Berlin Packaging acquired Glass Line, a Savona-based Italian maker of glass and metal packaging for wine and olive oil with about EUR 6 million turnover in 2019. The price was undisclosed.

Halodi Robotics entered a partnership with Altopack to co-develop the Altopack Packaging Robot, a humanoid robot for refilling consumables in packaging machines. Altopack also became a minority shareholder in Halodi Robotics. The robot is expected to be ready for delivery in 2023.

Oliver Inc., a Pfingsten portfolio company, acquired Boutwell, Owens & Co., a folding carton and blister card packaging manufacturer serving several markets. The transaction closed on March 31, 2021 and was announced April 6, 2021. Boutwell continues operating from Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

SK Capital Partners, LP completed its previously announced acquisition of IPACKCHEM Group SAS, a Paris-headquartered supplier of barrier packaging for crop protection and specialty chemicals. The deal value was not disclosed.

Schur Flexibles Group acquired Sidac SpA, a flexible packaging manufacturer based in Forlì near Bologna, to expand its presence in the Italian market. Sidac has about EUR 34 million in annual revenue and 120 employees; the deal value was not stated.

Essel Propack announced a $15 million expansion plan for its facility in Danville, USA.

Premier Packaging Corporation will move into a newly built 105,000 square-foot facility in Wiregrass Business Park, Town of Henrietta, Monroe County, New York, and buy new machinery, creating up to 37 jobs.

Sonoco has closed the sale of its U.S. Display and Packaging business, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., to Hood Container Corporation for $80 million in cash.

Graphic Packaging agreed to acquire AR Packaging Group, Europe's second largest fiber-based consumer packaging producer, from CVC Capital Partners funds for approximately $1.45 billion in cash, announced May 14, 2021.

In April 2021 SCG Packaging started up a new production facility to increase packaging paper capacity at its Indonesian subsidiary Fajar.

SIG will build a new carton packaging production plant in Queretaro, Mexico, investing around 40 million euros over 2021-2023 to serve North American markets. The plant is expected to open in Q1 2023 and create about 200 jobs.

SupplyOne, the largest independent supplier of corrugated packaging in the U.S., has acquired Bell Container Corp., a custom corrugated manufacturer headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The acquisition was announced on April 1, 2021.

Macfarlane Group has acquired Carters Packaging, a protective packaging distributor operating from a 25,000 sq ft facility in Redruth, Cornwall, in a £4.5m deal. The announcement was reported on 2021-04-01.

Mondi Group is providing Spanish clothing retailer Alvaro Moreno with recyclable paper shopping, delivery and gift bags that can replace almost 90 metric tons of plastic per year. The announcement was reported on 2021-04-01.

PACCOR signed a purchase agreement to acquire Miko Pac, the packaging division of Miko N.V., Belgium, strengthening its position in injection molding and expanding into the Asian market via Miko Pac's plant in Indonesia.

Hatzopoulos S.A. is constructing a new warehouse at its Stadiou plant, progressing in 2021, to improve warehouse operations and efficiency.

Controlpack, SL and Soretrac, SA joined forces in 2021, with Soretrac becoming part of the Controlpack group, expanding Controlpack's range of shrink machines and packaging solutions.

Preferred Packaging plans to install a Deacro T610 turret slitter rewinder at its Norcross, Georgia facility this spring to boost film processing efficiency.

Windmoeller & Hoelscher installed and commissioned the first MIRAFLEX II press at Millennium Flexible Packaging in Oakville, Ontario. The 52-inch 8-color press has been operational since November 2020.

A. Hatzopoulos S.A. is installing a new triplex-in-line BOBST CL 850 TD laminator, expected to be fully operational in April 2021. The line is expected to increase annual capacity in high-performance laminates by 90 million sqm.

A. Hatzopoulos S.A. announced a €20 million plan of strategic investments in new facilities, machinery and equipment, to be implemented by the end of 2022. The plan includes a new warehouse at its Stadiou plant.

Hull Boxes & Packaging, an East Yorkshire packaging maker, secured a £110,000 loan jointly funded by Finance For Enterprise and the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. The funds paid for a new die cutter and gluing and stitching machines to raise capacity, and the company created three new jobs.

Smurfit Kappa announced an investment of over €25 million at its Pruszkow plant in central Poland to double output, adding 25 jobs and a 12,000-pallet warehouse. Construction is due to start in July 2021 and finish during 2022.

PACCOR signed a purchase agreement on 30 March 2021 to acquire Miko Pac, the packaging division of Belgian firm Miko N.V. Miko Pac makes plastic packaging at sites in Belgium, Poland and Indonesia, and completion is expected in Q2 2021 pending approval.

SCG Packaging (SCGP) is investing Baht 510 million in a new production line and automated warehouse at Visy Packaging (Thailand), adding about 347 million pieces a year of capacity. The line has started commercial operation and the warehouse is due for completion at the end of 2021.

Packaging manufacturer Thimm Group installed a Corruflex flexo postprint press from Koenig & Bauer at its Sibiu plant in Romania, significantly expanding direct printing capacity on corrugated cardboard for Central and Eastern Europe. The announcement was dated 30 March 2021.

ABX Innovative Packaging Solutions is expanding its green flexible packaging manufacturing in the Town of Macedon, Wayne County, adding six bag lines and creating up to 38 jobs. The renovation is expected to launch in spring 2021 with completion targeted for summer 2022.

Al Bayader International unveiled its expanded plant in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, doubling its food packaging capacity to 18,000 tonnes per annum. The expansion is part of an AED200 million investment, taking total capacity across its UAE and Qatar sites to 31,000 tonnes.

Danimer Scientific announced a partnership with Mars Wrigley to develop flexible and rigid packaging using Nodax PHA, a biodegradable polymer, for Mars Wrigley products.

The Starco Group, a provider of liquid and aerosol products, has acquired US aerosol producer Chase Products Company. Terms were not disclosed.

O-I Glass will invest approximately $75 million to add a fourth furnace at its Zipaquira, Colombia glass plant, adding about 500 million bottles of annual output upon completion by end of 2022.

Bühler and Premier Tech have launched the CHRONOS OML-1060, a fully automated packaging equipment for the grain, food, and feed industries, developed through their joint venture.

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%.