Pixelle Specialty Solutions, Spring Grove, Pa., announced plans to acquire specialty paper mills in Jay (Androscoggin), Maine, and Stevens Point, Wis., from Verso Corp., Miamisburg, Ohio.

Sabert Corp., Sayreveille, N.J., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LBP Manufacturing LLC, a Cicero, Ill.-based producer of environmentally progressive and sustainable food and beverage packaging.

Global sales of protective packaging reached about 15 million tons in 2018, according to a new research study presented by Future Market Insights, Valley Cottage, N.Y.

Paper Converting Machine Co. (PCMC), part of the Barry-Wehmiller Converting Solutions Platform, Green Bay, Wis., acquired RDP Marathon Inc., Canada, and IPT Digital, Sarasota, Fla., to expand its digital printing technology offerings.

New Barn Organics, Healdsburg, Calif., is transitioning its Almond Milk line, previously packaged in plastic, to PlantCarton paper packaging from Evergreen Packaging, Memphis, Tenn.