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A few packaging companies announced expansions in the United States during the last month:
- Mondi opened a new paper bag manufacturing plant in Pittsburgh to expand the England-based company’s production footprint in the United States. This site consolidates production from one in Wellsburg, West Virginia, and another in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, while adding automated technologies that expand capabilities, according to a company news release. This site especially will focus on packaging for e-commerce, in addition to sectors such as food, feed, building materials and chemicals. After ramp up, capacity is expected to be 300 million bags annually.
- Poly Craft Industries, which makes flexible plastic packaging, opened a new facility in Middletown, New York. The company had two locations on Long Island and consolidated those with the move to the new Orange County facility, which will also serve as corporate headquarters, according to Mid Hudson News. The $27 million, 72,000-square foot facility includes new equipment and will expand the company’s production capabilities, including for printing and lamination.
- PolyFlex, part of Nefab Group, opened a two-building manufacturing and engineering hub for returnable plastic packaging and protective solutions in Wixom, Michigan, intended to serve automotive and advanced manufacturing clients. The campus has a total of 137,600 square feet, and it integrates design, tooling, injection molding and engineered packaging production.
Other updates
- Crown, based in Tampa, Florida, announced plans to establish its first beverage can manufacturing facility in Northern India. The plant is slated for completion in the second half of 2027 and will produce about 2.2 billion cans annually.
- NatureWorks, a Minnesota-based biopolymers supplier, opened a manufacturing facility in Thailand. The fully integrated Ingeo biopolymer manufacturing facility will use locally-source sugarcane as a feedstock. The company is the first to establish a second polylactic acid production facility, according to a news release, and it “represents a significant step forward in scaling access to sustainable, biobased materials globally.”
