Damm is investing an additional 25 million euros to launch a new can packaging line at its El Prat de Llobregat brewery, creating 50 jobs during 2022. The line will package cans for all of the company's brands, with launch planned for May 2022.

Gerresheimer has commissioned a new plastic container and closure plant and a new glass melting furnace at its Kosamba site in India, adding production capacity for pharmaceutical primary packaging.

Johnson County Council approved two tax abatements for a $15 million expansion of Sonoco Flexible Packaging's facility north of Edinburgh, Indiana. The announcement is dated 13 May 2022.

SCG Packaging (SCGP) will add 75,000 tons per year of corrugated carton and sheet board capacity through Thai Containers Group, its 70:30 joint venture with Rengo, at existing sites in Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon. The THB 2,450 million project is expected to start commercial production in mid-2023.

Huhtamaki North America plans to expand its Hammond, Indiana facility with nearly $100 million of capital investment to add molded fiber capacity. The project adds about 250,000 square feet and about 100 jobs, with construction starting in summer 2022.

Orora Beverage is investing $85 million to add a multi-size can line at its Revesby, New South Wales site. The line is expected to come online in 2025 and add about 10 per cent to can body capacity.

Welch Packaging, based in Elkhart, Indiana, bought a 98-inch Fosber corrugator for a new operation at 4200 Industrial Blvd in Indianapolis, expected to add at least 50 jobs.

Amcor announced a multi-million-dollar investment to add thermoforming capabilities for medical packaging at its Sligo, Ireland healthcare packaging facility, including Class 7 cleanroom manufacturing and a design studio.

Orora announced an approximately AUD 85 million capacity expansion adding a multi-size can line at its Revesby, New South Wales site, expected to come online in 2025.

Tetra Pak is expanding its Querétaro plant with a new cutting line and laminating capacity, raising output from 11.3 to 12.8 billion packages; operations start in 2024. Reported investment is 500 million pesos (article body cites 50 million).

Crown Holdings will build a new high-speed aluminum can line at its Agoncillo, Spain beverage can facility, with commercial production expected in Q1 2023 to serve growing demand in Northern Spain.

Saica plans a second phase at its Hamilton, Ohio plant, adding two converting machines including a 4-colour Bobst flexo folder-gluer and a 2-colour Bobst rotary die-cutter. Civil works are to start in coming months, with both machines running in the second half of 2023.

Summit Packaging Systems broke ground on a 77,000-square-foot facility expansion in Racine, Wisconsin, a $20 million project expected to create about 145 jobs and to be completed within 12 months.

Papresa completed the rebuild of paper machine PM5 at its Errenteria mill in Spain, which produced its first jumbo roll of recycled containerboard on 29 March 2022. The machine's capacity rises to 205,000 tpy of testliner and fluting from 135,000 tpy of newsprint.

Cartró opened its second corrugated line in Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico, with an investment of over 600 million pesos. The company says the line doubles its production capacity and creates more than 720 direct and indirect jobs.

Schumacher Packaging is expanding its Greven plant in the Airportpark FMO by about 14,000 square metres, investing around EUR 70 million and creating 200 jobs in 2021/2022. Annual corrugated board capacity at the site rises to 600 million square metres.

Teqal moved into a new 4,000 sqm factory at Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal, after its 2021 expansion funded by a R50m IDC financing facility, adding energy-efficient servo-driven equipment capable of up to 40 million jars per year.

Huhtamaki is switching its Alf, Germany site from plastics to smooth molded fiber packaging, adding capacity of up to 3.5 billion fiber products a year. The unit plans to replace more than 2,000 tons of plastic with fiber in 2022.

WestRock held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a $47 million expansion of its Claremont plant, adding 285,000 square feet to grow production of food, food service and beverage packaging, with 50 new jobs expected by end of 2023.

Mondi will invest €95 million at its Świecie containerboard mill in Poland to expand production and enhance product quality. The project includes rebuilds of PM2 and PM5, pulp mill upgrades, a recycled fiber line and energy recovery.

Klabin announced on 2022-03-18 an R$188 million investment to expand its corrugated paper packaging plant in Horizonte, in the Fortaleza metropolitan region. Capacity will rise from 20,000 to 100,000 tons per year and about 200 jobs will be created by 2023.

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions granted O-I Canada Corp. a repayable C$3.5 million contribution to modernize its Montréal glass container plant. The project adds digital production equipment to increase recycled glass use and diverts up to 75,000 tonnes a year from landfill.

Darnel Inc. will invest about $16 million over five years to expand its Monroe, North Carolina plant, including a 60,000-square-foot warehouse and new production equipment, and create about 20 jobs. Union County and the City of Monroe approved incentive grants of up to $352,000 and $320,000.

Trivium Packaging will invest close to $40 million to add aluminum aerosol can and bottle capacity at its Youngstown, Ohio plant and its Itupeva, Brazil plant, announced 10 March 2022.

Stevanato Group's subsidiary OMPI of America agreed with BARDA, a US government agency, to receive up to about $95 million to expand planned vial manufacturing capacity in Fishers, Indiana. The aim is to strengthen US national defense and public health readiness.

Multivac has started a production hall extension of about 5,000 square metres at its Bozhurishte, Bulgaria site, costing around €5 million, with completion planned for fall 2022.

Coveris has installed a five-layer coextrusion extruder at its Montfaucon plant in France to increase capacity for shrink and stretch hoods with recycled content. The equipment was recently acquired and the site was redesigned to accommodate it.

Smurfit Kappa announced an expansion of its Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas plant with installation of a first corrugator in the state, creating 50 jobs. The article gives the investment as 26.3 million dollars in the body but 23.6 million in the headline.

Wilkins Group has started work on a multimillion-pound, 50,000 sq ft extension of its Nottinghamshire headquarters to increase food packaging production capacity. The firm expects turnover to rise 20 per cent and says the extension could eventually create significant new jobs.

Bericap SC LLC plans to add several production lines to its Cowpens, South Carolina plant by June 2026 with a $19.7 million investment. The expansion targets North American demand in water, dairy, soft drink and sports beverage markets.

Damm has invested 25 million euros to expand its El Prat de Llobregat factory with an auxiliary building, a can packaging line and tank loading systems. The factory intends to create 50 new jobs during 2022, and the line starts in May.

Ball launched a new production line at its Naro-Fominsk plant in the Moscow Region that can make more than 4,000 can lids per minute. The investment exceeds 1.5 billion rubles, creates about 40 jobs, and is expected to add 1.85 billion lids a year by the end of 2022.

Trivium Packaging is investing $40 million to install new aluminum impact-extruded can and bottle lines at its Youngstown, Ohio and Itupeva, Brazil plants. The added capacity is expected in 2023 to meet demand from aerosol and beverage customers.

Stora Enso is investing EUR 8 million with new machinery at its Hylte, Sweden site to double formed fiber capacity from 50 to about 115 million units annually. The company will also recruit more than ten employees for formed fiber production.

Bison Bag Company will add 45,000 square feet to its facility in the Town of Lockport, Niagara County, New York, in a $4 million expansion expected to be completed this fall, with up to 10 new jobs committed.

Crown Holdings announced it will add a new food can production line at its Owatonna, Minnesota plant, adding about 40 jobs. Operations are expected to start in Q3 2022.

Samuel Packaging Systems Group announced on January 26, 2022 an $11.5 million expansion of its 203,300-square-foot production facility in Fort Mill, adding 20 jobs.

Klöckner Pentaplast announced it will add an extrusion line and two thermoformers for 15,000 metric tonnes of new rPET/PET capacity in North America. The site is still to be determined and the expansion is targeted to be fully operational in Q1 2024.

Smurfit Kappa announced an investment of over USD 33 million to expand its Fortaleza plant in Ceará, Brazil, adding a new corrugator, high-end printers and an innovation centre. The announcement was made on 18 January 2022.

Smurfit Kappa plans to invest 300 million dollars to expand its infrastructure and production in the State of Mexico over the coming years, creating more than 1,200 jobs. The announcement was made in January 2022 by Governor Alfredo Del Mazo Maza.

Tetra Pak is investing R500 million to upgrade and increase production capacity at its packaging material factory in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The multi-year upgrade starts in the first quarter of 2022 and will raise local packaging content to 80%.

Stora Enso will invest 23 million euros in its Varkaus packaging board mill in Finland, which will increase the mill's capacity.

WestRock will invest more than $47 million to expand its Claremont manufacturing facility in Catawba County, North Carolina, adding a 285,000 sq ft building and 50 new jobs, supported by a $125,000 One NC Fund grant.

Teqal, a maker of injection-moulded rigid plastic packaging, moved into a new 4,000 m² factory and warehouse in Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal, after IDC awarded it a R50m financing facility.

Smurfit Kappa is expanding its Mold Business Park plant in Flintshire with a 14,500 sq m extension, part of a EUR 40 million investment, to become the largest integrated corrugated plant in the UK. Caddick Construction was awarded the build, due for completion in summer 2022.

Graham Packaging is adding a new production line at its Altavista facility to make a new product for an existing customer. The line adds 42.6 million units per year and creates 12 jobs. It was announced November 19, 2021.

Owens-Illinois plans to invest US$120 million to add three new lines at its Lurín plant near Lima, raising capacity by 25%. The project also moves the Bellavista factory to the southern Lima site, with first production expected from June 2023.

PAPACKS has started construction of its PAPACKS GIGAFACTORY 2, a molded fiber parts plant next to GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt, Thuringia, investing over 13 million euros. Annual capacity at the site will double to over 360 million molded parts from 2022.

Direct Pack is expanding its existing Rockingham, North Carolina facility as part of its North American manufacturing growth. The expansion is linked to the integration of its vertical operations.

Schumacher Packaging has engaged Voith to expand paper machine 2 at its Myszków plant in Poland. From mid-2023 the machine will run at a doubled capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year of lightweight recycled corrugated case material.