Investments, Funding & M+A

UK – Sidel, a leading provider of packaging solutions for the beverage industry, and British Sugar, the UK’s largest sugar producer, have announced a groundbreaking…

USA – Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) has launched the new Tishma brand SafeSeal-AI Vision Inspection System which offers a reliable, repeatable, and precise inline seal…

IRELAND – Britvic, the soft drinks company, has announced plans to invest €6 million (US$6.41m) in its Ballygowan facility in Ireland to enhance production capabilities…

RUSSIA – British paper and packaging company Mondi has agreed to sell its largest plant in Russia to a unit of Moscow-based real estate developer…

CANADA – The Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) has announced the release of a five-year action plan to promote the circular economy of flexible plastic packaging…

USA – Graphic Packaging International (GPI) has recently commissioned Voith to supply multiple stock preparation lines, integrated reject handling and the wastewater pre-treatment system for…

AUSTRALIA – Mars, one of the world’s leading food companies, has launched ‘The Mars Net Zero Roadmap,’ a comprehensive strategy aimed at achieving net-zero greenhouse…

AUSTRALIA – Victoria-based investment company, Kin Group has launched an A$234 million (US$150.57m) takeover bid for Australia’s largest packaging company, Pact Group Holdings. Through its…

USA – American pulp and paper company, International Paper has officially opened its latest corrugated packaging facility in Atglen, Pennsylvania. The US$100 million facility is…

AFRICA – Pre-seed VC fund and accelerator, Catalyst Fund has raised US$8.6 million towards a target US$40 million fund to back high-impact tech startups working…