HP Inc. agreed to supply ePac with 26 additional HP Indigo 25K digital presses, creating a 76-press fleet by 2021 as ePac expands in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The first installation is a Sacramento, California site starting in September 2020.

KHS Group will acquire a minority stake in Ferrum AG, and Ferrum Packaging will take over KHS's can seaming business, pending antitrust approval. The agreement aims to bundle competencies in filling and packaging machinery.

Owens-Illinois inaugurated a third furnace at its Gironcourt-sur-Vraine plant in France, part of a €60 million investment. The furnace will enable production of 1.9 billion glass beer bottles per year and created 60 jobs.

O-I has inaugurated its third furnace at the Gironcourt-sur-Vraine plant in France, part of a €60 million investment. The new furnace will enable production of 1.9 billion glass beer bottles per year and created 60 new jobs.

Stora Enso plans to build a pilot plant at its Fors Mill in Sweden to produce Cellufoam, a fiber-based foam material for protective packaging. Design and engineering have started, with completion expected in Q4 2021.

Georgia-Pacific started manufacturing curbside recyclable paper padded mailers for e-commerce at its recently opened Arizona facility, with Amazon as the key customer.

TricorBraun agreed to acquire Price Container and Packaging, a rigid packaging distributor serving industrial and food markets with facilities in Utah and Washington. The transaction was expected to close in September 2020.

Wipak is expanding its packaging plant in Nastola, Finland, with a EUR 10 million investment in new printing and laminating machines and building expansion.

Samyang Packaging decided to invest in a new aseptic line 5, which will be completed in June 2021, utilizing existing factory sites and equipment to reduce investment cost by half.

Perlen Packaging, the Packaging Division of CPH Group, will build a new PVdC film coating plant at its site in Anápolis, Brazil, with a capacity of 6,500 tonnes per year, expected to start operations in Q1 2022. The investment is in the higher single-digit millions.

Bunzl agreed to acquire Abco Kovex, a Dublin-based distributor of flexible packaging with UK operations and 2019 revenue of EUR 23 million. Completion is subject to clearance by the Irish competition authority.

Plast-Box signed a framework agreement with Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaż for the supply of polypropylene, valued at approximately PLN 14 million, for the production of packaging. The agreement runs until December 31, 2020.

Altium Packaging plans to invest more than $3 million in new equipment at its Argos facility in Marshall County, Indiana, creating 10 jobs and retaining 48 existing jobs. The Argos Town Council approved a personal property tax abatement for the project.

Green Bay Packaging will begin construction of a new 550,000 sq ft corrugator plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, replacing its 180,000 sq ft plant there. Construction starts September 1, 2020, with start-up scheduled for October 2021.

Mondi opened the FlexStudios in Steinfeld, a 2,300 square meter innovation center for developing sustainable flexible packaging solutions, combining technology, creative spaces, and testing facilities.

Bosch plans to sell its packaging machinery business, Bosch Packaging Technology, based in Waiblingen, to a newly incorporated entity managed by CVC Capital Partners. The Pharma and Food units will remain intact.

PaperWorks is adding a Komori GLX740 offset printing press and two Bobst MasterFold folding gluing lines at its Greensboro, North Carolina facility to increase production capacity. The equipment is expected to be in production in Q4 2020.

TemperPack Technologies completed a $31.3 million capital raise to invest in production facilities in Henrico County, Virginia, and Las Vegas, Nevada, increasing ClimaCell thermal liner production by 60%.

Ishida Europe designed and installed four bespoke packing lines for Danish Crown's new greenfield factory in China. The factory is now in operation with a capacity of 14,000 tonnes of meat per year.

PaperFoam completed first test runs at its new Krupka plant in the Czech Republic and plans full production from September 2020. The plant adds a second European site and could raise global capacity by more than 30%.

Ester Filmtech, a subsidiary of Ester Industries, will establish an advanced polyester film manufacturing facility near Hyderabad with an investment of ₹1,350 crore. The first phase of ₹500 crore is scheduled for completion by September 2022.

Liveo Research will add 20,000 tons of coating capacity for pharma blister packaging films at its Boetzingen, Germany site, with commissioning expected in Q3 2021 and total capacity above 50,000 tons.

BEWiSynbra Group AB acquired BEWi Drift Holding AS for NOK 400 million, paid NOK 100 million in shares and NOK 300 million in cash. The deal was announced on August 17, 2020.

Packaging maker Pratt Industries signed a five-year lease for 136,600 square feet at $4.00 per square foot, less than a mile from its manufacturing facility. The case study is dated August 17, 2020.

Novalis announced it will start domestic production of rigid core flooring (SPC) in the United States in the third quarter of 2020, becoming one of the few manufacturers with domestic SPC capability.

Trinity Packaging Corporation bought the former Erath Veneer building in the Franklin County-Rocky Mount Industrial Park to add a multi-million dollar facility with new equipment, creating 25 jobs and retaining 75.

Friesens Corporation of Altona, Manitoba merged its Friesens Packaging and think4D subsidiaries into a new company, Think 4D Inc., which will offer custom rigid boxes from an 80,000 sq ft building.

Rengo's subsidiary Triwall, through TW Mexico Packaging Solutions, acquired a 99.99% stake in Tim Packaging Systems, the Mexican unit of Germany's Tim Group, which makes heavy-duty corrugated packaging for the automotive industry. The article is dated 13 August 2020 and gives the announcement as 12 October.

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.

Pipeline Packaging, a US rigid industrial container distributor, acquired Houston-based hazmat packaging maker HAZMATPAC, which becomes a wholly owned subsidiary. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Silgan Containers plans a US$9.7 million expansion of its canmaking plant in Lancaster, South Carolina, expected to be completed by the end of 2021 and create 16 new jobs over five years.

Muda Holdings, through subsidiary Federal Packages, agreed to acquire a 60% equity stake in Quantum Total Packages, which runs a corrugated carton factory in Parit Buntar, Perak, for RM15 million. The purchase price was based on net asset value and projected profit.

Southern Champion Tray will invest $84.9 million in a new paperboard packaging manufacturing facility at the Centre South Riverport Industrial Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee, creating more than 120 jobs. Construction is expected to start in early 2021 and finish by early 2022.

Zamzam Iran is completing a 22-hectare can-making plant in Kermanshah's Bistoun Industrial Park, with a capacity of 110,000 cans per hour and an investment of EUR 60 million and IRR 1,100 billion. The plant will produce aluminum cans for beverages.

XIFA GROUP signed a contract with a customer from Saudi Arabia to supply PP woven bags, marking a step to develop the Saudi Arabian market.

Nippon Paper Group agreed to acquire Orora's paperboard fibre-based packaging business in Australia and New Zealand for an enterprise value of A$1.72bn (US$1.15bn), entering integrated corrugated paperboard manufacturing in Oceania.

Wenzhou Xifa Industri announced it has signed a contract with an unnamed customer in Saudi Arabia for PP woven industrial bags, a step toward developing the Saudi market.

All4Labels has acquired GPS Label and Rotomet, Italian manufacturers of shrink-sleeve and roll-fed labels, with combined annual revenue of about EUR 50 million.

Oji announced a new corrugated packaging plant in Malaysia with 7 million m² per month capacity on a 42,000 m² site, to be operated by subsidiary United Kotak Berhad at a cost of about JPY4bn. Production is scheduled to start in January 2022.

Soudronic AG has bought Can Man AG, together with its latest acquisition Frei AG, from the Umbricht family. Can Man will operate independently as an innovation and manufacturing platform focused on 3-piece metal cans.

All4Labels Global Packaging Group closed an agreement to acquire Rotomet, Italy's leading shrink sleeve supplier, and the roll-fed activities of GPS Label, which together have about €50 million turnover from two facilities in Schio, Italy. Terms were not disclosed. The announcement is dated August 6, 2020.

Tri-Seal, a Tekni-Plex business, invested US$1 million in a new closure liner manufacturing plant in Greater Noida, India. The 8,000 sqm facility is 60% larger than the previous location and includes foil laminating, rotogravure printing, and inspection equipment.

Packaging Corporation of America may spend up to $170 million to move its Newark plant from South 21st Street to a new, larger facility on Thornwood Drive, subject to city and county approval. The proposal was reported on August 5, 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.

Waterland Private Equity Investments is acquiring Joh. Leupold, a German folding carton producer, including its subsidiary Schneller, as part of a succession plan. The article is dated 5 August 2020 and no value was disclosed.

WestRock announced its acquisition of Hanna Group Pty Ltd (Hannapak), an Australian folding carton provider serving beverage, food, confectionery and healthcare markets, to expand its consumer packaging business in the region. The announcement is dated 5 August 2020 and no deal value was disclosed.

Domino Printing Sciences announced its purchase of Lake Image Systems, a producer of automated, vision-based inspection systems for quality control and data verification.

Sonoco acquired Can Packaging, which makes paper cans and packaging machines at two French facilities in Habsheim, for a transaction valued at EUR 41.7 million. The deal was announced on August 4, 2020.

BC Partners agreed to acquire up to 45% of SOFIMA, the controlling entity of IMA S.p.A., and will launch a mandatory tender offer for the remaining shares, valuing IMA at €2.93 billion, aiming to delist from the Milan Stock Exchange.

McLean Packaging contracted with ENGIE Resources LLC and energy advisor 5 on a five-year agreement supporting renewable electricity for its three New Jersey and Pennsylvania plants, aiming for 100% renewable power.