McKinley Paper will receive a $5 million state Local Economic Development Act grant to build a new boiler, water systems and wastewater treatment in McKinley County, New Mexico, retaining at least 125 jobs after its power supply closed.

Ribble Packaging completed a £3.5 million investment project, including a warehouse extension and new machinery such as the Unifold fanfold stacker, which raises its double-wall line speed from 170 to 220 metres per minute.

Churchill Asset Management acted as administrative agent for a $48 million senior secured credit facility supporting GenNx360's acquisition of B2B Industrial and the assets of AMW Packaging Supply. The announcement was dated 2020-10-09.

DBC Plastics of Durban installed a five-layer Reifenhäuser blown film extrusion line to replace an older monolayer system. The line allows thinner film and better print quality for its flexible packaging output.

Eaton announced the modernization of its first plant outside the United States, in São José dos Campos, Brazil, which produces combustion engine valves. The upgrade adds new technologies and Industry 4.0 automation, with improvements scheduled through 2022.

Crediton Dairy became the first UK company to install an Elopak Pure-Pak Aseptic filling line, investing GBP 3 million in the line and GBP 4 million in a new filling hall, with products launched in summer 2020.

Hydro-Quebec will invest over CAN$25 million in 2020 to grow Dana TM4 and its electric powertrain business, with new operations in the UK, India and the US and 100 new jobs in Boucherville, Quebec.

AWP is investing 5.5 million in modernizing production at its Prenzlau site, with work running until 2026 and aimed at expanding capacity.

Cyprium Partners, a private equity firm, made a growth investment in Unix Packaging and Western Group Packaging, a contract beverage manufacturer. Intrepid acted as exclusive financial advisor on the deal, announced August 17, 2020.

Palladin Consumer Retail Partners announced an investment in Decowraps, a Miami-based floral packaging company with facilities in Colombia, the Netherlands, Ecuador, Kenya and China, to fund growth and acquisitions. No amount was disclosed.

Coca-Cola European Partners invested EUR 2.6 million in its Barcelona plant, with WestRock supplying CanCollar Fortuna equipment, to replace plastic multipack rings with paperboard. The solution launches in the Balearic Islands in November 2020.

Altium Packaging is entering the next phase of a $10 million investment in PET capacity and capabilities, expanding its PET bottle production from 2 ounces to 5 gallons and its preform catalog. The announcement was made in Atlanta on August 5, 2020.

The Government of Canada through FedDev Ontario announced C$7.8 million to help three York Region manufacturers, including Vision Profile Extrusions in Woodbridge, scale up and create 116 skilled jobs in Ontario.

Puglia regional government approved Nuovo Pignone srl to present a definitive project for an investment of about €19.26 million at its Bari plant, with a regional grant of €6.74 million and four new jobs.

New owner RIDG Holding is investing more than CZK 250 million (about EUR 10 million) in Slovenian paper mill Vipap Videm Krško to produce food packaging paper and upgrade technology.

PaperWorks is investing $25 million in new state-of-the-art equipment to enhance its North American production capacity and innovation capabilities.

PaperWorks upgraded its high-quality packaging production with a new Komori Lithrone GX40 press supplied by Komori America.

Atlas Copco will invest EUR 15 million per year to turn its Wilrijk, Flanders compressor factory, its largest site with 2,900 employees, into a smart factory. An additional EUR 10 million, including EUR 2 million from the Flanders government, will fund staff training.

Bryce Corporation's packaging division will invest $10 million to expand capacity and technical capabilities, creating 20 new jobs: 12 in Memphis, Tennessee and eight in Searcy, Arkansas.

August Faller GmbH & Co. KG plans to invest EUR 30 million in a new headquarters and plant at its Waldkirch, Germany site, with construction starting in Q1 2022 and completion about two years later.

CorrBoard UK will shortly install a new £1.5 million automated palletisation system and IT control system upgrades at its 320,000 sq ft North Lincolnshire plant.

Following new shareholder investment, CorrBoard UK will install a new £1.5m automated palletisation system at its North Lincolnshire plant, alongside IT control system upgrades.

Alberta, federal and other funders invested $4.5 million to expand TerraVerdae Bioworks' product development facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, for biodegradable PHA bioplastics. The announcement was made on April 29, 2020.

Chinese easy-open-end maker Guangdong Enpack Packaging plans to raise RMB 500 million (US$70.4 million) through a private share placement to fund facility upgrades and ten new production lines in Shantou.

Sonoco will spend $83 million to retool operations in South Carolina and Wisconsin, converting a Hartsville, S.C. machine to uncoated recycled paperboard with about 180,000 tons per year capacity. The project starts late 2020 and is slated for early 2022.

Greif announced a minority investment stake in Centurion Container LLC to expand its intermediate bulk container reconditioning network in North America, with a clear path to full ownership.

Cullen, a UK corrugate packaging maker, is replacing its multi-point gluers with two Bobst Expertfold 165 folder-gluers at its Glasgow site, expected in place by Q3 2020.

Grainger & Worrall's GBP 6 million investment plan includes two new melting towers at its Bridgnorth headquarters, a larger third CT scanner raising throughput capacity by 50%, and the opening of US company GW Inc.

Nidec Arisa recently moved into a new $30 million production facility in Navarrete, Spain, which will boost press production and remanufacturing. The facility is part of Nidec Press & Automation's global investment.

Saica Group announced a £50M+ investment to build a new purpose-built corrugated packaging plant in Livingston, West Lothian, replacing its Edinburgh and Milngavie sites. The site is due for completion by the end of 2021.

Goodrich Gasket plans to invest around Rs 150 crore in its global operations, with its Chennai office to serve as a global hub, and plans to import advanced machinery.

Vietnamese packaging maker Tapack decided to invest $1 million in a new environmentally friendly production line.

Pitreavie Group plans a new £3.8m corrugated box manufacturing facility in Cumbernauld, Scotland.

Somerset-based thermoformed packaging firm Kingsmoor Packaging has started the year with fully refurbished design, pattern and tooling facilities.

ICU Medical announced a US$13.2 million investment at its Heredia, Costa Rica manufacturing facility, including a new infusion pump line and sterilization plant, expected to add 100 jobs.

The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola European Partners plan to invest up to €1 billion in France over five years, covering new products, bottling capacity expansion and plant modernization. CCEP alone has earmarked €500 million for its production and distribution network.

Colombier is installing a new state-of-the-art cut-size sheet cutter at its Zeebrugge seaport site in Belgium.

ND Paper is also investing up to $189 million in a paper mill near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, according to the same report.

Coca-Cola European Partners is opening a new £20 million Bag-in-Box production line at its Edmonton factory in North London, bringing its 2019 GB investment to £150 million.

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions will provide a C$3 million repayable contribution to ventilation maker Annexair to move its manufacturing into a new ultra-modern 300,000-square-foot factory in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec. The funding targets digital equipment for an Industry 4.0 production concept and biocomposite casings.

Megabox, a Pesaro-based packaging company, invested over 10 million in a new production site of about 12,000 covered square metres, including a Engico 4800 casemaker line certified for Industry 4.0. The announcement was dated December 18, 2019.

New-Indy Containerboard plans to invest $240 million to convert its recently acquired Catawba, South Carolina pulp and paper mill from lightweight coated paper to containerboard grades.

Ideal Standard – Vidima officially opened its modernized sanitary fittings plant in Sevlievo, Bulgaria, the result of a three-year investment program of over BGN 62 million.

Exonia, a premium packaging maker in Iasi, Romania, will open a biodegradable packaging factory by the end of March 2020 with a 3 million euro investment. The plant will have capacity of 350-360 tonnes per month and create 28 initial jobs, rising to 40.

Saudi packaging company United Carton Industries (UCIC) installed an Electronics For Imaging Nozomi C18000 LED inkjet printer for corrugated packaging. The digital printer will move HD flexo work at its five Saudi plants to digital and add point-of-sale display capacity.

Greif is investing in a new blow molder machine at its Vanderbijlpark operation in Gauteng to produce lightweight jerrycans after a major new contract win. The investment supports expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa.

Hoffmann Neopac is investing in a three-piece canmaking line at CM Packaging's facility in Dronten, the Netherlands, adding capacity for the infant food sector. No amount was disclosed.

ABEL GmbH installed a new horizontal machining center (Mori Seiki NHX 6300) at its Büchen, Germany site in December 2019, after renovating part of hall 2 to support it.

Greencroft Bottling invested over £2 million in the UK's first large-scale wine canning line at its County Durham plant, working with Ardagh Group Metal Beverage Europe. The line runs at 17,000 cans per hour.

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company is investing EUR 15 million ($16.54 million) in Graphic Packaging's KeelClip paperboard packaging to replace plastic shrink-wrap on can multipacks in Europe, with rollouts in Ireland and Poland planned for 2020.