Investments, Funding & M+A

US – The Middleby Corporation has completed the acquisition of  manufacturer of advanced high-speed vacuum packaging equipment, CP Packaging as it expands its operations in…

FINLAND – Finnish engineering services firm, Neste has received a positive grant decision for up to €135 million (US$135.26m) from the EU Innovation Fund for…

ITALY – Global producer of closures for spirits, wines, beverages and oil bottles, Guala Closures has agreed to acquire Vicenza-based high-end closures supplier Labrenta to…

USA – Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC (PBV) has allocated a US$35million investment to install a new state-of-the-art bottling line at its production facility in Winston-Salem,…

NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand Food & Grocery Council (FGC), has partnered with the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) to support NZ businesses to adopt…

FRANCE – US-based materials company Trinseo has partnered with plastic film extrusion and thermoforming firm CEDAP to develop recycled polystyrene (rPS) for Eurial Ultra-Frais yoghurt…

USA –  Adhesives manufacturing company, H.B. Fuller has signed a partnership deal with tape application equipment manufacturer, Enimac to strengthen e-Commerce packaging in North America.…

UK – Swedish finishing equipment manufacturer, Plockmatic Group has acquired UK-headquartered post-press equipment manufacturer Intec Printing Solutions as part of a strategy to add digital…

UK – The City of Wolverhampton Council has partnered with non-profit coffee pod recycling service Podback to launch a coffee pod recycling scheme. The new…

USA – Menasha Packaging Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation, has finalized the acquisition of Color-Box, a business unit of Georgia-Pacific, LLC for an…