Investments, Funding & M+A

NORTH AMERICA – US-based packaging company TricorBraun has signed an exclusive agreement with turn-key sustainable solutions provider BioBottles to provide biodegradable bottles to nutraceutical companies…

BRAZIL – US-based aluminum packaging provider Novelis has opened a customer solution center (CSC) for the beverage packaging market in São José dos Campos, Brazil.…

CANADA – Plastics and chemical company NOVA Chemicals has introduced what it describes as the ‘first’ FDA-compliant mechanically recycled polyethylene. The company says the new…

SOUTH AFRICA – Dairy product manufacturer Fair Cape Dairies has added CFA 812 filling machine from aseptic carton supplier SIG to expand its flexibility with…

VIETNAM – Recycling solutions provider ALBA Group Asia has signed a cooperation agreement with the plastic recycling company VietCycle to jointly construct a food-grade PET/HDPE…

SCOTLAND – Waste management company, Biffa has announced plans to invest up to £6 million (US$7.10m) in the Motherwell facility, forming part of a network…

EUROPE – The European Tube Manufacturers Association (ETMA) has reported that the tube market grew by 2% in 2022 attributed to growth in tube deliveries.…

SCOTLAND – Morrisons supermarket and Yes Recycling have opened what they claim to be a ‘first of its kind’ soft plastic recycling plant in Fife,…

UK – Glasgow-based protective packaging provider Macfarlane Group has completed the acquisition of Suttons Performance Packaging for a maximum cash consideration of £9.0 million (US$10.75m).…

EGYPT – Egypt’s Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, announced a US$9.13 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to scale up the Greater Cairo…