Investments, Funding & M+A

Deal extends coatings/adhesives consolidation, combined adhesion/barrier/finishing for packaging, auto, consumer goods.

SIG Neo adds: XSlim 32 (single-serve, 32k packs/hr, 9 sizes) + Midi 15 (multi-serve, 15k cartons/hr, 3 sizes, MidiBloc/MidiFit).

The acquisition expands Guala Closures’ manufacturing and distribution footprint across Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi, strengthening its presence in East Africa’s beverage packaging market.

With five Multitec presses already, the Jordanian converter’s new order brings the total to eight post-installation, mirroring ongoing Middle East investment for short-run flexible packaging demand.

Middle East companies sourcing PP woven sacks, BOPP laminated bags, non-woven bags, and other plastic packaging from India seek a long-term technical partner to verify suppliers and monitor quality.

Serving electricals, consumer durables, agriculture, food packaging, and industrial manufacturing, the subsidiary operates where rigid plastic packaging is hard to replace.

Drawing on CPA’s packaging circularity expertise and MCBG’s 57 Emirates-based multinationals, the partnership creates a platform uniting technical insight with commercial scale.

The partnership links Heidelberger’s industrial printing and workflow automation to pfenning’s strengths in pharmaceutical packaging, serialisation, aggregation, and track-and-trace.

UP plant extends Ball into northern India (with west/south ops), freight-efficient capacity vital as bulky cans make transport key to pricing.