Investments, Funding & M+A

US – American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company has announced plans to invest US$450 million to expand the manufacturing capacity at Research Triangle Park…

NETHERLANDS – Avantium and Henkel have signed an offtake agreement on furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) for adhesives to be used in electronics applications. Under the…

RUSSIA – Fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper product producer, International Paper has agreed to sell 50% stake in Ilim Group to its joint venture (JV)…

US – Pharmaceutical film coatings firm Colorcon has inked a put agreement to purchase French Airnov Healthcare Packaging from private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners.…

INDIA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with Hindustan Unilever (HUL), on a plastic circularity initiative dubbed Inclusive Circular Economy. The initiative…

INDIA – Austria’s flexible packaging company, Constantia Flexibles has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Premji Invest and SB Packagings to scale its Indian…

US – Industrial packaging provider B2B Industrial Packaging has completed the acquisition of custom packaging supplier Next Press. Based in Mahwah, New Jersey, Next Press…

BRAZIL – UK-based beverage company Britvic has adopted SIG’s PAC.TRUST solution to digitalize its laboratory analysis processes at its facilities in Brazil. Britvic says it…

UAE – The UAE is set to get its first food-grade plastic recycling facility in Abu Dhabi that will be able to process 12,000 tons…

US – American adhesives manufacturing company, HB Fuller has recorded net revenue of US$3.75 billion, up 14% versus fiscal year 2021 For the year ended…