DS Smith announced the closure of 29 packaging sites, one mill, two recycling depots and four offices at its capital markets day on 3 November 2026, targeting EUR 480 million in annualised savings ahead of its listing as DS Smith plc.

Stora Enso plans to close a corrugated packaging plant in Finland as it centralises the country's production at other sites.

Mondi announced the closure of three further processing sites, a Consumer Flexibles plant in Hungary and two Corrugated Solutions sites in Germany and Poland, with about 450 jobs lost over the year.

Coveris announced an agreement to sell its paper business unit, a divestiture intended to focus the group on core EMEA flexible packaging activities.

Perfection Packaging, a unit of Pro-Pac Packaging based in Dandenong, Victoria, is being wound down and is scheduled to close in February 2026. It was excluded from the sale to Knoxcorp.

Packaging Corporation of America will permanently shut down the W2 paper machine and kraft pulp lines at its Wallula, Washington containerboard plant, cutting about 200 jobs and reducing annual capacity by about 250,000 tonnes. Measures are to be completed by the end of Q1 2026, with pre-tax charges of about USD 205 million.

VPK UK and Ireland plans to close its corrugated packaging site in Leeds, UK, by 29 August 2025, affecting 59 employees. Operations will move to other VPK locations and consultation with unions has begun.

VPK UK & Ireland plans to close its Leeds corrugated packaging site by 29 August 2025, affecting 59 employees. Operations will move to other VPK locations.

VPK Group revealed plans in early 2025 to close its Leeds facility on August 29, 2025, citing concerns over the plant's long-term commercial viability.

Mondi decided to offload its Russian operations after its board considered all options, including legal separation. The company had already suspended operations and significant capital projects in Russia.

WestRock will close its existing corrugated box plant in North Chicago, Illinois, once the new Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin facility is complete.

Vetropack reported gloomy prospects for 2024 and the closure of its last Swiss production site. The headline does not give a date, so the article date is used.

Stora Enso completed the sale of its Maxau paper production site in Germany and related assets to Schwarz Produktion.

DS Smith decided to close its Berlin plant, which can no longer be operated economically, following an analysis of its site portfolio.

U.S. Corrugated will close its 35-year-old full-line box plant in Newark, New Jersey, and transfer operations to the planned Dover, Delaware plant by the end of 2021.

Sonoco is closing a recycled paperboard mill in Trent Valley, Ontario, which can take in 100,000 metric tons per year of recovered fiber. The closure was reported alongside its South Carolina investment in April 2020.

Greif Inc. completed the divestiture of its Consumer Packaging Group business to Graphic Packaging Holding for $85 million in cash, with proceeds used for debt repayment.

API Foils, a tobacco packaging foil maker, has entered administration, resulting in 155 job losses.

Greif announced on October 15, 2019 that an uncoated recycled board machine with capacity of nearly 65,000 tons per year at its Mobile, Alabama mill will stop operating.

Flexible plastics firm STM Packaging has entered administration following declining business.

Ball Corporation will cease production at its Birmingham, Alabama, Chatsworth, California, and Longview, Texas beverage packaging plants during 2018, eliminating about 309 jobs. Existing customers will be supplied from other Ball facilities, with an approximately USD 22 million after-tax charge.

Amcor Rigid Plastics is closing its Batavia, Illinois plastic bottle factory, eliminating 110 jobs, with a rolling shutdown from September 2017 until March 2018 and equipment to be sold.

The MATLET Group will close its 150,000 sq ft Central Florida Press manufacturing operation in Orlando, Florida by the end of summer 2017, affecting about 145 workers, and move the work to its Packaging Graphics facility in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Ball Corporation intends to end production at its Recklinghausen beverage packaging facilities at the end of July 2017, subject to negotiation with the Works Council.

Ball Corporation will close its Reidsville, North Carolina beverage can plant next year, eliminating about 150 jobs. The company expects an after-tax charge of about $18 million, mostly for severance, pensions, impairments and shutdown costs.

Stora Enso plans to shut its corrugated packaging plant in Heinola, Finland, and transfer production to its Lahti plant. A total of 47 employees will be affected.