Manufacturing: Page 15

  • International Paper holds a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the opening of its newest state-of-the-art corrugated packaging facility in Atglen, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 15, 2023.
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    International Paper, Pratt Industries open corrugated packaging facilities

    IP’s $100 million Pennsylvania facility will make food, beverage and e-commerce packaging while new machinery at Pratt’s $700 million Kentucky site will produce 1,500 tons of paper per day to be made into corrugated boxes.

    By • Sept. 18, 2023
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    At-home consumption, ready-to-drink momentum driving canned beverage trends

    “The industry really is different than what it was just a few years ago. We’re seeing a difference in how consumers are behaving,” said one leader at Crown Holdings.

    By • Updated Sept. 13, 2023
  • Aerial view of a Smurfit Kappa corrugated production facility in Poland
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    Smurfit WestRock: The transaction creating a global packaging giant

    The combination of Smurfit Kappa and WestRock is expected to make the world’s largest publicly traded packaging company. 

    By Packaging Dive Staff • Updated July 5, 2024
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    Smurfit Kappa finalizes plan to acquire WestRock in 2024

    CEOs Tony Smurfit and David Sewell outlined their vision for a leading global packaging company and discussed the outlook for possible divestitures on Tuesday.

    By , • Sept. 12, 2023
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    Graphic Packaging closes $262.5M acquisition of folding carton company Bell

    The deal, which includes three U.S. converting facilities, grows Graphic’s presence in food service packaging and offers an expansion opportunity into the mailer business.

    By • Sept. 11, 2023
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    Packaging innovations: SIG’s cartons give probiotics a long life, Berry Global’s beany redesign

    Plus, new products from Printpack and ProAmpac aim to increase packaging sustainability, including through ISCC PLUS certification.

    By • Sept. 8, 2023
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    Sonoco completes $330M deal including WestRock’s stake in RTS Packaging

    The transaction, which also includes a mill in Tennessee, adds more than a dozen converting facilities to the company’s portfolio that are focused on protective fiber packaging.

    By • Sept. 8, 2023
  • Exterior view of a paper and pulp mill at twilight.
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    Domtar to ‘indefinitely’ idle Ontario mill, affecting 450 jobs

    After years of operating losses at the Ontario mill, the paper and pulp company couldn’t find a way to keep it open, such as through a site sale, it said.

    By • Updated Sept. 8, 2023
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    Berry, Menasha Packaging, Solo Cup plan Illinois layoffs

    Companies cited business slowdowns, restructuring and site transformation as reasons for cuts that will impact hundreds of jobs.

    By • Updated Sept. 28, 2023
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    Inaugural chemical recycling summit exposes challenges, opportunities

    Despite challenges, including pushback from environmental groups and government entities, the new industry’s participants are encouraged to “stick it out.”

    By • Aug. 31, 2023
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    Greif executives discuss downtime at mills, signs of industrial recession

    The industrial packaging and paper company also announced it’s acquired a majority interest in ColePak, which it described as the second-leading supplier of bulk and specialty partitions in North America.

    By • Aug. 31, 2023
  • The WestRock corrugated manufacturing facility in Columbus, Indiana.
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    WestRock to close two plants in October

    The Indiana corrugated sheet plant and Pennsylvania folding carton plant closures bring the company’s 2023 layoff total to more than 1,000 employees.

    By • Updated Sept. 1, 2023
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    Packaging innovations: Glenlivet puts a twist on caps, Graphic Packaging’s snappy fiber lid

    Sonoco, Hotel Emporium, Healthy Pet and others released new or redesigned packaging, with some saying the innovations are the first of their kind.

    By • Aug. 25, 2023
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    Packaging sustainability looks different to consumers post-pandemic

    Hygiene still is important to global consumers, but they differ on views of which packaging substrates are most sustainable, according to a new McKinsey report.

    By • Aug. 22, 2023
  • Person handling a roll of paper at an Ahlstrom manufacturing facility
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    PFAS class action suit alleges Ahlstrom paper mill contaminated Wisconsin farms

    Ahlstrom is accused of spreading PFAS-contaminated sludge on Wisconsin farmland. But the company says it didn’t own the mill at the time in question.

    By • Aug. 21, 2023
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    Ball to divest aerospace business in $5.6B deal

    The pending sale of this business unit to BAE Systems will streamline Ball’s operations to solely focus on packaging, which accounted for more than six times its aerospace sales in 2022.

    By • Updated Aug. 17, 2023
  • Striking members of Teamsters Local 238 and state and local government officials on the picket line outside of the Amcor facility in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 4, 2023.
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    Teamsters strike at Amcor facility in Iowa ends with new contract

    Local 238 said that workers who help make packaging for products like Capri Sun drinks and Slim Jim meat sticks secured a “historic” wage increase and will head back to work Wednesday after a two-week strike.

    By • Updated Aug. 15, 2023
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    Inventory outlook: What packaging suppliers predict for rest of 2023

    Customers’ inventory management dominated numerous recent earnings call discussions, with footprint optimization being another prominent theme among some packaging manufacturers.

    By • Aug. 14, 2023
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    Berry closed 20 facilities last quarter to optimize footprint

    Executives offered few details about the closures, which are part of a cost-cutting initiative. As destocking and inflation ease, investments in innovation and sustainability provide a “competitive advantage,” said CEO Tom Salmon.

    By • Aug. 10, 2023
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    Origin Materials introduces PET bottle cap intended to boost recyclability

    While Origin’s CEO notes the company isn’t the first to produce a PET cap, he said “we're processing the material differently” and the items could be made from the company’s biomass-based material.

    By • Aug. 9, 2023
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    O-I Glass looks ahead to 2024 expansions amid ‘choppy’ destocking

    Q2 results exceeded expectations, executives said, despite lower consumer demand and destocking trends dampening sales volumes.

    By • Aug. 3, 2023
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    Sonoco’s net sales fell 11% in Q2 amid ‘turbulent’ market conditions

    The company pointed to “accelerated inventory reduction programs” at top customers in food and aerosols, which resulted in lower-than-expected demand. At the same time, it saw “record results” in flexible packaging.

    By • Aug. 2, 2023
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    Graphic Packaging to enter fiber mailer space via acquisition

    The foray into the e-commerce mailers comes as more customers request flexible fiber packaging solutions as they transition away from plastic.

    By • Aug. 2, 2023
  • A WestRock building in Richmond, VA.
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    WestRock to permanently close Tacoma, Washington, paper mill, affecting 400 employees

    It’s the latest in a string of 2023 announcements by the packaging company regarding shutdowns around the U.S. as it says it’s “working to optimize” its operational footprint.

    By • Aug. 1, 2023
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    Paper, plastic packaging manufacturers announced layoffs in July

    While shutting down facilities in California, Missouri, South Carolina and elsewhere, multiple companies cited ongoing footprint optimization processes.

    By • Aug. 1, 2023