Investments, Funding & M+A

UK – Personalized e-commerce packaging start-up Penny Black has received an additional £1.5 million (US$1.87m) in seed funding from Agfa and Dutch venture capital firm…

WALES – Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced an investment in cutting-edge carbon conversion research, with the potential to create more sustainable packaging materials.   Set…

IRELAND – Corrugated packaging company, Smurfit Kappa is in discussions to merge with U.S. rival WestRock, in a tie-up of two of the world’s largest…

BELGIUM – Multinational packaging and materials manufacturer Avery Dennison has commissioned a Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) platform and thermal storage unit at its production plant…

AFRICA – At the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, African leaders have announced their commitment to climate change and call to action. Following the conclusion…

USA – Sustainable packaging solutions provider, Cirkla has secured US$3 million in pre-seed funding to scale operations and invest in new technologies. The latest funding…

IRELAND – Aseptic carton packaging supplier SIG has teamed up with micro encapsulation specialists, AnaBio to aseptic packaging for a long-life probiotic yogurt. The new…

USA – MEI Rigging & Crating, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners, has completed the acquisition of professional packaging and crating company ProPack International. Founded…

UK – The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) is urging businesses to be prepared for the upcoming single-use plastics ban coming into force on October…

USA – American manufacturing company, Greif has acquired 51% stake in ColePak, a supplier of paper partitions in North America in an all-cash transaction funded…