Investments, Funding & M+A

CANADA – Circular Plastic Taskforce (CPT) has partnered with US-based digital watermarking solution provider Digimarc in a ‘first in North America’ initiative to enhance sortation…

AFRICA – Dow has announced the expansion of its Project REFLEX initiative in Egypt and Guinea, following a successful pilot phase in Nigeria. Dow has…

IRELAND – Irish packaging distribution giant Zeus has acquired two UK packaging companies, Swanline Group and its sister company BoxMart, in a €25 million deal.…

KENYA – Ramco Plexus, the print and packaging unit of Kenya based Ramco Group, has received unconditional regulatory approval to take full control of Platinum…

MALAWI – Southern African plastic manufacturer Arkay Plastics has received additional investment from international private equity firm Spear Capital to facilitate its expansion in new…

MOROCCO – Smurfit Kappa, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of innovative paper packaging solutions, headquartered in Ireland, has set base in Africa by investing…

INDONESIA – Chinese packaging solutions company Lamipak is expanding its presence in Indonesia with a US$200 million investment in what it terms the country’s first…

GERMANY – US industrial aluminium company, Novelis, has announced a US$30 million investment in its facility in Plettenberg-Ohle, Germany to meet the growing demand for…

OCEANIA –Norwegian carton packaging and filling equipment supplier Elopak ASA is strengthening its position in Oceania with a new licensing partnership with Nippon Paper. Nippon…

POLAND – Japanese manufacturer of packaging equipment Ishida has strengthened its European operations with the opening of a new office in Katowice, Poland.  In a…