Ball Corporation will supply aluminum cans and lids for Legend of Baikal's 330 ml natural water, moving the Russian brand away from plastic bottles. The cans launched earlier in 2020 in Russia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Taylor Packaging, a North East England packaging firm, has become the UK supplier of Danish manufacturer Nordic Woodfibre's packaging for heavy industrial goods. The distribution partnership was announced on 2020-06-21 with no value given.

Rawson/Industrial Controls, an ERIKS North America company, became the exclusive distributor of Clarke Valve products to oil and gas and other industrial customers in Texas, Oklahoma and the greater Gulf Coast region. The partnership covers Clarke Valve's Shutter Valve technology, which the companies say can cut valve fugitive emissions by 98%.

Wolseley Industrial Group, a division of Ferguson Enterprises, signed an agreement to exclusively distribute Union Tech's metal-seated and rising-stem ball valves throughout the Western US.

Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia signed a Heads of Agreement with Dynapack Asia to develop a bottle-to-bottle grade PET recycling facility in Indonesia, starting with a proof of concept phase. The recycling could cut new plastic resin use by about 25,000 tonnes a year by 2022.

Wolseley Industrial Group, a division of Ferguson Enterprises, signed an agreement to be the exclusive distributor of Union Tech's metal-seated and rising-stem ball valves throughout the Western US.

Chilean PET recycler Typack-Recipet is preparing a strategic alliance with Peruvian packaging company Colca, including a new packaging company for Peru's agricultural sector.

Ring Container Technologies, a plastic container maker and supplier of PET snack containers, has partnered with John B. Sanfilippo & Son on the recyclable SmartCAN PET canister as a replacement for composite snack cans.

JA Moody began offering cryogenic ball valves from Advanced Engineering Valves, a Belgian manufacturer owned by Emerson, to its marine customers as of May 5, 2020.

Barton Valve (Hangzhou) and Saint Hans Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement, becoming strategic partners, according to Barton's company news. The article dates the signing to April 10, 2020.

Shanghai Valve No.2 Factory and Wanhua-Bosu Chemical (BorsodChem) signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering chemical projects in Europe. It is the second overseas agreement between the two sides after a Wanhua US agreement.

Hayward Tyler Ltd and KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering signed a memorandum of understanding on November 22, 2023 to strengthen their presence in the global energy market and work toward a supply partnership.

GF Piping Systems signed a strategic partnership with Oxford Flow Limited, a UK startup, granting an exclusive license for its pressure-regulating valve in the water utility segment. GF will acquire a 23% minority stake in two steps until 2021; financial terms were not disclosed.

Burckhardt Compression is cooperating with GRZ Technologies, an EPFL spin-off in Lausanne, to develop a metal-hydride static hydrogen compressor for refuelling stations and energy storage. The compressors are designed for 200, 350 and 700 bar.

On January 12, 2018, Curtiss-Wright Flow Control acquired a license from Chromatic Industries to use its patented valve technology in the nuclear power generation market.

Berry Global signed a deal to take in bales of recovered PE film, including LLDPE stretch wrap, from Georgia-Pacific Recycling at its Victoria, Texas plant. Berry is installing an extrusion line and repelletizing equipment, with processing expected to start in Q2 2020.

Cook Compression, part of Dover, continues to build its Authorised Service Partner program to provide local repair and reconditioning of reciprocating compressor valves and packing for oil and gas and petrochemical customers worldwide.

Future Neles Corporation, Metso's valve business, signed a distribution agreement with Axel Larsson Maskinaffär AB in Sweden. The agreement was reported on 10 January 2020.

Amcor Flexibles North America partnered with Moda vacuum packaging systems, combining Amcor shrink bag and rollstock film with Moda equipment for meat and cheese producers.

Walki Group signed a license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies to use its Earth Coating plastic reduction technology in packaging applications for the European market. The license covers seven product application verticals.

Mondi Kalenobel developed a recyclable polypropylene mono-material film replacing a multi-material laminate for Unilever's Knorr dry soup powder in Turkey. The packaging has been introduced to the Turkish market for selected Knorr designs.

Evergreen Packaging announced a partnership under which Oatly Frozen switched to its fully renewable Sentinel ice cream board, converted by Stanpac Packaging, with no change to existing converting equipment.

Ontic signed its fifth license agreement with Meggitt, taking over continuing Part 21 new-build manufacturing and Part 145 repair and spares support for military aircraft parts, to be transitioned into its US and UK facilities.

Gefco agreed with Airbus to help it move to a cleaner, more environmentally friendly supply chain by gradually replacing single-use packaging with reusable foldable containers.

Sulapac, a maker of microplastic-free materials, and Quadpack, a cosmetic packaging provider, signed a preferred partnership agreement to supply sustainable cosmetic packaging worldwide. Quadpack will launch the Sulapac Nordic Collection jars in spring 2020.

Germany-based Sauer Compressors and Norwegian manufacturer TMC have entered a strategic partnership to develop compressor solutions for shipping and offshore applications, covering their full compressed air and gas product range.

Danimer Scientific will supply several million pounds of biodegradable resins over a multi-year agreement for Genpak's new GenZero food packaging line. The partnership was announced on November 25, 2019.

L'Occitane extended its partnership with Loop Industries, which will supply 100% of the PET resin for its bottles from a joint facility with Indorama Ventures in South Carolina, letting L'Occitane reach its 100% recycled bottle goal ahead of 2025.

Spanish firm TotalWinePack set up Consorcio TotalWinePack México and signed a strategic alliance with Mexican packaging company Todo de Cartón to manufacture its wine transport boxes in Mexico. The alliance was closed at the end of November 2019.

Linde agreed to form a joint venture with ITM Power to implement large-scale hydrogen electrolysis projects, targeting metals, glass, electronics, refinery, chemical and steel industries. The announcement was made on October 23, 2019.

WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH will become the European blister coating production partner of Royal DSM by the end of 2019, using its new water-based coatings plant in Gerhardshofen, Germany. DSM's SOLUCOTE products will be distributed under WEILBURGER's SENOLITH WB BLISTER COATING line.

Moog and Voith Group are negotiating a joint venture based in Rutesheim, Germany, to expand hydrostatic servo-hydraulics business in industrial markets, pending approvals.

Ekki Pumps and Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology jointly set up a Centre of Excellence for water technology at the college in Pollachi, with a joint investment of Rs 30 lakh.

MAT Holding Group merged OCV Control Valves with Dorot Control Valves in Tulsa, Oklahoma, creating OCV Fluid Solutions, which serves waterworks, fire protection, aviation fueling and mining markets.

Dow and UPM Biofuels announced the commercialization of a packaging plastics offering made from UPM BioVerno renewable naphtha, which Dow will use to produce bio-based polyethylene at its Terneuzen plant in the Netherlands.

Marelli and Shanghai Highly signed a memorandum of intent to form a joint venture operating Marelli's compressor and HVAC business, with a definitive agreement targeted for January 2020.

Premier Tech and Switzerland's Bühler formed a strategic co-operation for industrial flexible packaging solutions and plan to build a design and manufacturing centre in China by 2020.

Silverstream Technologies signed a memorandum of understanding with Hudong-Zhonghua, a CSSC subsidiary, to integrate its air lubrication system into future LNG carrier designs, cutting fuel costs and emissions by 6% to 8%.

Henkel announced a partnership with ALPLA to invest over $130 million enhancing laundry detergent production at its Bowling Green, Kentucky facility, including a new bottle production area. ALPLA will hire 60 employees once construction is complete.

Owens-Illinois signed an agreement in principle with Groupe Bellemare to produce bottles from curbside recycled glass at a new Quebec recycling facility. The deal depends on a Quebec regulation change banning glass in landfills.

Northern Oilfield Services, a North Dakota wellhead and oilfield equipment provider, announced a partnership with PFT Systems, an electrical connector and wellhead parts maker known for its Black Gator product line. The announcement was made on August 5, 2019.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation signed a letter of intent on readiness cooperation and a strategic cooperation agreement for airborne platforms.

Royal Unibrew and Petainer collaborated to develop a lightweight PET bottle with 50% food-grade post-consumer recycled PET for 500ml Pepsi carbonated soft drinks, reducing CO2 emissions at Royal Unibrew's Faxe, Denmark plant.

Hayward Tyler and Shinhoo Pumps signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate globally in the energy and chemical markets, combining Hayward Tyler's European and US footprint with Shinhoo's Chinese presence in canned motor pumps.

Anchor Packaging of St. Louis, Missouri, announced a partnership with private equity firm The Jordan Co. that makes The Jordan Co. an investor in the company to fund growth in consumer package solutions.

Packaging supplier Cepac partnered with UK craft brewer ShinDigger Brewing Co to create sustainable corrugated packaging for its full range of 12-pack beer cans. The new packs replaced a tray and shrinkwrap combination and appeared in shops from late spring 2019.

Cascades, a Canadian packaging and tissue manufacturer, has become an official member of Amazon's Packaging Support and Supplier (APASS) network, offering Amazon packaging testing and certification services from its R&D Centre in Kingsey Falls, Quebec.

Royal Unibrew and Petainer collaborated on a lightweight PET bottle containing 50% food-grade recycled PET for 500ml Pepsi carbonated soft drinks. The bottle is made from Petainer's preform at its Lidkoping, Sweden site, and the bottle design is used at Royal Unibrew's Faxe plant in Denmark.

Valmet and Klabin signed letters of intent for a second kraftliner machine (PM28) and a second cooking and fiberline in Brazil, with final agreements expected and delivery to start in May 2021.

Cook Compression named WoodServ, a Bahrain-headquartered gas compression technology provider, an Authorized Service Partner for compressor valve and packing case repairs in the Middle East and Pakistan. The announcement was made on 25 April 2019.