PAPACKS plans to build a further production facility on its acquired Arnstadt site in 2022, doubling the area in use and raising capacity from 180 million to 360 million units per year.

Trivium and Ausnutria are building a new €30 million can factory at the Internationaal Bedrijvenpark Friesland in Heerenveen, Netherlands, due for completion at the end of 2020. Trivium will produce 150 million cans a year for Ausnutria's infant formula under a ten-year contract.

Stora Enso is investing in additional formed fiber production capacity at its Qian'an Mill in China, with the two mills together expected to reach about 115 million units of annual capacity.

Stora Enso has started production of formed fiber foodservice products at its Hylte Mill in Sweden, following an investment announced in 2019. The plastic- and PFAS-free PureFiber range is intended for fresh food packaging.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Sharp agreed that Sharp's Hamont-Achel site in Belgium will package all Alnylam products across European countries. Alnylam describes it as its first significant international investment in Belgium.

East Yorkshire packaging specialist Origin Ltd has secured a 15 million unit order from the US for its Snappd single-dose sanitiser sachets, after obtaining FDA registration and US trade licences. Production is taking place at its Melton West Business Park facility.

A consortium led by Bain Capital Private Equity, including Ahlström Capital, Viknum and Belgrano Inversiones, announced a recommended public tender offer for all shares in Ahlstrom-Munksjö, valuing the company at approximately $2.5 billion. Bain Capital would become majority owner with 55%.

Manjushree Technopack Limited, India's largest rigid plastics packaging company, entered into a Business Transfer Agreement with Pearl Polymers Limited to acquire the commercial operations and manufacturing facilities of their B2B vertical. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

Yorkshire Packaging Systems installed an SS180/S shrink wrapping line at McQueens Dairies' new high-capacity dairy plant near Glasgow, Scotland. The line matches 180 bottles per minute and was delivered and installed in July 2020.

Baosteel Packaging will build a new aluminum easy open can production line in Huaiyuan Industrial Park, Bengbu, Anhui. The first phase has an annual design capacity of 1.1 billion cans and an estimated total investment of RMB 440 million.

UK paper board maker PALLITE announced a joint venture with Madison Polymeric Engineering of Connecticut to manufacture and distribute its paper honeycomb storage products, pallets and crates in the US and Mexico.

Shijiazhuang Guanling Packaging has opened a plant about 150km southwest of Beijing to make cans for infant formula. The line will eventually produce 75 million cans a year, with RMB 510 million in plant cost.

Bennett Packaging plans a nearly $70 million, 524,300-square-foot corporate campus in Kansas City to move the core of its custom corrugated packaging and retail display operations. Kansas City council members voted to approve up to $48 million in Chapter 100 industrial revenue bonds.

ProMach, a packaging machinery leader, acquired Panther Industries, a provider of automated labeling equipment. Panther will join ProMach's Labeling & Coding business line.

Switzerland's Aluflexpack acquired a majority stake in Top System, a Polish maker of aluminium lids, PET lids and lidding foil for the dairy industry. The reported stake is 80%, and financial terms were not disclosed.

The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation awarded Farusa Emballage A/S a DKK 650,000 contract to supply packaging for protecting, storing and shipping military equipment. The award was published on 2020-09-18.

PAPACKS is investing over €10 million in its GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt, Germany, creating around 20 new jobs for molded paper fiber packaging. The topping-out ceremony was held on 25 September 2020.

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.

Frankston Packaging Company completed its acquisition of Paco Label Systems, a Tyler, Texas maker of flexible packaging and pressure sensitive labels, announced on 16 September 2020.

COFCO Packaging Investment, a subsidiary of COFCO Packaging, signed a strategic agreement with Heilongjiang Feihe to build an intelligent tin can production line at Feihe's industrial park in Harbin, China, with annual capacity of at least 50 million cans.

Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd. plans to merge its wholly-owned subsidiaries Toyochem Co., Ltd. and Toyo ADL Corporation to reorganize its polymers and coatings related business. The merger is expected to take effect on January 1, 2021, with Toyochem as the surviving company.

Mondi Paper Bags acquired two paper bag production lines from Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs in Egypt, increasing capacity by 60-80 million bags annually, and signed exclusive long-term supply agreements with both cement producers.

Following Atar Capital's acquisition of WinCup, Brad Laporte was appointed chief executive officer and Michael Winters president and chief revenue officer.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority cleared Sonoco Products Company's completed acquisition of French packaging maker Can Packaging SAS after a phase 1 merger inquiry, with the decision announced on 2020-12-21.

Titan-Polymer signed a financing agreement with Gazprombank to build a plant in the Moglino SEZ, Pskov region, producing BOPET film (72,000 t/yr) and PET granules (210,000 t/yr). Total project cost is 16.7 billion rubles.

Øvre Romerike Innkjøpssamarbeid awarded Empakk AS a NOK 3,200,000 contract for packaging used to pack, boil, store and distribute food for municipalities in Ovre Romerike, Norway. The award is dated 2020-10-21.

Berry Ace Packing (Jiaxing) Company Limited has opened a highly automated packaging factory with an investment of over RMB 200 million (US$30 million). The first phase has a total construction area of 24,721 sqm, including clean rooms.

Mauser Packaging Solutions, through its joint venture NCG-Maider, acquired Italian reconditioning firm EuroVeneta Fusti (EVF), expanding its IBC and plastic packaging services in Italy, as announced September 10, 2020.

Mpac Group acquired Switchback Group, a US maker of packaging equipment such as cartoners, case packers and labeling machines, for $15.36 million on September 9, 2020.

Atar Capital has completed the acquisition of WinCup, a Georgia-headquartered maker of foodservice packaging, from funds managed by BlackRock. WinCup operates eight manufacturing facilities and employs nearly 1,000 people; financial terms were not disclosed.

Graphic Packaging opened a highly automated 1.2 million sq ft folding carton factory in Monroe, Louisiana, consolidating two plants and three warehouses. The 180 million US dollar investment will convert more than 1.4 billion beverage cartons a year.

Mazoon Dairy and SIG Combibloc Obeikan announced the launch of liquid dairy and juice products in SIG combiblocSlimline and combiblocMini carton packs in Oman. The launch was announced on 2020-09-09.

Investment group Investindustrial has acquired a 73.5% majority stake in Della Toffola, a packaging and processing machinery manufacturer. The Della Toffola brothers will retain a 26.5% minority stake.

Asda renewed its X-Rite ColorCert contract for packaging quality control, with ColorCert reported to deliver a 200% improvement in print quality scores.

Ball Corporation is adding 3.6 billion additional can lids per year at its Guarambaré plant in Paraguay, with the expansion expected to finish in January 2021.

Ball Corporation operates a beverage can and lid plant in Guarambaré, Paraguay, with total investment of about US$80 million and over 350 jobs, serving Bolivia and northern Argentina.

Acnova Oy opened a new modern factory in Tuusula, Finland, on 1 December 2024, expanding its Private Label production capabilities for cosmetics, household chemicals, and nonwoven-based wipes.

American Excelsior Company announced a $5 million expansion plan across its Wood Fiber and Flexible Foam divisions, including building expansions in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and new equipment at plants in Wisconsin, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, and Washington. The expansion is expected to create 25-30 new jobs.

Carlton Packaging LLP was awarded a single-supplier contract worth £2,841,600 by the UK Department of Health and Social Care to supply outer packaging for test kits. The award was dated 3 September 2020, with the contract running from June to November 2020.

Mauser Packaging Solutions acquired EuroVeneta Fusti Srl through joint venture NCG-Maider, adding reconditioning sites near Turin and Venice and extending its Italian industrial packaging offering.

Plast-Box Group completed an investment of nearly PLN 3.5 million at subsidiary Stark Partner in Urszulin, adding a new production department and a thermoforming machine. The company said capacity will rise by at least 50%.

Soft drinks maker Clearly Drinks plans a multimillion-pound brownfield canning facility at its Sunderland headquarters, backed by private equity firm NorthEdge. The line, supplied by BW Integrated Systems, is expected to produce 160 million cans per year and operate from March.

Cosmo Films will invest Rs 300 crore to set up a new line of specialty polyester films (BOPET) at its Waluj plant in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, with a capacity of 30,000 metric tons per annum, expected to be commissioned by Q2 2022-23.

Mondi has completed installation of a five-colour Bobst Masterline 2.1 HD and a Robot MUK at its corrugated box plant in Szczecin, Poland, to meet e-commerce packaging demand.

Ball Corporation plans a new aluminum beverage packaging plant at the former Techneglas site in Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, creating about 230 jobs with an investment of about $360 million over multiple years.

Rohrer completed a expansion of its Wadsworth, Ohio facility adding 20% floor area to reach 200,000 square feet, making it the company's first Center of Excellence.

HCP Group acquired the remaining 50% stake in Hetian Packaging (Huai'an), making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Hetian is an aluminium parts forming and anodising factory in China that has supplied HCP since 2013.

Creador, through its affiliate Sundara (Mauritius) Limited, invested INR 250 crore in Shriji Polymers (India) Limited, acquiring shares from existing investors and some promoters. Shriji Polymers is a manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging for the pharmaceutical industry.

ePac will install 26 HP Indigo digital presses, with the first HP Indigo 25K installation at its new Sacramento, California site. The presses will create a 76-press global fleet by 2021.

HP Inc. agreed to supply 26 HP Indigo 25K digital presses to ePac Flexible Packaging, creating a 76-press global fleet by 2021. The first installation is a new ePac site in Sacramento, California, starting the following month.