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DS Smith has agreed to divest its De Hoop paper mill in the Netherlands to De Jong Packaging for €50m, as it focuses on light-weight fibre-based packaging.

Ball Corporation plans to build new aluminium beverage packaging plants in the UK and Russia, in a move to significantly expand its manufacturing capacity.

Truvant, a global provider of packaging and display solutions, has opened a new facility in Indiana, US, creating more than 250 jobs.

Multivac has launched the F 286 thermoforming packaging machine that can produce vacuum and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) packs for snack products.

Tetra Pak is investing €100m into the expansion of its caps production facility in Châteaubriant, France, which will ensure customer access to tethered caps.

Huhtamaki is establishing a new manufacturing facility in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which will serve egg packaging customers in the region.

Amcor has partnered with a number of companies to produce Australia's first soft plastic food wrapper made with recycled content.

Mars Wrigley has announced a partnership with Danimer Scientific, which will see the companies develop biodegradable packaging from natural ingredients.

Mill Rock Packaging Packaging Partners has acquired All Packaging Company, a designer and manufacturer of custom paperboard packaging.

Carlsberg has partnered with supplier Encirc to trial a glass beer bottle that has the possibility to cut carbon impact of its bottles by up to 90%.

The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it is shifting to recycled plastic (rPET) bottles for several of its drink brands across the US.

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