansion of its U.S. manufacturing headquarters in Pittston, Pennsylvania, with state officials attending.

STI Group is investing in an additional folding carton production plant at its Rumburk site in the Czech Republic, with a new printing press also going into operation in Hungary. The Rumburk site currently employs 80 people.

Mondi plans to invest more than €16 million ($17.5 million) in its Krapkowice plant in southern Poland to install a new production line for MailerBAG paper bags, doubling bag production capacity this year.

Klabin has started up the PM 28 board machine supplied by Valmet as phase 2 of its Puma II project in Ortigueira, Brazil. The line, with a related fiber line and automation, targets 460,000 tons of coated board annually. The start-up occurred on May 9, 2023 and was reported on June 21, 2023.

La Doria has added a third SIG Safe 12 Food Retort filling line at its Sarno plant in Italy to fill canned food products in SIG SafeBloc carton packs. The article gives no investment amount.

Stora Enso opened a new corrugated packaging factory at its De Lier site in the Netherlands, adding a second factory with two new corrugators. The site is now the largest and most modern corrugated packaging facility in Europe.

Flex Accipto, a UFlex Group subsidiary, signed a $120 million deal with Orascom Industrial Parks to expand its packaging plant on a 150,000 square metre area in Sokhna within the Suez Canal Economic Zone. The signing was witnessed by the SCZONE chairman on 20 June 2023.

PAPACKS opened its Gigafactory 2 in Arnstadt, Thuringia, more than doubling its production area with a completed extension. The company invested almost 30 million euros with state support of around 6 million euros.

Thimm Group has commissioned a CorruCUT rotary die-cutter from Koenig & Bauer at its Wolnzach site in Bavaria, investing about €5.5 million to add at least 30 million square metres of annual capacity.

Rondo Ganahl AG invested 36 million euros in its St. Ruprecht site in Styria, Austria, opening a new corrugated packaging print centre built around a Koenig & Bauer Rapida 164 press.

Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging completed a £4.2 million extension of its Glasgow plant in Kelvindale to add energy-efficient machinery, creating 34 new jobs. The extension was officially opened in June 2023.

Orora Beverage completed construction of an AUD 80 million multi-size can line at its Dandenong, Victoria facility in June 2023, increasing production capacity by around 10 per cent.

Perint, a plastic packaging manufacturer, is building a new 15,000 square meter production and warehouse building on a three-hectare plot in the Sorzha-Staraya industrial zone, Vsevolozhsky district, Leningrad Region. The one billion ruble investment is expected to take about two years and will raise output from 4.5 to 6.5 million units per day.

Hinojosa Packaging is investing about €30m to expand its Xàtiva plant in Spain, adding a 7,500 m2 warehouse in the first phase and a 15,000 m2 building in a second phase. Works are due to finish by September 2024.

Silgan Dispensing announced the expansion of production of its MELODIE fragrance pump to its existing Wuxi facility in China to meet rising demand in the Chinese and Asia-Pacific markets. The announcement is dated May 8, 2023.

Smurfit Kappa has completed a €40 million investment at its Pruszków corrugated plant in Poland, adding a high-tech corrugator and a new warehouse for 12,000 pallets. The expansion makes it the company's largest plant in Poland and adds 50 jobs.

Belgian bottle maker Resilux plans to expand its Bucharest PET preforms factory by about 30% under a EUR 3 million investment, including a new rPET pellets production line, according to sources cited by Profit.ro.

Pleasant Prairie approved site and operational plans for a roughly 50,000-square-foot addition to LMI Packaging's facility. LMI plans to start construction in May 2023 and finish in November, and expects employment to rise to 200 or 300 full-time.

Cullen Packaging plans a £15m expansion at its Glasgow facility, adding production lines and an innovation hub and creating more than 100 jobs. The expansion is due to start within months of the April 2023 announcement.

TPC Printing & Packaging plans a $21 million expansion in East Ridge, Tennessee, adding a 60,000 square foot building connected to its existing plant and more than 90 new jobs. The building is expected to be operational in October 2023.

Mauser has added a new plastics drum line at its Durban plant, enabling production of UN-certified tight-head drums in 210, 232 and 250 litre sizes.

Paragon Films held a groundbreaking in April 2023 for a 70,000-square-foot expansion of its stretch film plant in Taylorsville, North Carolina.

Charter Next Generation plans a 200,000-square-foot specialty film expansion in Milton, Wisconsin, as part of a broader $270 million investment in Wisconsin.

Glasgow-based Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging announced plans to increase production to one billion plastic-free moulded fibre and corrugated packaging units per year, building its own patented machines and tooling amid rising demand.

Germany's Multivac is investing 6 million euros to expand its plant in Bulgaria, according to SeeNews. The article does not specify the exact location or the new capacity.

Crown Beverage Packaging is starting up a new module at its Mankato aluminum can plant that should increase end-making capacity by 65%. The plant supplies customers including Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Schell's Beer.

SCA's world's largest kraftliner machine entered service at its Obbola plant in Västerbotten, Sweden, as part of a SEK 7.5 billion expansion, with capacity rising from 450,000 to 725,000 tonnes a year. The machine was built by Voith.

Eviosys launched a three-piece rectangular can manufacturing line for luncheon meat packaging in Karacabey, Türkiye, backed by an investment of EUR 1.5 million.

Smurfit Kappa officially opened its expanded Pruszków plant in Poland on March 16, 2023, after a EUR 40 million investment that doubled production capacity and added a 12,000-pallet warehouse.

DS Smith is investing €34 million to modernise and expand its corrugated board plant in Arenshausen, Thuringia, with groundbreaking held for the works. The investment is part of about €120 million spent across three German sites and is expected to create new jobs.

Canpack is starting up new final production lines at its Brzesko plant in Poland, which will lift can capacity to over 12 billion a year, with full operation expected by end of November.

Klabin concluded the first stage of a 188-million-Reais ($35.7 million) investment at its Horizonte packaging unit in Ceará state, Brazil, installing a new corrugator that raises capacity to 100,000 tonnes of corrugated board per year from 20,000 tonnes.

Canned beverage maker DrinkPAK is adding a third production line capable of 2,200 cans per minute at its campus on Needham Ranch Parkway in Santa Clarita Valley, California. The expansion will require up to 80 new hires by April 2023.

DS Smith will invest almost EUR 120 million in expanding and modernising its plants in Nördlingen, Arenshausen and Arnstadt, including a new corrugator at Nördlingen, creating about 100 new jobs.

Danone North America will invest up to $65 million over two years at its Jacksonville facility to add a new bottle production line. The expansion will create 40 new jobs at the plant, which employs 110 people.

Huhtamaki completed a €20 million expansion of its Nules, Spain packaging site in November 2022, doubling its capacity and expected to create about 130 new jobs.

Tetra Pak announced an expansion of its plant in Corregidora, Querétaro, with an investment of 500 million Mexican pesos.

Cullen Packaging has announced a £15m expansion plan that will create 120 new green jobs across its business, growing its moulded fibre and corrugate operations. The article is dated 7 February 2023.

Georgia-Pacific is investing $30 million to modernize its corrugated plant in Owosso, Michigan, with a new corrugator, converter and other equipment that adds double wall capability. Installation has begun and first production is expected by the end of February 2023.

Impresora del Yaque / Elopak Caribe inaugurated an expansion of its production plant in Santiago, Dominican Republic, adding new investments of US$4.5 million to increase production capacity for the agro-industrial sector and exports.

LAMACOM group inaugurated an extension of its Lamacom plant at Ain Sebaa, Casablanca, creating the Lamatech Packaging Solutions business unit for injection-moulded IML plastic packaging. The investment is 75.6 million MAD and is expected to create 105 jobs.

Ball Corporation announced a R$100 million investment to increase production capacity at its aluminum can plant in the Suape industrial complex, Pernambuco, Brazil, backed by 85% state tax incentives. The announcement was made on February 2, 2023.

Trivium Packaging is finalizing a decision on two new lines at its Youngstown plant, which would add 93 jobs. Ohio approved an estimated $725,000 tax credit for the project, which competes with New York and Virginia; the company expects to decide by March 31.

Trivium Packaging is investing $51 million in two new aluminum monobloc production lines at its Youngstown site, adding 93 jobs to meet demand in aerosol and beverage markets.

Verallia is building a second furnace at its Campo Bom glass container plant in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, at a total investment of €80 million. Construction is expected to start in March 2023 and take about eight months.