WestRock is partnering with Heinz UK to use its Cluster-Wing paperboard multipack, removing 550 tons of plastic packaging, backed by a three-year £25 million automation investment at Heinz's Kitt Green factory.

Arlo + Coop is investing $1.5 million in two Zünd D3 2XL-3200 cutting lines with robots for automated short-run packaging cutting, and expanding its factory by 30,000 sq ft.

CANPACK is building its first US manufacturing plant, a 1.2-million square foot aluminum can facility on a former brownfield site in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, reaching its topping-out stage with over 400 jobs expected within two years.

Acme Corrugated Box has broken ground on an expansion adding 80,000 square feet and a new 110-inch corrugator, targeting a 50% capacity increase, with completion expected in Q1 2022.

L-GAM has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Vinventions, a world leader in wine closure solutions, from Bespoke Capital Partners and Noël Group.

GOEBEL IMS completed installation of a MONOSLIT GIANT slitter rewinder at Yongguan Group's new industrial site for eco-friendly adhesive BOPP film tape, part of a €125 million investment plan with four production lines.

Ardagh Group agreed to buy Anheuser-Busch's Longhorn Glass manufacturing facility in Houston, which supplies bottles to A-B's Houston brewery, with a long-term supply agreement and planned furnace modernisation. Parcrest Advisors acted as exclusive advisor to the seller.

SK global chemical will form a joint venture with Satellite Petrochemical to build a 40,000-ton-per-year ethylene acrylic acid plant in Lianyungang, China, with a total investment of 200 billion won ($175 million).

Leclerc Foods invested in two state-of-the-art bar packaging systems from Syntegon Technology for its sites in Canada and the United States as part of its expansion and modernization plans.

Loews Corporation has agreed to sell a 47 percent stake in Altium Packaging to GIC, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund.

Loews Corporation signed a definitive agreement to sell a 47% interest in Altium Packaging, a North American rigid plastic packaging and recycled resin company, to Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, with closing expected within 30 days.

Mondi and Tesco Central Europe launched a partnership in which Mondi buys Tesco's warehouse corrugated waste to produce EcoVantage recycled paper for Tesco shopping bags, made at Mondi's mill in the Czech Republic.

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering, a UK-based canmaking equipment specialist, expanded its production capacity with a new 150,000 square foot facility in Leeds, Yorkshire.

Scholle IPN, a global supplier of flexible packaging solutions, has completed the purchase of Bossar, a supplier of flexible horizontal form-fill-seal packaging equipment. The acquisition combines the capabilities of both companies to provide integrated sustainable packaging solutions.

Crown Embalagens announced an R$300 million investment to install a second aluminum can production line at its Rio Verde unit in Goias, Brazil, expected to create 50 direct jobs by the end of 2021 and double annual output to two billion cans.

Jabil is investing $25 million in its subsidiary Ecologic's Manteca, California location to expand paper bottle and pulp molding production, adding new equipment and automation for North American and European markets.

H.S. Crocker invested in a Fusion C flexographic printing press from Paper Converting Machine Co. (PCMC) for its Huntley, Illinois location. The 42-inch, 10-color press with two additional downstream print stations will be installed later in 2021.

Smurfit Kappa has approved a €40 million investment to expand capacity at its Mold plant in North Wales, making it the largest box factory in the UK. The investment includes equipment expected to cut CO2 emissions per tonne by 15%.

永创智能 (Yongchuang Intelligent) signed an agreement to acquire 74.63% of 浙江龙文精密设备 (Zhejiang Longwen Precision Equipment) for RMB 96.7 million, expanding its food and beverage packaging machinery product range.

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) sold a 42-inch, 10-color Fusion C flexographic printing press to H.S. Crocker for its Huntley, Illinois location. The press will be delivered later in 2021.

TricorBraun has acquired Quebec-based rigid packaging distributor RODA Packaging, and will also acquire Rada Industries. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Inhance Technologies has expanded its St. Louis facility to 75,000 square feet, more than double its previous size, doubling manufacturing capacity and increasing headcount to about 40. The company also moved to a new global headquarters in northwest Houston.

Altonaer Wellpappenfabrik in Tornesch near Hamburg will replace its finished goods palletizing system in spring 2021 and add a fully automated 4-color inline folding box machine in the second half of 2021. The company says it is investing over 10 million euros in quality and productivity across 2020/21.

PF Concept International Coöperatief U.A, part of Polyconcept, completed the acquisition of UK-based print-on-demand company T Shirt & Sons Ltd. on March 2, 2021.

Smurfit Kappa announced a multi-million pound investment in its Tannochside plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, to improve print and conversion equipment for solid board and corrugated divisions.

Mercian Labels acquired a portion of the business of label technology firm Computype Europe, reported on March 5, 2021.

Belvac Production Machinery will invest over $3 million and add up to 50 new jobs in Bedford County, Virginia, by leasing a 40,000-square-foot shell building in Forest. The company produces can-making equipment and plans to start operations by mid-summer 2021.

Coveris acquired specialty bag manufacturer Initial Packaging, reported on March 4, 2021.

Berlin Packaging announced the acquisition of Roma International PLC, a supplier of bottles, jars and closures for high-end cosmetics and personal care products. It is Berlin Packaging's twelfth acquisition in Europe since 2016.

Italian luxury packaging company Pusterla 1880 announced the acquisition of Leicester-based Pollard Boxes, the largest rigid box producer in the UK. The deal expands Pusterla's design, development and production resources in the UK market.

Ares Management's Private Equity Group funds and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board completed the acquisition of a majority interest in packaging distributor TricorBraun, from former majority owner AEA Investors, which retains a significant stake.

Moroccan seafood canner Unimer Group selected Trivium to supply aluminium club cans for its Titus sardine and anchovy brand, produced at Trivium's plant in Pontevedra, Spain, for export to France and Belgium.

UI Investissement has entered exclusive negotiations to sell packaging maker Gault & Fremont, based in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, France, to the listed packaging group Guillin.

Nanxiong Jinye Packaging Materials won the 2021-2023 tender for shaped cigarette packaging bags from the Zhangjiajie branch of the Hunan Tobacco Company, at a winning bid of 433,500 yuan. The award notice is dated March 3, 2021.

JBT Corporation, a NYSE-listed food and beverage technology provider, acquired AutoCoding Systems, a UK-based software company for end-of-line packaging devices, for $17 million. AutoCoding generates about $7 million in annual revenue.

US paper manufacturer Neenah signed a definitive agreement to acquire Global Release Liners, the parent of Spanish release liner maker ITASA, for a cash consideration of EUR 205 million ($247 million), with closing expected the following month.

Groupe Guillin has entered exclusive negotiations with UI Investissement to acquire Groupe Gault & Fremont, a French and Belgian maker of paper bags, cardboard boxes and baking paper with 270 employees across four sites. The announcement is dated March 2, 2021.

ROVEMA GmbH acquired inno-tech Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH (Reiskirchen) and, via its subsidiary ROVEMA Benelux, Prins Verpakkingstechniek B.V. and Prins Engineering B.V. (Veenendaal). The deals add stainless steel packaging machines and Benelux distribution capabilities.

Constantia Copenhagen opened a new fully automated 6,000 square metre production site in Ishøj, Denmark, at the end of March 2021, with over EUR 8 million invested and capacity tripled.

Richmond-based folding carton maker Dominion Packaging has leased 144,606 square feet in the second phase of Becknell Industrial's Airport Logistics Center near Richmond International Airport, Virginia, in March 2021.

Macfarlane Group agreed to acquire protective packaging maker GWP Group in a £15 million deal, reported on March 1, 2021.

Green Bay Packaging CEO Will Kress described plans for a new state-of-the-art paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to replace the original 1940s mill. The project has cost over $500 million and is the largest single development project in Brown County history.

Polish beverage producer Krynica Vitamin signed a five-year contract to produce tonic-type beverages and provide glass bottle packaging services for Schweppes International Limited, valued at about PLN 10.7 million.

Verallia will invest €60 million in its Jacutinga plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil, adding a new furnace that more than doubles glass packaging production capacity. The announcement was dated 1 March 2021.

Latour Capital acquired a majority stake in Omni-Pac Group, an ecological moulded fibre packaging maker with over 600 employees at sites in the UK, France and Germany, from Motion Equity Partners, with management reinvesting.

SIG completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% of its Middle East and Africa joint venture, SIG Combibloc Obeikan, from Obeikan Investment Group. The business is fully consolidated from end-February 2021.

International Paper acquired the Molded Fiber division of Berkley International, Berkley MF LLC, which operates a molded fiber plant near Reno, Nevada. The purchase price was undisclosed.

Folding carton maker Malnove is spending $7.4 million to upgrade a production line and grow capacity at its Jacksonville plant, creating 10 new advanced manufacturing jobs and retaining 182.

Arihant Technopack, a flexible packaging converter in Sonipat, Haryana, has installed a Bobst Nova RS 5003 rotogravure press to increase its gravure printing capacity.

The Competition Commission of India approved PGP Glass Private Limited's acquisition of Piramal Glass Private Limited's glass packaging and decoration business, along with shares in certain subsidiaries and Vivid Glass Trading FZCO and Unzapak Private Limited business divisions.