Toppan is building a new factory in the Czech Republic for retort food packaging film, investing about 14 billion yen, with production of recyclable resin film packaging planned from the end of 2024.

Sonoco Metal Packaging EMEA is opening a new plant in Thailand to produce 85-gram drawn aluminium cans for the local market, its first investment in Asia. The announcement was made on 16 March 2023.

Mauser Packaging Solutions opened a new manufacturing facility in the Haiyan Economic Development Zone near Shanghai, producing 230L and 250L plastic industrial drums, including recycled-resin models.

Canadian packaging maker Sterling Packaging, backed by Druid Capital, is investing $6 million in a new 60,000 sq.ft building at Monroeville Industrial Park in Alabama, creating up to 55 jobs. The announcement was made on March 5, 2023.

SIG will build its first aseptic carton plant in India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, investing about EUR 60 million (US$63.87 million) over 2023-2025 with up to four billion packs per year capacity and around 300 jobs in phase one.

Terinex Flexibles, part of the OGM Group, has started building a £8 million, 46,000 sq ft factory on a 3-acre site in Dove Valley Park near Derby. The OGM Holdings Group is funding the project, which will also move R&D from Oxford.

Soenen Golfkarton's new corrugated cardboard factory in Lanklaar, Limburg started production on 1 March 2023 with a building of 132,500 m2. The site is one of the most modern in Europe and is expected to at least double the company's capacity.

Deles Polska, the Polish subsidiary of Italy's Deles group, formally inaugurated a 7,000 m2 corrugated packaging plant in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Western Poland. The plant employs more than 100 staff and headcount is planned to double within three years.

Axium Packaging will invest $32 million to build a 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Archdale, Randolph County, North Carolina, creating 118 jobs. Operations are expected to begin in 2024.

SIG will build its first aseptic carton plant in India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with about EUR 60 million invested over 2023-2025. The plant is designed for up to 4 billion packs per year and is expected to create around 300 jobs in phase one.

SFT Group plans a new corrugated packaging plant in an industrial park in Takhtamukaysky district, Adygea, with capacity up to 200 million m² per year and investment up to 4 billion rubles.

SIG is developing its first aseptic carton plant in India at Horizons Industrial Park Bhayala, Gujarat, with an estimated investment of Rs 8.8 billion ($105 million). Announced in February 2023, construction began in September 2023 and operations are expected in 2025.

German packaging maker Papier-Mettler acquired an industrial building in Moorefield, West Virginia, and plans to invest $48 million there, creating up to 100 jobs in its first US production plant.

Atlanta-based Graphic Packaging International announced it will invest $1 billion over three years in a new fiber-based consumer packaging facility in Waco, Texas. It is described as Waco's largest-ever capital investment.

The Robinette Company, a film and paper packaging manufacturer, will invest $10.3 million to construct a new 100,000-square-foot facility in Piney Flats, Tennessee, creating 70 new production jobs. The announcement was made with Governor Bill Lee and state economic development officials.

Hotpack Global, a UAE-based disposable food packaging maker, launched a paper packaging plant in Doha's New Industrial Area. The first phase makes folding and corrugated cartons, with paper bags and cups planned in later phases.

Süper Film Ambalaj is investing €100 million, including working capital, in a new packaging plant in the Lüleburgaz OSB, Turkey. The plant will start with 60,000-tonne capacity, raising total capacity to 185,000 tonnes, and will employ 150 additional people.

Glassica LLC plans to start building a second glass container plant in the Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park in March 2023, to be completed in 14 months. Its investment is 60 million manat, and the first plant has produced about 3 million containers, with 250,000 exported to Romania and Moldova.

Smurfit Kappa has invested $23 million in a corrugated cardboard plant in the Oradel industrial park in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The facility is due to open the following week, and is expected to create direct and indirect jobs.

Stupinsky Gofrokombinat plans a new corrugated board production facility in Stupino, Moscow Oblast, with investment above 3.2 billion rubles, more than 400 jobs and planned capacity of 200 million square metres per year, with commissioning scheduled for 2026.

Graphic Packaging International is moving its Bristol, UK beverage packaging operations to a new 255,000-square-foot factory nearby, creating up to 30 new jobs. The site is expected to be fully operational in Q4 2023.

Engineered Foam Packaging, a J.B. Poindexter subsidiary, plans to establish a 117,000-square-foot facility in Bishopville, Lee County, investing $15 million and creating 53 jobs. Operations are expected online by August 2023.

Progroup has started production at its PW14 corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Stryków, Poland, which can produce up to 200,000 tonnes of corrugated sheetboard. The EUR 72 million project created 50 jobs.

EFP, a J. B. Poindexter subsidiary, has opened its first South Carolina plant in Bishopville, Lee County, a 117,000 sq ft facility for custom protective packaging and cold chain solutions. The $15 million investment was first announced in January 2023 and the company has hired 30 employees toward a planned 50.

Saica Pack opened a new flagship corrugated packaging facility in Livingston, Scotland during 2023, with a total investment of over £50 million. The project began in 2020 and was delayed by COVID.

Mondi has started production at a €16 million greenfield paper bag plant in Tangier, Morocco, capable of 100 million bags per year, bringing its West Africa paper bag capacity above 500 million bags annually.

Nelipak Healthcare Packaging will initially invest at least $11.8 million to establish a flexible healthcare packaging production site in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, creating at least 36 jobs.

TCP Group and Crown Holdings formed a joint venture, Crown TCP, investing 1,500 million baht in an aluminum can factory in Nong Khae Industrial Estate, Saraburi Province. The plant will produce over 820 million cans per year for Red Bull exports.

Gatner Packaging, formerly Janmar Centrum, is close to commissioning its corrugated packaging plant in Stryków, Poland, and will start production in December 2022.

Axium Packaging is investing $45 million to construct a new facility called Vertix in New Albany, Ohio, which will also house a new product line for recycled plastic packaging.

Russian group Arnest, the new owner of former Ball Corporation assets, will resume building an aluminium beverage can plant in the Zavolzhye industrial zone of Ulyanovsk Oblast. Total investment will exceed 10 billion rubles, with completion planned by end of 2023 and up to 200 jobs.

Crown Bevcan is building a 625,000 square foot aluminium beverage can factory on the former Mars Petcare site in Woodston, Peterborough, with more than £150 million invested. The factory is expected to be operational by the end of 2023 and will create 280 vacancies.

Saica Group has begun operations at a new plant in Hamilton, Ohio, producing corrugated board and packaging. It is the company's first manufacturing site in the US and its tenth country of operation.

Sonoco plans a new protective packaging facility in Bursa, Turkey, to produce Sonopost cornerposts, with production expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2022. It is the company's second Sonopost plant in Europe after one in Sochaczew, Poland.

L-PACK Kashira LLC plans to build a factory worth 2 billion rubles in Kashira, Moscow Region, to make corrugated cardboard and secondary corrugated packaging for milk and juices, with commissioning scheduled for 2024.

Amcor, an Australia-based packaging company, opened a flexible packaging manufacturing plant in Huizhou, China, in December 2022, built with an investment of about $100 million and expected to employ more than 550 people.

British Euro Packaging Group (EP Group) reportedly will invest nearly €47 million in a new plant at the Port of Marseille Fos, France, to produce paper bags and packaging.

Sheen Legend Packaging received a C$2.5 million investment through the Jobs and Growth Fund for a new Cobourg, Ontario facility producing biodegradable plant-based packaging materials. The project will raise production capacity by 50%.

Vetropack is investing over CHF 400 million in a new high-tech glass plant in Boffalora sopra Ticino near Milan, replacing its Trezzano sul Naviglio site. Production is expected to start in the second quarter of 2023 with about 70 per cent more capacity.

Megaplast inaugurated a new flexible packaging production plant in Thebes on 18 November 2022. The 72,000 m2 site has 9,100 m2 of covered space and is expected to employ 70 people, with five production lines planned at full build-out.

Brazil's Packem and India's Umasree Texplast are partnering on a new plant near Ahmedabad that will make 100% sustainable rPET FIBC/jumbo bags and is expected to create about 700 jobs.

Logson Group will build a new sheet feeding facility for Board24 at the Euro-Central business park in Motherwell, Scotland, with a new BHS Corrugated line and material handling system. Completion is expected in December 2023.

Flex Américas opened a BoPET film recycling plant at its Altamira industrial complex in Tamaulipas, Mexico, with state government officials present. The project was completed a few weeks before the November 3, 2022 ceremony.

Visy plans a new A$150 million corrugated box factory at Hemmant in Queensland to support the state's agricultural sector. The plan was announced on November 3, 2022.

Kruger Packaging completed construction of its $114 million automated corrugated packaging plant in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, which is starting up and is expected to create nearly 150 jobs.

Visy plans a glass packaging facility at its Yatala site in Queensland, Australia, able to produce up to 1 billion glass bottles and jars a year with 70% recycled content. The value is stated as $500m, with currency inferred as AUD.

Kamakshi Südpack inaugurated a flexible packaging manufacturing plant at Bavla near Ahmedabad, India, with a Rs 200 crore investment and 24,000 MTPA installed capacity. The plant is expected to be fully operational by January 2023.

Mold-Tek Packaging plans a co-located plant in Panipat to serve Birla Paints, estimated at Rs30 crore and due operational by end-2023, with IML container production planned for northern India.

Canpack will invest R$710 million to build an aluminum can plant in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, with capacity of 1.3 billion units per year. Construction is expected to start at the end of 2022 and finish by Q1 2024.

Pratt Industries opened a new advanced corrugated box manufacturing plant in Park City, Kansas, a $200 million investment creating 58 new jobs in Sedgwick County, with about 300 full-time jobs cited for the facility.