PTT Global Chemical (GC) and SCG Chemicals (SCGC) announced plans to combine their olefins and polyolefins businesses in Thailand via a joint venture, with GC holding 56% and SCGC 44%. The venture will have a combined olefins capacity of 7.1 million tons per year and aims to rank among the world's top 10 polyolefins producers.

Pact Group and Aldi are scaling up recycled packaging in Australia, with more than 19 million laundry and cleaning bottles per year to contain up to 50% Australian recycled plastic. The announcement is dated 22 October 2026.

Indorama Ventures' Indovida unit, Suntory, Suntory PepsiCo Beverage Thailand and Iwatani formed a partnership bringing Flake-to-Preform direct recycling technology to Thailand through a joint venture. The venture is expected to produce preforms equivalent to about 400 million bottles annually, supplied to Suntory PepsiCo from 2028.

Indorama Ventures, Suntory Holdings, Suntory PepsiCo Beverage Thailand and Iwatani will develop commercial-scale circular PET packaging in Thailand via the Indovida venture, using flake-to-preform recycling technology. Output is expected to be about 400 million bottles' worth of preforms a year from 2028.

Tiderock Companies' subsidiary Tiderock Distribution Ltd. signed a multi-year exclusive distribution agreement with NextGen Bioplastics to sell its bioplastic packaging in the EU, Great Britain and Ireland.

Origin Materials and Dutch packaging producer Royal Hordijk Packaging announced a partnership in which Hordijk will supply PET extruded sheet for Origin's CapFormer lines, operated by Hordijk at its EU facilities, to mass produce PET bottlecaps.

CS Interpharm General Trading signed an MOU and NDA with UAE-based Gulf Center Group, which will provide custom bottle design, filling and production for the MEDUSA product line. The announcement was made on July 1, 2025.

Sulapac partnered with Scanfill to make Degrafoil Flow 1.7, a wood-composite foil, available to thermoformers across Europe.

Amsterdam-based Avantium has joined the Bottle Collective to integrate its plant-based PEF polymer into dry molded fiber bottle manufacturing. Prototypes are being validated, with PA Consulting overseeing the move to commercial production.

Dutch firm Avantium signed a joint venture agreement with Amcor Rigid Packaging USA to explore using its plant-based PEF polymer Releaf in rigid containers. Amcor has committed to a multi-year capacity reservation for Releaf.

Greene Concepts Inc. announced a partnership with Oman-based APEX Transgulf Manufacturing to use APEX's PET preform units so it can blow its own BE WATER bottles at its Marion, North Carolina bottling plant.

Schutz agreed with National Plastic Factory Company (NPF) that NPF will produce Ecobulk 1,000-litre IBCs for Saudi Arabia and the GCC, with a new factory planned near Dammam. Schutz will supply steel and plastic components, with first deliveries scheduled for 2026.

SCHÜTZ signed a licence agreement with National Plastic Factory Company (NPF) under which NPF will build a factory near Dammam, Saudi Arabia, to produce ECOBULK 1,000-litre intermediate bulk containers for Saudi Arabia and the GCC. Production is scheduled to start in 2026.

Aquapak Polymers, Maxim and N Brown announced a collaboration under which N Brown begins rolling out Hydropol-based garment bags for its own-label products. N Brown expects plastic use to fall by 44% once rollout is complete.

CARBIOS and French label maker SLEEVER signed an exclusive long-term contract to jointly develop Home Compost biodegradable shrinksleeve films, including a master supply agreement for CARBIOS Active enzyme for PLA biodegradation.

SK Geocentric and Canadian packaging firm Winpak signed a memorandum of understanding to supply polyethylene and polypropylene made from pyrolysis oil at SK's Ulsan ARC recycling cluster, with a binding contract to follow. The MOU was reported on 23 August 2024.

Refresco is trialling Zotefoams' ReZorce mono-material barrier beverage carton with an unnamed major European retailer, converting a machine for traditional cartons to run the new material. Zotefoams says the carton is fully recyclable and cuts energy and water use by half versus liquid packaging board.

Zotefoams agreed with Südpack in Ochsenhausen, Germany, for Südpack to manufacture the extruded flexible polymer material used in ReZorce cartons, adding up to 100 million cartons of annual capacity. The initial agreement runs three years.

Plastipak Packaging and Kraft Heinz agreed to convert KRAFT Real Mayo and MIRACLE WHIP containers in the United States to 100% food-grade recycled PET, eliminating about 14 million pounds of virgin plastic. The announcement was made on May 13, 2024.

PakTech announced a collaboration with Endeavour Group to expand a closed-loop recycling scheme for PakTech handles at Dan Murphy's outlets in Australia. The scheme aims to collect used handles for recycling.

Packaging maker LOGOPLASTE has joined the Bottle Collective as technology partner, alongside PA Consulting and PulPac, to accelerate recyclable dry molded fiber bottles. LOGOPLASTE will lead work on bottle barrier lining performance.

Barcelona-based Quadpack signed a partnership with US injection moulder Colt's Plastics in Connecticut to produce its Regula Airless Refill range locally for Americas brands. Full-scale production is planned for 2024.

Albert Heijn will use Avantium's PEF polymer for various packaging, starting with fruit juice bottles produced by Refresco once Avantium's commercial plant in Delfzijl is operational.

Kao Industrial (Thailand), SCG Chemicals and Dow Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding in Bangkok to jointly develop recyclable, lower-carbon packaging for Kao's product range in Thailand.

Avantium signed a cooperation agreement with Albert Heijn to develop more sustainable packaging using its PEF bioplastic, with Refresco producing a new PEF fruit juice bottle for Albert Heijn's own-brand products. Financial details were not disclosed.

SCG Packaging (SCGP) signed a joint development agreement with US-based Origin Materials to develop bioplastic from eucalyptus wood chips. The bioplastic project is being carried out in Canada, with results expected in the current quarter.

Manjushree Technopack (MTL), a rigid plastic packaging maker backed by Advent International, signed a collaboration with the bottle-to-bottle recycling division of Ganesha Ecosphere Group to co-develop and supply food and non-food packaging made from up to 100% recycled plastic in India.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) collaborated with Petainer to develop a standardized 1L 'Universal refPET Bottle' for its refillable system in the German market. The design supports fill speeds of 36,000 bottles per hour.

Berry Global, Deaconess Midtown Hospital and Nexus Circular launched an initiative to recycle non-hazardous, sterile plastic packaging and non-woven fabric from the hospital's Surgical Center, about 500 lbs per week. Waste streams are sent to Evansville Packaging Systems for auditing and separation.

Tetra Pak and Axjo Group are working together on a planned recycling plant in Gislaved, Sweden, for polyAl layers from carton packaging, with up to 10,000 tonnes annual capacity. The collaborative investment is up to EUR 24 million, with operations expected from 2025.

Pact Group signed a strategic partnership to supply recycled plastic packaging for ALDI Australia's own-brand products, manufactured at its New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland facilities. The deal was announced on June 29, 2023.

TricorBraun entered an exclusive agreement to supply BioBottles biodegradable plastic bottles to the nutraceutical industry in the US and Canada. The bottles use Symphony Environmental's d2w oxo-biodegradable technology, developed by Better Earth.

Packaging designer and distributor TricorBraun signed an exclusive agreement to offer BioBottles' fully biodegradable bottles to nutraceutical companies in the US and Canada.

Avantium and Origin Materials announced a partnership to accelerate mass production of FDCA and PEF bioplastics by combining their technologies to make FDCA from sustainable wood residues on an industrial scale.

Amcor's Australia and New Zealand business signed a memorandum of understanding with Licella Holdings to invest in a plastic advanced recycling facility in Melbourne. Stage one is expected to process 20,000 tonnes per year of waste plastic using Licella's Cat-HTR technology, subject to final terms.

ADNOC joint venture Borouge signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi Medical Devices Company (ADMD) to supply polyolefin materials for medical devices and pharma packaging in Abu Dhabi.

Woolworths Group and Pact are developing a partnership under which Pact would supply recycled plastic packaging for Woolworths own-brand products, potentially up to 18,000 tonnes per year. The deal is described as a multi-million-dollar investment in local recycling and manufacturing capacity.

Woolworths Group and Pact Group are developing a partnership under which up to 18,000 tonnes of recycled plastic could be used in Woolworths own-brand packaging each year. The companies describe it as a multimillion-dollar investment in local recycling and manufacturing capacity.

Pact Group will manufacture and supply recycled plastic packaging for Woolworths own-brand products, using recycled PET resin from its Australian recycling facilities. The partnership was announced on 26 July 2022 and involves a multimillion-dollar investment.

Woolworths Group and Pact Group are developing a strategic partnership under which Pact would use recycled plastic for Woolworths own-brand packaging, up to 18,000 tonnes a year, as a multimillion-dollar investment in local recycling.

TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy agreed that New Hope will build an advanced recycling plant in Texas processing over 310,000 tons per year of mixed plastic waste, with TotalEnergies buying 100,000 tons of recycled feedstock for polymer production. Production is expected to start in 2025.

Avantium N.V. agreed with LVMH to explore PEF, a plant-based recyclable polymer, as packaging for LVMH beauty brands. LVMH Beauty becomes the first luxury cosmetics company to join the PEFerence consortium.

ALPLA, Ecohelp SRL and United Polymer Trading form a joint venture to build a PET recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania, producing 15,000 tonnes of food-grade rPET per year for about €7.5 million, creating 15 jobs.

Starflex PCL and Thai Union Graphic signed an MOU for a joint venture with registered capital of THB 250 million, with Starflex holding 51% and Thai Union Graphic 49%, initially to build a factory producing flexible packaging mainly for food.

Eastman and Procter & Gamble signed an agreement under which P&G will use Eastman Renew materials, made by molecular recycling of waste plastic, in select products and packaging. The companies will also collaborate on plastic recycling infrastructure.

Liquibox and WestRock have launched a Ships in Own Container bag-in-box solution for liquid e-commerce packaging, combining Liquibox's recyclable Liquipure flexible packaging with WestRock's Meta box designs.

Plastipak has teamed up with anaerobic digestion operator BioteCH4 in Hemswell, Lincolnshire, so that electricity generated by BioteCH4 is connected directly to Plastipak's Clean Tech PET recycling plant next door.

Origin Materials and Packaging Matters have agreed to jointly develop advanced packaging materials, including the polymer PEF, building on an existing 10-year supply agreement for carbon-negative PET.

The Estée Lauder Companies and Eastman signed a global memorandum of understanding under which Estée Lauder brands will incorporate Eastman Renew molecularly recycled polyester packaging to help meet its 2025 sustainable packaging goals. The announcement was made on 30 March 2021.

Seri Industrial Group signed an agreement with Unilever to form a jointly owned business, Seri Plastic, which will buy and convert Unilever's Pozzilli plant to recycle plastic waste.