Smurfit Westrock Strengthens Latin American Presence With Cartomanabí Acquisition In Ecuador
Smurfit Westrock has completed the acquisition of assets from Cartomanabí, a corrugated packaging producer based in Montecristi, Ecuador, marking the company’s first transaction since the...
DS Smith Expands Danish Corrugated Packaging Capacity With €13.4M Grenaa Investment
DS Smith, an International Paper company and provider of fibre-based packaging solutions, is investing up to €13.4 million to upgrade its corrugated packaging facility in...
Anuga FoodTec And PMMI Extend Strategic Partnership Linking Europe And North...
Anuga FoodTec and PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies – have extended their strategic partnership, reinforcing collaboration between major industry trade events...
UK Trade Bodies Coordinate Strategy To Tackle Sector Skills Shortage
Senior representatives from across the UK print and packaging sectors have convened to address growing workforce shortages, marking the start of a more coordinated industry...
Aveda Partners With AeroFlexx To Launch Global Refillable Packaging System
Aveda has announced a partnership with packaging technology company AeroFlexx to introduce a new refill packaging format designed to reduce plastic usage while maintaining a...
Sonoco Unveils Unified Consumer Packaging Business At Paris Packaging Week
Paris Packaging Week marked the first major European industry platform for the newly consolidated Sonoco Consumer Packaging business, following the integration of Sonoco’s metal and...
Sonoco Swings To Q4 Profit As Acquisitions And Divestitures Reshape Portfolio
Sonoco reported a return to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2025, supported by acquisition-related growth and gains from divestments, according to its official earnings...
European Shoppers Reward Brands Using Recycled Plastic, Amcor Research Finds
European consumers are actively rewarding brands that incorporate post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics into packaging, according to new research released by Amcor, as regulatory pressure builds...
Sabert Signals Scaled European Ambition Six Months After Colpac Acquisition
Six months after acquiring Colpac Limited, Sabert Corporation Europe has outlined its long-term growth strategy, combining organic expansion, ESG-led innovation and operational discipline as it...
PMMI Targets Small And Mid-Sized Manufacturers With New FastTrack Program
PMMI is launching a new initiative aimed squarely at small and medium-sized manufacturers, as it prepares for PACK EXPO East 2026, scheduled for February 17–19...
VDMA Revises Aseptic Filling Interface Guidance To Strengthen Food Safety
VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association has published a fully revised edition of its Document No. 05, titled “Product interface and associated signal exchange...
Pharmaceutical Packaging Growth Continues, But Operational Complexity Intensifies, PMMI Finds
The pharmaceutical manufacturing sector continues to expand at a steady pace, but regulatory complexity, operational constraints and sustainability pressures are reshaping packaging and processing strategies...
Romanian INATECH Packaging Joins PACKSYNERGY At Start Of 2026
The European packaging network PACKSYNERGY has expanded its footprint with the addition of INATECH Packaging, a Romanian packaging specialist and part of the INATECH Group....
Packamama Reserves Future Releaf® Volumes In Partnership With Avantium
Avantium N.V. has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Packamama, marking a new step in the development of lower-carbon packaging solutions for the wine industry....
Eroglu Global Holding Commits USD 175 Million To First Packaging Facility...
Eroglu Global Holding has signed an agreement to build a USD 175 million packaging plant in Egypt’s Qantara West Industrial Zone, marking the Turkish group’s...
EU Research Body Proposes Harmonised Waste Sorting Labels Under PPWR
The European Commission Joint Research Centre has published a technical proposal recommending the harmonisation of waste sorting labels across the European Union, as part of...
