Pactiv Evergreen settles for $6.25M over 2023 North Carolina mill closure

The restitution amount is more than half of what Pactiv Evergreen received from the state in grants for the site. The company is “pleased to have resolved” matters related to the Canton mill, which it sold last month.

By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 19, 2025

International Paper to close 4 facilities, affecting 674 employees

The bulk of those jobs are at a Louisiana mill slated to cease operations by March 31, according to an additional securities filing from the company. It adds to more than 1,500 layoffs announced in late 2024.

By Katie Pyzyk • Updated Feb. 13, 2025

10 manufacturers invest millions in packaging, rPET expansions

The lion’s share of recently announced investments will occur in the central United States, including for International Paper, Genpak, Eagle Flexible Packaging and Premier Packaging.

By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 13, 2025

Pactiv Evergreen to close Michigan plant, cut 153 jobs

Jobs will be eliminated this spring. Pactiv Evergreen announced in 2024 a couple rounds of cost-cutting measures, including layoffs and curtailed spending.

By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 12, 2025

Ball buys Florida can maker, plans Oregon plant

It’s gaining a beverage can facility in the Southeast through a $160 million deal and will build a can plant in the Pacific Northwest to better align with customers. Separately, Ball is pursuing alternatives for its cups business.

By Maria Rachal • Feb. 5, 2025

Manufacturing reenters growth mode in January as demand, production improve: PMI

The news signifies a return to growth after more than two years. Many manufacturers are bracing, however, for possible fallout from the Trump administration’s recent tariff proposals.

By Kate Magill • Feb. 4, 2025

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs to impact paper, plastic packaging

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders on tariffs against multiple countries are drawing pricing and supply chain concerns from the Plastics Industry Association, American Forest & Paper Association and others.

By Maria Rachal , Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 3, 2025

Dow plans 1,500 layoffs in $1B savings plan

The cost-cutting announcement follows a 6% sales decline in the company’s packaging and specialty plastics segment.

By Sara Samora • Jan. 31, 2025

The packaging industry outlook for 2025

The evolution of packaging EPR, potential for more industry-reshaping megadeals, shifting attitudes on plastics and sustainability goals, and Trump’s mark on trade and federal funding are dynamic areas to watch.

By Packaging Dive Staff • Jan. 31, 2025

Layoffs, closures announced by Dow, Orbis, Greif in January

Packaging Corporation of America and RR Donnelley also gave notice of upcoming packaging-related closures and layoffs.

By Maria Rachal • Jan. 31, 2025

Greif announces 2 closures, affecting 140 jobs

One paperboard machine in Georgia and one containerboard mill in Massachusetts will shut down permanently by this spring.

By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 29, 2025

Lend an ear: Corn-based material introduced for biodegradable packaging

Corn Next believes it has cracked the corn code for more sustainable packaging and aims to scale up. Later this year, it will move to Illinois, closer to where its corn supplier is based.

By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 28, 2025

Trump freezes Inflation Reduction Act funding

The White House issued a memo the following day to clarify the funding pause, specifying that it pertains only to aspects of the law mentioned in Section 2 of the executive order.

By Kate Magill • Updated Jan. 23, 2025

Packaging materials didn’t cause Walmart broth recall, says TreeHouse Foods

Tetra Pak makes the cartons for the recalled broth and said it is not aware of procedural issues on its end. This recall comes as food and cosmetics recalls more broadly are on the rise, according to FDA data.

By Katie Pyzyk • Updated Jan. 23, 2025

Trump orders trade review ahead of potential tariffs

Federal agencies have until April 1 to give recommendations on trade pacts with Mexico, Canada and China. President Trump also said certain tariffs on Mexico and Canada could begin by Feb. 1.

By Philip Neuffer • Jan. 21, 2025

8 US packaging manufacturing developments to know in the new year

Nelipak, TerraSafe and Global Packaging Solutions all expanded in North Carolina. Catch up on growth news in Florida, Illinois, Maine, Pennsylvania and Texas.

By Maria Rachal • Jan. 15, 2025

O-I Glass secures DOE funding as it begins Ohio decarbonization project

The company will bring together energy efficiency technologies to upgrade furnace infrastructure, aiming to reduce carbon intensity by as much as 40%.

By Maria Rachal • Jan. 13, 2025

PCA to close Georgia corrugated plant, affecting 103 people

Packaging Corporation of America determined it could better serve customers by moving the Atlanta-area full-line plant’s capacity to other locations, according to a spokesperson.

By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 13, 2025

5 packaging industry trends to watch in 2025

Donald Trump’s return to the White House, evolving conditions for M&A, more mature state policy negotiations and a reckoning around 2025 plastics reduction targets are some of the factors poised to affect the industry.

By Maria Rachal , Katie Pyzyk , Cole Rosengren • Jan. 8, 2025

2024 packaging trends by the numbers

These are some of the stats illustrating key storylines this year in policy and regulation, M&A activity, manufacturing, pricing, recycling, sustainability goals and more.

By Katie Pyzyk , Maria Rachal • Dec. 20, 2024

2025 containerboard outlook: Price increases, index exits and tariff threats

Trends such as price hikes are expected to carry over into the new year, along with the addition of new hot topics like tariffs, say analysts from RaboResearch and Bloomberg Intelligence.

By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 17, 2024

The packaging workforce grew for a decade. Labor shortages and COVID-19 changed that.

The top 12 publicly traded U.S. packaging manufacturers by revenue collectively have more employees than they did a decade ago. Mergers and acquisitions heavily influenced the numbers, but that’s not the only factor.

By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 11, 2024

Novolex to acquire Pactiv Evergreen in $6.7B deal

The North American companies expect to finalize the all-cash deal in 2025, which would take Pactiv Evergreen private.

By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 9, 2024

Billerud to invest $127M in Michigan plants amid transition to paperboard production

Most of the upgrades will occur at a graphic paper mill in Escanaba, as Billerud strives to transition to paperboard production in North America.

By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 3, 2024

Smurfit Westrock becomes latest to announce 2025 price increases

The company is pursuing price increases for corrugating medium and multiple other categories. It’s now at least the fourth company to announce January price increases in recent weeks.

By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 27, 2024