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UK – UK-based bulk packaging specialist Fenton Packaging has invested more than US$1.23 million in relocating to a 65,000 sq. ft. site in Leeds and rebranded as Fenton Packaging Solutions. The company, in the past year, has been working to streamline its operations, put a new fleet on the road, and prepare for its next stage of growth, bringing more…
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USA – American Packaging Corporation (APC) has announced that it’s opening a new 275,000-square-foot Center of Excellence manufacturing facility in Cedar City, Utah. APC purchased the land in October 2021 and officially broke ground on February 8, 2022, during a ground-breaking ceremony with civic leaders and company officials. The new facility is expected to open and be fully operational in…
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CANADA – Circular Plastic Taskforce (CPT) has partnered with US-based digital watermarking solution provider Digimarc in a ‘first in North America’ initiative to enhance sortation of flexible packaging in Canada. This project marks the start of Phase II of the CPT, which aims to carry out or support projects to improve the recycling of all plastic packaging within the evolving…
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AFRICA – Dow has announced the expansion of its Project REFLEX initiative in Egypt and Guinea, following a successful pilot phase in Nigeria. Dow has collaborated with local partners in an initiative that aims to increase flexible packaging recycling in Africa to establish a market for recycled contents and help address the waste issue while providing job opportunities for local…
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IRELAND – Irish packaging distribution giant Zeus has acquired two UK packaging companies, Swanline Group and its sister company BoxMart, in a €25 million deal. Zeus is a leading specialist distribution and manufacturing group, supplying a diverse range of products and supply solutions to a wide range of customer markets across the world. The deal will strengthen its footprint in…
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KENYA – Ramco Plexus, the print and packaging unit of Kenya based Ramco Group, has received unconditional regulatory approval to take full control of Platinum Packaging in a transaction that sources estimated at about Ksh500 million (US$4.30m). Platinum Packaging is one of the largest gravures and digital printed flexible packaging company in the Eastern and Central African region, serving the…
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MALAWI – Southern African plastic manufacturer Arkay Plastics has received additional investment from international private equity firm Spear Capital to facilitate its expansion in new territories through its Malawian operations. Spear invested in Arkay Zambia and Mozambique’s operations in 2020, and despite the persistence of a COVID-19-related global economic downturn and the negative impact of geopolitics on the business environment,…
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MOROCCO – Smurfit Kappa, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of innovative paper packaging solutions, headquartered in Ireland, has set base in Africa by investing £35 million (US$37m) in a new corrugated packaging plant in Morocco. Marking its entry into the region, the company has laid the first stone of the foundation, kick starting construction of the state-of-the-art plant. Located…
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INDONESIA – Chinese packaging solutions company Lamipak is expanding its presence in Indonesia with a US$200 million investment in what it terms the country’s first aseptic packaging facility. Located near Cikande in the Serang district, the facility will have a production floor space of 55,079 square meters and will be designed to have a capacity of 18 billion packs per…
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GERMANY – US industrial aluminium company, Novelis, has announced a US$30 million investment in its facility in Plettenberg-Ohle, Germany to meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging. Novelis plans to use the funds to build a new continuous annealing line at the facility, increasing the capacity for aluminum used in the production of coffee capsules. The Atlanta, Georgia headquartered company…
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